#seanan mcquire

[onebluebookworm]

February 2024 Book Club Picks

My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past by Jennifer Teege: Raised by foster parents, Jennifer Teege had very little knowledge about her past. She had minimal contact with her birth mother, knew that her father was Nigerian, and that her grandmother Ruth committed suicide in 1983, but that was it...until one day she stumbled upon a book in her local library. A book about Amon Goethe, the notorious Nazi commandant, the “butcher of Płaszów", a monster hanged in 1946 for the heinous murders he committed for Hitler's Reich. And in that book, she finds pictures of her grandmother and mother, listed as Goethe's partner and daughter. Everyone wants to know who they are, where they come from. But now Teege must reckon with what we do when we learn that we come from something dark, twisted, and almost too horrible to talk about.

The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale: Recent years have seen an explosion of protest against police brutality and repression. Among activists, journalists and politicians, the conversation about how to respond and improve policing has focused on accountability, diversity, training, and community relations. Unfortunately, these reforms will not produce results, either alone or in combination. The core of the problem must be addressed: the nature of modern policing itself. Drawing on groundbreaking research from across the world, and covering virtually every area in the increasingly broad range of police work, Alex Vitale demonstrates how law enforcement has come to exacerbate the very problems it is supposed to solve.

Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror by Jordan Peele (editor): Two Freedom riders find themselves stranded on a lonely road in Alabama. A prison warden discovers a horrible secret in the facility where he works. A young girl descends into the bowels of the earth to destroy the creature that killed her parents. Peele collects there stories and more from some of the most gift black horror authors writing today in an anthology sure to thrill, chill, and linger.

Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire: When Antoinette "Antsy" Ricci becomes the newest student at Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children, word spreads quickly that she can find anything. When resident irresistible mean girl Laurel tries to strongarm Antsy into finding Laurel's door for her, she's forced to flee with a small group of friends through a series of doors...which eventually lead her back to the Shop of Lost Things. And now that Antsy is back, she intends to make sure Venita and Hudson are keeping their promise

Ejaculate Responsibly: The Conversation We Need to Have About Men and Contraception by Gabrielle Blair: Why are women expected to shoulder the majority of the burden for preventing unwanted pregnancies? With fertility that's harder to track and birth control that's more invasive, more hazardous, and more difficult to obtain, it seems almost counterproductive that the men in the pregnancy equation are expected to take less or even no responsibility in pregnancy prevention than women. In 28 concise arguments, Blair lays out a new way to look at birth control and abortion, with one, simple thesis underlying all of it - men can prevent 100% of unwanted pregnancies if they simply ejaculate responsibly.

#book club #february 2024 #my grandfather would have shot me #jennifer teege #the end of policing #alex s. vitale #out there screaming #jordan peele #mislaid in parts half known #seanan mcquire #ejaculate repsonsibly #gabrielle blair

[shesamreads]

Starting this one instead of listening to The London Seance Society, because it's due back to Hoopla in a few days. I check things out and then forget about them. Yay ADHD!

I love the plaque, "No solicitation, no visitors, no quests." I should post that at my house.

References I have caught so far:

Peter Pan

Alice in Wonderland

Jack and Jill

The Wizard of Oz

#SheSamReads #Every Heart a Doorway #Seanan McQuire #Wayward Children series #Fiction #Fantasy #book #books

[atlinmerrick]

So the next time someone tells you fanfiction isn't "real" writing you can — if you have Spark: How Fanfiction and Fandom Can Set Your Creativity On Fire — open the book to nearly any page and point to quotes from Hugo award winners Mary Robinette Kowal, John Scalzi, or Seanan McQuire disabusing them of this foolish notion.

Picky are they? Well, maybe bestselling writers Neil Gaiman, Tracy Deonn, or Lev Grossman can convince them.

And if none of these folks, who know better, can reach whomever we're talking about, let's just move past them because they don't know what they're talking about and meantime you, me, and the rest of us who love fic can read about how it's changed lives in the 40+ essays and interviews in Spark: How Fanfiction and Fandom Can Set Your Creativity On Fire.

Shall we?

#spark #Spark: How Fanfiction and Fandom Can Set Your Creativity On Fire

[daydreamerdrew]

Books finished in February:

Fiction:

The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams, published in 1922 (19 pages)

Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McQuire, published in 2020 (157 pages)

My Dark Vanessa: A Novel by Kate Elizabeth Russell, published in 2020 (369 pages)

Poetry:

Good Bones by Maggie Smith, published in 2017 (84 pages)

#books read this past month #my posts

[antoniab93-blog]

The Wayward children series

Books number 4,5,6,10,11,12,13,20 and 21 of this year were The Wayward Children Series by Seanan Mcquire. There are nine books currently in this series, with more being released still. This series hurt my heart but it's absolutely beautiful...

Books number 4,5,6,10,11,12,13,20 and 21 of this year were The Wayward Children Series by Seanan Mcquire. There are nine books currently in this series, with more being released still. If you’ve been paying attention to my read count over the reviews I’ve done this year and noticed number’s that are missing, mystery solved, it was this series. A summary attempt In this world there are doors to…

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#bookblog #booklove #booknerd #bookreview #bookreviewblog #books #seananmcquire #waywardchildren

[gigantomachylesbian]

Into the Drowning Deep is now one of my favorite books but more importantly I got the to the author’s note and Seanan McQuire says she listened to a lot of Cake Bake Betty while writing it so now I’m even more obsessed 

#k talks #literally. going bananas about this. the book and the music #k reads

[redskyinthemxrning]

She wasn’t being a traitor to her sister by letting herself trust their siren. She wasn’t betraying the human race by starting to see it as a person. She was doing what scientists always did. She was responding to the available data, and she was letting it tell her where to go. ‘Thank you,’ she signed to the siren--one of the handful of signs they’d been working on for the last few hours. The siren hesitated. Then, with the deliberation of someone who was learning a foreign language, it signed back, ‘You’re welcome.’ Hallie smiled.

Chapter 33; Into the Drowning Deep (by Mira Grant)

#*screaming* #your honor i love them #into the drowning deep #mira grant #seanan mcquire #books #book quotes

[prosperity-post]

Innistrad: Midnight Hunt - Side Story

The Dance of Undeath

by Seanan McGuire

#mtg #magic the gathering #innistrad #midnight hunt #gisa #geralf #magic story #web fiction #seanan mcquire #fantasy #tcg #gaming #wotc

[brick4brains]

“She was ordinary. She was remarkable. Of such commonplace contradictions are weapons made.”

In An Absent Dream- Seanan McGuire

#books #book #book quote #book quotes #in an absent dream #seanan mcquire

[peachyteabooks]

2018 top 9 - book edition

#books #booklr #book covers #darius the great is not okay #adib khorram #willa of the wood #robert beatty #the poppy war #r.f. kuang #kingdom of ash #sarah j maas #sjm #hero at the fall #alwyn hamilton #spinning silver #naomi novik #beneath the sugar sky #seanan mcquire #the deepest roots #miranda asebedo #the hazel wood #melissa albert #haley reviews books

[ajmcgeewrites]

We’ve had some lovely pre-fall days recently and I am feeling it. My heart keeps fantasizing about apple picking. There is nothing like the smell of cooked apples on a brisk day with the windows open. Luckily the apples are beginning to come into season, so I imagine I’ll get my wish once this latest heat wave dissipates.

In honor of the upcoming smorgasbord, I wanted to share my favorite apple recipes and couple of delicious fall stories, visual and legible. Fall for me is about creepy, atmospheric thrills and dying leaves, sweaters and spicy honeyed chai. So my fall stories hold a similarly special place in my heart.

Practical Magic – Spiced Apple Cider

You can’t have fall without this most traditional of drinks, and in my house you can’t have fall without the movie Practical Magic. It is my favorite witch movie, which is saying something, and my favorite fall watch despite the fact most of it takes place in the summer. I hope you get to snuggle on the couch with sweater and a warm drink and enjoy your favorite movie soon. I know I’m looking forward to trying this lovely recipe from bon appétit.

  Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day – Stuffed Pumpkins

This novella is, for me, a comforting Thanksgiving ghost tale. It’s about family, found and otherwise, and mirrors and dastardly deeds. I think it goes great with a stuffed pumpkin. Apples are a key to this dish, which is appropriate because the root of the jack-o-lantern tradition lies in apple carvings, pumpkin being a thing that wasn’t really around in Europe until recently. I’m a vegetarian, so my modifier to this recipe from Local Milk is to sub out the gruyere and bacon and replace them with smoked gouda. It goes over swimmingly as my Thanksgiving centerpiece every year.

The Graveyard Book – Apple Pie

You can’t talk about apples without talking about apple pie, and you can’t talk about fall without talking about graveyards and spirits. Happily, The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman takes place almost entirely in a graveyard. This book contains a lot of endings, so I think it’s a good place to talk about dessert. Accordingly, I provide this basic apple pie recipe from Smitten Kitchen. I myself usually end up making Rosemary Apple Pie, which might be more appropriate, but unfortunately that recipe is not available online to share. Also not everyone likes rosemary as much as I do.

It’s the holiday season! Ghosts and crunchy leaves and loveliness await!

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Fall is come! Sort of. We've had some lovely pre-fall days recently and I am feeling it. My heart keeps fantasizing about apple picking.

#fall #favorites #food #ghosts #graveyards #holidays #practical magic #recipes #seanan mcquire #smitten kitchen

[cat-boy-tits]

Seanan McGuire has done it again. Now not only does her science fiction predict the future, her urban fantasy does as well. 

My partner started reading this article out loud to me and I was immediately screaming “DOES THE UPLOAD KILL PEOPLE!? BECAUSE THAT’S A SEANAN MCGUIRE BOOK!” Spoilers

It totes kill people

#seanan mcquire #science #death mention

[autistic-red-jenny]

Space is scary because it’s vast and empty

The ocean is scary because it’s vast and full

#i am afraid of the ocean #and just reread the amazing but terrifying #into the drowning deep #by #mira grant #aka #seanan mcquire #also the mermaid book is much scarier than the zombie ones weirdly enough

[daydreamerdrew]

excerpt from Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McQuire

#of course this made me think of the Hulk #my posts #book excerpts

[whatlovelybooks]

Summary:

Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children No Solicitations No Visitors No Guests

Children have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere... else. But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children. Nancy tumbled once, but now she’s back. The things she’s experienced... they change a person. The children under Miss West’s care understand all too well. And each of them is seeking a way back to their own fantasy world. But Nancy’s arrival marks a change at the Home. There’s a darkness just around each corner, and when tragedy strikes, it’s up to Nancy and her new-found schoolmates to get to the heart of the matter. No matter the cost.

Rating: 5/5

LIKES:

The concept felt so unique and fresh to me. I feel like not many stories delve into the aftermath of magical adventures and how a person copes with returning back to their normal lives.

The lyrical writing really drew me, and gave the story a magical feeling. There were some descriptions that were so beautifully written that I had to stop for a moment in appreciation.

The characters were so quirky and fascinating. They were probably why I loved this book so much. I couldn't get enough of the characters! I loved seeing them interact with each other, and I loved the small friend group that formed.

The main character is a girl who is asexual!! As an asexual myself, I can confirm that the ace representation was great! I loved how McGuire delved a little bit into the complexity of being ace in an allosexual world. It was definitely something I could relate to, and it was so nice to see a character dealing with the same things I deal with!

There's a character who is trans, and I loved him so much!

I loved learning about the different worlds that the kids at the school traveled to, and I loved how the school tried to categorize each world. It helped me understand everyone's worlds a bit better. I also was interested by the tension between the people who traveled to bright, happy lands and the people who traveled to the dark, more sinister lands.

The murder mystery was intriguing, and had me second guessing a lot of the characters.

DISLIKES:

I wanted more of everything! This book felt a bit underdeveloped and I thought it was paced too quickly. I really wished the author would have slowed down so we could have had a chance to enjoy everything a bit more.

TW: Transphobia, although it is shut down right after it happens.

Overall, I really loved this story and I am so happy with the portrayal of asexuality in it!

Where you can buy it:

Barnes and Noble

Book Depository

Thrift Books

Amazon

#every heart a doorway #seanan mcquire #booklr #book review

[sepulchritude]

I finally started reading Every Heart a Doorway, I’m on page 17, and I’m already in love with this book

#seanan mcquire said ‘she was a story not an epilogue’ and i FELT THAT #every heart a doorway #seanan mcguire #sepulchritudinous