#leah bardugo

[eon-become-instant]

Yeah, the cancellation sucks, but I'm not surprised by it in the slightest.

This has been Netflix's pattern for years now - everyone knows this - and SaB was already on less than stable footing with the lukewarm reception of S2. I wouldn't have been surprised by a cancellation even if the strikes had never happened.

Your anger is justified, especially considering the financial strain studios are under now is a direct result of their greed and reluctance to offer fair terms during the strikes.

However, if you're genuinely shocked by this decision, you are kidding yourself. The writing was on the wall.

#shadow and bone #six of crows #sab #soc #grishaverse #leah bardugo

[cristalbeesnow]

If in sc3 death kaz i dont read it!!!!!

#six of crows #six of crows inej #kaz dirtyhands brekker #kaz and jordie #kaz fucking brekker #the shadow and bone trilogy #leah bardugo #leigh bardugo

[afknows]

Funny to read the book and compare it to the show. But also interesting to see fandoms reax and how spot on or delusional they are about things lol

#the grisha trilogy #shadow and bone #leah bardugo

[laurelwen]

Monstrous Love - a Like Minds Valentine's Day Web Weave

Card 1 - Enemy: Pierre Corneille - The Cid // Hélène Cixous - “The Perjured City” // Charles Baudelaire - Les Fleurs du Mal // Louise Glück - Timor Mortis // Khalil Gibran - The Forerunner Photo 1: Agustín Gómez Arcos - The Carnivorous Lamb Card 2 - Love: Leigh Bardugo - Rule of Wolves // Marie Howe - The Addiction // William Golding - The Lord of the Flies // Micah Nemerever - These Violent Delights // Crimson Peak Photo 2: Steve Kowit - Eurydice Card 3 - Violence: Elaine Kahn - Romance // unknown // Frank Iero And The Future Violents - Violence // Schuyler Peck - Horoscope for the heartbroken // Madeline Miller - Circe Photo 3: tr. Andrew Miller - Paulos // Anne Sexton - The Papa and Mama Dance Card 4 - God: Emery Allen - Holy Things in This World // George Seferis - Stratis the Sailor among the Agapathi // Andrew Joseph White - Hell Followed With Us // Rilke - // Charles Wright - Clear Night // Saniyya Saleh - A Million Women Are Your Mother Photo 4: Tumblr user normal-horoscopes Card 5 - Heart: Blythe Baird - If My Body Could Speak // Natalie Diaz - Wolf OR-7 // Richard Siken - Dirty Valentine // Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World Photo 5: Mary Shelley - Frankenstein Card 6 - Monster: Fortesa Latifi - ? // Maguerite Duras - ? // Natalie Diaz - Postcolonial Love Poem // Ocean Vuong - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous // Rumi Photo 6: Victoria Chang - Obit // Florence + the Machine – I'm Not Calling You a Liar Card 7 - Devotion: Margaret Atwood - Hesitations Outside the Door // Robert Louis Stevenson - Olalla // unknown // Madeline Miller - Song of Achilles // Leah Horlick - For Your Own Good

Like Minds Masterpost: Aesthetic

#happy valentine's day #guys i went WAY too hard on this one #the planning alone took months of collecting and then days of arranging #like minds #nigel colbie #alex forbes #nigel colbie x alex forbes #tom sturridge #eddie redmayne #murderous intent #like minds 2006 #web weave #web weaving #murder boyfriends

[quillaffinity]

"blessed are the merciful [and so cursed are we]" - AkiAngel Web Weave (CSM Spoilers)

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meeting you was a blessing i do not deserve but lover, must this be the curse we cost one another?

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(be not afraid) | wash me.

Chainsaw Man is written and drawn by Fujimoto Tatsuki  

csm / ethel cain, "ptolemaea" / csm / hozier, "from eden" / yohji yamamoto / csm / oliver baez bendorf / csm / leigh bardugo / k.c cramm / csm / bob hicok / csm / csm / salma deera / csm /  euripides, "orestes" (trans. anne carson) / leah horlick / richard siken / csm / csm / ??? / csm / csm / helen oyeyemi / csm / csm / sally wen mao

quill notes - YEAH. YEAH BENDORF????? HE'S MY FORMER POETRY PROF HOLY SHIT

#akiangel #aki angel #comparatives #web weaving #aki hayawaka #angel devil #chainsaw man #csm #csm comparative #csm web weave #ethel cain #hozier #yohji yamamoto #oliver baez bendorf #leigh bardugo #k.c cramm #bob hicok #salma deera #euripides #euripedes #anne carson #leah horlick #richard siken #helen oyeyemi #sally wen mao #orestes

[sapphicisland]

Leah Bardugo saved Zoyalai for last because she knew they were too powerful.

#zoya nazyanelsky #nikolai lantsov #zoyalai #king of scars

[burins]

it's time for my big books of the year roundup! gonna do a separate post for graphic novels/comics bc there were simply soooo many of those this year. bolded are my particular favorites

JANUARY

The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability: For All of Us Who Live with Disabilities, Chronic Pain, and Illness by Cory Silverberg, Fran Odette, Miriam Kaufman (reread)

The World We Make by NK Jemisin

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (audio)

The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

A Restless Truth by Freya Marske

Too Loud a Solitude by Bohumil Hrabal

FEBRUARY

The Librarian's Guide to Homelessness: An Empathy-Driven Approach to Solving Problems, Preventing Conflict, and Serving Everyone by Ryan Dowd

Libraries and Homelessness: An Action Guide by Julie Ann Winkelstein

Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane (audio)

MARCH

Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo (audio)

The Stars Undying by Emery Robin (audio)

APRIL

Babel: An Arcane History by RF Kuang (audio)

Get Inside: Responsible Jail and Prison Library Service by Nicholas Higgins

MAY

The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K LeGuin (audio)

The Dispossessed by Ursula K LeGuin (audio)

How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler

Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America by Mayukh Sen (audio)

The Betrayals by Bridget Collins (audio)

Paper Bead Jewelry: Step-by-Step Instructions for 40+ Designs by Keiko Sakamoto

JUNE

The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (audio)

Translation State by Ann Leckie

Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

Happy Place by Emily Henry

An Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adriana Herrera

JULY

Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life by Alice Wong (audio)

SEPTEMBER

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson 

The Sundial by Shirley Jackson (audio)

He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan (audio)

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

NOVEMBER

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield (audio)

Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape by Raja Shehadeh (audio)

Where the Line Is Drawn: A Tale of Crossings, Friendships, and Fifty Years of Occupation in Israel-Palestine by Raja Shehadeh (audio)

DECEMBER

The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot by Robert Macfarlane (audio)

Kissinger's Shadow: The Long Reach of America's Most Controversial Statesman by Greg Grandin (audio)

Golda Slept Here by Suad Amiry

The Trial of Henry Kissinger by Christopher Hitchens

A Power Unbound by Freya Marske

below the cut, some writeups for my faves:

Wolf Hall - it's not news but Hilary Mantel is among the best to ever do characterization in just a few sentences

The Future Is Disabled - emerging from the rage & fear of being disabled during COVID lakshmi piepzna-samarasinha never lets us forget the joys of disabled community

Libraries and Homelessness - this is partly a spite pick bc i HATED ryan dowd’s book so much. this is an empathetic and practical guide to providing services to unhoused patrons that encourages community partnership, is full of examples, and isn’t miserably condescending!

Underland - i liked this so much i wrote a cave scene in timkon road trip fic. The texture of the prose is delicious!

The Stars Undying - i don’t actually know the story of antony and cleopatra very well but this was a very tasty space opera with messy messy characters

The Lathe of Heaven - still thinking about this 7 months later! Every year I read a LeGuin and it knocks me on my ass for the rest of the year. The opening scene is one of the best things I’ve ever read. (I liked The Dispossessed very very much but I loved Lathe.)

Mimicking of Known Successes - delightful noir-flavored scifi, great worldbuilding and equally great exes.

Some Desperate Glory - do you ever leave a cult against your will, and also you’re the worst girl in the world! This one is for all the clementine kesh fans. Breakneck.

The Haunting of Hill House - this was a great year for me to read books written 50+ years ago. I tweeted about it when i read it but ooghhghhgh this book is devastating. What if you got everything you ever wanted and finally felt at home and everyone called it evil.

Where the Line is Drawn - this was my second book by Shehadeh and it never shies away from the thorniness and hurt inherent in human relationships formed amidst occupation. Really, really excellent.

Kissinger’s Shadow - concisely unravels the ways Kissinger’s legacy shapes every part of US foreign policy you’ve ever heard of. Also really gets at the paranoid ouroboros of Kissinger’s personal philosophy.

Golda Slept Here - the legacy of several Palestinian houses, told through an eclectic mix of personal narratives, photographs, and occasional poetry. Funny and angry and heartbreaking.

#i didn't include the books i dnfed on here but there were a few #library haint #book roundup #personal

[drunktuesdays]

Final reckoning for my friend's book challenge she runs for our group chat. I didn't make blackout but I AM happy with how much i ended up reading. Self indulgently posting my list under the cut!!!!!

14. A book mentioned in another book - Three Men In A Boat, Jerome K. Jerome (recommended by @asimplequery) 23. A book that features a language you're not fluent in - Cemetery Boys, Aiden Thomas 29. A book from a genre you don't usually read -  I'm Glad My Mom Died, Jennette McCurdy 30. A book you last read at least ten years ago - Timequake, Kurt Vonnegut 34. A book that makes you smarter - On Writing, Stephen King 36. A book that makes you cry - The Dutch House, Ann Patchett 37. A book that you consider a page-turner - The Girl In The Tower, Katherine Arden 41. A book inspired by real events/ people - The Terror, Dan Simmons 43. A book that addresses sexism/ feminism - Bad Mormon, Heather Gay (lmao i should be shot for this) 49. A book concerning death - The Book of Night, Holly Black 55. A book with found family - Bet Me, Jennifer Crusie 60. A book set in summer - Reckless Girls, Rachel Hawkins 61. A book set in winter - Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula Le Guin (recommended by @vivathewilddog and i think this was my favorite book i read this year. did you know reading good authors is good?) 67. A book with an antihero - The Ninth House, Leah Bardugo 69. A book with a character who shares your name -  The Secret Book of Flora Lea, Patti Callahan Henry (recommended by @prairiedaun) 74. A book whose protag. is different from you in a significant way - Siren Queen, Nghi Vo 79. A book published under a pseudonym - The Cinderella Deal, Jennifer Crusie 85. A book with a one-word title - Pnin, Vladimir Nabokov (recommended by @eggtrolls) 89. A book that shares its title with a song - Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (recommended by @sarahcakes613 ) 90. A book with an ampersand in the title - Nettle & Bone, T. Kingfisher 91. A book with a number in the title - The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, Catherine Webb 95. A book that uses three or fewer colors on the cover - Devil House, John Darnielle FREE SPACE Cold Sassy Tree, Olive Ann Burns

#book bingo

[bossuets]

read in 2023!

i did a reading thread last year and really enjoyed it so i am doing another one this year!! as always, you can find me on goodreads and my askbox is always open!

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book by J.R.R. Tolkien (★★★★☆)

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo* (★★★★★)

Beowulf by Unknown, translated by Seamus Heaney (★★★★☆)

The Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Lee (★★★★☆)

Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo (★★★★★)

Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado (★★★★☆)

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (★★★★★)

The Shadow of Kyoshi by F.C. Lee (★★★★☆)

The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta (★★★★★)

Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson (★★☆☆☆)

Sharks in the Rivers by Ada Limón (★★★☆☆)

Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution by R.F. Kuang (★★★★★)

Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley (★★★★★)

Paper Girls, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, and Matt Wilson (★★★☆☆)

Paper Girls, Volume 2 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, and Matt Wilson (★★★☆☆)

There Are Trans People Here by H. Melt (★★★★★)

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson (★★★★☆)

Paper Girls, Volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, and Matt Wilson (★★★☆☆)

Paper Girls, Volume 4 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, and Matt Wilson (★★★☆☆)

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (★★★★☆)

Paper Girls, Volume 5 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, and Matt Wilson (★★★☆☆)

The Guest List by Lucy Foley (★★☆☆☆)

Paper Girls, Volume 6 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, and Matt Wilson (★★★☆☆)

The Princess Bride by William Goldman (★★★★☆)

Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (★★★★★)

Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid* (★★★★★)

Goldie Vance, Volume 1 by Hope Larson, Brittney Williams

Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White (★★★★☆)

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (★★★★☆)

The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (★★★☆☆)

Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis (★★★★★)

The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (★★★☆☆)

Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr. (★★☆☆☆)

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (★★★★★)

Going Dark by Melissa de la Cruz (★★★☆☆)

Working 9 to 5: A Women's Movement, a Labor Union, and the Iconic Movie by Ellen Cassedy (★★★★☆)

Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie (★★★★☆)

The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie (★★★★☆)

The Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. Eliot

The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley (★★★★☆)

Hollow by Shannon Watters, Branden Boyer-White, and Berenice Nelle (★★★★☆)

Heavy Vinyl, Volume 1: Riot on the Radio by Nina Vakueva and Carly Usdin (★★★★☆)

Burn Down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado (★★★☆☆)

Heavy Vinyl, Volume 2: Y2K-O! by Nina Vakueva and Carly Usdin (★★★★☆)

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (★★★★☆)

Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie (★★★★☆)

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid (★★★★★)

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo (★★★★★)

The Backstagers, Vol 1: Rebels Without Applause by James Tynion IV, Rian Sygh, and Walter Baiamonte (★★★☆☆)

The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson (★★★★☆)

The Backstagers, Vol 2: The Show Must Go On by James Tynion IV, Rian Sygh, and Walter Baiamonte (★★★☆☆)

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (★★★★☆)

Happy Place by Emily Henry (★★★★★)

After Dark with Roxie Clark by Brooke Lauren Davis (★★★☆☆)

Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones (★★★☆☆)

Lord of the Flies by William Golding (★★★★☆)

A Little Bit Country by Brian D. Kennedy (★★★★☆)

Built From the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, America’s Black Wall Street by Victor Luckerson (★★★★★)

Cheer Up!: Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier, Oscar O. Jupiter, and Val Wise (★★★★★)

All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages by assorted authors, edited by Saundra Mitchell (★★★★☆)

Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher** (★★★★☆)

St. Juniper's Folly by Alex Crespo** (★★★★★)

The Last Girls Standing by Jennifer Dugan** (★★☆☆☆)

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann (★★★★★)

Where Echoes Die by Courtney Gould** (★★★★☆)

Your Lonely Nights Are Over by Adam Sass** (★★★★★)

Princess Princess Ever After by Kay O’Neill (★★★☆☆)

Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis** (★★★☆☆)

The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie (★★★★☆)

You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron (★★★☆☆)

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield (★★★★☆)

Devotions by Mary Oliver (★★★★★)

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan* (★★★★☆)

The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan* (★★★★☆)

The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan* (★★★★★)

The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan (★★★★★)

The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan (★★★★★)

Suddenly a Murder by Lauren Muñoz** (★★★★☆)

The Demigod Files by Rick Riordan (★★★★☆)

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (★★★★★)

All That’s Left to Say by Emery Lord (★★★★★)

The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan (★★★★☆)

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee (★★★☆☆)

The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan (★★★★☆)

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Joseph Andrew White (★★★★★)

Hallowe’en Party by Agatha Christie (★★★★☆)

M Is for Monster by Talia Dutton (★★★★☆)

The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan (★★★★★)

Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories by assorted authors, edited by Yamile Saied Méndez and Amparo Ortiz (★★★★☆)

These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall (★★★★☆)

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (★★★★★)

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins* (★★★★★)

The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston (★★★★☆)

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins* (★★★★★)

The October Country by Ray Bradbury (★★★★☆)

Hamlet by William Shakespeare (★★★★☆)

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving (★★★★☆)

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins* (★★★★★)

The Appeal by Janice Hallett (★★★★☆)

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (★★★★☆)

The Carrying: Poems by Ada Limón (★★★★★)

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017 by Rashid Khalidi (★★★★★)

Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen (★★★★★)

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins* (★★★★★)

Know My Name by Chanel Miller (★★★★★)

Rifqa by Mohammed El-Kurd (★★★★★)

Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler (★★★★☆)

The Witch Haven by Sasha Peyton Smith* (★★★★★)

The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie (★★★★☆)

The Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson (★★★★★)

A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie (★★★★☆)

The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On by Franny Choi (★★★★★)

The Witch Hunt by Sasha Peyton Smith (★★★★☆)

That’s Not My Name by Megan Lally** (★★★★☆)

The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher (★★★★☆)

The House of Hades by Rick Riordan (★★★★☆)

Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson (★★★★☆)

Pageboy by Elliot Page (★★★★★)

All This and Snoopy, Too by Charles M. Schultz (★★★★☆)

The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan (★★★★☆)

Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter (★★★★☆)

The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill** (★★☆☆☆)

Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente (★★★★☆)

The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei (★★★★☆)

Spell on Wheels Vol. 1 by Kate Leth, Megan Levens, and Marissa Louise (★★★★☆)

Spell on Wheels Vol. 2: Just to Get to You by Kate Leth, Megan Levens, and Marissa Louise (★★★★☆)

Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis (★★★★☆)

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (★★★★☆)

The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett (★★★★☆)

So Far So Good: Final Poems: 2014 - 2018 by Ursula K. Le Guin (★★★★☆)

Murder on the Christmas Express by Alexandra Benedict (★☆☆☆☆)

Midwinter Murder: Fireside Tales from the Queen of Mystery by Agatha Christie (★★★★☆)

Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon (★★★★☆)

Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie (★★★★☆)

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (★★★★★)

The Twelve Days of Murder by Andreina Cordani (★★★★☆)

The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson (★★★★☆)

The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie (★★★★☆)

The Twenty-Ninth Year by Hala Alyan (★★★☆☆)

Christmas Presents by Lisa Unger (★★★☆☆)

Letters From Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien

Bellweather Rhapsody by Kate Racculia (★★★★☆)

An asterisk (*) indicates a reread. A double asterisk (**) indicates an ARC.

#text #personal post #reading thread

[veryqueermovies]

My list of Queer books.

Now my labeling only has to do with the main protagonist, except for the books labeled "Queer" some of those the main protagonist is not Queer but the book has lots of Queer main and side characters. I only included the first books to make it easier but some of these are series.

The problem with making lists for books is that there's So. Goddamn. Many! New ones are being released every single day so all I can really do is add as I go. I also take recommendations so let me know of books I missed (specify what category they go in please 😊). I could also add specific Sexualities and Genders but right now I'm just doing basic categories because this is going to take time.

MLM:

Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell

Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell

In Deeper Waters by F.T Lukans

So This Is Ever After by F.T Lukans

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

The Gentleman's Guide To Vice And Virtue by Mackenzie Lee

The Fever King by Victoria Lee

Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey Mcquiston

The Taking Of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass

Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice

Right Where I Left You by Julian Winters

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Call Down The Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater

Zachary Ying and The Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao

The Disasters by M.K England

Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo

And They Lived... by Steven Salvatore

The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

Be Dazzled by Ryan La Sala

If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzalez and Cale Dietrich

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

The Song Of Achilles by Madeleine Miller

WLW:

A Lesson In Vengeance by Victoria Lee

Burn Down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado

The Unbroken by C.L Clark

The Black Veins by Ashia Monet

Escaping Exodus by Nicky Drayden

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

The Coldest Touch by Isabel Sterling

The Girls Are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh

Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

Deliah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake

The Lesbiana's Guide To Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

She's Too Pretty To Burn by Wendy Heard

You Should See Me In A Crown by Leah Johnson

One Last Stop by Casey Mcquiston

The Girl From The Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag

She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker Chan

Polyamorous:

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (F/M/M)

The Dark Artifices by Cassandra Clare (F/M/M)

A Dowry Of Blood by S.T Gibson (F/F/M/M)

The Fifth Season by N.K Jemisin (F/M/M)

Strange Grace by Tessa Gratton (M/F/M)

She Whom I Love by Tess Bowery (F/F/M)

Knell, Mr. President by Lauren Gallagher (F/M/M)

Chameleon Moon by RoAnna Sylvester (F/F/F)

Midnight At The Orpheus by Alyssa Linn Palmer (F/M/F Poly V)

Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi (Multiple Interlinked Poly V's)

The Fell Of Dark by Caleb Roehrig (M/M/M)

Books Of Raksura by Martha Wells

Lifelode by Jo Walton (M/M/F/F)

The Elemental Logic by Laurie Mark (6 person polycule)

The Tale Of The Five by Diane Duane (Group Polycule)

In The Ravenous Dark by A.M Strickland

Lead Me Astray by Sondi Warner

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

Queer (Books that have characters of many different identities):

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

A Song Of Wraiths And Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown

Six Of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

The Fifth Season by N.K Jemisin

The City We Became by N.K Jemisin

Heartstopper by Alice Oseman (everything written by them is Queer)

Chef's Kiss by T.J Alexander

The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu

The Backstagers and The Ghost Light by Andy Mientus and Ryan Sygh

Once & Future by A.R Capetta and Cory McCarthy

Nimona by N.D Stevenson

Trans/Non-Binary/GNC:

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas

A Million Quiet Revolutions by Robin Gow

Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore

The One True Me And You by Remi K. England

All Boys Aren't Blue by George M Johnson

When The Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callander

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

Self-Made Boys by Anna-Marie McLemore

Aro/Ace Spectrum:

Loveless by Alice Oseman

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

The Cybernetic Tea Shop by Meredith Katz

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Bardger

Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire l

Tarnished By The Stars by Rosiee Thorr

Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann

Hazel's Theory of Evolution by Lisa Jenn Bigelow

The Sound Of Stars by Alechia Dow

Thaw by Elyse Springer

The Ladies Guide To Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzie Lee

#lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqa #lgbtqia #mspec #aroace #queer love #asexual #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #non binary #queer #alphabet mafia #books #queer books #heartstopper #mlm #wlw #trans #gnc #queer community #lgbtq community #Polyamorous #polyam #Polyamory #pansexual #lists

[queenvreads]

REVIEW: Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

*CONTAINS SPOILERS*

5/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I loved Six of Crows, and Crooked Kingdom delivered an even more action-packed adventure! 💣💣 From the moment the story starts I was instantly drawn back into the gritty and captivating world of Ketterdam. What could possibly go wrong?

Leah Bardugo's storytelling prowess shines brilliantly in Crooked Kingdom. The plot is a rollercoaster ride, filled with a crazy heist, political intrigue, and magical twists. Each chapter left me hanging, wanting to hurry and get to the next page. And the pacing was JUST RIGHT, keeping the tension high.

I was already deeply invested in the characters that I met in Six of Crows, and their growth and development were nothing short of exceptional. I really enjoyed their back stories and the glimpse we get about what happened to them in the past that led them to this point. I still cannot believe these characters are only teenagers. The experiences they all have, and the situations they are put in are those that read adult. KAZ in particular, seems wayyyy older than he really is. He remains an enigma, a ruthless mastermind with hidden depths that make you love him more. I was/am rooting for him and Inej ALWAYS.

THE LOSS of Matthias GUTTED ME. His internal struggles and transformation throughout the series made him one of my favorite characters, and saying goodbye to him was so hard. I cried. Matthias and Nina deserved a chance. They never got it. GUTTED I SAY. 😭

The camaraderie and bond between the main crew is what made this duology one of my top reads of the year. The dynamics between them are heartwarming and at times, heart-wrenching, making their journey all the more impactful.

This was a 5-star masterpiece that not only lives up to its predecessor but surpasses it in every way. If you're a fan of heists, action, intricate plots, and unforgettable characters, this book is an absolute must-read.

☠️NO MOURNERS, NO FUNERALS.☠️

#fantasy books #looks over books #new books #bookworm #booklr #bookish #bookstagram #six of crows #crooked kingdom #kaz #kaz brekker #kaz and inej #inej ghafa #kaz x inej #sankta inej #six of crows inej #a court of thorns and roses #the crows #soc #inej gafha #nina and matthias #jesper x wylan #jesper fahey #soc jesper #six of crows jesper #inej #wylan #pekka rollins #kazzle dazzle #leigh bardugo

[educated-dumbass]

Physical Disability/ Chronic Illness Book Masterlist

Quick Key:

🌻= found on Readanybook for free

🍄= I’ve read and recommend

🥀= on my tbr list

🌈= Send me an ask or direct message with this emoji and the book you want and I can likely find it in digital format for free. Be aware it is less secure than the Readanybook site. Please clarify if you’re using a phone or a laptop/computer. (Not including graphic novels)

Fantasy:

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (Hemophilia) (Loss of certain mental faculties due to injury) 🌻

One for All by Lillie Lainoff (POTS) 🍄

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (Reading disability) (Character that uses a cane) 🍄🌻

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo (Reading disability) (Character that uses a cane) 🍄🌻

The Moth Girl by Heather Kamins (Fantasy chronic illness) 🥀

A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer (Cerebral Palsy)

Graphic Novels:

Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker (hard of hearing mc) 🥀

The Degenerates by J. Albert Mann (Clubfoot)(Down Syndrome) 🥀

Mis(h)adra by Iasmin Omar Ata (Epilepsy) 🥀

Historical Fiction:

The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Clubfoot) 🌻🥀

The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath (deafness)

Literary Fiction:

Unbroken: 13 stories starring disabled teens written by an assortment of disabled creators edited by Marieke Nijkamp (Wheelchair User)(Unspecified Mental Illness) (Blind MC) (Anxiety) (Chronic Pain) (Schizophrenia) (MC with a Cane) (Bipolar II) (IBS) (Cerebral Palsy) (Autistic MC) 🍄

Turning by Joy L. Smith (Wheel Chair user) (Spinal injury) (Stutter) (Brain Injury) 🥀

Electricity by Ray Robinson (Epilepsy)

Horror:

The Call by Peadar O'guilin (disability as a result of complications from having polio as a child) 🥀

Mystery:

Silent Fear by Lance Morcan (Deaf MC’s) 🥀

Russian Dolls by Cristelle Comby (Blind MC)

The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly (amputee)🌻🥀

Poetry:

A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman (below the knee amputation as a result of a car accident) 🍄🌻

Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca (Mother with Leukemia)

Romance:

The War Within (character in wheelchair) 🍄🌻

Wild and Crooked by Leah Thomas (cerebral palsy)

Long Macchiatos and Monsters by Alison Evans (MC with prosthetic limb)

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (Chronic Pain)

Science Fiction:

Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi (character with chronic immune deficiency) (character with prosthetics)

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (uses a cane and a wheelchair due to foot binding) 🍄

Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis (epilepsy? Kinda) (Amputee MC) 🌻🥀

#booklr #books #bookworm #book recommendations #fantasy #fiction #horror #science fiction #mystery #graphic novel #historical fiction #dark academia #physical disability #disability #chronic illness #pots #deaf character #blind character #amputee #cerebral palsy #bookaddict #lgbt #lgbtq #lesbian #wlw love #transgender #gay

[i-will-sing-no-requiem]

Top 5 books?

hmm, it's always hard for me to fully say what my favourite books are but here's 5 I love right now

The Anthropecene Reviewed by John Green

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Six of Crows by Leah Bardugo (counting both books in the duology as one bc i love them both)

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

#thanks for the ask! #enchantedlandcoffee #top 5 asks #john green #hank green #seven husbands of evelyn hugo #soc #six of crows #the book thief #an absolutely remarkable thing #the anthropocene reviewed

[shawoluvs]

I was tagged by the lovely @fourseascns to do this tag game thing~ I usually try to stick to a kpop theme on this blog but I'm gonna just scratch that 'cause they're not relevant~

☆ three ships ㅡ Three ships I am very much in love with atm are Nikolai/Zoya (the Grisha verse), Chandler/Monica (FRIENDS) & Alina/The Darkling (the Grisha verse)~ Like I've not even watched Shadow & Bone yet but every time I see something about it it takes me right back to the books and the energy that DarkLina have is just so so so so so so good, it's so perfect, little scared the show is gonna fail to capture it as it has failed to capture some other things...

☆ last song ㅡ The last song I listened to was F U Anthem by Leah Kate~ I'm seeing Hayley Kiyoko in literally like two weeks and I'm pretty sure she's the opener for her and I'm very excited about it all because her songs are kinda all edgy heartbreak songs and going to bring such a good energy to the show before Hayley comes on~

☆ last movie ㅡ The last movie I watched in full was Carol but the last movie I caught on TV, that I absolutely adore, was Legally Blonde~

☆ currently reading ㅡ King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

☆ currently watching ㅡ I'm kinda really slow with watching stuff at a moment, partly because I tend to watch random youtube stuff instead and other stuff I save to watch with my sister but the shows I'm currently watching very slowly are Love (it's on Netflix, it's kinda alright, I'm only a few eps in so we'll see) and Twenty Five, Twenty One (I'm liking it but I'm not entirely sure how I feel about the main couple yet with their sort of age difference and how this guy kinda only hangs out with high school kids... idk it's a bit of an odd one but it's got great people in it)

☆ currently consuming ㅡ Mentally ejbgjre lots of Sims 4 youtube videos... I have this weird thing where I watch a lot of Sims 4 youtubers but I actually refuse to play the Sims 4 partly because I'm a Sims 3 loyalist and partly because without so many of the ridiculously priced packs it doesn't seem worth it??? So I like to watch youtubers with all the packs play it and live vicariously through them, y'know, like a normal person.

☆ craving ㅡ Something sweet and/or water right now, I just had bacon and cheese pita sandwiches which were very delicious but that's a lot of savoury/salt and I tend to eat in extremes like that????

I'm gonna tag a few of my lovely mutuals as usual, if you fancy taking part then here ya go and if not I hope you're having a lovely day~ Also I'm sorry I always end up tagging the same people ejgberjge I cannot remember urls for the life of me~

@seuiqi, @kseulgiz, @joshriku, @solaarflaree, @eternallys, @ohmuqueen, @justdoityo, @mizugucci, @mykindofkpop

#[ tagged ] #literalllyyyy don't know how to answer a simple question without rambling so apologies for that #also I know my sims 4 thing is weird ejgbrhbgejg #the weirdest thing about is I do in fact own the sims 4... and have several packs... #but I just like but one pack every time there's a big sale because I don't wanna pay full price #and there are so many features in the game that seem essential but come in packs ejbgerbgjege #and also sims 3 issssssssssssss the best sims game~ I will die on this hill~ thanking you~

[pridepages]

Books Read on PridePages

Under the cut: find all the writing I’ve done on books I’ve read so far. (up to date as of 2/28/24).

Below is the Master List of all the books I’ve read and written about on Pride Pages.

WLW Books:

Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli

Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

The Fiancee Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur 

Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur 

The Monster of Her Age by Danielle Binks

The Unbroken by C.L. Clark

Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun

The Untimely Undeath of Imogen Madrigal by Grayson Daly

Last Girls Standing by Jennifer Dugan

Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan

Undergrounder by J.E. Glass

Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall

An Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adriana Herrera

Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake

Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail by Ashley Herring Blake 

This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone 

A Million to One by Adiba Jaigirdar 

In the Event of Love by Courtney Kae

Youngblood by Sasha Laurens

I Await the Devil’s Coming by Mary MacLane

A Restless Truth by Freya Marske

Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta 

Godslayers by Zoe Hana Mikuta

Out of Character by Jenna Miller

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk 

Sunshine and Blood by Roxie Randall

The Society for Soulless Girls by Laura Steven

The Comedienne’s Guide to Pride by Hayli Thomson

Lies We Sing to the Sea by Sarah Underwood

Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner 

City of Shattered Light by Claire Winn 

City of Vicious Night by Claire Winn

MLM Books:

This Way Out by Tufayel Ahmed 

Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

My Dear Henry by Kalynn Bayron

The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun

Last Call: a True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green 

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

Husband Material by Alexis Hall

Paris Daillencourt is About to Crumble by Alexis Hall

In the Case of Heartbreak by Courtney Kae

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

In Deeper Waters by FT Lukens 

A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

A Power Unbound by Freya Marske

Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston 

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson 

Heartstopper (vol 1-4) by Alice Oseman 

This Winter by Alice Oseman 

The Sun and the Star by Rick Riordan & Mark Oshiro

Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell (bonus: “Snow for Christmas”)

The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer (second post)

The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian

The Problem With Perfect by Philip William Stover

Darkhearts by James L. Sutter

Mistletoe and Mishigas by MA Wardell

Teacher of the Year by MA Wardell

Asexual/Aromantic Books:

I Am Not Your Chosen One by Evelyn Benvie

Aces Wild by Amanda Dewitt 

Loveless by Alice Oseman

Solitaire by Alice Oseman

Trans/NonBinary Books:

The Feeling of Falling in Love by Mason Deaver 

Glitter and Concrete by Elyssa Maxx Goodman

A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

Spell Bound by FT Lukens

Self-Made Boys by Anna-Marie McLemore 

Outlawed by Anna North

Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa

I Was Born For This by Alice Oseman

Queer Books:

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo 

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake

Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher

Who We Are in Real Life by Victoria Koops

Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen

The Bell in the Fog by Lev AC Rosen

#masterlist #my writing #lgbt reads #queer lit #lesbian #gay #bisexual #trans #asexual #aromantic #nonbinary

[spaceshipkat]

The way publishing will offer an 8 FIGURE deal to the same author who's been making millions in the past decade while 99% of authors struggle to make ends meet 🤢 this is why I quit and became a freelance translator. I'm not even a writer and it was so frustrating to see authors just as talented (or more, very often...) get almost nothing while a few Chosen Ones get everything. The Chosen Ones being white and wealthy, of course. I was already indignant when S/chwab was offered 1 million for her SoM sequel, or when problematic people like C/lare or M/ass announce anything new and you just know how much money must be behind it. This is just ridiculous. I'm all for authors earning more, but it should be all authors, not a few privileged ones making 8 figures while most scrap by with less than 10k per deal. If we want authors to earn more, publishers must stop spending a big chunk of their budget on one chosen author at a time. 8 figures for 12 books might very well mean 1 million per book if not more. Even with the way advances are split, that's a lot of money considering B/ardugo writes a book every year or every other year. Even if it's the smallest 8 figure possible, "just" 10 millions, that's over 800k per book. That's 8 times what a neurosurgeon makes in my country (Germany) per year 🙃 let's not even compare that to what the average author makes annually...

yeah we all know my intense hatred of seven figure deals, so y'all can imagine what an eight figure deal sounds like to me. sure, it makes some kind of sense for an author with her clout to be earning that much, but for that to be the advance? not just royalties?

i was curious, so i searched eight-figure deals in pub marketplace and these are the authors who came up between 2023 and 2003 (i'm 100% sure this is not all of them, but not every agent or publisher posts to PM, so this is absolutely not an exhaustive list): Leigh Bardugo, Janet Evanovich, Wilbur Smith (idk who that is tbh), Karin Slaughter, James Rollins, Sylvia Day, Patricia Cornwell, Sylvia Day again, Dean Koontz, and Lee Child.

by comparison, seven-figure deals are listed for Catherine Bybee, Michael Crichton, Alka Joshi, George M. Johnson and Leah Johnson, Isabel Allende, Jordan Lees, Kristen Perrin, Jennette McCurdy, Mariana Zapata, Karen Robards, Angie Thomas, TJ Klune, and Catherine Coulter. this is up to August 2022. bit nuts, no?

#ask #anonymous #publishing #publishing industry