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[caribeandthebooks]

Caribe's Read Around The World TBR - Part 1

Books set in European countries

[virgovetstudies]

Post Finals Summer Studying Challenge Catch Up

August 7th - Do you read a lot in the summer?

Not really, but I also haven't read much since starting college six years ago.

August 8th - What book are you currently reading?

I am rereading Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Liani Taylor. Highly recommend.

August 9th - What is your favorite 'beach read' book?

This is nerdy, but one year I took a buch of the Supernatural novels to the beach. Loved it! So I think those books are good beach reads.

August 10th - What TV show are you currently watching?

I just finished bingeing both The Haunting of Hill House and the The Haunting of Bly Manor. Both were fabulous!

August 11th - What was the last movie you watched?

I went to the theaters a couple weeks ago to see Old, hoping to see Free Guy this weekend!

August 12th - What is your favorite summertime snack?

Melons. All the melons.

August 13th - What is your favorite seasonal fruit to eat during the summer?

Again melons.

August 14th - What is your favorite meal to have on the beach?

Nothing, because sand gets everywhere!

August 15th - What is your favorite ice cream flavor?

Cherry Vanilla

August 16th - What is the weirdest flavor of ice cream you've seen?

I think Pisatchio sounds horrible.

[cvioletdreamer]

Books I have piled next to me bed that I need to read:

‘La Belle Sauvage’ by Philip Pullman

‘Muse Of Nightmares’ by Liani Taylor

‘Villain’ by Michael Grant

‘Ready Player One’ by Ernest Cline

Plus my tourism textbook I gotta read for summer school

The book I’m currently re-reading for the hundredth time while listening to Billie Eilish:

‘A Court Of Mist And Fury’ by Sarah J Maas

[superblystrangephantom]

So I was tagged by @xenolinguistics-department enjoy ya'll.

Nickname: Well my name's Kimi, but my one friend calls me Sushi, another calls me Kiwiet (a type of south african bird thats always hopping around and has ridiculously long legs, it's a joke to how i can never stand still)

Zodiac: Logically, Virgo

Height: 1.56 meters

Hogwarts house: Ravenclaw 100%

Last thing i googled: Nordic runes

Song stuck in my head: ohhhh a few really but one that's been replaying is City by PUP

Following: 314 tumblrs

Followers: 40

Amount i sleep: um i don't need a lot to function, so my average is 4-6 hours

Lucky numbers: 24, 8, 7,

Dream job: A fantasy writer, and a translator of some sort. I've also wanted to get into philology.

Currently wearing: black sweatpants, camo socks and a  green shirt that says 'one team, one nation, one goal'

Favourite song: In memoriam by The Oh Hellos, My life is over and I couldn't be happier by PUP and Be Nice To Me by The Front Bottoms

Favourite instrument: I don't play any instruments but I've always wanted to learn the drums (my mother forbade me in favour of her eardrums)

Random fact about me: I speak both English and Afrikaans, and I am learning French.

Favourite author: ooohhh um this is a hard one. I like Brent Weeks (Night Angel Trilogy) , Rick Roirdan (yes i am That Kid™), Liani Taylor (Daughter of Smoke and bone trilogy), Sally Green (Half-Bad trilogy), and Peter Newman (The Vagrant)

Favourite animal noise: The sound my dog makes when he is scolding me or my mother

Aesthetic: Listening to Blink 182 while reading my favourite book. At 2:30 am. But in all seriousness, probably a weird mix between punk, dark, hopecore, and star trek.

And I tag- @mayasigma , @coldairballoons, and @ironfamjam

[booksofteacups]

GUESS WHAT!!!

I had my last two finals yesterday and I got home last night! I am going to home for a whole month and it is going to be fantastic! And that also means that I will be posting a backlog of reviews!

-end of life update-

Now to the post! Okay, so I kind of know all the books that I am going to get for Christmas because I was the one who picked them out and no I am not my mother, I didn’t pay for them. But that does not mean my Wish List is completely empty so here are ten books that I really want from my wish list. And yes, I know some of these aren’t released yet but Santa is magically right?!

Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston

That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston

Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi

Night of Cake and Puppets by Laini Taylor

Easton Press’s edition of The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

The Special Slipcover Editions of The Son of Neptune and The House of Hades by Rick Riordan

And apparently, pictures of these books don’t seem to exist on the internet.

Red Sister by Mark Lawrence

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

UK Editions of Nevernight and Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff

The pocketbook editions of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien

These books are so little and just so cute!

What books are you hoping Santa will bring you this Christmas or any other Winter Holiday that you celebrate!?

Top Ten Tuesday is a bookish meme from The Broke and The Bookish.

    Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Want Santa To Bring GUESS WHAT!!! I had my last two finals yesterday and I got home last night! I am going to home for a whole month and it is going to be fantastic!

[jubilee-laeta]

Do comment or contact me to discuss the book or my blog!

[thedigitalfix]

Strange the Dreamer - Liani Taylor

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[zonedeszinzinsenpause-blog]

UPDATE LECTURE n° 1 - Avril

What’s up buttercup ?? Voici devant tes yeux ébahis ma toute première update lecture ! Au total ce mois-ci : quatre livres (oui je sais il n’y en a que trois sur la photo), 2222 pages (waow ce chiffre) et beaaaauuucoup d’heures passées à lire :)  

- A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic Series n°1) de V.E. Shwab → ♥♥♥♥

- A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic Series n°2) de V.E. Shwab → ♥♥♥

- A Conjuring of Light (Shades of Magic Series n°2) de V.E. Shwab → ♥♥♥♥ 

Oui j’ai tout lu d’un coup je suis un peu une fifolle. Un brin déçue par cette série à cause de l’énorme “hype” autour qui m’avait vendu du rêve... Ça reste une SUPER trilogie avec un système de magie ultra intéressant, des personnages vraiment badass et profonds et j’ai kiffé cette idée de plusieurs mondes superposés et connectés ! Petit moins : l’intrigue est pas très bien cousue entre les tomes et on se perd dans la multitude de pdv au tome trois...  Je recommande :) 

- Le Fraiseur de Rêves (Strange The Dreamer Series n°1) de Liani Taylor → ♥♥♥♥♥

DOUX JÉSUS MARIE JOSEPH QUEL ÉNORME COUP DE CŒUR !!! Contrairement à SoM j’avais des attentes plutôt moyennes (idk why, peut-être à cause de l’épaisseur du tome) et j’avais TELLLLEMENT TORD ! Un voyage magique où j’avais vraiment l’impression d’être au milieu d’un rêve (ironique). Ce qui fait la beauté de cette histoire c’est le mystère qui l’entoure donc je ferme ma bouche ! C’est palpitant, c’est fantastique, c’est doux pour le cœur, c’est plein d’espoir, c’est beau, c’est unique donc LISEZ CE LIVRE BON DIEU !!! 

À la revoyure mes agneaux !  Lisez bien et mangez cinq fruit et légumes par jour (la salade dans le kebab ça compte pas) !

[luminouslibrary]

Morsmordre! “Then he realised it was a colossal skull, comprised of what looked like emerald stars, with a serpent protruding from its mouth like a tongue. As they watched, it rose higher and higher, blazing in a haze of greenish smoke, etched against the black sky like a new constellation.” - J.K. Rowling 🐍 This perfectly green glittery DARK MARK candle is by @flickerwix and came in their first candle box, the July ‘9 ¾’ box! It has such a unique scent that I absolutely love! And look at that label! . Their September boxes 'Dreamers and Monsters’ is inspired by Liani Taylor’s works, and is currently on sale for pre-orders until August 26th! If you want to get one for yourself or just order some candles, feel free to use my code PJ10 for 10% off! https://www.flickerwix.com 🐍 My SO actually was interested in this as a tattoo. If you could get an HP inspired tattoo, what would it be? 🐍

[nmheaman]

some thoughts on social media and making art and re-reading books as a new year begins

on social media

I've been on different forms of social media for most of my life, but the majority of that time I've only used it out of a compulsive habit, or often as a way to procrastinate/avoid something.

I don't want to continue this, which isn't to say I want to stop using social platforms altogether. But those I stay on I want to use more intentionally, like to keep in touch with friends/family, to follow artists, or to follow journalists and get news updates. Having clear reasons why I still use a platform, and logging on for that reason. And not doom-scrolling.

To form new habits I need to break the old, which means I should probably log-off and stay off the platforms that suck the most time and energy (looking at you twitter and instagram).

on time and making art and re-reading books

I started this year by beginning to re-read a YA trilogy I loved almost 10 years ago; it is so fun and comforting. May 2022 be the year of re-reads. (The book is Liani Taylor's Daughter of Smoke and Bone)

It has got me thinking: these are books I had read for joy and fun of it. Not because I saw them promoted online by influencers or because it seemed like something I should read to better myself/feel smarter. (And these are not bad reasons to read a book, but they don't have to be the only reasons).

This parallels how I've been thinking of art-making. I want to make more for myself, and I keep wondering: what was I making before I was taught to grind and grind and think about the portfolio and also what is the money-making potential of your creations and are you promoting yourself and do you have a shop because if not make one?

I want art-making to be more like a habitual behaviour in my life, rather than a skill I'm always trying to perfect. I want to make things and not be consumed by thoughts of "is it good?" but rather "that process was fun" or "that helped me express/process something" or "this explored an idea or told a story"

Basically, I want the end result to not be the most important thing.

I want to keep reminding myself I have the opportunity to create for myself and see where this goes. My job and livelihood do not hinge on making art which gives me freedom in so many ways.

And as I re-read books that brought me joy and sparked my imagination, I remember how I'd get lost in a book while reading, and how similarly I'd get lost in a drawing and painting. It's like a reminder of what making art can feel like.

It makes me want to reach back in time, grab ahold of that feeling, of total immersion in what I was doing, and bring to the present to nurture. So that's what I'm thinking of working (playing?) towards this year: finding that flow state in creating (which I was surprised to be reminded of via reading).

[moononastring]

10 Books/Series to read in 2018!

Tagged by the boo @court-of-abs

A Court of Frost and Starlight (I am so damn excited!)

TOG7

A Darker Shade of Magic series (Everyone has been so hyped about this that I’m ready to dive in)

Dark Harmony, the last book in the Bargainer series

Falling Kingdoms (Again, a series everyone raves about on here and I’m hella hyped)

 Strange the Dreamer Liani Taylor 

 Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia 

Alex and Eliza by Melissa de la Cruz (Has been on my shelf forever)

A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir

 Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi

Tagging: @queen-archeron @lady-therion @alicemoonwonderland @fearlesshunterofshadows @wingsofanillyrian @highladyfxyre @illyrianrhys

[danamaximoff]

Tagged by the lovely @crayonbreaker  :)

1. What is your middle name?

I don’t have one omg haha

2. Favorite drink?

Lemon Soda , tea

3. Favorite song?

i dont get one omg i love much songs so...I will go with "She will be loved-Maroon 5" / "Misery-Maroon 5"

4. Favorite 📓? Daughter of Smoke and Bone-Liani Taylor.

5. Favorite color?

Blue!

6. Have you ever been to another country?

omg no! I was in a trip to Andorra and i visit France by the way (a cave omg)

7. Favorite movie? Mamma Mia!

8. How tall are you?

I dont know omg 

9. Favorite artist?

I will go with Halsey and Maroon5 but in the painting way idk Actors and Actress ; RDJ, Mark Ruffalo, Cevans, (+40 WHITE MALE OF MIDDLE AGE I FELL IN LOVE), Jeff Goldblum, Zendaya,Letita Wright...

10. Average hours of 💤?

7-8

11. Favorite band? Maroon 5

12. Favorite season?

Summer!!

Tagging @ronnielddge  @taikka @filthystark  and anyone else who wanna do it ?

[chelebelleslair]

From an article in the February 2017 issue of Vogue magazine: St. Pettersburg, Florida-born hairstylist Nikki Nelms is a master at seamslessly weaving everyday objects--and fine jewelry--into natural texture. Model Liany Garcia Gomez in a Hellessy dress and charms by Irene Neuwirth, Spinelli Kilcollin, Jennifer Fisher, Of Rare Origin, Christopher Kane and Jane Taylor.

[booksofteacups]

Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Settings I Want To Visit

The Wanderlust is real.

 I have a terrible case of Wanderlust and reading books only makes it worse. (more…)

[dofthea]

I never get over the thrill of walking into the light-filled cathedral that is the Javits Centre for Book Expo every year. You know just beyond the imposing glass entry-way there is a couple of kms booths and exhibits all dedicated to books just waiting for you on the other side. In the convention centre is books you can't wait to read, books you didn't even know you're dying to read, and your next great book-love.

We had a long list of books that we were dying to get our hands on, including Seafire, Imposters, Small Spaces, The Girl King, Shadow of the Fox and a whole bunch more. For the most part we got everything we wanted.

The one book that sadly got away was The Wicked King by Holly Black. We adored The Cruel Prince and have been tripping over ourselves trying to get our hands on the sequel. Hachette had quietly sent out a rumour that they weren't going to drop it like a lot of the other ARCs are dropped. No, since everyone wanted it they were going to make a spectacle of it.

I'm not sure if their intention was to avoid the hour-long preline that would have formed had they announced what time they were dropping it, but I think they got a bit of unintended chaos for their trouble. They posted a secret password on Twitter the first people to get to the booth with the password were going to get a copy.

Alexandra and I passed a friend we had made in line about two minutes after they put out the password and were there within four minutes. It was insane. We didn't end up getting a copy, but rumor had it that they would be dropping Muse of Nightmares the same way.

We were going to be ready. Sure, Liani Taylor was signing it later in the day, but there was always a chance that we wouldn't get it and lining up for it would have eaten a ton of our day.

We set Twitter alerts on our phone. We checked them periodically. We were standing at the very front of the Boneless Mercies signing line when Alexandra suddenly looks up from her phone. SHOUTS SOMETHING AT ME. And then bolts off.

I'm standing there blinking like a moron as she comes charging back at me, absolutely frazzled, yelling, "MUSE OF NIGHTMARES. WHERE IS THE HACHETTE BOOTH?!". When I delicately pointed in the opposite direction of the way originally she took off she sprinted away, screaming the password at me over her shoulder like madness-incarnate.

If you've ever imagined a zombie apocalypse, that's what it looked like as people from every direction across the giant convention centre abandoned the lines they were in and charged for Hachette booth.

We ended up getting Muse of Nightmares.

There were a lot more authors wandering the floor this year. Spotted in the crowds was Liani Taylor, V.E. Schwab, Brandon Sanderson, and debut author Annie Sullivan (A Touch of Gold) whose infectious energy was something you could practically bottle and use to send a very cheerful rocket to the moon. While I didn't get hands on her book, I hope to read it and interview her sometime soon.

We enjoyed Book Con a lot more than we have in past years and I'm not sure why. It wasn't different than it has been in the past as far as I can tell. Maybe we felt less pressured to get the rest of the books that we missed, or maybe we just found a way to entertain ourselves. If you noticed to exhausted but excited girls playing Heads Up, the Game of Thrones Edition, in line that was us.

We got a more swag at Book Con than we got books. I was so excited to get the Underline towel from Penguin. They were giving it out last year and I WANTED it, but I was never able to get one. I never said it out-loud because it sounded stupid, but I really hoped they were going to bring it back. AND THEY DID. We both also managed to score Magnus Bane plushies. A little creepy, but they put a surprising amount of detail into them.

I ended up having a pleasant chat with Charlie Jane Anders. Apparently, I was the first person to give her feedback on her The City in the Middle of the Night sampler. I can tell you it looks like its going to be a unique read with a heroine that has her own distinctive voice and on a planet that immediately grabs your interest.

I also discovered the new Rick Riordan Presents series of middle-grade books that looks like they're releasing some quality stories. Highlighted were The Storm Runner, Dragon Pearl, and Aru Shah and the End of Time. All three are fantasy/sci-fi books about minority mythologies and characters, with exciting plots that really do something new. From reading the samplers they're worth a read, even if you don't usually go for middle-grade.

As usual we end up skipping the first day of Book Expo because it is almost entirely geared to people in the publishing industry and librarians. It would be nice if they included some events geared to bloggers on the Wednesday, but it seems like the Expo is still set on making things for bloggers less easily accessible with the increased entranced price and general refusal to acknowledge their presence.

Every year Book Expo seems to be getting a little smaller, a little less open to international publishing and little less accessible to small publishers. This year was no exception. It makes me wonder if the Expo is loosing money or if they are eventually going to phase it out. Plus, every year they claimed it's "reimagined" - whatever that means.

But I hate to say it, the most memorable part of our trip to NY had nothing to do with Book Expo and has everything to do with that time, two hours into our first day, we were flashed on the subway by some perv. And he definitely came prepared to flash someone that day, he specifically wore no underwear so he could pull his pants down faster. We had a front row seat. That is something I can never unsee. Thanks NY.

On the list of things we saw that didn't traumatize us: David Bowie exhibit, submarine at the Intrepid Museum, comedy at the Village Underground, Spyscape (Spy Museum) and the beautiful column of mint M&Ms at the Times Square store (seriously I need someone to send me regular shipments of those things, they're impossible to find anywhere else).

Overall, it was a great trip and we brought back a ton of books. Also, got a ton of side-eye from people who could not understand why we had so many bags.

We travel light.

[chimericalwrites]

Books!

Ordered 4 new books from ThriftBooks, I am ready for them to be here like tomorrow. Amazon prime has cursed me with unrealistic shipping expectations lol.  New books on the way:

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Liani Taylor

The Archived by Victoria Schwab

Forever Odd by Dean Koontz