#Alix Moreno

[lumilasi]

Ask the crew

So, since it's been a while I've done something like this, I decided why not! Would help me fleshing them out some more, AND kind of a fun way to see if my inbox works properly now? I had to turn it off a while back bc it seemed to just keep eating majority of asks I got. Since I haven't gotten much anything I'm still not sure if it works properly again or not?

Asks can be just about them, or relating to the MW crew, since I've been drawing them interacting with the Tulpar group. (my crew has their own story, but since I had ideas, I ended up drawing them interacting with the Tulpars lol)

You can learn more about them checking the #Stargazer crew tag I made for them, but in regards to the MW 'crossover' side of things, I can list coupla important notes here as well:

Cherry knows Anya from medical school, is the one primarily spending time with her

Tulpars do not know about Illya initially, and won't physically interact with him - however, they may see glimpses of his "ghost" occasionally, and overhear the group talk about him. (They might even see his body in cryo at some point)

Stefan had to kill Jimmy before the Tulpars were brought to their ship - there is an actual story reason for this that relates to Stargazer crew's own story, rather than me just not liking Jimmy & not wanting to draw him personally (which TBF is also true, but I wanted to give a proper reason for why he didn't make it, as they could've put him in their cell block)

Anya is initially scared of Stefan because she saw him kill Jimmy due to how things went down, but overtime concludes he's not a bad person and is quite caring in his own way (just reaaallllly tired most of the time)

Mara hangs out with Daisuke a lot, often they play videogames together, or Daisuke offers to help her with whatever work he can

Stefan CAN get a bit harsh and hostile towards Curly, but tends to try and keep it in check as he knows its not really helpful in any way.

Ava and Alix weren't present during the rescue, they get introduced to the four later.

Anya helps Cherry with her medic duties, since when they were rescued the SG-ship was somewhat damaged due to an "incident," and Stefan is still repairing some damage, causing Cherry to be bit more overloaded with work than normal.

[petalpetal]

Anyway here is the full list of books I’ve read this year this is a mix of adult and YA with one middle school book the ones in bold are my big reccomenders

- Hild and Menewood by Nicola Griffith

- Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu by Tom Lin

- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

- Joan by Kathrine J. Chen

- The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

- Butcher of The Forest by Premee Mohamed

- The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo

- Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian

- Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

- Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

- The Scholomance series by Naomi Novik

- Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill

- Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart: and Other Stories by GennaRose Nethercott

- Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

- Godkiller and Sunbringer by Hannah Kaner

- Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson

- The Weaver and the Witch Queen by Genevieve Gornichec

- A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix by C.B. Lee

- The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

- Lore by Alexandra Bracken

- The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

- The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

- Gallant by V.E. Schwab

- Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati

- The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim

- No One Will Come Back For Us: And Other Stories by Premee Mohamed

- Slasher Girls & Monster Boys by Various Authors

- The Libarary of Legends by Janie Chang

- The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman

- Girls Who Burn by MK Pagano

- Starve Arc by Andrew Michael Hurley

- Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

- Catfish Rolling by Clara Kumagai

- A Sorceress Comes To Call by T. Kingfisher

- The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks

- Circe by Madeline Miller

- Woodworm by Layla Martínez

- The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

- Sworn Soldier series by T. Kingfisher

- Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth

- A Drop of Venom by Sajni Patel

- Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig

- Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

- Jonathan Strange & Me Norrell by Susanna Clarke

- The Darkest Part of The Forest by Holly Black

- The Fortune Teller by Gwendolyn Womack

- Six Crimson Cranes series by Elizabeth Lim

- A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

- Boys In the Valley by Philip Fracassi

- The West Passage by Jared Pechaček @jpechacek

- The Girl Who Fell Beneath The Sea by Axie Oh

- Revelator by Daryl Gregory

- The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera

- Hera by Jennifer Saint

- Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata

- Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

- The Drowned Woods by Emily Lloyd-Jones

- The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton

- Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs

- The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi

- The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton

- The Hearts We Sold by Emily Lloyd-Jones

- Sistersong by Lucy Holland

- House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

- The Book of Gothel by Mary McMyne

- The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher

- The Children of Gods and Fighting Men by Shauna Lawless

- The Witch of Colchis by Rosie Hewlett

- Sisters of Sword & Song by Rebecca Ross

- Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier

- Little Eve by Catriona Ward

- Pilgrim: A Medieval Horror by Mitchell Lüthi

- The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk

- Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid

- O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker

- everything by Shirley Jackson

[fulcrumstardust]

books wrap up 2024 📚

here's my bodycount, let me know if you've read some of these (and what you thought!!)

Ball Lightning - Cixin Liu

A Far Wilder Magic - Allison Saft

Light Bringer (Red Rising Saga, #6) - Pierce Brown

The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes (London Highwaymen, #2) - Cat Sebastian

Certain Dark Things - Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1) - Tamsyn Muir

Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #2) - Tamsyn Muir

Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #3) - Tamsyn Muir

The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) - Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) - Suzanne Collins

Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) - Suzanne Collins

On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington #1) - David Weber

She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1) - Shelley Parker-Chan

He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor, #2) - Shelley Parker-Chan

The Hollow Places - T. kingfisher

Analee, In Real Life - Janelle Milanes

Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1) - Fonda Lee

Jade War (The Green Bone Saga, #2) - Fonda Lee

Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga, #3) - Fonda Lee

Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1) - Heather Fawcett

Snowglobe - Soyoung Park

Bride - Ali Hazelwood

Nettle & Bone - T. Kingfisher

These Burning Stars (The Kindom Trilogy, #1) - Bethany Jacobs

Some Desperate Glory - Emily Tesh

The Familiar Dark - Amy Engel

The Ministry for the Future - Kim Stanley Robinson

Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1) - Brynne Weaver

The Hurricane Wars (The Hurricane Wars, #1) - Thea Guanzon

🌟 Starling House - Alix E. Harrow 🌟 (this was my favorite!!)

The Bound Worlds (The Devoured Worlds, #3) - Megan E. O'Keefe

Wildfire (Maple Hills, #2) - Hannah Grace

We'll Prescribe You a Cat - Syou Ishida

the did-not-finish (RIP):

Wild Love (Rose Hill, #1) - Elsie Silver

Beacon 23 - Hugh Howey

We Set the Dark on Fire (We Set the Dark on Fire, #1) - Tehlor Kay Mejia

Aetherbound - E.K. Johnston

Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1) - Nicki Pau Preto

Bright Young Women - Jessica Knoll

The Last Tale of the Flower Bride - Roshani Chokshi

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy (Hart and Mercy, #1) - Megan Bannen

The Familiar - Leigh Bardugo

Payback's a Witch (The Witches of Thistle Grove, #1) - Lana Harper

Babel - R.F. Kuang

The Wings Upon Her Back - Samantha Mills

Not in Love - Ali Hazelwood

[girlwithinfiction]

✨BOOKS TO READ BASED ON YOUR FAVORITE STUDIO GHIBLI FILM✨

The books shown are as follows:

✨SPIRITED AWAY

- Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater

- The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh

- A Tale of Time City by Diana Wynn Jones

✨PRINCESS MONONOKE

- A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

- Wilder Girls by Rory Power

- The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

✨MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO

- Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend

- The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff

- Redwall by Brian Jacques

✨PONYO

- Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

- If You Could See the Sun by Ann Liang

- Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

✨KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE

- Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

- The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

- Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley

✨FROM UP ON POPPY HILL

- Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson

- I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

- Oceanography of the Moon by Glendy Vanderah

✨TALES FROM EARTHSEA

- Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

- Dragon Sword and Wind Child by Noriko Ogiwara

- Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

✨THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETY

- Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

- The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

- Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harlow

✨GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES

- Never Let Me Go by Kashuo Ishiguro

- Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi

- Everything I Never Told You By Celeste Ng

✨WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE

- Wind, Sand, and Stars by Antoine Saint-Exupéry

- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

- My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

✨EXTRAS (adaptations or inspirations):

- Kiki's Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono

- Earthsea Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin

- Grave of the Fireflies by Akiyuki Nosaka

- The Borrowers by Mary Norton

- From Up on Poppy Hill by Tetsurō Sayama

ig: girlwithinfiction

[zorlok-if]

I saw you're reading legends and lattes which I haven't read yet, but I'd like too! So seeing as you seem like a big reader do you have any recommendations for Halloween reads? Traditional books or if?

I am a pretty big reader. But, even more than that, I'm a library associate so knowing a lot about books and providing recommendations is a core aspect of my job (a job that I adore) 😊

I have been recommending and will continue to recommend Legends and Lattes as a cozy, sweet, delightfully queer read. Definitely give it a go if you've been considering it.

I haven't been able to read much IF recently (so, honestly, I'd be very interested in any recommendations you all might have for good Halloween IF reads) but here are some traditional books (and graphic novels) that I'm happy to pass on. If you have a more specific genre you're interested in, let me know (like I said, this is what I do and I adore it). Many of these don't directly relate to Halloween, but for whatever reason, I think they fit the spooky season. I tried to present a wide range of titles and these are in no order whatsoever. Please enjoy.

Some Spooky Season Recommendations

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree [cw]

(adult fiction, high fantasy, queer romance, sapphic slow-burn, cozy, for dnd fans)

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas [cw]

(young adult, queer fiction, spirits and brujería, paranormal romance, first in a duology)

Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas [cw]

(adult fiction, gothic, vampires, slow-burn romance, historical fiction)

The House Witch by Delemhach [cw]

(adult fiction, high fantasy, witchcraft, romance, cozy mystery, comedy, first in a series)

Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle [cw]

(adult fiction, horror, queer fiction, genuinely horrifying camp)

(and yes, that Chuck Tingle)

The Skull by Jon Klassen [cw]

(juvenile fiction, illustrated, folktale, short, gently spooky)

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman [cw]

(juvenile fiction, horror, ghosts, graveyards, macabre, coming of age tale)

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson [cw]

(adult fiction, horror, gothic, haunted house, mystery)

Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones [cw]

(adult fiction, werewolves, horror, coming of age tale)

The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa (in particular, the audiobook narrated by Vico Ortiz) [cw]

(teen fiction, historical fantasy, queer fiction, trans mc, pirates, magic powers, deals with devils)

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna [cw]

(adult fiction, cozy mystery, romance, urban fantasy, witchcraft)

The Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag [cw]

(juvenile fiction, graphic novel, queer fiction, magic and witches, first in a series)

Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women, edited by Lee Murray [cw]

(adult fiction, horror anthology, short stories)

Hollow by Shannon Watters [cw]

(teen fiction, graphic novel, queer fiction, sleepy hollow retelling)

Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia [cw]

(adult fiction, urban fantasy, horror, vampires)

A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon by Sarah Hawley [cw]

(adult fiction, romantic comedy, urban fantasy, witchcraft, demons, first in a series)

Fledgling by Octavia Butler [cw]

(adult fiction, horror, science fiction, vampires)

The Clackity by Lora Senf [cw]

(juvenile fiction, horror, mystery, paranormal investigators, ghosts, first in a series)

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir [cw]

(adult fiction, horror, queer fiction, necromancy, haunted space castle, first in a series)

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom [cw]

(adult fiction, dark fantasy, historical setting, witchcraft, devils, revenge, illustrations)

The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson [cw]

(adult fiction, horror, mystery, ghosts, coming of age tale)

Starling House by Alix E. Harrow [cw]

(adult fiction, gothic horror, romance, mystery, haunted house, curses, nightmares)

Nimbus by Jan Eldredge [couldn't find any cws]

(juvenile fiction, fantasy, mc is a magic cat, witchcraft, goblins, for the Warrior Cat kids)

[edwardskhakipants]

2024 Reads! ✨🤍🌲✨

I surpassed my goal of 50 books to 55! Feel free to agree with me, tell me I'm wrong, or gush over books in general!! And I will happily accept recs for 2025. I hope to boost that number to 60! 😁

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐- Perfect book. No notes. Won't stop thinking about this for days / months / years.

Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands - Heather Fawcett Emma - Jane Austen New Moon - Stephanie Meyer Circe - Madeline Miller

⭐⭐⭐⭐- I loved this book!

The Return of the King - J.R.R Tolkien The Beautiful Ones - Silvia Moreno-Garcia This Is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtah + Max Gladstone City of Brass trilogy - S.A. Chakraborty Persuasion - Jane Austen Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux Dracula - Bram Stoker Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones Tress and the Emerald Sea - Brandon Sanderson Mansfield Park - Jane Austen The Salt Grow Heavy - Cassandra Khaw One Dark Window duology - Rachel Gillig

⭐⭐⭐- I liked this book.

The Unmaking of June Farrow - Adrienne Young Mickey 7 - Edward Ashton Little Women - Louisa May Alcott A Tempest of Tea - Hatsah Faizal The Girls Who Reads on the Metro - Christine Féret-Fleury I'm Glad My Mom Died - Jeanette McCurdy Bone Gap - Laura Ruby The Prisoner's Throne - Holly Black Once Upon a Broken Heart trilogy - Stephanie Gerber Oryx and Crake trilogy - Margaret Atwood Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte In the Dream House - Carmen Maria Machado Wild Beauty - Anna-Marie McLemore The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Anne Bronte The Familiar - Leigh Bardugo Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen Sense & Sensibility - Jane Austen A Room with a View -  E. M. Forster The Wizard of Earthsea - Ursula K. Le Guin Crazy Rich Asians - Kevin Kwan

⭐⭐- I did not like this book.

Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte A River Enchanted - Rebecca Ross Norweigan Wood - Haruki Murakami Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern Your Blood, My Bones - Kelly Andrew Frankenstein - Mary Shelley Normal People - Sally Rooney Starling House - Alix E. Harrow The Ashes & The Star Cursed King - Carissa Broadbent Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov The Good and the Green - Amy Yorke

⭐- DNF.

Smoke Show - Aimee Vance Tooth and Claw - Jo Walton Some Kind of Twisted Love - Rachel Sullivan

X - I hated this book so much I finished it so I could hate the entirety of it.

The Ruined - Renee Ahdieh

[theinquisitxor]

Top 23 books of 2023

Here are my top books I read in 2023, with a few honorable mentions and rereads below!

A Day of Fallen Night by Samatha Shannon

Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

The Glass Hotel by Emily St John Mandel

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

The Broken Earth trilogy by NK Jemison (all three books)

The Shadow Histories duology by HG Parry

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Age of Darkness trilogy by Katy Rose Pool

11/22/63 by Stephen King

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Starling House by Alix E Harrow

Leviathan Falls (Expanse 9) by James SA Corey

Kaykeyi by Vaishnavi Patel

Damar duology by Robin McKinley

Thornhedge by T Kingfisher

House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones

The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno Garcia

The Adventures of Amina al-Sifafi by Shannon Chakraborty

All the Hidden Paths by Foz Meadows

Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

Honorable mentions:

Elantris by Brandon Sanderson

The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson

The Fragile Treads of Power by VE Schwab

The Hollow Places by T Kingfisher

The River of Silver by SA Chakraborty

Rereads (that were very good):

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

The Wicked King by Holly Black

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows

[xxxjarchiexxx]

top 9 reads of the final quarter!! Tagged by @librarycards

I've had a weird as hell reading year and would not have guessed a light novel, a romcom, and notes app poetry would end up being so important to me but. Here we are! this year has been dedicated to me realizing how much i love genres i used to think i hated.

Starling House by Alix E Harrow - gothic fantasy with a strong romance subplot about belonging and small town life and trauma, it did everything i wanted and more and made me care so much that i got mad at special edition art being inaccurate. He would not fucking wear that....

Pretty Boys are Poisonous by Megan Fox - she treated notes app poetry as a genre and it resonated with me idk man i get her!

Chalice of the Gods by Rick Riordan - i will read anything rick writes and most of the time i love it, this is the first time we've gotten to see low stakes questing and i LOVED it

The Poppy War trilogy - i read all 3 of the books in the same month and love them all so bad, i just downloaded the burning god to represent the series. brilliant historical fantasy

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green - very voicey scifi but it landed so well for me, especially the main characters arc around self image and how she treats others

The Glow by Jessie Gaynor - one of those very very very slightly weird contemporary litfic about the wellness industry books which is one of my favorite subgenres, reads like a loving satire of the victims of That Girl mentality

Chainsaw Man Buddy Stories - does the cast of chainsaw man know how i love them. the last story made me cry like a little baby

Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Parker - i mean it's a sapphic romcom, with believable characters and chemistry and character arcs i really enjoyed. the other two books aren't really good at all i had to dnf the third but this first one!

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - smg always hits right and this was no exception, the world building of the weird sort of scifi was amazing, and i loved the way indigenous liberation and colonization weave in seamlessly to the plot, i have some minor qualms but overall it stuck with me and i really loved the writing and characters

[displayheartcode]

all good if you’re busy or if it’s outside your comfort zone but I would so appreciate any historical fiction recs you may have!

i got you! here are some historical fiction recs!

romance

you should be so lucky by cat sebastain

we could be so good by cat sebastin

the sleeping soldier by aster glenn gray

marry me by midnight by felicia grossman

a lady for a duke by alexis hall

waiting for a scot like you by eva leigh

fantasy

the kingdoms by natasha pulley

the conductors by nicole glover

a marvellous light by freya markse

gods of jade and shadow by silvia moreno-garcia

the magpie lord by kj charles

the ten thousand doors of january by alix e harrow

babel by rf kuang

the bear and the nightingale by katherine arden

the familiar by leigh bardugo

the wild hunt by emily seckel

red rabbit by alex grecian

young adult

most ardently by gabe cole novoa

a warning about swans by rm romero

dark and deepest red by anna-marie mclemore

wrath becomes her by aden polydoros

annie on my mind by nancy garden

the spirit bares its teeth by andrew joseph white

last night at the telegraph club by malinda lo

this rebel heart by katherine locke

[aaronstveit]

new septembers readathon book recs

i like making lists so i thought it would be fun to make a list of recommendations that fit at least one prompt in case people were struggling to find books!! every book on this list, i have either already read & enjoyed, or it's on my tbr:) books i have not read yet will be marked by an asterisk! and if you're not joining the readathon, this can still help you find some good books to read this autumn :)

The Witch Haven by Sasha Peyton Smith (a book about witches)

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna* (a book about witches, a cozy fantasy)

Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories edited by Yamile Saied Méndez and Amparo Ortiz (a creepy/horror book, a short story collection)

Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang (dark academia, a book that takes place (partially) in september)

Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia (a book about a haunted house, a creepy/horror book, a gothic novel)

Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman* (a book about witches, an autumnal romance)

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (dark academia, a book that takes place (partially) in september)

Weyward by Emilia Hart* (a book about witches)

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (a gothic novel, an autumnal classic)

Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper* (a book about witches, an autumnal romance)

Your Lonely Nights Are Over by Adam Sass (a creepy/horror book, a september 2023 release)

Wild Is the Witch by Rachel Griffin* (a book about witches)

Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones (a creepy/horror book)

The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling* (a book about witches, an autumnal romance)

After Dark with Roxie Clark by Brooke Lauren Davis (a murder mystery, a book with a red cover)

The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston* (an autumnal romance)

Saint Juniper's Folly by Alex Crespo (a creepy/horror book, a book about a haunted house)

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow* (a book about witches)

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio (dark academia, a book that takes place (partially) in september)

Legends & Lattes* by Travis Baldree* (a cozy fantasy, an autumnal romance)

Hollow by Shannon Watters, Branden Boyer-White, Berenice Nelle, and more (a graphic novel, a retelling/reimagining)

The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas* (a book about a haunted house, a creepy/horror book)

M Is for Monster by Talia Dutton (a graphic novel, a retelling/reimagining)

Slasher Girls & Monster Boys edited by April Genevieve Tucholke (a creepy/horror book, a short story collection)

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake* (dark academia)

You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron (a creepy/horror book, a book with a red cover)

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher* (a creepy/horror book, a retelling/reimagining, a gothic novel)

Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie (a murder mystery, a book with an orange cover)

Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill* (a creepy/horror book, a retelling/reimagining)

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Joseph Andrew White (a creepy/horror book, a gothic novel, a september 2023 release)

A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson* (a creepy/horror book, a book about vampires, a retelling/reimagining)

Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie (a murder mystery)

A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher* (a gothic novel, a creepy/horror book)

Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie (a book with an orange cover)

House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson* (a book about vampires, a creepy/horror book)

Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson (dark academia, an autumnal classic)

Over My Dead Body by Sweeney Boo* (a graphic novel, a book about witches, a book that takes place at a private/boarding school)

Suddenly a Murder by Lauren Muñoz (a murder mystery, a september 2023 release)

Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu* (a creepy/horror book, a book about vampires, a book with a red cover, an autumnal classic)

Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis (a book with a red cover, a september 2023 release)

Coven by Jennifer Dugan, Kit Seaton* (a graphic novel, a book about witches)

Where Echoes Die by Courtney Gould (a creepy/horror book, a book with an orange cover)

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes* (a book with a yellow cover)

I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman* (a book with an orange cover)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson* (a creepy/horror book, an autumnal classic)

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (autumnal romance, a book with a red cover)

The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie (a murder mystery, a book with a red cover)

She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran* (a creepy/horror book)

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (an autumnal classic)

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien (an autumnal classic, a book that (partially) takes place in september)

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland (a creepy/horror book)

She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick* (a book with a yellow cover, a book that (partially) takes place in september)

These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall (a creepy/horror book, a book about a haunted house)

Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall (a creepy/horror book)

The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror edited by Tori Bovalino (a creepy/horror book, a short story collection)

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (an autumnal romance, an autumnal classic, a book with a red cover)

Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand (a creepy/horror book)

Dracula by Bram Stoker (a book about vampires, a creepy/horror book, an autumnal classic)

The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson (a creepy/horror book, a retelling/reimagining)

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (a murder mystery)

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (a creepy/horror book, an autumnal classic)

The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow, Liz Lawson (a murder mystery)

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (an autumnal classic)

A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro (a retelling/reimagining, a murder mystery, a book that takes place at a private/boarding school)

Macbeth by William Shakespeare (an autumnal classic)

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson (a murder mystery, a book that takes place at a private/boarding school, a book that (partially) takes place in september)

The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill (a murdery mystery)

If I Have to Be Haunted by Miranda Sun* (a book with an orange cover, an autumnal romance, september 2023 release)

Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado (short story collection, creepy/horror book)

On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta (a book with a yellow cover, a book that takes place at a boarding/private school)

The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould (a creepy/horror book)

Crooked House by Agatha Christie (a murder mystery, a book that (partially) takes place in september, a book with a red cover)

Ace of Spades by Fariday Àbíké-Íyímídé (dark academia)

Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas (retelling/reimagining)

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (a cozy fantasy)

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (an autumnal classic, a creepy/horror book, a book about a haunted house, a book with an orange cover)

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (an autumnal classic)

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (an autumnal classic)

Tripping Arcadia by Kit Mayquist* (a creepy/horror book, a gothic novel)

[benoitblanc]

arwen’s read in 2023!

the spiritual successor to my read in 2022 and, as always, excluding a shitload of rereads.

periodic tales by hugh aldersley-williams (★★★★★)

nona the ninth by tamsyn muir (★★★★★)

as you like it by william shakespeare (★★★★☆)

persuasion by jane austen (★★★★★)

the empire striketh back by ian doescher (★★★★★)

northanger abbey by jane austen (★★★★☆)

little women by louisa may alcott (★★★★★)

darth plagueis by james luceno (★★★☆☆)

the thursday murder club by richard osman (★★★★☆)

wild women and the blues by denny s bryce (★★★☆☆)

hell bent by leigh bardugo (★★★★★)

daisy jones and the six by taylor jenkins reid (★★★★☆)

invisible man by ralph ellison (★★★☆☆)

a thousand ships by natalie haynes (★★★★★)

if beale street could talk by james baldwin (★★★★☆)

moonflower murders by anthony horowitz (★★★★★)

emma by jane austen (★★★★★)

song of solomon by toni morrison (★★★★☆)

stiff by mary roach (★★★★☆)

the radium girls by kate moore (★★★★★)

the word is murder by anthony horowitz (★★★☆☆)

killers of a certain age by deanna raybourn (★★★★☆)

beloved by toni morrison (★★★★☆)

the ten thousand doors of january by alix e harrow (★★★☆☆)

working on a song by anais mitchell (★★★★★)

yellowface by rf kuang (★★★★★)

everyone in my family has killed someone by benjamin stevenson (★★★★☆)

the blind assassin by margaret atwood (★★★★★)

mansfield park by jane austen (★★★★☆)

cloud cuckoo land by anthony doerr (★★★★★)

upgrade by blake crouch (★★★★☆)

the children of jocasta by natalie haynes (★★★☆☆)

piranesi by susanna clarke (★★★★★)

the woman in the library by sulari gentill (★★★★☆)

the city and the city by china mieville (★★★★☆)

a is for arsenic by kathryn harkup (★★★★★)

cymbeline by william shakespeare (★★★★☆)

will in the world by stephen greenblatt (★★★★☆)

atonement by ian mcewan (★★★★★)

dirk gently’s holistic detective agency by douglas adams (★★★★☆)

a room with a view by em forster (★★★★☆)

fahrenheit 451 by ray bradbury (★★★★☆)

artemis by andy weir (★★★★☆)

murder your employer by rupert holmes (★★★★★)

memory wall by anthony doerr (★★★★★)

the appeal by janice hallett (★★★★★)

the twyford code by janice hallett (★★★★☆)

summer sons by lee mandelo (★★★☆☆)

salt to the sea by ruta sepetys (★★★☆☆)

the graveyard book by neil gaiman (★★★★☆)

the beautiful ones by silvia moreno-garcia (★★★★☆)

the button house archives by the writers of bbc ghosts (★★★★★)

[lumilasi]

Did some relationship charts for my crew, bc I don't have time for anything else today, but wanted to draw something lol

...I'm kinda tempted to make a "ask the crew" session with them, its been years since I did something like that, and it was fun.

[petalpetal]

okay books I've read since the beginning of 2024 (also note I only complete books I like if I don't like I drop it and move on so these are all good according to me)

also some of these are new and some are not I randomly choose what to read next through a generator

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart: And Other Stories by GennaRose Nethercott

Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill

The Scholomance Trilogy by Naomi Novik

Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas

The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu by Tom Lin

The Tatami Time Machine Blues by Tomihiko Morimi

Penguin Highway by Tomihiko Morimi

The Tatami Galaxy by Tomihiko Morimi

Once and Forever: The Tales of Kenji Miyazawa by Kenji

Night on the Galactic Railroad & Other Stories from Ihatov by Kenji Miyazawa

The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl by Tomihiko Morimi

Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit by Nahoko Uehashi

Moribito II: Guardian of the Darkness by Nahoko Uehashi

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura

Joan by Katherine J. Chen

A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw

Menewood by Nicola Griffith

Hild by Nicola Griffith

The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo

The Beast Warrior by Nahoko Uehashi

The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi

Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed

The Sundial by Shirley Jackson

The Road Through the Wall by Shirley Jackson

Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson

Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson

The Bird's Nest by Shirley Jackson

Anime Supremacy! by Mizuki Tsujimura

After the Forest by Kell Woods

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty (okay I read this in decemeber BUT ITS SUPER GOOD I MEAN HELLO ITS A PIRATE ADVENTURE)

[shy-fairy-levele3]

2023 Book List

Unbelievably I read a staggering 70 books in 2023! The most ever! My only disappointment is NOT finishing Dracula Daily, I came so close...

Wolf Brother Michelle Paver

Skin-Walker Michelle Paver

Be the Serpent Seanan McGuire  

She Who Became the Sun 

Soul-Eater Michelle Paver

Nona the Ninth Tamsyn Muir 

The Girl in Red Christina Henry

As yet Unsent Tamsyn Muir   

Outcast Michelle Paver  

Leonard Cohen: On a wire Philippe Girard

Oath Breaker Michelle Paver 

Ghost Hunter Michelle Paver   

 Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life Alan Cumming

M is for Magic Neil Gaiman

Silverwing Kenneth Opal 

Last Violent Call Chloe Gong

Malice: Malice Duology #1 Heather Walter  

Pandora Susan Stokes-Chapman

A Lady for a Duke Alexis Hall                                    

Boyfriend Material Alexis Hall

Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries Heather Fawcett  

Motorcycles & Sweetgrass Drew Hayden Taylor

Conventionally Yours Annabeth Albert  

The Unbalancing R.B Lemberg  

Stone Blind Natalie Haynes

The Winter Soldier: Cold Front Mackenzi Lee 

Ruby Nina Allan

The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter Theodora Goss

Husband Material Alexis Hall

The Secret Service of Tea and Treason India Holton  

My Dear Henry: A Jekyll and Hyde Remix Kalynn Bayron

The Monsters we Defy Leslye Penelope

Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix Aminah Mae Safi

Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman Alan Rickman

Morgan Is My Name Sophie Keetch

Threads That Bind Kika Hatzopoulou

European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman Theodora Goss

Feeling Sorry for Celia Jaclyn Moriarty

Daughter of the Pirate King Tricia Levenseller

A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix C.B. Lee

Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour Tee Franklin

Magic for Liars Sarah Gailey

The Story of Owen Emily Kate Johnston

The Brilliant Death A.R. Capetta

Circle of Magic: Sandy’s Book Tamora Pierce

The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror Daniel M. Lavery  

Death's Detective- Malykant Mysteries #1-4 Charlotte E. English

The Salt Grows Heavy Cassandra Khaw

A Touch of Darkness- Hades & Persephone #1 Scarlett St. Clair

Mortal Follies Alexis Hall

Witch King Martha Wells

The London Séance Society Sarah Penner

A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future David Attenborough, Jonnie Hughes

A Game of Fate- Hades Saga #1 Scarlett St. Clair

Immortal Longings Chloe Gong

Hooked Emily McIntire  

Foul Heart Huntsmen Chloe Gong

Signal to Noise Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Daughter of the Siren Queen Tricia Levenseller  

Starter Villain John Scalzi

The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl Theodora Goss

Starling House Alix E. Harrow

A Marvellous Light: The Last Binding #1 Freya Marske   

A Restless Truth: The Last Binding #2 Freya Marske 

Thornhedge T. Kingfisher

What the River Knows Isabel Ibanez  

The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments Hadley Vlahos

Misrule: Malice Duology #2 Heather Walter

The Raven and The Reindeer T. Kingfisher

A Power Unbound: The Last Binding #3 Freya Marske

I started some series, and I finished some series. I found new favourite authors and revisited some old favourites. Please take them as recommendations, or if you have read any of the same books come talk about them with me!  

Reminder you can also follow me on The Storygraph to see what I am reading in real time, where I am simply shy_fairy   

Previous Years Reading lists can be found here: 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015

[rockislandadultreads]

Fairy Tales & Legends Retold

A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow

It's Zinnia Gray's twenty-first birthday, which is extra-special because it's the last birthday she'll ever have. When she was young, an industrial accident left Zinnia with a rare condition. Not much is known about her illness, just that no one has lived past twenty-one.

Her best friend Charm is intent on making Zinnia's last birthday special with a full sleeping beauty experience, complete with a tower and a spinning wheel. But when Zinnia pricks her finger, something strange and unexpected happens, and she finds herself falling through worlds, with another sleeping beauty, just as desperate to escape her fate.

This is the first volume of the "Fractured Fables" series.

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is too busy cleaning the floors of her wealthy grandfather’s house to listen to any fast tunes. Nevertheless, she dreams of a life far from her dusty small town in southern Mexico. A life she can call her own.

Yet this new life seems as distant as the stars, until the day she finds a curious wooden box in her grandfather’s room. She opens it—and accidentally frees the spirit of the Mayan god of death, who requests her help in recovering his throne from his treacherous brother. Failure will mean Casiopea’s demise, but success could make her dreams come true.

In the company of the strangely alluring god and armed with her wits, Casiopea begins an adventure that will take her on a cross-country odyssey from the jungles of Yucatán to the bright lights of Mexico City—and deep into the darkness of the Mayan underworld.

Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid

A gruesome curse. A city in upheaval. A monster with unquenchable appetites.

Marlinchen and her two sisters live with their wizard father in a city shifting from magic to industry. As Oblya’s last true witches, she and her sisters are little more than a tourist trap as they treat their clients with archaic remedies and beguile them with nostalgic charm. Marlinchen spends her days divining secrets in exchange for rubles and trying to placate her tyrannical, xenophobic father, who keeps his daughters sequestered from the outside world. But at night, Marlinchen and her sisters sneak out to enjoy the city’s amenities and revel in its thrills, particularly the recently established ballet theater, where Marlinchen meets a dancer who quickly captures her heart.

As Marlinchen’s late-night trysts grow more fervent and frequent, so does the threat of her father’s rage and magic. And while Oblya flourishes with culture and bustles with enterprise, a monster lurks in its midst, borne of intolerance and resentment and suffused with old-world power. Caught between history and progress and blood and desire, Marlinchen must draw upon her own magic to keep her city safe and find her place within it.

Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel

“I was born on the full moon under an auspicious constellation, the holiest of positions—much good it did me.”

So begins Kaikeyi’s story. The only daughter of the kingdom of Kekaya, she is raised on tales about the might and benevolence of the gods: how they churned the vast ocean to obtain the nectar of immortality, how they vanquish evil and ensure the land of Bharat prospers, and how they offer powerful boons to the worthy. Yet she watches as her father unceremoniously banishes her mother, listens as her own worth is reduced to the marriage alliance she can secure. And when she calls upon the gods for help, they never seem to hear.

Desperate for independence, she turns to the texts she once read with her mother and discovers a magic that is hers alone. With it, Kaikeyi transforms herself from an overlooked princess into a warrior, diplomat, and most favored queen.

But as the evil from her childhood stories threatens the cosmic order, the path she has forged clashes with the destiny the gods have chosen for her family. And Kaikeyi must decide if resistance is worth the destruction it will wreak—and what legacy she intends to leave behind.

[therubyreader]

See previous year's reading journeys

Book Goal for the year: 50

Books read so far: 54

TBR:

The Priority of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon

The Hidden Oracle - Rick Riordan

Cobalt Red - Siddharth Kara

Reading list so far:

January:

The Battle of the Labyrinth - Rick Riordan ~ reread

Powerless - Lauren Roberts ~ review

The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan ~ reread

Vampires of El Norte - Isabel Cañas

February:

What the River Knows - Isabel Ibáñez ~ review

House of Root and Ruin - Erin A. Craig

Sun of Blood and Ruin - Mariely Lares

March:

Twilight - Stephanie Meyer ~ reread

Shadow and Bone - Leigh Bardugo ~ reread

Siege and Storm - Leigh Bardugo ~ reread

April:

Belladonna - Adalyn Grace

Divine Rivals - Rebecca Ross ~ review

Foxglove - Adalyn Grace

The Lost Hero - Rick Riordan ~ reread

May:

Woman of Light - Kali Fajardo-Anstine

The Familiar - Leigh Bardugo

The Son of Neptune - Rick Riordan ~ reread

June:

The Mark of Athena - Rick Riordan ~ reread

Ruthless Vows - Rebecca Ross

Ana María and the Fox - Liana De la Rosa ~ review

A Crane Among Wolves - June Hur

July:

The House of Hades - Rick Riordan ~ reread

Bringing Down the Duke - Evie Dunmore

Isabel and the Rogue - Liana De la Rosa

Sinner’s Isle - Angela Montoya

The Blood of Olympus - Rick Riordan ~ reread

August:

Small Favors - Erin A. Craig

Garden of the Cursed - Katy Rose Pool

Reckless - Lauren Roberts

The Brothers Hawthorne - Jennifer Lynn Barnes

A Rouge of One’s Own - Evie Dunmore

September:

Kaikeyi - Vaishnavi Patel

Wisteria - Adalyn Grace

Portrait of a Scotsman - Evie Dunmore

A Gentleman’s Gambit - Evie Dunmore

Masquerade of the Heart- Katy Rose Pool

Once and Future Witches - Alix E. Harrow

October:

The Seventh Veil of Salome - Silvia Moreno Garcia ~ Book Bites Reveiw

The Map of Love - Ahdaf Soueif ~ Book Bites Reveiw

The Honey Witch - Sydney J. Shields ~Book Bites Reveiw

The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels - India Holton ~Book Bites Review

November:

Castle of the Cursed - Romina Garber ~ Book Bites Reveiw

Ruin and Rising - Leigh Bardugo ~ reread

Vampire Academy - Richelle Mead ~ reread ~ Book Bites Review

The League of Gentlewomen Witches - India Holton

The Witches of El Paso - Luis Jaramillo

Frostbite - Richelle Mead ~ reread

Inferno's Heir - Tiffany Wang

December:

Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller

Shadow Kiss - Richelle Mead ~ reread

The Secret Service of Tea and Treason - India Holton

Where the Library Hides - Isabel Ibáñez

Blood Promise - Richelle Mead ~ reread

Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo ~ reread