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Get her ass

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Sorry about the communication issues, sir, we had a prob– yes, sir, it was the slugs, the psychic slugs– well, you see, sir, the problem is that the psychic slugs have unionized.

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You can get it for free off Brandon Sanderson website last I checked.

It’s a short story after skyward flight

I was going through Goodreads, and I came across this book. Does anyone know if it's part of Skyward legacy or something else

I'm a bit out of date with the news of the saga

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Spensa, repeatedly: I could fix Brade

Brade, repeatedly: I could make Spenda worse

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Skyward Flight, confirmed.

We're here.

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JOMP Book Photo Challenge

December 09, 2023 - Favourite Page Design

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quick reminder that it’s ok to say that you love reading and that reading is your passion without reading 30+ books in a year. if you connect with books and love the power of the written word, you’re bookish. you don’t need to justify your love of reading.

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absolutely love reading such a well-written story and falling a bit in love with the author based solely on the way they write. like baby the way you italicize words makes my heartbeat quicken.

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Sounds interesting

did i do it right

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I have heard of 3 except the dreamblood one and want to read them alas my library doesn’t have them

Sound so good tho

Hello! I’ve been seeing a lot about your work on social media lately and would love to read your books. What series do you recommend I start with?

Thanks ☺️

That depends on your taste/interest. I don't really write the same kind of thing from series to series, because I get bored easily and often want to try new subgenres/styles/etc. So I'll just briefly list my series and you can pick the one that appeals the most.

There's the Inheritance Trilogy, (link goes to the first book) my first published novels. A secondary world that has enslaved its own gods deals with the repercussions of that, from the POVs of three mortals. There's an overarching plot arc for all three books -- and there are some side-stories for this trilogy, too -- but each has a different narrator and takes place at different times. First person past tense, if you care about that sort of thing. (I don't, but some people seem weirdly attached to/repulsed by particular persons/tenses, so I'm including that info here.)

Then there's the Dreamblood Duology, which were actually written before the Inheritance books but I couldn't get them published at first because publishing in the 2000s was hella racist, basically. (I know, it hasn't changed much... but that little bit of change was enough for me to break in.) These books are as close to traditional fantasy as I'm probably ever going to get, except that they take place in faux ancient Egypt instead of faux medieval Europe. The story follows priests of the dream goddess as they're forced to deal with a conspiracy that threatens to inflict horrors on their society. Third person past tense for both books.

Next up is the Broken Earth trilogy. That's my experimental one, with first, second, and third-person POVs, present tense, a completely non-Earth world, and some heavy themes. All three books form a single story spanning, oh, forty thousand years or so, but mostly they're centered on one incredibly angry middle-aged mother who is on a roaring rampage of revenge/revolution. Features earthbenders, anti-magic groomers, magic statue people, and the apocalypse (again). Lots of "dark" themes and horror moments (harm to children, systemic bigotry, people-eating bugs, more).

My most recent books are the Great Cities duology. Urban fantasy set in modern-day New York, third person multiple POV ensemble cast. Turns out cities come to life once they hit a certain point, and then they claim a human avatar to represent and protect them. New York turns out to have six. It's also got some very unwanted tourists in the form of Lovecraftian entities that are trying to destroy it, along with reality as we know it. I meant for these to be lighthearted and silly and I think they kind of are, but there are still some notable political elements in them. (I mean, it's set in modern-day New York, and I started them the year Trump got elected, so...) It's lighthearted for me, anyway.

So, pick your poison!

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Sounds interesting

Deep Is The Fen by Lili Wilkinson

(2024)

From the Publisher:

A bewitching journey behind the closed doors of a secret society, featuring sinister toadmen, resistance witches and a steamy enemies-to-lovers romance, from the acclaimed author of A Hunger of Thorns.

Merriwether Morgan doesn't need a happily-ever-after. Her life in the idyllic town of Candlecott is fine just as it is: simple, happy, and with absolutely no magic. Magic only ever leads to trouble.

But Merry's best friend, Teddy, is joining the Toadmen - a secret society upholding backward thinking and suspiciously supernatural traditions - and she is determined to stop him. Even if it means teaming up with her academic arch-nemesis, Caraway Boswell, an ice-cold snob who hides his true face behind a glamour.

An ancient Toad ritual is being held in the nightmarish Deeping Fen, and if Merry doesn't rescue Teddy, she'll lose him forever. But the further she travels into Deeping Fen's foul waters, the more Merry wonders if she can possibly save her friend - or if she's walking straight into a trap.

Because there's nothing the Toadmen love more than a damsel in distress . . .

Goodreads

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what the fuck did I just download

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So I just saw a post by a random personal blog that said “don’t follow me if we never even had a conversation before” and?????? Not to be rude but literally what the fuck??????????

I’ve had people (non-pornbots) try to strike conversation out of nowhere in my DMs recently, and now I’m wondering if they were doing that because they wanted to follow me and thought they needed to interact first. I feel compelled to say, just in case, that it’s totally okay to follow this blog (or my side blog, for that matter) even if we’ve never talked before.

Also, I’m legit confused. Is this how follow culture works right now? It was worded like it’s common sense but is that really a thing?

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I would but I’m stuck with what my local library has, which isn’t much

forever floored by folks who refuse to read anything not tradpub when it comes to queer books cause let me tell you there is so much in indie or smaller publishers being written that would blow your socks off AND theyre not beholden to censorship of tradpub as they try to "keep things nice for their image" (which is ironic considering the kinds of cishet romances that get put out)

here are some queer indie books that ive been reading that yall should check out

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Enemies to Lovers Book Recommendations

I don't know about you all, but I live for enemies to lovers. Give me all the angst and then fluff. Here are some of my favorite books in this category. If you have any other recommendations, please let me know!

Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh

To Kill a Kingdm by Alexandra Christo

Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury

The Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A Brown

The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid

The Star Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L Armentrout

Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller

Carry On by Rainbow Powell

Captive Prince by CS Pacat

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young

The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller

Daughter of Sparta by Clarie M Andrews

Poison Study by Maria V Snyder

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love it when books go from take out (murder) to take out (dating)

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Hey everyone

If those on here that remember my book challenge, I have re started on story graph

For those who don’t remember or are interested it’s talking about books in general and reading a few books a year that fit into different themes

If you’re interested let me know your story graph details and I will add you