#the kingdom of copper by shannon chakraborty

[kodiescove]

Tfw you're books SO good that you wish your attention span was better and you kinda high key wanna buy the next book in the series now instead of waiting even though you're Hella broke.

[congeewithfairydust]

sighhhhhhh :/

[jamesscarstairs]

have u read the daevabad trilogy. will u read the daevabad trilogy. when will u read the daevabad trilogy.

[inspiredbyabook]

lit meme: series or books [2/10] ↝ the daevabad trilogy by s.a. chakraborty

i do not believe ambitious men who say the only route to peace and prosperity lies in giving them more power—particularly when they do it with lands and people who are not theirs.

[zaintastic]

Spoiler

Reading THE KINGDOM OF COPPER and Dara is going to be fucked when Nahri realize everybody is hiding stuff from her again!!!

Like are they stupid or what?

And I think Jamshed and Muntadhir poisoned Alizayd 🤔

[qqueenofhades]

Hi!! Since a little while back we were talking about book recs, what about some that you have for all of us? There’s stuff like R&R or other series that you talk about a lot but are there any other good ones you’ve read and would love more people to read as well?

Aha, of course. I have definitely recced all and/or most of these before, but in the similar vein of Fantasy Series I Think More People Should Read (And Then Come Yell At Me About):

The Daevabad Trilogy (S.A. Chakraborty):

The City of Brass

The Kingdom of Copper

The Empire of Gold

The River of Silver (standalone stories in the same universe)

The Green Bone Trilogy (Fonda Lee)

Jade City

Jade War

Jade Legacy

The Bartimaeus Sequence (Jonathan Stroud)

The Amulet of Samarkand

The Golem's Eye

Ptolemy's Gate

The Ring of Solomon (prequel)

The Roots of Chaos (Samantha Shannon)

The Priory of the Orange Tree

The Day of Fallen Night (standalone prequel)

The Bone Season (Samantha Shannon)

The Bone Season

The Mime Order

The Song Rising

The Mask Falling

Winter's Orbit (Evanna Maxwell)

Winter's Orbit

Ocean's Echo (standalone in same universe)

The Poppy War Trilogy (R.F. Kuang)

The Poppy War

The Dragon Republic

The Burning God

Babel (standalone fantasy, not in the same universe, but it's fucking brilliant so I have to recommend it on principle)

The Dark Gods (Tara Sim)

City of Dusk

The Midnight Kingdom

The Dawn Throne (release date 2025)

All Souls Series (Deborah Harkness)

A Discovery of Witches

Shadow of Night

The Book of Life

Black Bird Oracle (just about to be released, on hold at the library, I am Excite)

I am sure there are others, but if anyone wants to get stuck into a Big Fat Fantasy Series (and then come yell at me about it), I heartily recommend any of the above. Ahem.

[apricior]

playing chants of sennaar and reading kingdom of copper by shannon chakraborty is making me want to learn arabic SO BAD

[litwitlady]

8 - The Kingdom of Copper by Shannon Chakraborty

My first reread of 2024. I love this trilogy, and it's a great listen on audio.

[bookcub]

may wrap up

i started my reading for my fairy tale class so uh, there's a lot of that here. plus the other fairy tale retellings I read for fun. cause im consistent. books read for class will have a * next to them

spinning silver by naomi novik- i read this after of years of being told i would love it and wouldnt you know it, i loved it. fantastic reimagining of rumplestilskin that tackles antisemitism at the same time. it was beautifully written, clever, emotional, and makes you think. i do think the romances were the weakest part of the book, i wasnt really invested in them but i loved all the protagonists.

overall grade: A

twelve by jennifer lynn barnes- a novella sequel from the naturals series and mmm this series was fun when i read it but was pretty unremarkable going back to as an adult.

refusing compulsory sexuality by sherronda j. brown- very good!!! it took me a long time to read, but incredibly insightful and illuminating. most certainly NOT an introduction to asexuality.

overall grade: A

rapunzels revenge* by shannon hale- a fun graphic novel, where rapunzel in the wild west and partners up with jack from jack and the beanstalk. she's funny and creative and the action sequences are fantastic! a quick and fun read!

overall grade: A-

six gun snow white* by catherynne m valente- another wild eest retelling, this time, about snow white. this was so interesting, i liked the first half but not the second half. it certainly wasnt like most books ive read. it switches from first to third person in the middle of the book. i did enjoy the commentary on snow white as a fairy tale.

overall grade: B-

cinder* by marissa meyer- first time rereading this book in years and it made me nostalgic for the rest of the series but wow it doesn’t hold up in a lot of ways. definitely cultural appropriatation, much clearer to me now as an adult. also, soooo predictable.

overall grade: C

beauty* by robin mckinley- beautiful writing but a very simplistic retelling of beauty and the beast. it pales in comparison to her other books tbh. lovely audiobook tho.

overall grade: C+

painted devils by margaret owen- SUCH A GOOD SEQUEL!! i was enthralled, captivated, obesessed. i want to write 10 essays on it. SO GOOD!!

overall grade: A+

city of brass by sa chakraborty- im usually not a fan of political fantasy novels, but im so invested in this series (full of very bad people) and ive been flying through. nahri is my absolute fave. i think what makes it work is it starts as a quest fantasy.

overall grade: A-

briar rose* by jane yolen- I didn't care much for this book. it was fine.

ella enchanted* by gail carson levine- MY BELOVED!! i got to lead a discussion in class about it!!

overall grade: A+ (ofc)

ash* by malinda lo- this was recommended reading for class and it was a reread. it did not live up to my memory of it.

magic fish* by trung le nguyen- beautiful amazing fantastic. if you haven't read this, do it now. the storytelling .. . .the emotion. . . . i cried. the art is gorgeous

overall grade: A+

kingdom of copper by sa chakraborty- see city of brass review

thorn* by intisar khanani- the third (????) retelling of goose girl ive read in less than three months. it did not feel very special. it was not bad but infuriating from time to time.

[bemtevis]

March 2023 📚

• The City of Brass by Shannon Chakraborty

I only have great things to say about this book, but I'll start off simple. As soon as I was introduced to the world building, I was completely in. It's so unique and enthralling, as are all the characters! My favorite thing about them is that they feel so earnest and the text doesn't shy away from their flaws. A great start for a great trilogy. 4,25/5.

• The Kingdom of Copper by Shannon Chakraborty

The five-year timeskip was officially the cause of my death. The reintroduction to these characters was just so good, heartbreaking as it was. Despite my feelings towards Dara, the addition of his POV adds something really interesting to the storytelling. In this book, we get to know our antagonists a bit better and I love how they're not heartless monsters; they're awful, sure, but they have so much heart and you understand how they got here, which makes it all so much more impactful. 4,5/5.

• The Empire of Gold by Shannon Chakraborty

We have a saying in Portuguese for when something ends perfectly: to end with a key of gold. Pun completely intended. My statements about the previous books stay accurate for this one. You can feel the characters' pain and anger and grief and the hope they refuse to let go of, and it makes for great character development. In some books, the world is saved; in others, like this one, the world is changed, and I love that about it. 4,75/5.

• The River of Silver by Shannon Chakraborty

Now, I've admitedly skipped one short story or two, but hey. I loved the ones I did read. I expected most of them to be set after the trilogy ended, but they're actually set throughout, showing different perspectives and scenes we hadn't yet read. Even knowing what had happened or would happen to certain characters, it was just impossible not to get invested. 4/5.

• The Buried and the Bound by Rochelle Hassan

I originally thought the ending had been to abrupt and it lacked closure, but I've since found out that this book is supposed to be part of a series, so forget that. I liked the characters well enough, though I was hoping for a bit... more, I guess. The magic system is pretty interesting, and I really liked the portrayal of the Fair Folk here. That's as far as my judgement can go without reading the next installments, so. 3,75/5.

• The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

This book is insane in the best way. My memory from the first time I read it was blurry, so half of the experience was me gasping and trying to connect the dots. I love and deeply sympathize to Zachary's need to matter and I love how it all turned out for him. A story within a story within a story, that's what this is — and while I mostly liked it, the ending was a bit too convoluted for my taste. 4/5.

• The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty

I was expecting to like this book, but no amount of preparation readied me for just how much I loved it. The premise caught my eye immediately and the execution was just perfect. It's set in the same universe as Chakraborty's previous books, but centuries prior, and the world building is still amazing. All the characters are charismatic and compelling, and I cannot wait to read their next adventure. It did lose me a bit in the final showdown but not too much. 5/5.

• Self-Made Boys by Anna-Marie McLemore

Look, I've never read The Great Gatsby, so I can't attest for how accurate to its themes this book is. But as it is, I greatly appreciated it! The characters were very likeable (except you, Tom) and you can tell the themes are very personal to the author. The ending was a bit rushed, but that last line gave me chills. [Edit: also, the dialogue was very stiff; way too many uses of ‘said’ and ‘asked’ with no extra flavor to them. It was actually distracting.] 3,5/5.

2023 Reads: January | February | March | April

[kodiescove]

So I hate Ghassan the most and even though Manizheh isn't much better I hope her and her band of Daevas completely destroy him.

[callunavulgari]

Scrapbook 2023 | Pt I

For anyone that’s new to this, this is how I keep track of all of the things that I enjoy and/or create throughout the year. I have literally been doing this since I had a livejournal.

It’s a nice little snippet of my life and helps to organize my brain.

A reminder:

Normal font - Indifferent/Neutral Italicized font - Enjoyed bold font - Loved with an asterisk* - All time favorite (bracketed titles) - Re-watches/Re-reads strikethough - Disliked

Goals are: read 65 books, finish 4 video games, write more than 20 fics or something larger than 20k, and expand on your original novel outline to the point that you START WRITING.

Past Years

MOVIES

January

(The Day After Tomorrow)

Jurassic World: Dominion

(Princess Mononoke)

Glass Onion

Do Revenge

(Star Wars: Rogue One)

(Ever After)

(Tarzan)

February

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

(Spirited Away)

(Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure)

(Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland)

(The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey)

(The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug)

(The Hobbit: Battle of Five Armies)

March

(Howl’s Moving Castle)

(Lotr: The Two Towers)

(Hercules)

April

(Lotr: The Fellowship of the Ring)

(Atlantis: The Lost Empire)

Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Suzume**

May

(Spirited Away)

TV SHOWS

January

Willow

Watcher: Top 5 Beatdown

That 90′s Show

Owl House, s3

Lockwood & Co, s1

1899

February

Watcher: Top 5 Beatdown

1899

The Witcher: Blood Origin

Fantastic Fungi

Miraculous Ladybug, s5

The White Lotus, s1

The Last of Us, s1

Extraordinary Attorney Woo

Vox Machina, s2

Modern Marvels, Tea and Coffee Episodes

Watcher: Are You Scared

Watcher: Too Many Spirits

March

The Last of Us, s1

Watcher: Are You Scared

It’s Okay to Not Be Okay

Miraculous Ladybug, s5

Russian Doll, s2

Shadow and Bone, s2

Watcher: Are You Scared

Watcher: Top 5 Beatdown

Case Study Vanitas

1899

Buzzfeed: Worth It

April

Buzzfeed: Worth It

Watcher: Survival Mode

Watcher: Weird Wonderful World

The Owl House, s3*****

The Mandalorian, s3

May

(She-Ra, s7)

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

Sweet Tooth, s2

First Kill

BOOKS

January

Seasparrow | Kristin Cashore [Fin]

Ace of Shades | Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé [Fin]

A Restless Truth | Freya Marske [Fin]

The Kingdom of Copper | S.A. Chakraborty [Fin]

Bone Witch | Rin Chupeko [Fin]

Ocean’s Echo | Everina Maxwell [Fin]

(Lair of Dreams | Libba Bray) [Fin]

(Captive Prince | CS Pacat) [Fin]

This Is How You Lose the Time War | Aman El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone [Fin]

February

The Empire of Gold | S.A. Chakraborty [Fin]

Legend & Lattes | Travis Baldree [Fin]

The Bone Season | Samantha Shannon [Fin]

Juniper & Thorn | Ava Reid

(A Court of Thorns and Roses | Sarah Maas) [Fin]

Milk | Mark Kurlansky

The Burning God | R F Kuang [Fin]

The Shadow of Kyoshi | FC Yee 

March

The Shadow of Kyoshi | FC Yee [Fin]

Juniper & Thorn | Ava Reid

Milk | Mark Kurlansky

A Mirror Mended | Alix Harrow

A Court of Mist and Fury | Sarah Maas [Fin]

Our Violent Ends | Chloe Gong [Fin]

The World We Make | N.K. Jemisin [Fin]

The Sun Down Motel | Simone St James [Fin]

Babel | RF Kuang [Fin]

The Hollow Ones | Guillermo Del Toro [Fin]

April

The Stolen Heir | Holly Black [Fin]

A Mirror Mended | Alix Harrow [Fin]

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi | SA Chakraborty [Fin]

Iron Widow | Xiran Jay Zhao [Fin]

Juniper & Thorn | Ava Reid [Fin]

Love & Gelato | Jenna Evans Welch [Fin]

The Dawn of Yangchen | FC Yee [Fin]

Hell Bent | Leigh Bardugo [Fin]

Tress of the Emerald Sea | Brandon Sanderson [Fin]

Milk | Mark Kurlansky

May

Milk | Mark Kurlansky

The Oleander Sword | Tasha Suri [Fin]

The Beautiful Ones | Silvia Morena-Garcia [Fin]

Happy Place | Emily Henry [Fin]

Foul Lady Fortune | Chloe Gong [Fin]

PODCASTS

January

(Zero Hours: A Matter of Time)

February

Critical Role, Campaign 2: Episodes 1-3

March

Critical Role, Campaign 2: Episode 4

April

N/A

May

N/A

VIDEO GAMES

January

Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, 12 hours?

The Last of Us [Fin]

(Horizon: Forbidden West)

February

Persona 5 Royal, 220 hrs [Fin]

Assassin’s Creed: Origins, 20ish hours

Stardew Valley, 20 hours?

March

Stardew Valley, 56 hrs

(Kingdom Hearts 3)

April

Stardew Valley, 56 hrs

Assassin’s Creed: Origins

(Bioshock Infinite) [Fin]

May 

Red Dead: Redemption

Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, all the hours

POSTED FIC

January

N/A

February

N/A

March

N/A

April

N/A

May

N/A

WIPS | UNPUBLISHED | ORIGINAL

January

N/A

February

N/A

March

N/A

April

N/A

May

N/A

Fanmixes/Spotify Playlists/Graphics

January

2023

Kawaii desu desu bullsh*t 

February

Favorites

March

N/A

April

Prelude Music

May

N/A

DELIGHTFUL FIC

January

Invitations by nbfutureboy | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | “Uh, Steve? How do you know my Dungeon Master?”

the sun in the west by misantlery | House of the Dragon | Rhaenyra/Daemon | 6k | Scenes from the reign of Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen, first of her name.

Halfway There by nbfutureboy | Stranger Things | 2k | Eddie wakes up to a thumping headache, a sweat under his collar, and a warm spot in the bed where Steve had previously been.

I Could Lift You Up by ouijaboy | Watcher | Shane/Ryan | 5k |  Five times Shane made a big ol’ romantic gesture, and one time Ryan returned the sentiment.

whatever you want by Wildehack (tyleet) | Wolf 359 | Kepler/Jacobi | 5k | Kepler doesn't fuck him that first day, when Daniel swallows his pride like it's a hot coal he can feel boiling down to the pit of his stomach and dials the number left on the card.  

turn our golden faces into the sun by liesmyth | The Locked Tomb | Harrow/Gideon | 5k | After Canaan House and Cytherea's death, Harrow wakes up on the Erebos as a newly-made Lyctor. She meets God. Then she meets God's daughter.

Two Pollens (Alike in Indignity) by rhysiana, ritualist | The Untamed | Nie Mingjue/Jin Guangyao | 12k | Meng Yao gets dosed with truth pollen. The cure has some side effects.

A Man of Honor by astolat | GOT | Jaime/Robb | 36k | Tyrion sighed. “He's nineteen, well-favored, and as far as I know, neither demented nor stupid. And not a hint of a betrothal. Sorry.”

in the garden of my heart by liesmyth | House of the Dragon | Alicent/Rhaenyra | 1k | It was a strange feeling. Alicent she found herself grasping Rhaenyra’s fingers, hard, filled with a possessiveness she couldn’t give a name to, a fierce love that threatened to burst out of her.

February

The Mistress Clause by sir_not_appearing_in_this_archive | Mistborn | Wax/Wayne, Wax/Steris | 51k | Wayne doesn’t poach, because poaching’s just a fancy word for stealing a heart, and he doesn’t steal (anymore). But he might trade for a heart, if he can find something of equal value to swap it with.

Here, After by spqr | 9-1-1 | Buck/Eddie | 12k | Buck’s not proud. Buck lives in a horror movie.

high water by spqr | Star Trek | Spock/Kirk | 7k | “Andorian wine is very potent,” Spock says. “How much did you consume?”

rhadamanthus by spqr | Star Trek | Spock/Kirk | 6k | Spock murmurs, “I cannot imagine a universe in which it is not my life’s duty to protect you. You are — “ he has to search for the right words, in Jim’s language. “You are — most dear to me, of all things.”

Necromantic Adventures in Bodyswapping! by liesmyth | The Locked Tomb | Augustine/Mercymorn | 4k | Mercymorn swallowed. Then she said, “I should’ve known you’d suck your own dick, you empty-headed egomaniac.”

of all that lived by spqr | Batman | Selina Kyle/Bruce Wayne | 9k | WIP | The first thing Kyle does when he gets home to find his apartment ransacked is account for all his cats.

That Old Forever by spqr | Star Wars | Din/Luke | 29k | Din had commed laughing to show him his ewok targets stacked three deep in carbonite, which would have made Luke laugh too if he weren’t too busy being sullen and sleep-deprived and generally unpleasant—and focused on concealing a giant, soul-crushing, absolutely mortifying pubescent crush on his adopted brother.

a warm spot in a cold snap by hygarden | Wolf 359 | Jacobi/Kepler | 4k | The thing is it’s not like Jacobi hasn’t thought about it.

a luxury few can afford by three-fingered (calciseptine) | Marvel | Spiderman/Deadpool | WIP | "And what's the going rate for swiss cheese?" Peter asks as casually as possible.

Roll To Charm Person by harriet_vane | Stranger Things | Will/Mike | 59k | Will needs a date to his mom's wedding. Mike volunteers.

it hurts at first (but it ain't that bad) by Lise | The Untamed | Xiao Xingchen/Xue Yang | 12k | Xue Yang might be dying, but he can at least make sure Xiao Xingchen knows who tricked him.

so little time and i'm way off track by defractum | The Untamed | Wei Wuxian/Lan Wangji | 25k |  "Have you heard of Wei Wuxian?" someone bellows.

god was a dog-man by spqr | Teen Wolf | Sterek | 12k | “Do you have a secret teenage son?” Stiles demands, as soon as Derek opens the door.

March

Here's Not Here by theroguesgambit | Teen Wolf | Sterek | 10k | Stiles is different today.

It Can All But Break Your Heart by orbiting_saturn | Teen Wolf | Sterek | 7k | Turns out, Derek can’t go anywhere without getting hit on.

I Might Be A Fool by prettylittlementirosa | Teen Wolf | Sterek | 35k |  The thing about Stiles, though, is that for him, turned on and angry are not mutually exclusive feelings.

The Price by theroguesgambit | Teen Wolf | Sterek | 18k | Stiles must surrender the most important thing in his life to protect the town… and no one can figure out what it was.

you were there and so was i by magneticwave | Teen Wolf | Sterek, Allison & Stiles | 8k |  For their tenth birthday, Stiles had gotten Allison a mug from a kiosk at the mall with AREN’T YOU GLAD WE EVOLVED OUT OF NEIGHBORING CELLS on one side and a picture from their school trip to the zoo, the one where Allison was hitting a goat trying to eat Stiles’ shirt, on the other.

Same As It Ever Was by QuokkaFoxtrot | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 62k | "Deja-vu? Like you feel like you've done this before, because-"

In Bloom by Celia_and for BensCalligraphySet | Star Wars | Rey/Ben | 14k | He doesn’t love her. But when his hands are on her body, she can pretend.

April

straight at the sun by brawlite | Trigun Stampede | Vash/Wolfwood | 4k | Drunk as a skunk and feeling maudlin, Wolfwood finds a stranger in a saloon who reminds him of Vash. He lets hungry fantasies get the better of him.

night sounds by brawlite | Trigun Stampede | Knives/Wolfwood | 6k | While drunk, Wolfwood confesses his feelings to Vash. It goes surprisingly well -- until it really, really doesn’t.

fool in the moon by arahir | Trigun Stampede | Vash/Wolfwood | 8k | Wolfwood carries a body.

I just can’t wait for love to destroy us by FlowerCitti | Trigun Stampede | Vash/Wolfwood | 8k | There are small things to be noticed, if you know to look, that make Vash just a little less human.

come to conceal the confusion we feel by iodhadh | The Untamed | Song Lan/Xiao Xingchen/Xue Chengmei | 7k | As far as Song Lan is concerned, Xue Yang is nothing more or less than the most irritating student taking lessons at the dance studio he co-owns with his boyfriend.

No Passing Fascination by madamerioulette | The Untamed | Song Lan/Xue Yang/Xiao Xingchen | 36k | “If no consensus can be made, and no act of justice agreed upon, then it falls to myself and my companion Song Zichen to take matters into our own hands.”

May

Hawkins Halfway House for Homeless Horrors by Trensu | Stranger Things | Eddie/Steve | 2k | Steve wanted to be a dad more than anything. Unfortunately, he was a single dude in his thirties which meant no adoption agency in the world was willing to give him a chance. Or at least no human adoption agency.

Please Hold by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 2k | Lesson of the day, no matter how busy you are, it's rarely a good idea to let your subconscious take the wheel.

pretty doctor by spqr | House | House/Chase | 5k | ROBBIE DOWN UNDER. LET ME GET UNDER YOU. “CRIKEY, THAT’S A BIG COCK!”

My Right Hand Man by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 4k | In which movie night takes an unexpected turn, and it's surprisingly easy to just let it happen.

then out of nowhere, somebody comes and hits you with an ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh by @calciseptine | Marvel | Peter/Wade | 42k | A man with spider-themed superpowers accidentally breaks into Wade's apartment. 

like a record, baby by jilliancares | Marvel | Peter/Wade | 8k | “I already have an escape plan,” Deadpool says. He grabs Peter’s wrist, raises it above his head, and then digs his thumb into Peter’s spinneret.

So No One Told You Life Was Gonna Be This Way by Jenetica | Marvel | Peter/Wade | 32k |  Peter Parker's life doesn't need an influx of new, distinctly spidery Spider-Man powers.

let me explain by jilliancares | Marvel | Peter/Wade | 8k |  Peter's starting to realize just how much Wade knows about him

Tiny Entanglements by MargaretKire | Marvel | Peter/Wade | 7k | Spider-Man has some hidden desires. So does Deadpool. Things get complicated when Morbius claims to have a cure for Peter’s ‘impure’ DNA.

Your Call Is Important To Us by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 2k | Steve needs a minute, and some moral support from a friend, after accidentally kissing Eddie goodbye.

Hard to be Soft by stereobone | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 2k | Eddie's had sex on a bed before. A lot, actually. Face down, usually, sheets dirty, barely able to breathe, someone holding him bruise-tight and pressing his face into the mattress.

A Breach In The Wall by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 1k | Steve is forced to wonder if it's still a rude awakening when you're just pretending to be asleep.

DELIGHTFUL FANVIDS

January

2022 || Multifandom Mashup (Happy New Year)

2022 Movie Trailer Mashup

therefore i am [Wednesday]

Paint It Black || The Rolling Stones

February

MARVEL || Ode to Joy

House Targaryen | Fire & Blood

The Batman || Where is My MInd?

(The Witcher) Geralt Of Rivia | Home

The Batman || Where is My MInd?

Princess Cirilla of Cintra (+Geralt & Yennefer)

It's Alright - Percy de Rolo AMV (Legend of Vox Machina)

March

MARVEL || Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania - Rise

derek & stiles || on my way

call me by your name; stiles & derek

Ellie | The Last of Us

April

Multifandom || It's Going Down Tonight

Wednesday || Bad Guy

They will not control us

Joel & Ellie | Look for the light

Joel & Ellie || The Last of Us

Daemon & Rhaenyra || Play With Fire

Iron Man & Doctor Strange || Don't put your blame on me

sick thoughts

Doctor Strange || Enemy (Tommee Profitt)

The Last of Us | When Innocence Dies

loud | Wednesday

Derek x Stiles | the one to save me

The Last of Us | Fear

Time changes everything.

wednesday || utopia

May

N/A

DELIGHTFUL MUSIC

January

Meimuna - Meimuna

Colors - Black Pumas

Sho’s Song - Cecile Corbel

The Darker the Weather - MISSIO

Thumbs - Sabrina Carpenter

Dragonstea Din Tea - Feuerchwanz

Onwards We Row - Miracle of Sound

Edge of Midnight - Miley Cyrus

August - Vanisa Khamkhosy

Warrior of the Mind - Jorge Rivera-Herrans

Happier Than Ever - Billie Eilish

FU In My Head - Cloudy June

Villain - Bella Poarch

Kalyna - Go-A

I See You - Leona Lewis

Genesis - Otyken

Dimna Juda - Walkauz

See You Again - Miley Cyrus

Ohio Is For Lovers - Hawthorne Heights

Queen of Kings - Alessandra

Flowers - Miley Cyrus

Take A Hint - Victorious Cast

rapunzel - emlyn

Sorry Barbie - Todrick Hall

February

Six Soundtrack

Fairytale (Violin) - Joel Sunny

Tea, Milk and Honey - Oh Pep!

Middle of the Night - Elley Duhe

Tongues & Teeth | The Crane Wives

King | The Amazing Devil

A Little Bit Off | Five Finger Death Punch

Masterpiece | Motionless In White

Khamlu | Hubert von Goisern

Con La Brisa | Foudeqush

Interlude | Stormzy

Our Light | Lyn

Mountain at My Gates | Foals

Fuel to Fire | Agnes Obel

Arms Unfolding | dodie

Truly Madly Deeply - Yoke Lore

Step Into Darkness | Dubkiller

Main Theme | PurpleSchala

March

Hungry Heart | Steve Aoki

ceilings | Lizzy McAlpine

It’s Terror Time Again | Sesamoid

Tuning In To You | Wonstein

Lost | Linkin Park

Got You | GA Eun

Wake Up | Elaine

Watch the World Burn | Falling In Reverse

Eat Your Young | Hozier

Scars | Boy Epic

Cover Me | Black Math

Just a Man | Jorge Rivera-Herrans

April

labour | Paris Paloma

The Tornado | Owl City

Green Green Grass | George Ezra

Tombi | Kvi Baba

Suzume | Radwimps

May

Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You - Boys Town Gang

Linger a while - Jorge Rivera-Herrans

Mermaids - Florence & the Machine

Una Musica Brutal - Gotan Project

Francesca - Hozier

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2024 Fiction Reading List

Hey!! I meant to make a post compiling my reading list and goals for this year forever ago, but never got around to it! So bwomppp here it is!! I think in the future I'm going to update this with when I started and finished a book, but because I didn't record the dates for most of these they'll just be listed as completed!! Wayyyy too many of the books I've read this year are me rereading childhood favorites, but tbh I just got back into the habit of reading daily this year so I'm UNASHAMED!!!

If anyone has reading suggestions, or wants to talk about any of the books on this list, feel free to DM me :3

READ SO FAR -

Babel, R.F. Kuang

The Poppy War, R.F. Kuang

The Dragon Republic, R.F. Kuang

The Burning God, R.F. Kuang

The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan

The Sea of Monsters, Rick Riordan

The Titan's Curse, Rick Riordan

The Battle of the Labyrinth, Rick Riordan

The Last Olympian, Rick Riordan

The Lost Hero, Rick Riordan

The Son of Neptune, Rick Riordan

The Mark of Athena, Rick Riordan

The House of Hades, Rick Riordan

The Blood of Olympus, Rick Riordan

The Hidden Oracle, Rick Riordan

The Dark Prophecy, Rick Riordan

Dark Rise, C.S. Pacat

Dark Heir, C.S. Pacat

The City of Brass, S.A. Chakraborty

The Kingdom of Copper, S.A. Chakraborty

The Empire of Gold, S.A. Chakraborty

The Darkest Part of the Forest, Holly Black

Howl's Moving Castle, Diana Wynne Jones

TO BE READ: but honestly this list is SO MANY BOOKS and college is SO busy so there's no shot I get through these in four months

The Burning Maze, Rick Riordan

The Tyrants Tomb, Rick Riordan

The Tower of Nero, Rick Riordan

The Children of God's & Fighting Men, Shauna Lawless

Dreams of Sorrow, Shauna Lawless

The Words of Kings and Prophets, Shauna Lawless

The Land of the Living Dead, Shauna Lawless

The Jasmine Throne, Tasha Suri

The Oleander Sword, Tasha Suri

The Lotus Empire, Tasha Suri

The Bone Witch, Rin Chupeco

The Heart Forger, Rin Chupeco

The Shadow Glass, Rin Chupeco

Eragon, Christopher Paolini

Eldest, Christopher Paolini

Brisingr, Christopher Paolini

Inheritance, Christopher Paolini

Murtagh, Christopher Paolini

The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm, Christopher Paolini

Frankenstein, Mary Shelley

Dracula, Bram Stoker

The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien

Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver

A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin

The Tombs of Atuan, Ursula K. Le Guin

The Farthest Stone, Ursula K. Le Guin

Tehanu, Ursula K. Le Guin

Tales from Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin

The Other Wind Ursula K. Le Guin

The Coldest Girl in Town, Holly Black

The scholomance, Naomi Novik

Iron Widow, Xiran Jay Zhao

Leviathan, Scott Westerfeld

Behemoth, Scott Westerfeld

Goliath, Scott Westerfeld

A Day of Fallen Night, Samantha Shannon

Priory of the Orange Tree, Samantha Shannon

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell, Susanna Clarke

The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern

The Sword of Kaigen, M.L. Wang

The Will of the Many, M.L. Wang

The Strength of the Few, M.L. Wang

The Merlin Conspiracy, Diana Wynne Jones

The Waning, Wunmi Aramiji

Under the Earth over the Sky, Emily McCosh

The Adventures of Amina Al Sarifya, S.A. Chakraborty

The River of Silver, S.A. Chakraborty

Cruel Prince, Holly Black

Castle in the Air, Diana Wynne Jones

The Dark Becomes her, Judy I. Lin

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Finally painted my copies of The City of Brass and The Kingdom of Copper!

[astreamoflight]

Happy graduation to me! AKA my boyfriend took me into Barnes and Noble and told me to get whatever I wanted ❤️

[qqueenofhades]

just saw your offer for book recs and would love some fantasy/sci fi books, it seems like we have similar taste. i just finished nk jemisin's broken earth trilogy, and also loved the city we became by her.

Aha, I am at work right now and thus do not have my bookshelves at hand to make sure I'm not missing something blindly obvious. However, I will start you off with these:

The Rook and Rose trilogy by M.A. Carrick (The Mask of Mirrors, The Liar's Knot, Labyrinth's Heart). Yes, this is the series I have been screaming about nonstop for the past few weeks and thus craftily suckering unsuspecting passersby into reading. An AMAZING world, an OT3 who own my entire ass, lots of political intrigue, cultural and social commentary, a unique magic system, and also plenty of humor. It really has it all. I continue my one-man quest to make this fandom bigger. Ahem.

The Green Bone trilogy by Fonda Lee (Jade City, Jade War, Jade Legacy). Another fantastic fantasy series that NEEDS more readers. Inspired by Chinese/Hong Kong kung-fu movies, set in a gritty modern universe, kind of like the Godfather but with magical jade-wielding families. Tons of discussion of empire, culture, violence, appropriation, power, war, family, Asian identity, more. They're likewise nice and long to keep you busy.

The Daevabad trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty (The City of Brass, The Kingdom of Copper, The Empire of Gold). Another you-gotta-read-this trilogy (yes, I have many of them). Set in the 18th-century Middle East and the magical djinni kingdom of Daevabad. Politics, empire, religion, history, intrigue, magic, scheming families, ancient wars, and my most beloved, Muntadhir al-Qahtani. What is not to love.

The Priory of the Orange Tree and its standalone prequel, A Day of Fallen Night, by Samantha Shannon. Absolute doorstopper (800+ pages apiece) epic-with-dragons-and-medieval-worlds fantasy, like Game of Thrones if Game of Thrones was a) good b) gay c) feminist and d) had people of color. She is also the author of the Bone Season series (four books thus far) which is a unique blend of futuristic sci-fi and fantasy set in an alternate totalitarian London and a ruined Oxford.

Winter's Orbit and Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell. Two M/M space opera romances (set in the same universe, but can be read independently). She got her start as a fanfic writer and it shows; these are both delightful, plotty, funny, and full of sassy gay disaster homosexuals in space.

A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine (I have read the first one, need to read the second one). Historian of medieval Byzantium writes space opera set in Space Constantinople which is also Space Tenochtitlan. Explores language, history, memory, power, identity, assimilation, and more, and is also very funny.

Autonomous, The Future of Another Timeline, and The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz. High-concept social-commentary dystopian science fiction; of the three, Terraformers (the newest one) might be my favorite. They're not related so you can read them in whatever order.

Two books that I have not read yet but I really want to: Swim Home to the Vanished by Brendan Shay Basham and To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose. Both are fantasy novels by Native American authors; Basham's is magical realism and Blackgoose's is about a Native American dragon-rider facing assimilation at an English (Anglish) boarding school.

Likewise coming soon and I am excited: The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport by Samit Basu. Middle Eastern-inspired fantasy, cyberpunk, techno-magic. In space!

There are definitely more that I will get home and be like oh wait yeah. But this should get you started.