#apprentice callie

[libraryleopard]

On a quest to read some middle grade books (especially fantasy, especially queer protagonists) as research for maybe writing one so I am going to keep a list of recent MG reads (I will also take recs if anyone has some they want to shout out)

Middle Grade books I have read

1. Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston by Esme Symes-Smith

2. The Accidental Apprentice by Amanda Foody

3. Deephaven by Ethan M. Aldridge

4. The Devouring Wolf by Natalie C. Parker

5. The Spirit Glass by Roshani Chokshi

6. The Mossheart’s Promise by Rebecca Mix

7. The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln

8. Too Bright To See by Kyle Lukoff

9. Just Lizzie by Karen Wilfrid

10. The Swifts: A Gallery of Rogues by Beth Lincoln

11. A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll

12. The House That Whispers by Lin Thompson

13. Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods by Catherynne M. Valente

14. The House in Poplar Wood by K.E. Ormsbee

15. The Curse of Eelgrass Bog by Mary Averling

[highwayphantoms]

Day 2: Arrival

A slightly longer ficlet for day 2! @14dayscirclemages

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There is no privacy in the Circle. Not really. It’s not so different from home, but at home she’d been able to go for a walk to get some space to herself. Mage apprentices do not take walks. At best, she can pace back and forth across the apprentice quarters, but the point of taking a walk had never been exercise. She has only been there three days, and does not dare to test the limits of templar patience, and so in lieu of finding a place to be alone, she hides under her thin sheets.

She chose this, she reminds herself. She chose to take her sister’s place here. Bethany is only nine. Callie isn’t that much older at thirteen and a half, but she’s old enough to take care of herself, she thinks. There are apprentices here even younger than Bethany—the youngest she has seen looks barely six—and while all apprentices seem to be treated well enough, she remembers her father’s warning. Trust no one.

That is easier said than done. Even after her magic had manifested three years earlier, Callie has always been inclined to think the best of strangers. It requires a conscious effort to remember that the friendly girl who’d invited Callie to sit with her at dinner that first day may have had ulterior motives. She remembers the girl—Lora—and the two friends sitting on either side of her, a dark-haired boy named Jowan and an elven boy going by Surana. The three of them were a little younger than Callie was, she’d guessed, but all three seemed as if they’d spent their whole lives in Kinloch.

It’s only later that she learns from an older apprentice that she isn’t entirely wrong. Lora was barely four when she’d been taken from her family, and Surana just a bit older at five. Jowan was the last of their group, arriving at age eight, and the three had been inseparable ever since, or so she’s told. Callie wants, desperately, to accept their offer of friendship.

Instead, she deliberately avoids them and eats her meals with apprentices who don’t even acknowledge her presence.

It’s better this way. Safer.

Still, as she pulls her sheets up over her head, her heart aches with loneliness. She misses being home, misses being woken at the crack of dawn by Carver’s shenanigans, misses brushing and braiding Bethany’s hair to look like however she’d styled her own hair on a given day. Misses her mother’s cooking. Her father’s hugs.

It’s a long time before she stops crying herself to sleep every night.

[rocketterrier]

Rosepaw is the medicine cat apprentice of LeafClan. She is a calico cat with spotted tabby markings on her ginger spots and yellow eyes. Rosepaw is a worrier. An early-riser. A late-to-bed-goer. Her siblings always joke that she's just like a bird; unable to make up its mind on whether it wants to stay or go. Rosepaw's mentor is Larmuzzle. Rosepaw is the is the youngest littermate of Featherpaw and Robinpaw, and the youngest of Callie's kits. Like her siblings, she has an unknown father.

[calypso-the-nerd]

Intro!!!

Name: Calypso, though Cally or Cal also works

Pronouns: She/any, and by that I mean use all pronouns but I would like to be referred to as she the most, and by all pronouns I mean she, they, he, maybe it? and shey/shem/sheir neos

Other identity stuff: massive fangirl, Australian, I speak English and a bit of German, very queer but not sure how yet, Christian (no that's not an oxymoron)- I was raised Lutheran and go to a Lutheran church, and I'm sticking with that denomination out of convenience.

Boundaries: Following is okay, please don't DM me on Discord, please don't message even if we're mutuals- asks are OK though. Nothing NSFW.

Socials: (i don't know how to embed sorry)

ao3- https://archiveofourown.org/users/CalypsoRiverstone

spotify- https://open.spotify.com/user/grynsoh39hx586zc8u5ax1ea2?si=c892d5d833304f36

Fandoms below the cut:

The Amazing Digital Circus

Amulet

Amphibia

Bo Burnham {Inside and Make Happy, mostly}

Camp Here and There

Chonny Jash/Chonny's Charming Chaos Compendium

Cookie Run: Kingdom (only played the game a little bit though)

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

ENA

EPIC: The Musical

Ethics Town

Good Omens

Gravity Falls

Harry Potter (don't interact with it much anymore though, don't support JKR)

Hazbin Hotel

Heartstopper

The Hunger Games

Keeper of the Lost Cities

King Falls AM

Lackadaisy

The Magnus Archives/The Magnus Protocol

Malevolent

The Mechanisms

Miracle Musical

Murder Drones

My Little Pony

Nevermoor

The Owl House

The Penumbra Podcast

Percy Jackson (and related)

Ranger's Apprentice

Sanders Sides

Spiderverse

Spooky Month

Steven Universe

Soul Operator

Tally Hall

Tangled: The Series

Welcome to Night Vale

Will Wood

Wings of Fire

Yaelokre

[sillyouhette]

Yello!! You get food too!

Some Calli+Mumei Lore interactions!

I explain it more in depth on my twitter!

(twt is @/shaderye)

I just thought a Guardian of Civilization and Grim Reaper's Apprentice interaction would be interesting, and low and behold-- I drew more!

Also woah I JUST realized you can change your caption font on here!!!! This is so cool!!!!

[vodika-vibes]

Shenanigans in the Clone Creches give me life 💖

Clone Baby shenanigans is the best kind of shenanigans.

ooh. I had a thought.

"Dad's mad at me," Vali doesn't look up from where she's braiding Leia's hair, "He says that I'm too 'disrespectful'." Leia sighs, "Sometimes it feels like I just can't do anything right when it comes to him." "Yeah, well...your dad's kind of an asshole," Vali pauses, "I think I braided this wrong." Leia turns to look at the braid, "Mm, it's a little wonky, but that's okay. I think it has character." She hands Vali several hair pins, "Are you allowed to say that kind of stuff about him?" Vali scoffs, "Who's going to stop me? Him?" Leia laughs, "This is why I prefer spending my time in the clone creche. You're all so...refreshingly honest." "Jedi are honest." Vali points out. "Jedi use ten words when three will suffice," Leia rolls her eyes, "but Uncle Obi-Wan's not terrible, I suppose." "That is why you're his apprentice, after all." Vali points out, "Alright, this braid is done. How many more?" Leia grins innocently, "6." Vali sighs, "Kriff. I should have invited Callie." Leia dissolves into laughter, and drops her head back, "But you're my best friend!" "Yeah, yeah. More fool me, right?" Vali reaches out to grab a handful of Leia's hair, "Alright, braid number 2."

[squid-ink-symphony]

hey i saw a post where you were talking about ships.. Uh.

callie x agent 3.

discuss.

please..

we need all the exposure we can get there are 5 of us.

we are very lonely.

NO BUT LIKE I LOVE THIS SHIP

ALONG WITH 4 X MARIE

LIKE IVE SEEN CALLIE AND AGENT 3 ART BEFORE AND ITS LITERALLY SO GOOD

i didnt wanna mention idol x agent ships in my post cuz sometimes ppl get all defensive about it like "erm well actually the agent is canonically a child and-" shut up. shut. up. they are whatever age you want them to be. they are literally a self insert for the player. plenty of ppl have agent ocs who are adults. it just varies from person to person and their headcanons.

but then i got an ask (that i already deleted) accusing me of being a proshipper bcuz apparently 3 x neo 3 is problematic bcuz its "power imbalance?" and like.. ig yeah that could be an issue irl w ur boss taking advantage of u. but like..... thats.... clearly not what im talking about???

so may as well discuss idol x agent ships as well lol

3 x callie is like. top tier. its so good. like you just know 3 and callie would goof around together. especially the splat 1 version of 3??? like their dynamic would be top tier. and i just know 3 would whisper stuff to callie and they would giggle about it and refuse to tell anyone else what they are laughing about. and i am always a rarepair enjoyer. like. its so good. (i ship callie x marina x pearl so you know im masochistic when it comes to my ships)

AND 4 X MARIE??? i know this one is a bit more well known but i love it. i dont know if i would ship my main agent 4 with my main interpretation of marie, but like another version of them? yes. it works so well. marie is literally in love w 4.

BUT OK ANOTHER RAREPAIR: 4 x callie. i know everyone loves 3 x 8 cuz blah blah 8 beat up mind controlled 3. but ??? 4 beat up mind controlled callie and we got NOTHING from the fandom. im mostly a 4 x 8 shipper at heart but this is another one i rlly like. i just know 4 would try to show off by picking smth heavy up or doing some cool trick only to fail miserably. and callie would be able to do it first try.

and i have even more opinions on different idol ships and combos but uhh thats for another day when someone wants to listen to my ramblings lol

anyway in conclusion i love rarepairs and pretty much every splat ship so yeah feel free to talk to me about them any time. i love figuring out character dynamics and all that. also everyone has such good designs everyone looks good together. also just like. non romantic pairs as well. like ppl who have sibling dynamics. ppl who are clearly in a qpr. ppl who are besties. apprentice and mentor dynamics. i just think every splat character is so interesting on their own that pretty much every combination is top tier. and like. things dont have to mutually exclusive when it comes to relationships. im a multipshipper.

and i think the same goes for other dynamics. like in my mind one version of neo 3 and 3, 3 sees neo like a younger sibling and spoils them and doent want what happened to 3 to happen to neo. in another version 3 sees neo like a younger version of them and tries to toughen them up and neo sees it as unfair and there is angst while 3 has to confront everything they went thru and if it was even fair for them to have gone thru it. cuz in their mind ofc its ok to do this to neo, its what 3 did to become the way they are. in another version they are just besties. in another version they are dating. in another version they have a competitive love/hate relationship and argue a lot about whos better.

LIKE THINGS DONT HAVE TO JUST BE ONE WAY!! i like exploring different stuff and seeing everyones takes on them!!!!!

so yeah come talk to me about splat characters im very normal i swear :)))

[anonymocha]

Ame is a time traveller sooooo

Ina is a cosmic horror, Gura is an ancient shark, Calli is the Grim Reaper's apprentice, Kiana is a phoenix and. Well, they would definitely fit there lol

They'd be good friends with Regulus prob

ACTUALLY YOU ARE SO RIGHT..............

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Regulus Calypso Huxley

『 Nickname 』

Reggie, Callie/Caly, Calypso

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Ares

『 Identity 』

Secret

『 Date of Birth 』

January, 31st

『 Place of Birth 』

Moscow, Russia

『 Species 』

Demi-god

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Male

『 Sexuality 』

Closeted homosexual

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Unknown

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Aquarius

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Mother: Virgo Huxley

Father: Týr

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N/A

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Divorced and single

IF Bruce is his love interest, they're married because yes

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Bruce, Tony or Stephan

『 Friends 』

Natasha, Stephen, Tony, Thor

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Bruce

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N/A

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The avengers

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???

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Classified

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CEO of a multi-trillion dollar company

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『 Hair 』

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6'5

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10/10 besides for his type a diabetes

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2/10

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[leafpool-loves-ashfur]

SCREAMING

HE'S BACK!!! HE'S BACK BABYYYY!!!!!

holy moly okay SO Shimmerwhisker was from one of Callie and Brushspots's litter and the thing is Callie and Brush (both deceased now) were outsiders who joined the clan and became mates and i kind of have this thing where cats MUST join the family tree, so that either meant one of them had to became mates w/ someone else OR they needed to have kits who were mates w/ someone on the clan tree

but CallieBrush's first litter DIED as a kit, then the next two were Whorlpaw and Shimmerpaw who both got KIDNAPPED BY TWOLEGS, and THEN CallieBrush broke up (but iirc they either had kits while broken up or i made them get back together?? and then they had two more single kit litters who did merge w/ the clan tree!! so Shimmer joined too late to do much but still lol)

vkskjg she's been an apprentice for SO LONG

[parme-san]

Splatoon

ask meme: send me a fandom and i'll tell you my...

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most): this is kind of funny to answer because i think the world of splatoon as a whole is my "blorbo". i'm so enamoured with all of it's vibrancy and intricacies. however i have been big man fan #1 since my very first splatcast. and i have the title to prove it.

scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped): CALLIE CALLIE CALLIE i love you callie cuttlefish!!!!!!!!!!! i feel giddy just thinking about her she's so pretty and cool and silly and funny and pink and sparkly and awesome. sighs <3

scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave): uhm. sheldon 👍 i like that he has secret kids (they ARE his i won't hear otherwise. they are legit named shelly and donny and look and behave exactly like him. apprentices my ass) and that he gets really excited about weapons. in the first splatoon artbook they describe him as a "military otaku" and that was really endearing to me for some reason. i also like that he hides in his shell he is cute

glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week): this would be a really good category to put a favorite splatband member in so.. taka? i don't know i just think he's. handsome. i also really like dedf1sh but as of now she is no longer obscure <3 yippee. also um. i like fred crumbs he's chill and cool

poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave): you're looking at the world's biggest mr grizz apologist. i would do anything to get that bear back HOME. WITH US. actually funnily enough i was not a fan from the start because i didn't like salmon run at first. to completely contradict that last sentence i also had some kind of complex crush on him. it didn't go away after meeting him in person because unlike some people i'm no coward about being a little bit of a furry. he is so large and so my boss. what else could i ask for

horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason): now i ain't exactly a shiver anti. no i'm just kidding i love all of deep cut shiver is genuinely really cool but as far as rivalry goes i am taking them down with me. i have never forgotten scissors/paper/rock and i have never forgiven

eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell): i really don't know. i don't hate anyone in splatoon. they're all so cool :) maybe captain cuttlefish. not cause i hate him just so he can have his destiel moment. he's already died once so he will be fine

[sucrostorm]

this is a really specific question and it's wild that i have to put more than two seconds of thought into it. big fan, this is sick. OKAY so:

our contestants are Haru Okumura (Persona 5) and Calliope Mori (Hololive)

Realistically, no matter how strong you interpret Death's Apprentice Calliope Mori (since there's no metric to the full extent of What She Can Actually Do), she'd win by a long shot 9 times out of 10 against Phantom Thief Haru Okumura. HOWEVER, if the fight takes place in the metaverse, or Haru is just Allowed to have her persona, Haru'd potentially come very close, if not tying. If we wanna get MORE specific, the profile pictures are Haru Okumura in regular clothes (and therefore without her persona or any effective weapons), and High-School Student Calliope Mori from HoloTrials: Case Covered.

MEANING THAT (assuming the entire cast of HoloTrials is nerfed, and significantly less supernatural than the original Hololive characters) real world Haru would DECIMATE HoloTrials Calli if necessary. HoloTrials Calli looks a little lanky to me (and the only thing special going for her seems to be that she's in the music club???), while Haru does heavy lifting for gardening and chops firewood in her free time. Even if Haru's axe is only a model in the real world, she'd probably find a way to do some real damage with it if necessary. TL;DR The depicted characters at max canon power, Calliope realistically wins every time. As they are, directly taken from the pfps, Haru easily beats Calli up.

I'm curious let's go

[emollientfirr]

A quick glance at some of the names that will come up frequently!

(Quick distinction, Druids and Soul Druids are two separate things. Druids are a race of people that live on Floras and Soul Druids are humans that use soul magic for peaceful purposes)

Beth/Elsbeth McHammond(human pirate captain)

The Duchess(human pirate)

Val(tactician owlkie)

Leere(ex soldier werewolf)

Avery(sassy half vampire farmer)

The Moon(literally the moon god)

The wind(literally the wind god)

War(literally the god of prolonged conflict)

Stray(Druid performer)

Tiikri(silver Druid)

Kenyon(blind Druid)

Vol(dragon centaur wizard)

Meg(half Druid pirate)

Flor(white dragon “god”)

Azure(fire wyvern elder)

Lapis(dead for now fire dragon)

Callie(last noble satyr)

Bluebird/Hans(human carpenter pirate)

Heather(Soul Druid)

Jasper(Soul Druid)

Dusky(Soul Druid)

Felidae(ex Blood Warrior)

Ohd(Soul Druid city guard)

Haflin(Soul Druid city guard)

Gaz(Soul Druid innkeeper)

Knight [31014] (human (disowned)knight)

Knight [29084/Atticus] (human knight)

Ray(werewolf, bastard)

Avila (Totraven Knight / general badass)

Afon (Dragon pirate)

Avis (Druid pirate)

The Phoenix (literally just a phoenix ._.)

Ida (ex soldier werewoof)

Wish (Demon Lord)

Alida (ex Princess)

Rhyfel (ex Knight, ex War puppet, ex human, blind dragon)

Valeur (Dragon, alchemist, o l d)

Ser (Drider pirate)

Conquest (God of tactics and "aesthetic" war)

Subterfuge (God of (???), mentioned by Conquest passingly)

Alina (Firefly demon)

Achlys (Lich, bastard)

Camedyr (Ambassador for the Citadel)

Inowe (very cold magic user)

Flae (very warm magic user)

Julia (bonded to scorpion, soul magic user)

Annette (bonded to spider, soul magic user)

Evi (bonded to lizard, soul magic apprentice :D)

Ex (emo lizard bonded Soul Druid)

Crim (protective lizard bonded Soul Druid)

Rise (weapons expert under Evelyn)

Evelyn Shaw (aka the Admiral, Captain of a pirate ship)

The Sun (literally the Sun)

Polaris (god of navigation/navigational constellations)

Ennui (warrior of War, psychopath)

Wren (strange traveler :D)

Six (Magical cat assassin)

Thorn(ex knight now werewolf(woof))

[ol-jericho-styx]

If you were getting everyone confused with different people, who were Wyatt and Miss Clarisse and Henry and Annie and Callie and Captain Jeremy? Just curious.

oh, gawrsh, well um,,, Miss Callie was a nurse in the town. she had one of them masks that doctory folks always wear? she was very nice and would give me lollypops,,, i guess that's why i was confusing her with Miss Lethica?

Captain Jeremy was a sailor i knew when i visited the coast in my travels, he was one of the few people back then who weren't afeared of me. he used to say "You ain't the weirdest shit I've seen in my travels, laddy"

lil Henry and Annie were kids from town,,,

*Jericho frowns*

,,,they were sweet kids. Annie like to make flower crowns and Henry was learning to sew as his father's apprentice

,,,,and that's all the names i mentioned mmhmm mhmm

[checkoutmybookshelf]

What Did I read This Year? A 2023 Retrospective

Ok, so this was a big year for my Tumblr blog, so I thought it would be fun to go over what I read this year! The rules for the retrospective are thus:

Only book reviews count, because I actually read or reread those books this year. First Lines, meme, and quotes do not require that, so they're not counting. Little reading updates and thought posts also don't count. So let's see what I read this year!

January 3: Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

January 5: One for All by Lillie Lainoff

January 8: Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

January 10: Shadowfell, Raven Flight, and The Caller by Juliet Marillier (trilogy, so counts for three!)

January 13: Raybearer and Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko (duology)

January 19: Magic's Pawn, Magic's Promise, and Magic's Price by Mercedes Lackey (trilogy)

January 22: No Dominion by CE Murphy

January 29: Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater

February 5: The Walker Papers by CE Murphy (series of 9 books because I'm counting by the original publishing order, not the rebrand and republish, where it's 10 books)

February 12: Wildwood Dancing and Cybele's Secret by Juliet Marillier (duology)

February 19: Shakespeare Saved my Life: Ten Years in Solitary with the Bard by Laura Bates

February 24: The Cardinal Rule, The Firebird Deception, and The Phoenix Law by CE Murphy (trilogy)

February 27: The Gallagher Girls series by Ally Carter (seven book series)

March 3: Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

March 6: Imzadi Forever by Peter David

March 17: The Bright and Breaking Sea and A Swift and Savage Tide by Chloe Neill (first two books of a series)

March 19: The Harp of Kongs, A Dance with Fate, and Song of Flight by Juliet Marillier (trilogy)

March 24: Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

March 26: The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

March 29: Kenobi by John Jackson Miller

March 31: Spice Road by Maiya Ibrahim

April 2: Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey

April 5: The Phantom of Pemberley by Regina Jeffers

April 9: The Blood Trials by NE Davenport

April 12: Arrows of the Queen, Arrow's Flight, and Arrow's Fall by Mercedes Lackey (trilogy)

April 19: Dracula by Bram Stoker

April 26: Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

April 30: Master & Apprentice by Claudia Gray

May 3: When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn

May 7: Scales and Sensibility by Stephanie Burgis

May 14: The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

May 17: Star by Star by Troy Denning

May 21: The Protector of the Small Quartet by Tamora Pierce (four books)

May 28: That Self-Same Metal by Brittany N. Williams

May 31: Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer

June 11: Through the Fire by CE Murphy

June 14: The Song of the Lioness Quartet by Tamora Pierce (four books)

June 18: The Circle of Magic Quartet by Tamora Pierce (four books)

June 21: The Circle Opens Quartet by Tamora Pierce (four books)

June 25: Uprooted by Naomi Novik

June 28: The Immortals Quartet by Tamora Pierce (four books)

July 2: Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer

July 5: Storm Front by Jim Butcher

July 9: The Will of the Empress by Tamora Pierce

July 12: Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston by Esme Symes-Smith

July 16: An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn

July 19: Battle Magic by Tamora Pierce

July 23: Tempests and Slaughter by Tamora Pierce

July 26: Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery

July 30: Melting Stones by Tamora Pierce

August 2: Claws and Contrivances by Stephanie Burgis

August 6: Gladiator Bear by CE Murphy

August 9: Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception by Eoin Colfer

August 13: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casy McQuiston

August 16: Ten Thousand Stitches by Olivia Atwater

August 20: Long Shadow by Olivia Atwater

August 23: Fool Moon by Jim Butcher

August 27: Grave Peril by Jim Butcher

August 30: Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer

September 3: The Blonde Identity by Ally Carter

September 6: It's In His Kiss by Julia Quinn

September 10: On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn

September 13: Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer

September 13: The Artemis Fowl Files by Eoin Colfer

September 20: Dark Water Daughter by HM Long

September 24: X-Wing: Wraith Squadron by Aaron Allston

September 27: X-Wing: Starfighters of Adumar by Aaron Allston

October 1: Summer Knight by Jim Butcher

October 4: Maskerade by Terry Pratchett

October 8: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

October 11: Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex by Eoin Colfer

October 15: A Shadow in the Ember by Jennifer L. Armentrout

October 18: The Secret Shanghai Series by Chloe Gong (four books, two novellas)

October 25: Heat Wave by Richard Castle

October 29: Raven Heart and Polar Heart by CE Murphy (two books in a series)

November 1: A Light in the Flame by Jennifer L. Armentrout

November 5: The Phoenix King by Aparna Verma

November 8: Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

November 12: Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

November 15: The Dragon Prince of Alaska by Elva Birch

November 19: The Dragon Prince's Librarian by Elva Birch

November 22: Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree

November 26: Wildfire by Hannah Grace

November 29: Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian by Eoin Colfer

December 3: A Fire in the Flesh by Jennifer L. Armentrout

December 6: The Mask of Mirrors by MA Carrick

December 10: The Dragon Prince's Bride, The Dragon Prince's Secret, the Dragon Prince's Magic, and The Dragon Prince's Betrayal by Elva Birch (four of a series of six books)

December 13: Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri

December 17: Death Masks by Jim Butcher

December 20: Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

December 24: A Christmas Like No Otter by Zoe Chant

That's about where I got to this year, and it has been a wonderful year in reading. I'm so looking forward to next year! Leave your favorite book from 2023 and your most anticipated 2024 book in the tags, and may you have a Happy New Year!

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Also adding some recs from the notes (there are so many)

Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage

Deltora Quest series by Emily Rodda

The Gingerbread Witch series by Alexandra Overy

The Spirit Bears It's Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

The Unwanteds series by Lisa McMann

Summoner series by Taran Matharu

Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan

Simon Snow trilogy by Rainbow Rowell

Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer

The Worst Witch series by Jill Murphy

Chrestomanci series by Diana Wynne Jones

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Sword in the Stone by T. H. White

Famous Five series by Enid Blyton

Malory Towers series by Enid Blyton

St. Clare's series by Enid Blyton

The Story of the Treasure Seekers by E. Nesbit

Psammead series by E. Nesbit

Molesworth series by Geoffrey Willans

Circle of Magic series by Tamora Pierce

Song of the Lioness series by Tamora Pierce

Protector of the Small series by Tamora Pierce

Wild magic by Tamora Pierce

May Bird series by Jodi Lynn Anderson

The Enchanted Forest Chronicles series by Patricia C. Wrede

The Children of the Red King series by Jenny Nimmo (aka the Charlie Bone series)

Redwall series by Brian Jacques

Sir Callie by Esme Symes-Smith

World of Magic series by Levi Werner

Young Wizards series by Diane Duane

The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson

Discworld series by Terry Prachett

The Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater

Scholomance series by Naomi Novik

The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton

Fablehaven by Brandon Mull

The Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley

Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

Mistmantle Chronicles by M. I. McAllister

The Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix

Skullduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy

Curse Words series by Derin Edala

Foxcraft by Inbali Iserles

Warrior Cats series by Erin Hunter

Wings of Fire series by Tui T. Sutherland

The Owl House by Molly Ostertag

The Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag

Strong Female Protagonist by Molly Ostertag

How to Train Your Dragon series by Cressida Cowell

Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

Plus a rec for stuff by Lois Bujold in general.

(another reblog of more recs coming up)

Seriously. I'm starting to block y'all on sight it has been quite long enough of a campaign to get you weaned off this terf's books and shows (and now games!)