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Batman/Spawn (One-Shot) [Textless] (Acetate Variant) (2022)

Art by: Jorge Jiménez

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Massimo Carnevale - The Dark Knight 

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It’s no independent bookstore and I don’t like the “new Barnes & Noble” but I do like that the one in my hometown still smells like fresh pine.

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Missing my bookshelves.

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Happy First Day of April!

Here is my March Wrap-Up, having read 13 books this month, bringing my yearly total to 49 books.

Here’s the list plus my Top 3 Books:

💎 Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey

⭐️ The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill

🪲 Dragonfly Dance: Poems by Denise K. Lajimodiere

🩸 The Lost Boys by Tim Seeley and Scott Godlewski

🦁 The Problem of Susan and Other Stories by Neil Gaiman

🐅 The Moon Over the Mountain by Atsushi Nakajima and Nekosuke

⭐️ His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik

⚔️ The Search for Synergy by Brett Salter

🍾 Hell in a Bottle by Kyusaku Yumeno and Towoji Honojiro

💐 How to be a Wildflower: A Field Guide by Katie Daisy

🐲 The Dragon Quintet edited by Marvin Kaye

🌸 The Little Springtime Book of Gnomes by Kirsten Sevig

⭐️ All Systems Red by Martha Wells

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“I have been mortal, and some part of me is mortal yet. I am full of tears and hunger and the fear of death, although I cannot weep, and I want nothing, and I cannot die. I am not like the others now, for no unicorn was ever born who could regret, but I do. I regret.”

—The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

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The cutest dragon bookmark I own, from ObscurityShop on Etsy 📚

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Batman: Wayne Family Adventures #77 - “Suit Up” (2023)

written by CRC Payne art by Starbite, Geoniya Acuna, Suzi Blake, & C.M. Cameron

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• THE COVEN

💬 Are you a fan of morally gray characters? Tell me some of your favorites! 🤎📖

Thank you to @harperlwoodsauthor for sending me a copy of The Coven, the first book in the Coven of Bones series! This is a dark fantasy romance series packed full of all our favorite things: morally gray characters, betrayal, witches, demons and other creatures. The gothic and dark academia vibes are calling my name! 🤎🫶🏻

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s u m m a r y : Revenge.

Raised to be my father’s weapon against the Coven that took away his sister and his birthright, I would do anything to protect my younger brother from suffering the same fate. My duty forces me to the secret town of Crystal Hollow and the prestigious Hollow’s Grove University—where the best and brightest of my kind learn to practice their magic free from human judgment.

There are no whispered words here. No condemnation for the blood that flows through my veins. The only animosity I face comes from the beautiful and infuriating Headmaster, Alaric Grayson Thorne, a man who despises me just as much as I loathe him and everything he stands for.

But that doesn’t mean secrets don’t threaten to tear the school in two. No one talks about the bloody massacre that forced it to close decades prior, only the opportunity it can afford to those fortunate enough to attend.

Because for the first time in fifty years, the Coven will open its wards to the Thirteen.

Thirteen promising students destined to change the world.

If the ghosts of Hollow’s Groves’ victims don’t kill them first.

🤎📖🫶🏻 (at The Coven) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqN5-OQO_GW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Contrary to the author, I have never ever aspired to be a Victorian. I still enjoyed reading about their food, underwear, sexlives, personal hygiene and sleeping arrangements.

Ready to rock my crinoline 🎩

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Joe Fixit #3 (2023)

written by Peter David art by Yildiray Cinar & Dee Cunniffe

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Rating: 4/5

Book Blurb: Fans of Ghost Squad will love this lightly scary creature feature standalone novel about a tween aspiring horror movie actress who pairs up with the twin children of her favorite director to defeat zombifying octopus-like creatures!

Halle dreams of becoming a scream queen. She practices her loudest scream every day and has learned a lot from studying the horror movies of her favorite director, Maximus Price. Maximus lives just outside town, and when the chance to go to his home arises, Halle grabs it with both hands. She doesn’t realize that real life horrors await her at Price Manor.Paisley and Argyle, Maximus’s twin children, think that the creepy, squid-like creatures that have attached themselves to the faces of the manor’s staff, putting them in a zombie-like stupor, are just another one of their prankster dad’s tricks. When Halle arrives and is attacked by one of the creatures, she meets the twins and assures them that this is no joke. The three kids will have to work together using all of their unusual talents to defeat the monsters—and maybe even save the world.Blending quirky humor and poignant heart with delightfully creepy monsters, this debut middle grade novel is a perfect entry point for young readers to the horror genre.

Review:

A girl who dreams of becoming a scream queen gets the chance to visit her favorite horror movie director’s house to deliver a bouquet of flowers only to find herself on a unlikely adventure with the director’s twin kids as they face the perils of the manor! Halle wants to be a scream queen, she loves horror movies and can’t stop practicing for her chance of becoming an actor. Her family runs a flower business and they have a running delivery to the local famous horror movie director Maximus Price. When someone needs to deliver the flowers, Halle grabs the opportunity to visit the home of her favorite director. But what she doesn’t realize is that she’s in for more than she could ever imagine. At Price Manor, Maximus Price’s twins Paisley and Argyle are awaiting their father’s yearly birthday prank. But something strange is happening and what they had assumed was just part of their dad’s pranks becomes something more real and monstrous they can’t even begin to imagine what they have to do. There are squid like creatures attaching themselves to the manor’s staff, putting them in a zombie-like stupor and now the three kids will have to work together to stop these monsters and possibly save the world before it’s too late! This was such a fun and delightful spooky read and I adored the characters, It was a charming story filled with adventure, monsters, and a great way to introduce horror to young readers!

*Thanks Netgalley and HarperCollins Children’s Books, HarperCollins for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

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Why You Should Read Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

Emily, a Cambridge professor of dryadology travels to a remote Scandinavian town to study a previously unstudied type of faerie, in order to complete the Encycopaedia she is working on

When her colleague and academic rival, Wendall Brambleby also shows up, getting in her way and infuriating her, Emily and Wendall must work together to uncover the secrets of the faeries.

This book is like if Howls Moving Castle and Spinning Silver had a child?

Emily and Wendall give major Howl and Sophie vibes. Wendall is a dramatic, over the top sliterer-outer (and may not be all that he seems). Emily is a bit of a curmudgeon, not a people person, and dedicated to her work.

This book is a journal format, and we are reading Emily's journal recounting the experience

Footnotes!

This is a winter read through and through

Cozy-fantasy that is set during the Edwardian era, although parts can get a little bit dark (that's just how faeries are though)

the Faerie in this book reminded me a lot of the the staryk from Spinning Silver, so if you like that type of faerie, this book is for you

This book is a love letter to fairy tales, faeries, and folklore

A lovable dog companion, lesbian side characters

Changelings, brownies, Winter Kings and Faerie Princes, enchantments

This book is just clever and neat, and really opens up a lot of potential for other books

All in all, I loved it, and I think you should read it too!

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Book rec list of some of my favorite fantasy novels by women

(Edit: it was drawn to my attention that Alexandra Rowland is nb. My mistake!)

The Stardust Thief

A Marvelous Light

A Taste of Gold and Iron

Siren Queen

The Goblin Emperor

The City of Brass

Black Sun

Unnatural Magic

Notorious Sorcerer

Assassin's Apprentice