#whenwomenweredragons

[bibliobethblog]

Hello everyone, happy Friday to you all! I’m off work now until Wednesday so that’s the perfect excuse to hopefully get a lot of reading done. Here’s three new beautiful hardbacks I’ve added to my TBR. I’ve only read one Kate Atkinson book before (currently re-reading Life After Life) but am determined to catch up on all her books. This is her latest release and I’m planning to buddy read it with @emmasbookishcorner at some point! Set in the Roaring Twenties in London in a country still recovering from the Great War, London is the focus for a delirious nightlife. In Soho clubs, peers of the realm rub shoulders with starlets, foreign dignitaries with gangsters and girls sell dances for a shilling a time. Nellie Coker is a ruthless ruler, ambitious for her six children. But success breeds enemies. Beneath the gaiety lies a dark underbelly, where one may be all too easily lost. Confession time - the middle book was a total cover/title buy. I #kellvery little about it before I decided I had to have it. Luckily the synopsis was just as good as I had hoped. In an alternate world, We learn about a Mass Dragoning in 1955 where 300,000 women spontaneously transform into dragons…and change the world. Finally, I was eager to get my hands on Demon Copperhead as soon as I heard it was being released. It has been described as a once in a generation novel that breaks and mends your heart in the way only the best fiction can. A boy is born during a traumatic birth to his single mother in a single-wide trailer looking like “a little blue prizefighter.” Raised in poverty and growing up in the middle of the modern opioid crisis, Demon is born on the wrong side of luck, the affection and safety he craves is as remote as the ocean he dreams of seeing one day. The wonder is how far he’s willing to travel in order to get there. I’m also planning on buddy reading this with @emmasbookishcorner I’d love to know your thoughts on any of these books or authors. Let’s have a chat in the comments! #bookstagramuk #scottishbookstagrammer #morebookslessproblems #shrinesofgaiety #kateatkinson #whenwomenweredragons #kellybarnhill #demoncopperhead #barbarakingsolver #booksicantwaittoread https://www.instagram.com/p/CmhLQgwrk1Y/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[erainbowd]

Is This a Dragon Zeitgeist?

Did an award winning author STEAL my idea? I really don't think so. But I do have some thoughts on the odd coincidences at play. #dragons #TheDragoning #WhenWomenWereDragons #GenX #women

As many of my readers will be aware, back in 2018, provoked by the Brett Kavanaugh hearings, I wrote a piece called “I Am a Dragon Now. The Fear of Men Is My Food.” A few months after that piece went around, elements of it poured themselves into a piece that became The Dragoning, an audio drama podcast. The podcast came out in the spring of 2020 and Season Two just launched. I’m taking you…

[tessatalksbooksblog]

Happy Publication Day to all the books out today. I know I reviewed many, including When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill. Such a gem of a women’s empowerment story. I loved the fantasy angle this story took. . Can you find the dragon on this cover? Isn’t it gorgeous? Are there any books coming out today that you’re excited about? . . . . #allthebooksmay22 #whenwomenweredragons #kellybarnhill #doubledaybooks #doubleday #womenreading #womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #womenfiction #chicklit #chicklitreads #chicklitbooks #fantasybooks #fantasy #dystopian #dragons #fantasyreads #fantasyreader #fantasyreaders #tessatalksbooks #bookblogger #bookbloggersofinstagram #bookbloggersofig #bookbloggerlife #netgalley #netgalleyreads #netgalleyreview #netgalleyreviewer #netgalleyarc #netgalleyreader (at Lake Davidson) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdGUgicLfaR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[stuckinthestacks]

Do I dare start a new book at 11pm? Absolutely I do! I have been seeing When Women Were Dragons by @insufferable_blabbermouth everywhere and am so excited to be climbing aboard the hype train. What are you reading tonight? Thank you to @doubledaybooks for the advanced copy. 🐉 #whenwomenweredragons #currentlyreading #latenightread #justonemorechapter https://www.instagram.com/p/CcuScYPr3DS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[beckysbook5]

When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill - ARC Review!

Today on my blog I have a review for #WhenWomenWereDragons by @kellybarnhill. A truly unforgettable book filled with anger and joy and women breaking out of their chains! Thanks to @HotKeyBooksYA for the review copy. #BookReview #ARCReview

Alex Green is a young girl in a world much like ours. But this version of 1950’s America is characterized by a significant event: The Mass Dragoning of 1955, when hundreds of thousands of ordinary wives and mothers sprouted wings, scales and talons, left a trail of fiery destruction in their path, and took to the skies. Seemingly for good. Was it their choice? What will become of those left…

[tessatalksbooksblog]

When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill is one of my most intriguing books hauled so far this week. . If you were to write this story (see blurb below), what would you have had women turned into? . Dragons are always good. Or maybe something more exotic like Phoenixes. . Book Blurb: . A rollicking feminist tale set in 1950s America where thousands of women have spontaneously transformed into dragons, exploding notions of a woman’s place in the world and expanding minds about accepting others for who they really are. • The first adult novel by the Newbery award-winning author of The Girl Who Drank the Moon . Alex Green is a young girl in a world much like ours, except for its most seminal event: the Mass Dragoning of 1955, when hundreds of thousands of ordinary wives and mothers sprouted wings, scales, and talons; left a trail of fiery destruction in their path; and took to the skies. Was it their choice? What will become of those left behind? Why did Alex’s beloved aunt Marla transform but her mother did not? Alex doesn’t know. It’s taboo to speak of. . Forced into silence, Alex nevertheless must face the consequences of this astonishing event: a mother more protective than ever; an absentee father; the upsetting insistence that her aunt never even existed; and watching her beloved cousin Bea become dangerously obsessed with the forbidden. . In this timely and timeless speculative novel, award-winning author Kelly Barnhill boldly explores rage, memory, and the tyranny of forced limitations. When Women Were Dragons exposes a world that wants to keep women small—their lives and their prospects—and examines what happens when they rise en masse and take up the space they deserve. . . . . #allthebooksapril22 #whenwomenweredragons #kellybarnhill #doubledaybooks #doubleday #netgalley #netgalleyreads #netgalleyreviewer #netgalleyarc #netgalleyreader #bookdragon #bookdragons #tessatalksbooks #bookblogger #bookbloggersofinstagram #bookbloggersofig #bookbloggerlife #bookbloggershub #fantasy #fantasybooks #historicalfiction #womenempowerment #bookandflowers #beautifulbooks #beautifulcover #bookrecommendations #bibliophile #bibliophilelife #booklover #booksof2022 (at Lake Davidson) https://www.instagram.com/p/CcBOJmUrop8/?utm_medium=tumblr