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The Neverending Reading List: Book XXXV

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

"The Rules of Magic" by Alice Hoffman

FROM BELOVED AUTHOR ALICE HOFFMAN COMES THE SPELLBINDING PREQUEL TO HER BESTSELLER PRACTICAL MAGIC.

For the Owens family, love is a curse that began in the 1600s, when Maria Owens was accused of witchery for loving the wrong man. Hundreds of years later, in 1960s New York City at the cusp of an ever-changing world, Susanna Owens knows that her three children are dangerously unique. Difficult Franny, with skin as pale as milk and blood-red hair; shy and beautiful Jet, who can read other people’s thoughts; and charismatic Vincent, who began looking for trouble on the day he could walk.   From the start, Susanna sets down rules for her children: No walking in the moonlight, no red shoes, no wearing black, no cats, no crows, no candles, no books about magic. And, most importantly, never, ever, fall in love. But the Owens children never adhere to rules, desperate to uncover who they really are. The Rules of Magic takes us on a dreamy, unforgettable journey, both thrilling and exquisite, real and fantastic—reminding us that the only remedy for being human is to be true to yourself.

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ALICE HOFFMAN is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including most recently The World That We Knew, Practical Magic, the Oprah’s Book Club selection Here on Earth, The Red Garden, The Dovekeepers, The Museum of Extraordinary Things, The Marriage of Opposites, and Faithful. She lives near Boston.

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[madokatoru]

keep thinking about these passages from infect your friends and loved ones

[yourfavouritebookseller]

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Folio Society, 2003

[spookygibberish]

reading Ender' Game/Speaker for the Dead, Starship Troopers, The Forever War, and Children of Time in sequence has been an extremely interesting experience

[plaguedocboi]

Hello literary agents are you ready for a novel about a sad scrunkly sopping wet Victorian orphan getting adopted by pirates in a story that gradually goes from adventure fantasy to supernatural horror? No? Too bad

[h0p3l0tf]

"Mom we're at the fire"

They totally did it on purpose, oh and it was Ralph's house btw

[yb-cringe]

perrin: god this sucks. i wish rand were here he’d know what to do

rand: god this sucks. i wish perrin were here he’s know what to do

mat: kinfe… .,…,..,,

[biracy]

Most unrealistic part of the Dreamer Trilogy is that Ronan Lynch, first-generation Irish-American, never ONCE gives any shit to or even lightly ribs Hennessy for being British

[cotton-corduroy]

do you think if i showed a judge my annotated copy of hannibal they'd let me swear in on it?

[ipromiseimawriter]

local gay gets really into a book series that they should've read years ago because it literally has everything they like in it, and their friends have been telling them this also for years

(this is about the raven cycle) (i'm on the first one :^))

[monriatitans]

The Neverending Reading List: Book XXXIV

The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V. E. Schwab

“Never pray to the gods that answer after dark.”

France, 1714: In a moment of desperation, a young woman named Adeline meets a dangerous stranger and makes a terrible mistake.   As she realizes the limitations of her Faustian bargain—being able to live forever, without being able to be remembered by anyone she sees—Addie chooses to flee her small village, as everything she once held dear is torn away.   But there are still dreams to be had, and a life to live, and she is determined to find excitement and satisfaction in the wide, beckoning world—even if she will be doomed to be alone forever.   Or not quite alone—as every year, on her birthday, the alluring Luc comes to visit, checking to see if she is ready to give up her soul. Their darkly thrilling game stretches through ages, seeing Addie witness history and fight to regain herself as she crosses oceans and tries various lives.   It will be three hundred years before she stumbles into a hidden bookstore and discovers someone who can remember her name—and suddenly, everything changes again.

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VICTORIA “V. E.” SCHWAB is the bestselling author of more than twenty books, including the acclaimed Shades of Magic series, the Villains series, and the Monsters of Verity duology. Her work has received critical acclaim; been featured in The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, The Washington Post, and more; been translated into more than a dozen languages; and been optioned for television and film. When she’s not haunting Paris streets or trudging up English hillsides, she lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is usually tucked in the corner of a coffee shop, dreaming of monsters.

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♥︎my favorite Vampire Kisses book covers♥︎

[yourfavouritebookseller]

Graveyard Shift

M. L. Rio

2024 Books, from the library

[sublecturas]

"Sobre Heroes y Tumbas", de Ernesto Sabato en la #LíneaA

[plaguedocboi]

HEYYY GUESS WHAT I HAVE A BOOK COVER I JUST BOUGHT IT

DONT JUDGE THE QUALITY ITS A PICTURE OF A COMPUTER SCREEN