#the luminaries

[susandennardfan]

Pure Heart. Trust the Pure Heart.

The Whispering Night

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A guide of books to gift the people in your life and yourself!

For the people looking to put a different kind of magic into their holidays…

The Fragile Threads of Power by V. E. Schwab

For the genre connoisseur with a love for high concepts in short form… 

Africa Risen edited by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, & Zelda Knight (now in paperback!)

For the treasured party member who’s saved your character’s life many times on TTRPG night…

Bookshops & Bonedust by @travisbaldree

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For those who love (or possibly are 👀) gay werewolves

Wolfsong by TJ Klune

For the mutual who devoured the epic highs and lows of Riverdale and craves more…

The Luminaries by Susan Dennard, now in paperback!)

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For your brave and luckless friend, constantly trapped in transit purgatory and upset about it…

The Dead Take the A Train by Cassandra Khaw & Richard Kadrey

For the true buckaroos trotting beside you…

Camp Damascus by @drchucktingle

For the friend who says “but have we considered burning it all down?” on an alarming and refreshingly regular basis…

Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin

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For the friend who has a hot date on Friday night (with their book)...

Fall of Ruin and Wrath by Jennifer L. Armentrout

For the avid doodler who sketches plans for their future volcanic villain lair equipped with a space laser…

Starter Villain by @jscalzi

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[ladyhawke]

PENNY DREADFUL 1.01 “Night Work” THE LUMUNARIES 1.01 “Fingerprint”

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Dawn is such a private hour, don’t you think? Such a solitary hour. One always hears that said of midnight, but I think of midnight as remarkably companionable — everyone together, sleeping in the dark.

Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries

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We’re advertising a book for readers of dark fantasy: The Hunting Moon—the highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestseller, The Luminaries—by Susan Dennard.

WHAT IT’S ABOUT

Winnie Wednesday has gotten everything she thought she wanted. She passed the deadly hunter trials, her family has been welcomed back into the Luminaries, and overnight, she has become a local celebrity.

The Girl Who Jumped. The Girl Who Got Bitten.

Unfortunately, it all feels wrong. For one, nobody will believe her about the new nightmare called the Whisperer that's killing hunters each night. Everyone blames the werewolf, even though Winnie is certain the wolf is innocent.

On top of that, following her dad's convoluted clues about the Dianas, their magic, and what happened in Hemlock Falls four years ago is leaving her with more questions than answers.

Then to complicate it all, there is still only one person who can help her: Jay Friday, the boy with plenty of problems all his own.

As bodies and secrets pile up around town, Winnie finds herself questioning what it means to be a true Wednesday and a true Luminary—and also where her fierce-hearted loyalties might ultimately have to lie.

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[alefarben]

Dawn is such a private hour, don’t you think? Such a solitary hour. One always hears that said of midnight, but I think of midnight as remarkably companionable; everyone together, sleeping in the dark.

Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries

[booktineus]

This review is a good 6 months overdue because I've been struggling to put into words how much I loved The Luminaries by Susan Dennard -- not just the first book, but the entire trilogy and the Choose Your Own Adventure Twitter thing it started as.

The Luminaries is a fantastic fast-paced YA with a creepy forest full of nightmare creatures, a secret society, a looming threat, and lots of family secrets. I binge-read all 3 books via audio so fast and can't wait to read them again.

My favourite part might have been Winnie's inner dialogue and voice. She's a scientist at heart and you could tell by the way she described things. It was gory, analytical, shocking, and detail-oriented. I loved it.

For those of you who followed the Twitter series, this story (specifically aspects relating to the Diannas) is different to what you remember. Some of these changes surprised me and the story was better for them (unsurprising, considering Hive Mind Winnie's… interesting decision loops 🤣 and Twitter's character limits ). But even though many plot things are different and more fleshed out, there are plenty of familiar elements. You'll laugh at some of the Easter eggs Dennard has woven in.

If you didn't read the Twitter series, don't worry. You'll enjoy this book series too -- you just might not pick up on all the subtle in-jokes.

Have you read The Luminaries? What was your favourite nightmare?

Thank you, Daphne Press for approving me for that Luminaries eARC all those months ago 😅 I finally got to reading them once I owned all three books 🫣

[middlenamesage]

Images, circumstances or feelings that the planets bring to my mind

Sun

Being given an award or certificate

When you feel clarity about yourself or an endeavor, with zero doubt

Taking the mask off (showing your authenticity)

Being complimented or GIVING compliments

Leading or inspiring

Being in good health

Being on stage

A playground

Whatever makes you feel most alive

Your creations like art or children

Going your own way

Finding a passion that makes you feel like you’ve found more of yourself

Moon

Comfort food

The relationships that feel most like family

Breastfeeding

The menstrual cycle (“on your moon” or “moon time” as some have called it, and fun fact: there have been significantly ongoing times that my period came every month during my lunar return, her phase has been less relevant for me personally.)

Counseling or the things you do to manage your emotional health

A shoulder to cry on

Empathy and sympathy

Trauma responses

Self soothing habits

Your childhood home

Your ancestors

Déjà vu

Mercury

Books and libraries

Phones

Chat windows

Search engine

The local roads

Journaling

Classrooms

Secretaries

To-do list

Maps

The mail

Wit

Word games

Asking “how”?

Venus

A palette of paints

Walking barefoot in nature

Flowers

Cuddling🫠massage🫠orgasm

Cherished possessions

A feast

Hips swinging

“Buy me a coffee”

A spa or a retreat

Wedding rings/promise rings/vows… to give mainstream examples, but anything to honor and recognize a relationship.

Reciprocation (or awareness of however your giving vs taking looks like in relationships)

Models of good manners and social grace

Doves (peace) and swans (grace)

Mars

Scars

Rough or energetic sex

Break ups

Gym equipment

Athletics

Tournaments of all types

An erupting volcano

Demolition at a construction site (and now I’m literally envisioning a red wrecking ball! 🔴)

Punching bag 🥊

Knives and swords

Knight in shining armor

A can of pepper spray

Standing your ground

Setting your sights on something and not backing down

Criminals (fighting/violence/violation/stealing)

Men in power starting wars (Mars AND Saturn and they have actually been going to war over Venus i.e. resources/wealth and historically women too!)

Heroes

Jupiter

Winning the lottery- or using that as metaphor, any expansion brought to you that feels like you won the lottery.

Long distance travels

Archery or horseback riding

When suddenly everything seems possible

Praying

Religious and spiritual texts

A desire to be generous and pass on good fortune

Celebrations of excess, like flaunting wealth. Or eating competitions/livestreams (speaking of the latter, I recently saw a headline about a Tik Tok star for that who died aged 24. He did in fact die during his Jupiter return).

Strong fiery excitement a little like mania❤️‍🔥 (personally I’ve noticed this happening to me when Jupiter’s strongly active and connect it to making new meanings and/or optimism, this has made it the benefic usually easier to enjoy; more on my natural wavelength than the relaxation of Venus.)

Connecting the dots / seeing the big picture

Asking “why”?

Saturn

An old building with construction still more functional than the new ones

A rock wall (built from solid earth, and a boundary!)

Mountain climbing

City hall or school board meeting

Government/law enforcement/the boss

A ten/twenty/etc year plan

The designated driver

Elders

Child prodigies

The borders of nations

“Waste not, want not”

Saying no

Traditions (especially on societal levels, family traditions are so Moon!)

Building your resume

Uranus

A political or human rights protest

Boycotts

Artificial intelligence

Genius

Technological simulation

Space travel

Rejecting norms and being contrarian

Experimenting with new approaches

Mad scientist

Foresight built on logical observations (distinct from intuitive premonitions)

Embracing your quirks

Turbulence

Mental overstimulation

Sudden ideas

Not “irl”

The urge to flee situations that have you feeling caged

Self autonomy

Neptune

Clouds or fog obstructing the view

A fortune telling booth

Swindlers

Drugs

Dreams

Synchronicity

Metaphors and symbolism

Premonitions

Wearing rose-colored glasses

Not getting credit

Self sacrifice and martyrs

A funhouse mirror that distorts your reflection

A pseudonym or “pen name”

“All is one and one is all”

Questioning if you exist

The ocean (this could obviously be the Moon too!)

Pluto

A cemetery

A bombshell reveal that changes everything

Relationships marked by power imbalance

Emotional manipulation

Alchemy

Butterfly metamorphosis

Water frozen completely solid

Everything those in power keep buried from us, also the reveals when they happen

Driving through a dark tunnel

Financial and trauma inheritances

Psychological repression

The hidden treasure chest (of your personal power)

⬆️ Ascendant 🌅

The vehicle with which you’re using to navigate all of this through life…

The helm of the ship, or the steering wheel

Mile marker 0 (your starting point; it was the moment you took your first breath)

When your eyes open in the morning!

Note: Seeing the ascendant as gate to the rest of the chart, I emphasize the value in connecting more deeply with your ascendant sign, your ascendant ruler, and any planets in the first house especially if they are conjunct the ascendant.

Thank you for reading! My creative energy has been busy elsewhere but I’d like to try to post educational and fun content on the astrological archetypes sometimes. Might occasionally have thoughts to share on the transits too. Your support lets me know what I can create that’s useful for this community. Cheers! 🌻

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⊱ Portals to the Luminaries ⊰

[bangbangwhoa]

books I’ve read in 2024 📖 no. 144

The Whispering Night by Susan Dennard

“The time is basically panic o’clock.”

[fuckyeahcostumedramas]

Eve Hewson as  Anna Wetherell in The Luminaries (TV Mini-Series, 2020).

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This is the end for Winnie. There is only the lake dumping into frothy, misty darkness. There is no escape. She survived the banshee and the vampira, the basilisk and the manticores and the kelpies and the werewolf. But the Whisperer will get her in the end. The creature no one else believes in.

the luminaries by susan dennard

[rascosmicwisdom]

Rahu and Ketu's malefic influence thrives in your ignorance. That's why they enemies to the sun and moon. The luminaries expose them.

[quotespile]

When he spoke, he did so originally, and with an idealistic agony that was enough to make all but the most rigid of his critics smile; when he was silent, one had the sense, watching him, that his imagination was nevertheless usefully occupied, for he often sighed, or nodded, as though in agreement with an interlocutor whom no one else could see.

Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries

[torteen]

“I lost myself from page one in Hemlock Falls and its deadly forest, as vicious as it is inescapably alluring.”

—Marissa Meyer, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gilded

WHAT IT’S ABOUT

The Hunting Moon is a contemporary YA dark fantasy, and the highly anticipated sequel to The Luminaries by New York Times bestselling author Susan Dennard.

Winnie Wednesday has gotten everything she thought she wanted. She passed the deadly hunter trials, her family has been welcomed back into the Luminaries, and overnight, she has become a local celebrity.

The Girl Who Jumped. The Girl Who Got Bitten.

Unfortunately, it all feels wrong. For one, nobody will believe her about the new nightmare called the Whisperer that's killing hunters each night. Everyone blames the werewolf, even though Winnie is certain the wolf is innocent.

On top of that, following her dad's convoluted clues about the Dianas, their magic, and what happened in Hemlock Falls four years ago is leaving her with more questions than answers.

Then to complicate it all, there is still only one person who can help her: Jay Friday, the boy with plenty of problems all his own.

As bodies and secrets pile up around town, Winnie finds herself questioning what it means to be a true Wednesday and a true Luminary—and also where her fierce-hearted loyalties might ultimately have to lie.