#author: leigh bardugo

[haveyoureadthispoll]

Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can't pull it off alone. . . . A convict with a thirst for revenge. A sharpshooter who can't walk away from a wager. A runaway with a privileged past. A spy known as the Wraith. A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums. A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes. Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz's crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction—if they don't kill each other first.

#polls #book: six of crows #author: leigh bardugo #genre: fantasy #genre: young adult #genre: lgbt #year: 2010s

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🦇 Happy Tuesday and pub day to all my book-alicious bats, dragons, & babes! I hope you guys are having a great start to your week so far!

⏪ Though I have a TON of posts lined up highlighting the latest upcoming releases, I wanted to press rewind for a second. Sometimes, it feels like there's so much pressure to keep up with ARCs, new releases, and upcoming pub days that we neglect to express our love for all the books that sat on our TBR shelves just a little too long. Reviewing backlog books (whether their pub dates were years ago or a few short WEEKS ago) is just as important as keeping up with ARCs! Every review, picture, and post reminds writers (whether they're taking a break or working on their next novel) how much we adore, appreciate, and anticipate their projects.

💜 With that in mind, I wanted to rewind and send a big THANK YOU to Jordy, who hosted a Clear the Shelves Giveaway back in February. In my effort to keep up with an ever-growing digital shelf of amazing ARCs (I've finished 44 of the 65 our beloved NetGalley has granted me approval to read), I've neglected my physical TBR stack. Jordy, thank you so much for sending these books my way. I can't wait to dive in!

❓ QOTD: What backlogged book, sitting on your TBR, collecting dust, are you most excited to read before the end of May?

We're more than halfway through the month, book bats! It's time to dive into another world and devour another story!

📚 Books Featured: ✨ Hellbent by Leigh Bardugo ✨ Maame by Jessica George ✨ The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz

#books #new books #book lover #reading #book: maame #book: hell bent #author: leigh bardugo #book: the writing retreat #author: julia bartz #author: jessica george

[velvetbunniie-archive]

oh, the agonies of booktok being right about this one, actually

#i trusted kai and my therapist obvi which is why i read it 🖤 but aauhgh WDYM ITS ACTUALLY AMAZING!! #please y’all can’t be saying ouabh is amazing in the same breath as soc y’all are WRONG!!!!!!!! get ouabh out of here! #if not for kai how would i weed out the good books and the bad fr 🙏 unfortunately did not stop me from reading ouabh :// #memorie.txt #book: six of crows #author: leigh bardugo

[beckxbooks]

What do you get when you cross If We Were Villains with The Atlas Six and add ghosts? Something that kind of looks like Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo.

The protagonist Galaxy (Alex) Stern is a prickly and distrustful main character that doesn't really belong at Yale, having stopped going to school sometime around middle shool and spent all of her teens drifting and taking drugs. After being the sole survivor in a horrific murder of multiple people she is offered a spot at Yale because she can do something others need heavy and dangerous drugs to do; she can see the Gray, otherwise known as ghosts. She is tasked with monitoring the eight societies at Yale as they preform magical rituals, and the activities of the Gray.

Everything gets more and more sinister in the wake of a magical disappearance and a murder of a girl that might not be what it first appears to be.

“Darlington liked to say that dealing with ghosts was like riding the subway: Do not make eye contact. Do not smile. Do not engage. Otherwise, you never know what might follow you home.”

A magical thriller that utilizes the Outsider character well by her observations that frames the behavior of the societies as Other while also providing introductions and a guide to the world. This is a storytelling device I pretty much always enjoy as it provides a lot more meat and ability to criticize and Mull Over otherwise standard behavior apart of the Status Quo.

Alex Stern isn't particularly likable as a character, but she is astute in observations even when they're going to sting. She's painfully aware that she isn't very likable, smart, or anything but her ability to most people around her. She's a pain in the ass, but that's also part of her strength. Overall, she is a very believable character.

“All you children playing with fire, looking surprised when the house burns down.”

What I didn't like about the story is more about my own preferences in stories I read rather than the story itself lacking.* I'm not much of a crime fan, and I felt at times it was a tad too much crime than fantasy.

4.5/5 stars

*I did read the Swedish translation which I found lacking

#ninth house #author: leigh bardugo #book: ninth house #genre: fantasy #book review #ninth house book review #4 stars

[ravenyenn19]

Do I need to say anything more?

#six of crows #kanej #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #crooked kingdom #shadow and bone #grishaverse #soc #kaz x inej #leigh bardugo #dealing with our demons #dwod #reader #ao3 #ao3 author #six of crows memes #soc memes #shadow and bone netflix

[fullmoonyy]

so I'm reading six of crows and I'm loving how kaz is so smart and manipulative while still behaving like a teenager.

I find all of his comebacks hilarious coz he sounds like a teen. So to my fellow writers, if you write about adolescents don't make them sound like they are 25, unless you have a reason to ofc, pls and thx.

#kaz brekker #six of crows #duology #inej ghafa #jesper fahey #wylan van eck #matthias helvar #nina zenik #leigh bardugo #writing #writers #authors #books

[wulanvansunshine]

Having a bad day, going to reread six of crows to cheer myself up

#thank you Leigh Bardugo for creating this masterpiece #ily Leigh <3 #fav author frfr #six of crows #crooked kingdom #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #matthais helvar #nina zenik #jesper fahey #wylan van eck #wylan hendriks #i love this book #it heals me #and destroys me at the same time #it’s magical

[xcreepstreetx]

It's them

#kaz x inej #inej ghafa #kaz brekker #six of crows #crooked kingdom #leigh bardugo #the crows #crows #photography #authors #ya novels #aesthetic #fantasy #spotted at dsw

[aleksanderscult]

So how do you feel about Alina's character?

My feelings for her are complicated at best, anon.

And only lately I realized that I'm more in love with the potential she had rather than her canon self.

In the beginning, I liked her because I found her a mood. Her humour and attitude were entertaining to me. But as the months passed I realized that her main personality traits do not fit in this fictional world.

She's irresponsible, immature (and nobody start the "she was a child/teenager" bullshit to me. She was a legal adult by the Grishaverse standards and you would expect someone that had a rough childhood mature faster), selfish and lacks common sense and empathy. If she were a side character these characteristics wouldn't bother me but alas she's the main character. The girl that both the Ravkans and the readers expected to bring positive change and balance with her efforts by the end of the trilogy.

And guess what? Nothing of that happened.

I have one question for Leigh Bardugo.

If you wanted to show how not all girls want crowns, then why did you pick the main character that everybody depends on to show it??

We have wars, a genocide, hate, corruption and imbalance plaguing the main kingdom of this story and for two books straight the author had the readers and the character herself believe that she'll change everything. But not only didn't any kind of change happened, but the main character herself didn't change LMAO.

Alina had no character development and when a main character doesn't have that, then the story itself can't develop. Leigh stripped her of her powers and made her go and marry Mal while the main problems still reigned.

So my feelings for the potential she had? A girl that turned her weaknesses into strength and decided to find courage inside herself instead of depending on her toxic "friend". A woman that embraces both her light and her darkness and decides to protect her people no matter what, even if she has to sacrifice her own happiness. Now that character I love and stan.

My feelings for her canon self? I feel sorry for her mostly. She deserved a better author that would allow her to develop and not take away a huge chunk of her soul. People say "Oh but she deserved happiness". Well, aside from the fact that her ending was NOT happy, when you create a world that is full of problems you can't expect to keep your MC happy AND the rest of the Ravkans happy.

Take Daenerys for example. Is she happy? No. Did she still sacrifice everything to fight slavery and keep her children safe and free? Yes. And that made her a very sympathetic character to the rest of us that has read her story.

Because it's not about "the main character deserves happiness" but "the main character needs to do the job she was assigned to do, no matter what". Main characters exist to get the job done (whether that is to free slaves, rule a country or kill the bad guy) and Alina did nothing.

#friendly reminder: there are people out there who are happy with Alina's fate 😀 #anyway it's not that much of the character that annoys me as much as the author #Leigh tried to “pass on her message” and instead created a disappointed end for all of us (the readers and the characters alike) #I've seen many people hate Alina and honestly I don't blame them anon #there are times myself when I have to lower the book and stare at the wall after she says or thinks something stupid #alina starkov #anti alina's wasted potential #leigh bardugo #grishaverse #shadow and bone #grishaverse trilogy

[fantastic-nonsense]

AND ALL THE 'INEJ IS THE MAIN LEAD OF THE DUOLOGY' TRUTHERS CHEERED

#I love being right and having the author swoop in later to Word of God confirm I'm right #love getting a good grade in story structure and reading comprehension #(which is normal to want and possible to achieve) #six of crows #inej ghafa #kaz brekker #leigh bardugo

[stromuprisahat]

me: Aleksander Morozova deserves someone, who wouldn't be ashamed of their feelings for him, someone who wouldn't make his mother's words into a Holy scripture and would ask about his side of the story instead, someone who wouldn't dehumanize him to disregard his feelings more easily, someone who'd react to his immortality with empathy and concern. He deserves someone, who wouldn't demonize his every action, quick to believe the worst about him. Someone, who wouldn't interpret every breath he takes as a result of malevolent intention... McDonald’s employee: uhhhh do you want to order something or —

#Grishaverse #Shadow and Bone #The Darkling #Aleksander Morozov #grishanalyticritical #hard life of a fan #Alina Starkov #self centred and paranoid #Darklina #meme #V #This is a mix of both Alinas and antis' treatment of him. #I won't tag anti Darklina #because this is more anti lack of her own will and growth #and that's on the author. #anti Leigh Bardugo

[haveyoureadthispoll]

Welcome to the world of the Grisha. Kaz Brekker and his crew of deadly outcasts have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn't think they'd survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they're right back to fighting for their lives. Double-crossed and badly weakened, the crew is low on resources, allies, and hope. As powerful forces from around the world descend on Ketterdam to root out the secrets of the dangerous drug known as jurda parem, old rivals and new enemies emerge to challenge Kaz's cunning and test the team's fragile loyalties. A war will be waged on the city's dark and twisting streets - a battle for revenge and redemption that will decide the fate of the Grisha world.

#book: crooked kingdom #book: six of crows #author: leigh bardugo #genre: fantasy #genre: young adult #year: 2010s

[prophecyofgray]

assuming the underland chronicles takes place around the time that the books were first published (so somewhere in the 2003-2007 range, as only a little over a year passes during the series) that means that, at the youngest, gregor (the character) will be turning ~28, and at the oldest, ~32. (this puts lizzie at ~24-28 and boots as ~19-23) (boots is making me feel craaaazy I'M 19 turning 20. she's MY AGE. potentially OLDER THAN ME i need to lie down.)

in a similar vein: at the start of CotW, gregor is 11 but we find out at the end that he turned 12 at some point while in the jungle. we also know at the start of the book that it's still winter, tho a few months after the previous book ended with christmas, but by the end of the book it's becoming spring AND we know that all of CotW takes place over about 2 weeks (theres a line in the book that indicates this, i forget which one. just. trust me.) ALL OF THIS TO SAY. can we as a community use this very very rough timeline of events to choose a birthday for this boy. and perhaps celebrate it this year. i simply think that would be neat.

#sorry this post is more words than it was supposed to be #mostly focus on the birthday part. CAN WE PICK A BDAY FOR GREGOR #tuc20 #the underland chronicles #tuc #gregor the overlander #gto #ive given a book character a semicanon bday before ok the author replied to me and my mom on twitter and agreed to it. ik what im doing #<-true btw. real ones remember when i talked to leigh bardugo on twitter and she agreed with my suggestion for wylan van eck's bday #(sept 12th. if u care) #ANYWAY.

[sharonmuller88]

Am sharon,Im 51years. female and aslo single... . so I Wana have some new friends over here ,so anyone can inbox me for our friendship . 😋 Hi there , am new here , I was introduced by my best friend Jenny 💜💜 to Tumblr and I have not regret of been since I join Tumblr, I can't just believe at the first time I was here was so interesting to me😍😍. I think I enjoyed every minute I spent here . somemany nice, funny and interesting blogs out here . Also my big thanks to my Jenny💜 who always being there for me just make me happy when ever am lonely ....

#maggie stiefvater #rainbow rowell #leigh bardugo #book review #bookworm #cassandra clare #rick riordan #authors #bookish

[ravenyenn19]

So… can’t stop thinking about this head cannon I realized I have.

If Kaz and Inej have kids (whether adopted or biological)… I personally think that their son &/or daughter would be the Grishaverse embodiment of Indiana Jones/ Lara Croft.

Let me tell you why bc I’m not wrong:

The love of complex puzzles from Kaz & climbing/fighting of Inej.

Lara’s long hair??? Indy’s obsession with his hat??? Come on now.

The potential for 💰 in the antiquities hunting field/ the desire for financial freedom comes from Kaz HOWEVER the appreciation for culture & peoples from all over comes from Inej.

A Kanej child would ABSOLUTELY use a forking ice pick as a weapon like Lara??? (I feel less inclined on Indy’s whip but in a pinch they would be aces with it.)

The DESIRE TO TRAVEL THE WORLD COMES FROM MAMA ‘NEJ.

IMAGINE THE LOCK PICKING SKILLS THESE KIDS WOULD HAVE FROM DA???

The TRICK SHOTS WITH REVOLVERS FROM UNCLE JES?

THE PEOPLE SKILLS & LANGUAGE LESSONS FROM AUNTIE NEENS??

THE ABILITY TO CONSTRUCT/COMBINE THINGS IN A PINCH FOR EXPLOSIVE EFFECTS FROM UNCLE WY??

I’m right.

Validate me & I might write this along with my Alby Rollins 1920’s-esque Ketterdam fic. 👀👀

#six of crows #crooked kingdom #kanej #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #shadow and bone #kaz x inej #grishaverse #leigh bardugo #dealing with our demons #soc #six of crows fanfic #soc fanfic #dwod #shadow and bone netflix #ao3 fanfic #ao3 author #the dregs #ketterdam #the battles of before #indiana jones #lara croft

[yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere]

Tahereh Mafi, i love you so much❤ 🍉 👑

besides my queen Tahereh Mafi-some other favorite authors of mine that support Free Palestine, and speak out against Israel's crimes include: Sabaa Tahir, Aaron H Aceves, Adam Silvera, H.E. Edgmon (he/they), Mason Deaver (they/them), Casey McQuiston (they/them), Leigh Bardugo, Holly Black, Zoulfa Katouh

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#tahereh #tahereh mafi #ya writers #ya author #shatter me #shatter me series #kenji kishimoto #aaron warner #aaron warner anderson #this woven kingdom #this woven kingdom series #prince kamran #alizeh #alizeh and cyrus #alizeh and kamran #free palestine #palestine #sabaa tahir #aaron h aceves #adam silvera #h e edgmon #mason deaver #casey mcquiston #leigh bardugo #holly black #zoulfa katouh #favourite writers #authors #authors supporing palestine #authors for palestine