Dropping the very highly and frequently requested scene for my latest Sketch-a-Wish, voted on by my lovely Patreon members for November!
Featuring Lila and Kell from A Darker Shade of Magic by @veschwab ! This was probably the funniest scene in the book and I've been wanting to illustrate it for the longest time. It was actually the runner-up scene for the @Illumicrate ADSOM mug, way back when!
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A snippet from The Fragile Threads of Power
Publication September 26, 2023
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★ Do you use a bookmark when you read, or are you a random slip of paper type of person? (If you dog ear, keep that to yourself, we don’t need any negativity around here 🤣 jk) I mostly listen to audiobooks or read ebooks, but if I am reading a physical book, one of my favorite things is to spend a few minute choosing the perfect bookmark for the book. It pleases me to no end when they vibe together This incredible woodmark with artwork by @episodic.drawing was included in @fictionbathco’s Autumn Pamper Box! I’m going to be using this one for anything dark fantasy, witchy, dark academia, or eerie. It’s gorgeous. Fiction Bath Co.‘s Winter Pamper Box “In the Dark of the Night” is currently available and will include items inspired by A Darker Shade of Magic, The Invisible Life of Addie Larue, Shadow and Bone, In the Ravenous Dark, Book of Night, The Night Circus, and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Use my code LIBRARY10 for a discount! ★ HASHTAGS // #fictionbathco #gallant #veschwab #beautifulbooks #bookmarks #bookstagram #bookaesthic #readfantasy #bookaddict #bibliophile #booklover #booksofig #booksofinstagram #bookpics https://www.instagram.com/p/CkmS4HtBJog/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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“Books, she has found, are a way to live a thousand lives--or to find strength in a very long one.” 💬 Tell me a book you’ve had on your TBR for farrrrrr too long. 🤎📖 I’m embarrassed to say Addie LaRue is still sitting pretty on my TBR. I was so incredibly excited for its release… and for absolutely no good reason it’s still sitting there. 🤦🏻♀️🤣 ✩ Gorgeous glass Addie LaRue mug by @wickedwhimsyboutique! Use code LIFEINLIT15 for a discount! . . . h a s h t a g s : #theinvisiblelifeofaddielarue #veschwab #fantasybooks #adultfantasy #historicalfiction #bookcommunity #bookgram #bookblog #bookish #dayslikethese #bookishpost #cozyaesthetic #readersofinstagram #pinterestaesthetic #booktography #bedsidetable #bedroom #bedroomdecor #hygge #hyggehome #toberead #bookrecommendations #alwaysreading #coffeelovers #coffeeandseasons #coffeeandbooks #bookcollector #bookhoarder #goodreads #bookblogger (at Cozy At Home) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdGfLwTukmW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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» what author takes up a lot of space on your shelves? I don’t think I realized how much space my Schwab books take up! It’s an entire shelf and then some. I just wish they were all the same size. » hashtags:. #veschwab #bookaesthetic #bookcollection #bookstagrammer #bookstagram #igreads #booknerdigans #readersofinstagram #bibliophile #BookSpines #bookphotography #booklover #readersofig #bookcommunity #bookblogger #bookstack #stackofbooks #booksofinstagram #booksofig #vicious #adarkershadeofmagic #gallant #theinvisiblelifeofaddielarue #monstersofverity #bookcollector (at Boise, Idaho) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkBwBOiPt14/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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"Sometimes I reflect on all the things I want to do, learn, and see which I’ll never have time to for in one human lifetime. But what if I had the chance to expand my years without sacrificing my youth? What would I offer as the dire price for that exchange? And would it be worth the sacrifice? This is the question at the heart of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (2020) by V.E. Schwab, a centuries-spanning fantasy about the titular French girl who makes a Faustian deal with a dark god for an extended life. But in exchange, as she discovers, she will be utterly forgotten by anyone she ever meets."
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🤍Hello my beautiful friends! How are you doing today? 🤍
❔What is your favorite genre?
I recently read this book with my book club friends I found here on Instagram! It was super good, it gave me total Coraline vibes! Coraline is one of my favourite books and it was super nice to see a new version of it here🙌🏻
and the movie Crimson peak, the ghouls she sees and that they show her around the house! and the mothers telling them to “stay away from Gallant / Crimson Peak” it was so fun to read about it! It was really good!
I gave it 4 stars because I wasn't glued to the book and that is a must for me to give a book 5 stars!
HASHTAGS #ig #igbooks #bookstagram #booktok #bookladybookstore #bookishbuddyread #bookclubofinstagram #bookclubreads #thismonthsread #bookishlove #gallant #veschwab #gallantveschwab #crimsonpeak #coralineinspired (at Odense, Denmark) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd-sBT3L60v/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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to be left crying and staring at the wall, wishing you could go back and live once again in the pages of a book, takes a certain type of story.
to be a reader, is something beautiful, and extraordinary, and wondrous; to experience the journey of another's life in such a way we can't accomplish in reality. but even more beautiful, and extraordinary, and wondrous, is to experience how a story can make us feel the deepest emotions, so much so, that we can't explain it, no matter how hard we try.
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V. E. Schwab, you have consumed my whole being and made me feel understood on a level i didn't think was possible, and i would sell my soul, to experience the feeling of reading you for the first time again.
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“Don't you remember, she told him then, when you were nothing but shadow and smoke? Darling, he'd said in his soft, rich way, I was the night itself.” —V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue •———————————————————————————• I will never get over the beauty that was Owlcrate’s Addie LaRue box. I use the calendar and journal daily, husband has stolen the thermos and I’m still resisting burning up this delicious candle 🥰 Owlcrate always does the best limited edition boxes, i LOVED last years Scorpio Races 10th anniversary box! I can’t wait to see which one they will do next! •———————————————————————————• #addielarue #theinvisiblelifeofaddielarue #veschwab #bookish #bookspines #bookstack #booksandcandles #bookishcandles #candlesofinstagram #booksbooksbooks #fantasybooks #fantasy #reader #readersofinstagram #readerlife #bookishlife #bookishfeatures #bookcommunity https://www.instagram.com/p/CjBr6rpLMJz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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"Crime isn't that complicated. People steal because taking something gives them something. If they're not in it for the money, they're in it for the control. The act of taking, of breaking the rules, makes them feel powerful. They're in it for the sheer defiance. Some people steal to stay alive, and some steal to feel alive. Simple as that. [...] I steal for freedom. I suppose that's a bit of both."
— A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab, page 266
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I would rather be a ghost. - ADDIE & LUC
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Pronunciation of Ojka?
I believe it’s close to “ohsh-kah”, but I’m not 100% certain.
I’d love any of our Northern European friends to chime in and help out me, a mono-lingual American, to give a correct answer!
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★ Happy #StackSaturday, bookworms! What are you #currentlyreading, are any of these books on your TBR? I hope you’re all having a wonderful weekend! I’ve read most of the books in these two stacks and would happily recommend them—especially the audiobooks! This weekend I’m getting things squared away for the upcoming semester. Classes start Monday, and I’m teaching two sections of ENG 102 and taking two workshop classes for my MFA. It feels like I’ve got a million things to do, but nonetheless I’m looking forward to getting back on campus for Spring. Do you have any favorites in these stacks? ★ HASHTAGS // #booklover #booksofig #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #bookpics #fantasybooks #bookstack #bookseverywhere #bookaesthetic #bookrecs #adsom #adarkershadeofmagic #veschwab #shadowandbone #leighbardugo #sabaatahir #anemberintheashes #theboneseason #therageofdragons #thesehollowvows #spinthedawn #asongofwraithsandruin #thedarkeststar #jenniferlarmentrout #nocturna https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnsc7rUvtAf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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