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2024 in books 📚
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#5 The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman
English
Here we go. Number 6 of the master's books for me.
So far I've loved each single one.
Each one was different but his distinctive style is always clearly recognizable. His capacity to create fantastic characters, stories and whole worlds seems almost infinite...
Again I jump in giddy and curious at the deep end and let myself be surprised…
#2024 in books#neil gaiman#the graveyard book#reading#read more#book#books#booklover#bookworm#fiction#i love books#a year in books
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2022 in books - 33 books read.
January
Rhyannon Byrd, L'empreinte du loup ⭐⭐
Rhyannon Byrd, L'appel de la nuit ⭐⭐⭐
February
March
Melanie Milburne, Fiançailles au Chatsfield ⭐
Lucy Monroe, Scandaleuse nuit d'amour ⭐
Michelle Conder, Un jeu si dangereux ⭐⭐⭐
Michelle Conder, Vengeance dans la chambre 426
Chantelle Shaw, Le secret du milliardaire ⭐⭐⭐
Trish Morey, La tentation d'une héritière ⭐⭐
April
Abby Green, Rivaux et amants ⭐⭐⭐
Sophie Pembroke, Séduction dans la chambre 153
Annie West, Un si troublant époux ⭐⭐⭐
Lynn Raye Harris, Entre amour et soupçon ⭐⭐
Dani Collins, Le secret de la chambre 823
May
Abby Green, Sombres Désirs ⭐⭐
June
Joss Wood, Un coeur à conquérir ⭐⭐
Carol Marinelli, Fascinée par un milliardaire ⭐⭐
July
Jennie Lucas, Le bébé d'une innocente ⭐⭐
Carol Marinelli, Le prix de l'interdit ⭐⭐⭐
Carol Marinelli, Une seule nuit avec toi ⭐⭐⭐
Carol Marinelli, La brûlure d'un souvenir ⭐⭐⭐
Elizabeth Aston, L'autre Mrs Darcy ⭐⭐⭐
August
Sharon Kendrick, Le défi du prince ⭐
September
Marilyn Pappano, Accusée par erreur ⭐⭐⭐
Janice Maynard, La belle de Wolff Mountain ⭐⭐⭐
Maureen Child, L'honneur des Lassiter ⭐
October
Sylvia Da Luz, L'héritière des Abysses ⭐⭐
Janice Maynard, Un hôte si fascinant ⭐⭐⭐
Janice Maynard, L'enfant de Wolff Mountain ⭐⭐
November
December
Angéla Morelli, Embrasse-moi sous la neige ⭐⭐
Alix Martin, Secret Santa ⭐⭐
Penelope Ward, The Aristocrat ⭐⭐
Catherine George, Un Noël à Ridgeway ⭐⭐
Karina Bliss, Le plus beau des Noëls ⭐⭐
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I should note, I hate the soulmates "we would fall in love in every universe" trope for the aforementioned "where's the tension and interest and really anything worthwhile" reasons. However, "we would find each other in every universe" fucking rips. We would interact meaningfully in every universe but sometimes we are lovers and sometimes we are friends and sometimes we are bitter enemies and sometimes we'd simply both be in the same HOA.
#for more on this see: the years of rice and salt#yet another of the books that did not survive the crossing (is possibly in my parents' basement)
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Can you draw that snail? You know the one who got out of Grian's power and started to eat Gem's lighthouse?
little guy <3
alternatively: big guy.
#hermitcraft#grian#geminitay#my art#sketch#drawing a snail with teeth wasn't on my bingo card for this year but here we are#ALSO god can you imagine a dungeon meshi au with grian as a dm and snail as his animal? all he wished for was a mending book.......#the brainrot is strong im being tormented by the demons ( my own ideas )#ALSO 2.0. does anyone remember that snail from adventure time? i mean. cmon. i mean..? hello?
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Being a “Fun Fact !” kind of autistic is all fun and games until you get halfway through sharing an interesting tidbit and realize that it probably wasn’t appropriate to share in polite company and now you have to deal with the consequences :(
#autism#neurodivergent#adhd#fun facts#GOD I’m such an idiot#anyways now a 10 year old is out there looking up swear words online and it’s all my fault :(#I got so excited by the fact that I knew a fun fact#that I didn’t stop to think that maybe not everyone knows that fun fact for a reason :(#it’s like explaining how to successfully bury a body at a book club#or explaining the dangers of Scientology to your sister’s boyfriend the first time you meet him#or debating gay sex positions with your best friend in front of your mom#no matter how much I wish to be a beacon of knowledge in this world#sometimes there are things others just don’t want to know#and consciously that’s valid but the autism ? I does not care
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it drives me bonkers the way people don't know how to read classic books in context anymore. i just read a review of the picture of dorian gray that said "it pains me that the homosexual subtext is just that, a subtext, rather than a fully explored part of the narrative." and now i fully want to put my head through a table. first of all, we are so lucky in the 21st century to have an entire category of books that are able to loudly and lovingly declare their queerness that we've become blind to the idea that queerness can exist in a different language than our contemporary mode of communication. second it IS a fully explored part of the narrative! dorian gray IS a textually queer story, even removed from the context of its writing. it's the story of toxic queer relationships and attraction and dangerous scandals and the intertwining of late 19th century "uranianism" and misogyny. second of all, i'm sorry that oscar wilde didn't include 15k words of graphic gay sex with ao3-style tags in his 1890 novel that was literally used to convict him of indecent behaviour. get well soon, i guess...
#the picture of dorian gray#lit#this is a pointless text post#guess what i read for the first time in the year of our lord 2023#and yes this is a real review on storygraph that i took a screenshot of. you people are so stupid god bless#girl he literally censored it himself did your edition have 0 introduction or background at all#greatest (s)hits#book discourse
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finished reading thru The Hundred Years' War On Palestine: A History of Settler Colonial Conquest and Resistance by Rashid Khalidi and I cannot recommend it enough. A lot of people and, very likely, the average person not completely blinded by Islamophobia and/or USamerican/European/British exceptionalism are probably at least moderately sympathetic to the Palestinian cause but I don't know how many of us actually understand the degrees by which Israel is based in settler colonial ideology, how it has continually attempted to subjugate and ultimately eradicate the Palestinian people, and the degree by which the US and Britain (but mostly the US ever since the Six Day War in 1967) have been complicit in this continual genocide.
This book is an amazing comprehensive guide on understanding the conflict and I genuinely think you should give it a read (or listen) if you want to learn more. It is one thing to feel sympathy and to declare support for a cause, but I think it is important to take a step further and educate yourself more on it. A ploy I have seen frequently by zionists is to tell people to "educate themselves" before commenting on this genocide, hoping to instill doubt and encourage silence. Well, here is your chance to educate yourself! I'm obviously biased in favor of this one as it is the first major text on the Palestinian genocide that I have read, but I fully believe in its quality.
You can find this book online in PDF format or, if you prefer, you can purchase a physical copy from many of the large retail bookstores; Barnes & Noble in the US sells it, and so does Waterstones in the UK. There is also an official audiobook that you can either purchase through many of the major audiobook distributors (though I recommend avoiding Amazon if it can be helped), but you can also obtain it via other means if necessary. It's actually currently up on YouTube in its entirety, though I won't link it here in case it gets taken down. (It's really easy to search for, just type in the books title + 'audiobook' into your preferred search engine or on YouTube itself and you'll find it. It's about 10 hours long which is a reasonable length for an audiobook). I'll include a link in this post to an overview/lecture/dialogue with the author Rashid Khalidi on the contents of the book conducted at Brown University in 2020.
I do ask you read this book. I think a lot of people already are. I checked a couple of online libraries that have a limited number of audiobook copies that had all been checked out and that to me implies that people do want to educate themselves. There's a sizeable stack of these books at the local bookstore I ocassionally shop at, front and center on the table in the history and world affairs section. It's not hard to find. I hope you all have a good day or evening and I know that if we all take the time to educate ourselves further and approach this genocide with a deeper understanding, we may be able to do something about it. Emotional pleas are not enough, they must be informed ones as well.
#palestine#rashid khalidi#end occupation#end israeli occupation#israel#books#the hundred years' war on palestine
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drew some book!husbands. they feel like they've taken more traits from each other than the show.
#decided book!az has hints of elton john. its the old queen energy#book!crowley is nice looking average white man who learns how to wear a suit but half the reason he's interesting is bc he's trailing aroun#an old bookseller who looks maybe 30 years his senior and giving him babygirl eyes#its the stark contrast in the looks between the “bland” (cr) and “interesting” (az) that im going for with these guys#god im trying to make them not look like butch lesbians purely from an art skill pov but i cant beat the allegations#good omens#ineffable husbands#crowley#aziraphale
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“How is 12 year old Annabeth head of the Athena cabin??”
1. Demi gods have the life expectancy of a lemming.
2. Gifted kids often burn out by age 16 & I doubt any of the Athena teens have the energy or desire to argue with their little sister who willingly takes care of all the family paperwork.
#ramblings#percy jackson#pjo#OMG PEOPLE THIS IS A JOKE I KNOW SHE WAS THERE THE LONGEST#ITS STILL P WILD TO HAVE A 12 YEAR OLD IN CHARGE OF ALL HER SIBLINGS CALM DOWN PLS#I READ THE BOOKS I DID MY TIME LET ME JOKE ABOUT THIS
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Spotted the word "blorbo" in The New York Times book review. Listen NYT romance reviewer, I really do not think your paper's audience is going to recognize that one
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in honor of the nimona movie (it’s so good i’m gonna scream and cry for the next million years) i must share my favorite nimona art ever
drawn by ND stevenson ofc and posted on twitter a few years ago i believe
do i even have to SAY anything? the shark, it’s not rocket surgery, baby nimona, the DOMESTICITY of it all im gonna explode
UPDATE!!!! GAY DADS AU THREAD https://twitter.com/gingerhazing/status/1676058949504892928?s=46
#anyways stream nimona#and buy the book#and read it#god.#i’ve been here for a year and a half welcome everyone#so glad i’m finally getting some nimona CONTENT#nimona#nimona movie#nd stevenson#ballister blackheart#ballister boldheart#my only question is why did they change his last name#i mean i get it#but still#ambrosius goldenloin#just found out this is called the gay dads au by nd#what if i scream and cry#amnesty original#gay dads au
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modern day moby dick but my white whale is a middle grade fantasy novel i read when i was like eleven and haven't been able to find again
#i have been searching for YEARS#i've put out the call on tumblr and goodreads and various forums#people have helped me find other books but this one eludes me#all the sites are like maybe it's time to give up#NO#IT'S OUT THERE AND I DIDN'T IMAGINE IT#THANK YOU VERY MUCH
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Eadaz and her queen
#eadaz uq nara#eadaz#tpotot#the priory of the orange tree#queen sabran#samantha shannon#sabran#ead#my art#i started reading this book 3 years ago and got a third into it and stopped#im now rereading it and enarly finished it and omg!#its so good!#its so slow the first third and then suddenly everything happens all at once#in a good way#anyway#if you find yourself reading the book and you get stuck#keep going!<or get the audio book!#its worth it~!
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brave hobbit
#my art#art#frodo baggins#lotr#lotr fanart#lord of the rings#the lord of the rings#lotr frodo#the hobbit#i love frodo so much#after like 11 years of loving lotr i will finally read the books#finally getting them#hobbits shall have tails !!!
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pls assume i'm thinking about this moment 24/7 all week every week
#ahsjgdh i love the young xianle quartet sm they're almost barely not traumatized...kinda#they're very silly especially in retrospect#aaa i do also really want to draw young xie lian and mu qing but the idea of rendering that much gold detailing sounds like hell ywy#i'll do it but christ alive#my art#fanart#tgcf#tgcf fanart#tgcf spoilers#technically#also i haven't read past book 3 for now ywy#tian guan ci fu#heaven official's blessing#feng xin#hua cheng#...he gets one tag bc i'm not keeping track of all the aliases#every time i draw hc his hair gets worse and worse#my man has not seen a hairbrush in the past 800 or so years of his existence
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Animorphs really has a way to turn every scifi trope on its head. "Why do alien invasions always start in America?" Actually the body snatchers first landed in a Middle Eastern farming community where they kidnapped the first guy they saw, read his mind, and concluded that, since he was terrified of the US soldiers who had brutally destroyed everything he knew and loved, the US would be the ideal place to center their invasion. This is revealed in the spin-off "Visser" which is an excellent stand-alone book that can be read without any prior knowledge of Animorphs. And you can read it for free and with the author's blessing right here:
https://files.animorphsfanforum.com/ebooks/pdf/Visser.pdf
#animorphs#edit: i hadn't read the book in 4 years when i wrote this post and upon further reading i misremembered a lot of details#but this is SORTA what happens#10k
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