#2023 book

[the---hermit]

A Psalm For The Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

I loved everything about this little book. When I first started seeing this cover online I didn't pay too much attention, until the day in which I heard a bit more about it. When I heard not only it's a cozy scifi but the main character is a tea monk I knew I had to have this. The story follows Sibling Dex, a tea monk living in a world where robots have left humans. After awakening robots had decided to leave humans and retreat into nature, and when the story of the book takes place the world has already moved on and readjusted to the change. In their travels Dex will meet a wild robot, and I won't add much more because I don't want to spoil the story. This book healed my soul, it gave me so much existential peace, it was the perfect thing to pick up right now. It's a comforting and calming story that brought me so much joy over simple things, I loved every second I spent with it. I cannot wait to read the sequel and I am sure I will be rereading this in the future. It made into the list of my comfort books. I highly recommend it to everyone, even if scifi isn't usually your thing, if you want to spend your time with a book that will warm your heart and make you smile this is what you should be reading.

#not my best book photo but today's light was not collaborating with me #bookblr #booklr #book #books #reading #2023 book #a psalm for the wild built #becky chambers #book rec #book review #book recommendation #book cover #cozy books #comfort books #mine #the---hermit

[flaviathebibliophile]

Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer (Review)

Title: Assistant to the Villain Author: Hannah Nicole Maehrer Type: Fiction Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Romance Publisher: Red Tower Books Date published: August 29, 2023 A complimentary physical copy of this book was kindly provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. ASSISTANT WANTED: Notorious, high-ranking villain seeks loyal, levelheaded assistant for unspecified office duties,…

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[maaarine]

Spring 2023: favorite books I read

Right-Wing Women (Andrea Dworkin, 1983)

The End of Manhood (John Stoltenberg, 1993

#2023 #andrea dworkin #right wing women #john stoltenberg #the end of manhood #book #2023 book

[mylifeinfiction]

Mister Magic by Kiersten White

"All words are imaginary. Sounds that we attached to meaning, images and emotions conjured out of the air. So really, all words are magic."

Unlike Kiersten White's last book, Hide, Mister Magic doesn't quite stick its landing. It's incredibly readable, allowing me to knock out well more than half of it in a single night. White builds palpable atmosphere and tension throughout. And yes, things do get fairly weird - including one especially cringe-inducing piece of body horror. But when we get to the final act things don't go down in a wholly satisfying manner, leaning too heavily on the childhood trauma and parental themes, and not enough on its creepy supernatural elements. I still enjoyed it, but it just didn't wow me in the weird way I was expecting it to back at the end of the first act.

6.5/10

-Timothy Patrick Boyer.

Note: I made this photo out of one I made of the book, and other elements (photo of TV, color bars, font on VHS tapes) found online. I claim no ownership of any elements other than my own photo of the book.

#booklr #mister magic #kiersten white #book review #horror books #new books #thriller books #supernatural books #book reviews #2023 #2023 book #2023 books #books #reading #fiction #readers of tumblr #library book

[julianplum]

🧡 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟✨ // for day 3 of folktale week 2023: sea! // gouache on paper

a little study of scales, texture, and light for a larger project I'm working on! also made this one into wrapping paper because I CAN'T be the only one who wants to wrap fish presents for people????

#my art #folktale week 2023 #folktale week sea #gouache #illustration #painting #art #artists on tumblr #picture book illustration #fish #aquatic #sardines #scales #ocean #oceancore

[nedlittle]

it drives me bonkers the way people don't know how to read classic books in context anymore. i just read a review of the picture of dorian gray that said "it pains me that the homosexual subtext is just that, a subtext, rather than a fully explored part of the narrative." and now i fully want to put my head through a table. first of all, we are so lucky in the 21st century to have an entire category of books that are able to loudly and lovingly declare their queerness that we've become blind to the idea that queerness can exist in a different language than our contemporary mode of communication. second it IS a fully explored part of the narrative! dorian gray IS a textually queer story, even removed from the context of its writing. it's the story of toxic queer relationships and attraction and dangerous scandals and the intertwining of late 19th century "uranianism" and misogyny. second of all, i'm sorry that oscar wilde didn't include 15k words of graphic gay sex with ao3-style tags in his 1890 novel that was literally used to convict him of indecent behaviour. get well soon, i guess...

#the picture of dorian gray #lit #this is a pointless text post #guess what i read for the first time in the year of our lord 2023 #and yes this is a real review on storygraph that i took a screenshot of. you people are so stupid god bless #girl he literally censored it himself did your edition have 0 introduction or background at all #greatest (s)hits #book discourse

[one-time-i-dreamt]

Neil Gaiman started a ‘Let’s Play’ channel titled “Neil Gaiming” in order to market a new book. 

#dream #text #August 26th 2023 #neil gaiman #gaming #youtube #book #writing

[supermarketcrush]

what's a book you read as a teenager that was so magical and personally profound to you it literally changed your life, doesnt matter if the book was actually well written or not. mine's probably the catcher in the rye

#looking for books to add to my 2023 to read list mutuals plssss rb #rb game #by phoenix

[smashing-yng-man]

#stephen king #twitter #reading #literature #banned books #2023 #library #libraries #books #novels #politics #us politics

[the---hermit]

She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

I took my time with reading this book, but I loved every minute of it, and I cannot wait for the sequel to come out. This book is an historical fantasy that was also inspired by Mulan (who is indeed famous because of the movie but is also a legendary Chinese figure). The plot is quite simple and follows a girl who ends up taking her brother's identity to survive famine and war. With his name the girl also claims as hers his fate of greatness. This book was absolutely phenomenal. Our main character Zhu is amazing, and the way the author explores gender with them is absolutely great. The writing was beautiful, although at times it was a bit slower than my normal liking. It's been a few days since I finished it but I still have a lot of feelings I cannot put into coherent words. I definitely recommend this book, it was a great take on this story. I loved all characters, and as I said I cannot wait to read the sequel once in comes out this summer. I'm leaving a few additional spoilery thoughts under the cut. What I would say about this novel is don't go into it expecting heavy fantasy, as it's more of a backgroud element, but do give it a chance if this book is on your radar because it's worth it.

I read this for the pun in the title prompt of the jumbo challenge (and may I add that when I realized the word play in the title my brain exploded because I never realized it before actially thinming about it).

In the part I'll talk a bit more openly so there will be spoilers.

I am taking this spoilery section mostly to talk about how much I loved the parallel we have between Zhu and her relationship with gender and Ouyang the eunuch general that fights with the Mongols. It was a genious move in my opinion to have these two characters on each side of the war. I absolutely loved them both, because they are very much layered, especially Ouyang. He is a very complicated character emotionally and because of his past, and I am very much intrigued to learn more about him in the sequel. I would also like to add a small note on how much I loved Xu Da and his relationship with Zhu. Their friendship/brotherhood filled my heart with joy.

#not one of my brifhtest review i am aware #i could wait until my brain has heald after exam season but i don't want reviews to pile up in my drafts so i might add something later on #bookblr #booklr #book #books #bookish #book rec #book review #book recommendation #2023 book #she who became the sun #popular book #book cover #reading #the---hermit

[flaviathebibliophile]

Foul Heart Huntsman by Chloe Gong (ARC Review)

Title: Foul Heart Huntsman Author: Chloe Gong Type: Fiction Genre: Young Adult, Historical, Fantasy, Mystery Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books (Simon & Schuster) Date published: September 26, 2023 A complimentary physical copy of this book was kindly provided by Simon & Schuster Canada in exchange for an honest review. Winter is drawing thick in 1932 Shanghai, as is the ever-nearing threat…

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[ayilings]

they get groceries and krill someone

based on this meme

#hatsune miku #vocaloid #the metamorphosis #vocaloid fanart #comic #i guess lol #eternal comfort character and high school ap literature comfort character except the real comfort character is absurdity #if u want a silly time look at the qrts of the tweet i shared theres good stuff happening over there #ayilings #2023 #OH !!! the gregor here is a redraw of that one book illustration of him thats in all the memes just 2 b transparent

[maaarine]

Winter 2023: favorite books

my sister-in-law got me a Liv Strömquist book for my birthday and I liked it so much that I then bought all of her other books

they’re nonfiction comic books, and as Wikipedia puts it, “her comics are mostly about sociopolitical issues from a feminist and left-wing perspective. They are satirical essay about power and injustices.”

bizarrely only two of her books have been translated into English, Fruit of Knowledge being one of them: tagged/fruit of knowledge

but you’ll have better luck if you can read French, Spanish, Italian, German, or obviously the original Swedish

#2023 #liv stromquist #book #2023 book

[xindistinctive-purgatoryx]

Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer by Amy Doak is due for release in September 2023 This is a YA mystery following Eleanor who's suspected of being involved with the stabbing of a classmate after being the last person to contact him. Eleanor teams up with a quirky group of students in her class as they work together to find out what really happened to Angus Marshall.

Check out the full review here!

#books #reading #review #book review #arc reader #eleanor jones is not a murderer #new book #2023 book release #2023 book

[myjetpack]

My Reading Year.

(My last @guardian Books cartoon for 2023)

#books #reading #books of 2023 #2023 #year in review #infographic

[floweroflaurelin]

Huevember day 4: The Penitent

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O corse of the Locked Tomb, I have loved thee all my life, with mine whole soul, and with mine whole strength. I would to God that I find grace in thy eyes. Destroy me according to thy word, for I love thee. ✨⚔️💀⚔️✨

#huevember #huevember 2023 #the locked tomb #the locked tomb fanart #harrowhark nonagesimus #harrow the ninth #alecto the ninth #nona the ninth #gideon the ninth #tlt fanart #tlt #tlt harrow #tlt alecto #floweroflaurelin art #giving Harrow the biggest wettest eyes #I’m just glad I finally finished a locked tomb painting!! more to come this month (probably) #I haven’t read anything new since these books I just keep rereading them instead #I understand this is a common problem lol