#Emma Torzs

[woodsfae]

I'm reading Ink Blood Sister Scribe and it sure is about ink, blood, sister, and scribe.

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"And power is always a reflection of the world that created it, regardless of intention."

-Ink Blood Sister Scribe, Emma Tőrzs

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It's out! Here's my latest book review column for the @washingtonpost featuring books by Emma Törzs, Emma Mieko Candon, Jeremy Bushnell and Shelley Parker-Chan! I love the worldbuilding and action in these books!!!

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What I'm Reading Now: Ink Blook Sister Scribe by Emma Torzs

This was on a couple of Best of Lists so I thought I would give it go

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Ink Blood Sister Scribe - Emma Törzs

Books can hold magic, but the price is blood...

After her father's untimely and mysterious death, Joanna is tasked with protecting his collection of magical books from the world, hidden away and cut off from what little family she has left. Her half-sister, Esther, has been isolating herself for far longer, on the run from an unknown danger that killed her mother.

When the threat catches up to her, Esther is forced to return home and she and Joanna will finally uncover the truth about the magic and what really drove their family apart.

Dark and creepy magic woven through an intriguing mystery that at times was predictable and at others was truly surprising! Overall a very satisfying bookish fantasy story.

More bookish books

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For generations, the Kalotay family has guarded a collection of ancient and rare books. Books that let a person walk through walls or manipulate the elements--books of magic that half-sisters Joanna and Esther have been raised to revere and protect.

All magic comes with a price, though, and for years the sisters have been separated. Esther has fled to a remote base in Antarctica to escape the fate that killed her own mother, and Joanna's isolated herself in their family home in Vermont, devoting her life to the study of these cherished volumes. But after their father dies suddenly while reading a book Joanna has never seen before, the sisters must reunite to preserve their family legacy. In the process, they'll uncover a world of magic far bigger and more dangerous than they ever imagined, and all the secrets their parents kept hidden; secrets that span centuries, continents, and even other libraries . . .

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It took her a moment, as always, to acclimate to the roar that surged in her mind's ears, a sound she had attempted to describe to her sister and mother more than once but never could. Like being filled with golden bees that were all actually one bee, which was actually a field of shining wheat rustling beneath a blazing sun. It was a sound but not a sound. It was in her ears but it was in her head. It was like tasting a feeling and the feeling was power.

— Ink Blood Sister Scribe, Emma Torzs

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Mid Year Book Freakout Tag

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Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs

3.5 / 4 Stars.

It's been some time, since I've read this book I'll be honest this review will be very bare bones because of that.

The basics of this book is in our world magic exists but is held in books that can only be written by a certain type of person that must create them with their own blood. Others can use these books to cast spells and there is some rich dude that want's to control all of it, surprising. This book mainly follows three people; a girl who's father was obsessed with these books and had died after reading a magic book, her sister that was told to move around every year or her family would be in danger, and the heir to that rich dudes hoarding of books that was the last person that had the ability to write books.

When I first read this book I rated it 4 Stars but with times past I'm pushing that down to a 3.5 but on the high end. I found the start very slow and I spent the first half kind of waiting for something to intrigue me into this. It eventually happened when the three main POVs actually came together and explained what was happening so each character wasn't acting with only a little bit of information. I think that's why I ended up rating this 4 Stars, the ending was enjoyable to me but since I've had a long time to really settle on the fact I found this book too slow to enjoy most of it and so for me at least I don't count this as a 4 Star.

Finished February 18th

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TBR in January 2024

As promised I'm back with the books I plan on reading this month. [Actually, already started]. I haven't picked my non-fiction yet because this is a busy month for me, I don't know if I'll be able to listen to it properly. If I do then I'll add it here or you'll see in the monthly wrap up later. Better late than never, right?

Anyway, here's the 3 picks for the month:

1. Anne de Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables): I'm reading in portuguese, therefore my review will be also. I'm loving it but I'm reading it slowly to enjoy more. Plan on finishing it next week.

2. Ink Blood Sister Scribe (BBBB pick for January): Already started, not really that captivating but so far is a good read. I plan on finishing it this week.

3. O Conde de Monte Cristo (The Count of Mont Christ): I'm reading in portuguese, therefore my review will be also. So far not my favorite, its really slow but most classics are. I think I'll enjoy the second "book" more than this first one, but i gotta say an entire book dedicated to introducing characters is the type of shit i pull up when I'm writing so can't even complain no matter how much I want to.

[woodsfae]

Ink Blood Sister Scribe is an excellent book. But it also has an unusual and wonderful quality I don't run into often: it makes me want to write.

Not fanfiction. Many books make me want to dig my own little corner into their world. IBSS makes me want to sit down in front of a blank document and let my own ideas come spilling out.

Alicia Mountain's poetry also makes me feel that way. That quality is something I don't run into often, but it's so lovely when I do! A work of literary art that inspires me to create. What a marvelous gift.

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La biblioteca di sangue e inchiostro di

Emma Törzs- Review party Salve e benvenut* alla mia tappa del review party dedicato a “La biglioteca di sangue e inchiostro” di Emma Törzs. Un grazie enorme a FranciKarou per aver organizzato l’evento e alla casa editrice per la copia in anteprima che non ha influenzato in alcun modo le mie opinioni. Acquista su: La famiglia Kalotay è da generazioni custode di una collezione di libri molto…

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Book Review: Ink Blood Sister Scribe

Title: Ink Blood Sister Scribe Author: Emma Torzs Genre: Urban Fantasy, Magical Realism Rating: 4 Stars Description/Synopsis: For generations, the Kalotay family has guarded a collection of ancient and rare books. Books that let a person walk through walls or manipulate the elements–books of magic that half-sisters Joanna and Esther have been raised to revere and protect. All magic comes with a…

[bethly126]

Quick Review: Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Torzs

I picked this book because it was about sisters and sisters, Esther and Joanna are a big part of the book. It’s really about two different families that share a connection. Magic exist and it exists in books. There are scribes who blood is used as ink to write spells and there are those who can hear the magic. Esther is a scribe and Joanna can hear the magic. At the beginning of the book Esther…

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All the books I read this year! I don't differentiate between audio, paper, or digital for my list so it varies. book list and my faves below!

Title list and whether they're a Yes No or Maybe book

Nevernight - Jay Kristoff - YES

Book of Night - Holly Black - YES

Iron Widow - Xiran Jay Zhao - YES

Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Fairies - Heather Fawcett - YES

Godsgrave - Jay Kristoff - YES

The Fifth Season - N. K. Jemisin -YES

Longshadow - Olivia Atwater -YES

Valiant - Holly Black - YES

Queen Takes Knights - Joely Sue Burkhart - MAYBE

The Princess and the Goblin - George MacDonald - MAYBE

 Crown Duel - Sherwood Smith - MAYBE

Court Duel - Sherwood Smith - YES

Vicious - V. E. Schwab - YES

The Obelisk Gate - N. K. Jemisin - YES

Nettle and Bone - T. Kingfisher - YES

The Stone Sky - N. K. Jemisin - YES

The Wolf and the Woodsman - Ava Reid - MAYBE

House of Salt and Sorrows - Erin A. Craig - YES

Darkdawn - Jay Kristoff - YES

Annihilation - Jeff VanderMeer - YES

Gallant - V. E. Schwab - YES

The Boneless Mercies - April Genevieve Tucholke - MAYBE

Six Crimson Cranes - Elizabeth Lim - MAYBE

The Dragon's Promise - Elizabeth Lim - MAYBE

Spin the Dawn - Elizabeth Lim -YES

Frankenstein - Mary Shelley - YES

Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands - Heather Fawcett - YES

A Master of Djinn - P. Djeli Clark -YES

All the Stars and Teeth - Adalyn Grace - NO

The Mysterious Affair at Styles - Agatha Christie - MAYBE

Thornhedge - T. Kingfisher - YES 

Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik -YES

Bury Your Gays - Chuck Tingle - YES

The Seventh Bride - T. Kingfisher - YES

Ink Blood Sister Scribe - Emma Torzs - YES

Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia - YES

The Foxglove King - Hannah Whitten - NO

A House with Good Bones - T. Kingfisher - YES

Horrorstor - Grady Hendrix - MAYBE

His Majesty's Dragon - Naomi Novik - YES

A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking - T. Kingfisher - YES

These Violent Delights - Chloe Gong - NO

A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue - Mackenzie Lee- YES

Throne of Jade - Naomi Novik - MAYBE

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance - Foz Meadows - YES

Uprooted - Naomi Novik - YES

The Guided Wolves - Roshani Chokshi - MAYBE

The Warm Hands of Ghosts - Katherine Arden - YES

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms - N. K. Jemisin - MAYBE

A Magic Steeped in Poison - Judy I. Lin - MAYBE

A Deal with the Elf King - Elise Kova - MAYBE

Black Powder War - Naomi Novik - YES

Empire of Ivory - Naomi Novik - YES

The Familiar - Leigh Bardugo - YES

My five star reads from this year with reviews that are longer than just a single word woohooooo

Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Fairies - Heather Fawcett - EXCELLENT COSY FANTASY. Emily is an autistic queen, Shadow is best boy, and Wendell is dramatic and flashy and I love him. Read if you like the Howl and Sophie (book version!!) dynamic or scary fairies more in line with the way they're presented in folklore.

The Fifth Season - N. K. Jemisin - CHANGED MY LIFE I THINK ABOUT THIS BOOK AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. I literally don't know how to talk about the actual plot without giving things away but holy shit. just read it it's so good. Please investigate any trigger content that might be in this it has a lot!

Longshadow - Olivia Atwater - COSY REGENCY FANTASY ROMANCE!!! Honestly, any of Olivia Atwater's regency fairytales are super cute.

The Obelisk Gate - N. K. Jemisin - continues from the fifth season! also very good!!

Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands - Heather Fawcett - continues from EWEoF!

A Master of Djinn - P. Djeli Clark - DO ANY OF YOU LIKE BOOK WITH MULTIPLE LADIES WHO ARE SO SO COOL AND ALSO A STEAMPUNK-Y EGYPTIAN SETTING FULL OF DJINNS AND ANGELS AND MAGIC I am frothing at the mouth for more of this world ngl

Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik - MORE SUPER COOL LADIES but they're in medieval eastern europe, all three povs are super great and I like the understated romance 

Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia - Gothic heroines a la Jane Eyre combined with 1950's mexico. an excellent horror that has a surprisingly wholesome and endearing romance within it. 

His Majesty's Dragon - Naomi Novik - NAPOLEONIC WARS BUT THERE ARE DRAGONS. This is the first in a series and because there are a fair amount of them the books themselves can seem a little slow paced but I didn't mind it. 

A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking - T. Kingfisher - BREAD WIZARD AND HER GINGERBREAD MAN FAMILIAR SAVE THE FUCKING TOWN. really good look at how children navigate an adult world and the unfair expectations placed on them.

Uprooted - Naomi Novik - GIRL CREATURE AND BOY FAILURE I love the way this book explores people who fit outside the usual mode of learning or educational parameters.  

The Warm Hands of Ghosts - Katherine Arden - exploration of a brother and sister's experiences in world war i. The prose and character study in this are incredible.