#TL Huchu

[cantheywinthehungergames]

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Tribute Name: Ropa Moyo

Age: 14-15 (throughout series)

Media: Edinburgh Nights series

Restrictions: No magic and no communication with the dead

Propaganda: "She's a scrappy teen drop out. she already lives in a dystopian society so that's not anything new for her to adjust to. She's had to fight for everything she, her grandmother, and her sister have had for the last few years. Got them from a gang encampment (where she helped with the thieving) to a tiny trailer on some farm land (going legit as well). She might be more accustomed to an urban environment, but given the resources in the training facility; she is a quick learner and can pick up nature tips there. She also operates in a world older than her so she has seen some things. Ropa has gone after many much more powerful foes in the series so a big 18 year old boy with throwing knives or broad sword wouldn't be absurd for her. She would have a difficult time with gaining sponsors because she is very rough around the edges but she can turn on the charm at times to get what she needs from the Capitol. tldr: she's basically very Katniss coded, but with dystopian Edinburgh and not dystopian rural West Virginia. and a elderly grandmother not clinically depressed mother."

[libraryleopard]

been on a ghost book kick lately so i read the library of the dead by t.l. huchu which is about a girl living in edinburgh who earns a living talking to ghosts and i thought it was super interesting that it's set in a near-future, somewhat dystopian version of edinburgh, i didn't realize that at all when i picked it up but i thought it was a very interesting and distinctive choice

[newnamesamecharlotte]

„Gran's always told me I should be more compassionate. The problem is I find it much easier to feel for the orphans freezing outside the gate than to be sympathetic to a laird with his own private castle. Boohoo, cry me a river.“

The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle by T. L. Huchu

[labyrinths-library]

Book 37 of 2024

The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle by TL Huchu

★★★★★

Find the author here. Find the book here.

Pages: 378

Genre: YA Fantasy

Review:

Oh, Ropa, Ropa, Ropa! It was so interesting to try to see where it was going. Major twists and turns in the third installment of the series. I can't believe I have to wait til November for the next book in the series. It's like a Scottish Ghostbusters vibe and I am and will always be here for it.

[kikiswayside]

Library of the Dead

By T. L. Huchu What a beautiful and melancholy read. I mean sure... when your main character is a ghost whisperer, melancholy is sure to follow. This was different. This is the melancholy we get just living. The sadness of struggle. It was a good read and I will read the next in the series soon.

[wearethekat]

November Book Review Overview

The Dallergut Dream Department Store (Miye Lee)

Feast While You Can (Mikaella Clements)

The Wolf Hunt (Gillian Bradshaw)

A Magical Girl Retires (Seolyeon Park)

Monstrous Nights (Genoveva Dimova)

Rose/House (Arkady Martine)

Sargassa (Sophie Burnham)

Only Mostly Dead (Allie Temple)

The Bloodless Princes (Charlotte Bond)

The Teller of Small Fortunes (Julie Leong)

Misery Hates Company (Elizabeth Hobbs)

The Pairing (Casey Mcquiston)

Shorefall (Robert Jackson Bennett)

Heaven Official's Blessing, vol. 8 (Mo Xiang Tong Xiu)

Echoes of the Imperium (Nicholas Atwater)

Point of Hopes (Melissa Scott)

The Chatelaine (Kate Heartfield)

A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience (Stephanie Burgis)

The Twice-Sold Soul (Katie Hallahan)

The Courting of Bristol Keats (Mary E Pearson)

The Legacy of Arniston House (TL Huchu)

Interstellar MegaChef (Lavanya Lakshminarayan)

The Muse of Maiden Lane (Mimi Matthews)

Alibi (Sharon Shinn)

The Last Hour Between Worlds (Melissa Caruso)

We Shall Be Monsters (Alyssa Wees)

The Ten Percent Thief (Lavanya Lakshminarayan)

The Sirens Sang of Murder (Sarah Caudwell)

Locklands (Robert Jackson Bennett)

The Moonstone Covenant (Jill Hammer)

A Trinket for the Taking (Victoria Laurie)

The Husbands (Holly Gramazio)

[bestsistertournament]

Princess Eliza (The Last Princess by Galaxy Craze)

Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink)

Ropa Moyo (Edinburgh Nights by TL Huchu)

May Amelia (Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer L Holm)

Miri Larendaughter (Princess Academy by Shannon Hale)

Princess Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee (The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale)

Cinderella (Any version of the tale)

Rosalie Hale, Alice Cullen (Twilight)

Katniss and Prim Everdeen, Maysilee Donner, Miss Donner/Mrs. Undersee (name to be reveled shortly) (Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins)

Princess Elayne (Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan)

Kaya'aton'my "Kaya", Addy Walker, Josefina Montoya, Felicity Merriman, Molly McIntire, Nellie O'Malley, Alice Nanea Mitchell, Kirsten Larson, Kit Kittredge (American Girls)

sorry that's a lot

Added to list

[lizard-reads-the-world]

Hello!

I was wondering if you had any good recommendations for books containing disability/disabled characters? Fiction or non fiction. I'm trying to put together a little disability literature resource, and I've occasionally seen you share some books on it. I thought your blog would be an excellent place to come to for some more global ones!

Thank you, and I hope your reading is going well!

Oh wow, I haven't been making many lists lately so I'm not searching out books as much as I used to. But here are some more global/non-US ones that I know of/have gathered from various lists ( I haven't read all of these but most are on my TBR if I haven't.) I'd love to see your resource when you're finished!

A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman (India) A girl must relearn to dance with her new prosthetic.

One for All by Lillie Lainoff  (France) In 17th-century France a girl with POTS/chronic dizziness wants to become a Musketeer.

The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf (Malaysia) A girl with OCD must survive riots in 1960s Malaysia to find her mother.

Black Bird, Blue Road by Sofiya Pasternack (medieval Khazaria) A Jewish girl defies angels to find her twin a cure for his leprosy.

The Theft of Sunlight by Intisar Khanani (fantasy N. Africa/Arabia-ish series) A girl with clubfoot teams up with a thief to tackle child trafficking.

The Library of the Dead by TL Huchu (Scotland, diverse heritages, series) Magical mysteries with a wisecracking wheelchair-user secondary character.

I Am Not Alone by Francisco X. Stork (Mexican-American) Contemporary novel about an undocumented boy developing schizophrenia.

Scar of the Bamboo Leaf by Sieni A.M (Samoa) A girl with a limp finds a relationship with a delinquent newcomer boy.

Noor by Nnedi Okorafor (Nigeria) A woman with cybernetic enhancements due to disability finds herself on the run.

Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor (Nigeria) A girl with albinism discovers that she has magical powers.

On the Edge of Gone by Corinne Duyvis (Netherlands) An autistic girl worries about being chosen for a survival group before an apocalypse.

Love from A to Z by S.K. Ali (Qatar) Romance where the love interest has multiple sclerosis

Torch by Lyn Miller-Lachmann (Czechoslovakia) 3 teens try to escape communism, including an autistic boy whose father threatens institutionalization.

Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray (pan-African fantasy series) One of the main characters has OCD.

Dear Fang, With Love by Rufi Thorpe (Lithuania) A bipolar teen and her estranged father search for their heritage in Lithuania.

Long Macchiatos and Monsters by Alison Evans (Australia) Short romance with 2 disabled trans people.

Russian Doll by Cristelle Comby (Swiss author, set in London) Series of mysteries with a duo of private detectives, 1 of whom is blind.

Crazy by Benjamin Lebert (Germany) Autobiographical coming-of-age, the MC has partial paralysis

[shadowmaat]

Reading a lot of books in a row sometimes leads to noticing threads of commonality in fascinating ways.

This 14 year old Black Scottish ghost-talker has read some of the same books as this thirtysomething Indian-descended empress of a far-future multi-system empire. Sometimes their lines of thinking are close as well.

This alien religious acolyte from a far-future empire begins exhibiting signs of precognitive abilities, voicing some of the same concerns as this other alien religious type who has had years to refine his future-sensing abilities and can also talk to ghosts.

One of his crewmates is an alien teen in an agony of grief over the loss of his twin, and he uses up almost all of the innate magic within himself; magic that he needs to live, much like a talking gryphon in a high fantasy series.

Vastly different books, with different moods and agendas and writing styles and, of course, authors. But there's still tiny threads connecting them all. I love it. It makes me happy to see stuff like this. Storytelling as a whole is a vast tapestry, and sometimes no matter how different two (or more) tales may be, some things still echo through, each in their own unique way.

For reference, in case anyone cares:

14-year-old Black Scottish ghost-talker: Edinburgh Nights series by TL Huchu

Indian-descended future empress and the alien religious acolyte: Indranan War series by KB Wagers

Future-sensing alien religious type who talks to ghosts and has a crewmate who needs magic to live: Disco Space Opera series by Cat Rambo

Talking gryphon who needs magic to live: the Valdemar series (specifically Gryphon of Light) by Mercedes Lackey

[greywolfheirs]

[butimnotseventeen]

Book recs by author and my three fave genres! Fantasy: Robin Hobb, Garth Nix, TL Huchu. Historical fiction: Jodi Taylor, Markus Zusak, Madeline Miller. History/Biography: Ben Macintyre, Katie Hickman, Jung Chang, Sathnam Sanghera.

This is such a great list, thank you so much!!

[metrogeek]

@metrogeek​

[newnamesamecharlotte]

I just finished The Mystery at Dunvegan Castly by T.L. Huchu (third book in the Library of the Dead series) and it’s soooooo good!!!

I love Ropa so much, she’s such a great character 😭 I hope there will be more books in the series

[fabledshadow]

Just finished The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu. It was an excellent read, totally engaging world building and an extremely likable main character. If you like Rivers of London, you will probably like this book, and it is the first in a new series. I am definitely looking forward to more of this story!

[tea-books-and-middleearth]

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