#nofilterbooklrchallenge

[mintmentos]

Book Review

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Alex gets to study at Yale, on the condition that she work for Lethe, a society that watches over the 8 houses which boast rich and powerful alumni. When their occult activities get more sinister, Alex has to get to the bottom of it or risk New Haven’s peaceful existence and her own life.

My thoughts:

Loved this premise so much - dark academia and fantasy? This is such a good combination

Alex was such an interesting character and I loved how we gradually learnt more about her and her past and abilities. Really liked her relationship with Dawes, how it went from purely functional to fully having each other’s back and doing the absolute most to protect and support each other

Was much more mystery/thriller than I expected but really liked this aspect of the book too, especially with all the magic Alex uses to try and solve it

The flashbacks were so good - loved getting Darlington’s perspective on things and Alex in particular since we’re in her head so much, and seeing the puzzle unfold as we piece together how the past and present match up

The pages at the end of each chapter with information about each society were interesting but didn’t really help me get my head around the different ones and what they all did but I never seem to pay close enough attention to things like this anyway

I 100% knew what was up with Darlington (being cagey here to avoid spoilers) and the cliffhanger has me so excited for the next book! Will definitely be reading the rest of the series

4/5 stars

#monday review #book revie #nofilterbooklrchallenge #ninth house #leigh bardugo #mine

[books-on-a-wire]

Nofilter Booklr Challenge: Nov 19 - Scribbled or Written in All photos are AS IS, no crops, no filters, no sharpening. 

Other than my college research from eons ago, I really don’t write in my books. But I do like to flag parts. Generally, blue is for sad, pink for romantic or sweet moments, orange for funny, and green is for quotes or important exposition.

#nofilterbooklr #nofilterbooklrchallenge #book photography #books #booklr #book photo challenge #bookworm #bookstagram #booklover #bibliophile

[widely-ranging]

#nofilterbooklr challenge: a challenge for the rest of us

Prompt: a series with unmatched covers

#nofilterbooklrchallenge #dragonsong #dragonsinger #dragondrums #anne mccaffrey #harper hall trilogy

[two-are-the-trees]

#nofilterbooklr challenge: The oldest book you own.

This is my copy of Salome by Oscar Wilde with illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley. Published by Three Sirens Press in the early 1930’s!

#nofilterbooklrchallenge #oscar wilde #vintage #books #literature

[ninja-muse]

Finished!

(And tossing this into the #nofilterbooklrchallege for a) being a library book and b) not coming out nearly as well as I’d wanted. Sigh.)

#booklr #book photography #bookish #nofilterbooklrchallenge #fantasy #a labyrinth of scions and sorcery #risen kingdoms #curtis craddock #my photos #read in 2019 #adult booklr

[backlogbooks]

@sonderreads Nofilterbooklrchallenge

Prompt: a book that has been scribbled on or written in 

Pen marks are mine, pencil are from whoever owned the books before me because I don’t buy new books for class

Books pictured and marked up in for Science (or actually for English classes): The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood and Kindred by Octavia Butler

Those notes may not seem like much, but in fact they led me to write my Best Essay Ever about Kindred, a book written by a literal genius. 

#nofilterbooklrchallenge #the handmaid's tale #kindred #Margaret atwood #Octavia butler #if you're not cursing in your annotations you're doing it wrong #my posts #annotating #annotations

[flamingmirrorbookish]

@sonderreads #nofilterbooklr challenge: a book that is falling apart. Not so much falling as already fallen

#nofilterbooklrchallenge #nofilterbooklr #booklr #Suzanne Collins #mockingjay #books #reading #book photo challenge #Frog

[elenajohansenreads]

#nofilterbooklrchallenge

prompt: a series with mismatched covers

I found the first Farseer book at a used book sale, adored it, and bought the next two from Thriftbooks. Sadly, they did not have any paperbacks of the matching editions, so I got the older, more cliched fantasy artwork style...also not a huge fan of the colors of either. But I’m looking forward to reading them anyway!

#booklr #nofilterbooklrchallenge #the farseer trilogy #robin hobb #book photography #my photos

[valithiri]

For @sonderreads #nofilterbooklr challenge.

Am I a smeyer fan? Absolutely not but I'm a complete and utter sucker for aliens falling in love.

This one actually works for book that's falling apart and book without a dust jacket. The jacket fell apart, both covers had to be duct taped on, and there's a good chunk of the pages are covered in coffee stains.

#nofilterbooklrchallenge #nofilterbooklr #me

[the-girl-who-lived-to-read]

No Filter Challenge: a book that has been scribbled on or written in & a book with torn pages (Kind of! It’s really just the cover and back on this one.)

My copy of Hamlet with all my messy scribbles and sticky notes!

#nofilterbooklr #nofilterbooklrchallenge #I forget how bad my handwriting can get when I’m not trying to be neat/writing in a moving vehicle lol #booklr #my photo

[baldursgatekeeper]

For @sonderreads‘ #nofilterbooklr challenge I’ve got some ugly covers. Now I don’t feel bad calling these covers ugly, because like the stories inside, they were meant to be weird and a bit grotesque. Paul Jennings was a master of the bizarre and a big part of my childhood, both his books and TV show based off them, Round the Twist.

@literatureandtrees Look what I ended up getting from the charity shop! I managed to find all these on the shelves in one afternoon. Thought you might appreciate them re: our conversation the other day :)

What’s your favourite weird or creepy book?

#original baldursgatecontent #my books #paul jennings #unbearable #unbelievable #quirky tails #round the twist #nofilterbooklrchallenge #nofilterbooklr #book #reading #read #booklr #bookblr #book worm #bookworm #book nerd #book lover #booklover #book blog #book blogger #bookstagram #bookish #bibliophile #book photo #book photography #book discussion #book talk #book question #reviving booklr

[books-on-a-wire]

Nofilter Booklr Challenge: Nov 28 - Ex-Library Book All photos are AS IS, no crops, no filters, no sharpening.

Every now and then a former library book will sneak in and has to undergo “surgery” as my children like to call it to remove library-bindings, stickers, etc. This one had two stickers on the spine and one of them would just not come off, which is fine. I love the cover, so it will just face out. 

#nofilterbooklr #nofilterbooklrchallenge #book photography #books #booklr #book photo challenge #jandy nelson #ya fiction #lgbtq reads #bookstagram #bookworm #booklover #bibliophile #mine

[widely-ranging]

#nofilterbooklr challenge: a challenge for the rest of us

Prompt:  mass market paperback

#nofilterbooklrchallenge #grass #sheri s tepper

[verseblack]

a book that has been scribbled on or written in

Thank you so very much to  @sonderreads for issuing a book challenge for those of us with imperfect pictures and imperfect books!  I am mystified at those who are able to get lovely lighting on their photos, so it was nice to have a challenge where I can pull out a few books and snap away.  I am so photo inept that I only just discovered that there are filter options on my phone about 5 minutes ago as I was trying to rotate a shot. 

This is a copy of “La Tulipe Noire” by Dumas that someone must have used in a French class--it is filled with translations and notes about how far to read for the next class.

#nofilterbooklr #nofilterbooklrchallenge

[ninja-muse]

No Filter Booklr Challenge: a book with an ugly or unfashionable cover

Let’s hear it for 1980s Baen!

#book covers #my photos #my books #vorkosigan saga #lois mcmaster bujold #nofilterbooklrchallenge #adult booklr

[backlogbooks]

@sonderreads Nofilterbooklrchallenge 

Prompt: sort of just… all of them? 

Mainly this book is getting its own post because I own two copies of it and one of them is vaguely new ish and not torn up and the other is this one, because this is the first copy i read (got permission from my teacher to keep it this time) and I loved it sooo much. It is falling apart, and the pages are way past yellowed and dogeared, and I don’t think the cover was ever whole, and it’s my favorite ever. 

#nofilterbooklrchallenge #my posts #from the mixed-up files of mrs. basil e frankweiler #e.l. konigsburg