#the hundred thousand kingdoms

[jameelaillustration]

I'm really rusty on realism but I've been reading NK Jemisin’s Inheritance Trilogy and I just HAD to paint Bright Itempas (the way I think Oree might)

Although he is the god of balance and symmetry,  he wears a three-eyed sun and three golden hoops in his ears to honor his two other halves

#brightitempas #the inheritance trilogy #oree shoth #bright itempas #nahadoth #yeine #nk jemisin #enefadeh #the hundred thousand kingdoms #Fanart #oil painting #portrait

[questwithambition]

Life update - 03/06/2023

Summer is here, and I have been soaking up the sun a lot - reading outside, chatting with friends in the park, and eating many many strawberries. The knee recovery is coming along nicely, I even was able to go swimming and do a 30 minute walk! Although I’m currently paying for overdoing it (laying on my bed feeling exhausted), but it’s all part of the process. I’m also in the middle of an internship for the uni which has been so interesting, and preparing for my trip to New York at the end of the month!

#I’m so excited for the nyc trip but also a lil scared #questwithambition #studyblr #studyspo #books #(how long can I be a studyblr I wonder) #bookblr #student #reading #libraries #bookworm #crochet #summer #food #currently reading #a day of fallen night #samantha shannon #the hundred thousand kingdoms #nk jemisin #both are great

[caribeandthebooks]

Caribe's Fantasy TBR - Part 3

#a natural history of dragons #marie brennan #one dark window #rachel gillig #three parts dead #max gladstone #craft sequence series #a spindle splintered #alix e. harrow #a discovery of witches #deborah harkness #the hundred thousand kingdoms #n k jemisin #fantasy #adult fiction #tbr list #tbr jar #bookblr #books #book tumblr #booklr #book blog

[tourneys-by-me]

Preliminaries Part 5 - Umbramancy 1/3

Top 6 gets into the final preliminary.

#element specific character tournament #element character tourney #preliminaries #polls #umbramancy #lyon fire emblem #fire emblem #fire emblem sacred stones #fire emblem heroes #eclipsa butterfly #star vs the forces of evil #Throné Anguis #octopath #octopath traveler 2 #nahadoth #the hundred thousand kingdoms #sylvanas windrunner #world of warcraft #wow #duskmon #digimon #digimon frontier #william dunbar #code lyoko #Lavender Periwinkle #fairy oak #bogmire #luigi's mansion #Suyodhana #pandava quintet

[pre-raphaelitepunk]

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

So, I (finally) just finished The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (THTK) by N.K. Jemisin (Book 1 of the Inheritance Trilogy) and it was phenomenal! It was exactly the fantasy story that I needed to read right now in the middle of nanowrimo. Full of lore, divinity, soft magic system, character development, mystery, and characters with a diversity of phenotypes and ethnicities. The book also came to a very satisfying end despite being part of a trilogy which is rare these days. THTK is not a romance per se but a a romance reader, I found the development of the characters' chemistry to be well done and contributive to the overall political and magical intrigue.

This book in particular reminds me of Octavia Butler, both in themes and style, despite their differing genres; the staccato text, though Jemisin is more descriptive and... fluid? The themes of power and love and jealousy and slavery/freedom/choice and world-ending cataclysm are shared between the two authors a well.

Something about THTK reminds me specifically of Wildseed. I could see the ending of Itempas being a sort of prologue for Doro... the lore doesn't match up but the characters really do; if you've read both books I'd love to hear your thoughts on the comparison.

Overall I thoroughly enjoyed the experience, plan on reading the rest of the series, and I highly recommend this book <3

#nk jemisin #the hundred thousand kingdoms #fantasy #fantasy literature #books #wildseed #octavia butler

[glace-the-cloudwatcher]

Read N. K. Jemisen's Inheritance Trilogy recently and god. So fucking good snsnsn like the worldbuilding and the play with power dynamics and the gods and godlings, it's all just *chefs kiss*. First proper book series I've read in ages and I regret nothing

#the hundred thousand kingdoms #n. k. jemisin #the inheritance trilogy

[genspiel]

if i had a nickel for every time an n.k. jemisin protag mistook a powerful, ancient immortal entity for a young boy, i would have two nickels. which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice

#tre reads #the inheritance trilogy #the hundred thousand kingdoms #yeine #sieh #broken earth spoilers #broken earth #the fifth season #the obelisk gate #the stone sky #essun #hoa #houwha #and when i say “weird” i mean “this is super interesting actually” fshdk #it's kinda cool seeing how certain character types/worldbuilding details/plot beats have evolved throughout jemisin's writing career #and how even when they're similar between series the rest of the setting n stuff still makes them feel different from each other

[formerlyknownas-delight]

Because it is among my all-time favourites and because I'm a bookbinder, I made N. K. Jemisin's Inheritance Trilogy into a fancy hardcover edition.

It features

- glittery nightsky bookcloth with black and gold stamping

- a dusk-grey ribbon marker

- matching grey pages separating the three novels and the short story

- insanely golden endpapers that gloriously shed glitter everywhere

Now go y'all and read it, it has everything you could wish for!

#n.k. jemisin #the inheritance trilogy #bookbinding #nkjemisin #the hundred thousand kingdoms #the broken kingdoms #the kingdom of gods #books #book art #done #following the fish #f

[lonely--shine]

Recognition (gift)

[Note: click for better quality, I put a lot of detail in this one]

Happy birthday to my sis!! ❤️ Made it in time for once in my life xD

People who've been following me for long enough will know it's tradition that every year I draw something for my sis' birthday. This year, and after much thinking, I went for fanart of a book we both love: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, by @nkjemisin

Man, this scene gives me so many feelings, I hope I did it justice. Also, for people who have not read the book 1) go read it, and 2) don't worry, this is not as major a spoiler as it seems, it happens at the beginning of the book.

Anyway, onto the drawing! My gosh, did it make me struggle or what? Naha's shadowy hair/cloak was a challenge, so was trying to capture the quality of Sky's walls. I really had fun tho, and I'm actually pretty happy with Yeine's clothes (I don't know how accurate they are to the book's description, but I did my best) ^^

#art #digital art #artwork #drawing #illustration #fanart #the hundred thousand kingdoms #the inheritance trilogy #nk jemisin #nahadoth #yeine darr #fantasy #god of chaos #demon #warrior

[elvenfoe]

off topic but i just want to thank nk jemisin for putting into words what it's like to be horny for a god

#queen shit #jemisin will write the most heart wrenching stories #and I'll come out of them like #wow i believe in love again #nk jemisin #the inheritance trilogy #the hundred thousand kingdoms #the broken kingdoms #the kingdom of gods

[jameelaillustration]

Another take on Bright Itempas. I have a little more practice in this style and think this captures his beautiful, but wrathful personality a little better. @nkjemisin @menofcolorinfantasyart

#The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms #bright itempas #nk jemisin #The Inheritance Trilogy #oree shoth #fantasy art #sun god #black knight

[mistwraiths]

3 stars

I read N. K. Jemisin's The Broken Earth series which is absolutely amazing so I was looking forward to reading this one!

It took about 30% in for me to get hooked, the part where things became a bit clearer and interesting. I liked the concept of this book and the ending was cool. However, this book was mostly very slow and kind of boring? I felt like nothing really happened. The MC arrived, asked questions, slept, asked questions, had sex, asked questions, and then died. Nothing else it felt like. I did like the mystery of who was talking in which break and I appreciate a book that sometimes just throws you in.

This was definitely good but I have no interest in finishing the series because I never felt connected to any of the characters. I absolutely want to read more of N. K. Jemisin books though.

#the hundred thousand kingdoms #steph reads #steph's book review #book review #2024 reads

[lifblogs]

Yeine just had sex with two different people in one night (not a threesome, one after the other). Girl, how can you walk?

#the hundred thousand kingdoms #n.k. jemisin #books #reading

[msmoiraine]

i just finished the hundred thousand kingdoms by n.k. jemisin and it was so good. 10000/10 highly recommend. the way that the scenes are written is immaculate. you know exactly whats happening, why its happening, how its happening, whos there (and not there) and she doesnt even have to outright say it all the time. not one word is wasted in all the 300 something pages this book is. and yeine is my favourite she serves so much cunt the only other people who can compete are her dead mom and the literal god of night i love her so much

#theres better ways to say why i actually really loved this but i cannot do it rn #the hundred thousand kingdoms #nk jemisin #yeine my beloved

[reviewsthatburn]

There's something very satisfying about sitting down to read a series that's complete, ready and waiting for you to crack open and devour it. Finishing a series also requires readers to have supported each book along the way as they came out. Well, these duologies, trilogies, and series by authors of color are finished, available to be read entire. We've previously reviewed every entry on this list and included links to those thoughts for anyone who wants a bit more detail. While it's entirely possible that these authors may publish associated stories in the future (either sequels or just set in the same story universe), what's available now feels complete. Each entry includes the synopsis from the first book in the series.

Full post at link, book titles in tags.

#BookReviews #a song of wraiths and ruin #a psalm of storms and silence #raybearer #redemptor #empire of sand #realm of ash #queen of the conquered #king of the rising #these violent delights #our violent ends #the grimrose girls #the wicked remain #dread nation #deathless divide #witchmark #stormsong #soulstar #the kingston cycle #the hundred thousand kingdoms #the broken kingdoms #the kingdom of gods #the inheritance trilogy #shadow of the fox #soul of the sword #night of the dragon #ninefox gambit #raven stratagem #revenant gun #labyrinth lost

[tumble-bees]

Scriveners learn several mortal tongues as children, before they begin learning the gods’ language. This helps them understand the flexibility of language and of the mind itself, for there are many concepts that exist in some languages that cannot even be approximated in others. This is how the gods’ tongue works; it allows the conceptualization of the impossible. And this is why the best scriveners can never be trusted.

The Hundred Thousand Kingsoms, N K Jemisin

#the hundred thousand kingdoms #n k jemisin #language #linguistics