#THE LIBRARY OF THE UNWRITTEN

[npdclaraoswald]

Noticed some similarities in books I like

And before you tell me gomens is also canonically queer, I'm talking about the book, not the show

[remusfinglupin]

Book haul from my town’s independent bookstore ☀️📖

[haveyoureadthisfantasybook2]

vote yes if you have finished the entire book. vote no if you have not finished the entire book.

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[onmyliteraturebullshitagain]

Midyear queer book rec 2023: even more gay, even more slaps!

Another wide selection of achillian, sapphic, and bisexual (is there a term for that?) relationships, basically all adult fiction and lots of romance, historical, and fantasy with happy endings because of who I am as a person. But these are all books I gave at least 3/5 stars that offer a fun range of relationships and writing styles!

If you want even more queer book recs, check out my many previous posts! Now go enjoy some queer reading and support authors writing queer fiction!

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

JOMP BPC - September 17th - Can't Wait to Start

I can't wait to start the Hell's Library trilogy by AJ Hackwith. isn't it always the way with series that you can borrow books 1 and 3 but book 2's gonna be on hold for a while 😅

[violet-prism-creatively]

I finally read the 3rd book in the Hell's Library series by AJ Hackwith and immediately went to scroll through the tumblr tag. It's tragic that this trilogy's fandom is like 3 people because it should be so popular! Heaven and Hell and other afterlife realms! Almost all the main characters are queer POC! Is it found family or a polycule? There's angst! humor! softness! trauma! It's literally about the importance of stories!!

Anyway go read The Library of the Unwritten (1st book) and scream with me.

[haveyoureadthisqueerbook]

[somestorythoughts]

"War has always followed libraries, my apprentice. History has made no effort to hide that truth from us. Look at Rome; look at the Crusades. Vanquishing an enemy and taking his books was just as strategic as taking his canons.. Books are knowledge weaponized. and what weapons you cannot steal, you must burn."

[the--starless--sea]

There were two parts to any unwritten book. Its words- the twisting, changing text on the page- and its story. Most of the time, the two parts were united in the books filling the Unwritten Wing's stacks, but now and then a book woke up. Felt it had a purpose beyond words on a page. Then the story made itself into one of its characters and went walking.

A. J. Hackwith || The Library of the Unwritten

[th3-ang3l-of-d3ath]

Now Reading: The Library of the Unwritten by A. J. Hackwith

Demons? Hell? A library? Sounds interesting.

[locallostsoul]

Books i read in Oktober '23! 👻

Books I liked the most:

My best friends Exorcism | ☆☆☆☆☆

The Spirit bares it's Teeth | ☆☆☆☆☆

Books I liked the least:

The Library of the Unwritten | ☆☆☆

If anyone wants me to elaborate on my ratings, let me know :)

[todaysanother]

“ Stories want to change, and it is a librarian’s job to preserve them; that’s the natural order of things. The Unwritten Wing of the Library, for all its infinite magic and mystery, is in some ways a futile project. No story, written or unwritten, is static. Left abandoned too long and given the right stimulation, a book goes wrong in the head. It is a story’s natural ambition to wake up and start telling itself to the world. ”

[quotes-from-the-bookery]

Only books died in Hell. Everyone else had to live with their choices.

[annafromuni]

A Comfy Demonic Autumn Read

I went into Library of the Unwritten purely guided by the premise of a library within Hell for books left undeveloped and a librarian tasked with keeping them together. I stayed because A.J. Hackwith is an incredible author with an uncanny ability to create something so cosy and sweet based in the depths of Hell. Those who are fans of the found-family trope will love this one. Similarly, if…

[supitsgdo]

Book review: Hell's Library trilogy by A.J. Hackwith

Rating:

The Library of the Unwritten - 4⭐

The Archive of the Forgotten - 3⭐

The God of Lost Words - 3⭐

I really liked the first book. The concept was pretty interesting. The classic trope Hell vs Heaven mixed with other realms from other mythologies, and a library filled with unwritten books. Claire is it's protetor, serving her punishment in Hell, with the company of Berity, a Muse also serving punishment. During their daily work, they are assigned a task to retrieve an unwritten book that had gone upstairs. Little did they know that their journey is about to take a BIG turn.

I enjoyed the characters immensely, all of them. The story is different from what we usual read. However, there's a lot happening in the first book. The events are soooo fast paced, and we know why (because of the condition to go upstairs), but once they get past that time limit, I was expecting the events to slow down. So I understand if some people get confused about that part. Although I had a good impression in the first book, I got slightly detached from the story after the second book.

In the second book we have the miscommunication trope and I instantly got bored. I'm sorry but I really hate it. Also, the romance started. I was already expecting that to happen but the build up/foundation was nowhere to be read. Maybe it was me and I didn't notice it, my bad. But the relationship felt weak. At least, the plot was ok and the things we discovered were really surprising.

In the third book, well I just wanted to finish at this point. The romance increased to a polyamorous relationship of three (again, I don't have any problem about that), but creating a relationship where even the characters don't have romantic thoughts towards each other, it's... Idonno, eh for me. At least, I was satisfied with the ending. It felt appropriate.

I think you should give it a chance anyways!

[quillandqueer]

School run all week this week, and I used yesterday as a chance to start breaking in my new shoes. I have two blisters and multiple bruises as a result 😂😭

I'm really close to hitting my Goodreads Goal of 150 books, so I think I'll be seeing that soon as I just finished two more eBooks!