#sarah beth durst

[nzbookwyrm]

July 2024

#on the tbr #the spellshop #sarah beth durst

[asexualbookbird]

Seven Covers in Seven Days

tagged by: @godzilla-reads

Day One: The Bone Maker by Sarah Beth Durst

Every day post the cover of a book you love and tag someone to do the same!

today I tag: @bigcats-birds-and-books

#bookbird babbles #snapshots #tag games #the bone maker #sarah beth durst #books #booklr #book photos #book photography #seven covers

[sarahbethdurst]

The Spellshop ARCs!!!

My SPELLSHOP ARCs arrived!!! I'm so in awe of the cover artist, Lulu Chen. I can't even imagine how gorgeous the finished hardcover is going to be, with its lovely lavender sprayed edges. I'm picturing that scene in Pulp Fiction when John Travolta opens the glowing briefcase….. *faints in anticipation*

#books #the spellshop #sarah beth durst #bramble romance #tor #macmillan #cozy fantasy #cottagecore

[bookaddict24-7]

New Young Adult Releases! (April 25th, 2023)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Standalones/First in a Series:

The Other Side of Infinity by Joan F. Smith

The Lake House by Sarah Beth Durst

Hungry Ghost by Victoria Ying

Becoming A Queen by Dan Clay

No Boy Summer by Amy Spalding

When We Had Summer by Jennifer Castle

An Improbable Season by Rosalyn Eves

That Self-Same Metal by Brittany N. Williams

This Delicious Death by Kayla Cottingham

Star Splitter by Matthew J. Kirby

Robin & Her Misfits by Kelly Ann Jacobson

Vape by Cynthia Kadohata

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Happy reading!

#joan f smith #sarah beth durst #victoria ying #dan clay #amy spalding #jennifer castle #rosalyn eves #brittany n williams #kayla cottingham #matthew j. kirby #kelly ann jacobson #cynthia kadohata #books #bookish #booklr #bookworm #bookaholic #bibliophile #book blog #book blogger #Features #new releases #new books #tbr #to-read #yalit #yareads #young adult #book list

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

Quick Review: The Lake House by Sarah Beth Durst Rating: 4/5

So I wasn't a big fan of the twist in this but I absolutely loved the three girls. I loved watching them all learn to work together and trust each other. I loved watching Claire open up and start to believe in herself - though why Durst never had her seek help for her anxiety/OCD I don't understand. Mariana was an absolute delight -- it was so cool to read about a girly-girl who also knows how to rebuild a car engine. And I just loved everything about Reyva, she was absolutely wonderful. 

PS. there's no romance, if that's a thing you look for in a book. 

#the lake house #sarah beth durst #booklr #bookblr #book review #trcc original #reviews #4 star reads #disabled characters

[siena-sevenwits]

I thought my fairy tale loving friends might enjoy Sarah Beth Durst's series of blog posts in which she briefly retells more obscure tales with hilarious commentary. She introduced me years ago to "The Blue Belt," a Norweigian tale originally collected by Asbjornsen and Moe. It definitely doesn't merit being well-known but is an absolute riot.

Once upon a time... a lad finds a blue belt. His mother, an old beggar-woman, says, "Leave it alone. It's probably evil." Secretly, the boy puts the belt on anyway. Beware the evil belt! It shall make your trousers fall down at inopportune moments. A little while later, the lad sees a light from a house. His mother says, "Don't go there. It's probably a troll house." But the boy insists, and they knock on the door anyway. Paranoid much? Sheesh. "Don't touch that; it's evil. Don't go there; they'll eat you." A troll answers, and the old beggar-woman faints in fear. The boy has a pleasant chat with the troll, while his terrified mother cowers in the corner. The troll feeds them a lovely dinner of an entire ox and a cask of wine and invites them to spend the night. The lad agrees. My apologies to the old beggar-woman. Like the saying goes, "It's not paranoia if a troll really is about to eat you."

(Read the rest at the link above!)

#fairy tales #the blue belt #sarah beth durst #coreander's old books

[the-final-sentence]

And fury that it had been outwitted by its prey.

Sarah Beth Durst, from The Lake House

#The Lake House #Sarah Beth Durst

[miabrown007]

"Maybe there were no perfect choices for anyone to make, hero or villain. Maybe there was only doing the best you could do with the time you had. That was an unsatisfying thought, but just because it was uncomfortable didn’t mean it wasn’t true."

Sarah Beth Durst, The Bone Maker

#the bone maker #sarah beth durst #quote #book quote

[the-dust-jacket]

It's too hot out and most of Tumblr is already in "how long til October" mode, but Summer can be spooky season too!

Empty Smiles by Katherine Arden: middle grade horror, fourth in chilling and intensely atmospheric Small Spaces quartet.

The Lake House by Sarah Beth Durst: creepy and suspenseful YA wilderness survival story about three girls who arrive at an off-the-grid summer camp only to find no one left alive -- except whatever is hunting them.

The Devouring Wolf, by Natalie C. Parker: coming-of-age adventure featuring terrifying legends come to life, friends, foes, and queer werewolf kids.

The Honeys, by Ryan La Sala: sun-drenched summer horror set at the elite, bucolic Aspen Summer Conservancy Academy, where Mars knows he'll never fit in -- but which may explain his sister's death. Psychological suspense, toxic traditions, complex friendships, bees.

Bone Gap, by Laura Ruby: lyrical and haunting combination of science and myth, magic and realism, beauty and rage. In a town where people sometimes slip through the gaps, no one asks too many questions when Roza disappears. Nobody except Finn, who knows she was taken -- but who can't describe the man who took her. And there are more bees.

Camp Sylvania by Julie Murphy: body shaming isn't the only horror awaiting Maggie Hagen at summer "fat camp." Spooky, hilarious, heartfelt middle grade.

#summer reading #Katherine Arden #Sarah Beth Durst #Natalie C. Parker #Ryan La Sala #Laura Ruby #Julie Murphy #camp sylvania #bone gap #the honeys #the devouring wolf #the lake house #empty smiles #horror #middle grade #young adult

[terapsina]

Holy hell, I'm only thirteen chapters into a new book called Race the Sands by Sarah Beth Durst and it is seriously the absolute best, most well crafted and original fantasy novel I've come across in recent memory.

The story takes place in a world where reincarnation is a fact of life and who you are in this life affects who you will be reborn as in the next one. And your auras can actually be read by augurs (basically spiritual guides) so you can find out what you will be reborn as, though it's possible to change your soul's fate by the actions and choices one makes.

A truly balanced soul will be reborn as a human. Everyone else might be destined to be a hawk, or a monkey, or if you're particularly unpleasant, a sea slug.

But only the very worst of souls, the truly evil ones, will be reborn as kehoks. Monsters who come into being fully formed, dangerous and full of hatred for themselves and the universe. Doomed to continue being reborn as a kehok for eternity.

And in this world kehoks are used in races where they are paired with riders who must be able to impose their own will over the will of the kehok to win. It is a dangerous sport however, because if they falter, even for a moment, their own racer will kill them.

The story mainly follows two women (though occasionally it switches point of view to other people, which helps expanding the world and the story in a very effective way), one is Tamra, a trainer who was once a grand champion winner but retired when her daughter was born. Now however Tamra has gone through a streak of bad luck that has lead her to the edge of her last chance. If she doesn't find and train the rider and racer pair with the potential to become the next champions, she will lose her daughter.

Because her daughter Shalla is being trained as an augur, something that is not a choice (if a soul is found with the potential, they WILL be trained, but unless their parent is able to pay for that education, the child is taken to be a ward of the temple and Tamra would not be allowed to see her again until her training was complete, and by then her daughter would be fully grown).

The other main character is Raia, a seventeen year old girl who has run away from home because of the terrible plans her parents had for her future. And unless she earns enough money that she'll be able buy out her own freedom, she's doomed to be married off to a monster. But there's not many things that someone without any particular experience or talents can do to earn that kind of money. This leads her to Tamra, and to the strange kehok with a will far stronger than that of any kehok Tamra has ever seen before.

This kehok is also extremely important in the story, in ways that I cannot describe without spoiling (though it becomes obvious to the reader if not the characters very early in the book).

The characters are all so very distinct and well rounded I kind of want to hug this book. And the heart of the story is in the relationships between Tamra, Raia and Shalla (Tamra would do absolutely anything for her daughter but already I can see that she's similarly growing to love Raia as a second daughter and it's just beautiful to read).

This is going to be one of my new all time favorite books that will be placed in my heart right beside The Queen's Thief, Imperial Radch trilogy and The Goblin Emperor, I can already tell (as you should guess from the fact that I'm not even halfway through and yet already gushing (which NEVER happens)).

#race the sands #book recs #fantasy books #sarah beth durst #terapsina rambles #fantasy #book rec #terapsina's book rambles #terapsina's race the sands rambles

[betterbooksandthings]

Sarah Beth Durst Adult Fantasy Recommendations

Race the Sands I’ve never met a better book for fans of fantasy competitions and fierce mentors. In this world, the darkest souls are reborn as kehok monsters, and the bravest individuals ride kehok in races for life-changing prize money. A professional trainer with a tainted reputation needs her next student to win the prize money from the races if she wants to keep her daughter out of the local temple’s reach. One young girl is on the run from a cruel fiancé and will work with anyone to be a racer. When they team up, they find an unusual kehok who may just change the world.

The Deepest Blue An engaged couple get separated by a magical trial on their wedding day and spend the rest of the book trying to find their way back to each other. The book completely defies the expectation I had that if there is a happily married couple in the first chapter one of them is going to end up dead or dangerously unhappy with each other by the end and it just never happens. They have to deal with a lot of magical nonsense, but the book starts with the sentiment, “You know who you are…I’m not marrying you in hopes of changing you. I’m marrying you because I love you, all of you, even the parts of you that make bad decisions.” and that feeling stays throughout.

The Queens of Renthia I will always recommend first book in the series, The Queen of Blood, to people looking for matriarchal high fantasy worlds. In Renthia malevolent spirits want to rid the land of all humans, the queen is the only one strong enough to control their creative and destructive powers. Young women train as heirs by champions of the land, but spirits are vicious, and it takes a lot more than sheer power to survive.

#Sarah Beth Durst Adult Fantasy Recommendations #sarah beth durst #Adult Fantasy Recommendations #fantasy books #The Queens of Renthia #the queen of blood #The Deepest Blue #Race the Sands #book recommendations

[bookcoversonly]

Title: Race the Sands | Author: Sarah Beth Durst | Publisher: Harper Voyager (2020)

#books #Race the Sands #Sarah Beth Durst

[bookhoarding]

Book Review: Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark

Book Review: Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark

If you can’t get enough Clone Wars, or you just really dig the tradition of Star Wars anthologies, this is gonna be a must-read for you. Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark is unique in where it enters canon and interacts with the show. Not only is it so carefully edited, it’s clear that heart went into each story from each author. The book The intro is written by Jennifer…

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#Anna Ursu #book #book review #books #E. Anne Convery #Greg van Eekhout #Jason Fry #Ksenia Zelentsova #literature #Lou Anders #Preeti Chhibber #reading #Rebecca Roanhorse #review #Sarah Beth Durst #Star Wars #star wars books #Stories of Light and Dark #The Clone Wars #Tom Angleberger #Zoraida Córdova

[sarahbethdurst]

Cover Reveal for THE SPELLSHOP

Cover reveal!!!

I am over-the-moon in love with the cover for my upcoming cozy fantasy, THE SPELLSHOP, coming 7/9/24! Isn't it the prettiest? Hardcover with lavender sprayed edges! Huge thanks to the artist Lulu Chen and the whole team at Tor/Bramble!

#books #sarah beth durst #bramble romance #tor books #fantasy #cozy fantasy #cottagecore #the spellshop #lulu chen #cover reveal

[abigailspinach]

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-fiction/7-things-i-learned-while-writing-across-genres

This year, I have three drastically different books coming out:

The Lies Among Us (Lake Union, February 2024)—book club fiction about sisterhood, grief, and the corrosive nature of lies, as seen through the eyes of a woman who does not exist.

Spy Ring (HarperCollins/Clarion Books, May 2024)—a kids book that mixes a contemporary treasure-hunt adventure with historical facts about the American Revolutionary War.

The Spellshop (Macmillan/Tor/Bramble, July 2024)—a cozy fantasy about a rogue librarian and a talking spider plant, full of stolen spell books, unexpected friendships, sweet jams, and even sweeter love.

You don’t have to put yourself in a box (unless you want to).

You sometimes run across writing advice that tells you to pick a lane and stay in it. Build a brand. Grow a readership. Hone your craft in a single genre aimed at a single audience. And yes, that is absolutely a valid approach. But you don’t have to! You can build a writing career by exploring multiple passions at once.

Everyone’s path is different. Just because you started in one genre or one age group doesn’t mean you can’t also write other kinds of books. There is no One True Way to be a writer. It’s okay to make your own way.

Identify the heart of your genre.

The key to writing different kinds of books is identifying the beating heart within each genre. Once you know what the driving force behind the type of story you want to tell is, once you’ve absorbed that on an intuitive level, you’ll be able to find the voice for your book.

But the first step is to find that heart.

For me, the core of book club fiction is theme. Everything else is in service to the aspect of the human condition that’s being explored within the novel. In The Lies Among Us, I wanted to unpack the concept of lies. I made the choice to delve into this universal theme that is invading every aspect of our lives—through politics, news, social media, and so forth—through the highly intimate lens of a family drama.

My main character can see the physical manifestations of the lies we tell. Harmful lies exude a toxic sludge that churns through the streets. Beautiful lies drape illusions over painful realities. And she has to learn to navigate all of this in the wake of her mother’s death and somehow connect with a sister who can neither see nor hear her.

#sarah beth durst

[bibliollama]

Stacking the Shelves #12

I am a very excited wee llama – yesterday I managed to get second-row seats to see Six: The Musical in Plymouth in September. I have been wanting to see the show for YEARS and kept missing it because of the fucking agoraphobia. This year, I’m really working on fighting back, and Li and I are apparently turning into cultured old queers because this is now two shows we’ve got booked – we’re also…

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#alice roberts #ben aaronovitch #judi dench #library #musicals #sarah beth durst #six: the musical #tbr #technology #theatre