#cathryn constable

[kpopandbookschild]

Book poll round 2 #4

where it says 4 books its supposed to say 12 -_-

[hellyeahschoolstories]

15/05/2023 // The coffee shop around the corner has the wildest flavors and I am determined to try them all! Today I got a white chocolate strawberry mocha with coconut milk. :) There was a little bookshelf with books you could take away and this one seems to have cozy middle grade/young adult dark academia vibes.

🎶: Love is All You Love by Band of Skulls

[lunaslittlelibrary]

The Pearl in the Ice by Cathryn Constable #BlogTour

Start the weekend with #ThePearlintheIce by @kateconstable7 #BlogTour @chickenhsebooks @ninadouglas

Marina’s father, a naval captain, has been away for most of her life – certainly since her mother died – and yet Marina feels the pull of an ocean she’s never known.

When sent to boarding school to learn to be a lady, Marina decides instead to stow away on her father’s ship. A perilous voyage awaits – but where are they sailing to and why, and what has it to do with the dark shape in the deep…

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„Jesteśmy, kim jesteśmy. Nieważne, jak święci księżyc, nigdy nie będzie słońcem…”

~Cathryn Constable “Wilcza księżniczka”

[legendarywolf2022]

Chapter 1: Beyond Canada’s Gates

(This is where the story began in the city of Canada…)

⏰ 6th of July 2022, 04:55am ⏰

🌎 Heading to Toronto Pearson International Airport, Canada 🌎

Morning time was still night in Canada as the bus headed out into night so they could be at the airport. Inside the bus, there were 14 people including 2 young teenager girls who were best friends and they were heading to the new chapter in life with their three friends who were waiting for them at the airport so they could be someone in every story they read about; Dreaming of having those amazing adventures that were written in those magical books like…

1. Rooftoppers. By Katherine Rundell

2. The Wolf Wilder. By Katherine Rundell

3. The Wolf Princess. By Cathryn Constable

4. The Highland Falcon Thief. By M. G. Leonard & Sam Sedgman

5. Danger at Dead Man’s Pass. By M. G. Leonard & Sam Sedgman

6. The Last Firefox. By Lee Newbery

…While the two girls were finishing up their breakfast, one of them had doubts about running away from their hometown.

“This is a terrible idea mistake…” 12-year-old girl with fiery-red long hair that got two plaits behind her ears and a dark green bow with two matching hair-clip gems. Her eyes were green, even though it sparkles like emerald. She got pale skin with light brown freckles with deep red ear paint on her face under her eyes. She wore dark green skirt and fingerless gloves, rainbow friendship bracelet, white button-shirt, black leggings, white socks and brown boots with silver details, as well as a brown jacket with sliver details that got one golden badge with a picture of the sun and wore Aqua blue ribbon around her waist as a belt, deep red ribbon around her arm and golden leaf pendant necklace. Her name was Catalina ‘Cat’ Juliet McSchnitz.

“Don’t worry, everything will be fine.” 13-year-old girl with red short hair and her eyes were light brown. She wore silver glasses, a Aqua green barrette on the side of her hair and two Aqua blue barrettes on the left, silver star earrings, and a black choker with a small ruby heart-shaped gemstone. She wore a red cardigan with light and dark red lacy-like design with pink buttons and two badges (one was an Canada flag and one was a red panda), and even without the cardigan she wore a light pink polo shirt with two buttons on it. An violet skirt with pink leggings, light pink socks, and gray and pink sneakers, a red heart-shaped watch, and a rainbow friendship bracelet. Her name was Meilin ‘Mei’ Lee.

“But you know this is one-way ticket to never come back once we crossed the gates of Canada or Toronto or whatever it’s called. I don’t just know about this…” Catalina said to Meilin.

“Yeah, I know that.” Meilin said, nodded slowly. “But this is our chance! The plane only take us to 1 hour and 30 minutes, so we got plenty of time to take this opportunity to create a new story that we been planning for.”

“But everyone will notice that we’re gone for more weeks than days since we lied to them that we were going on a holiday school trip to Florida where your grandmother lives along with your four aunts.” Catalina said, while talking a bite into the breakfast burrito.

“What do you prefer, going to Los Angeles?” Meilin asked, taking her notebook and a pen so she could write down what Catalina needs to calm her worries.

“Maybe?” Catalina said, her eyes widened. “I mean, yeah. That would be our next adventure because it’s farther away from Canada/Toronto.”

“Then, we’ll stayed in New York City for 3 days and head to Los Angeles next.” Meilin wrote it down on her notebook.

“Thanks.” Catalina smiled, slowly relaxing as she gazed at the window where the stars twinkled and the moon still hold onto the night sky.

“Cat, we’ve been planning this for two weeks.” Meilin said, making Catalina looked at her. “We wanted to show everyone that we’re grown-up and responsible enough to travel than just being very intelligent all the time with maths and English at school. We wants to prove them that we can do this while it’s our new chapter in life.”

“Yeah,” Catalina said. “Doing homework’s with maths and English are one whole things that somehow easy for us, but travelling is a whole new level, Mei. Especially it’s someone’s birthday who she wanted to join us two as well as the other two who wanted to know other cities in America.”

Meilin looked at Catalina and sighed. “Yes, three girls are joining us to this adventures because they don’t want us to get into trouble already. Since America has been crazy this lately during…”

“Oh, please don’t.” Catalina said, holding her hands up as if she was surrendering something that she rather not want to discuss.

“Okay,” Meilin sighed and then looked at the window. After the silence passed, Meilin replied. “You do know what we’re going to do with her birthday we’re planning, right?” She smiled, and then she giggled once Catalina sigh in dramatic.

“We’ve got her presents, I think we’ve got decorations, but I don’t know about the cake though…” Catalina said while pulling out her phone to see the time; it was 05:15am, not long now.

Meilin’s mind suddenly got stuck on one thing only. Adventures were everyday’s life and birthdays only came around once a year. “Really?” She asked. “Who could never like cake?”

Catalina looked at her. “Now, I didn’t say she doesn’t like cake. It’s just we can’t bring food in the plane.”

“Okay, name one food better than cake if she doesn’t like them anymore.” Meilin said.

“Nachos,” Catalina replied, even though she thought about it. That was just something about their friend who just can’t help but to make sure that she had her healthy diet while having her favourite snack of all time, and Catalina knew her very well.

Meilin groaned as she dramatically collapsed back against her seat. “Come on, again with the nachos! Even though she had a great way to keep her healthy diet stays healthy, she can secretly blinds her parents to believe that she hates junk food.”

“Exactly,” Catalina sighed. “Her family are in the healthy zone because they rather have fruits and vegetables than meats, which is why they have vegetarian meat.”

“Vegetarian meat?” Meilin asked. That was kinda new to her to actually heard a meat made out of vegetable.

“Yup,” Catalina said.

“I don’t know,” Meilin said, drapping one arm up and over the back of her seat. “Nachos are just too flavouring for my taste when it’s too salty.”

“Which is why the company are making the nachos in different type of flavours; The original, the nacho cheese, the hot chilli ones, the guacamole ones, the barbecue, the light salted, and the lemon and lime.”

Meilin nodded slowly, then the thoughts came. “Sooo… Don’t you think they can do chocolate nachos? Because they would be tasty!”

Catalina rolled her eyes and smiled, “If they do the sweet nachos then the savoy nachos.”

Meilin looked excited about this new information, her red panda ears and tail appeared. She had red panda powers ever since she turned 13. She was freaked out and hated it at first until she realised that the red panda meant everything to her because it’s a part of her to show she’s more than a regular girl. “Can they do peanut butter nachos? Can they do cookie and cream nachos? Or can they even try to make one of our friend’s favourite treat, Biscoff? Oh, wait… Oreos! Or…”

Catalina giggled and leaned against her seat, waiting for her friend’s suggestion to sweet nachos. “Alright,” she said. “Alright, keep it coming. Go on, what’s next?” Just at the bus stop to the bus station. Catalina looked at the window and smiled. “We’re here! Now once we left this bus, our friendship will be living.” She then get her stuff to put it in her backpack.

Meilin laughed, then put her stuff in her backpack as well before having her red panda ears and tail to disappeared. She patted her seat, “Let’s bounce to the rhythm.” As they got out of the bus, Meilin took a great smell of summer breeze and sighed. “It smells like… like the new page is about to be written in gorgeous red. Before the green would come in the page.”

Catalina smiled. “Colour is a colour, we can use whatever we want.”

“True enough,” Meilin replied. “Black is off colour for the book in my opinion, but I don’t judge it.”

Both of the girls were walking towards the airport side by side as they crossed the road safely and few people watching them in surprise since they have never seen two young girls going on their own without their parents.

“Okay,” Meilin said once they were at the front doors of the airport. “Ready?” She asked Catalina who smiled.

“Let’s do this!”

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As the girls entered the building, Catalina looked at the fourth wall; Oh, hello! You’re probably wondering what’s going on, am I correct? Yeah, of course you do. You might be like ‘Wow, two girls. Ready to take on the world.’ Well, it might be until later on, because we’re on the mission to show the families that life’s deserve to have an adventure without any guidance. When you just had one year left before you turned into a teenager, there’s only one rule in your family; Respect your parents when they’re willing to protect you from any harm in this world. They’re have a different ways of being human who would do anything to give you a life’s purpose, who would sacrificed to put a roof over your head when you’re thinking way ahead of you, and who would put perfect food on the plate that is healthy to keep you stay strong. The least you can do in return is everything they ask. Because I know, what the people would say ‘My dear child, please do be careful. You must give your family the proud deeds of your hard-working skills that would make them feel great, but if you take it too far… then you might forget to be proud of yourself in life.’ Luckily for us, we try not to let that happen. I’m Catalina McSchnitz. And ever since I turned 12, I’ve been doing my own thing all thanks to my four friends. Let’s say, I’ve been making a huge change for my life; I wear what I want, say what I want, and I’ll try my best to not hesitate to keep up with my… oh, right. You might not know about this, but I’ve got, uh, a wolf within me. I get that wolves are the villains in every story and I don’t want to be brag, but being a teenager with animal powers means we’re more grown-ups to keep it all under control. Nobody know about this except my four friends.’

“Wolves can be just like red pandas because both of them are well responsible to protect their kinds and knows where the dangers so they could do something about it.” Meilin said to the fourth wall. “And plus, she’s known as the Wolf Princess!”

“Yeah, I am. Everyone, meet Meilin Lee. A confident 13-year-old girl who doesn’t care about the others think about her because she believe that she was born to be a strong, fearless and independent girl and also she highly enjoys school because of her friends so she could be her true self while her home had changed since she was 11. Plus, she adore learning especially things like maths. She cares deeply about the environment because of her red panda powers that runs in the family for years since Sun Yee who was the ancestor that had been gifted by gods. Her intelligence with her powers got her to be a very fine ‘ruler’ with a free spirit within her and that we made her the Red Panda Princess’. She’s also my best friend!” Catalina said, hugging Meilin who smiled.

“Only because we have animal powers, girl.” Meilin chuckled.

“Yeah, she’s a sweetheart,” Catalina said while holding Meilin close to her. She then smiled at her friend and said it directly to her, “You’re a sweetheart.”

The two then spotted their three friends who were waiting for them; “Here’s the birthday girl!” Meilin said, before pointing at… “Miriam!”

Miriam Mendelsohn was Jewish-Canadian 14-year-old girl with light skin, curly and auburn hair tied in braids, and green eyes. She has green leaf earrings as well as silver braces, a green tuque. She wore a green cardigan with light and dark green leaf patterns with a black choker, with a light green stone in the middle with what seems to be a flower inside it, and white t-shirt that reads "Nature is a greater Mother Nature" in orange, along with light green pants and dark orange slip-on shoes that have a checkered pattern by the side. She has a rainbow friendship bracelet on the right arm, and a light and dark green slap bracelet on the left as well as three badges (one was a tiger in the jungle, one was a orange heart with LM in the middle, and one was the Element of Honestly from My Little Pony). She looked up at Meilin and Catalina before smiling at them, “Mei! Cat!” She ran towards them, and high-five Mei and hugged Catalina.

“Happy birthday, Miriam.” Catalina said, before talking to the fourth wall. “Miriam a fun loving and caring girl who looks out and supports us. She’s honest, loyal, a bit of a tomboy, and can make people laugh when they need it most.” She then pointed out that Miriam got a badge that got a orange apple. “She’s a fan of Applejack from My Little Pony since she’s just like her. But also she’s kind especially towards Mei, whose life has been turned upside down by her red panda powers. Miriam always lets Mei know she is loved, no matter what she looks like.”

“You got that right, girl.” Miriam hugged Catalina back.

The three walked towards the next girl; “Here comes our golden goth, Priya!” Meilin said, pointing at her who was reading a book.

Priya Mangal was an average height, Indian-Canadian 14-year-old teenage girl with brown fair skin, brown eyes, and curly dark brown hair. She wore navy blue glasses with mini gold hoop earrings and a gold nose piercing. Her clothing consists of a stripy yellow shirt with a small zipper on the top of it, baggy pants that feature pockets and grey sneakers that have navy blue lacings. She also wore a grayish-yellow watch on her right arm with one badge that was a black spider with white cobwebs, black nail polish and a rainbow friendship bracelet on the left. “Yo,” she replied before walking towards them, and high-five Meilin and Catalina.

“Priya is presented to be the most chill and mellow of us five girl while also being supportive of us and having our back. She interested in anything that's… complicated...” Catalina said nervously before Priya showed the fourth wall her book that she was reading. “Oh, right! She loves reading a vampire romance novel and once asks Mei if she's a werewolf after seeing her red panda form. She often makes vampire-like poses like crossing her arms when she's lying down and she also said that she always wanted a tail.”

“I’m a golden goth,” Priya replied with a smile.

Catalina smiled, there was one last person to pick up before heading to the counter which surprisedly was there. “Abby!” She replied, pointing at their last friend.

Abigail ‘Abby’ Park was a short and heavyset, Korean-Canadian 13-year-old teenage girl with fair skin, brown eyes with the bright sparkling purple eyeshadow, and long straight black hair that forms into a brown ombre. She wore a glittery purplish-pink headband, pink-heart earrings, a purplish-pink turtleneck sweater with purple overalls that feature different colored of dark pink and light pink flowers on it. She also wore white socks and auburn shoes, while she has a lavender watch on her right arm, two badges (one was a rainbow and one was a sparkling pink stars) and a rainbow friendship bracelet on her left. She was sitting down before looking at the girls who were walking towards her. With a big smile on her, she leapt up and ran towards them. “What’s up, girls?”

“She’s a fun loving, yet chaotic girl who is very supportive of us. She can also be quite aggressive, as shown when she confidently punches Mei when she requested for it. She can also be very angry at herself if she makes a mistake, like the date for the concert between Toronto and Toledo. However, she isn't the brightest in terms of intelligence, as she sometimes gives misinformation by remembering things wrongly, although she likes to help us. She loves to hug Mei whenever she is in red panda mode since she is very fluffy.” Catalina said, looking at Abby who was checking her money while looking at her phone. “Abby is constantly energized and can get mad more easily than Mei, which can sometimes distract her.”

Abby then looked at Catalina and replied, “This is the way I am and I love it!”

Catalina smiled and looked at the rest of her friends, she then thought about how lucky she had with them. “Yeah, they’re so much fun to hang out with. But I’m going to tell you; When you’re born with something that you thought you were good enough to be part of everyone’s life in this world, there are some parts that are missing and it’s up to you to find that part until you realise what means everything.”

“This is it, girls!” Meilin said, once they got their tickets for the plane that would take us to New York City.

“I am ready for this moment!” Miriam said, wrapping her arms around Priya and Abby.

“I was born to be ready for action in travelling.” Priya said.

“Let’s burn this airport to the ground!” Abby said so loud that everyone around them heated her before they went on their own business.

“Hope you guys enjoying this adventure,” Catalina said before putting her favourite sunglasses that was black with gold stars in front corner and small diamonds on the sides. “Because us girls… just wanna be bad.”

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⭐️ RainbowMoonstone21 has brought a massive crossover tale to present you; ⭐️

🐺Sam Rockwell as Mr Wolf🐺

in The Bad Guys; The Black Diamond of the Legendary Wolf

Kevin Miller as Sly Cooper

🐺Ruby Jay as Catalina McSchnitz🐺

Rosalie Chiang as Meilin Lee

Marc Maron as Mr Snake

Awkwafina as Miss Tarantula

Craig Robinson as Mr Shark

Anthony Ramos as Mr Piranha

Bryan Cranston as Mr Hornet (original character of mine, kinda based on @aggimaginary)

Matt Olsen as Bentley

Chris Murphy as Murray

Marc Baylis as Drake Lupus (original character of ConnorDavidson)

Ben Price as Vick Dodge (original character of ConnorDavidson)

Sam Aston as Ned Grey (original character of ConnorDavidson)

Ava Morse as Miriam

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan as Priya

Hyein Park as Abby

Grey DeLisie as Carmelita Fox

Zazie Beetz as Diane Foxington / The Crimson Paw

Michelle Keegan as Sophie McDonald (original character of mine)

Lilly Singh as Tiffany Fluffit

Alex Borstein as Misty Luggins

Ginnifer Goodwill as Officer Susanna Barlow (original character of mine, which Disneyfriend adore her)

Ian McShane as Tai Lung

Idris Elba as Shere Khan

Richard Ayoade as Professor Marmalade

Dominic Power as Colonel Zahn (original character of ConnorDavidson)

And Kevin Blackton as Clockwork

(Based on Dreamwork and Disney’s fantastic tales that we all know and love)

(Song: I Wanna Be Bad by Willa Ford

And Mr Hornet is inspired by @aggimaginary)

[dionysian-madness]

Favourite literature

*asterisks for favourites found in childhood*

- Frenchie by Euphrasia Cox

- The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald

- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

- SGE series by Soman Chainani *

- The Wolf Princess by Cathryn Constable *

- Manor by Karl Heinrich Ulrichs

- The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes *

- A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare *

- Hamlet by Shakespeare

- Flower Children by Elizabeth Gordon *

TBR:

- Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre

- A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson

- The Wrath & the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh

- A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

- The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

- Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu

- The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

- If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

- The Binding by B.R. Collins

- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

- The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

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The Pearl in the Ice by Cathryn Constable

The Pearl in the Ice by Cathryn Constable {@chickenhsebooks @ninadouglas @kateconstable7}

My Thoughts on… The Pearl in the Ice by Cathryn Constable

Hi All!

Today is my stop on the blog tour for The Pearl in the Ice and I am here today with a review of this charming book.

**A copy of this book was provided to me for free in exchange for an honest review**

Title: The Pearl in the Ice Publisher: Chicken House Books Published: 7th November 2019 Format: Paperback Source:: Review Copy from…

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Middle Grade Quick Takes: The White Tower and Lions and Liars

Middle Grade Quick Takes: The White Tower and Lions and Liars

Two more from the great TBR read-down! I’ve got some realistic fiction and some dark(ish) fantasy for you, right here!

The White Tower, by Cathryn Constable, (Sept. 2017, Chicken House/Scholastic), $16.99, ISBN: 978-1-338-15746-8

Ages 8-12

Livy is a 12-year-old English girl who is still reeling from the recent death of her best friend is uprooted when her father accepts a prestigious job as the…

[freshinkpsb]

The White Tower, by Cathryn Constable

Personally, I think this is a great book. It’s very gripping at every turn, and sometimes I just couldn’t put this book down! It is detailed and funny sometimes, but a few times I got a little bored. In conclusion, this book was great, and very fun to read. The idea of a girl who can fly is a common one, but mixed together with the fact that time stops was very cool. In final (final) conclusion, I would recommend this book as a great read for fantasy lovers. I hope this book has a good effect on the readers of America.

- Pallas, 11

[tryingmybestrn]

hi! it’s your secret santa, long time no talk! how is your break going? i hope you’re enjoying your time!! what are your favorite books? ~💜

My break is going great! And it's wonderful to hear from you again - how did your exams go? 💜

I've been knitting during the break, turning into a granny 😅

And favourite books... I have so manyyyy

But favourites at the moment are

Wolf Princess - Cathryn Constable

Wildthorn - Jane Eagland

Harry Potter - J. K Rowling

Mythos - Stephen Fry

The odyssey - Homer

How to be a tudor - Ruth Goodman

Matilda - Roald Dahl

Little women - Louisa May Alcott

Good Omens - Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

What about you? 💜

[sunset-supergirl]

Happy birthday Agnes Baltsa

[lunaslittlelibrary]

The White Tower by Cathryn Constable

My #bookreview of #TheWhiteTower by @kateconstable7 Adore Livy! @chickenhsebooks

. When Livy’s accepted at Temple College, a school for the very brightest, no one is more surprised than her, though she has always felt different. Recently, Livy’s been drawn to the roof, where, among its towering stone angels, she has the strangest desire to fly. But her behaviour is noticed by others, for whom the ability to defy gravity is a possible reality …one that they’ll stop at nothing…

[incorrectquotesconaisseur]

OMGGG thanks so much for the tag!!

last book I bought: This Is How You Lose The Time War, it's pretty high on my tbr list, I hope I can get to reading it in the next month :)

borrowed: Marina by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, borrowed to me by my bff and I finished it in a couple of days in february

was gifted: Gallant by V. E. Schwab although idk if it's a real gift if I forced my parents into buying it for me (and the autographed hardback version too)

gave/lent to someone: ughh I didn't borrow a book to anyone in a long time, but I remember giving The Wolf Princess by Cathryn Constable to a colleague in middle school

started: currently reading The Queen of Nothing and the biography of Oscar Wilde written by Andre Gide - extremely intriguing, especially if you're passionate about taboo lgbt historg like me :)

finished: I read the Cruel Prince and The Wicked King and I REALLY LOVE the whole trilogy

gave 5 stars: I gave 5 stars to quite a few books this year, among which are Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo, If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde and Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Sir Terry Pratchett

did not finish: I watched a few versions of Hamlet (the 2009 being my favourite, cause that's the kind of person I am) but I never actually got around to reading the play - I read half of it, learned Hamlet's soliloquy by heart and stopped halfway - I DO PLAN ON GOINGT THROUGH WITH IT AT SOME POINT

personal recs: I highly encourage everyone to read Oscar Wilde's De Profundis - it's basically a 100 pages long letter to his ex, a very lyrical, touching, bitchy and iconic rant that I adored. And OFX my current obsession being Good Omens, it is my full-time job to corrupt more people to read it - an angel and a demon who have clandestinely worked with each other for 6000 years have to cooperate to save the Eartg from the upcoming Armageddon, but they are queer and incompetent so it all goes to shit :) add some witches, cool kids, dry humor and witty plot and you have a recipe for success. I also love His Dark Materials A LOT - the antithesis of The Chronicles of Narnia, it's ultimately a bitch-slap to the Catholic church, featuring a badass, sly young girl as the protagonist, a war between science and religion, cool polar bears, ???MULTIVERSE???, gay angels, killing God and many other fun features

PHEW THIS WAS LONG ok I'm tagging the lovely @ninamorozova @alonlyfangirl @brekkercookie

Super superrrr psyched that @everyforkedroad recommended that I give this a shot how exciting!!! I almost exclusively read queer fiction, I swear I keep trying to branch out but there's so much EPIC queer content...

So, that being said...

The last book I bought was: Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo (Southern Gothic queer horror story- slow burn romance and just so, so beautifully written.)

Borrowed: Drag Teen by Jeffery Self. (Cute, very cute story.)

Was Gifted: A Little Life By Hanya Yanagihara (It counts if I gifted it to myself, yes? Had them gift wrap it and everything) Also, it broke my Little heart. I still find myself muttering quotes from the book randomly in utter disbelief.

Gave/Lent to Someone: The Woman Who Made Me Feel Strange by Anna Ferrara (Such a good book- part of a trilogy, if I'm not mistaken and I plan on reading the other two soon BUT THE FIRST ONE WAS epiCccc)

Started: You Owe Me A Murder by Eileen Cook (Not a queer book- like I said I'm trying to branch out- and it's a thriller sort of crime thing? Not too bad so far)

Finished: We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver (Whew.)

Gave 5 Stars: The Library on Mount Char by Scott Hawkins ( One of my favourite lines: "I'd drop-kick the baby Jesus for a Marlboro." That is all.)

Didn't Finish: Avatar, The Last Airbender: The Shadow of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee (Things became intense and I got scared- I will eventually go back to it but first I intend to forget what made me stop reading in the first place.)

Personal reccomendationsssss cus I also love recommendations: They Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson. Supernatural horror vibes with an amazing, epic woman of colour as the main character. Couldn't reccomend it enough.

Soooo, it'd be super cool if @use-your-words , @squash1 , @envyclearlace anddddd @crownamedtod shared their recently reads etc as well. anddddd anyone else!💜💜💜

[theroyalnovelist]

Better late than never right?! Our October Book Review is now up! We looked at the Middle-Grade novel, The Wolf Princess, by Cathryn Constable. 

And Spoilers, We loved it. It is a wonderful book that incorporates Russian folklore with touches of mystery and fantasy. I would definitely recommend this book for Middle-Grade readers, especially those who enjoyed the Harry Potter novels as this book gives off a similar vibe.

[barkerandjones]

Prinsoner of Ice and Snow by Ruth Lauren

Valor is under arrest for the attempted murder of the crown prince. Her parents are outcasts from the royal court, her sister is banished for theft of a national treasure, and now Valor has been sentenced to life imprisonment at Demidova, a prison built from stone and ice. But that's exactly where she wants to be. For her sister was sent there too, and Valor embarks on an epic plan to break her out from the inside. No one has escaped from Demidova in over three hundred years, and if Valor is to succeed she will need all of her strength, courage and love. If the plan fails, she faces a chilling fate worse than any prison ... An unforgettable story of sisterhood, valour and rebellion, Prisoner of Ice and Snow will fire you up and melt your heart all at once. Perfect for fans of Katherine Rundell, Piers Torday and Cathryn Constable.

Shorter than I expected, but fast moving and tense. I'm glad I was reading this in blazing sunshine as it made me quite cold! The ending was clearly setting up a sequel and I'll be keeping an eye out for it eagerly. I can't wait to be back with Valor and Sasha. The only thing I didn't like was the random words in another language. I understood them from context, but they did throw me out of the story a little. All in all a great read, one I'll whole heartedly recommend to other people.

[stillcomethenight]

I'm honestly not completely sure what it's meant by "as a kid" so I added some things that I liked when I was around 8. But since I'm a slut for books and wanna share more so I'll get a bit noisy on here and add some books I liked when I was 11 or so

The Dragonfly Pool by Eva Ibbotson

The Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson (I just love her, okay??)

The Dandelion Song by Hilde Hagerup

The Wolf Princess by Cathryn Constable