#kelly barnhill

[godzilla-reads]

“I was four years old when I first met a dragon. I never told my mother. I didn’t think she’d understand.”

—When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

#godzilla reads #when women were dragons #kelly barnhill #quotes #book quotes #book blog #reading #books and flowers #reading outside #booklr #bookworm #bookish

[themelodyofspring]

JOMP Book Photo Challenge

March 21 - Favourite Title

#jompbpc #justonemorepage #when women were dragons #kelly barnhill #booklr #mypics #books #books and flowers #bookblr #read #books and plants

[saltwaterandstars]

JOMP BPC - 28th March - This Month's Favourite

I loved this so much. The whole idea of a mass dragoning in the 1950s is so compelling: hundreds of thousands of women, mostly put-upon wives and mothers, turning into huge, powerful dragons and just flying away. And then the story of how the US deals (or doesn't deal) with the aftermath of this event, and this being told alternately from the pov of a young girl and through suppressed scientific reports. So inventive and emotionally stirring.

#jompbpc #justonemorepage #books #reading #when women were dragons #kelly barnhill

[smokefalls]

She loved the moon so much, she wanted to wrap her arms around it and sing to it. She wanted to gather every morsel of moonlight into a great bowl and drink it dry.

Kelly Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon

#Kelly Barnhill #The Girl Who Drank the Moon #quote #fiction #fantasy #middle grade #2022 reads

[a-ramblinrose]

JOMP BPC || January 7 || Award Winning:  The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

#The Girl Who Drank the Moon #Kelly Barnhill #jompbpc #justonemorepage #book photo challenge #books #book photography #Not out of void but out of chaos

[sapphic-book-tournament]

She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan-

In 1345, China lies under harsh Mongol rule. For the starving peasants of the Central Plains, greatness is something found only in stories. When the Zhu family’s eighth-born son, Zhu Chongba, is given a fate of greatness, everyone is mystified as to how it will come to pass. The fate of nothingness received by the family’s clever and capable second daughter, on the other hand, is only as expected.

When a bandit attack orphans the two children, though, it is Zhu Chongba who succumbs to despair and dies. Desperate to escape her own fated death, the girl uses her brother's identity to enter a monastery as a young male novice. There, propelled by her burning desire to survive, Zhu learns she is capable of doing whatever it takes, no matter how callous, to stay hidden from her fate.

After her sanctuary is destroyed for supporting the rebellion against Mongol rule, Zhu uses the chance to claim another future altogether: her brother's abandoned greatness.

Whe Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill-

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.

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[have-you-read-this-short-fiction]

#novella #novellas #the crane husband #kelly barnhill #21st century literature #american literature #english language literature #have you read this short fiction? #short stories #book polls

[the-final-sentence]

And now I will teach it to you.

Kelly Barnhill, from When Women Were Dragons

#When Women Were Dragons #Kelly Barnhill

[haveyoureadthisfantasybook]

vote YES if you have finished the entire book.

vote NO if you have not finished the entire book.

(faq · submit a book)

#fantasy #books #When Women Were Dragons #Kelly Barnhill #poll #result: no #l: English

[bookcub]

when women were dragons is quite good so far, im about 25% of the way through as of now. i love a fake autobiography, i love fantasy, I love dragons, and im all for a story centering on systematic sexism. . . .but theres no racial diversity so far, which is frustrating considering how many groups of women are mentioned and race is never mentioned, but based on context, i am guessing everyone is white, which might be a me problem. .. but this is set in the 50s in the US segregation is still in full swing, so i want to hear about the racism of it all too!! im hoping since im still in the beginning there is plenty of time to talk about marginalized groups of women in the novel.

we will see!!

#when women were dragons #kelly barnhill

[godzilla-reads]

🪡 The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

“You can’t live on love, Mom. It’s not possible.”

A fifteen year old teenager is the backbone of her small Midwestern family, which includes her baby brother and her artist mother. When her mom brings home a giant crane with a menacing air, the girl must find a way to protect her family and the change the story.

I read this book in one sitting and I’ve realized that this book came to me in a time when I needed it. When I needed to read this story and when I tell you that by the end I had tears in my eyes, you better believe me.

Kelly Barnhill writes a haunting, tense, and suspenseful story with a powerful message. The book reminded me a lot of Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane, but completely different. Easily one of the best books I’ve read so far this year.

Thank you, Kelly Barnhill.

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[themelodyofspring]

JOMP Book Photo Challenge

August 20, 2023 - Made me feel...

#jompbpc #justonemorepage #when women were dragons #kelly barnhill #plant army🫡 #booklr #mypics #books #bookblr #read #books and plants

[the-emerald-wyrm]

Ugh, the covers are just too pretty!!

I’m obsessed with anything as long as it has a dragon on the cover and between the pages 😋

#emerald wyrm #dragon books #when women were dragons #kelly barnhill #his majesty's dragon #naomi novik #icefire #chris d’lacey #booklr #books and dragons #dragons #bookwyrm #bookdragon

[xensilverquill]

"Who benefits, my dear, when you force yourself to not feel angry?"

#when women were dragons #kelly barnhill #dragons #playlist #feminism #Spotify

[a-ramblinrose]

💖✨️Rose's Last Book Haul of 2023 ✨️💖

#book haul #book stacks #book photography #barnes & noble #brandon sanderson #terry pratchett #rainer maria rilke #kelly barnhill #eiko kadono #jen wang #mamoru hosoda #not out of void but out of chaos

[girlzoot]

Curiosity is the curse of the Clever. Or perhaps cleverness is the curse of the Curious. In any case, I am never lacking for either, I’m afraid, which does keep me rather busy. —Kelly Barnhill/The Girl Who Drank The Moon

#Kelly Barnhill #the girl who drank the moon #curiousity #cleverness #curses