#author: victoria aveyard

[haveyoureadthispoll]

This is a world divided by blood—red or silver. The Reds are commoners, ruled by a Silver elite in possession of god-like superpowers. And to Mare Barrow, a seventeen-year-old Red girl from the poverty-stricken Stilts, it seems like nothing will ever change. That is until she finds herself working in the Silver Palace. Here, surrounded by the people she hates the most, Mare discovers that, despite her red blood, she possesses a deadly power of her own. One that threatens to destroy the balance of power. Fearful of Mare's potential, the Silvers hide her in plain view, declaring her a long-lost Silver princess, now engaged to a Silver prince. Despite knowing that one misstep would mean her death, Mare works silently to help the Red Guard, a militant resistance group, and bring down the Silver regime. But this is a world of betrayal and lies, and Mare has entered a dangerous dance—Reds against Silvers, prince against prince, and Mare against her own heart.

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🔥 Books to Read After Watching Avatar the Last Airbender

🦇 Good afternoon, my beloved bookish bats! Are you a fan of Avatar: The Last Airbender? We're watching the live-action adaptation this weekend! Here are a few books to add to your TBR if you're an Avatar fan!

❓ What's your element?

⚡ I've been holding onto this post since BEFORE casting was announced, and I'm so glad I can finally post it!

🔥 An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir @sabaatahir 💧 Set Fire to the Gods by Sara Raasch @sara_raasch and Kristen Simmons @kris10writes ⛰️ A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown @rosiesrambles ⚡ The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni @lynettenoni 🌪️ Infinity Son by Adam Silvera @adamsilvera 🔥 The Tiger at Midnight by Swati Teerdhala @swatiteerdhala 💧 The Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee @yeebookauthor ⛰️ Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake @kendareblake ⚡ Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard @victoriaaveyard 🌪️ Child of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi @tomiadeyemi 🔥 Nocturna by Maya Motayne @mayamotayne 💧 Furyborn by Claire Legrand @clairelegrandbooks ⛰️ Guardians of Dawn: Zhara by S. Jae-Jones @sjaejones ⚡ Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron @renathedreamer 🌪️ We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal @hafsahfaizal 🔥 Truthwitch by Susan Dennard @stdennard 💧 Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin @shelbymahurin ⛰️ Ash Princess by Laura Sebastian @lauraksebastian

[planetmaven]

i'm almost done rereading Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard, and I've just realized something about Cal that I didn't notice before.

Growing up, Cal was never my favorite. I favored Maven so much, maybe even a little too much. So, Cal was very annoying to me? I hated his every line and I was very irritated with every word he said and every action he took. But I was 13 at that time.

I am 17 years old now. And I've found a sense of maturity I didn't realize I had once discovering this.

Cal Calore is a burning flame. He is passionate and driven, with a kind heart, but he is indecisive, and this flaw drags him down.

I noticed just how often his trauma is overlooked. Cal lost everything. His mother, at a young age. His father. His brother. His friends. His kingdom. His home. His titles. The list goes on. He was taken from everything he knew and slammed down into an entire new world.

He wasn't even welcomed by the Reds. The first thing they did to Cal was lock him up alone when they reached Tuck.

And then when they met Nix, Nix was immediately taunting Cal for being "seduced by Mare into killing his father", but once Cal reveals the truth of what happened, they all fell silent.

No one. Not a single person, except probably Mare, has asked Cal if he was okay.

Cal lost everything. I mean literally everything. And not once in the whole book did we see him cry, break down, or fall apart.

That is a kind of strength I could never imagine.

[ball-of-butter]

victoria aveyard about to receive the biggest sideye from me…

[aphroditesmoon]

to the people who follow me for my book content, these are some authors that i no longer support:

pierce brown: one of the earliest authors to share the "i stand with israel" posts. (I guess rebellions are only cool for plot points. I loved red rising but ive always found it to be a whitewashed version of the hunger games, and b4 u go "but hunger games characters r white too!!" No theyre not. Katniss was supposed to have darker skin. The movie franchise whitewashed her.)

sarah j maas: has made it clear that her grandmother was in the IDF and is proud of her israeli heritage. I liked her when i was like 14. I grew to realise just how much queerbaiting and subtle racism there is in her books.

victoria aveyard: i loved her for a very long time, red queen was the series that pulled me back into reading and she have been one of my biggest inspiration in being a writer, but she had made a statement of standing in neutrality, and she have made a tiktok of her Starbucks order while everyone is trying to boycott starbucks for their donation to israel. I hope her words and actions are only of ignorance and that she'll learn to do better soon. but until then, I've completely lost my respect for her.

•••••••••••••••

IN RETURN: HERE ARE SOME AUTHORS WHO HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING AND DONATING TO PALESTINE AND WRITE AMAZING BOOKS:

- Rebecca F. Kuang: The poppy war trilogy, yellowface, Babel.

- Olivie Blake: The atlas six trilogy, One for my enemy, Alone with you in the ether, Masters of death.

- VE Schwab: A darker shade of magic series, The invisible life of Addie Larue, This savage song (monsters of verity) duology.

- Chloe Gong: These violent delights duology.

- Faridah abike iyimide: Ace of Spades.

- Leigh Bardugo: The grishaverse, Ninth house.

- Tracy Deonn: Legendborn series.

- Xiran Jay Zhao: Iron widow series.

[gollancz]

That's right baybeeee - ten years after it first launched, Gollanczfest is back and it's bigger than ever!

WHEN?

16th March 2024

Leonardo Royal Hotel, London

Tickets go on sale Friday 6th October at 10am UK time!

Early presale for tickets available exclusively to our newsletter subscribers

WHO?

Our headliner? Only VICTORIA AVEYARD

Other confirmed authors: Joe Abercrombie, Natasha Pulley, Garth Nix, Dhonielle Clayton, Joe Hill, Ben Aaronovitch, @joannechocolat, Aliette de Bodard, Sarah Hawley, @jonnywaistcoat, Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson . . . and MANY more

Plus: YOU

PLUS

All tickets come with a goodie bag full of Gollancz goodies work at least £30

VIP tickets are available with access to the green room, priority tickets to panels, and additional goodies

FREE SFF quiz run by the greatest quizmasters (allegedly, this may be a title they've claimed themselves and I cannot verify) Joe Abercrombie and Garth Nix!

We'll be announcing panels soon, but this is going to be a fun, friendly and festive day, full of nerdery, excitement and probably a lot of harried looking Gollancz staff stuffing their faces with sandwiches and trying to find where distracted authors have wandered off to.

PARTY TIME

[freddycartr]

i saw a post saying why a reader loved sjm is because her female characters don’t work out to be skinny, but to be strong so i thought i’d provide an alternative list filled with actual good authors/and badass (mostly women of color) characters who are fucking strong no matter what body type they have:

• helene acquilla - ember in the ashes by sabaa tahir

• linh cinder & scarlet benoit - the lunar chronicles by marissa meyer

• nova artino - renegades by marissa meyer

• inej ghafa and nina zenik - six of crows by leigh bardugo

• esbar uq-nara and tunuva melim (aka my best fucking middle aged lesbians who are warriors) - a day of fallen night

• anoor and sylah - the ending fire trilogy by saara el-arifi

• eadaz uq-nara - a priory of the orange tree by samantha shannon

• glorian shieldheart - a day of fallen night by samantha shannon

• tane - the priory of the orange tree by samantha shannon

• paige mahoney - the bone season by samantha shannon

• lila bard - a darker shade of magic by ve schwab

• sorasa sarn - realm breaker by victoria aveyard

[incorrect-riordanverse]

It's really disheartening that Rick Riordan stance on the war I understand that he wants to be neutral on this stance but in my opinion by becoming neutral he only worsening the issue as many Palestines are dying that are mostly children, how the majority of Israeli are supporting the Genocide of Palestine, and how the government is trying so hard (but miserably failing) to justified the genocide. I will hold him accountable for what he said on this issue as during this period the choice is basically "you are with us or against us."

Part of me wishes he will realize what he said was wrong and understand the bigger issue that plays at hand. I will criticism for his actions as how can a man who promotes LGBTQIA and representation of minorities and disabilities in his books turn a blind eyes to Genocide of people. However we can only wait and see on his next move.

One last thing about your previous you said you don't group Riordan with other authors where do you would group him with? Also this is more on an opinion base answer but many people are boycotting companies that support Israel there as been another post on Twitter on boycotting authors. Rick Riordan happens to be one of them. Do you believed that he should be boycotted with other authors or he should be properly educated and apologized for his previous statement? If you believed he should be boycotted what do tou have to say to those who might have the mentality of "separate the art from the artist"

thank you for this ask, and i completely agree with you! it is extremely hypocritical of him considering what he preaches for in his books. i think he’s convinced he has properly addressed the apartheid by using very vague language that can be applied to anything, and in doing so, he’s addressed nothing really.

your first question on who i would group him with— probably other authors who are doing the exact same as him in their virtue signalling. i always like to link my other blogs to each other, so i don’t think it’s a secret that i have a red queen account and i’m pretty passionate about that. unfortunately, victoria aveyard is another fantasy author who has literally wrote a whole four-book series on the uprising against oppression but is now playing neutral in her address of the apartheid. rebecca yarros is in the same boat, although i haven’t read ‘fourth wing,’ fans have said there are large themes of oppression within the book. so if i had to group riordan it would probably be in the ‘i-like-to-write-about-it-for-profit-and-praise-only’ group.

in terms of boycotting, i think that’s a great idea! i would also like to remind everyone that the percy jackson tv show is coming out in a little over a month, but disney is a huge industry financially supporting israel as well ($2 million in funding), which is obviously far more damning than a poorly written address by one person. there is a boycott happening for disney as well— and the pjo show will be released on disney + . i implore everyone to not watch it on that platform!! personally i will be pirating it online (idk if i’ll get into trouble saying that here but lol oh well), because im pretty sure the boycott is only for withdrawing financial support, not simply consuming media.

i feel like separating art from the artist only works if that artist is… like, dead, and you’re using that art and its values as a historical insight to how the world was during its time. you can still like a piece of work that has a problematic artist, you can engage with the work (to an extent). but separating art from the artist barely works because either:

to engage with the art is to support the artist in some way, so that artist is making money based on your interaction with that (particularly in the case for singers and streaming of songs)

that artists’ views and values are so rancid that it’s literally embedded within the text itself. to ignore it is harmful.

harry potter is my all-time favourite example to use, because jkr is the scum of the earth, and her views are entrenched in her work. a lesser known example is sarah j maas and her books (she’s also not as dogshit as jkr, but then again, its not hard to be a better person than her). i’m not going to bag on these people for liking things by problematic people (would be hypocritical of me), i just think it’s cowardly not to address it when you come across it, or at least admit to it. to simply write things off as ‘separate to the artist’ is like purposefully turning off your critical thinking skills.

on whether boycotting or an apology is enough— if riordan did apologise and used specific language and not the nonsense he had in that blog, expressed his remorse for his ignorance and then actually did or said something to support the people of palestine then, yeah. that’s fine and that’s how we learn ig. but he should educate himself, too many activists, people from the arab community and especially palestinians are expected to be all-knowing and to educate everyone else on an already draining and personal tragedy. it’s been exhausting for me, i can’t imagine what they’re going through. if riordan (or anyone) needs to be educated, he should do it himself, and (at least in my opinion) i don’t think the info is very hard to find now. it’s just about weeding out the misinformation.

i think boycotting is a good idea as of now. it can serve to be a catalyst for self reflection for many people. also, as much as i hate most online discourses, talking about it online needs to happen. i don’t want these authors to forget, for a moment, about the ignorance they posted online during a time of international crisis.

[therubyreader]

Booktok people scare me because what do you mean they’re telling Victoria Aveyard, the author of Red Queen, that she ripped off Powerless, a book that was published 8 years after hers???

[thefanficwriterscraft]

S4E1. Canon Compliance (Or: AO3, Written By People Who Can't Write, Read by People Who Have Bad Taste)

Hello! Happy New Year! Our new episode is here!

In this episode, we kick off 2025 with an exciting new chapter for The Fanfic Writer’s Craft! This marks our first episode with my new co-host, Blayne (@btelling, aka Nargles15 on AO3), who you may remember from her fantastic guest episode in Season 2 on writing dystopian hellscapes. We chat about what’s ahead for the podcast, our evolving format, and introduce a brand-new segment: fanfiction news!

In this discussion, we dive into a hot topic in the fanfiction community: the removal of Manacled by SenLinYu from AO3 and its transformation into Alchemised, an original novel published by Penguin Random House. We explore the broader implications of fanfiction-to-original transitions, the publishing industry’s growing interest in fanfic authors, and the tension between creative opportunity and commercial trends.

We late dive into our main discussion on canon-compliance, discussing what it means to different fandom spaces, and how we each navigate staying true to canon while crafting original, compelling narratives. This episode is packed with insights on publishing, fandom culture, and our personal approaches to writing so we hope you enjoy! Please let us know your thoughts, and feel free to send us topic suggestions—we love hearing from you.

This week, we mention:

Books: Alchemised by SenLinYu; After by Anna Todd; Divergent by Veronica Roth; Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins; Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James

Fandoms: Harry Potter; Star Wars; The Good Wife; Peaky Blinders; One Direction 

Fics: we only make tsunamis by disOrderly; castles by pebblysand; Knowing Where to Look by Ala_baguette; Manacled by SenLinYu; The Squib by Nargles15

Films & TV: The Vampire Diaries

Podcasts: [The Fanfic Writer’s Craft] S2E4. Writing Dystopian Hellscapes with @Nargles15; [The Fanfic Writer’s Craft] S3E8. 2024 Wrap-Up (Or, Stop Treating Fanfic Like Social Media)

Other: Victoria Aveyard’s TikTok on fanfiction & publishing ; Vampire Diaries video by Jenny Nicholson; West Side Story

Our recommendations this week are:

Blayne: Severance (Apple TV+)

Jo: Silo (Apple TV+)

You can find us online at:

The Fanfic Writer’s Craft: tumblr ; spotify ; ko-fi

Blayne (@btelling): tumblr ; AO3

Jo (@pebblysand): tumblr ; AO3

[sarahwithanh5]

Hi I'm Sarah!

⋆ 19 ⋆ sagittarius ⋆ infp-a ⋆ ravenclaw ⋆ oldest daughter ⋆ adhd ⋆ pink ⋆ music ⋆ books ⋆ animals ⋆ true crime podcasts ⋆ autumn ⋆ violin ⋆ oud ⋆ wanna learn guitar ⋆ drawing ⋆ painting ⋆ crocheting ⋆ swimming ⋆ photography ⋆ chess ⋆

౨ৎ bands/singers:

arctic monkeys, the last shadow puppets, alexandra savior, fiona apple, tamino, cigarettes after sex, bubble tea and cigarettes, lana del rey, tv girl, billie eilish, the neighborhood, nirvana, måneskin, deftones, metallica, and many more

(so basically I listen to indie pop, rock, and metal)

౨ৎ authors:

agatha christie, alexandra bracken, dan brown, franz kafka, fyodor dostoevsky, guillaume musso, holly jackson, stephen king, and victoria aveyard

(these are the authors that I'd blindly read anything by)

౨ৎ books:

Little Women, The Fault in Our Stars, Me Before You, Six of Crows duology, Harry Potter series, Folk of the Air series, Shatter Me series, The Inheritance Games series, and many other books and book series

౨ৎ currently reading:

Lockwood & Co. #2, All The Young Dudes #1, The House of My Mother

(I'm in a reading slump though so it's taking time)

⭒"The Valencourts"; my fam <3

⭒@godricgryffinsnore; Della, my other mama <3 (not from the Valencourts)

⭒@toooster; Patchie, my youngest daughter <3 (also not from the Valencourts)

⭒@rainystarssx; Raine, my husband and patch's father <3

decorate my tree <3

dividers by @adornedwithlight <3

[planetmaven]

reminder that Cal dropped one of the most romantic lines in YA book history and no one talks about it.

War Storm, "I thought of you in the end. I saw your face in the water."

[thelibrarian25]

Book Review

The Ruthless Lady’s Guide To Wizardry by C.M Waggoner

Overall Review: ☆☆☆.25

‘The Ruthless Lady’s Guide To Wizardry’ was sitting on my shelf for almost up two years- I’m not even going to try and make an excuse for this one. It’s a sapphic novel set in the city of Leiscourt which reminds me of a magical Victorian England for some reason. The protagonist Dellaria Wells is unfortunately down on her luck again when she sees and advertisement looking to hire a female bodyguard to protect a young bride-to-be from assassins. This is how she meets and begins to fall for Winn, another bodyguard as they face the fearsome assailants. I particularly enjoyed the coziness of the story as Dellaria and Winn go about Leiscourt while it still maintained it’s mysterious aire, I adored dear old Buttons and his foreboding ‘bongs’. However, I found at times that it felt like that Dellaria was using Winn for her money but I guess if she’s offering you might as well accept.

Powerful by Lauren Roberts

Overall Review: ☆

I read ‘Powerless’ last year after seeing people talk about it all over the internet but unfortunately absolutely couldn’t stand it- it sounds harsh but it’s true. With every turn of the page (with this one as well) I kept finding that the plot of the novel was nearly identical to the one of ‘Red Queen’ by Victoria Aveyard. I tried to excuse this as I continued to read ‘Powerless’ saying that it was most likely accidental as it was the authors debut novel however by the time I got to ‘Powerful’ it seemed like the author had done absolutely nothing to distance the ‘Powerless’ series from Victoria Aveyard’s own. I found that the similarities didn’t end, even a similar line from ‘Red Queen’ being repeated (something like sewing hands or fingers, I’d check but I don’t really want to look at that book again), of course in the English language you can argue that there are bound to have similarities to happen but with the other instances of similarities you can only start wonder if anything is original.

Modern Persuasion by Sarah Marks

Overall Rating: ☆

‘Modern Persuasion’ by Sarah Marks is a retelling of Jane Austen’s ‘Persuasion’ in the 21st century. While I was initially skeptical when I discovered this book I decided to give it ago, and if you can’t tell already from the amount of stars I gave it or rather the lack of them I began to regret getting it immediately. I tried to find something I liked about it while reading but I found that I couldn’t no matter how hard I tried. And while I couldn’t find anything that I liked I can applaud the author for her attempt at bringing Jane Austen into the 21st century. However, while reading this I couldn’t help but find that all the character’s in ‘Modern Persuasion’ were rather childish- of course they were inspired by the ones in Jane Austen’s novel but at times the childishness of them was out of this world and I had to take a step back and think “if you’re going to make them childish make it realistic at least”. Furthermore, at times while I was reading I noticed that the grammar at times seemed to be off and the writing it self seemed to be rather stilted and repetitive, like it could have gone through a couple more rounds of editing to polish it off. The conversations between the characters as well also seemed to be rather stilted and lacked humanity due to the formality of it all. Overall, at times this book read like something me and my friends would have written on Wattpad at thirteen (if I had any friends at that age to write with but we’ll ignore that) and at other times it seemed to completely lack any coherence with the mixture of formality and informality.

~ The Librarian

Thank you for reading! And if you notice any errors, please let me know. This week’s worth of reading has been quite disappointing — it started off well and then really fell off after. So, hopefully it’ll be better next week.

[fallinglikethis]

2025 TBR

I was tagged by @allwaswell16 @evilovesyou and @chaotic-bells to do this. Thank you for including me!

Honestly, there are so many books I want to read I’m not sure where to start. I guess I’ll go with what I am Currently reading:

27 Hours by Tristina Wright- only just started it but I know it was meant to be a series that was never finished.

FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven - borrowed from a friend. It starts off a little dry and wordy for my taste and is described as Lord of the Flies (which I hate in all it’s incarnations) meets Battle Royale (which I haven’t read, but enjoyed the movie for). We’ll see if I finish it.

The Forgotten Earth by Brilynn O’Neal - An ARC I got from the author. It’s enjoyable so far, without being too heavy on the world-building. Officially on sale February 5th.

Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney- Reading for a book club. Not typically my kind of book because I don’t usually enjoy wanting to slap every single character for their dumb decisions the entire book. It’s not too bad yet, I’ve only had thoughts of drive-by-slappings twice.

The Pact by Jodi Picoult - Reading for a different book club. This book club runs on themes. This time we’re all reading different books by the same author. Jodi Picoult usually tackles extremely tough subjects. This book is about a death pact gone wrong. It felt the least traumatizing option of the ones I have to talk about, so that’s why I picked it.

In Every Generation by Kendare Blake - Takes place in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe but with kids from the next generation. Oz is back to care for his werewolf nephew, Spike is a Watcher, Buffy might be dead, and Willow is a mom who’s daughter is the next slayer (and also a witch). It’s basically fanfic, which we all know I love.

Otherworld by Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller - takes place in a VR World, but the stakes are higher. If you’re into anime, it kind of reminds me of Sword Art Online.

The Maze Runner by James Dashner - this one’s a re-read. I read it ages ago but I have to remind myself what I read before I can go further in the series. They made Thomas a little more likeable in the movies. (Or maybe I’m just biased because it’s Dylan O’Brien.)

Hidden Figures (Young Reader’s Edition) by Margot Lee Shetterly - I did not pick the young reader’s edition, it’s just the one I found in a bargain bin. Maybe a different version will read better, this one reads kind of like an encyclopedia article. Still interesting though.

Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard - Sequel to Red Queen, which I enjoyed. It’s kind of strange because when I put it down, I don’t really look forward to picking it back up, but when I am reading it, I always get easily drawn back in.

Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen- This is my first Sarah Dessen book despite owning at least three (maybe 4). I love the cover, and it’s got this feeling that all my favorite fic writers are so good at conveying maybe without even meaning to. There’s this kind of coziness that kind of lingers in the pages, even when it’s talking about something difficult. Idk what it is, but it keeps me excited about going back to it.

A Million Suns by Beth Revis - Sequel to Across the Universe. This is kind of like Glass Sword where it doesn’t call me back to it but still sucks me in when I’m reading. But with more sci-fi.

You may be asking, why do you read like you’re running out of time? Well, my friend, that would be because my actual TBR is never-ending, and I want to read them all. I get so excited just looking at my bookshelf, knowing there are so many worlds I get to explore.

I tag @laynefaire @londonfoginacup @seananmcguire @movieexpert1978 @gaycousinlarry @somethingwittyorother .

And if you’re wondering, here is what this chaos looks like (the actual bookshelf is three stacks deep, with piles of books on the floor on both sides):

[bookcoversonly]

Title: Realm Breaker | Author: Victoria Aveyard | Publisher: Orion Publishing (2021)

[theinquisitxor]

January 2024 Reading Wrap

First wrap up of the new year! I read 8 books this month, and I'd say it was a strong reading month overall. I read some new releases, caught up or finished series, and read some good stuff! I read 6 fantasy books, 1 nonfiction, and 1 regular fiction. 6 books I read physical copies, and 2 audiobooks.

1.A Winter's Promise (Mirror Visitor Quartet 1) by Christelle Dabos. 3/5 stars. This is a book I've been wanting to read since before it was translated into English. This book didn't quite live up to the expectations I had of it, but I still overall enjoyed it. I plan to continue the series, possibly quarterly. Young adult fantasy.

2. A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft. 4.5/5 stars. Another great Allison Saft book, and this one is possibly my favorite so far. This is exactly my type of fantasy romance and I was very invested in reading this. It's about a young magical seamstress who is commissioned to make the royal wedding clothes for the kingdom's prince. Young adult fantasy.

3.Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard. 3/5 stars. This was a fun read, but not the most exciting or great as it had the potential to be. The story has a fun cast of characters, and enjoyable world, but not a whole lot happened in this book. I can def see Aveyard's LOTR inspirations in this. I plan on continuing this series soon.

4.The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake. 2/5 stars. This was a disappointing end to a series and was very lackluster and fell apart at the end. Disappointing because of how much I loved book 2. There were some redeeming moments, but much of this book felt unnecessary or frustrating. Adult fantasy.

5.Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. 5/5 stars. This is a collection of essays by the author about the world around us, life, nature, and the way we interact with the world. Absolutely my new favorite thing and much of Kimmerer's teachings in the book resonate with me very deeply. Read on audio- which I highly recommend. Nature/essays.

6.Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde 2) by Heather Fawcett. 5/5 stars. This was just as good as book 1, and I loved the new adventure and learning more about fairies. Emily and Wendall are my favorite, and I can't wait to see how this series concludes.

7.Beartown (Beartown 1) by Fredrik Backman 4.5/5 stars. I read this book in less than 24 hours and it emotionally abused me throughout. I'm late to the game in regards to this book (no pun intended) but I'm glad I finally read it. Backman never disappoints, and I plan to continue the series soon. Fiction.

8. Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children 9) by Seanan McGuire. 4/5 stars. This felt like the continuation of Antsy's story from book 8, but with some of our main cast of characters on a new quest. Very enjoyable and another solid installment in the series. Is the last time we see the "main cast?". Read on audio. Fantasy.

That's it for January! I am currently reading my TBR Pick of the Month, The Throne of the Five Winds, but I am only still in the first half of the book, so I will have to finish it up for Feb. I also started a new nonfiction audiobook, but am still in the first half of that as well.

February TBR:

finish The Throne of the Five Winds by SC Emmett

Crescent City 3

Nonfiction Audiobook (finish)

Blade Breaker by Victoria Aveyard

The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden

What Feasts at Night by T Kingfisher

TBR Pick of the month

Us Against You by Fredrik Backman (?)