#the Serpent Gates

[howlsmovinglibrary]

Top 5 Books of 2023!

I don't know if this blog even counts as a book blog anymore, but this year I read 60 books, which is twice as many as last year (and therefore also double my 2023 Reading Goal). I'm so pleased to have overcome my three year reading slump that has plagued me since Covid, and wanted to celebrate by... yknow. Actually doing a book blog post lmao. So here are my five favourite books of 2023!

1) Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

Not only was this book written Specifically For Me (faeries, rivals-to-lovers, academia), I just think it's a really good example of a cosy fantasy that is well-written and well-paced. The vibes are wholesome and fanfic-adjacent, but that doesn't mean that nothing happens. I'm not a fan of the new 'cosy' subgenre generally, but I think this book combined the right amount of comfort with action.

2) The Thousand Eyes by AK Larkwood

I read the Serpent Gates duology this year, and while the first book was good, the second book was just overwhelmingly brilliant. I loved the way this author manages time and character development - we follow all the characters for decades of their lives, so the final heroic triumphs in each of their stories just... hit different. It was such a wonderful book series, that left me feeling inspired to write.

3) The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty

I love Shannon Chakraborty's writing generally, but it was really fun (after the slowburn pining of the City of Brass books) to give her a far less pious and brazen heroine that resulted in an entirely different tone of story from her previous trilogy! I loved the narration and plot of this novel, also obsessed with this pirate milf and her demon boyfriend.

4) A House With Good Bones by T Kingfisher

I love T Kingfisher but I've never been able to get all the way through one of her horror books before - idk why, I just don't tend to vibe. But this book, which leaned more towards Gothic horror, twisted to fit a modern setting, was so gripping - I read it all in one sitting. I love the funky little bug archaeologist protagonist, who's first sign that her house is haunted is the fact that there are no insects in her mother's garden.

5) You and Me On Vacation by Emily Henry

I went on a beach holiday for the first time since Covid and proceeded to devour every single fucking book Emily Henry had ever written. Although I loved all of them, You and Me On Vacation was the one written Specifically For Me, which was surprising given that the other two most popular releases by her are about books (oh well...mutual pining, my beloved).

Special Mentions:

Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett

I read all of the Tiffany Aching books for the first time this year, based on a diagnosis from a pal that Wintersmith would be 'my' Terry Pratchett book. Reader, she was right... (which says more about me as a person than I'd like).

If anyone wants to give me any recs for good books they read this year, feel free to reply to this post!

#booklr #bookish posts #book tag #2023 reads #best books of 2023 #emily wilde's encyclopaedia of faeries #the thousand eyes #the serpent gates #the adventures of amina al-sirafi #a house with good bones #emily henry

[a-reverii]

" or perhaps in slytherin, you'll make your real friends, these cunning folks use any means to achieve their ends. "

━SLYTHERIN

#꒰꒰ ˙✧˖° 📷 ⋆｡˚ ─ 𝗺𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 ꒱꒱ #my : moodboards #my : slytherin moodboard #slytherin #slytherin pride #harry potter #slytherin aesthetic #harry potter aesthetic #moodboard #slytherin moodboard #aesthetic #aesthetic moodboard #green aesthetic #green moodboard #harry potter fandom #hp fandom #salazar slytherin #ambition #cunning folk #the serpent gates #dark mark #hogwarts house aesthetics #hogwarts houses #hogwarts house quotes #harry potter moodboard #harry potter gif #harry potter headers #dark aesthetic #dark academia #green academia

[exmakina]

Some downtime for Csorwe and Shuthmili.

#csorwe #qanwa shuthmili #the serpent gates #m'art #digital #got some serpent gates prompts to draw and saw this unfinished sketch while looking through my old art for ref #thinking about that time between TUN and TTE

[lucklessrat]

Has anyone read The Unspoken Name by A. K. Larkwood? I read it a year ago and I loved it so much that I made it my pick for a bookclub I have with my friends. Definitely due for a re-read. Talasseres Charossa has my whole entire heart so I did some quick sketches of him (how i picture him, anyway. Lol) If you liked Gideon the Ninth/The Locked Tomb series, definitely check it out.

#the unspoken name #the unspoken name book #Talasseres Charossa #tal charossa #the unspoken name fanart #the unspoken name art #the unspoken name tal #serpent gates series #the serpent gates #the serpent gates series #bookblr #bookblr art #bookblr fanart #bookblr artist

[arani612]

" Or perhaps in Slytherin you’ll make your real friends, those cunning folk use any means to achieve their ends... "

🐍🍏 Slytherin Moodboard 🍏🐍

#moodboard #slytherin moodboard #slytherin #aesthetic #slytherin aesthetic #green aesthetic #green moodboard #harry potter aesthetic #harry potter fandom #harry potter #hp fandom #salazar slytherin #ambition #slytherin pride #cunning folk #the serpent gates #dark mark #hogwarts house aesthetics #hogwarts houses #hogwarts house quotes

[faustandfurious]

I think modern fantasy literature needs more characters who are in the intersection between «old god with a death cult» and «horrible nonbinary teenager who regularly says fuck»

#the serpent gates

[haveyoureadthisfantasybook]

vote YES if you have finished the entire book.

vote NO if you have not finished the entire book.

(faq · submit a book)

#fantasy #books #The Unspoken Name #The Serpent Gates #A.K. Larkwood #poll #result: no #l: English

[puffywiz]

A.K. Larkwood: zaps Tal with the dilf ray

#the serpent gates #the thousand eyes #the unspoken name #found family kills me dead I’ve been walking the earth haunted by that beautiful ending all day #the queer friend group rep 😭 #my art

[logarithmicpanda]

I finished my reread of The Thousand Eyes and this duology is just too good. Like. I get some people have issues with the pacing. But it feels like this book was written to cater to my tastes in the best way: it's queer but it feels like old times fantasy. It has magic and weird science. It has old gods and deals with mortals. It has assholes getting their comeuppance and lesser assholes getting a redemption. It has death and sacrifice and the crunchiest prose, it makes me laugh out loud and weep five sentences later.

#the thousand eyes #the unspoken name #the Serpent Gates #panda rambles #reblog later

[layaart]

⚔ 🐍 💀🌼

#the unspoken name #the serpent gates #a.k. larkwood #sticker sheets on my store :) #books #2022 fanart

[thesupergirls]

Apparently my favourite genre is sapphics with brain ghosts and a side order of medical trauma

#please let me know if i missed any ajkskj mostly because i would like to read it #the locked tomb #baru cormorant #harrow the ninth #wlw books #a memory called empire #the serpent gates #ninefox gambit #the stars are legion #foundryside #the unspoken name #books #liv.txt

[randombookposts]

Nobody:

The Quincuriate or whatever they're called trying to get Shuthmili to join:

#qanwa shuthmili #the unspoken name #the serpent gates #the thousand eyes #a.k. larkwood

[kangaruthi]

#csorwe! 💕 #idiot lesbian orc my beloved #the unspoken name #the serpent gates #ak larkwood #csorwe #art #illustration #fanart

[kingcriccket]

hey the bit in the unspoken name where Csorwe is like briefly & unbearably grateful to have someone (shuthmili) actually thank her for her help. kind of extremely tragic actually.

#the unspoken name #the serpent gates #it's alive! #when you're taken for granted for so long someone saying a simple thank you almost takes you off your feet. #this orc :(

[sofipitch]

The Thousand Eyes just says over and over you can never go back, you can never go back, you can't get back what time took. You can't undo a shitty childhood, you can't rewind and never meet your abuser, bad things will happen, you can't go back, but you can go forward

#tsg #the serpent gates #the thousand eyes #and that'z not saying going forward is easy #or it's guaranteed to be better

[farorebutt]

the unspoken name main cast! 🐍

#the unspoken name #the serpent gates #fanart #artists on tumblr