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theselfhelphipster · 5 years

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I still read every night before bed and when I love a story, I burn my way through it in a matter of days. Hours if I really put my mind to it.

It is scientifically proven that reading is one of the most relaxing things you can do (more than other things even) - it slows down your breathing and your heart rate, which is why it's perfect to incorporate in a bedtime ritual.

Here's the list of my favourite books of the past year or so.

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Throne of Glass Series - Sarah J Maas

This series is not as steamy as the Court-series I wrote about in the previous blog post. However, technically speaking this is definitely a better saga, if you will.

Sarah J Maas has created this epic tale around Selena Galynthius in an epic world full of old-time fantasy characters like elves and fae and witches and wyverns. It's very cool.

The series wrapped up with a stunner of a finale last fall and it was some of the best fantasy I've read in a while. Book 1 is kind of weirdly written if you compare it to the rest, but in book two she really gets the show on the road.

If you like epic fantasy? This is IT.

I'm thinking about buying this box myself (I've read them on Kindle but these are so epic I want them on print) but if you want to start, start with Throne of Glass AND Crown of Midnight.

The Meredith Gentry Series - Laurel K Hamilton

I'm including this one more for lolz than for anything else.

I LOVED these when I was a teen, such smutty books in a fantasy world. Turns out it was either hormones kicking in or I just had terrible taste back then. (Probably both.)

These are TERRIBLE!

They make zero sense, the story is incredibly convoluted and I don't even think the sex scenes are that well-written or hot anymore. They're no Court of Mist and Fury, if ya know what I mean.

I reread them for old time sake, and if you're into Harlequin-esque elf books with a lot of descriptives and dialogues, in a story that only BARELY goes somewhere, go off I guess. If not, steer clear.

Bol.com is like 'fuck you we're not selling this drivel' but Amazon Kindle always comes through for us perverts.

Good Omens - Thierry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

When I saw that wickedly cool trailer for Good OmensI immediately started reading Good Omens. I had had it on my Kindle forever, and it really is a classic.

It's fun, funny, great story and great writing. I'm going to do that online storytelling class by Neil Gaiman and read a lot more by them both the upcoming year.

I've read Neil Gaiman's American Gods, The Ocean By The End of the Lake and Graveyard Boy, but nothing by Thierry Pratchett yet.

I'm excited.

Where to buy? A paperback at Bol.com is just 8,99 right now.

(Also, WATCH THE AMAZON PRIME SERIES, it is SO FUN!)

Caraval & Legendary - Stephanie Gaber

A magical story about two sisters (there's quite a few books I read the past year with sisters) get invited to a once-a-year, exclusive magical live performance where the audience participates. The protagonist has been obsessed with this Caraval as long as she lives. To escape a betrothal of her sister, they go and during the Caraval a lot happens that changes everything.

Apparently there is a third book called Finale, which makes me think I maybe haven't finished Legendary and I need to, because I thought there would just be two.

You can buy the paperback here, and if you want to read it in Dutch you can too: My favorite online writer to follow on Instagram, Chinouk Thijssen translated the book!

Circe - Madeline miller

I've read both this one, Song of Achilles and Galatea. The only one I wouldn't really recommend was Galatea, I just didn't really think that one is interesting. The other two are, though.

I love Greek mythology and when people retell a classic in an interesting new way, and Madeline Miller has done so with this book. I really liked Circe.

The paperback is only 9,70!

Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller

One f the most beautiful and tragic lovestories I've ever read. I recommend it to everyone, especially anyone who likes Greek mythology. It's about Patrocles and Achilles, and their lovestory.

I cried like a baby during the last bit.

If you want to purchase this stunning story in paperback, click here.

A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara

SPEAKING OF CRYING.

If you'd like to be emotionally destroyed and sob incontrollably through the entire last half of this book, go read 'A Little Life'

At first I resisted, and during the first chapters of this book I was mostly confused about who was who, but once you've got it, it is one of those stories that touches you, breaks you and then changes you.

English paperback here, Dutch paperback here.

Fireblood Trilogy - Elly Blake

I read this only a few weeks ago and I burned through these books, if you will. Finished all three in less than a week.

These are SO GOOD. The world is divided into three types of people: Regular, Firebloods and Frostbloods, the last two types having magic abilities that they train and can use, and with the Firebloods and Frostbloods being enemies of sorts.

A Fireblood girl is taken by Frostbloods to help them take down their evil king, but it turns out everything is a lot more complicated than it seems.

Lots of plot twists you can't easily see coming, a lot of friendships, a little romance, and a really good story. It's absolutely lovely.

Paperback here, Amazon Kindle below.

The Bear and the Nightingale Series - Katherine Arden

The prettiest trilogy I've read all year.

Set in Russia, a fairytale of sorts, and the protagonist is a strong girl who believes in freedom, her own decisions and heart, and who falls in love.

Three books to enjoy and swoon over. Try the first one hereor get the ebook below.

Small Spaces - Katherine Arden

By the same author as the previous trilogy, perhaps a children's book, but a good scary story that is easy to read.

A girl who has lost her mom goes on a field trip and turns out, farms and scarecrows are still as scary as they were during Children of the Corn.

I highly recommend; easy and fun scary story, fun to read with a child I think.

You can get it here, or here:

The Mermaid's Sister - Carrie Anne Noble

This is such a beautiful story.

You meet Clara, Maren and O'Neill. Claire was brought to her aunt by a stork, Maren came out of a shell, and O'Neill was found by the woman's husband under an apple tree. As Maren slowly turns into a mermaid, Clara and O'Neill try desperately to save Maren and return her to the ocean.

It's kinda like Frozen with the sisterly love, but has more to it.

Easy to read, with lovely and beautiful sentences, and I cried at the end.

Where to buy? For 12 euros you can buy the paperback here, or the Kindle version for 3.99$ below!

Numina Series - Charlie N Holmberg

This is such a good series, I can't wait for the third book - it's coming out in September.

In this world, magic is a scary underground thing where you need slaves to get possessed by numen, fiery beings from a different plane of existence.

A girl escapes her master who as it turns out, wants to bring the worst numen from that plane to destroy the world. With the help from a charming thief, she tries to save the fellow slaves and prevent world destruction.

Get the first one hereor below:

Magi Bitter, Magic Sweet - Charlie N Holmberg

By the same author, really interesting and pretty fairytale, kind of.

It's about a magical baker, and you should just read it. Buy it here, or below. It's cheaper on Kindle and it's such a breezy book, it's fine as an ebook.

My Absolute Darling - Gabriel Tallent

Horrible but gripping story about a girl called Turtle who grows up with her survivalist nut job of a dad in the woods, and then meets a few boys and a little girl that change the course of her life.

It's hard to read sometimes because the writer has made Turtle into what into my eyes is an eerily accurate portrait of the abused and traumatised. You're rooting for her but you don't always understand her, and you don't always understand her but you're always rooting for her, you know?

You can buy the paperback here for 12 euros or do as I do and buy the Kindle version via the link below!

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein - Kiersten White

I'm a sucker for reinventions of the classics, especially if suddenly we see everything from a woman's perspective. This story is about Elizabeth Frankenstein, the girl who grew up with the boy who will become Doctor Frankenstein and who loves him, and goes looking for him when he disappears from the place he was studying.

It's a very interesting and scary story, and it shows exactly how sometimes the things we do for love, are the very things that make the person we love into a monster.

I'm going to read a lot more by Kiersten White upcoming year, that's for sure.

You can buy the paperback herefor 12 euros, or click below for the Kindle version, for only 8.32$. Fun fact: The copy of the actual story about Frankenstein's monster by Mary Shelby is the second half of the book!

Strange the Dreamer & Muse of Nightmares - Laini Taylor

By the author of some of my favorite books EVER (Daughter of Smoke and Bone series), such a well-written and ethereal story. Full of legends, poetry and love.

It is well-written, heartbreaking and especially during Muse of Nightmares it is so great to see how everything pans out.

Buy the paperback herefor 12 euros , or below:

Grim Lovelies - Meghan Shepherd

I literally finished these last weekend, and really fun! Good story, set in France, in which 'Beasties' are animals turned people and used to help magical people like witches.

Can't wait for the sequel that is coming out in a couple of days!

Get the paperback here, or below.

A Blade So Black - L. L. Mckinny

This is such an interesting take on Alice in Wonderland, scarier and darker, but also more fun. The series is called the Nightmare Verse, I haven't gotten around to reading the second instalment: A Dream So Dark.

Incredible about this book is that the protagonist is a black girl and the book also touches upon the horrible terror that you can get attacked or killed just because of the color of your skin.

You can buy the paperback for 11,99, or on Kindle below.

The Luminous Dead - Caitlin Starling

This might be one of the most terrifying books I have ever read. It combines a few of my greatest fears (caving, being underground and diving) into a goosebump-filled adventure as you follow Gyre, an inexperienced caver who lied on her resume in order to get this job, go deeper and deeper into the cave -- as well as into the complicated backstory of her handler, Em.

Guys. It is so scary. And so good. Go read it. It's 14 euros here, or available on Amazon.

The Girl From Everwhere - Heidi Heilig

Timetravel always gives me a headache, but this piratey-spin on int is really fun.

You can buy the paperback for 9,99 on Bol.com and I was pleased to find out there is a second book now: The Ship Beyond Time. Definitely reading this as soon as I finish Frost!

Phew, a whale of a post

As always, I'd love it if you reciprocate with your own (non)-fiction recommendations: Let me know in the comments below what books you loved the past year.

Have a lovely Sunday!

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candied-peach · 4 years

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2, 7, 8?

2. now name ur trash ship⭐idk that it’s really a trash ship but either dukexiety or intruality

7. what is ur guiltiest guilty fave fandom⭐i haven’t read it in ages but the meredith gentry series

8. what is the fic you want to write/read but can’t because it is too full of Sin⭐already answered, basically any sanders sides smut that’s longer than 500 words lmao

#anonymous #📨

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books-on-a-wire · 5 years

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Your 10 Most Read Authors (According to Goodreads)

I wasn't tagged by anyone, but I was curious. And looking at it now, it mostly consists of older authors that I haven't read in years but they had either multiple series that I devoured or hella long series.

1. Alison Tyler, 63 books...good grief, will anyone ever knock her out of #1, probably not (maybe, see honorable mention), but I'm okay with that. Alison Tyler is an erotica novelist/short story writer and anthology editor, who I've been reading since the early 90s. Most of the books are her anthologies of her short stories but also dozens of other writers in the erotic genre. About a decade ago, she had a daily blog that I fell in love with that has since been converted into the A Story of Submission series - I prefer the blog, which has been taken down 😢 but the books are a much more condensed version.

2. Maya Banks, 23 books...the bulk of this list are authors I don't even read anymore. I loved the early works of Maya Banks but her quality went down (for me). I recommend her Sweet series, Breathless series, and her Highlanders.

3. Lorelei James, 19 books...she could actually take the #2 spot because I still read her (Blacktop Cowboys series). She also has a MASSIVE cowboy series, Rough Riders (15+) plus a contemporary romantica series I haven't even started.

4. Emma Holly, 17 books...I've read that many by her? Lots of paranormal apparently, but she is best remembered for Menage, which was my first m/m romance in the late 90s.

5. Tiffany Reisz, 15 books...I know I have at least four books still to read and she releases fairly frequently. If you've been on this blog long, this is my all-time favorite author. As long as she keeps writing, she should easily move much higher.

Laurell K. Hamilton, 15 books... I don't see her moving up. I never really got into the Meredith Gentry series and I stopped reading Anita Blake at #14, she's at #26?!!! To the fans that have stuck around, good on you. After any author hits double digits, I usually get bored.

Kim Harrison, 15 books...my all-time favorite paranormal author with the Hollows series. I was able to avoid the double digit slump and HATED when the series ended. I started her latest, but couldn't get into it 😢

6. Lora Leigh, 14 books...another I don't see moving too much. I have a couple still to read but haven't bought anything new in years.

7. Kate Pearce, 12 books...thanks to a huge historical erotica series she landed on this list but I'm all caught up and haven't bought anything recently.

8. Charlaine Harris, 11 books...again, I haven't bought anything since her Sookie Stackhouse days and I didn't even finish that one.

Honorable mention: With 10 books already read, K. Webster is like a shark just moving up the list taking out authors. She's in my area so each year I add another handful of signed books to my collection. I save her for slumps but as prolific as she is, I think she could take on Alison Tyler. I'm pretty sure if I read everything I have, she'd be in the 20s.

Consider yourself tagged if this looks like fun!

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plotbunnyshipper · 6 years

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Book Recommendations

Instead of writing I’ve been spending my time re-reading so many of my favorites in my free snippets of time. I figure I’ll list a few in case anyone might feel the need for picking up a new book that may become one of their favorites.

Fantasy is always a favorite of mine in its many sub-genres, also first person storytelling is not a requirement but helps for immersion in the story when done well. And listing these out and going over them again it just reinforces my love of snark and sarcasm and antiheros.

I also have zero hesitation about starting a series a few books in, or in the middle and then going through everything else. (Did this with Black Jewels Series, Chronicles of the Shadow War, The Hollows). Tend to have a lot of YA in here because I grabbed lots of random when I was younger, and nowadays don’t get to read as much brand new other than new authors on Ao3.

List here (not in any sort of order), details below the cut. When the whole/most of series is fantastic I try to list the series rather than the individual book. If you see some in here that you also love and want to suggest a few not listed back at me, please feel free. Even if these aren’t ones you know or love, feel free to recommend, here or in an ask, even an anon one. I love reading, I’m not grabbing as much random published as I used to but published or online, it’s all good. I still remember the first fanfic author that I adored. To this day I’ll still go back and reread the Sailor Moon fic she wrote because it was just that good, so really. This list is by no means complete, they’re just the ones I have on my Kindle and closest bookshelf.

Chronicles of the Shadow War by Chris Claremont and George Lucas

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Queen’s Thief Series by Megan Whalen Turner

Various throughout the designations below by Neil Gaiman

Neverveil series by Amy McNulty

The Sleeping Prince Series by Melinda Salisbury

The Sin Eater’s Daughter by Melinda Salisbury

Red Queen series by Victoria Aveyard

Fairy Keeper by Amy Bearce

The Enchanted Forest series by Patricia C Wrede

The Raven Ring by Patricia C. Wrede

Anne McCaffery - Harper Hall/Pern series, Tower and Hive series, Acorna series

The Black Jewels Series by Anne Bishop

Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas

Three Dark Crowns series by Kendare Blake

Necromancer/Firebug Series by Lish McBride

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

The Hollows by Kim Harrison

Enchantment by Orson Scott Card

The Others Series by Anne Bishop

Georgina Kincaid series by Richelle Mead

Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips

Wicked Saga by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Antigoddess series by Kendare Blake

Night Huntress by Jeaniene Frost

Meredith Gentry series by Laurell K. Hamilton

Hunter: Thieves series by Lexi Blake

Dissonance series by Erica O’Rourke

The Host by Stephenie Meyer

The Last Girl by Joe Hart

Secondborn series by Amy A. Bartol

Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton

Beastkeeper by Cat Hellisen

A Madness So Discrete by Mindy McGinnis

VIP series by Kristen Callihan

Lonely Kings series by Ava Lore

High Fantasy

Chronicles of the Shadow War by Chris Claremont and George Lucas (Shadow Moon, Shadow Dawn, Shadow Star). Picked it up what ended up being the second book randomly at the library, not reading anything about it and was like that name, Elora sounds really familiar, and then hmmm this Thorn Drumheller seems an awful lot like Willow from the movie. Had loved the movie and was very happy to figure out that this was a ~15 years later sequel.

Uprooted by Naomi Novik - Pulled me in at the start and was a wonderful read. First Person, which I love, pulled in familiar myth and fairytale elements as well as great original elements. Same world but different characters sequel is Spinning Silver - also very good but not as good as the first. If you need additional reasons to read the author is one of the ones helping with Ao3 - ��Her own adventures include pillaging degrees in English literature and computer science from various ivory towers, designing computer games, and helping to build the Archive of Our Own for fanfiction and other fanworks. Novik is a co-founder of the Organization for Transformative Works.“

“Our Dragon doesn’t eat the girls he takes, no matter what stories they tell outside our valley. We hear them sometimes, from travelers passing through. They talk as though we were doing human sacrifice, and he were a real dragon. Of course that’s not true: he may be a wizard and immortal, but he’s still a man, and our fathers would band together and kill him if he wanted to eat one of us every ten years. He protects us against the Wood, and we’re grateful, but not that grateful.”

Queen’s Thief Series by Megan Whalen Turner - Good god do I love an antihero. And a first person thief? It takes me back to my love of the Raven Ring. The worldbuilding, the (as much as I find the term obnoxious due to overuse in almost any story that incorporates BDSM to describe someone baiting or attempting to top from the bottom) sass, the antagonizing by the main character. It is a YA so when things happen that are ‘reveals’ later on you’ll notice them, they’re not “OMG I’m so surprised!” but it’s very, very well done. First book - Aces, second book also fantastic, third....hmmmmm would like the POV’s from the first and second books rather than this new one, but has a great scene I’ll quote below.

The Thief (Book 1)

“Are you really named after the god of thieves?” “I am.”

“Well, how could they tell what you were going to be when you were just a baby?”

“How did they know what you were going to be when you were a baby?”

“My father was a duke.”

“So my mother was a thief.”

“So you would have to grow up to be one, too?”

“Most of the people in my family thought so. My father wanted me to be a soldier, but he’s been disappointed.”

Behind us I heard Pol grunt. He no doubt thought my father’s disappointment was justified.

“Your father? He did?”

Sophos sounded so surprised that I looked over at him and asked, “Why shouldn’t he?”

“Oh, well, I mean…” Sophos turned red, and I wondered about the circulation of his blood; maybe his body kept an extra supply of it in his head, ready for blushing.

“What surprises you?” I asked. “That my father was a soldier? Or that I knew him? Did you think that I was illegitimate?”

Sophos opened and closed his mouth without saying anything.

I told him that no, I wasn’t illegitimate. “I even have brothers and sisters,” I told him, “with the same father.” Poor Sophos looked as if he wanted the ground to swallow him.

The King of Attolia (Book 3) condensing down a tiny bit with the [...]’s

The king couldn’t lie on a deathbed with a sense of dignity. The attendants were all on the verge of breaking into laughter, and the king, far from minding, was enjoying every minute of it.

The queen’s lips thinned.

“I am very sorry,” the physician said helplessly.

“Stop apologizing and hurry.”

“Your Majesty, I…” Petrus looked as if he was about to cry.

Ornon spoke firmly from behind the doctor. “Your Majesty is upsetting his physician.” […] The doctor bent over the wound again. The king made a face, but was silent. The doctor looked up momentarily in astonishment but returned to his work, eager to finish before this reprieve passed.

The king lay still and made no sound. As Petrus pulled his first stitches tight, the king took a deeper breath and didn’t let it go. After a long count of ten, he softly released the breath and took another.

There were three people between Costis and the queen. Costis knocked all three of them aside like pegs in a counting game and dropped to his knees in time to catch the queen as she collapsed into his outspread arms.

He’d seen her, white as wax, from the corner of his eye and, seeing her waver, had known she was fainting, but too late to do anything but catch her.

“The queen!” someone shouted in alarm, and the king erupted like a wild animal caught in a snare. […] “My stitches, my stitches!” the physician yelled.

“Your Majesty, Your Majesty!”

“Damn your stitches!” he snarled. “Let me up.” […] He splayed his hand across the king’s face and slammed his head back hard against the pillow. Keeping his hand planted on the king’s face, he leaned over and roared into his ear, “The queen is fine!”

Eugenides was still. The men around the bed froze as well.

“Irene?” the king called.

“She fainted. That’s all,” Ornon said more quietly. “There is a great deal of blood. She is a woman and she was upset. It is not a surprising reaction.” […] On the bed, Eugenides stirred restlessly. “Upset at the sight of blood?” he said. “Not my wife, Ornon.”

“Your blood,” the ambassador pointed out.

Eugenides glanced at the hook on his arm and conceded the point. “Yes,” he said. […] “Get on with it,” said the king. He hardly seemed to notice when the stitching began. He looked toward the doorway, toward the queen, but spoke to the Eddisian Ambassador. “I think, in future, Ornon, I will stick to upsetting my physician.”

Stardust by Neil Gaiman - Lost too many copies, including my first edition of this by lending it out and never getting it back. I’m having trouble trying to say why you need to give these Neil Gaiman books a chance but goodness, all of them, all of them! I’ve never read a bad one. He’s got a beautiful and enticing way of writing - Favorites in order American Gods, Good Omens, Smoke and Mirrors (short stories), Stardust, Ocean at the End of the Lane, Coraline, The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish.

American Gods

“You working for our man then?” asked the bearded man. He was not sober, although he was not yet drunk.

“It looks that way,” said Shadow. “What do you do?”

The bearded man lit his cigarette. “I’m a leprechaun,” he said, with a grin.

Shadow did not smile. “Really?” he said. “Shouldn’t you be drinking Guinness?”

“Stereotypes. You have to learn to think outside the box,” said the bearded man. “There’s a lot more to Ireland than Guinness.”

“You don’t have an Irish accent.”

“I’ve been over here too fucken long.”

“So you are originally from Ireland?”

“I told you. I’m a leprechaun. We don’t come from fucken Moscow.”

Neverveil series by Amy McNulty - First person, great worldbuilding. Also representation of POC for the majority of characters if you’re looking for a book with that particular feature. Cyclical, fallible main characters, overall a fast and enjoyable read.

The Sleeping Prince Series by Melinda Salisbury

The Sin Eater’s Daughter by Melinda Salisbury

Red Queen series by Victoria Aveyard - YA

Fairy Keeper by Amy Bearce - Loved the first of this series, not as much the following books, first one, Fairy Keeper, is definately worth the read. YA

The Enchanted Forest series by Patricia C Wrede Classic, some of my first favorites.It is a youth series but I will never ever stop loving it. Also the Magic & Malice books.

The Raven Ring by Patricia C. Wrede - the first time I remember falling in love with the antihero as a young reader. It is fantastic.

Anne McCaffery - Read Dragon Drums in 5th grade by random pickup at the library and was hooked. From there went through the other Harper Hall/Pern series, then the Tower and Hive series, then the Acorna series. A great mix of both fantasy and sci fi, and fantasy with sci fi history.

Dark Fantasy

The Black Jewels Series by Anne Bishop - it was difficult to get into this at first, for me, I owned the series for a couple years could not get into it no matter how many times I read the first chapter. Then I picked up and read one of the “short stories” more of a novella, “The Prince of Ebon Rih,” in Dreams Made Flesh. One note - ignore the names of the three main male characters. Just... I love *LOVE* this series but ‘Daemon,” “Lucivar,” and “Saetan SaDiablo” are...just ignore that and you’re good. Strong women and men, family and friends, who have a fierce love for each other, tremendous amount of snark that I adore, if only there were more books on Surreal, and Saetan, and Tersa, and Rainer, and Chaosti, and the First Circle of the Dark Court, and anyone, I would read any additional stories in this series. There are so very many passages I’d use to try and draw interest so I’ll just grab a few

Karla let out a screech that raised the hairs on Saetan's neck.

"You've got tits!" Karla pulled open the blue jacket, revealing a silver, just as skimpy top. "So do I, if you call these lovely little bee stings tits." Smiling the wickedest smile Saetan had ever seen, she turned back to him. "What do you think?"

He didn't stop to think. "Are you asking if I think they're lovely or if I think they're bee strings?"

Karla closed the jacket, crossed her arms, and narrowed those ice-blue eyes. "Sassy, isn't he?"

"Well, he is a Warlord Prince," Jaenelle replied.

Ice-blue eyes met sapphire eyes. Both girls smiled.

Karla shrugged. "Oh, all right. I'll be a polite guest." She stepped up to Saetan, and that wicked smile bloomed. "Kiss kiss."

He refused to give her the satisfaction of seeing him wince.

Yet another

"Are you lost?"

Daemon glanced over to where Lucivar leaned against a doorway. "I'm not lost," he snapped. Then he stopped pacing and sighed. "But I am very confused."

"Of course you are. You're male." Grinning at Daemon's snarl, Lucivar stepped into the courtyard. "So if one of the darlings in the coven offers to explain things to you, don't take her up on it. She'll sincerely be trying to help, but by the time she's done 'unconfusing' you, you'll be banging your head against a wall and whimpering."

"Why?"

"Because for every five rules you'd learned in Terreille about a male's proper behavior in a court, the Kaeleer Blood know only one of them—and they interpret it very differently."

Daemon shrugged "Obedience is obedience."

"No, it's not. For Blood males, the First Law is to honor, cherish, and protect. The second is to serve. The third is to obey."

"And if obedience interferes with the first two laws?"

"Toss it out the window."

Daemon blinked. "You actually get away with that?"

Lucivar scratched the back of his head and looked thoughtful. "It's not so much a question of getting away with it. For Warlord Princes, it's almost a requirement of court service. However, if you ignore an order from the Steward or the Master of the Guard, you'd better be sure you can justify your action and be willing to accept the consequences if they won't accept it, which is rare. I got into more trouble with the High Lord as my father than as the Steward."

And another

In lieu of a knock, she walloped the study door once and then stomped up to the blackwood desk where Saetan sat watching her, a glass of brandy raised halfway to his lips.

Daemon and Lucivar, comfortably slouched in two chairs in front of the desk, just stared at her.

Now that she was there, she wasn't quite as willing to address the High Lord directly, so she half turned toward Daemon and Lucivar and tossed out the question, "Don't I have the right to decide if I want a male in my bed?"

The air behind the desk instantly chilled, but Lucivar said blandly, "Graysfang?" and the air returned to normal.

The smirk in Lucivar's voice had her turning toward him fully. "I don't know about you, but I'm not used to sleeping with a wolf."

"What's wrong with Graysfang staying with you?" Daemon asked.

The soothing tone he was putting into his voice only infuriated her. "He farts," she snapped, then waved her hand dismissively. "Well, so do the rest of you."

Someone made a choking sound. She thought it was Daemon.

"Do you resent his being there because he's a wolf or because he's interfering with another kind of male warming your bed?" Lucivar asked.

Maybe it hadn't been meant as a slur that she used to be a whore, but she took it as such because then she could vent her temper on him. "Well, sugar, from where I'm standing, there's not much to choose between you. He takes up more than his share of the bed, he snores, and he gives slobbery kisses. But if I had to choose, I'd pick him. At least he can lick his own balls!"

A glass hit the desk with an ominous thunk.

Surreal closed her eyes and bit her lip.

Shit. She'd been so focused on being mad at Lucivar, she'd forgotten about the High Lord.

Different book in the series, Queen of the Darkness

“I could have handled that bastard.”

Falonar looked insulted. “It’s a male’s right to defend and protect.”

Surreal bared her teeth. “I’ve heard that song before, and-”

“Then you should heed that song, Lady - and respect it.”

“Why? Because poor little me isn’t capable of handling myself in a fight?” she said with venom-laced sweetness.

“Because you’re deadlier,” he snarled. He paced a few steps away from her, swore, paced back. “That’s why males defend, Lady Surreal. Because you females are deadlier when you’re roused-and you’re merciless when you’re riding the killing edge. At least if I go down first in a fight, I don’t have to deal with you afterward.

”Not sure if she’d just been complimented or insulted, Surreal said nothing.

Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas - First person, great worldbuilding, very very similar elements to Anne Bishop’s Black Jewels series in everything from the mannerisms, to the Illyrians vs Eryins, to the need of draining power descriptions and customs (I was 100% convinced it was Anne Bishop venturing into first person and ghostwriting an alternate version of the Black Jewels world for a long time). Didn’t care for the romantic lead in the first book, thankfully the hinting of book 1 transitioned into book 2 and <3 oh I love it. Supposedly a sort of inspired by classic fairy tales (like beauty and the beast) but it’s not like you’re sitting there reading a progression of that story like other books do. The Throne of Glass series is also very good, more original but again very Anne Bishop in it’s feel/wording (the purred words, midnight voices, the level of protectiveness bowels turned to water when terrified)

Really enjoy the series but since I posted so much of Anne Bishop I figure I’ll just do a quasi related suggestion of threesomes that I found fun and funny. Court of Wings and Ruin... for now editing to avoid spoilers

“You never know until you try,” Helion purred.

The three of them in bed...with him? I must have been blinking like a fool because [<3] said to me, Helion favors both males and females. Usually together in his bed. And has been hounding that trio for centuries.

I considered--Helion’s beauty and the others...Why the hell haven’t they said yes?

[<3] barked a laugh that had all of them looking at him with raised brows.

[<3] just came up behind me and slid his arms around my waist, pressing a kiss to my neck. Would you like someone to join us in bed, Feyre [...]?

My skin stretched tight over my bones at the tone, the suggestion. You’re incorrigible.

I’d think you’d like two males worshipping you.

My toes curled.

Mor cleared her throat. “Whatever you’re saying mind to mind, either share it or go to another room so we don’t have to sit here, stewing in your scents.”

I stuck out my tongue. [<3] laughed again, kissing my neck once more before saying, “Apologies for offending your delicate sensibilities, cousin.”

A Court of Frost and Starlight

If both of us went in there, I knew my sister would see it as an attack.

So it would be me. Alone

[<3] kissed my brow. “If someone propositions you, tell them we’ll both be free in an hour.”

“Och.” I waved him off, banking my powers to a near-whisper within me.

He blew me a kiss.

I waved that away, too, and slipped through the tavern door.

Three Dark Crowns series by Kendare Blake -

Urban Fantasy & Paranormal Romance

Necromancer/Firebug Series by Lish McBride - first person, hilarious, and fantastic

Hold Me Closer, Necromancer

Oh, good, he was crazy and scary. What an awesome combination. I let go of his wrists with one hand and leverages myself back enough so I could pull my T-shirt out of his grip. I dropped to the floor, knowing full well that he let me do it.

Freaks & Other Family

I tried to walk on my own to Mrs. W’s car, but Ramon got tired of watching me wobble like a baby deer and scooped me up and carried me.

I grinned at him. “Take me to bed or lose me forever.”

“I can’t believe you’re Top Gun-ing me right now. We almost died.”

“I’m going to blame the head injury,” I said, patting his chest. “You’re supposed to say, ‘show me the way home, honey.’“

“I will do no such thing, and you can’t blame it on the head injury, because you say those kinds of things to me all the time.”

“This is true. Let’s go on a crime spree then, and we’ll blame that on the head injury.”

“You can’t even walk. We need to get you home so you can rest,” Ramon said firmly.

“Yeah, so we can then explain to James how we both managed to completely rune the top-of-the-line tuxedo rentals we’re wearing.” Top-of-the-line to me. James had sneered openly at them before throwing up his hands in despair, which wouldn’t stop him from berating us. If anything, I think he’d find it more insulting somehow, and the fact that we’d ruined only semi-decent tuxes instead of really nice tuxes would just be salt in the wound.

Ramon paused as we both thought that over. Mrs. W pulled ahead of us, fishing her keys out of her clutch.

“Shit,” Ramon said. “I hadn’t thought about that.”

We both stared out into the night, silent as we contemplated our impending dooms.

“Head injury,” we both said at the same time.

“We can definitely blame the suits on that.”

“And if he doesn’t buy it,” Ramon added, “then you can just pass out again.”

“Deal.”

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

American Gods by Neil Gaiman as someone who was always a fan of Gaiman, and have been pleased with how the miniseries is doing with it’s adaptation because this has been a love since I got my my hands on it. It doesn’t hurt that Mad Sweeny’s chaotic love of fighting is personified so well by OitNB’s Pornstashe. The only thing I was dissapointed in was due to my prior knowledge of Norse Mythology and the whole “You can call me Wednesday” thing was shouting out what appeared to try and be a “reveal” towards the end. Fantastic incorporation of mythology and characterization. Just...love. Ocean at the End of the Lane is also

The Hollows by Kim Harrison - Again, couldn’t start at the start but jumping in mid series and I was in love. First Person, amazing worldbuilding

Enchantment by Orson Scott Card - very well done. Hate the male vocal reader he uses for his audio books (something about his voice grates on my nerves) but I’d suffer through to listen to this. A great twisting of various fairy tale elements into this, clever things that I wouldn’t have considered at the time of reading this. Very well done. Very.

The Others Series by Anne Bishop - Not as loved as the Black Jewels but it has some characters I’m invested in now so I’m reading any and all of the series.

Georgina Kincaid series by Richelle Mead - Main character is a succubus by contract, having to corrupt souls to fulfill her contract with Hell and none too pleased about it. I was agonizing waiting for these to be released.

Succubus Blues (Book 1)

Statistics show that most mortals sell their souls for five reasons: sex, money, power, revenge, and love. In that order.

I suppose I should have been reassured, then, that I was out here assisting with numero uno, but the whole situation just made me feel.. . well, sleazy. And coming from me, that was something.

Maybe I just can't empathize anymore, I mused. It's been too long. When I was a virgin, people still believed swans could impregnate girls.

Nearby, Hugh waited patiently for me to overcome my reticence. He stuffed his hands into well-pressed khakis, leaning his large frame against his Lexus. "I don't see what the big deal is. You do this all the time.”

That wasn't exactly true, but we both knew what he meant. Ignoring him, I instead made a great show of studying my surroundings, not that that improved my mood. The suburbs always dragged me down. Identical houses. Perfect lawns. Far too many SUVs. Somewhere in the night, a dog refused to stop yapping.

"I don't do this," I said finally. "Even I have standards.”

Hugh snorted, expressing his opinion of my standards.

"Okay, if it makes you feel better, don't think of this in terms of damnation. Think of it as a charity case.”

Wicked Saga by Jennifer L. Armentrout - First person, apparently I have a thing for snarky, territorial, hand sized coworkers in UF books.

Wicked

“Tink.” I sighed.

“Whatever. I think you should just get some action from him and kick his ass to the curb.”

My mouth dropped open. “Okay. That is the most bizarre string of advice I have ever heard. You don’t like him, but you think I should have sex with him and then get rid of him? And obviously I can’t because he’s a member of the Order.” That was the one thing I didn’t tell Tink --what Ren truly was. “You make no sense.”

“I make perfect sense. In my world, you don’t even have to like another to have sex with them. It’s all about the natural urges to get it on and...”

As Tink ranted on about the peculiars of his species’ particular mating preferences, I picked up the sugar canister and dumped a small pile of sugar on the counter.

“You just need to let those animalistic--holy brownie balls!” Tink dropped to his knees in front of the pile of sugar. He started moving the tiny granules to another pile, counting softly. “One, two, three, four, five, six...” Pausing, he glanced up with a frown. “Where did you learn that?”

I shrugged as I bit down on my lower lip. “Saw it on an episode of Supernatural.”

and

“Okay.” I placed the stake on the bistro table then reached up, tucking my hair back. “I can explain, Ren, but I need you to let him go.”

“You heard the woman,” Tink said. “Let me go.”

Ren’s gaze flew from the brownie to me. “You want me to let this thing go?”

“He’s my thing--I mean, he’s not a ‘thing.’ He’s a brownie, and he’s okay. He’s not going to hurt anything. I swear.” Walking over to where Ren stood, I ignored the way Tink Glared at us. “Please.”

“He’s a brownie, Ivy. What in the hell is he doing here?” He turned his gaze back to Tink, and the brownie paled since the edge of the knife was still near his throat. “And what do you mean he’s yours? I come into the kitchen and he’s sitting in a bowl of Frosted Flakes like a walking, talking rat.”

“I am not a rat, sir! I am a brownie and damn proud of it, you overgrown--”

“Tink,” I warned, then wrapped my hand around Ren’s wrist. His emerald gaze flicked to mine. My heart was slamming against my ribs. As upset with Tink as I was, if something happened to him...

“His name is Tink?”

I nodded, “Well, that’s what I call him.”

“Am I high? I’ve got to be high.” He glanced back down at Tink and scowled. “Is he wearing doll pants?”

Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips - Another random library snag. Greek gods in a modern setting, full of apathy from a millennia of existence

Antigoddess series by Kendare Blake

Night Huntress by Jeaniene Frost - first person, great world building, fallible characters, lots of character investment over the series, sexy.

Meredith Gentry series by Laurell K. Hamilton - surprised myself by pretty consistently thinking - ‘While I like the varied and inventive sex, I really like the characters so I wish there was less sex and more story” when usually I don’t have complaints about the amount of sex in any given story, I’m cool with PWP works but I was hoping for some magic fix for Andais, like making her mortal and giving her another child then cutting out a good amount of the crazy due to those actions. Didn’t happen. Merry and her harem of men get it on for significant portions of especially the second onwards books, and again I can appreciate lots of magical explicit sexytimes I also wanted more progress on the characters. Also pet peeve of disliking men with long hair was constantly reinforced with a majority of the fae having waist/ankle length hair. The movie that played in my mind gave them haircuts really fast.

Hunter: Thieves series by Lexi Blake

Dissonance series by Erica O’Rourke - always enjoy when there is a new idea/twist and the reality bending in this was quite nice. YA, but I could not put it down.

Sci Fi & Dystopian

The Host by Stephenie Meyer - Was drawn to this one by the cover, it’s a gorgeous eye with a pupil ringed in (according to the story silver, but the cover makes it look icy) brightness. I walked past it a hundred times going “Ohh Pretty!” before finally springing for the audio book from the library - was exceptionally well read. Did not pay attention to the author or read any info about it and enjoyed it very much. Had I realized it was by the lady who wrote Twilight I wouldn’t have read it, I’m glad I didn’t realize and did listen to it. Very well done dichotomy of the main character(s) as two distinct personalities and thought processes. YA verging on New Adult about the aftermath of a relatively peaceful alien invasion. According to the things I’ve heard/memes I’ve seen of Twilight this author has a thing for a team whoever and team whoever2 triangles.

The Last Girl by Joe Hart

Secondborn series by Amy A. Bartol

General Fantasy or More YA

Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton - fantasy western

Beastkeeper by Cat Hellisen

A Madness So Discrete by Mindy McGinnis -

New Adult

VIP series by Kristen Callihan - fun, fast read, first person, Bands

Lonely Kings series by Ava Lore - again, fun, fast reads, first person, bands

#Reccomendations #Books I love

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i gotta confess tho i genuinely enjoy true blood. like, if you think sookie and the fae stuff is weird, you should’ve read the anita blake series like faaaam the same author wrote a series of books called the meredith gentry series and i loved them intensely when i was a teenager and twilight could not sate my lustful teenage appetites so in this novel she’s some kind of “unseelie” fae princess who falls in love with like six dudes and she’s trying to get pregnant, and she ends up pregnant with twins who have the genetic material belonging to three fathers each. i think i quit reading at that point but let me tell you i live for this shit lmao

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Book Review: Laurell K. Hamilton's A Terrible Fall of Angels

Book Review: Laurell K. Hamilton’s A Terrible Fall of Angels

First in the Zaniel Havelock paranormal fantasy series and revolving around Detective “Havoc” Havelock. This eARC was sent to me by NetGalley and Berkley for an honest review. My Take I know . . . it’s a Laurell K. Hamilton without erotic sex! Yet, like Hamilton’s Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter and Meredith Gentry, the underlying theme is of good versus evil. Hamilton has created an alternate world…

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7, 11, and 23! Please :)

7) when asked, are you embarrassed or enthusiastic to tell people that you write?

Oh, I love to talk about my writing. I plan nights around my writing, think about it all day, and I’m definitely not the kind to hide it. It’s hard to explain to people, though. I say ‘fan fiction’ and they start asking if I’ll ever publish it. *look*

But I’ve always had stories in my head. I love the idea of world building and there are definitely characters that are extra loud for me.

TL;DR - people get real sick and tired of me talking about writing. *snort*

11) what aspect of your writing do you think has most improved since you started writing?

Gosh. Everything? I’ve been writing since I was a babe on the internet. Role playing in AIM chat rooms, yahoo groups, livejournal… I cringe to think about what’s out there, floating in the interweb’s attic. I’ve made lifelong friends from that writing that I’d never want to give up, but I think I’ve gotten to a good place recently, when it’s not just about the relationship/smut (though, man, do I enjoy some good smut) where the actual plot moves the story along.

I’ve always been pretty good at dialogue but now I find myself worrying more about the cadence and how true to the character portrayal it is. Some people’s speech patterns are so hard to pin down that it feels like a massive victory when someone tells me I nailed it. *\o/*

23) any obscure life experiences that you feel have helped your writing?

Ooooooh man. Let’s see. I’ve been a big ol’ geek/nerd forever, so my snark comes from so many places. Actual comics (marvel fan girl since 10yo), book series (HP, Anita Blake, Meredith Gentry, Vampire Academy, etc etc), tv shows (way too many to name) but the thing that has helped most recently is Dungeons and Dragons.

A group of our friends wanted to give it a try but no one wanted to step up to be Dungeon Master, so I said I’d do it. Dude, if I’d known then what I knew now… *shakes head*

The thing with D&D is that you have to be ready for anything. The party goes into a tavern, you say there are three people. They corner one and basically want their entire life history. And there you are, DMing the shit out of it, having to make up an entire fleshed out character on the spot.

If nothing else, that had shown me the importance of plot vs exposition, and how the two are different. The old 'I’m the bad guy and I’m going to tell you my whole plan so the reader knows it’ is so boring. Throw out some red herrings, keep the reader in the dark as much as the characters are. It’s SHOW versus TELL. It takes a certain degree of trust on the writers part, assuming the reader is able to put the dots together, but that’s the fun part. Figuring out AS the writer the bits that fit together so well that you didn’t even consciously PLAN. Like your brain was working on the story without you knowing. Creepy? Yes. Awesome? Yup.

Basically things are going to get thrown at you: wear clean underwear.

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Daemon Omegaverse AU!

Noctis Lucis Caelum, 114th King of Lucis

-Alpha

-Daemon by way of infection by Starscourge when he attempted to purge Prompto’s daemonic nature.

-Simplistic. More animalistic, primal thinking.

Daemonic features include:

Red SOULLESS eyes that burn like embers.

Think Legion at the end of Ghostrider.

Also STFU I know Ghostrider sucks, I have a thing for it.

Skin cracking ala the Ring of the Lucii with black shadow oozing.

I’d like to think the tips of his hair get all wispy and shadowy and just trail off. Noct your hair does that now. FOR IT HAS BEEN WRITTEN!

These features become more prominently displayed the more aggressive Noct becomes.

Noct in a nutshell:

-can I fuck it?

-can I kill it?

-i like this knife ( Prompto) i’m keeping it.

Hobbies:

Sleepfucking Prompto

Eating Chocobos

Daemon!Noct Shaming:

Drank from the toilet.

First kill was his own Chocobo.

Offered its throat to StillHuman!Prompto. Prompto accepted of course because he’s supportive, but he just wet his lips and tried not to hurl.

Prompto Argentum, Queen of Lucis

-Omega

-Daemon by way of birth/creation. ‘Pureblood’.

-Advanced Intelligence. Primal, instinct driven thinking influenced by human emotions.

Daemonic features include:

Eyes: Triple ringed irises in multiple shades of blue. Pupils ringed with molten gold. Pupils cast a pearlescent light.

But prettyprompto! Didn’t you steal that shit from Laurell K Hamilton’s Meredith Gentry Series?

FUCK YEA I DID. It’s amazeballs. And Omega Queen!Prompto gets to be a stunning bitch!

-Platinum hair. I’m sorry but I have this kink where if they have blond hair I just want it blonder and blonder til it goes platinum and then just I guess the next level is blinding light.

We’ll hold off on the hair that radiates glory for now. DLC. //_>;

Features display prominently. Features fade under distress or injury.

Prompto in a nutshell:

-babies

-nesting

-mating

-this is mine! *grabs Nocts crotch and waves a gun* this is where my babies come from!

Hobbies:

Eating Flowers

Utilizing his suppressed humanity.

Being a super smart daemon.

Daemon!Prompto Shaming:

Tried to get Noct to attack Ignis by daemonically vocalizing. Tried too hard and instead of saying -this guys a threat to your claim on me, kick his ass!- Noct understood it as -that guy scares me you better fuck me now and make me your mate-

Noct obliged.

Bonus: HumanCapableButDaemonicallyInclined!Prompto Shaming: Totally knew what he was doing as he ran around Ignis in circles, then pulled the baking cabinet open and scattered every cake pan across the kitchen tile. Ran away and continued by chewing the back of the couch.

Miscellaneous:

Ignis: We’ll find a way to change it!

Prompto: *Phoenix from X-Men tone* I DON’T WANT TO CHANGE IT!

Ignis Scientia, the Royal Advisor

Considered Beta ( Ignis is writing the book on Noctis and Prompto as he studies them. He doesn’t know he’s Beta to them)

Human

Poor Loyal Ignis.

-Along with Gladio, Ignis runs the remodeled house at Cape Caem. He cooks, cleans, feeds the kids. He manages the daily routines. He expands his knowledge on Noctis and Prompto in the hopes of helping them.

-Maintains a strained contact with Prompto and encourages his humanity.

Gladiolus Amicitia, the King’s Sworn Shield

Considered Alpha.

Human

Back-up for Ignis. Babysitter. ( babies and Noctis and Prompto. )

Supportive

Gladio: *tearing at his hair* WTF IZ HAPPENING TO MY LIIIIFE!?

Noctis: I DO NOT LIKE YOU AND SHIT IS GOIN’ DOWN SOON.

Iris Amicitia, Future Daemon Slayer ( !?)

N/A

Human

Brave Soldier Marching On

-helps Ignis and Gladio with the day to day affairs, such as bathing the children and all that jazz.

Supportive but SHOOK

Puts on earphones and cranks that jam to drown out the sounds of rampant daemon fucking.

~Children~

Pre-Daemon Omegaverse AU Children

Cyrus Lucis Caelum: Black hair, sky blue eyes. Loud, noisy, rambunctious. 2 ½

Tobias Lucis Caelum: Blond hair, blue eyes. Preemie. Very advanced, intelligent, aware. 1

That One Awesome Gangbang On Daemon!Prompto That Went Totally Down Into Ifrit’s Parlor Children.

Triplets by Father ( S.T.F.U. DON’T YOU JUDGE ME/HIM)

Ignis: Oliver Scientia. Strawberry blond. Green eyes. Newborn.

Gladio: Crocus Amicitia. Chestnut brown. Amber brown eyes. Newborn.

Noctis: Aurora Lucis Caelum. Black hair. Deep blue eyes. Newborn.

Named by their fathers.

Prompto: “Oliver and Crocus!? You guys are assholes! I got frog spawn and chibi nerdlinger here!”

SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE PERSON WHO WROTE THAT ONE FIC AND CAME UP WITH THE NAME CROCUS!

I adore it.

If this comes your way please take credit.

This is a WIP RP based story.

Noct may not have been able to retrieve all data from when shit got kinky but we are now recording posts.

If you like what we have so far please let us know!

Plotting ideas, suggestions, comments and all other forms of feedback can be directed to my Ask box or personal messaging.

Tagging interested parties: @sunshinechocobro @insomniacapples Your still untaggable. @lullanita @ashthewitch @evalana

@sulkyprince

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@expectogladiolus

#prettyprompto #posted edited by me #promptis #omegaverse #au #collab

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shoes-arent-for-walkin · 7 years

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Here have a Post...

I got tagged in this thing by @misstchotchke on my other blog

It’s fifty questions for book people and since i am taking ages to finish anything to review, thought this might be a mediocre substitute for the time being!

1. What is your favourite book and/or book series of all time?

Women of the Otherworld (Series) by Kelley Armstrong

2. What is the longest book you have ever read? How many pages?

I think one of the Song of Ice and Fire books. I don’t know. I half of my library is on my kindle.

3. What is the oldest book you have ever read? (Based on its written date)

I am halfway through Outlaws of the Marsh which is a Chinese literary classic. I am sure I have mentioned it somewhere on this blog before but it’s like suuuuuper old.

4. What is a book series that everyone else loves but you do not?

50 Shades. Haven’t read it, never will.

5. What book or book series would you like to see turned into a film/ TV series?

But if they could give the Eragon adaptation another shot and do it right, I would be so happy.

6. What is your favourite stand-alone book?

I don’t know if I have one?

7. What is a book that you feel glad for not reading?

50 Shades

8. What is a book that you feel guilty for not reading?

I was supposed to have finished reading Outlaws almost 2 years ago now. So.

That and The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. I started it in high school (over 8 years ago) and at some point i got distracted and never finished it.

9. What is a book you have read that is set in your country of birth?

like almost all the ones that I have read. #USAUSA

10. What is a book that you own more than one copy of?

i dont have the money for that

11. What horror book made you really scared?

Oh. My. God. Let me tell you.

As an adult? Seed by Ania Ahlborn actually gave me nightmares.

As a kid? Rats by Paul Zindel.

12. What book do you passionately hate?

FUcking Guns Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond (I think he is the author but I hate the book so much I won’t even google it.) I had to read it for an AP History class over the summer and then I had to watch the film adaptation and then I had to write so many papers and it was written so dryly.... I can’t even.

13. What is the biggest book series you have read? How many books are in it?

The Women of the Otherworld (13? maybe?)... or maybe the Meredith Gentry (10? maybe?) series. I don’t quite remember the amounts.

14. What book gives you happy memories?

Bunnicula by James Howe

Do you like Bunnies? Do you like Vampires? Do you like a dog and a cat trying to find evidence of the resident vampire rabbit? read this.

15. What book made you cry?

OMG so many books. In recent memory, one of the Meredith Gentry books, a handful of fanfics (I am counting them even if you don’t).

In the past? I read a series about a girl with Leukemia when I was in middle school. I don’t remember the title of the series but man was it depressing.

16. What book made you laugh?

I have never laughed while reading. I have smirked or smiled. Never laughed.

Unless you want to count when I was 10 and reading Captain Underpants.

17. What is your favourite book that contains an LGBTQ+ character?

I don’t think I have read one... oh i take that back. A Song of Ice and Fire. the only one with a LGBTQ+ character I have read I think.

18. Have you read a book with a male protagonist? What is it?

Yes. A lot of them. If you want to read a good one you could read Kelley Armstrong’s anthology of shorts titled Men of the Otherworld.

19. Have you read a book set on another planet? What is it?

No?

20. Have you ever been glad to not finish a series? Which?

No. Once I dedicate my time, I have to finish it. WHICH IS WHY GEORGE RR MARTIN NEEDS TO HURRY UP

21. Have you ever read a book series because you were pressured?

Twilight. So many regrets.

22. What famous author have you not read any books by?

J.K. Rowling. Though I have a Chinese copy of The Sorcerer’s Stone laying around to motivate me to study.

23. Who is your favourite author of all time?

Kelley Armstrong or Ania Ahlborn

24. How many bookshelves do you own?

one but I need more. Especially since the boyfriend insists on using it to store things that arent books as well.

25. How many books do you own?

haven’t counted but enough that I have them stored at 3 separate houses.

26. What is your favourite non-fiction book?

I don’t think I have read one. okay well I have but I hated it.

27. What is your favourite children’s/middle-grade book?

Captain Underpants or Bunnicula or The BFG

28. What is your next book on your TBR?

Bird Eater by Ania Ahlborn. and countless others.

29. What book are you currently reading?

Grace of Kings and its garbage and I hate it and I am searching for the motivation to finish it which is why it is taking me so long to get the review up.

30. What book are you planning on buying next?

One doesn’t plan to buy books. One walks into a book store and just loses control.

31. What was the cheapest book you bought?

I got The Good Women of China for a buck from my adviser. (I did a review on it.)

32. What was the most expensive book you bought?

Hey remember that time i went to college? That was a good time.

33. What is a book you read after seeing the movie/ TV series?

I always read it before. Always. If I plan on reading it. Actually taking more than 5 seconds to think, I have seen all of the HP movies but never read the books so i suppose that counts...

34. What is the newest book you have bought?

Grace of Kings? I don’t know. I think that is it.

35. What three books are you most looking forward to reading this year?

Any books.

36. What is a book you love that has a terrible trope? (Love triangle, etc)

Um... I don’t know?

37. Have you read a book in a different language? What was it?

trying to get through The Sorcerers Stone in Mandarin.

38. What is a book you’ve read that is set in a time period before you were born?

Outlaws of the Marsh

39. What book offended you?

Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck << going with @misstchotchke

40. What is the weirdest book you have read?

read some pretty strange classical chinese short stories << again with her on this one.

41. What is your favourite duology?

don’t think I have read one.

42. What is your favourite trilogy?

I have never read and completed a trilogy. most of the time it is a 4+ series.

43. What book did you buy because of its cover?

Does Manga count? I judge all manga by the cover.

44. What is a book that you love, but has a terrible cover?

? I don’t think any of the books I have read have a bad cover.

45. Do you own a poetry anthology? What is your favourite poem from it?

I don’t have a strictly poetry anthology but I have an Edgar Allen Poe Anthology and my favorite poem is “Alone”.

46. Do you own any colouring books based off other books?

bestie @punchyfruit gave me a doctor who coloring book (I am keeping this here because <3)

But I don’t have one based on a book but I have one based on Firefly.

47. Do you own any historical fiction?

Outlaws of the Marsh

48. What book made you angry?

Oh my god Grace of Kings is making me so angry.

49. What book has inspired you?

reading in general inspires me. Seriously. It makes me think that I might actually be a decent author sometimes and i start writing.

50. What book got you into reading?

I don’t remember. I hated it in elementary school save for Captain Underpants and Bunnicula. In middle school i read that series about the girl with Leukemia and some Paul Zindel, but I didn’t start holing in my room all of the time to read until I read the Darren Shan’s “The Saga of Darren Shan” series.

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