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booksandfantasies · 7 months ago
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Mini haul of books I got my friend for her birthday. I hope she loves these books as much as I do.
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thestrangerthings · 2 months ago
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Fall Special Edition Reading Challenge
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Whoops! I've got a big TBR problem and a chunk of that is thanks to my love for special editions. The issue? I haven't read more than half of the SE's I own, and I can't keep allowing myself to purchase more when I don't even know if I like what I have. Plus I'm beyond out of space on my shelves and I think it's about time I start unhauling what I don't like instead of excusing their existence "because they're pretty."
So for this fall/autumn season, from September through November, I'm challenging myself to finish all 19 of my currently unread SE's and decide if they stay or if they go. Technically more books I preordered have arrived since taking these photos, and there are more to be delivered this fall, but I will not be forcing myself to include them.
Have you read any of these? If so, did you enjoy them? Are there some in here you want to read, but haven't had the chance yet?
Feel free to comment or tag the SE you like best just based on looks!
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tawneybel · 5 days ago
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When the Moon Hatched Monsters
Just finished my latest buddy read, When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker. Like most romantasy, I ended up liking the fantasy more than the romance lol. But not so much the dragons. They’re everywhere in fantasy and it’s hard to make them stand out. Like, most of the time I prefer “girly” dragons (as discussed here) from children’s media. Because they’re almost always more interesting than standard fantasy dragons. 
But it had some great original (takes on) creatures! Parchment larks are basically sentient paper airplanes. Ticks can carry and infect dragons with rabies. It’s as sad and as scary as it sounds. One dragon gets euthanized. 
There’s a monster called a trogg who’s humanoid and she eat objects like chairs and jewelry. 
Orifices in her palms secrete bioluminescent mucus. Strands of it decorate her lair’s ceiling. The mucus is made of memories. 
My favorite is the octimar! As you can guess, it’s a cephalopod. An octimar can “blend almost entirely with [its] surroundings” (pg. 548). It’s eyeless, translucent, and has a brain in its head, instead of in its tentacles. Raeve describes teeth and not radula, so I like to think it’s also intentionally more humanoid. “Octimars can weave promises upon flesh, bind them to blood, body, and soul.” The one she encounters was used in gambling (i.e., guarding gold coins). 
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shipatfirstsight · 1 month ago
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Favorite books of 2024 3/?
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summaryi · 3 months ago
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When the Moon Hatched - Sarah A. Parker
reluctant 2/5
ok i havent finished yet but
the world is interesting so far
not enough known about characters
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but the one thing that might push this into DNF territory for me DESPITE THE INTERESTING WORLD
is the fucking fantasy spelling of known and existing concepts
like fucking dae and day
if you make up a creature person place concept whatever
yeah have it your way
use the beautiful spellings of faerie instead of fairy
but fucking
having to read dae which means day when the word day already exists and dae just means day
not my cup of tea
but i press on
wanna know about these moons
and the POV switches are in such tiny font compared to the rest of the text i was flipping back and forth to find it
and something just happened but im like?? i didnt have the time to get invested
so this doesnt mean anything to me
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ive kept reading and im really torn???? some parts are breathtakingly sweet and soft, like a nostalgic memory
and some parts are
so
disjointed
huh??
i feel like a third of it is lovingly crafted
and tbe other two thirds are just slapped together to fill pages
its a weird fucking experience
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im fucking incensed what the hell
one of the chapters ripped my heart out and tore it into shreds
and three chapters later there are so many fucking unnecessary made up fantasy words just crammed together holy hell
was this written by two different people
and if youre going to use your own made up words
give us some fucking explanation or show and tell
if i dont know whats going on because none of the words make sense how can i fucking read jesus christ
what the hell is going on in this book
im actually pissed because the quality of the writing is so inconsistent
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ok i finished it
am i fucking stupid? is it the kindle editions? or do all these books keep fucking putting pronunciation guides and glossaries at the back with zero indication they're there, not even a * or page at the front
maybe its a me problem but holy fuck
put the map at the back and the definitions and pronunciation at tne FRONT
AND THE FUCKING TRIGGER WARNINGS TOO WHY ARE THEY the last possible item
is it me??? am i the problem???
but like, ok, have the separate pronunciation guide and the glossary or definitions at the end
i still want some kind of BRIEF in-story explanation
people DO this to GREAT effect
it's fucking practical
and it does NOT break the stupid "show, dont tell" rule to have a character just do a quick "oh, MC is new/amnesiac/willfully ignorant, here's a 2 sentence primer"
anyways
overall, hate this book
it is NOT for me
i can sort of see why its paced and split the way it is? but also i cant
it feels very.......... it just feels like only a tiny sliver of the entire book is well polished
and the rest of it is slag, just tossed in
like????
the parts that i enjoy were enough to get me to finish the book but holy shit im pissed off
it could be so good!!!! but it's not!!!! overall the idea and the plot and all the strings are very good!!! but its so badly woven!!!!!!! except for a few shining hero moments
but what the fuck!!! it should all be equally good!!!!!!!!!!!
am i just a hater??? idk everyones fucking sucking this books dick and like
its like
a delicious meal that got dropped in a puddle full of shit
like there are pieces i liked! they were good! i see the potential! but fucking christ it was not a michelin experience and those tasty bites were not worth the rest of this meal??????? aaaaakrslhbgliugraiaubefigawrlharfk
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ruerecs · 2 months ago
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PSA! you don't have to have smut in your fic to make it good.
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for all the butthurt people in my reblogs, i’m literally a writer too. that’s literally why i made this post, never said you shouldn’t. just said you don’t have to? (all the people complaining about this post just know i’m laughing at your replies🙂‍↕️)
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ifuckinglovelemondemon-srs · 10 months ago
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You know a characther is fucked up and traumatized when they are wearing one of these
Edit: half of this characther were put against my will
Edit 2: i reached the fucking tag limit
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diamondthorns · 10 months ago
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Because lies are pretty little masks we place on our words to tint the truth into something palatable.
Sarah A. Parker, ‘To Bleed A Crystal Bloom’
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avasillva · 2 years ago
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But you get it, though. You might not be her father, but you were someone’s. See, I could tell.
THE LAST OF US S01E01: When You're Lost in the Darkness S01E05: Endure and Survive
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booksandfantasies · 7 months ago
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Some indie fantasy books that I think deserve so much love.
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popculturebaby · 7 months ago
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Sarah Jessica Parker and Chris Noth for Entertainment Weekly, 1999
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veryberryjelly · 5 months ago
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LAST DAY
to send in requests for my 1.5k dinner party! i’m you by to continue writing the requests i haven’t already posted but today is the last day to send something in!
send asks to my inbox !
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pedrohub · 2 years ago
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The Last of Us 1x01 || The Last of Us 1x08
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ultrakillblast · 2 months ago
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ED WOOD (1994)
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ruerecs · 4 months ago
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fanfic writers NEVER contemplate or apologise for your fic being over 3-5k words long, we readers LOVE longer fics!! anyways have a good day/night 🙂‍↕️
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believeripley · 2 years ago
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Just Tommy Miller enjoying watching his nieces give his brother shit.
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