#little island books

[kelmenton]

💙🩷💜 A Fix of Light cover reveal!!💙🩷💜

“Fantasy and romance, darkness and light, this is a powerful and moving debut novel from an exciting new voice in Irish YA literature.”

A Fix of Light comes out on Feb 6th 2025. Pre order now:

Cover designer: Lauren O'Hara

Cover Illustrator: Chrissy Curtin @chrissycurtin

Publisher: Little Island Books

[stephaniejoanneus]

The Slug and the Snail by Oein DeBhairduin, illustrated by Olya Anima

The Slug and the Snail by Oein DeBhairduin, illustrated by Olya Anima. Little Island, 2024, c2023. 9781915071071 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover picture book Genre: Folktales/fables What did you like about the book? In the time before there were snails, two slug brothers happily traveled together, “as they explored the world in the beautiful dance of…

[winningthesweepstakes]

The Slug and the Snail by Oein DeBhairduin, illustrated by Olya Anima

The Slug and the Snail by Oein DeBhairduin, illustrated by Olya Anima. Little Island, 2024, c2023. 9781915071071 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover picture book Genre: Folktales/fables What did you like about the book? In the time before there were snails, two slug brothers happily traveled together, “as they explored the world in the beautiful dance of…

[clarissasbakery]

some pony au stuff that’s been on the back burner… algebraliens as draconequus??

[bluestation]

i found you in the future

[misiahasahardname]

99% of lightbulb's personal belongings have been heavily chewed (same girl same)

here. have a bunch of object show stuff i drew (i love doing gijinkas)

[book--brackets]

Hi everyone, this was a mistake on my part! The Kane Chronicles are not supposed to be here as they were in the last competition. Any votes for them will be counted as "see results" votes when it comes to calculated if any books are outright eliminated, and if they end up winning, second place will be taken instead.

[mervynbunter]

Treasure Island is a quite simple little novel, a boys’ adventure story, “quite silly and horrid fun” (Stevenson). What makes it intriguing is the sense of complex interpersonal history between the Walrus’s sometime crew — those who have survived the end of the golden age of piracy, when piracy was for most a brief career that ended in violent death — and the missing pieces within that history. For example: how exactly Bones “had the map from” Flint, why he is now so distrusted by his former shipmates, the glimpses of psychological complexity in his characterisation, the precarious dangerous trifecta between Silver and Bones and Pew, the balance/juxtaposition of crew loyalties vs their fears of betrayal, how they have succeeded in evading the law since disbanding, and, of course, what of those who are dead.

And also what may be happening while the Hispaniola is at sea: the role of Mrs Silver, Black Dog’s escape (and perhaps a very fraught awareness of the danger posed by each other). There are fragments of backstory for John Silver, David Pew (mostly in Admiral Guinea, whose narrative is not entirely consistent with Treasure Island but the backstory works), and Ben Gunn.

What is at the heart of the novel is not the treasure, nor Jim nor Flint nor Silver, but the tangle of intricate, deadly, finely balanced relationships that make up the remaining Walrus crew.

[lucky-numberme]

the island dad brainrot continues

[ID: A sticker of Arthur and Linus in an embrace lit by rosy-warm pinks and purples. Arthur is holding Linus's face, and Linus's hand is on Arthur's arm. Their faces are pressed together and they are both smiling so widely that their eyes are closed. Around them are bush daisies in bloom. End ID]

[the-laws-of-physics-were-harmed]

Every Frances Hardinge book is like "Here is some funky cool worldbuilding. Here is a feral/weird teenage girl who is also the most relatable character ever. Okay, you're paying attention? Here is a criticism of the prison system/systematic misogyny/colonialism/other major issue, hidden behind even more Excellent worldbuilding and the most beautiful prose you've ever read."

[kelmenton]

“A darkly beautiful, raw and magical YA novel.

A story set in contemporary Ireland with Irish mythology woven through it; a queer love story and a deep dive into depression, self destruction and violence tempered with acceptance and love.

A gorgeous, stay-up-till-dawn kind of a book, it will leave you heart-sore but soaring.”

[evilherehotel]

guys. guys the similarities. guys listen to me

[winningthesweepstakes]

Black & Irish by Leon Diop and Brianna Fitzsimons, illustrated by Jessica Louis

Black & Irish: Legends, Trailblazers & Everyday Heroes by Leon Diop and Brianna Fitzsimons, illustrated by Jessica Louis. Little Island, 2024. 9781915071231  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Paperback Genre:  Collective biography What did you like about the book? Filled with inspiring biographies of amazing people who impacted not only the British Isles but also…

[clarissasbakery]

the worlds most pretentious book club

[saltwaterandstars]

JOMP BPC - 22nd October - Old Favourite

These two books belonged to my mum when she was a child. The copy of Little Men has her name and address written in it in her very young but still recognisable to me handwriting. This edition of Demon Island was published in 1948, when she was thirteen.

[roses-red-and-pink]

Does anyone have certain books they read when they are going through hard times? Like the bible but not the bible? I’m not talking about self help books.

Examples for me:

Little women

Sense and sensibility

Anne of the island.

They are comfort reads yes, but also more than that. They are the books I know I can go to to find lessons on how to get through whatever is going on in my life.