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ash-and-books · 1 year

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Rating: 4/5

Book Blurb: Crack open your spell book and enter the world of the illustrious Galileo Academy for the Extraordinary. There's been a murder on campus, and it's up to the students of Galileo to solve it. Follow 18 authors and 18 students as they puzzle out the clues and find the guilty party. Professor of Magical History Septimius Dropwort has just been murdered, and now everyone at the Galileo Academy for the Extraordinary is a suspect. A prestigious school for young magicians, the Galileo Academy has recently undergone a comprehensive overhaul, reinventing itself as a roaming academy in which students of all cultures and identities are celebrated. In this new Galileo, every pupil is welcome—but there are some who aren't so happy with the recent changes. That includes everyone's least favorite professor, Septimius Dropwort, a stodgy old man known for his harsh rules and harsher punishments. But when the professor's body is discovered on school grounds with a mysterious note clenched in his lifeless hand, the Academy's students must solve the murder themselves, because everyone's a suspect. Told from more than a dozen alternating and diverse perspectives, The Grimoire of Grave Fates follows Galileo's best and brightest young magicians as they race to discover the truth behind Dropwort's mysterious death. Each one of them is confident that only they have the skills needed to unravel the web of secrets hidden within Galileo's halls. But they're about to discover that even for straight-A students, magic doesn't always play by the rules. . . . Contributors include: Cam Montgomery, Darcie Little Badger, Hafsah Faizal, Jessica Lewis, Julian Winters, Karuna Riazi, Kat Cho, Kayla Whaley, Kwame Mbalia, L. L. McKinney, Marieke Nijkamp, Mason Deaver, Natasha Díaz, Preeti Chhibber, Randy Ribay, Tehlor Kay Mejia, Victoria Lee, and Yamile Saied Méndez

Review:

A professor has been murdered and everyone at the magical academy known as the Galileo Academy for the Extraordinary is a suspect. Eighteen students, 20 hours, and a murderer to catch. Told from 18 different students, along with evidence, interviews, and notes, the mystery and events unfold all leading up to who killed the despised professor Septimius Dropwart and how each of the students could be involved. This was such a fun and magical read, especially when you get to see the events fold bit by bit from each student’s perspective all leading up to the events of the professor’s death and who could be involved. The mystery is revealed in tidbits and overall, it was a fun mystery read told in a unique format that definitely was an undertaking. i would highly recommend this for fans of mystery and fantasy reads! The students all had possible motives and all of them had some connection to the event. With so many unique perspectives and personalities, all the students were interesting to get to know and the overall villain was a fun one to figure out. Seriously, what a fun read!

*Thanks Netgalley and Random House Children's, Delacorte Press for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

#book review #bookish #book #ya fantasy read #the grimoire of grave fates

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jasminewalkerauthor · 7 months

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obsob · 11 months

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happy and proud!!

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#mine #original #sm how managed 2 miss pride month....but its pride month every month in this house hold #ive read two bad YA books so far this month as a break from th 2nd farseer book but now.....i am back.........i am reading th 3rd one #its gna make my brain explode i can feel it #n then idk what i will read. maybe th hands of th emperor #could i read smth other than 800 page epic fantasy pls #the YA books werent too bad for YA but they hve that YA cringe 2 it. idk how u people read it constantly #if i hve 2 read th word 'heck' one more time #also theres always like. disney channel vibes. like i read gay YA romance n its so sanitised n vanilla. its so superficial #like i get this is for 16 year olds but were is the longing. the yearing. these guys are fanfic tropes stuck 2gether 2 glue.#also. what is with nearly every mlm romance / fantasy being YA not adult fiction. whats up w that #anyway hve a good evenin im gna do knitting!!!!!!!!!!!!

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lilitherie · 11 months

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"You like purple, right?"

Yes, Charlie 😂

Doodles of Bella Swan because I can and I have nostalgia, and don't forget book-cactus-ketchup 📚🌵🥫

#book fanart #illustration #twilight #twilight saga #twilight series #bella swan #bella x edward #isabella swan #my art #artists on tumblr #procreate #edward cullen #twilight fanart #bookstagram #books and reading #booktok #ya books #fantasy books

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imafuckinggrimreaper · 2 months

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“Many boys will bring you flowers. But someday you'll meet a boy who will learn your favorite flower, your favorite song, your favorite sweet. And even if he is too poor to give you any of them, it won't matter because he will have taken the time to know you as no one else does. Only that boy earns your heart.” ― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

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checkoutmybookshelf · 1 year

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The Quartet That Started It All

As followers of this blog will note, this is not actually the quartet that started it all for me, but it DID launch author Tamora Pierce's career in the 1980s, and Alanna remains absolutely beloved among Pierce's heroines. Let's talk the Song of the Lioness Quartet.

In a classic case of "if I can't do this as a girl, then I'll do this as a boy and I have a handy twin brother to go full Twelfth Night with," Alanna of Trebond begins The First Adventure by dressing as a boy to train as a page in Tortall's royal court. This book introduces all our main characters and establishes Alan the page amongst his peers and Alanna as she finds herself and her place in chivalry.

One of the other amazing things about Alanna's story overall is that she begins it absolutely terrified of her own magical gift. Her arc includes learning to work with her magic rather than to fear it, and that's a twist on magic users that I really appreciated. We often get overly confident magic users--indeed, we'll get TWO of them later in the series--but it's rare that we get magic users who are fully aware of their powers and are still absolutely terrified of them. So of course, the story and the world and Pierce herself keep throwing Alanna into situations where she has no choice but to develop and use her gift. It's so, so good. This first book covers Alanna's page years, and we move into her squire years in book two.

In the Hand of the Goddess really expands on Alanna's key relationship with Prince Jon on Conte, Duke Roger of Conte, and Geroge Cooper. Alanna moves into a wider world of adult politics and stakes in this book. From being able to defeat an older, stronger, and more experienced opponent in a duel to developing her healing skills when a wound puts her out of commission during a war, Alanna cements her skills, connections, and position in society. This culminates with unmasking Roger as an attempting regicide and the accidental reveal of her gender.

This book is really, really good, and extends Alanna's childhood fear of magic to her fear of Roger specifically in a really natural, logical way. I could say more about the details, but these two books have an episodic vibe to them, so I won't spend too much time exploring every single key plot event.

The Woman Who Rides Like a Man sees Alanna spending her first year as a knight in the desert, with a Bazhir tribe. She becomes their shaman by way of self-defense; she murders their first shaman when he tries to murder her for "being unnatural." Then it falls to Alanna to train three magic users for the tribe, and this is where we see more nuance into how different magic users relate to their powers, from sheer hubris to fear to "this is just part of me, let's do this." It's a phenomenal experience for Alanna, and she learns as much from her students as they do

Book three also sees Jonathan bitching to hell and back about having to be king, which is not a great look, and it's one Alanna calls him on. He spends most of the book alternating between pitching a hissy fit, begging Alanna to marry him, and training to take over as Voice of the Tribes. The interesting thing here is that Alanna refuses to marry Jon. He is trying to fit Alanna into his own fairy tale, and she very much goes "That isn't our relationship, I can't do that. We aren't meant to be like that, and that's ok." If I could inject that lesson into humanity's collective head, I would. It's well done and it's great.

Lioness Rampant picks up on Alanna's travels after she leaves the Bazhir, and eventually sees her return to Corus with a magical artifact to help secure Jonathan's position as king.

There's also the teeny tiny complication that Alanna's twin brother, Thom, has resurrected Duke Roger. Absolute chaos ensues, and Roger almost manages to take out the entire court during Jonathan's coronation. Nobody should have to kill an evil sorceror twice, but Alanna did.

If you want to dive into Tamora Pierce's Tortall Universe, starting with Alanna is absolutely a good choice. These books hold a very soft spot in my heart, and they're never not engaging.

#tamora pierce #the song of the lioness #the first adventure #in the hand of the goddess #the woman who rides like a man #lioness rampant #alanna of trebond #jonathan of conte #ya fantasy #books & libraries #books and reading #books and novels #book recommendations #books

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tigerlilla · 1 year

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thinking about bakugo katsuki frowning at the big book in your lap, the one that’s been taking all your attention for the past week. you lazily ran a hand across his shoulders, creases forming between your eyebrows as you focused on the words bleeding across the page.

katsuki had asked what you were reading multiple times, but you’d always shrugged him off, saying ‘just some fantasy book i saw online, nothing you’d like.’ he believed you at first, but you’d been lugging around the 900 page doorstop for the past week. you’d read it in bed, on the couch, on the train. today, you’d even rushed your shower, hopping out as soon as he stepped in. he found you wrapped in your towel, face buried in your book five minutes later.

katsuki was throughly fed up. he racked his brain, trying to remember the title. he’d seen it a million times. what was it? the barbarian? the dragon king? court of kings? the court of the barbarian king! that was it!

katsuki typed it into his phone, determined to figure out what was so goddamn good about this book. he read the book description.

the eastern coast was in ruins; a barbarian king sitting atop the cities he buried. him and his court of conquerors and criminals terrorized the coast, aiming for total destruction. until he meets autumn winter rain, the lost princess of the tree islands, living abandoned and alone, close to death in the ruins of a former port town. barbarian king katsuko takes the girl hostage, unaware of the great power she carries. in this epic story of love and conquest, war and survival, katsuko and autumn will weave a tale of twists and turns, with plenty of spicy heat to keep fans interested.

the description seemed normal enough to katsuki. he was smart enough to know the fan art would really tell him about the book. he clicked over to images, his eyes nearly popping out of his head.

it was him. as a barbarian. his red eyes, spiky blond hair, permanent scowl. every image looked the same. looked like him.

katsuko. the main characters name was katsuko. holy fucking shit. and spicy romance? bakugo knew you read some messed up kinky shit, so he could only imagine what this book had.

a quick search confirmed it. katsuki scrolled through thread after thread laughing at the published “fanfic” so deliciously dirty it had caused quite a stir.

“‘suki?” you said softly, looking at him in concern. “what’s wrong, baby?”

he turned to you, eyes full of evil, a smirk playing on his lips. “why does you reading a smutty published fanfic about me turn me on so much?”

#bakugo katuski #bakugou x reader #bakugou drabble #bakugo oneshot #bnha bakugou #bakugou headcanons #katsuki bakugo mha #mha bakugou #bakugou katsuki #making fun of ya fantasy even though it’s all i read #bakugou imagine #katsuki bakugo x reader #mha imagines #bakugo #bnha fanfiction #my hero academia #bakugou x you

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bluedietcoke · 2 years

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books i would sell my soul to read again for the first time:

the way i used to be - amber smith

the seven husbands of evelyn hugo - taylor jenkins reid

house of salt and sorrows - erin a craig

if he had been with me - laura nowlin

these violent delights - chloe gong

dance of thieves - mary e. pearson

the silent patient - alex michaelides

caraval - stephanie garber

all the light we cannot see - anthony doerr

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carica-ficus · 10 months

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I have always loved the way Bardugo approached Nina's figure and weight. And her love for food. Especially through Matthias. I remember a few other characters mention her body/eating habits in an unflattering manner, but she's always glorified in his eyes. One of the reasons he resents her is because her body is barely resistible to him. And this is not approached in a strictly sexual way, but also in an aesthetic way. She is beautiful. She is alluring. She is hot. And it's because of her curves, her size and her love for food. Matthias even mentions he loves to watch her eat because she finds pleasure in everything.

I mention all of it because it's still so hard to find a female character that is allowed to be bigger and admired for it. She's allowed to eat and to enjoy food. Not only that, but that she is found attractive because of it. Sure, she is sexualized, but not in a way that fetishizes her size.

#six of crows #soc #leigh bardugo #reading #book #fiction #fantasy #ya #young adult

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smokefalls · 3 months

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You claim the gods should love and care for humans. I disagree. I don’t think love can be bought or earned or even prayed for. It must be freely given.

Axie Oh, The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

#Axie Oh #The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea #quote #fiction #fantasy #romance #ya #2024 reads

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maggiekwest · 15 days

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AHHHHHH LOOKIT THE PRETTIES!!! 🥹

I love my new covers so much 💕💕

#ya know this took me like 8 versions to design #heckin photoshop #oooooold books #authors of tumblr #author #beautiful books #beautiful book covers #pretty books #book cover #old books #ya fantasy #ya retelling #books #fantasy books #fantasy #robin hood #retelling #books and reading #reading

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starfallkaz · 28 days

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More Selwyn Kane Thoughts

Back on my Legendborn bullshit — I already made a post talking about how Selwyn’s love language is canonically physical touch (I don’t make the rules). And how it all stems from the fact that for as long as he’s known, his touch has been something intrinsically tied to power and violence. It was never seen as something that could be given out of affection and care for one another, only as a display of power and as a threat. Likewise his use of aether was always in violent necessity. I’m rereading Bloodmarked and there’s a scene in Volition where Lu allows Sel to use the aether on the grounds that got me thinking and hurting (a lot).

Sel looks between us, a bright light in his eyes that I don’t expect. I’ve never seen him cast something just because. From the look on his face, I don't know if he ever has. "Thank you, Lu," Sel says.

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When he rotates his wrists, light rises around us overhead, stretching wide like a cloud — and then bursts, raining down like blue embers. Tiny freworks sparking and exploding into nothing before they hit the ground.

Lu claps. "Impressive light show. And I thought Merlins were only good at making weapons."

Sel’s head is tilted back, a slow smile on his face as the aether falls round him, "So did I."

Did I cry rereading this? Absolutely. This is the first time we see Sel realising and experiencing his power not in the context of fear and violence. It’s the beginning of him understanding that he could use his power for joy - for something as simple and loving as entertaining the girl he likes. It felt like a big, yet understated, moment for him.

And I think in a way, that permission from Lu and Bree meant more to Sel than allowing him to use aether in that specific moment. It was also the acknowledgement and encouragement that he could use aether for self-fulfilment and pleasure - that he could allow himself that. Sel was always constrained by his role as Kingsmage or his own self-imposed standards brought about by a crippling fear of not being enough, but this felt like a liberating experience for him.

#if you actually read to the end thank you #PLS DISCUSS #in this essay i will #selwyn Kane #my annotations go crazy in bloodmarked #bloodmarked #nick davis #selbree #selwyn x bree #bree matthews #tracy deonn #legendborn #the legendborn cycle #legendborn thoughts #Merlin #ya fantasy

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lavellan-the-ninth · 2 months

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"Harrowhark was unsettled now, and she had been at peace, so she was cruel."

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