#the ten thousand doors of january

[moondustbooks]

January JOMP Day 18 - Book Stack

#justonemorepage #jompbpc #books #booklr #the bear and the nightingale #the girl in the tower #the winter of the witch #the ten thousand doors of january #the beast's heart #never never #to kill a kingdom #beast #funko pop #book photo challenge #book photography #moondustbooks

[themelodyofspring]

JOMP Book Photo Challenge

July 22, 2023 - Colors

#jompbpc #justonemorepage #the ten thousand doors of january #alix e. harrow #behold my new plant! #booklr #mypics #books #bookblr #read #books and plants

[thelastofthebookworms]

When the other polls will be out, they'll be in my 'fantasy polls' tag.

I forgot to mention I also have a 'sf polls' tag with difficult choices to make in the first polls.

#polls #science fiction #fantasy polls #the ten thousand doors of january #alix harrow #the bone season #the priory of the orange tree #samantha shannon #a darker shade of magic #shades of magic #v.e. schwab #the raven boys #the raven cycle #maggie stiefvater #every heart a doorway #ehad #wayward children #seanan mcguire #the starless sea #erin morgenstern #inkheart #cornelia funke #the last apprentice #revenge of the witch #joseph delaney

[normalfaerie]

There was no room, it turned out, for little girls who wandered off the edge of the map and told the truth about the mad, impossible things they found there.

- The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

#books #quotes #bookworm #the ten thousand doors of january #January #bibliophile #book lovers #book quote #literature #fantasy #beautiful quote

[libinih28]

need me an old money boy obsessed with magic :(

#gansey #darlington #ninth house #the raven cycle #the hazel wood #the ten thousand doors of january #the diviners

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Books of 2023. THE TEN THOUSAND DOORS OF JANUARY by Alix E. Harrow. Up next! Back on my Driscoll-adjacent reading vibes, to fuel the Driscoll-centric revising vibes (pictured in the background).

#books of 2023 #books #book photography #the ten thousand doors of january #alix e. harrow #writing #in btw #driscoll #this was allegedly up next after un lun dun but i'm glad i took a mini break for nothing but the rain!! #un lun dun took me uh. 21 days to read lmao #it was. Not It™. #it did give me the line 'i may be an idiot and very tired BUT' though #so that's a win #and curdle i do love curdle #also RAIN counts as an acceptable detour because harrow blurbs it on the cover lmao #and i did waffle between this one next OR spindle splintered BUT!: #i have it on good authority that this is the order i should do them in lol #i was afraid january was as long as witches but it's not by a long shot so i'm probably okay #i did really love witches so i have high hopes for this one #don't mind me trying to knock my TBR down to where it fits on my lamp shelf again

[catchawishing-star]

If you are wondering why other worlds seem so brimful of magic compared to your own dreary Earth, consider how magical this world seems from another perspective. To a world of sea people, your ability to breathe air is stunning; to a world of spear throwers, your machines are demons harnessed to work tirelessly in your service; to a world of glaciers and clouds, summer itself is a miracle.

Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January

#reading #books #quotes #alix e. harrow #the ten thousand doors of january #imagination #nature #magic #appreciation #gratitude #worlds

[broresteia]

elsewhere ✨

#the ten thousand doors of january #doodles #i LOVE this books it’s so magical omg #yule ian…julian….incredible

[tranquil-i-tea]

If there's one constant in fantasy it's cats. I don't know why intellectually, but I do viscerally.

The rules of magic and reality just don't apply to cats and there is nothing authors can do to change that.

#the ten thousand doors of January #enchanted forest chronicles #realm of the elderlings #there are definitely more #cats man #little monster aliens #rote

[deadweight-at7am]

"Something about having a child bends you back to your beginnings, as if you have been drawing a circle all your life and now are compelled to close it." - Alix Harrow

#quote #alix harrow #momblr #mumblr #parenthood #the ten thousand doors of january

[themelodyofspring]

JOMP Book Photo Challenge

October 15, 2023 - Black Books

#jompbpc #black books #am I late? yes #is this out of sequence? also yes #book stack #eotv #the starless sea #the ten thousand doors of january #king of scars #the golden enclaves #dracula #the picture of dorian gray #booklr #mypics #books #bookblr #read #books and plants

[scientistswishingwell]

So a while ago I was working at the little town bookstore (as you do, more stories about that sure to come) and I got so invested in a particular author (Alix E. Harrow) that I went and stalked her Instagram for a good long time while the store was quiet. And I found that she had recommended a book that wasn’t out yet, but was going to be out in a few days. It was Becky Chamber’s Psalm for the Wild Built.

And oh, oh boy, did that book change me. There are some people out there that you will meet who reach right into your body with their words and physically alter how your brain works. I was going through a rough time when I read this book, and I wept on the back porch of my parent’s home in the dappled shade of sugar maples and it was the first time I’d cried tears of happiness and relief in… a long, long time.

I recommend that book to everyone I met. It is my comfort book. It is a warm hug from someone you miss. It is a kind word from a stranger. It is a cup of tea on a rainy day and a glass of lemonade on a hot one. You ever want to feel seen, instead of observed? Comforted and encouraged instead of force-fed horrors? Reassured that people are good, and goodness finds a way, and small comforts are not luxuries to be ashamed of but essentials to be shared with anyone willing to sit by your table? Go read this book. It took me less than two hours to read.

It is not magical, it does not force a strange world upon you. It simply looks at you softy, offers you a drink and some food, which it has made itself but is happy to share, and tells you that it sees you, that you are real, and you are being cared for.

The second book came out a year later and I read it as soon as I could get my hands on it. It was equally comforting, and it challenged me to think about what I was giving to myself, and question whether enough of that was kindness. It challenged me to think about my faith, both in something greater than myself and something that was shared equally among everyone I will ever know. And once again, this time sitting in the dimly-lit kitchen of my first apartment, I wept tears of relief and joy. It was okay to feel how I was feeling. My grief had been seen, validated, and held in someone’s hands like glass until I could place it on the shelf of my experiences: never gone, but finally in its place.

This book of small comforts and gentle joys and big questions inside of small people made me feel safe. My greatest struggles have been with anxiety, with never feeling safe, and this book, for days at a time, made me feel safe in my own mind and body. Becky Chambers managed, in about 150 pages, to write a story that changed how my brain worked.

I’m pretty sure these are the best books I’ve ever read. And they came to me exactly when I needed them. I’m looking forward to what comes next.

#becky chambers #alix e. harrow #psalm for the wild built #prayer for the crown shy #books #book recommendations #writing #essay #review #anxiety #grief #peace #mental health #the ten thousand doors of january #robots #artificial intelligence #journaling #journey #not the destination #crickets #bookshelf #bookstore #stories

[bookish-hiraeth]

I hope you will find the cracks in the world and wedge them wider, so the light of other suns shines through; I hope you will keep the world unruly, messy, full of strange magics; I hope you will run through every open Door and tell stories when you return.

- Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January

#literature #books #escapism #the ten thousand doors of january #alix e harrow #book quotes #quotes

[book-hag]

no better book to be reading in january

#the ten thousand doors of january #books #book photography #mine

[rains-of-words]

Destiny is a pretty story we tell ourselves. Lurking beneath it there are only people, and the terrible choices we make.

Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January

#quotes #rainsofwords #usermaximoff #books #alix e. harrow #the ten thousand doors of january

[novelmonger]

Fortnight of Books, Day 13

Favorite passage/quote of 2023:

The first one that came to mind was this passage from The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow:

It’s a profoundly strange feeling, to stumble across someone whose desires are shaped so closely to your own, like reaching toward your reflection in a mirror and finding warm flesh under your fingertips. If you should ever be lucky enough to find that magical, fearful symmetry, I hope you’re brave enough to grab it with both hands and not let go.

Book which had the overall greatest impact on you this year:

That's such a hard thing to gauge, but I guess maybe it would be The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H.G. Parry, considering the number of times I've talked about it in this activity. It was a blast to read, it made me think of fictional characters in a different way, and it introduced me to H.G. Parry, which led me to read her book The Magician's Daughter as well!

#fortnight of books 2023 #the ten thousand doors of january #alix e harrow #the unlikely escape of uriah heep #hg parry