#the diviners

[autumnsaesthetics]

🍁 Books for Autumn & Halloween 🎃

Part One!

(Row One) 🍁

Mooncakes by Wendy Xu & Suzanne Walker

The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldtree

(Row Two) 🎃

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

A Dowry Of Blood by S.T Gibson

Burn Down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado

(Row Three) 🍁

The Taking Of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass

A Lesson In Vengeance by Victoria Lee

The Diviners by Libba Bray

#mooncakes #Cemetery Boys #legends and lattes #the witch boy #burn down rise up #the diviners #the taking of jake livingston #a lesson in Vengeance #a dowry of blood #autumn #autumnal #autumncore #cozy #cozy autumn #cozycore #fall #fall season #halloween #happy halloween #books #booklr

[aroaessidhe]

Aro & ace Books: Historical & historical fantasy (1900s)

The Reckless Kind (set in 1904) - aroacespec MC

The Murder Next Door (set in 1912) - ace lesbian MC

The Diviners (set in 1926) - ace lesbian major character (later in series)

Fire Becomes Her (1920s insp fantasy) demidemi MC, ace 'love interest' (QPR)

Moonshine (1920s insp fantasy) - bi ace man major character

Foul Lady Fortune (set in 1931) - demisexual MC, aroace side character

The Spy With The Red Balloon (set in 1940s) - demisexual mlm MC

Innsmouth Legacy duology (Winter Tide) (set in 1948) - aroace coded / word-of-god MC

The Society For Soulless Girls (set in 1990s) - ace-spec wlw MC (questioning/vague about it) (90s is not quite the same vibe as the rest of these but I could not think of another one lol)

#aspec books / aspec database / tumblr masterpost

#aspec books #asexual books #the reckless kind #the murder next door #the diviners #fire becomes her #foul lady fortune #the spy with the red balloon #innsmouth legacy #the first two are historical realistic all the rest have fantasy elements

[bywandandsword]

I finally finished the Diviners by Libba Bray and 1) This book hasn't gotten nearly the amount of fandom interaction that it deserves and 2) Libba Bray does not pull any fucking punches when it comes to the uncomfortable parts of history, good lord

It's so so good. She's clearly done so much research and it makes my history nerd heart so full. And then the story! I want to know what the fuck Uncle Will is hiding and where all these character's paths will lead. Where's Sam's mom? Is Isiah really ok? What's going to happen now that Evie has gone public with her power?

Also, I'm hereby adopting Memphis Campbell. That boy is getting a warm blanket, cocoa, and therapy starting immediately. And I'll personally kick the shit out of Bill Johnson if he comes anywhere near either of the Campbell boys again. I don't care that he's an old, mostly blind man, I'll fucking do it

#I have Lair of Dreams cued and I'm so excited #Sword speaks #The Diviners #Libba Bray

[fortunatefires]

I will never not be mad about the fact that the diviners is severely underrated. It's stunning. The characters are likable and layered. The plot is engaging and suspenseful. The setting is so fucking immersive! And yet nobody ever knows what I'm talkimg about when I mention it

#I say 1920s mystery and they check out #Like no no no #Its so good #Please #For the love of god please read it #Agahdgdk #The diviners #Libba bray #Booktok #Bookblr #Books #Reading #Text #Text post

[bruiselikeviolets]

read in 2022: the diviners by libba bray

Why does anyone do anything? Belief. A belief that they are right and just in their actions. Abraham was willing to sacrifice his son, Isaac, because he believed that God had commanded it. To kill your son is unthinkable. A crime. But if you are acting in the belief that your God, your supreme deity whom you must obey, has demanded it of you, is it still a crime?

#the diviners #thedivinersedit #divinersedit #litedit #yaedit #stuff #read 2022

[gay-disabled-characters-showdown]

LGBTQ+ Disabled Characters Showdown Round 1, Wave 5, Poll 6

A character being totally canon LGBTQ+ and disabled was not required to be in this competition. Please check qualifications and propaganda before asking why a character is included.

Check out the other polls in this wave and prior here.

Art of Ling Chan by @ace-artemis-fanartist

Ling Chan-The Diviners

Qualifications:

Canonically, she is an asexual lesbian who is partially paralyzed in her legs. She uses crutches for her mobility aids. For her queerness, discovering that part of herself is a major part of her journey, first realizing slowly that she loves women, and then realizing the challenges of being ace in a queer relationship at a time when asexuality isn't widely understood.

Ling contracted "infantile paralysis" (polio) as a child, being that she was born in 1920s New York City before a vaccine was available. As such, she uses crutches and leg braces in order to walk. She is explicitly an asexual lesbian who struggles to balance both of these when neither is well-understood in her time, on top of being Chinese during the period of exclusion.

Propaganda:

She's a very cool, physically disabled ace lesbian who loves science and magic and learns the joys of friendship. She's a dreamwalker who communicates with (and sometimes fights) ghosts, and when another person with a similar power reaches out to her on that basis, and he tries to befriend her moreso than most anyone had before, they become close companions and her world expands. Also, queer solidarity--he's gay and that helps her realize she is too, since she'd had limited exposure to the idea of queerness before that.

My absolute baby. A grumpy gal who can only walk when in dreams. She falls in love with a girl who she thinks is a dreamwalker like her but turns out to be a vengeful ghost. She struggles to be with her chorus girl girlfriend because she's sexual but Ling isn't. Canon dialogue > "Which actor would you like to be with?" "Mae West." "No, romantically." "Yes." An icon with good taste Mae West is hot

Henry ‘Monty’ Montague-The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue

Qualifications:

Canonically bisexual, and, from the end of the first book, deaf in one ear. (More precisely, he only has one ear, there's no other one to be deaf in since it got basically blown off by cannon fire, but regardless he only has functional hearing on one side.)

Propaganda:

Canonically bi, and deaf/hard-of-hearing since near the end of the first book; if I remember correctly, gets more disabled as the series goes on. If you don't know him and you think one of your faves is the ultimate bi disaster, think again. My god is he a loser. And a jerk, at the start. But despite all that, or perhaps through all that, he can be genuinely meaningful representation. Starts out as a miserable nobleman trying to survive his father's homophobic abuse, ends up unattached from his rich parents and living his best queer, disabled life with his boyfriend in freedom.

#polls #poll #disabled characters #lgbtq characters #disability #lgbtq #lgbtq dcs round 1 #lgbtq dcs wave 5 #ling chan #the diviners #henry montague #monty montague #the gentleman's guide to vice and virtue #tggtvav #id in alt text

[carfuckerlynch]

thinking abt the term baby vamp again. it has an effect on me

#this specific book i read at one point one of the characters calls the other baby vamp as an endearment (it’s set in 1926) #and i honestly think about it. semi frequently #the diviners #<- the book. if u were wondering #odhran.txt #it’s almost time for my annual reread i should put it on hold

[imgoingtoeatyourknees]

"There will come a poet whose weapon is his word / he will slay you with his tongue"

"I was here. I exist. I'm alive, because I bleed"

"you know how they say you only hurt the ones you love? Well it goes both ways"

"you're so alive simon snow. you got my share of it"

"I am not feeling nothing"

"There is no greater power on this earth than a story"

"for men were born the pray and save"

'Soldier, Poet, King' by the Oh Hellos / Blue Lily Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater / Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk / Carry On by Rainbow Rowell / Aurora Burning by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff / The Diviners by Libba Bray / Easter 1916 by W.B Yeats

#soldier poet king #poet #adam parrish #the raven cycle #trc #fight club #the narrator #marla singer #carry on #tyrannus basilton grimm pitch #baz pitch #simon snow #snowbaz #aurora cycle #aurora burning #zila madran #the diviners #evie o'neill #william butler yeats #yeats

[libinih28]

need me an old money boy obsessed with magic :(

#gansey #darlington #ninth house #the raven cycle #the hazel wood #the ten thousand doors of january #the diviners

[tabethawithane]

there should be a word for the melancholia you feel after you’ve finished a really amazing book series and you have to part with your emotional support found family characters.

#percy jackson and the olympians #lockwood & co #the lunar chronicles #the diviners #six of crows #lord of the rings #raven cycle #gilded wolves #books #reading #literature #anyone have any book suggestions? #i need to start a new series before i become depressed from ending the last one

[blogmollylane]

Reading and tea. Barbie would approve.

#fiction #reading #books #currently reading #ya novels #mystery #fantasy #the diviners #barbiecore #pinkcore #libba bray #tea addict #historical fiction #paranormal #temple bar #tea and books #pink aesthetic

[amariipeters]

me starting ‘the diviners’ expecting a cool paranormal murder mystery book with messy teenagers and drama then actually finishing it and realizing it IS a cool paranormal murder mystery book with messy teenagers and drama but it’s so much more than that considering the amount of history and information about different backgrounds/cultures that got put into it and how that made it SO much better than i couldve ever imagined therefore i will love it 5ever.

#from the drafts #so true jan 30th me #funnily enough i did not finish the series im still on lair of dreams n probably will stop reading the series after that bc i hear it got- #BAD #but i will always have the first book <3 the loml #i think abt evie all the time. its quite ridiculous. #the diviners #li.txt

[haveyoureadthismgyabook]

Series info:

Book 1 of The Diviners

Book 2: Lair of Dreams

Book 3: Before the Devil Breaks You

Book 4: The King of Crowns

#books #ya #fantasy #the diviners #libba bray #poll

[turquoisebooks]

#libba bray #The Diviners #lair of dreams #before the devil breaks you #turquoisebooks #infographics #fantasy books #books #Book Recommendations

[dragonbadgerbooks]

Tarot October BPC: October 9, 2023 Death - Series Finale

The King of Crows by Libba Bray The Crow Tarot by MJ Cullinane

#my book pictures #books #book #booklr #book photo challenge #tarotoctoberbpc #the king of crows #king of crows #the diviners #diviners #libba bray

[bluesadansey]

2023 character wrapped: 9 characters you loved in 2023! Was tagged by @pinkhysteria

From left to right this is Spencer Hastings (Pretty Little Liars), Tessa Gray (The Infernal Devices), Julian Blackthorn (The Dark Artifices), Katherine Pierce (The Vampire Diaries), Karou (Daughter of Smoke and Bone), Daisy Jones (Daisy Jones & The Six book + show), Natalie Scattorcio (Yellowjackets), Andrew Minyard (All for the Game), Theta Knight (The Diviners).

Nat is the only one of these chars I actually met this year, however the others were from things I reread or rewatched and/or had new content and/or consumed a new content thing I hadn’t before and then Spencer is a carry over from last year when I met her + I do rewatch pll episodes or sections of the show p regularly even if I haven’t rewatched chronologically yet.

Obviously I have many other honorable mentions firsr here are some of the other characters I did in fact meet this year who I loved: Lottie Taissa Shauna and Misty (Yellowjackets), book! Eleanor Vance (The Haunting of Hill House novel), Courtney Dilaurentis (Ali’s Pretty Little Lies the pll books prequel), Kate Wallis (Cruel Summer), Catherine Earnshaw (Wuthering Heights), Gabby Bishop (The Fever), Atl (Certain Dark Things).

Other chars I loved previously I consumed a new thing featuring: Grace Blackthorn (The Last Hours), book! Aria Montgomery (Pll books I read the last couple this year), Nico Di Angelo (Riordanverse) even though in this case consuming the new thing was what dampened the hyper fixation I had with him due to my rereads last year (I thought about including him in the 9 because I did talk about him a lot in first half of the year but I’m just too depressed about this :/). Also I figured riordanverse will feature a lot in my next years wrapped for obvious reasons.

Other chars I have loved in the past and loved this year: Julia Wicker + Alice Quinn (The Magicians), Buffy Summers + Buffyverse ladies generally (Btvs) , the other Liars including Mona and Ali (Pretty Little Liars), Ling Chan and Evie O’Neill (The Diviners), Emma Carstairs (The Dark Artifices), TVD girl trio and Rebekah (The Vampire Diaries), Nico Di Angelo and Piper McLean (Riordanverse), Kevin Day (All for the Game).

Tagging: @zutaralesbian @serenity-the-firefly @sergeantpixie @lavenderhazed @madwomanwithawarehouse @exycourtbesties whoever else would want to do it if you want to!

#tag meme #I can’t not be prolific with this type of thing lmao #abt #spencer hastings #pll #tessa gray #julian blackthorn #tid #tda #tsc #katherine pierce #tvd #karou #dosab #theta knight #the diviners #not tagging the others #s speaks #edit: I did read sobh first time this year which had new to me Jules and Emma content so also that