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I got some big prints made up of this one- there are only ten each of each colour for now

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Finally switched to a handle I like enough to make a lil mascot for and also I feel like a sad bb ghost just trying to float through existence on this physical plane

And not that I ever post them but I’ve been drawing lil ghosties with head bows for so long that it seemed appropriate here

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Stacks of Books by mostlyghostie

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Just got my bookmarks from @mostlyghostie !!

Their "I Really Hope I Like This Book/I Really Like This Book" drawing reminded me a lot of my paperback copy of Carry On, my favorite book and probably my most beat-up paperback since I took it everywhere for a while. Rn it's sitting next to @rainbowrowell 's signature ❤️ (I need to reread it again soon)

The "Well Loved Paperbacks" bookmark is in my copy of Last Chance To See by Douglas Adams (my favorite non-fiction) because it mentions being well-travelled and that was the only book I took with me to Tanzania in June/July

The stickers are, of course, going on my laptop.

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i really enjoy mostlyghostie’s book stacks—and wanted to draw my current reads! im almost halfway through a study in drowning by ava reid, and then im gonna tear through the jasmine throne by tasha suri (a junebug rec!!!) and then finally vampires of el norte by isabel cañas, which i have been very excited about. 😌

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🐈‍⬛ Gobbolino the Witch’s Cat by Ursula Moray Williams

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

“I have met plenty of kind people in the world!” said Gobbolino stoutly. “I feel sure that one day I shall find the home I am looking for.”

Gobbolino is born a witch’s cat but he desperately wants to be an ordinary kitchen cat. When his family abandons him he sets out in the world to find a home.

A bit repetitive at times, the story of Gobbolino had lots of ups and downs. It seemed no matter how hard he tried something would happen and he’d have to go searching for a home again. I liked following his journey and the kindnesses he gave to other people he met on his way, even if he couldn’t always stay.

The book reads almost like a fairy tale and has many of the same aspects. I’m happy I got to read this cute book. Thanks @mostlyghostie

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📖 Dream Library Print 📖

A pile of books that, most unfortunately, do not exist. This print may provide the inspiration to try and write one yourself. Created by @mostlyghostie.

Find more of James' work available for purchase right here on Artist Alley.

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Currently reading Lovecraft Country on my kindle (heavily featuring stickers by @mostlyghostie 🧡)

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some of my mother's favorite books :D

inspired by @mostlyghostie pls go check them out their art is super cool!!!!!!!!!!!

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I posted 3,047 times in 2022

That's 22 more posts than 2021!

132 posts created (4%)

2,915 posts reblogged (96%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@a-ramblinrose

@therefugeofbooks

@leer-reading-lire

@mostlyghostie

@stefito0o

I tagged 3,045 of my posts in 2022

#who queue? - 2,870 posts

#book covers - 915 posts

#stacks of books - 652 posts

#bookshelves - 601 posts

#cover art - 432 posts

#spines - 386 posts

#open books - 333 posts

#book recommendations - 295 posts

#mugs - 209 posts

#bookstores - 203 posts

Longest Tag: 112 characters

#lords noodle and doodle came back and there was the most spectacular collective accident scene i've read in ages

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

2022 Release TBR

Where the Drowned Girls Go - Seanan McGuire (contemporary fantasy) - January 4

Heartstopper, Volume Four - Alice Oseman (YA romance) - January 4 🏳️‍🌈

Battle of the Linguist Mages -  Scotto Moore (contemporary fantasy) - January 11 friend says it’s probably not my thing

Anatomy - Dana Schwartz (YA historical fantasy) - January 18

The Servant Mage - Kate Elliott (fantasy) - January 18 🏳️‍🌈

Love and Other Disasters - Anita Kelly (romance) - January 18 🏳️‍🌈

Some by Virtue Fall - Alexandra Rowland (fantasy) - January 25 🏳️‍🌈

Hot and Sour Suspects - Vivien Chien (cozy mystery) - January 25 BIPOC

The Christie Affair - Nina de Gramont (historical fiction) - February 1

Bluebird - Ciel Pierlot (science fiction) - February 8 🏳️‍🌈

Dead Silence - S.A. Barnes (science fiction/horror) - February 8

Age of Ash - Daniel Abraham (fantasy) - February 15

Carolina Built - Kianna Alexander (historical fiction) - February 22 BIPOC

Gallant - V.E. Schwab (YA fantasy) - March 1

The River of Silver - S.A. Chakraborty (historical fantasy) - March 1 BIPOC

Spelunking Through Hell - Seanan McGuire (contemporary fantasy) - March 1

Umboi Island - J.J. Dupuis (mystery) - March 8 🇨🇦

Memory's Legion - James S.A. Corey (science fiction) - March 15 I’m three books behind on the series, no way am I getting to this this year

When We Were Birds - Ayanna Llord Banwo (fabulism) - March 15 BIPOC

The Cartographers - Peng Shepherd (mystery) - March 15

How to Take Over the World - Ryan North (science/humour) March 15 🇨🇦

Comeuppance Served Cold - Marion Deeds (historical fantasy) - March 22

The Diamond Eye - Kate Quinn (historical fiction) - March 29

The Wolf Den - Elodie Harper (historical fiction) - March 29

Conversations with People Who Hate Me - Dylan Marron (memoir) - March 29

Portrait of a Thief - Grace C. Li (thriller) - April 5 BIPOC

Shadows of Berlin - David R. Gillham (historical fiction) - April 5

Amongst Our Weapons - Ben Aaronovitch (urban fantasy) - April 12 BIPOC

Persians - Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (history) - April 12

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97 notes - Posted January 1, 2022

#4

A couple weeks ago I was blessed with a reading copy of A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows, and let me tell you, it should be on every fantasy lover’s TBR for this summer. This is a story about kind, sensible, competent people dealing with assassins and intrigues, about finding love in unexpected places, about healing and unlearning unconscious biases. The writing and the setting are both lush and to be sunk into. It’s a beautiful queer love story, full of gentleness, wonderfully escapist in general, and gave me serious Marvellous Light vibes the whole way through. It’s not without darkness—there’s a very notable rape early on, for instance—but gosh, I need people to read this just so I can squee about it with them.

Out July 26, 2022.

108 notes - Posted May 16, 2022

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My dad unhauled a bunch of books before Christmas and let me have my pick of them. A pic of the full stack will be coming, probably in my February wrap-up, but I just had to share this one! Don’t have a date for it, but it was awarded to a technical school student in 1910.

116 notes - Posted February 25, 2022

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The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper is a refreshing take on historical fiction. Not only is it set in Roman Pompeii rather than northwestern Europe in the 19th or 20th centuries, but it’s centered on enslaved sex workers and told in modern language. (No thou’s or attempts to mimic Latin here!) The author has done a great job of bringing the ancient world to life and making it feel nearer than it is.

The book focuses on Amara, born into a middle-class Greek family and sold into slavery after family tragedy. As she does her best to better her circumstances at any cost, we get not only a portrait of a living Roman city with its pubs, parties, clothing stores, food stalls, and everyday injustices, but also a wonderful sense of the friendships and competition within the brothel she works in. I loved seeing how the women there formed a community among themselves, and how they fit into the wider society (or didn’t). I got the real sense that Harper had not only delved deep into how Roman society would’ve worked at the street level, but had done her diligence regarding the lives of (modern) sex workers too.

I also thought that Harper did a good job portraying the characters as complex, fallible, and human. She gives her female characters, especially Amara, the full range of emotions and all are believably imperfect. The worst of the men get sympathetic moments and the best of them, damning ones. They all feel of their time too—relatable or familiar, but also holding attitudes and beliefs that remind you this isn’t a modern story. (For instance, it’s clear that Amara knows slavery sucks for all enslaved people, but she never quite questions why slavery is even a thing.)

All in all, reading this felt like reading about real people leading real lives much more often than it felt like reading a novel. It’s a slowish read that feels at times like it’s digressing or offering up set pieces of Pompeiian life, but those moments all get woven back in neatly by the end. (It’s also slowish because of emotional drain. I couldn’t binge-read because bad things kept happening.) I found the ethical dilemmas compelling, though—if you’d damned no matter what, what’s the right option?—and enjoyed both how Harper told this story and woven in her themes and critiques. It’s definitely been one of the highlights of my reading month and I hope it gets a lot of attention once it’s out.

Note: while this book is definitely pro-sex work and has a lot of sympathy for those who find themselves forced into that life or exploited, it’s still set within an incredibly misogynistic society that saw no problem with degrading or harming women. If harassment, issues with consent or boundaries, or sexual violence are things you don’t want to read about, this might not be the book for you. They’re rarely graphic, but definitely prevalent.

122 notes - Posted February 21, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Hello! I saw your 2022 Release TBR come across my dash, and I don't know if the Pride flags are to denote that the author or that the book itself is queer, but in either case, Seanan McGuire can absolutely have a flag :-)

Thanks! The flags are to denote queer characters here, not queer authors (for brevity and minimal confusion). I'm trying to be responsible and not put flags on books I'm not 100% sure of. For instance, I know Where the Drowned Girls Go is Cora's book, but I don't remember if Cora is canonically queer? Same goes for the characters in Seasonal Fears and for Alice in Spelunking Through Hell. If they're confirmed, I'll be adding that flag during my wrap-up, for sure.

129 notes - Posted January 15, 2022

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Tagged by @aliteraryprincess and @franticvampirereads, thank you!

Tagging @lizziethereader @thelivebookproject @rae-reads @thesheepthewolf @doughtah @howlsmovinglibrary

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b’loved @tartiish​ tagged me in a thing about the songs i’ve got on repeat lately and this is a render i’ve wanted to do for a while soo this was a nice excuse to rip the bandaid off!!! inspired by this by @mostlyghostie

break my soul by beyonce

pale blue dot by loona

captain hook by megan thee stallion

switch up by woo ah

life’s too short by aespa

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People I Want to Get to Know Better

Thank you @libertyreads for tagging me!

Relationship Status: Married for nearly seven years.

Favourite Colour: All shades of green, but a medium green with a hint of olive is one of the best shades of green.

Favourite Food: Mexican and Thai are great (but not very authentic in New Zealand).

Song Stuck in My Head: It’s usually a song from an anime my husbands been watching a lot of, but today it’s a Nirvana song (not sure what it’s called, but it’s from the MTV Unplugged Album).

Last Thing I Googled: Where to buy a particular toy for my nephew (it’s his birthday this week).

Time: 10:20 pm

Dream Trip: I don’t have any places I must go visit anymore. I visited all the ones I deeply wanted to see already (Bath, England; the Pyramids, Egypt; Petra, Jordan; Palmyra, Syria). So I will happily travel anywhere - there are so many places I haven’t been yet!

Last Thing You Read: The last book I finished was Hex Appeal by Kate Johnson. There are four books I am currently reading (I never read just one book at a time!)

Last Book You Enjoyed Reading: I enjoy almost all of them! It’s very rare for me to finish a book I’m not enjoying - those books tend to be never finished as I just read other books and the one I’m not enjoying stops getting picked up. But the best book I’ve read recently would be The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna.

Favourite Thing to Cook/Bake: I make a lot of muffins because I like eating them, and I’ve noticed that this year I’ve made a lot of soups.

Favourite Craft to do in Your Freetime: I don’t do a lot of crafting, but started English Paper Piecing last year. I have to be in a fairly low-stress high energy state to do it, so it is progressing extremely slowly.

Most Niche Dislike: Smelly things. We just spent two nights away in a little vintage cottage, and had to move all the scented candles and reed diffusers outside because it was too much! (Even one would have been too much.)

Opinion on Circuses: Not for me. But Cirque du Soleil might be interesting.

Do You Have Any Sense of Direction: Fairly good, but not great. I need to be reasonably familiar with the area, or consciously creating a mental map.

Tagging with no pressure: @archetypewriter ; @mostlyghostie ; @pendragyn ; @aroaessidhe ; and you, if you’d like to participate!

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9 people I want to know better

Thank you, @debussyandbooks for tagging me ✨✨✨

last song: Wildflowers by The Wailin’ Jennys

last show: The Umbrella Academy Season 3

currently watching: I’m rewatching Jane the Virgin on Netflix because I’m in the mood for a good laugh.

currently reading: I’m slowly reading Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. I’m also reading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets on the side.

tagging: ✨

@mellowacademia @therefugeofbooks @elegantemmybear @darkmacademia @godzilla-reads @shelvesfullofbooks @pawswithprose @eagle-nebula @mostlyghostie

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Look what arrived today!

Art from @mostlyghostie

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