#thelastgraduate

[libraryinthecountry]

★ Where do you usually go book shopping? My favorite places to go book shopping are bookstores that sell used and new books! We have one about an hour away and I’ve found so many incredible gems there—I would say at least 20 percent of my books are from there, alone. I also shop at Barnes & Noble (especially for signed and exclusive editions!) and whenever we travel I make a point to discover a couple indies in the area! This tote bag designed by @noverantale from @illumicrate’s November box is perfect for all of my book shopping excursions, too! It’s inspired by @naominovik’s A Deadly Education and looks so good with my Illumicrate edition of the book! Use code LIBRARY5 to save on 3&6 month subs! ★ HASHTAGS // #bookstagram #fantasybooks #coverlove #prettybooks #totalbooknerd #becauseofreading #bookshelf #bookboxes #bookaesthetic #myfavoritethings #bookshopping #illumicratenov2022 #illumicrate #adeadlyeducation #thelastgraduate #naominovik #thescholomance #noverantale #bookdragon #bibliophile https://www.instagram.com/p/Co-bGcYJSYf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[lisa-lostinlit]

💬 Which do you prefer: standalones, duologies, trilogies, or longer series? 🤎📖 I prefer standalones, followed by duologies and trilogies. Longer series are intimidating to me since I rarely ever finish them. Do you usually finish series you start? Saving the world is a test no school of magic can prepare you for in the triumphant conclusion to the New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with A Deadly Education and The Last Graduate. Thank you to @delreybooks for gifting me this copy of The Golden Enclaves! Now is the perfect time to binge this trilogy! . . . h a s h t a g s : #thegoldenenclaves #adeadlyeducation #thelastgraduate #naominovik #lightacademia #academia #darkacademia #booksbooksbooks #readersofinsta #booksofinstagram #ilovebooks #bookishflatlay #flatlay #flatlaytoday #cozyphotography #cosyhome #cozyaesthetic #neutraldecor #bookworm #booknerdigans https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckvu3sfuHWK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[ktienh]

💬 "I imagine it's always easier to do sundering monstrous if you can convince yourself you aren't going to, up to the last minutes, until you do." 🎉 Happy Publication Day 📙 The Golden Enclaves 📚 Lesson Three of The Scholomance ✒️ Naomi Novik 💥💥💥💣 A thrilling finale to this trilogy! After hearing all about the cliffhanger ending in book 2, The Last Graduate, I purposely held off reading it until a couple of weeks ago knowing book 3 is coming... I'm so glad I did! On the other hand, however, I was finding El completely frustrating and I thought maybe it's because I was reading them back to back. However, there is a particular thought/idea that I just didn't believe in but that I didn't realise the characters in this book fully believed until it was proven "wrong" just after halfway through. This is one reason why I was so confused and annoyed by El's actions! I had a completely different mindset than hers. It was all ok once we were all on the same page 😜 The Golden Enclaves is the thickest book in the trilogy but I found it very slow (and as per above, frustrating) for the first half. It just wasn't gripping me as the first book did. The last half was so much better with twist on twist and oh, the irony of El vs Orion from what we saw of them in book 1 to the reality we found them in now! And I do so love when everything is tied up neatly at the end. Can't wait to see what Novik will write next! My thanks to @penguinbooksaus for gifting me a copy of this book. Thoughts are mine own. #TheGoldenEnclaves #LessonThreeOfTheScholomance #TheScholomance #NaomiNovik #ADeadlyEducation #TheLastGraduate #trilogy #fantasy #ausbookstagram #ausbookstagramer #bookstagram #bookandflower #backtoschool #tandemfandom @tandemcollectiveglobal @tandemcollectiveuk https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci_0E6HLwaq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[taylor-reads-books]

“I love having existential crises at bedtime, it’s so restful” —Naomi Novik, A Deadly Education •———————————————————————————• I am so excited to finish this series! The Golden Enclave is going to be my vacation book for next week, so I’m excited for some beach, sun and some dark magical academia! •————————————————————————————• #adeadlyeducation #thelastgraduate #thegoldenenclaves #naominovik #yabooks #yalit #youngadultfantasy #youngadultbooks #bookish #bookcommunity #booksbooksbooks #beautifulbooks #darkacedemia #bookshelves #reader #readerlife #readingforfun #booklover https://www.instagram.com/p/CjTm7wqrxaA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[robyn-weightman]

So many colourful flowers 😍

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[bookperusing]

I was making a reel yesterday for Holi and these naked hardcovers just looked so pretty that I had to take a picture too😂 ✨ Books in the picture: ★ Lady Midnight by @cassieclare1 ★ Winter's Orbit by @everina_maxwell ★ Tokyo Ever After by @emikojeanbooks ★ The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by @veschwab ★ The Last Graduate by @naominovik ★ The Fascinators by Andrew Eliopulos ★ A Court of Silver Flames by @therealsjmaas ★ The Night Circus by @erinmorgenstern ★ Unravel the Dusk by @elimpix ★ Cemetery Boys by @aidenschmaiden ★ Aurora Rising by @amiekaufmanauthor and @misterkristoff I really recommend all these books if anyone is looking for adding more books to their TBR! ✨ Q: Have you read any of these books? ✨ [Tags: #colourfulbooks #ladymidnight #jemma #white #wintersorbit #tokyoeverafter #theinvisiblelifeofaddielarue #blue #thelastgraduate #green #acosf #acourtofsilverflames #nessian #orange #thenightcircus #unravelthedusk #red #cemeteryboys #maroon #aurorarising #black #rainbow #nakedcovers #hardcover #hardcoverbooks #bookrecommendations #mustreads ] https://www.instagram.com/p/CpiOJfjo7oO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[mooberryink]

》𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕞 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕘𝕖 #booksouthewindow QOTD 》Has a book ending ever shocked you so much that you actually felt like it shoved you off that cliff? Did it make you want to hurl the book off a cliff? One more book goes sailing across the room for Books Out The Window co-hosted with Rebecca @rebeccasreads_ ♡ Just barely kept myself from tossing this one because: hardcover. But we’re talking right at the fingertips. If this was a paperback, it would still be up against my wall until September. Seriously, Novik, I can’t believe you’re gonna leave me dangling like this. xo Noelani 》The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik ★★★★/★ Reaction: *audible gasp that causes concern for occupants in the next room* Oh, you really want to end on that note? >< Tagging any fellow reader still dangling off a cliffy like me. How we suffer. *sigh* #bookstagramchallenge #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #bookstagrammers #bookstagramcommunity #bookstagramit #readingcommunity #bookcommunity #bookpic #booksaremagic #flatlaybooks #flatlayphotography #cliffhanger #bookseries #fantasyseries #yafantasybooks #thelastgraduate #naominovik #bookcover https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc854z1vhVl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[siriuslygrimm]

Manipulated Matriculation

#BOOKREVIEW - Manipulated Matriculation - #TheLastGraduate #blog

The new graduating class begin making final preparations and plans to survive the ritual, but the Scholomance has other things in mind in Naomi Novik’s The Last Graduate. The new senior class of the Scholomance assume their place as the next in line to graduate, and their odds of surviving the ritual seem to be greater thanks to their efforts to repair the cleansing mechanism before the last…

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[thecatandthekindle]

Spoiler-Free Review: The Last Graduate (Scholomance #2) – Naomi Novik

I received a free copy of this book in return for an honest review. Many thanks to Random House UK and NetGalley for the opportunity.

The first thing you need to know is that The Last Graduate is book 2 in this series and you will need to read book 1, A Deadly Education, before you tackle it. A Deadly Education contains quite detailed explanation of the Scholomance universe. This is covered in book 2 but in less detail.

Basically the Scholomance is a lousy school; the food is terrible, there are no holidays and the pupils are regularly attacked with terminal consequences. Survival rates in the Scholomance are abysmal, but survival rates for magical kids in the outside world are much much worse.

El and her fellow pupils are now in their final year and gearing up for graduation day. Far from being a celebratory event, this involves being dumped en masse into the Graduation Hall and having to fight their way out of the school through hoards of mals (magic-eating monsters). Almost their entire school career has been building up to this moment. The mortality rate is so high that each person must eventually put their own survival first. Friendships have to be jettisoned in favour of strategic alliances. Mistakes can cost your life.

The Scholomance is an exceptionally introspective series. It is written entirely from El’s perspective, who after 3 years of guarding her own life, is paranoid and hyper-vigilant. Tie this in with her affinity for world domination and you have quite a dangerous character. El’s saving grace is her mother, who has raised her with love and selfness that gives her a good solid grounding in right and wrong. I’m rather fond of El despite her grouchy exterior. Like her namesake, Galadriel, she is offered power but turns it down because she knows it’s not right. I loved seeing her slowly develop from self-protecting survivor to saviour, without ever giving up the surly personality that makes her El.

While much of the focus is on El, we do get some insight into those around her this time around. Aadhya, Lui and even Chloe each get their moment with individual emotionally revealing scenes. It is hard to become attached to other characters, though, because El herself continues to hold them mostly at a distance. I felt Orion should have become a much more solid character by now. Both books begin and end with commentary on him and I so wanted more insight into his character, but as with El’s friends, we got a spotlight moment and everything else is viewed through the narrow scope of El’s own thoughts. The frisson between Orion and El felt criminally underplayed.

One character that developed unexpectedly in this book was the Scholomance itself, which is revealed to have sentience. Previously the school appeared to be quite mechanical in nature, with programmed responses but in this book the Scholomance is clearly shown to have self-awareness and a sense of purpose. By the end of this book, the idea of everyone leaving begins to feel like abandonment.

The mals or maleficaria are an interesting factor in these books. There really needs to be some kind of bestiary. A new mal is mentioned every few pages, often with no description or explanation. Some of the real monsters in the book, though, are the maleficers or evil wizards. There are two types of magical energy in the book, mana or good energy gained from hard work, and malia or bad energy sucked from other people or things around them. The quickest way to gain malia is to kill your fellow pupils. Those who use malia have outward signs such as black hair and nails, and they feel cursed. I like to see a magical universe with consequences and balance, which the Scholomance world very much has.

You would do well to have some comfort food handy as you progress through this book. This book will chew you into pieces and spit you out. The first thing I did on finishing it, was to reassure myself that there was, in fact, a third book in the series. Get out your chocolate and your comfort blankie because the new school year begins on 28th September 2021 with the publication of The Last Graduate.

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[goldmanangelica]

~ Recently Read ~ Recently finished the most recent in the Scholomance series by @naominovik Absolutely brilliant 🤩 in every way 💫 I’m a big fan of all of Novik’s work so if you’re looking for a new read, definitely treat yourself to one of her works, they’re fantastic❕ Hope everyone has a great week ❤️ ********** #naominovik #thescholomance #fantasybookseries #bookstagram #readstagram #thelastgraduate #recentlyread #readmorebooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CWBnGJYLpID/?utm_medium=tumblr

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[marziesreads]

I’m excited to be starting #thelastgraduate by @naominovik, sequel to #adeadlyeducation and second in the #scholomancetrilogy! I know I better get busy before my friends @sacredpoppy and Jenni lose all patience with me! #audiobookstagram #bookstagram #delrey #randomhouseaudio #readersofinstagram #readingonaudioandpixel https://www.instagram.com/p/CUZ78tOLLll/?utm_medium=tumblr

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[bookperusing]

Q: Do you ever read books because you have seen too many negative reviews about them? A: I don't usually read reviews but there were A LOT of people who had a lot to say about A Deadly Education by @naominovik (honestly most of it was just dumb😂) so I decided to read those books myself and I absolutely loved them! The Scholomance trilogy is one of my favourite series! ✨ If anyone hasn't read these books, you should really give them a chance, especially if you love dark academia! ✨ [Tags: #thescholomance #thescholomanceseries #adeadlyeducation #thelastgraduate #thegoldenenclaves #el #elhiggins #orion #orionlake #naominovik #trilogy #series #favouritebooks #favoriteseries #hardcovers #hardcoverbooks #booksrecommendations #mustreads #mustreadbooks #darkacademia ] https://www.instagram.com/p/CnkfNyOLFNt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[mooberryink]

》𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕔𝕙 𝕨𝕣𝕒𝕡 𝕦𝕡 QOTD 》What was your most thought-provoking read this month? So this was a fun reading month for me. Only one disappointment & a mini-panic-inducing cliffy, but good, stimulating reads overall. I just got through Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi & my mind is split in the best ways. This book kept me thinking throughout—sifting possible literary & philosophic references (e.g., Narnia & Plato’s allegory of the cave & augury), even attempting the method of loci & constructing a kind of mind palace from Piranesi’s journal entries—taking a leaf out of Piranesi’s book, a reading journal is probably a good idea for this one. My favorite reference might be the title of the book itself: Piranesi, an allusion to the 18th-century Italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi, who produced a collection of prints entitled Carceri d'invenzione or Imaginary Prisons (see next slides), a series depicting subterranean labyrinthine capricci. Quick note: Potential spoilers ahead. There’s one question that gnaws at me: does the protag actually “remember everything,” through all the various versions of himself & does the evidence lie within the confines of the House? This leads me to other questions regarding the construction of the House, but those are dangerous rabbit holes. xo Noelani tl;dr: cont. in comments 》 March books 》 A Fisherman of the Inland Sea by Ursula K. Le Guin ★★★★ Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik ★★★★★ A Vow So Bold & Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer ★★★ The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik ★★★★/★ Piranesi by Susanna Clarke ★★★★★ #bookstagramit #bookbloggers #bookblogging #monthlywrapup #wrapup #bookreview #bookworm #totalbooknerd #whatiread #readingtime📖 #bookstack #spinningsilver #thelastgraduate #naominovik #piranesi #susannaclarke #readingbooks #readerscommunity #igreaders #igread https://www.instagram.com/p/CbyaAaMJ3sZ/?utm_medium=tumblr

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[mooberryink]

》𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨 QOTD 》Have you ever actually tossed a book out the window? Quick note: Spoilers, probably. Woah, hey, um, so that ending—that ending had me PISSED! I’m still seething worse than El herself any day of the week. Damn straight there better be a third book, Novik, because this is unacceptable. (Almost knocked off a star for it. Still might.) I actually felt the first stirrings of a minor panic attack on the final page because I was so sure this thing was a duology; then I checked @goodreads & crisis averted, but—why would you do that to me?!? Back at the Scholomance, cue the agony of a massive slow burn given that the protag is, of course, your classic “tsundere” with a hell of a bite. El is real enough for me to accept & even respect, but not really like (which she would probably agree is a sensible reaction to her unyielding cloak of hostility): at times, an annoying misanthrope, she’s grounded with reason & a tremendous power vital to the culminating project. So you’re basically stuck with her pessimistic side eye & she doesn’t necessarily like it either. It’s a bitter pill to swallow, but it’s your only chance at survival; you might not even feel better, but you’ll live. Clearly, I’m some sort of a bookish masochist because I devoured the whole thing faster than a starved maw-mouth & I’m still hungry for more. xo Noelani tl;dr: cont. in comments 》 The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik ★★★★/★ #bookpost #bookreview #booktalk #readingaddict #bookwormsunite #thelastgraduate #naominovik #scholomance #bookrecs #recommendedreading #yafantasy #fantasyillustration #fantasyartwork #bookseries #idratherbereading #whattoreadnext #readeveryday #readingislife #bookmap #bookflatlay https://www.instagram.com/p/CblRJbGPe0q/?utm_medium=tumblr

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[taylor-reads-books]

“There’s no such thing as normal people, I said, a desperate flailing. “There’s just people, and some of them are miserable, and some of them are happy, and you’ve the same right to be happy as any of them—no more and no less.” -Naomi Novik, The Last Graduate •——————————————————————————————• I absolutely adore this series and I don’t think it gets enough love! El is a cranky delight and Orion is a little cinnamon roll I want to tuck in my pocket and the workings of the school itself is crazy creative! Those cliff hangers though are evil and I finished this book WEEKS ago and still can’t stop thinking of that ending 😭 I need the next book soon! •——————————————————————————————• #adeadlyeducation #thelastgraduate #naominovik #yalit #yabooks #yabookstagram #darkacademia #bookishflatlay #bookishaesthetic #bookish #bookishlove #reader #readersofinstagram #readingforfun #ilovereading #bibliophile #booknerdigans #beautifulbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CWL5CNyLzBe/?utm_medium=tumblr

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[tinuwel]

Vaya día que llevo! Ha sido un no parar para, al final, no hacer nada 😂 Me he pasado el día con prisas, intentando hacer mil cosas a la vez y no terminando ninguna. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Bueno sí, me he cortado el pelo 😂 Al menos algo sí lo he hecho 🤗 Hoy os enseño El último graduado de @naominovik Segunda parte de la saga y a la que tengo muchas ganas porque el primer libro me gustó muchísimo. Bueno esta autora me encanta siempre 🥰🥰🥰 así que este seguro que me flipa como el primero 😍 ¿Os gusta esta autora? ¿Cuál habéis leído? #yalit #ireadya #youngadultbooks #yabooks #yafantasy #bookblog #bookbloggers #bookblogging #reading #leyendo #bookphotography #bookblogger #bookstagramespaña #bookcommunity #instabooks #fotografiasdelibros #readersofinstagram #TW #lecturadirecta #thescholomance #elultimograduado #thelastgraduate #laescolomancia https://www.instagram.com/p/CaDSXF8LcSR/?utm_medium=tumblr

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