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THE WOMEN OF THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE

Why do you always have to go out of your way to hang out with the most off-the-wall people?

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what a joke! poor little rich girl’s fallen in love with the republic’s most famous criminal.

for: @sobachka ♡

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@storyseekers event 06 : lost in the woods — where dreams descend 

— i’m going into the woods no one dares enter, to the city nobody speaks of. 

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1.6k celebration: the henna wars requested by @severinsalarie

I guess it’s not that simple to get over someone.

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@republicsource​ match 1: get to know the players — favourite motif

+ MAKE ME CHOOSE. @redlen asked — day or june?

perhaps we can take a step forward together.

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you once said you were tired of the horror in the world. well, so am i. we can still find a way to fight it, the right way. we can find a way to do this together.

for: @venka @suyins ♡

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@literatureladies mission 04 : antagonists

the empress’s beauty did not require the soft fullness of young lips, the rosy red of young cheeks, the tenderness of young skin. this beauty cut deep, like a sharpened crystal. this beauty was immortal.

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I stand at that statue and claim the bodies whose names the world wants to forget. I claim those bodies whose names I was taught to forget. And I claim the unsung bloodlines that soak the ground beneath my feet, because I know, I just know, that if they could, they would claim me.

—  LEGENDBORN, TRACY DEONN.

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@projectliterature event 01 : 2020 releases   —  Trouble the Saints by Alaya Dawn Johnson     — « You can’t win, but I don’t think this has been about winning for a long time now. These cards, they’re talking about survival, and sometimes to survive, you’ve got to make a move. Even if it might kill you. Recommendation: Play. »

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it’s sort of a shame that people rarely pay attention to self-published SFF, because there are some really nice ones out there? Thinking about the Sword of Kaigen especially, but there are more and their popularity often relies on reader-to-reader recommendation. 

Anyway, read The Sword of Kaigen

Japanese inspired setting

it’s a military fantasy, but focuses on the narratives about war rather than a bigger conflict. There are action scenes and duels, but the book is more focused on character studies than on the classic hero tale

it has nuanced and complex family dynamics

there’s elemental magic 

the main character is a housewife (with…a sword hidden in her kitchen’s floor). Misaki is one of the best and most complex female characters I’ve read about and her characterisation is just GOOD

it deals with themes of regret and memory

in general, it’s an exploration of humanity and the characters’ arc shows a steady growth throughout the book

it explores propaganda and state-run news outlets as a means to influence public opinion

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reasons why you should read Each Of Us A Desert by Mark Oshiro which came out september 15, 2020

- enemies to reluctant companions to friends to lovers but make it wlw - poetry - gay yearning  - it’ll make you question everything you know - AMAZING mythological and spiritual history/writing/references to latinx culture  - gay yearning - you’ll cry - coming of age fantasy - did i mention gay yearning

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@storyseekers​ event 05 - retellings - [ Never Look Back by Lilliam Rivera ]

Our joy is also part of this chaos. Pheus and I will not succumb to their predictions. We won’t. Pheus begins to walk up the hill, and I follow. 

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― to all the boys i’ve loved before .

↳ happy birthday reya { @blaircwaldorf } !

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Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim

You are my oath now, Maia Tamarin. And you’ll never be free of me.

insp.

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What is truth? Scholars seek it. Poets write it. Good kings pay gold to hear it. But in trying times, truth is the first thing we betray. 

                                        Truth? Why, it’s a lie in disguise. 

Descendant of the Crane by Joan He

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books read in 2020

The Night Tiger | Yangsze Choo

A tiger that devoured too many humans was said to be able to take the form of a man and walk among us. 

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underrated characters - liya thakkar

↳ for @maziqveen

“I am not running away. This is the type of job I’ve worked very hard for over several years, at a company that I’ve tried to get into before, a company that I really want to work at and a position I believe I’ll thrive in.”