#Ria & Rani

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anyways minsae.

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Title: Ria & Rani

Author: Sirena Nanua, Sasha Nanua

Series or standalone: series

Publication year: 2021

Genres: fiction, fantasy, retelling, romance

Blurb: Princess Rani longs for a chance to escape her gilded cage and prove herself. Ria is a street urchin, stealing just to keep herself alive. When these two lives collide, everything turns on its head...because Ria and Rani, orphan and royal, are unmistakably identical. A deal is struck to switch places...but danger lurks in both worlds, and to save their home, thief and princess must work together, or watch it all fall into ruin.

[bnxxshthealien]

why does russel t davies keep saying that the villain to Empire of Death is “The Doctor’s oldest enemy?” Surely that’s Tecteun / the time lords / the Master / the daleks, not a god that they first met as the fourth Doctor?

We’ve been played. We’ve been bamboozled. After all the misdirection, we assume that S Triad Technology is actually actually Sutekh this time. Just like we were sure she was Susan, then we were sure she was the tardis. Oh, yeah, sure it’s the right anagram this time.

We watch as S TRIAD TECHNOLOGY begins to distort, letters disappear to reveal the real anagram: — —RIA— TE—HN———

And then. The letters rearrange to reveal the real foe, the One Who Waits, God of all Gods, leader of the Pantheon of Discord, Mother of the Toymaker and Grandmother of Maestro, the ageless Beast, she is returning, she waits no more:

THE RANI.

[ranichann]

Asikkk anak unpad habis wisudaan langsung throwback jaman2 kenapa ya aku di unpad :")

For information..

Aku dari sejak lulus SMP punya ambisi buat masuk sebuah kampus ternama dengan jurusannya itu. Bisa tebak??

Yupss ITB di fakultas FTTM, jurusan teknik metalurgi, atau ku pilih FTMD dengan jurusan teknik mesin

Ambisi ku sejak kelas x awal yang ga henti2 belajar² dan belajar latihan soal everyday every time sampe buku buat UN atau SBM itu ku lahap habis tuntas latihan soal 1 minggu untuk selesai ku tamatkan. Wawwws se ambisius itu buat gapai mimpinya yaaa

Selain belajar terus aku juga ikut lomba sana sini se nasional entah cerdas cermat kimia cerdas cermat biologi, cerdas tangkas matematik, dll

Dan karna ambisiusnya rani yha ada aja yg nyangkut di 3 besar :") ya allah

Pikirku masa itu, disaat org lain sedang asik2nya jatuh cinta pada lawan jenisnya tapi aku sibuk aja sama buku ku dan tujuan ku fokus tok tok tok

Ya aku punya tujuan itb yg ku raih dan its not easy, butuh perjuangan2 mimpi2 dan lelah yg dipertaruhkan ada malam yg slalu ku relakan untuk belajar terus, ada hari minggu yg org lain main aku bimbel lagi.. bosan???? Sama sekali enggak!!!! Aku senang menjalani rutinitas ku aku senang sekali bedah2 buku. Ga ada stress yg terlintas.. semua ku jalani ikhlas..

Ada perih yg dijalankan juga ketika SMA wkwkwk aku suruh dagang nasgor sayy sama ibuku krn saat itu ekonomi kami lagi turun dan mama ga kasih bekel jajan. Yaudah aku bantu jualan biar aku juga bisa jajan.. ya allah perih yaa..

Kembali ke topik wkwkw

Krn segudang prestasi dan nilai raport ku yg amazing akhirnya ikut lah jalur undangan buat masuk perguruan tinggi negri..

Btw pas kelas 2 harapan aku masuk itb menipis. Karna kaka tingkat ku nolak itb, aissshhhh

Yha masih ada jalur. Test sbm sihh aku lun aku rasa siap2 aja..

Tapiii kan raport ku bagus.. eman kalo ga dimanfaatkan dengan baik dan benar. Maka dari itu terpilihlah unpad is my lupp lupp dipikiran ku

Tapi kok jurusan unpad buat anak ipa sempit kaliii, hihh galau2 ria lah.. akhirnya yaudah aku matematika ajaaa..lalu di suggest lagi sama si ibuk2 guru bk niiiy kamu kan pengen teknik, kenapa si kok ga fisika aja?

Lhaaaaa anak piyik di suggest gitu. Cepet bgt kepengaruhnya lhaa. Ga deng wkt itunudh mepet juga buat submit snmptn nya :"))

Kayanya mei awal deh pengumuman lolos engga nya. Kalo gasalah ya aku habis2 ulang tahun ke 17 hiyayyyy.. darrr selamat kamu keterima :")

Senank???

Enggak!!!

Wkwkwkwk, kufur nikmat bgt chanya

Yha ambisi ke itb kok jebol unpad. Ambisinya dr smp lagi.. sedih sedih bgt..

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Next to part 2~

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Book Description:

A lost princess. A dark puppet master. And a race against time—before all is lost.

Princess Rani longs for a chance to escape her gilded cage and prove herself. Ria is a street urchin, stealing just to keep herself alive.

When these two lives collide, everything turns on its head: because Ria and Rani, orphan and royal, are unmistakably identical.

A deal is struck to switch places—but danger lurks in both worlds, and to save their home, thief and princess must work together. Or watch it all fall into ruin.

Deadly magic, hidden temples, and dark prophecies: Sisters of the Snake is an action-packed, immersive fantasy that will thrill fans of The Crown’s Game and The Tiger at Midnight.

[rahmarahayu]

Bunda Rahma meme sedang di rias wajah oleh Teh Rani di rumahnya

[roseunspindle]

March 2022 TBR

I’m 43% of the way along. ^_^

[littlecornerreads]

In honor of Shadow and Bone’s release (and because I’m on the street team Sisters of the Snake,) I made a mood board for another YA fantasy I want an on-screen adaptation of.

Insp. by Descendant of the Crane - Joan He

[2021ya]

SISTERS OF THE SNAKE

Ria & Rani #1

by Sarena Nanua & Sasha Nanua

(HarperTeen, 6/15/21)

9780062985590

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Preorder Campaign: Each preorder will receive, while supplies last: Digital annotation of the first 4 chapters, 1 double-sided SOTS bookmark, 1 snake postcard print, 1 signed bookplate (for hardcover/paperback copies only). ​Each library request will receive: Digital annotation of the first 4 chapters, ​All entrants will be entered to win the grand prize (5 winners!): Handmade book sleeve, Set of henna flash tattoos, + all physical goodies listed above

A lost princess. A dark puppet master. And a race against time—before all is lost. Princess Rani longs for a chance to escape her gilded cage and prove herself. Ria is a street urchin, stealing just to keep herself alive. When these two lives collide, everything turns on its head: because Ria and Rani, orphan and royal, are unmistakably identical. A deal is struck to switch places—but danger lurks in both worlds, and to save their home, thief and princess must work together. Or watch it all fall into ruin. Deadly magic, hidden temples, and dark prophecies: Sisters of the Snake is an action-packed, immersive fantasy that will thrill fans of The Crown’s Game and The Tiger at Midnight. .

[lochroma]

@transike

Paw on top

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Daughters of the Dawn - Sasha Nanua, Sarena Nanua (Ria & Rani #2) 

Ria and Rani have barely settled into their new lives at the palace--as princesses, as sisters--when a sinister prophecy uproots them once more. The Blood Moon will rise in one month's time, and with it their enemy Amara's opportunity to destroy everything Ria and Rani hold dear. The twin princesses must find Amara--a deadly search that separates Ria and Rani once more and takes them to wintry kingdoms and scorching deserts, pitting them against ancient mysteries and trap-ridden labyrinths, lethal sea monsters and an elusive enemy that steals into their very dreams.

[bookaddict24-7]

(New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (September 6th, 2022)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Standalones/First in a Series:

Monsters Born & Made by Tanvi Berwah

The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas

The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror by Various 

The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

The First Thing About You by Chaz Hayden

Almost There by Farrah Rochon

Our Shadows Have Claws by Various

Destination Unknown by Bill Konigsberg

Meet Me in Mumbai by Sabina Khan

Raising the Horseman by Serena Valentino

Don’t Let in the Cold by Keely Parrack

Unretouchable by Sofia Szamosi

Coven by Jennifer Dugan & Kit Seaton

A Pocket Full of Posies by Shawn Sarles

Shades of Rust & Ruin by A.G. Howard

Funeral Girl by Emma K. Ohland 

New Sequels: 

Self-Made Boys (Remixed Classics #5) by Anna-Marie McLemore

Blood of Troy (Daughter of Sparta #2) by Claire M. Andrews

Dark Reflections (The Phantom #2) by Laura C. Reden

Daughters of the Dawn (Ria & Rani #2) by Sasha Nanua & Sarena Nanua

Incredible Doom: Volume 2 by Matthew Bogart & Jesse Holden

Magical Boy: Volume 2 by The Kao

Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade (Enola Holmes #8) by Nancy Springer

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Happy reading!

[richincolor]

New Releases - Week of September 5, 2002

September is starting off with a huge pile of new books. Here are some that we're watching for this week:

Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix (Remixed Classics #5) by Anna-Marie McLemore Feiwel & Friends

New York City, 1922. Nicolás Caraveo, a 17-year-old transgender boy from Minnesota, has no interest in the city’s glamor. Going to New York is all about establishing himself as a young professional, which could set up his future—and his life as a man—and benefit his family.Nick rents a small house in West Egg from his 18-year-old cousin, Daisy Fabrega, who lives in fashionable East Egg near her wealthy fiancé, Tom—and Nick is shocked to find that his cousin now goes by Daisy Fay, has erased all signs of her Latina heritage, and now passes seamlessly as white.Nick’s neighbor in West Egg is a mysterious young man named Jay Gatsby, whose castle-like mansion is the stage for parties so extravagant that they both dazzle and terrify Nick. At one of these parties, Nick learns that the spectacle is all for the benefit of impressing a girl from Jay’s past—Daisy. And he learns something else: Jay is also transgender.As Nick is pulled deeper into the glittery culture of decadence, he spends more time with Jay, aiming to help his new friend reconnect with his lost love. But Nick’s feelings grow more complicated when he finds himself falling hard for Jay’s openness, idealism, and unfounded faith in the American Dream. — Cover image and summary via Goodreads

The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson Katherine Tegen Books

New York Times bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson ramps up the horror and tackles America’s history and legacy of racism in this suspenseful YA novel following a biracial teenager as her Georgia high school hosts its first integrated prom.When Springville residents—at least the ones still alive—are questioned about what happened on prom night, they all have the same explanation . . . Maddy did it.

An outcast at her small-town Georgia high school, Madison Washington has always been a teasing target for bullies. And she’s dealt with it because she has more pressing problems to manage. Until the morning a surprise rainstorm reveals her most closely kept secret: Maddy is biracial. She has been passing for white her entire life at the behest of her fanatical white father, Thomas Washington.

After a viral bullying video pulls back the curtain on Springville High’s racist roots, student leaders come up with a plan to change their image: host the school’s first integrated prom as a show of unity. The popular white class president convinces her Black superstar quarterback boyfriend to ask Maddy to be his date, leaving Maddy wondering if it’s possible to have a normal life.

But some of her classmates aren’t done with her just yet. And what they don’t know is that Maddy still has another secret . . . one that will cost them all their lives. — Cover image and summary via Goodreads

Daughters of the Dawn (Ria & Rani #2) by Sarena & Sasha Nanua HarperTeen

Ria and Rani have barely settled into their new lives at the palace–as princesses, as sisters–when a sinister prophecy uproots them once more.

The Blood Moon will rise in one month’s time, and with it their enemy Amara’s opportunity to destroy everything Ria and Rani hold dear.

The twin princesses must find Amara–a deadly search that separates Ria and Rani once more and takes them to wintry kingdoms and scorching deserts, pitting them against ancient mysteries and trap-ridden labyrinths, lethal sea monsters and an elusive enemy that steals into their very dreams. — Cover image and summary via Goodreads

Meet Me in Mumbai by Sabina Khan PUSH

Seventeen-year-old Mira Fuller-Jensen was adopted by her moms at birth. All she knows about her biological mother is that she was a high-school student from India who returned to India after giving birth. Although Mira loves her moms, she’s always felt out of place in her mostly white community.

So when Mira finds an old box with letters addressed to her from her birth mother, she sees a way to finally capture that feeling of belonging. Her mother writes that if Mira can forgive her for having to give her up, she should find a way to travel to India for her eighteenth birthday and meet her. Mira knows she’ll always regret it if she doesn’t go. But is she actually ready for what she will learn? — Cover image and summary via Goodreads

Monsters Born and Made by Tanvi Berwah Sourcebooks Fire

Sixteen-year-old Koral and her older brother Emrik risk their lives each day to capture the monstrous maristags that live in the black seas around their island. They have to, or else their family will starve.

In an oceanic world swarming with vicious beasts, the Landers―the ruling elite, have indentured Koral’s family to provide the maristags for the Glory Race, a deadly chariot tournament reserved for the upper class. The winning contender receives gold and glory. The others―if they’re lucky―survive.

When the last maristag of the year escapes and Koral has no new maristag to sell, her family’s financial situation takes a turn for the worse and they can’t afford medicine for her chronically ill little sister. Koral’s only choice is to do what no one in the world has ever dared: cheat her way into the Glory Race.

But every step of the way is unpredictable as Koral races against contenders―including her ex-boyfriend―who have trained for this their whole lives and who have no intention of letting a low-caste girl steal their glory. When a rebellion rises and rogues attack Koral to try and force her to drop out, she must choose―her life or her sister’s―before the whole island burns. — Cover image and summary via Goodreads

The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology #1) by Aiden Thomas Feiwel & Friends

Welcome to The Sunbearer Trials, where teen semidioses compete in a series of challenges with the highest of stakes, in this electric new Mexican-inspired fantasy from Aiden Thomas, the New York Times bestselling author of Cemetery Boys.

“Only the most powerful and honorable semidioses get chosen. I’m just a Jade. I’m not a real hero.”

As each new decade begins, the Sun’s power must be replenished so that Sol can keep traveling along the sky and keep the evil Obsidian gods at bay. Ten semidioses between the ages of thirteen and eighteen are selected by Sol himself as the most worthy to compete in The Sunbearer Trials. The winner carries light and life to all the temples of Reino del Sol, but the loser has the greatest honor of all―they will be sacrificed to Sol, their body used to fuel the Sun Stones that will protect the people of Reino del Sol for the next ten years.

Teo, a 17-year-old Jade semidiós and the trans son of Quetzal, goddess of birds, has never worried about the Trials…or rather, he’s only worried for others. His best friend Niya―daughter of Tierra, the god of earth―is one of the strongest heroes of their generation and is much too likely to be chosen this year. He also can’t help but worry (reluctantly, and under protest) for Aurelio, a powerful Gold semidiós and Teo’s friend-turned-rival who is a shoo-in for the Trials. Teo wouldn’t mind taking Aurelio down a notch or two, but a one-in-ten chance of death is a bit too close for Teo’s taste.

But then, for the first time in over a century, Sol chooses a semidiós who isn’t a Gold. In fact, he chooses two: Xio, the 13-year-old child of Mala Suerte, god of bad luck, and…Teo. Now they must compete in five mysterious trials, against opponents who are both more powerful and better trained, for fame, glory, and their own survival. — Cover image and summary via Goodreads

Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories edited by Yamile Saied Méndez Algonquin Young Readers

From zombies to cannibals to death incarnate, this cross-genre anthology offers something for every monster lover. In Our Shadows Have Claws, bloodthirsty vampires are hunted by a quick-witted slayer; children are stolen from their beds by “el viejo de la bolsa” while a military dictatorship steals their parents; and anyone you love, absolutely anyone, might be a shapeshifter waiting to hunt.

The worlds of these stories are dark but also magical ones, where a ghost-witch can make your cheating boyfriend pay, bullies are brought to their knees by vicious wolf-gods, a jar of fireflies can protect you from the reality-warping magic of a bruja—and maybe you’ll even live long enough to tell the tale. Set across Latin America and its diaspora, this collection offers bold, imaginative stories of oppression, grief, sisterhood, first love, and empowerment.

Full contributor list: Chantel Acevedo, Courtney Alameda, Julia Alvarez, Ann Dávila Cardinal, M. García Peña, Racquel Marie, Gabriela Martins, Yamile Saied Méndez, Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite, Claribel A. Ortega, Amparo Ortiz, Lilliam Rivera, Jenny Torres Sanchez, Ari Tison, and Alexandra Villasante. — Cover image and summary via Goodreads

[familiakhan]

O Jantar

Cid e Rani se aprontaram para jantar fora. Estavam animados e nervosos para se exibirem em público.

"Ei! Não precisa ficar tão nervoso!" disse Rani "Ninguém nos conhece aqui, não vão saber que somos um casal..." ela falou mais baixo "...diferente... qualquer coisa você pode dizer que seu nome é Raj, é um nome hindu extremamente comum, ninguém iria achar estranho."

"Raj? Gostei! Esta noite eu não sou Cid Al Habib, sou Raj..."

"Por que não usa o meu sobrenome?"

"Assim vai parecer que somos casados."

"E você não gosta da ideia?"

"Eu ADORO essa ideia!"

Rani se divertia com seu namorado fazendo piadas bestas e contando os detalhes de como tinha sido o futebol, ele perguntava a ela da faculdade de medicina, mas ela preferia não falar no assunto. Por outro lado, Cid adorava o seu curso.

"Então o que você quer pedir? Esse restaurante tem bastante opção de comida vegetariana." perguntou Cid.

"Estava com medo de achar que Mumbai não teria tanta comida vegetariana, aqui foi colonizado por portugueses e tem muitos cristãos, ainda bem que me enganei. Deixa eu dar uma olhada no cardápio!"

Rani tomou o cardápio das mãos do namorado e começou a olhar as opções. Os dois riram da atitude dela, é o homem quem faz os pedidos, não a mulher, mas ambos acharam aquilo engraçado.

Cid achava Rani linda! Principalmente quando ria, não tirava o olhar de apaixonado da cara, ela perguntou o que ele tinha.

"Apenas te admirando, nunca fui tão feliz como agora. Tendo você na minha vida, sem precisar nos escondemos nos corredores da escola. Você ficando no meu apartamento! Vir para Mumbai é a melhor coisa que me aconteceu. Rani, o que acha de não voltarmos a Lucknow?"

"De não voltarmos?..."

Antes que a discussão seguisse em frente, os pedidos chegaram. Cid havia pedido um néctar para os dois naquela noite.

"Por que pediu álcool pra você? Mulçumanos não bebem, não é?" ela deu um gole da sua bebida, se exibindo.

"Eu bebo!" Cid também não quis fazer feio para a namorada e toma um grande gole, sem revelar que era a primeira vez que bebia.

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Sisters of the Snake by Sasha and Serena Nanua

Sisters of the Snake by Sasha and Serena Nanua

RATING: 4/5 SYNOPSIS: Rani is a princess who has never been allowed to leave the palace and Ria is an orphaned thief who grew up on the streets, but one day their paths cross and they discover that they are twins separated at birth. Seizing the opportunity presented to her, Rani convinces Ria to trade places so that she can complete the mission given to her by her tutor before he died and also…