#booooooooks!

[calandrinon]

Simak <3

I was looking up reviews because I couldn't remember if there was a dog in this one (no), and I came across a review that referred to the post-apocalyptic genre as "post apoplectic", and I don't think I'm going to be able to top that tonight.

A Heritage of Stars cover art by Paul Lehr, 1977

[merlinmerlot]

the reality of sybil/vimes is that even if it Was written well and there Weren't deep foundational issues w/ the pairing, i still wouldn't find it as compelling as the divorce dynamic. its sooo much more interesting to me to imagine vimes' comphet marriage sucking That Bad while he's having an affair with his boss.

which is why i can't accept vetvibil. all the love in the world to you guys but i'm an inherent believer in a. vetinari's homosexuality and b. vimes' loveless marriage. <3

[baylardian-1]

“Did we keep you awake like this?” Amelia asked as she fetched a tea and presented it to Mama.

"Hm no. I don’t remember.” She sipped the drink and sighed contently. “You were easier. You were eggs.”

(Lil blurby from @elephant-in-the-pride-parade's ficlet)

[turtburglers]

Just finished listening to Babel by RF Kuang and it made me sad.

And I have a feeling starting book 2 of The Ending Fire Trilogy isn't gonna make me feel less sad.

[golohours]

like i want to resume george hours i want to feel more comfortable being in this space and i feel like i caaaant until its officially done

[cybercybertron]

Ok, we got Murtagh. Chris, when are we gonna get a book about Angela?

[dancedance-resolution]

YODATE WIKIPEDIA SAY S THE AUTHOE IS AUTISTIC IM SOBBING TEARS OF JOY

[stargazerbibi]

[ 13th november, 2024 • 66/152 days ]

got like 3h of sleep last night, but woke up super early and not feeling too sleepy so.. victories ig. it was freezing today so i mostly hid in the study rooms, hoping to greenhouse some warmth into my being hahahaha

-> classes (total: 4h30)

-> volleyball practice (total: 2h00)

-> my booooooook, i read it (on page 209 now)

[rowinablx]

The cast: Syrax should be the dragon mom of Dany's dragons, it makes sense

The director: She probably is but I'm not saying anything

The writers: Those were Dany's eggs

GRRM: The show and book canon are completely different so they can do whatever they want

The show runners: Fire and Blood isn't canon to our show, we're gonna do our own thing

Some of y'all: NOOOOOOO DREAMFYRE IS THEIR MOOOOOM BECAUSE IT'S IN THE BOOOOOOOOK

If Dreamfyre is their dragon mom, how does Rhaenyra have Drogon, Viserion and Rhaegal along with Morning????

Like they cannot make it more clear that they're diverging hard.

Also Daenerys is their mom 😤

[melitherion]

I want to bite the mailman. WHERE IS MY BOOOOOOOOK

[breannasfluff]

New booooooooks!

[1percentcharge]

remove a scoundrel 😏 unite a party 😃 preserve the union 🫡 promote the sales of my booooooook 🤩

[cleromancy]

you cant actually. See the titles of the first edition books jason sends to buce and alfred while hes menacing them in utrh and every single time im like. BUT WHAT WERE THE BOOOOOOOOKS

like???? what were they?????? frankenstein??????? don quixote????? as i lay dying????? wuthering heights????? anna karenina?????? great expectations???????? like. hello!!!! WUAT BOOKS DID JASON TAKE TIME OUT OF HIS VERY BUSY PART TIME CRIME LORD/FULL TIME MENACE SCHEDULE TO TRACK DOWN FOR YHE CREEPY PACKAGE HE SENT IN THE MAIL TO GET UNDER BRUCES SKIN!!!!! HELLO!!!!

[bibliocharlie]

i need more booooooooks

[jewishdainix]

I should have brought my booooooook

[clio-of-hesiod]

The Tale of the Haunted BOOOOOOOOk () [The Magnifiques]

In which the Magnifiques break into the library's archives...[takes place: near to Halloween]

@blight-magic, @enchantedtomeet-giselle, @devyn-morey, @ariel-the-undiscovered, @king-magnifico

[cw -- violence by book]

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AMITY BLIGHT:  In the restricted section of Pride University’s Library at the top floor, there were a ton of magically inclined books. Some of those tomes were grimoires donated by well-respected scholarly witches and wizards. Some were travel accounts about magical creatures from around the world. And others might not have magical content themselves but were enchanted– spells that made the books speak their content out loud, conjure pictures, or even, it was rumored, take hold of a person’s mind.

Apparently, one of those books was a diary of a witch who had claimed to have invented a spell that let her travel into a book. No one knew if her stories were true– in fact, loads of people called her a fraud. But for the purpose of Professor Sal’s class, Amity knew they had to get a hold of that diary and explore the witch’s story for herself.

And look, she’d tried to go through the proper channels. She asked if she could visit the section with supervision during the appropriate hours. But that specific diary was off-off limits. The librarians refused to say why. It was ‘confidential information’ that only the archivists were privy to. 

Sketchy as fuck if you asked Amity. 

But it wouldn’t stop her. 

So– what else was there to do but break in? Amity had run the idea past Ariel first– she seemed to have guts. Then together, they proposed the idea to Kleo, who agreed that they had to get a hold of it somehow. So they’d go after hours and use spellwork to cloak themselves. Somehow the idea got around to Dev and Giselle (ugh) too– well, Ariel told Dev who told Giselle (ugh) so yeah, yeah whatever– as long as Amity got the book, she didn’t care. 

So here they all were, huddled in the shadows of the library.

“Okay everyone, give me your hands– I’ll draw on our cloaking rune,” she said. Kleo would help too. 

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[link here]

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