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[the-unseelie]

the wicked king & the queen of nothing

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[ireadyabooks]

Pre-Order THE HUNGER GAMES: ILLUSTRATED EDITION

The Hunger Games as you've never seen it before -- in a remarkable illustrated edition.

Even at the age of sixteen, Katniss Everdeen knows it takes hard work, keen observation, and inner fortitude to survive in the world. Her home, District 12, is under the merciless rule of the Capitol, continually forced to pay after losing a long-ago civil war in the nation of Panem.

One of the ways the Capitol keeps control is its annual Hunger Games, a televised fight to the death featuring two young tributes from each of Panem's twelve districts. This gruesome battle is meant to send home a chilling message: Rebellion will always be punished.

When Katniss finds herself within the Hunger Games arena, she knows the odds aren't in her favor. Any wrong move will end her life -- and even the right moves come with a cost. But if she can survive, there is a chance the districts may survive as well...

The Hunger Games has enthralled millions of readers in its examination of the price of war, human nature, and the powerful force of both love and resistance. Now it appears for the first time in a deluxe illustrated edition, with spellbinding art from internationally acclaimed artist Nico Delort.

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[quotingmyjourneys]

“I think there are lives that make it easy to be good. Or what most people call good. When you have wealth, status, family, it’s easy to be a saint, it costs you nothing. I can’t say if you’re a good person or not. But the more I know of you, the more I understand that the world keeps making you choose between survival and martyrdom. No one should fault you for wanting to live.”

— Margaret Owen (Little Thieves | Little Thieves #1), first pub. 2021, USA

[cortanasdaisies]

there’s nothing cuter than percabeth in chalice of the gods because after being with them through tartarus and back, a little adventure and domestic moments with them just felt so right

[magicnaanavi]

Aelin

[permanentreverie]

books read in 2023: a good girl’s guide to murder by holly jackson

“I’m not sure I’m the good girl I once thought I was. I’ve lost her along the way.”

[qbdatabase]

Who I Was with Her by Nita Tyndall: There are two things that Corinne Parker knows to be true: that she is in love with Maggie Bailey, and she isn’t ready for anyone to know she’s bisexual. But then Maggie dies, and Corinne learns that the only thing worse than losing Maggie is being left heartbroken over a relationship no one knows existed. ..... View the full summary and rep info on wordpress!

[marshmyers]

I got my copy of Fence, Volume 6: Redemption in the mail today! I love this series and this edition is really upping the intrigue behind all that fencing (who knew!) The illustrations are even more beautiful than before with a great cover gallery in the back!

You can order yours here.

[leebrontide]

Shed Letters: the complete archive so far

For all the people who've followed me recently- at least SOME of whom must be actual people and not clickbait bots- I have a free monthly newsletter that I'm really proud of. If you like what I write here, you can access my once month efforts to present organized, spellchecked, researched thoughts, often with cool links for further reading.

If you wanna read about writing, ableism, queerness, psychology, research deep dives into history, science, and current events that are funneling into my writing, consider looking over some of what I have on offer, and maybe consider subscribing.

Also contains cat pictures!

Reblogs welcome!

You Heard It Here, First! An announcement of a co-authoring project in the works where we use a pulpy vampire romance to explore queer history in MN

What Stories Are You Made Of? A meditation on renegotiating my relationship to the problematic queer media I had access to in the 90s

What Do We Celebrate? Pics and the story of how I ended up throwing a T(ea) party to celebrate starting HRT, and my nonlinear path to hormone therapy

Why I’m Researching a 19th Century Cult This Month What’s a civil war era cult have to do with the scifi YA I’m writing? (Hint- they were literally trying to breed messiahs into existence).

Another Kind of Coziness How can anti-ableist theory make my writing space so damn cozy and effective?

A Unique Character Development Technique  Learn about one of my most ridiculous ways of intuitively developing new characters. 

The Golden Girls, D&D, and The Newest Way I’m Refusing to Make Writing Solitary This is actually all one topic

Tractors, Cybernetics and the Radical at the Radioshack That time I got radicalized by a Radioshack cashier and what it has to do with disability activism

The Cartoons Are Coming for Our Collective Trauma A therapist/YA writer’s thoughts about why kids shows are all about intergenerational trauma these days, and what I think it means for our future

People Who Need People Writing about The Giver, Each of Us a Desert, and what it’s been like having one of those faces that compels people to tell me things I have absolutely no business knowing

The Bananabook Method  What I call “The Bananabook Method” of book planning/pre-writing. Please enjoy my collection of absurd tiny colorful notebooks and this explanation of my *~process~*.

Because Everybody Was Calling for YA Scifi About HIPAA, Right? Why I’m writing about medical data privacy practices in scifi books for teens. Contains a LOT of info about the current systems and their limits.

Tinkering With Cyberpunk I was interviewed about cyberpunk and disabilities by the lovely Zuhura Ismail, whose wonderful cyberpunk art is also included in this edition.

Lies I Tell Myself, Security Blankets and Backstitch Drafting Another writing process post! Features a very nice cat picture, more writing with memory problems, and my proposal that creative project advice is only as useful as it is adaptable.

Of Flesh and Gundams What somatic psychology has to say about the pursuit of perfection and immortality via tech.

Gods and Ink - the new digital era of old school mythmaking and my newest tattoo.

[dlyblkanime]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “STARLION: The Thieves of the Red Night” OUT NOW 0.99 Kindle 19.00 Print

⭐️The Gods were real and their descendants have new jobs: Superheroes ⭐️

⭐️The most action-packed novel of the year, follows a young vigilante who goes undercover at a school for heroes in training, to find a thief among them and clear his own name. With a diverse cast of young heroes taking charge, StarLion melds the best of Marvel/DC and mythology for a world all of its own. ⭐️

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Featuring: -11 full color illustrations -10 in-depth Character Profiles -A world that fuses mythology and world history, where man and Gods have always walked side by side. -Anime tropes such as flashy powerhouse battles, color-coded auras, a mysterious, yet inviting mentor, a military organization that has no problem hiring teenagers, and even a character with animal ears. 

[thereaderbee]

What are you currently reading? Or planning to start this weekend? We made it to Friday, Bookworms! Do you have any reading plans this weekend? What will you be reading? 📖 I don’t have anything planned for the weekend so far, so I’m hoping that I can spend most of it catching up on some reading.I’m almost finished with *The Fine Print*, and I am trying to decide what I want to start next. Maybe something cute and quick to get me back in a reading mood. ❤️ What are you guys reading this weekend? 📖 📚 📖 📚 📖 📚 #AlltheBooksMar23 #MyFictionalMusings #CourtofReadingMar23 #ReadingintheWeb 📖 📚 📖 📚 📖 📚 #bookstack #bookpile #books #reading #shelfie #bookshelf #fantasybooks #yabooks #bookstagram #booknerd #booklover #booksaremagic #bookcommunity #booksofinstagram #igreads #currentlyreading #fridayreads #amreading #tbr #toberead #bookaesthetic #weekendreading #ilovebooks #cozyreading #bookphoto https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp4wOwROE5y/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[ireadyabooks]

If Anything Happens to Me: Read an Excerpt

From celebrated New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice comes a hotly anticipated YA thriller about two girls desperate to catch a murderer who's still on the loose.

It's been eight months since the body of Eloise Parrish was found in the woods.

Eloise's surviving sister, Oli, is numb with grief and shock. But Oli's also angry. Her sister's killer was never identified or caught. There are no leads, no clues. The case is growing cold, and only Oli seems to care.

Until Oli finds another girl left for dead, in the exact spot Eloise's body was found. Except this girl is alive. She can't remember how she got there, but Oli knows that she's the key to solving Eloise's murder.

The two girls join forces to unravel a mystery that is all too real -- and all too dangerous. As their search leads them around Oli's seemingly idyllic hometown and into the paths of people Oli knows well, Oli begins to wonder who she can trust... and how much she'll risk to learn the terrifying truth.

New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice delivers a tour-de-force thriller, full of breathtaking writing and heart-pounding suspense, about sisters, secrets, and the lengths we're willing to go to for those we love the most.

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If Anything Happens to Me Excerpt by I Read YA on Scribd

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[quotingmyjourneys]

I don't know what's worse: that he slipped into my heart like a knife, or that I like the feel of him there.

— Margaret Owen (Little Thieves | Little Thieves #1), first pub. 2021, USA

[cortanasdaisies]

a herongraystairs reunion in twp would actually ruin me yall don't understand. i was a complete wreck for a week after reading clockwork princess and had a fever from crying so hard. their reunion would kill me.

[auslgbtqya]

The Spider and Her Demons by sidney khoo

(2023)

From the Publisher:

Uncover an extraordinary world of demons and witches, where the ones you love can hurt you the most and hiding your true self can get you killed.

Moving and funny by turns, this is a story about what it takes to make peace with your demons – literal or otherwise. An urban fantasy spin on growing up as a second-generation immigrant, struggling under the overwhelming pressure to make others proud, while feeling trapped inside your own body.

Between surviving high school and working at her aunt’s dumpling shop, all Zhi wants is to find time for her friends . . . and make sure no one finds out she’s half spider-demon.

But when she accidentally kills and eats a man in front of the most popular girl in school, she discovers she might not be the scariest thing in the shadows.

sydney khoo is a recipient of Penguin Random House Australia’s Write It fellowship program, which aspires to find, nurture and develop unpublished writers across all genres, with a focus on underrepresented sections of our community.

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