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Arrow/ Bluebeard: We should get married Izolda: We've known each other 30 seconds Arrow/ Bluebeard: And I think I've shown incredible restraint waiting this long

#he killed her betrothed in that time #it's fine he was older and obsessed with horses #booklr #bookish #books #bookworm #booknerd #book nerd #fly with the arrow #Sarah k l wilson #bluebeard's secret

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Grosbeak @ Izolda: when I first met you, I did not like you. Izolda: I’m aware of that Grosbeak: Then you and I spent some time together Izolda: and? Grosbeak: Oh! Nothing changed. 

#I'm shocked she genuinely thought they were actually friends #booklr #bookish #bookworm #books #bibliophile #book recommendations #fly with the arrow #bluebeard's secret #Sarah k l wilson

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Bluebeard: Wife of mine, you're like an angel with no wings.

Izolda: So… like a person?

#he has a way with words and she’s just a very sensible person #booklr #bookish #books #bookworm #booknerd #book nerd #bibliophile #books and libraries #source: parks and rec #fly with the arrow by sarah k l wilson #fly with the arrow #Bluebeard’s secret #Sarah k l Wilson

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*Izolda and Bluebeard walking into a trap

Izolda: Wait a minute, how did this happen? We're smarter than this?

#booklr #bookish #books #bookworm #booknerd #book nerd #bibliophile #books and libraries #for being so sensible they fell for traps and bad bargains so easily #fly with the arrow by sarah k l wilson #fly with the arrow #Bluebeard’s secrets #Sarah k l Wilson #incorrect quotes

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Izolda: You're smiling. What happened?

Bluebeard: Can't I smile just because I feel like it, fire of my eye?

Sparrow: Someone threw Grosbeak down the stairs today.

#booklr #bookish #books #bookworm #booknerd #book nerd #bibliophile #book recommendations #fly with the arrow #Bluebeard’s secrets #Sarah k l Wilson #fly with the arrow by Sarah k l Wilson

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#booklr #bookish #books #bookworm #booknerd #book nerd #bibliophile #books and libraries #book recommendations #book boyfriend #shatter me #warnette #this woven kingdom #tahereh mafi

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We love the way they love their wives/gfs. I don’t make the rules

i just realized everyone's favorite book boyfriends practically worship their wives/girlfriends

(or at least highly admire and are huge simps for them)

#cardan greenbriar #aaron warner #kenji kishimoto #jameson hawthorne #jacks too maybe? #jacks the prince of hearts #probably more but these are the ones i can think of off the top of my head #these are also my fav book bfs like mwah ily #tfota #shatter me

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Juliette finding out Warner can sense her emotions: my cover has been blown this WHOLE time???

#shatter me #unravel me #ignite me #aaron warner #juliette ferrars #warnette #booklr #bookish #books #bookworm

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Read Palestine Week

🇵🇸 Good morning, my beautiful bookish bats. Can I start by saying a huge THANK YOU for sharing my Queer Palestinian Book post? Seriously, thank you so much. Let's keep that momentum by observing Read Palestine Week (Nov 29 - Dec 5). I've compiled a list of books to help you, along with a list of upcoming events and resources you can use this week and beyond.

🇵🇸 A collective of over 350 global publishers and individuals issued a public statement expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people. Publishers for Palestine have organized an international #ReadPalestine week, starting today (International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People).

🇵🇸 These publishers have made many resources and e-books available for free (with more to come). A few include award-winning fiction and poetry by Palestinian and Palestinian diaspora authors. You'll also find non-fiction books about Palestinian history, politics, arts, culture, and “books about organizing, resistance, and solidarity for a Free Palestine.” You can visit publishersforpalestine.org to download some of the books they have available.

POETRY 🌙 Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear by Mosab Abu Toha 🌙 Affiliation by Mira Mattar 🌙 Enemy of the Sun by Samih al-Qasim 🌙 I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti 🌙 A Mountainous Journey by Fadwa Tuqan 🌙 So What by Taha Muhammad Ali 🌙 The Butterfly’s Burden by Mahmoud Darwish 🌙 To All the Yellow Flowers by Raya Tuffaha

FICTION 🌙 Gate of the Sun by Elias Khoury 🌙 Speak, Bird, Speak Again: Palestinian Arab Folktales 🌙 Men in the Sun by Ghassan Kanafani 🌙 Morning in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa 🌙 Gaze Writes Back by Young Writers in Gaze 🌙 Palestine +100:Stories from a Century after the Nakba 🌙 Wild Thorns by Sahar Khalifeh 🌙 Out of Time by Samira Azzam

🌙 The Skin and Its Girl by Sarah Cypher 🌙 You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat 🌙 A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum 🌙 Salt Houses by Hala Alyan 🌙 A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar 🌙 Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa 🌙 Minor Detail by Adania Shibli 🌙 The Woman From Tantoura by Radwa Ashour

NON-FICTION 🌙 Blood Brothers by Elias Chacour 🌙 Strangers in the House: Coming of Age in Occupied Palestine by Raja Shehadeh 🌙 Palestinian Art, 1850–2005 by Kamal Boullata 🌙 Palestine by Joe Sacco 🌙 The Hour of Sunlight: One Palestinian’s Journey from Prisoner to Peacemaker by Sami Al Jundi & Jen Marlowe 🌙 Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History by Nur Masalha 🌙 Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine by Noura Erakat 🌙 The Words of My Father: Love and Pain in Palestine by Yousef Khalil Bashir

🌙 Traditional Palestinian Costume: Origins and Evolution by Hanan Karaman Munayyer 🌙 Mountain against the Sea: Essays on Palestinian Society and Culture by Salim Tamari 🌙 This Is Not a Border: Reportage and Reflection from the Palestine Festival of Literature 🌙 We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir, by Raja Shehadeh 🌙 Les échos de la mémoire. Une enfance palestinienne à Jérusalem, by Issa J. Boullata 🌙 A Party For Thaera: Palestinian Women Write Life In Prison 🌙 Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire, 🌙 Voices of the Nakba: A Living History of Palestine

#free palestine #save palestine #books #book list #book recs #book recommendation #booklr #book blog

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Listen, I read Tahereh Mafi books. If he’s not so in love with me that it makes his life a misery, then I don’t want him.

#booklr #bookish #book recommendations #tahereh mafi #shatter me #shatter me series #this woven kingdom #these twisted bonds #juliette x warner #Cyrus x alizeh

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Hey tumblr I need some quick help:

How do you describe this hair cut?

#character description #booklr #bookish #books #bookworm #booknerd

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#dark academia aesthetic #dark academia #bookaholic #old books #bookblr #dark academic aesthetic #dark academia vibes #vintagedecor #vintage clothing #vintage aesthetic

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Love this series but I gotta add that it’s not YA, there’s detailed sexual content, graphic violence (torture) and death (murder and off page suicide) in the series

Book Recommendation: Harrow Faire Series by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

So i know this isn’t what i usually post and is probably a one-off, but i just had to talk about this YA book series i just finished binging. It’s a YA fantasy series set in modern day (2020) where the protagonist -Cora Glass- is thrust into a dark mystery revolving around the bustling circus/carnival that arrived in town seemingly overnight despite all logic indicating otherwise. The series has romance, mystery, a little horror, found family and deep existential questions. I’ve tagged Shadow and Bone because i went into that series assuming it would include some of the tropes Harrow Faire actually explores on satisfyingly. 

Cora Glass is, like Alina Starkov, reluctantly thrust into this bizarre magical world without much warning and expected to fill a role she doesn’t want. However, unlike the Sun Summoner, she’s actually curious by nature and confidently pursues answers rather than wait for someone to hold her hand through everything or drag her kicking towards the plot (*cough* Mal, Darkling, Genya, Baghra, Mal, Nikolai, Mal again *cough*). Cora, despite suffering from tremendous chronic pain, is witty, sarcastic, brave, fun and clever. She’s no-nonsense without being disrespectful. She can acknowledge when she’s wrong about someone/thing without re-writing her whole perspective everything relating to them/it. She listens to others but doesn’t let them think for her. She also has relatable moments where she's consumed by confusion, anger or fear and needs support from others to pull her out of it. Her character arc is done so well because she is the one who tries to figure what she really wants, what she’s willing to sacrifice and how she’s going to get there. 

Although if the thing you look for in a love interest is serious brooding stoicism then these books definitely aren’t for you. The dynamic between the two is at the heart of the series and Simon “The Puppeteer” Waite is undoubtedly, unapologetically insane. While he is outgoing, charismatic and funny, he is not some misunderstood bad boy with a secret heart of gold. His behaviour is unsettlingly cruel and erratic and, excluding the few area’s he draws a vague moral line, he will obsessively go to any lengths to get what he wants- and his wants are always selfish. What’s more is Cora is fully aware of this from the start and is drawn to him because of it. While they mostly banter back and forth, on a deeper level she’s the only one who can truly push/challenge him and vice-versa. You truly get the sense that they bring out the most in each other and root for them in spite of how terrible a person he can be- another thing i was disappointed with in Darklina that this series fulfilled.

The setting is also incredibly dynamic and thoroughly explored- mostly taking place on the carnival grounds where everything is somehow surreal and grounded. Every single character from the faire meshes with it so well in their own way it makes the world feel alive. No matter how small, every background character is unique and interesting.

The villain(s?) are also incredibly compelling and feed in to deeper themes of good vs evil and what it means to live/survive. At no point does it fell like the author is grabbing you by the hair and saying ‘SEE THEM? SEE HOW EVIL?!’ DON’T YOU HATE THEM? NO?!! YOU’RE DISGUSTING!’

These books will sometimes subtly hint at the chance to include an annoying trope only to immediately shut it down. Some examples include; the hot mean girl out to sabotage the protagonist for no reason, unrequited love interest, love triangle, high-school cliques in an adult setting, bad guys motives going completely unchallenged and (most importantly) characters who ignore every red flag under the sun for the sake of plot convenience. 

All in all i finished these books in a couple of days and will probably return to them soon. If you do decide to give them a go feel free to message me your thoughts- there’s virtually no fandom around them yet and i just think that’s a shame considering how good they are. You can comment/message me any questions and i’ll try to respond quickly to the best of my ability.

TL;DR- If you'd like to read a compelling fantasy series set in a magic Carnival with a fun-but-dark love story and a proactive protagonist, give the first book- The Contortionist- a try and trust me when i say it only gets better.   

#book recommendations #harrow faire #harrow faire series #the contortionist #circus #bookblr #book #book series

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…DID I MANIFEST SOMETHING OR WHAT???

#booklr #bookish #books #bookworm #booknerd #book nerd #bibliophile #books and libraries #book recommendations #book boyfriend #kathryn ann kingsley #dark romance #faecrate

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Okay I’ve made it clear on here that I love Kathryn Ann Kingsley’s books so imagine how my noticing she hasn’t really been active on social media in nearly half a year escalated to my gasping so hard I choked on a lung cuz books 1 and 2 from her Masks of under series are not available on kindle and the paperbacks has only 1 in stock and the other is completely out of print.

Then I remembered this:

So hopefully they’re just in the process of being polished up and republished (and we’ll finally get audiobooks 4-6) and my anxiety just got the better of me 😫

#I think I’m low key traumatized from my tattoo artist passing away a week before the appointment #I’m just constantly thinking of worse case scenarios #the year just started #kathryn ann kingsley

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Cupcakes (Chocolate Cupcakes with a Strawberry Mousse Frosting) from A Gorgeous Villain by Saffron A Kent

Cupcakes:

▢ 1 package Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix 15.25 oz

▢ 1 package chocolate fudge pudding mix, dry 3.9 oz

▢ 3 large eggs at room temperature

▢ 1/2 cup vegetable oil

▢ 1/4 cup sour cream

▢ 1/2 cup vanilla Greek yogurt or plain

▢ 2 and 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

▢ 1 cup buttermilk

Frosting:

▢ 2 cups strawberries stems removed

▢ 1/2 cup strawberry pudding dry

▢ 2 cups Cool Whip

▢ Optional: powdered sugar and strawberries to garnish

Instructions

Cupcakes

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a muffin tin with liners and set aside.

In a large bowl, sift together the pudding and cake mix.

In a separate bowl, combine the eggs, vegetable oil, sour cream, yogurt, and vanilla.

Mix wet and dry until combined (do not over-stir or beat in too much air)

Fill up the liners 3/4ths the way full and bake for 17-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Remove and let cool.

Frosting:

Remove the strawberry stems. Place the strawberries in a food processor and pulse until completely liquid. Stir in the strawberry pudding and then lightly fold in the Cool Whip.

Using a star tip pipe the strawberry filling onto the completely cooled chocolate cupcakes.

Optionally garnish with a piece of a strawberry and a sprinkle of powdered sugar

#booklr #bookish #books #bookworm #booknerd #book nerd #bibliophile #books and libraries #book recommendations #book boyfriend #saffron a Kent #stmary’s rebels #a gorgeous villain #foodie romance #the recipe critic

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“Tell me every terrible thing you ever did, and let me love you anyway.”

- Sade Andria Zabala (not Edgar Allen Poe)

#booklr #bookish #books #bookworm #booknerd #book nerd #bibliophile #books and libraries #book recommendations #ffs how did this mistake happen #unless there’s some joke I’m missing and I’m having a r/woosh moment #but seriously that quote doesn’t sound even remotely close to anything eap wrote