#dontburn

[admiralgiggles]

This little lovely makes me miss my baby cat 😭

the new librarian looks somewhat stressed

[bibliophilecats]

25 in 2025 Book Tag

Thank you for tagging me @sixofravens-reads

I love the idea from sixofravens-reads @bigcats-birds-and-books to divide the list into 5 fiction TBR books, 5 nonfiction TBR books, 5 library holds, 5 manga/comics, and 5 rereads.

But, I do not have enough books from each of those categories, therefore I am making my own:

10 books off my physical tbr / 10 audiobooks (I already own) / 5 books from the library or on loan from my sister

T. Kingfisher: A Sorceress Comes to Call

T. Kingfisher: Illuminations

T. Oh: Do You Dream of Terra-Two

H. Fawcett: Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands

H. Kaner: Sunbringer

R. Hartman: In the Serpent's Wake

S. Chakraborty: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

J. Fforde: Early Riser

T. Kingfisher: Bryony and Roses

T. Kingfisher: Paladin's Fate

J.R.R. Tolkien: The Two Towers

J.R.R. Tolkien: The Return of the King

L. Bray: The Diviners

L. Bray: Lair of Dreams

L. Bray: Before the Devil Breaks You

L. Bray: The King of Crows

N.K. Jemisin: The City We Became

N.K. Jemisin: The World We Make

P. Pullman: Northern Lights

B. B. Alston: Amari and the Great Game

H. Fawcett: Ember and the Ice Dragons

F. Àbíké-Íyímídé: Ace of Spades

S. Lamb: The Forbidden Book

C. Tingle: Bury Your Gays

A. Weir: Project Hail Mary

i tag: @books-are-portals @freckles-and-books @thequeerlibrarian @the-forest-library @caffeinated-bibliophile @linebetween @belle-annd-the-book @lexreadsdiversely @ofliterarynature @manuscripts-dontburn

[harmandmac]

Harm's learning curve in giving Mac a compliment.

requested by @manuscripts-dontburn

[captainbookamir]

I was tagged by @anntickwittee to post nine books I'm hoping to read in 2025! Most of these are from my physical TBR, I bought myself a lot of secondhand books last year as a treat and I'm still reading through them all. I'm probably most excited for Silverborn though!

I'm also very much looking forward to Stone and Sky, the new Rivers of London novel that's coming out and The Summer War, the first in a new fantasy series by Naomi Novik, but neither of those have covers yet.

Tagging @elenajohansenreads, @readingaway, @howlsmovinglibrary, @princess-of-ithilien, and @manuscripts-dontburn; if you want to!

[lizziethereader]

It was such a good read! I'm looking forward to the sequel! This book is definitely an example of "sometimes popular books are popular for a reason" (it worked out that way for me, at least)

October 2023 wrapup

October was a bit of a mixed bag - some great reads, some I had higher hopes for, and some that I feel pretty indifferent about. Overall I'm pretty happy with the month, though.

favorite of the month: Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

nonfiction of the month (1): Written in Bone by Sue Black

classics (1): The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy

poetry (1): Well, They Are Gone, and Here Must I Remain by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

graphic novel (1): The Woods - Yearbook Edition, Book One by James Tynion IV, Michael, Dialynas

[rynemeadow]

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[palacholic]

the historian @manuscripts-dontburn wrote about is my teacher and in my first semester he took my class on a tour of prague, telling us this story among others, it's nice to hear about it again here on čumblr

[manuscripts-dontburn]

I really wish, after all these years, @staff would make it possible to change the secondary blog to the primary status. I have been inactive on my primary blog for years and have no intention of ever posting there again. Yet whenever I follow somebody or send an ask, they will hardly be able to realize that it is Ally from "manuscripts-dontburn" rather than somebody from "bollymusings". And I am tired of writing it everywhere.

[lizziethereader]

Those covers look gorgeous!

Weekly Bookish Question #353 (September 3rd - September 9th)

We’re getting close to one of the big “book release seasons” - is there anything you’re excited for? If you don’t tend to concern yourself with books that haven’t been published yet, is there a book you’re excited to get to in the next few months?

[paolovesbeer]

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[pastorcarlemitchell]

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[bibliophilecats]

manuscripts-dontburn mentioned you in a post “20 in 20 Book Tag”

Many thanks to @ bibliophilecats for tagging me :)Rules!…

This tag is really interested. And I also struggle with the “buying more than I read” and “giving away”. 

For the first problem, I started a “book credit score” system early last year and, so far, it has worked really well. For reading a physical book, I award myself 1/2 credit, for an ebook or audiobook 1/4 credit. Buying a new book sets me back 1 credit. It is fun and helps to keep the book byuing low. Oh, rereads of physical books get me 1/4 point and 0 for ebooks/audiobooks (my goals it to not accumulate so many physical books).

For the second one, I am relatively good at deciding I do not want to keep a certain book, but I really struggle with the “where to” in the giving away part. I have some (English) subscription box special editions and hardcovers which are in excellent condition and it feels like a waste to put them in the free library. But selling them is a lot of work and they often don’t sell well in Germany. 

However, just last night, I checked on one of those websites that buy used books/CDs, ... and actually found some good deals (I am not giving them a like new hardcover for 15 Cents!). Tomorrow, I will bring 12 books to the post office and (hopefully) will get 46.50 Euro for them. Which is quite good, as these shops go (do not look at their re-sell prices, though).

Also: do not feel ashamed of the (unread) books you own. What you do with your space and money is totally your own decision!

[truetruth1021]

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[ninja-muse]

This book is everything! I’m still trying to find the words to review it properly, but Marske has nailed her debut and anyone who likes historical fantasy, magic and mystery, and characters to fall (and maybe die) for should add this to their TBR. (And the way Marske writes truly terrible people? And magical houses? Brilliant too.) I read it in two days and considered coming late to work just so I could finish it.

Tagging Natasha Pulley fans for the similar vibes, and assorted other people I think would enjoy this:

@ram-reads @sixofravens-reads @starsandsteelandbrokenglass @manuscripts-dontburn @brideofsevenless

[lizziethereader]

I also found the prompts a bit tricky this year... I have a big stack of nonfiction books on my tbr that I was hoping to make a dent in, but I couldn't cover all the prompts with those

The Madman's Gallery sounds fun, I'm putting that on my tbr!

I've picked these:

fraud: The Shame Machine (Cathy O'Neil), maybe also Unwell Women (Elinor Cleghorn)

display: Hidden Figures (Margot Lee Shetterly)

capital: The Psychology of Money (Morgan Housel) and Having and Being Had (Eula Bliss)

web: User Friendly (Cliff Kuang and Robert Fabricant)

Weekly Bookish Question #362 (November 5th - November 11th)

Are you participating in Nonfiction November this year? Which book are you most excited about picking up?

[harmandmac]

Requested by @manuscripts-dontburn​