#C.L. Stone

[jolieeason]

October 2023 Wrap-Up

Here is what I read/posted/won/received/bought in October. As always, let me know if you have read any of these books and (if you did) what you thought of them. Books I Read: Books Reviewed: The Parachutists by R.L. Minnich—review here (4 stars) Tantalus Depths by Evan Graham—review here (4 stars) The Intern by Michele Campbell—review here (4 stars) A Cold Highland Wind by Tasha…

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🖤 Black History Month ❤️

💛 Queer Books by Black Authors 💚

[ List Under the Cut ]

🖤 Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender ❤️ Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta 💛 Warrior of the Wind by Suyi Davies Okungbowa 💚 I'm a Wild Seed by Sharon Lee De La Cruz 🖤 Real Life by Brandon Taylor ❤️ Ruthless Pamela Jean by Carol Denise Mitchell 💛 The Unbroken by C.L. Clark 💚 Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova 🖤 Skin Deep Magic by Craig Laurance Gidney ❤️ The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi 💛 That Could Be Enough by Alyssa Cole 💚Work for It by Talia Hibbert

🖤 All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson ❤️ The Deep by Rivers Solomon 💛 How to Be Remy Cameron by Julian Winters 💚 Running With Lions by Julian Winters 🖤 Right Where I Left You by Julian Winters ❤️ This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender 💛 The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum 💚 This Is What It Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow 🖤 Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa ❤️ Black Boy Joy by Kwame Mbalia 💛 Legendborn by Tracy Deonn 💚 The Wicker King by K. Ancrum

🖤 Pet by Akwaeke Emezi ❤️ You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson 💛 Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole 💚 Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron 🖤 Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann ❤️ A Spectral Hue by Craig Laurance Gidney 💛 Power & Magic by Joamette Gil 💚 The Black Veins by Ashia Monet 🖤 Treasure by Rebekah Weatherspoon ❤️ The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow 💛 Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James 💚 Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett

🖤 The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta ❤️ Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee 💛 A Phoenix First Must Burn (edited) by Patrice Caldwell 💚 Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson 🖤 Things We Couldn't Say by Jay Coles ❤️ Black Boy Out of Time by Hari Ziyad 💛 Darling by K. Ancrum 💚 The Secrets of Eden by Brandon Goode 🖤 Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé ❤️ Off the Record by Camryn Garrett 💛 Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers 💚 Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

🖤 How to Dispatch a Human by Stephanie Andrea Allen ❤️ Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans 💛 The Essential June Jordan (edited) by Jan Heller Levi and Christoph Keller 💚 A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark 🖤 A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney ❤️ Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo 💛 Dread Nation by Justina Ireland 💚 Punch Me Up to the Gods by Brian Broome 🖤 Masquerade by Anne Shade ❤️ One of the Good Ones by Maika Moulite & Maritza Moulite 💛 Soulstar by C.L. Polk 💚 100 Boyfriends by Brontez Purnell

🖤 Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender ❤️ Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby 💛 Coffee Will Make You Black by April Sinclair 💚 The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi 🖤 If It Makes You Happy by Claire Kann ❤️ Sweethand by N.G. Peltier 💛 This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron 💚 Better Off Red by Rebekah Weatherspoon 🖤 Friday I’m in Love by Camryn Garrett ❤️ Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez 💛 Memorial by Bryan Washington 💚 Patsy by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn

🖤 Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon ❤️ How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole 💛 Yesterday is History by Kosoko Jackosn 💚 Mouths of Rain (edited) by Briona Simone Jones 🖤 Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia ❤️ Love's Divine by Ava Freeman 💛 The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr 💚 Odd One Out by Nic Stone 🖤 Symbiosis by Nicky Drayden ❤️ Thanks a Lot, Universe by Chad Lucas 💛 The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons 💚 Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin

🖤 Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert ❤️ My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson 💛 Pleasure and Spice by Fiona Zedde 💚 No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull 🖤 The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus ❤️ Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor 💛 The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin 💚 Peaces by Helen Oyeyem 🖤 The Beauty That Remains by Ashley Woodfolk ❤️ Every Body Looking by Candice Iloh 💛 Bingo Love by Tee Franklin, Jenn St-Onge, Joy San 💚 The Heart Does Not Bend by Makeda Silvera

🖤 King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender ❤️ By Any Means Necessary by Candice Montgomery 💛 Busy Ain't the Half of It by Frederick Smith & Chaz Lamar Cruz 💚 Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo 🖤 Sin Against the Race by Gar McVey-Russell ❤️ Trumpet by Jackie Kay 💛 Remembrance by Rita Woods 💚 Daughters of Nri by Reni K. Amayo 🖤 You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour ❤️ The Summer of Everything by Julian Winters 💛 Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi 💚 Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyem

[lively-potter]

— nepenthe ; jjk

@lively-potter

— synopsis ;

in which solaris celeste vesper, a sad girl with an unfortunate upbringing meets a man far older than her and, within his presence, her sorrow fades into nothingness.

Also in which jeon jungkook finds the sun he so desperately needed in his life.

— genre ; age gap, they both fall but he falls harder in the beginning, angst, fluff, guaranteed HEA, CEO jungkook, mafia/gang vibes ( kinda/sorta )

— disclaimer ;

2024 © @LivelyPotter

All Rights Reserved

You may not reproduce,

distribute/and or adapt

any part of this work

without my permission

I only own my original characters and the plot.

— warnings ;

violence, blood / gore, descriptive abuse, mature language, mature themes, fluff, angst, age gap. the MFC has been sheltered her entire life — and due to that, keep in mind she will have a slight childlike innocence. She cries a lot in the beginning ( and if you went though all the shit she did, you would too, as I won’t hear any complaints )

— playlist ;

— greedy ; tate mcrae

— yes or no ; jungkook

— closer to you ; jungkook

— somebody ; jungkook

— hate you ; jungkook

— lost ; BTS

— my time ; jungkook

— serendipity ; jimin

— stigma ; taehyung

— MAMA ; j-hope

— please don't change ; jungkook

— fever ; enhyphen

— spring day ; BTS

— love me again ; v

— mmmh ; kai

— after like ; Ive

— blood sweat & tears ; BTS

— lilac ; iu

— extra info ;

started ; January 19th, 2023

posted ; January 21st, 2023 ( on Wattpad )

completed ;

edited / revised ;

— extra info for those not familiar with the academy series by c.l. stone ;

I know I'm gaining more readers, those who aren't familiar with the academy, so I'll do a short explanation of what you'll be seeing from the academy!

In short, the academy series is a reverse harem/polyamory series set in Charleston, South Carolina.

( so you'll be seeing multiple men date the same women in this book, so don't be shocked lmfaoo ) most of this won’t happen until we are well into the story — but I’d hate to confuse all of you! I’d like every single one of you to enjoy and understand the story completely!

The academy ( that MFC won't be much involved or at all ) is basically a top secret organization that specializes in helping men, women, and children who are in an abusive relationship or homes and help them get out of that — most join the academy to help others in the same situations.

There are teams that work together and are basically a family in all but blood; and "family is a choice".

The men in teams are referred to as "dogs" and the female team members are referred to as "birds".

'Ghosts', whether birds or dogs, are children without much history to their names. They are priceless to the Academy.

The Academy's system works on a series of favor and financial debt. Everyone in the Academy starts out with financial debt. It's the value of the education an Academy student requires to become the best at what he does. If it was a private investigation training class or an eight-week boot camp, or you were starving and needed groceries to get through a human biology class, the Academy took care of it. Your debt can't just be paid off directly, it requires completing various Academy missions. Whatever it is, there is a price tag.

Favors though are the real core of the Academy. Favors are anything that doesn't have a price - usually family problems within the Academy that other members can't handle alone. New members owe ten favors immediately, with the maximum owed being thirty. The value of a task in favors varies depending on the task.

All Academy trials are comprised of the same parties: the whole team, plus five randomly selected members from other teams, presided over by a manager who has collected all the data. There is no age minimum for the randomly selected members, the only requirement is that they had to be past initiation and a full member of the Academy. The ultimate goal at a trial is to keep the family together as much as possible.

Each team has two leads. The first is the main contact for the Academy, they track the jobs the members go on, and let them know what jobs are available. The second is the family lead, who keeps track of all the team members, and makes sure that everything runs smoothly for them - ensuring they have food, bills are paid on time, and everyone that needs a job has one.

Most of this information is from the academy wiki site ( 'cause it's fuckin' complicated to explain it all )

but I want you all to be able to understand it enough to enjoy the story without being confused!

Most of the time, I'll explain through River and my other characters.

I hope this makes sense!

River won't be very involved in the academy, but there will be mentions and most of River's story revolves around, not only Jungkook and Moon, but River's brothers, friends, and family!

Please let me know if there is anything that you'll misunderstand and I'll explain to the best of my ability!

✨ HAPPY READING ✨

— find me on Wattpad at @/LivelyPotter! The first two chapters of Nepenthe are already out!

Also, do any of you mind giving me some pointers on how to post more aesthetic chapters or a master list on here?? I’m so lost and new to this app! 😂😂😭

[thequeerbouquiniste]

SFF Polyamory Recs Part 2

You can find Part 1 here.

Darker by Four, by June C.L. Tan - fantasy. first in a series. seems to be f/m/m

Godly Heathens, by H.E. Edgmon - fantasy. first in a series. seems to be f/nb/m

Death's Country, by R.M. Romero - fantasy. standalone. f/f/m

Thornfruit, by Felicia Davin - fantasy. first in a series. seems to be f/f/f

Little Heart of Stone, by Clio Evans - fantasy. standalone. f/f/m

A Rational Arrangement, by L. Rowyn - fantasy. first in a series. f/m/m

Strange Grace, by Tessa Gratton - fantasy. standalone. f/m/m

Road to Ruin, by Hana Lee - fantasy & sci-fi. first in a series. seems to be f/f/m

The Compass Rose, by Gail Dayton - fantasy. first in a series. pairing unknown

[the-bi-library]

Here is the final part of the bi4bi books posts!

I'd appreciate it if you let me know if there are any more bi4bi books that I didn't include here 💕

Books listed: They Never Learn by Layne Fargo If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Drowning Summer by C.L. Herman Case Sensitive by A.K. Turner Missing, Presumed Dead by Emma Berquist Her Soul to Take by Harley Laroux Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao City of Shattered Light by Claire Winn City of Vicious Night by Claire Winn The Light Years by R.W.W. Greener The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza by Shaun David Hutchinson Tell Me Anything by Skye Kilaen Her Scarlet Letters by Cat Giraldo Break Free by Raleigh Ruebins Modern Divination by Isabel Agajanian Caroline's Heart by Austin Chant The Door Into Fire by Diane Duane The Stone Prince by Fiona Patton Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner Wolf, Willow, Witch by Freydís Moon When the Stars Alight by Camilla Andrew Love at First Set by Jennifer Dugan Cleans Up Nice by Margo Phelps Educated by Nellie Wilson Queried Sick by Dallas Smith Chance Agreement by Margo Phelps Sirens & Muses by Antonia Angress Release by Suzanne Clay Orphia and Eurydicius by Elyse John Crown of Starlight by Cait Corrain To Beg or Not to Beg by Cat Giraldo Two Winters by Lauren Emily Whalen Electric Idol by Katee Robert Neon Gods by Katee Robert The Scandalous Letters of V and J by Felicia Davin The Spinster's Swindle by Catherine Stein Rocky Mountain Freedom by Vivian Arend Um traço até você by Olívia Pilar Biforia by Rebecca Romero Escalando Você by Rebecca Romero Entre estantes by Olívia Pilar → translated Between Bookshelves by Olívia Pilar Honor Among Thieves by Rachel Caine Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders The Stars Undying by Emery Robin Legend of Korra: Graphic Novels Harley Quinn: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour Novels Seven Days: Monday–Sunday by Venio Tachiban Brimstones and Roses It Would Be Great If You Didn't Exist My Werewolf Girlfriend The Fiancée Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur Xeni by Rebekah Weather

Part 1

Part 2

[omegaremix]

Mr. Cheapo’s (Commack) shopping list, 2018.

If there was one store that started it all for me, it was Mr. Cheapo’s. It was the first in a long line of mom-and-pop record stores that sold used titles. Brentwood’s Pine Hollow Video was the first store I went for all my hip-hop and rap CDs and cassettes, but realizing that my interest in music was growing, Mr. Cheapo’s showed me what potential was about. The first year of earning a paycheck was the same year I discovered this store. It was where I bought my first stack of used CDs notably from Pearl Jam, Marilyn Manson, and Filter, whose “Dose” promotional single would be the first-ever I’d buy. It’s been around for decades and hasn’t been renovated as long. It’s also the only record store on Long Island to have two locations: Commack and Mineola.

Cheapo’s is just like Talking Heads: same as it ever was. Nothing has changed except for its’ overall stock. New releases behind the counter, near-endless bins of new and used vinyl and CDs with a cassette wall nearing the back. What used to be shelves upon shelves of VHS tapes now have the most extensive used DVD and Blu-ray library of any store. Vintage and classic vinyl 12″ and 45′s were pinned up on the back walls. Boxsets, posters, other 45′s, music-related books, DVDs, and more rows of obvious titles on vinyl and CD made up the rest of the store’s real estate. And plenty of shelves of used pop CDs for $3 each. No. Thank. You.

I didn’t scan the entire store as I was uninterested in all those used pop CDs, so I go right to the jazz / fusion section as I always do. About seven to eight columns wide with another three for soul, funk, and R&B, they didn’t let me down. One, two, three Bob James albums; the stuff of samplists. Blackbyrds, George Benson, and Deodato were mine and so was Jon Lucien whose “A Sunny Day” stood as one of my most-played tracks of all time. Tough that wasn’t found on his Columbia’s Best Of… The Hubert Laws that I passed up a while ago? It’s back in the bin and I wouldn’t make the same mistake twice. What I also picked up was The Rolling StonesUndercover. Once in my possession, I decided to give it away to friend and collector Tommy when he found a dump of 500 records one of his customers threw out on the sidewalk. 

A category I haven’t thumbed through in a minute was the hip-hop section, we’re not talking vinyl. For the first time in a while I scored some good titles on disc.Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth and Naughty By Nature were titles that’d be in my collection starting out in the Brentwood days. Jedi Mind Tricks because Vinnie Paz is real underground hip-hop. Got to have M.I.A. in my collection, too. Then I come across P.O.S. whose truly-innovative packaging with interchangeable transparent and solid panels with CMYK theme caught my eye. It harkened back to the pre-internet days of discovering certain artists you never knew existed by purchasing blind. An inquiry for anything Suicide led me to search through the punk bins where I found The Unseen. Watching The Blank Generation made me seeRichard Hell & The VoidoidsBlank Generation disc with bonus tracks in the bins but at first passed it up. Then I find the vinyl re-issue of the same album with live and alternatve versions for double the asking price. In that case, I ended up going for the disc version.

I rounded out my two-hour visit with other odds and ends. Other titles I bought for $2.00 and less were The Jerky Boys, Katt Williams, and Last Stop Standing, a record-shopping documentary. How fitting! Finally, I got a Paula Abdul cassette, one I used to have in my collection until my bro- misplaced it on me. Like I have to answer to any of you.

Blackbyrds, The Action

Deodato 2

Jon Lucien The Best Of…

Bob James 2

Hubert Laws Romeo & Juliet

Deodato Love Island

Rolling Stones Undercover (stickered)

Bob James 3

Deodato Whirlwinds

George Benson White Rabbit

Bob James 4

Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth Mecca & The Soul Brother

Jedi Mind Tricks Legacy Of Blood

Naughty By Nature self-titled

M.I.A. Arular

P.O.S. Never Better special edition disc

Unseen, The Explode

Richard Hell & The Voidoids Blank Generation

M.I.A. Kala

All Dogs 7”

Last Shop Standing DVD

Katt Williams The Pimp Chronicles Vol. 1 DVD

Jerky Boys, The Stop Staring At Me cassette

Paula AbdulForever Your Girl cassette

[cosmosrebellion]

Fantasy Recs:

The Book of Jhereg by Steven Brust (Dragaera) Black God's Kiss by C.L. Moore (Jirel of Joiry) Waylander by David Gemmell (Waylander) The Blacktongue Thief and Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman (Blacktongue) Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb (Realm of the Elderlings) The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie (The First Law) A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire) The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold (World of the Five Gods) The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn) Chronicles of the Black Company by Glen Cook (The Black Company) The Dragon’s Path by Daniel Abraham (The Dagger and the Coin) The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson (The Masquerade) Johannes Cabal the Necromancer by Jonathan L. Howard (Johannes Cabal) The Folding Knife by K.J. Parker The Devourers by Indra Das Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell and Piranesi by Susanna Clarke A Country of Ghosts by Margaret Killjoy The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett (Discworld) City of Bones by Martha Wells The Alchemy of Stone by Ekaterina Sedia A Woman of the Sword by Anna Smith Spark Those Above by Daniel Polansky (The Empty Throne) The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez The Dragon Waiting by John M. Ford Books of Blood by Clive Barker Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay The Chatelaine by Kate Heartfield The Etched City by K.J. Bishop The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera Gormenghast by Meryn Peake Viriconium by M. John Harrison Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James (The Dark Star)

Horror Recs:

North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud The Marigold by Andrew F. Sullivan The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All by Laird Barron The Wingspan of Severed Hands by Joe Koch A Collapse of Horses by Brian Evenson The Immeasurable Corpse of Nature by Christopher Slatsky Negative Space by B.R. Yeager A Natural History of Hell by Jeffrey Ford We Have Always Lived In The Castle by Shirley Jackson Furnace by Livia Llewelyn Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt Queen of Teeth by Hailey Piper Leech by Hiron Ennes

Sci-Fi Recs:

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin Rosewater by Tade Thompson (Rosewater) Ammonite by Nicola Griffith Dawn by Octavia E. Butler (Xenogenesis) A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany Bang Bang Bodhisattva by Aubrey Wood

AHHHHH!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! All go on The List!! Can't wait to check all of them out!

[currenthunt]

Discovery of Mesolithic rock paintings

D. Ravinder Reddy and Dr. Muralidhar Reddy have discovered Mesolithic rock paintings in Seetamma Loddy, Telangana.Seethamma Loddy is located at Gattusingaram in Peddapalli district.The rock paintings found here belong to the Mesolithic period (10,000-12,000 years ago) and the early historic period (1st BC to 6th century). They were found on a large sandstone rock in the forest.A fossil stone containing shells has also been found which suggests that the site is approximately 65 million years old.Dr. Muralidhar Reddy has described the site as a “diamond mine” of rock paintings, like Pandavula Gutta located in Jayashankar Bhupalapalli district. Pictures found on rock paintings - There are depictions of human figures on it. - Both men and women are performing group dance in line and round patterns. - Everyone is holding each other's hands and wearing special types of shoes. - A picture of a person with a bow and arrow has been found. - Several handprints of different sizes in red color were found in some of the paintings. - Some white and yellow handprints have also been found, which are rare. - Among other figures, footprints of some animals like deer, antelope, tortoise, wild cat, carnivores, monkeys, wild lizards are prominent. Stone age - In the Stone Age, humans used stones to make tools. The Stone Age is divided into three phases - Paleolithic period: Period – 500,000 – 10,000 B.C. - Mesolithic period: Period – 10,000 – 6000 B.C. - Neolithic period: Period – 6000 – 1000 B.C. Mesolithic period - The Mesolithic site in India was first discovered by C.L. Carlyle did this in Vindhya region in the year 1867 AD. - The tools of the Mesolithic period are extremely small in size. - The humans of this period were mostly dependent on hunting, but now they started hunting cows, bulls, sheep, goats, buffaloes etc. - These people had also learned to do some agriculture. - By the last stage, he had also learned to make utensils. - The mausoleums of Sarayanahar Rai and Mahdaha also provide information about the funeral rites of the people of this period. - They buried the dead in mausoleums and also kept food items, tools and weapons along with them. - Perhaps this was indicative of belief in some kind of extraterrestrial life. Read the full article

[that-bookworm-guy]

UK People Only

Books For Sale (Part 2 out of 2) Part 1 Here

I need space in my tiny bedroom (for more books) and some spare cash (Possibly for more books once the bills are sorted).

These are also available on my instagram (that_bookworm_guy) I just need to clear as many as I can ASAP. I'm open to sensible offers as well as bundles. P&P is £3 for up to 2kg of books. Prices aren't including postage.

Books in Order:

Wild Embers - Nikita Gill (£4)

the sun and her flowers - rupi kaur (£4)

milk and honey - rupi kaur (£4)

Pillow Thoughts - Courtney Peppernell (£4)

It Never Rains - Roger McGough (£3)

Helium - Rudy Francisco (£5)

It's Kind of a Funny Story - Ned Vizzini (£4)

Young Sherlock Holmes Fire Storm - Andrew Lane (Hardback ) (£3)

Sherlock Holmes Riddles (HB) (£2)

How to Think like Sherlock - Daniel Smith (HB) (£2)

The Case of the Disappearing Detective - Anthony Read (£1)

Neither One Nor The Other - Dolores Faust (£2)

The Turn of The Screw - Henry James (£1.50)

Alex Approximately - Jenn Bennett (£2)

Hunted - E.W. Browne (£1)

Detective Pikachu (£3)

Reflections from Waterford's Woods - Jess Scutella & Roland Rosewood (£1)

Serpent & Dove - Shelby Mahurin (£5)

The 5th Wave - Rick Yancey (HB) (£5)

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - John Boyne (£1)

When the Wind Blows - James Patterson (£1)

Symptoms of Being Human - Jeff Garvin (£3)

The Other Boy - M.G. Hennessey (HB) (£3)

This Book is Gay - (Juno) Dawson (£2)

Odd One Out - Nic Stone ( £3)

Carry On - Rainbow Rowell (£4)

FreakBoy - Kristin Elizabeth Clark (£3)

They Both Die at the End - Adam Silvera (£3)

Michel-Michelle - Margo Gorman (£1)

A.N.T.I. D.O.T.E. - Malorie Blackman (£3)

The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern (£3)

Another Place - Matthew Crow (£3)

Antigoddess - Kendare Blake (£3)

The Island - C.L. Taylor (£3)

The Light Between Worlds - Laura Weymouth (£3)

The Stuff of Nightmares - Malorie Blackman (£1.50)

Nightfall - Jake Halpern, Peter Kujawinski (£3)

A Monster Calls - Patrick Ness (£3)

The Box of Demons - Daniel Whelan (£3)

The Hit - Melvin Burgess (£3)

White Crow - Marcus Sedgwick (£3)

The Twisted Tree - Rachel Burge (£3)

Playlist for the Dead - Michelle Falkoff (£3)

Montacule House - Lucy Jago (£3)

Hannibal - Thomas Harris (HB) (£3)

Silent Witness - Richard North Patterson (HB) (£3)

Oblivion - Anthony Horowitz (HB) (£5)

Origin of Species - Charles Darwin (HB) (£6)

Exile - Richard North Patterson (HB) (£4)

Slide 7 Pay whatever you want for any book

50. Adulthood is a Myth - Sarah Andersen (£4) 51. The City of Ember Graphic Novel - Jeanne DuPrau (£4) 52. Zombie! The Adventure is Yours (HB) (£6) 53. Vampire Knight book 1-4 - Matsuri Hino (£5) 54. The City of Ember Series, books 1-4 (Complete) - Jeanne DuPrau (£5)

Money to be sent via paypal, I can't ship to anywhere except the UK as I'll have to do Royal Mail pick up due to not being able to get to a post office. DMs me to buy anything, or contact me on instagram where I am most of the time.

[fableroses]

MARCH WRAPPED

64 books

Breaking Lucia - Raissa Donovan & Addison Wolf 3/3 Taming Lucia - Raissa Donovan & Addison Wolf 3/3 Loving Lucia - Raissa Donovan & Addison Wolf 3/3 Killer Crescent - Leigh Kelsey 2/5 Blood Wolf - Leigh Kelsey 2/5 Choices - Christina Sterling 1/3 Strangers of the night - C.L. Easton 3/3 Strangers of the town - C.L. Easton 3/3 Strangers of the crowd -C.L. Easton 3/3 queen of the dead - M. Sinclair 3/3 Tea Time With The Dead - M. Sinclair 3/3 Dying For The Dead - M. Sinclair 3/3 Hidden Magic - Luna Pierce 5/4 Cursed Magic - Luna Pierce 5/4 Wicked Magic - Luna Pierce 5/4 Ancient Magic - Luna Pierce 5/4 Sacred Magic - Luna Pierce 5/4 Better Run -Alina May 2/2 Better Hide - Alina May 2/2 Reborn In Blue - M.J. Knight 3/5 Purgatory In Pink - M.J. Knight 3/5 Nirvana In Neon - M.J. Knight 3/5 Diver's Heart - K.A. Knight 1/3 Reckless Souls - K.C. Kean 4/4 Damaged Souls - K.C. Kean 4/4 Vicious Souls - K.C. Kean 4/4 Fearless Souls - K.C. Kean 4/4 Firefly - K.B. Everly 1/3 Lost Ember Found - Aisling Cousins 3/6 Claimed Ember Bound - Aisling Cousins 3/6 IgnitedEmber Astound - Aisling Cousins 3/6 Reviving Kendall - Brandy Slaven 3/4 Refusing Kendall - Brandy Slaven 3/4 Reclaiming Kendall - Brandy Slaven 3/4 Wickedly Sweet - Steph Macca 1/2 Revere - Lacey Carter Andersen 4/4 Ravage - Lacey Carter Andersen 4/4 Ruin - Lacey Carter Andersen 4/4 Reign - Lacey Carter Andersen 4/4 G.O.D.S. - Jaye Pratt 3/10 Checkmate - Jaye Pratt 3/10 Endgame - Jaye Pratt 3/10 Lunar Witch - M. Sinclair 4/5 Blood Witch - M. Sinclair 4/5 Shadow Witch - M. Sinclair 4/5 Unblessed Witch - M. Sinclair4/5 Spiteful Punks - Madeline Fay 5/5 Vicious Punks - Madeline Fay 5/5 Merciless Punks - Madeline Fay 5/5 Revengeful Punks - Madeline Fay 5/5 Psycho Punks - Madeline Fay 5/5 Quiet Confessions 1 - Amber Nicole 2/4 Quiet Confessions 2 - Amber Nicole 2/4 The Rowan - Stella Brie 3/5 The Rowan's Stone - Stella Brie 3/5 The Rowan's Destiny - Stella Brie 3/5 Single Dads' Club - Rebel Bloom 1/3 Hard Limits - Suki Williams 3/8 Safe Word - Suki Williams 3/8 Their Domme - Suki Williams 3/8 Dark Souls Academy - Tosha Y Miller 4/5 A Dark Souls Academy : Claiming Her Mates - Tosha Y Miller 4/5 My Dark Souls Academy : The Bloodbath - Tosha Y Miller 4/5 Dark Souls Academy : The Sacrifice - Tosha Y Miller 4/5

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The Flames of Immortality

A Knight pushed open the doors to a large chamber, his once shining armor was dented, scratched, with wet and dried blood splattered on it. He pulled off his dented and broken helmet, reveling his short brown hair, tanned skin, and long face. The right side of his face was swollen, his right eye was almost swollen shut, his lips were bloody, and several of his teeth were freshly broken.

The chamber was large, a circular room, nearly a hundred feet wide, made of gray to light-brown stone blocks. Eighteen torches lit the room over eighteen windows ten feet off the ground. At the other end of the room, sat a dragon. The dragon looked at the knight, the irises of his human-like eyes glowed orange, it had six dark gray-brown spike like horns, it’s scales were tan-gray and there were face like patterns in it’s scales.

The knight unsheathed his sword as he walked forward. The dragon stood and stepped towards the knight. It was thirty feel long and stood thirteen feet tall.

“You come for immortality.” The dragon spoke in a deep raspy voice, “I can give this to you but at a terrible price.”

“Beast!” The Knight sneered, “I have fought man, beast, and demon to get here!” he yelled, “Get out of my way or you will join them in hell!”

The Dragon laughed. The Knight ran forward, stabbed the dragon in the throat. Only a small amount of thick black blood dripped from the wound. The Dragon pushed The Knight back. He fell onto his back, still gripping his sword. The dragon’s blood thick dark blood dried quickly on the sword. He got up, attracted the Dragon’s left leg, slicing to its bone. The wound healed almost instantly around the sword, bleeding little of the Dragon’s thick blood. The Dragon laughed. The Knight pulled his sword out of the Dragon, preparing to attack again. The Dragon pushed him down again, then inhaled deeply, opened its mouth, breathed fire onto Knight.

The Knight felt the heat of the fire, felt it burn his skin. He screamed in pain. The Dragon closed it’s mouth. The Knight was still alive, to his surprise. His wounds were healed, he felt his formerly broken teeth with his tongue, he felt his face, it was completely healed, even his old scares were gone.

The Dragon grabbed the Knights right arm, bending it, breaking the Knights bones. He screamed in pain, dropping his sword. The Dragon let go, the Knight felt his broken bones coming back together, healing almost instantly. The Dragon grabbed the Knight’s legs, it opened it’s mouth biting down on the Knights torso. The Knight felt the Dragon’s teeth pierce his armor. The Dragon lifted the Knight into the air, opened its mouth and swallowed the Knight whole.

The Knight felt the acid of the Dragon’s stomach burning his skin. Against his own efforts he tried to breath, inhaling the stomach acid. He knew he should be dead, he wandered how he was still alive, if he could talk he would have begged God for death.

“Bathed in the flames of immortality you can not die,” The Dragon told the Knight, “ but in my stomach your body will devolve, becoming one with mine, and your soul will feed me.”

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[goldenwanderer]

books i read in 2024

Okay so last year I made a post where I was like, wow, I only read 12 books in 2022, but in 2023 I managed to read 30, isn't that impressive...

So, um, this year I hit 75 by the end of June.

Quite a bit of reading got done during a slow period at work in January. Then the autism/adhd found the challenges on Storygraph and got a bit hyperfixated - my two biggest months were May and June, with 15 and 20 books respectively.

Things slowed way down after October, since I've mostly been reading Agatha All Along fanfiction, which sadly doesn't count toward my total. I did manage to limp my way to a grand total of 125 by the end of December.

Re-reads

Fantasy

The Shadow Rising | Robert Jordan

Green Rider | Kristen Britain

Fire Logic | Laurie J. Marks

Of Fire and Stars | Audrey Coulthurst

The Fires of Heaven | Robert Jordan

Lord of Chaos | Robert Jordan

First Rider's Call | Kristen Britain

The Lost Metal | Brandon Sanderson

A Crown of Swords | Robert Jordan

Bringer of Storms | L.B. Graham

Rhythm of War | Brandon Sanderson

The Path of Daggers | Robert Jordan

The High King's Tomb | Kristen Britain

Other

Cytonic | Brandon Sanderson

Carmilla | J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Like Me | Chely Wright

Snow Falls | Gerri Hill

New reads

Fantasy

The Fifth Season | N.K. Jemisin

The Winds of Khalakovo | Bradley P. Beaulieu

Earth Logic | Laurie J. Marks

Locklands | Robert Jackson Bennett

Ashes of the Sun | Django Wexler

Water Logic | Laurie J. Marks

The Jasmine Throne | Tasha Suri

Black Sun | Rebecca Roanhorse

The Obelisk Gate | N.K. Jemisin

The Daughters of Izdihar | Hadeer Elsbai

Of Ice and Shadows | Audrey Coulthurst

Among Thieves | M.J. Kuhn

The Never Tilting World | Rin Chupeco

We Hunt the Flame | Hafsah Faizal

Blood of the Chosen | Django Wexler

Shades in Shaow | N.K. Jemisin

The Stone Sky | N.K. Jemisin

Bookshops & Bonedust | Travis Baldree

The Bone Way | Holly J. Underhill

A Day of Fallen Night | Samantha Shannon

The Unbalancing | R.B. Lemberg

Awakenings | Claudie Arseneault

The Deep | Rivers Solomon, et al.

The Ones We Burn | Rebecca Mix

In the Vanishers' Palace | Aliette de Bodard

The Oleander Sword | Tasha Suri

Fevered Star | Rebecca Roanhorse

When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain | Nghi Vo

Emperor of Ruin | Django Wexler

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms | N.K. Jemisin

Daughter of the Darkened City | Willow Quinn

The Tiger's Daughter | K Arsenault Rivera

A Tempest of Tea | Hafsah Faizal

The Unbroken | C.L. Clark

The Weavers of Alamaxa | Hadeer Elsbai

Bones to the Wind | Tatiana Obey

The Ever Cruel Kingdom | Rin Chupeco

Sea of Broken Glass | Jenna Pine

City of Strife | Claudie Areseneault

A Hundred Vicious Turns | Lee Paige O'Brien

Chosen. Again. | J. Emery

Queen of the Warrior Bees | Jean Gill

The Third Daughter | Adrienne Tooley

Unseelie | Ivelisse Housman

We Free the Stars | Hafsah Faizal

The Broken Kingdoms | N.K. Jemisin

The Thousand Eyes | A.K. Larkwood

Queen of Coin and Whispers | Helen Corcoran

Coffee, Milk & Spider Silk | Coyote J.M. Edwards

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter | Brandon Sanderson

Sci-Fi

Nona the Ninth | Tamsyn Muir

These Burning Stars | Bethany Jacobs

The Abyss Surrounds Us | Emily Skrutskie

Defiant | Brandon Sanderson

This is How You Lose the Time War | Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone

The Edge of the Abyss | Emily Skrutskie

The Sunlit Man | Brandon Sanderson

The Splinter in the Sky | Kemi Ashing-Giwa

Gearbreakers | Zoe Hana Mikuta

Elder Race | Adrian Tchaikovsky

The Mimicking of Known Successes | Malka Older

The Outside | Ada Hoffmann

Light From Uncommon Stars | Ryka Aoki

The Space Between Worlds | Micaiah Johnson

Synthetic Sea | Franklyn S. Newton

The City in the Middle of the Night | Charlie Jane Anders

City of Shattered Light | Claire Winn

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: The High Country | John Jackson Miller

The Fallen | Ada Hoffmann

The Infinite | Ada Hoffmann

Tarnished Are the Stars | Rosiee Thor

The Deep Sky | Yume Kitasei

Starshot | A.R. Knight

The Stars Too Fondly | Emily Hamilton

The Hades Calculus | Maria Ying

No Dogs in Philly | Andy Futuro

Shards of Earth | Adrian Tchaikovsky

Historical/Historical Fantasy

The Bones of Ruin | Sarah Raughley

Even Though I Knew the End | C.L. Polk

Spear | Nicola Griffith

Wormwood Abbey | Christina Baehr

Wrath Goddess Sing | Maya Deane

The Best Bad Things | Katrina Carrasco

Contemporary/Literary

The Girls Are Good | Ilaria Bernardini

Late Bloomer | Mazey Eddings

Dear Wendy | Ann Zhao

Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating | Adiba Jaigirdar

Your Driver is Waiting | Priya Guns

Second Chance | Chelsea M. Cameron

Only for the Summer | Shannon O'Connor

Kiss Her Once for Me | Alison Cochrun

Horror/Thriller

What Moves the Dead | T. Kingfisher

Chlorine | Jade Song

Middle-grade

The Dragonet Prophecy | Tui Sutherland

The Lost Heir | Tui Sutherland

The Hidden Kingdom | Tui Sutherland

Graphic Novels/Webcomics

Ring My Bell | Yeongol

The Tea Dragon Society | Katie O'Neill

i love this part | Tillie Walden

Nonfiction

Ace | Angela Chen

Women and Girls on the Autism Spectrum | Sarah Hendrickx

Nonmonogamy and Neurodiversity | Alyssa Gonzalez

All About Demisexuality | Demisexuality.org

Neuroqueer Heresies | Nick Walker

What I Mean When I Say I'm Autistic | Annie Kotowicz

Ace and Aro Journeys | The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project

Poetry

Mules of Love | Ellen Bass

The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On | Franny Choi

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

Books for Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week

🦇 It's Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week (February 18th-24th)! In an effort to #ReadQueerAllYear, here are a few books featuring aromantic characters you can add to your TBR!

💚 Little Thieves by Margaret Owen 🤍 The Bone Season - Samanta Shannon 🤍 Hullmetal Girls - Emily Skrutskie 🖤 Tarnished Are the Stars - Rosiee Thor 💚 Kaikeyi - Vaishnavi Patel 🤍 The Reckless Kind - Carly Heath 🤍 First Test - Tamora Pierce 🖤 No More Heroes - Loren Rhoads 💚 This Golden Flame - Emily Victoria 🤍 Baker Thief - Claudie Arseneault 🤍 Immoral Code - Lillian Clark 🖤 Loveless - Alice Oseman 💚 The Last 8 - Laura Pohl 🤍 The Midnight Bargain - C.L. Polk 🤍 The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy - Mackenzi Lee 🖤 Common Bonds - Claudie Arseneault, C.T. Callahan, B.R. Sanders, and RoAnna Sylver 💚 The Black Veins - Ashia Monet 🤍 Liar’s Guide to the Night Sky by Brianna Shrum 🤍 The Crow Rider - Kalyn Josephson 🖤 Summer Bird Blue - Akemi Dawn Bowman 💚 Hazel's Theory of Evolution - Lisa Jenn Bigelow 🤍 Summer of Salt - Katrina Leno 🤍 The Poppy War - R.F. Kuang 🖤 Not Even Bones - Rebecca Schaeffer 💚 Elatsoe - Darcie Little Badger 🤍 Rick - Alex Gino 🤍 Switchback by Danika Stone 🖤 Sal & Gabi Fix the Universe - Carlos Alberto Hernandez 💚 Gender Queer - Maia Kobabe 🤍 Their Troublesome Crush - Xan West 🤍 Every Bird a Prince - Jenn Reese 🖤 The Butterfly Assassin - Finn Longman 💚 Red Skies Falling - Alex London 🤍 When Villains Rise - Rebecca Schaeffer 🤍 The Bruising of Qilwa - Naseem Jamnia 🖤 Funeral Girl - Emma K. Ohland 💚 The Kindred - Alechia Dow 🤍 The Summer of Bitter and Sweet - Jen Ferguson 🤍 Dear Wendy - Ann Zhao 🖤 Tell Me How It Ends by Quinton Li 💚 This Dark Descent - Kalyn Josephson 🤍 Awakenings by Claudie Arseneault 🤍 Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White 🖤 Other People’s Butterflies by Cora Ruskin

Per @aroaessidhe: Little Thieves, The Kindred, The Summer of Bitter and Sweet, Gender Queer, (and I think The Bone Season?) have ace or demisexual MCs, not aromantic. also, a lot of the rest are side characters, not main characters.

Thank you, genuinely, so much, for this correction. I'm very sorry for the mistake. I create these guides between work assignments (I work from home, around the clock, trying to make ends meet in this mess of an economy) and didn't do my due diligence in double-checking every book. I think this started as an aro/ace list I was compiling and I tried to separate it into two guides. I apologize for the discrepancy vehemently and will strive to do better in the future. Thank you for catching my error.

[lively-potter]

— part one

SYNOPSIS ;

─ in which river henshaw,

     charleston's very own

     introverted and innocent

      baker by night slash daycare worker

      by day, runs away from jungkook

     jeon and his adorable

    daughter, moon, when all jungkook

     wants is to ask her out on a date.

ACTS ;

act one ; incomplete

act two ; incomplete

act three ; incomplete

WARNINGS ;

mutual pining

he falls first

body insecurities mentioned

eating disorder mentioned

social anxiety

mature themes

mature language

violence ( not directed at MFC )

slight bdsm themes ( like bondage and shit )

angst ( should I make y'all suffer more in this one?)

when it's time for the smuttttt, i'll put warnings.

EXTRA INFO ;

jeon jungkook x river aldora henshaw

brett west x blackbourne team

sang sorenson x toma team

kayli winchester x blake coaltar

atlas korba x wil winchester

started ; January 1st, 2023

plot change ; January 17th,  2023

posted ( on Wattpad ) ; January 18th, 2023 at 2:50 pm

completed ;

edited/revised ;

SMALL A/N ;

also, my characters, Atlas Korba and Brett West ( from my book, Brett ) will have appearances!

I'M FREAKIN' SHAKING IN EXCITEMENT FOR THIS!

DISCLAIMER ;

2024 © @LivelyPotter

All Rights Reserved

You may not reproduce,

distribute/and or adapt

any part of this work

without my permission

I only own my original characters and the plot.

PLAYLIST ;

Morally Grey ; April Jai

Fictional ; Khloe Rose

Suffer ; Sarah Jeffery

Cruel Summer ; Taylor Swift

Greedy ; Tate McRae

Haegeum ; Agust D

Like Crazy ; Jimin

Take Two ; BTS

Love me again ; V

Still with you ; Jungkook

My Time ; Jungkook

Somebody ; Jungkook

Standing Next To You ; Jungkook

She's all I wanna be ; Tate McRae

My You ; Jungkook

Butterfly ; BTS

Dimple ; BTS

3D ; Jungkook

Exes ; Tate McRae

Hurt my Feelings ; Tate McRae

Run for the Hills ; Tate McRae

Sweet but Psycho ; Ava Max

Dangerously ; Charlie Puth

Spring Day ; BTS

Bloodline ; Ariana Grande

Want that Too ; Tate McRae

Shot Glass Full of Tears ; Jungkook

Closer to you ; Jungkook

Yes or No ; Jungkook

Please don't Change ; Jungkook

NOTE ;

Hi, everyone!

I'm so excited to be able to start writing the first chapter and I hope that you look forward to it! Be sure to add this book to your reading list or reblog to know when I update!

MOST IMPORTANT NOTE ; ( to those not familiar with the academy series by C.L. Stone )

I know I'm gaining more readers, those who aren't familiar with the academy, so I'll do a short explanation of what you'll be seeing from the academy!

In short, the academy series is a reverse harem/polyamory series set in Charleston, South Carolina.

( so you'll be seeing multiple men date the same women in this book, so don't be shocked lmfaoo )

The academy ( that MFC won't be much involved in ) is basically a top secret organization that specializes in helping men, women, and children who are in an abusive relationship or homes and help them get out of that — most join the academy to help others in the same situations.

There are teams that work together and are basically a family in all but blood; and "family is a choice".

The men in teams are referred to as "dogs" and the female team members are referred to as "birds". 'Ghosts', whether birds or dogs, are children without much history to their names. They are priceless to the Academy.

The Academy's system works on a series of favor and financial debt. Everyone in the Academy starts out with financial debt. It's the value of the education an Academy student requires to become the best at what he does. If it was a private investigation training class or an eight-week boot camp, or you were starving and needed groceries to get through a human biology class, the Academy took care of it. Your debt can't just be paid off directly, it requires completing various Academy missions. Whatever it is, there is a price tag.

Favors though are the real core of the Academy. Favors are anything that doesn't have a price - usually family problems within the Academy that other members can't handle alone. New members owe ten favors immediately, with the maximum owed being thirty. The value of a task in favors varies depending on the task.

All Academy trials are comprised of the same parties: the whole team, plus five randomly selected members from other teams, presided over by a manager who has collected all the data. There is no age minimum for the randomly selected members, the only requirement is that they had to be past initiation and a full member of the Academy. The ultimate goal at a trial is to keep the family together as much as possible.

Each team has two leads. The first is the main contact for the Academy, they track the jobs the members go on, and let them know what jobs are available. The second is the family lead, who keeps track of all the team members, and makes sure that everything runs smoothly for them - ensuring they have food, bills are paid on time, and everyone that needs a job has one.

Most of this information is from the academy wiki site ( 'cause it's fuckin' complicated to explain it all )

but I want you all to be able to understand it enough to enjoy the story without being confused!

Most of the time, I'll explain through River and my other characters.

I hope this makes sense!

River won't be very involved in the academy, but there will be mentions and most of River's story revolves around, not only Jungkook and Moon, but River's brothers, friends, and family!

Please let me know if there is anything that you'll misunderstand and I'll explain to the best of my ability!

- LivelyPotter

[oxalisirene]

Of the Beetle in Nature and Culture.

Finding creative inspiration in connections between the Arts and Science through the concept of symmetry Pt2.

The BEETLE (or COLEOPTERA) is an order of holometabola (or endopterygota), which means they undergo a complete metamorphosis between larval, pupal and adult stages. The beetle ia a bilateral animals are more or less symmetric with respect to the sagittal plane, while plants and sessile animals have radial or rotational symmetry (e.g. echinoderms have five fold rotational symmetry). Its order is a fascinating one, sporting somber and flamboyant pigmentation, and seemingly infinite aesthetic variations.

"Pigmentation in beetles comes either from pigmentation or optical interference or both factors in combination. […] Optical interference colours result when light reflecting and refracting through the micro-thin transparent outer layer of the cuticle interacts visually with the pigmented layer beneath." (Living Jewels, Poul Beckmann, Prestel-Verlag, 2004).

Some are aposematic (or at least batesian mimics): advertising by an animal through bright colours and patterns of its toxicity to predators, signalling it is not worth attacking or eating (e.g. hycleus lugens, coccinellidae, etc.). Others have effective camouflage.

Some beetles’ bright colours are ordinarily hidden by somber elytra, in order to stun the predators with their sudden appearance at take off.

Some are bioluminescent in order to attract attention and signal a potential mate, such as the lampyridae (commonly, fireflies), phengodidae and elateridae. These are delicately built and soft bodied, and their light varies in pattern and in colour (from light green to orange).

Historically, beetles have been mystified creatures, often associated with the creation of the universe (e.g. in ancient Egypt) or with sin (e.g. in christianity).

The scarabeus sacer (sacred scarab, dung beetle or kheper in ancient Egyptian) was linked with Khepri, god of creation and the rising sun, via imagery (the rolling of dung into a ball by the beetle resembled the rolling of the sun by the god) and etymology (kheper and Khepri both derive from the same root meaning ‘coming into being’ or ‘to transform’). The kheper also held funerary significance, as in the case of heart scarabs and of similitude between the pupa and the mummy.

Ritual objects and jewellery are often crafted from the elytra (the hard forewings, not actually usable for flying), or shapes of beetles made out of bone, ivory, stone, and tjehenet (a kind of faience, self-glazing clay).

(Images from An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles, A.V. Evans, C.L. Bellamy, photography by L.C. Watson and G. Poinar, University of California Press, 1996.)

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Silence by Natasha Preston is a poignant and provocative novel that will resonate deeply with readers who appreciate stories of resilience, healing, and the transformative power of true friendship, making it a compelling fit for those who enjoy character-driven, emotional, and introspective young adult fiction.

Almost a Bride by Patricia McLinn is a perfect fit for readers who adore sizzling chemistry, second-chance romance, and rugged cowboys, and are looking for a heartwarming love story that blooms in the beautiful backdrop of Wyoming.

Ignite by Kaitlyn Davis is a fascinating and passionate read that will captivate fans of young adult romance and fantasy, particularly those who enjoy stories of self-discovery, forbidden love, and the battle between good and evil, making it a perfect fit for readers who crave a lighthearted yet adventurous tale of love, magic, and the supernatural.

Dark Promise by Talia Jager, Julia Crane is a exhilarating and enchanting read that will captivate fans of young adult fantasy and adventure, particularly those who enjoy stories of self-discovery, empowerment, and the struggle to balance one's true identity with the secrets and responsibilities that come with it.

Introductions by C.L. Stone is a captivating read for young adult fans of adventurous and lighthearted stories about the power of true friendships, self-discovery, and embracing individuality, with a hint of mystery and romance that will leave readers eager for more.

Ember by Jessica Sorensen is a captivating read for fans of paranormal romance and mystery, who enjoy stories that weave together themes of death, magic, and the supernatural with a dash of adventure and suspense.

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