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A Natural History of Dragons, by Marie Brennan
The memoirs of Lady Trent narrate the life and research of Isabella Trent, world-renowned naturalist now an old woman, whose wit and humor are merciless towards imbeciles.
In the first tome, Isabella, first as a young girl and then a young woman, challenges class and period conventions to satisfy her scientific curiosity and accompany her husband on an expedition in search for dragons in Vystrana...
I was scared that the memoirs format was going to be boring to read, but it was actually the best way to tell the life story of a woman who has lived so many adventures, I really liked it. The good thing about memoirs is that it allowed Isabella's personality to shine, especially her humor, and to have some hindsight on what happened. The teases about future events that she reveals later in the series really make you want to read what's next
Volume 1 introduces themes and ideas that I thought were fleshed out better later in the series, and what I considered as small flaws (a lot of things were repeated so many times I started thinking "yeah, okay, I get it") are way less prominent
As for Brennan's worldbuilding, it's deceptively simple at first glance (Victorian era but make it fantasy), but actually had so many details that make it extremely rich. Everything is inspired by countries/cultures from the real world, but Brennan mixed a lot of them and I thought it was really well executed. And the further along you get in the series, the more details sprinkled in the first 3 books come together to form the final picture. When I got to the end of book 4, I wanted to scream because of how delightful and well put together the reveals were
French version under the cut
Les mémoires de lady Trent racontent la vie et les recherches d'Isabelle Trent, naturaliste mondialement connue et désormais vieille dame, dont l'esprit et le style empreints d'humour s'avèrent sans pitié pour les imbéciles.
Dans le premier volume, Isabelle, petite fille puis jeune femme, brave les conventions de sa classe et de son temps pour satisfaire sa curiosité scientifique et accompagner son mari lors d'une expédition à la recherche des dragons de Vystranie...
J'avais peur que le format des mémoires soit un peu ennuyant à lire, mais en fait c'était la meilleure façon de raconter la vie d’une femme qui a vécu autant d’aventures, j’ai beaucoup apprécié. L'avantage des mémoires c'est que ça permettait au personnage d'Isabelle de nous dévoiler sa personnalité, notamment son humour, et d'avoir du recul sur certains évènements. Les références à des évènements qu'elle nous dévoile plus tard dans la série donnait vraiment envie de lire la suite
Le tome 1 introduit des thèmes et des idées que j’ai trouvées mieux développées dans les tomes suivants, et ce que je considérais comme de petits défauts (pas mal de choses sont répétées de nombreuses fois donc au bout d’un moment je me disais "oui, c’est bon, j’ai compris") sont beaucoup moins présents
En ce qui concerne le monde créé par Brennan, il paraît relativement simple au premier abord (époque victorienne mais version fantasy), mais en réalité, énormément de détails le rendent extrêmement riche. Tout est inspiré de pays/cultures du monde réel, mais mélange pas mal de trucs et j’ai trouvé que c’était très bien fait. Et au plus on avance dans la série, au plus les détails disséminés dans les ~3 premiers tomes s'emboîtent et le tableau final se précise. Quand je suis arrivée à la fin du tome 4 j'avais envie de hurler tellement les révélations étaient croustillantes et bien amenées
#the memoirs of lady trent#lady trent#a natural history of dragons#memoirs of lady trent#marie brennan#books#book series#book reviews#booklr#booklr community#book recs#book recommendations
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JOMP Book Photo Challenge || December || 4 || Favorite Childhood Book
#jompbpc#justonemorepage#book photo challenge#holly black#tony diterlizzi#the spiderwick chronicles#spiderwick chronicles#fantasy#leerreadinglire#booklr#books#books and reading#books and flowers#books and plants#booklr community#bookblr#my books
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Reading & coffee ✨
#sitting alone in a cafe#my anxiety is high but im listening to#fitf#and reading#one last stop#so i will be fine#i just have to sit here for 1 more h till my car is finished#i hate it#booklr#currently reading#books#books & coffee#reading#booklr community#my post
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“He gazed up at her like he was fire and she was fuel.”
Hannah F. Whitten, The Foxglove King
#booklr#bookblr#the foxglove king#hannah whitten#book aesthetic#book quotes#book lover#book community#fantasy books#bookdragon#fantasy booklr#booklr community#bookblr community#books i’ve read#bookish
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Thinking about all these books from my childhood that meant so much to me, but completely flew under people's radar, whether they were just old, not popular, or simply not talked about.
I'm talking about:
The Dragon of the Lost Sea by Laurence Yep
The Wizard, the Witch, and Two Girls from Jersey by Lisa Papademetriou
The Frog Princess series by E.D. Baker
The Silverwing series by Kenneth Oppel
The Bailey School Kids series by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Jones (so weird how this book never comes up when discussing nostalgic 90s books because these were everywhere)
It got me thinking, what are the books y'all read as kids that you think no one else has read/heard of? What book found you at the right time and apparently seemed to fade into the aether for others?
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What I'm Currently Reading
If you've never read this masterpiece, you're missing out. It's one of the first historical fiction novels, yet there's no smut. It's set in both London and Revolutionary France.
This is my first time reading it in 23 years.
#books#bookworm#booklover#charles dickens#booklr community#currently reading#book community#knitting#readers of tumblr#books and reading
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23 books in 2023
Thank you for tagging me, @duchess-of-tales!
I'm not doing as well this time around as I would like, but here are the titles of the books I wish I could finish by the end of the year.
The Dawn of Yangchen, F. C. Yee
Los peligros de fumar en la cama, Mariana Enríquez
The A.B.C. Murders, Agatha Christie
Siete casas vacías, Samanta Schweblin
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
The Woman in Black, Susan Hill
Velvet Was the Night, Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Vampires by John Sheridan Le Fanu, Alekséi K. Tolstói and John W. Polidori
Aspergirls, Rudy Simone
People We Meet on Vacation, Emily Henry
Dracula, Bram Stoker
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Suzanne Collins
Diccionario de mitos de Asia, María García Esperón
Luka y el Fuego de la Vida, Salman Rushdie
Todo ángel es terrible, Gabriela Rabago Palafox
Al final del miedo, Cecilia Eudave
El juego del laberinto, Pablo De Santis
Mujer que sabe latín..., Rosario Castellanos
Los 68: París, Praga, México, Carlos Fuentes
Hellboy: Seed of Destruction, Mike Mignola and John Byrne
Hallowe'en Party, Agatha Christie
The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader, C. S. Lewis
The Halloween Tree, Ray Bradbury
Tagging: @sputniklabyrinth, @booksandeverything-in-between, @worlds-of-ink-and-paper (if you haven't been tagged already!) and anyone else who wants to participate :)
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Happy almost June, Booklr! I’ve had a draft of this saved for like two years now but 2022 is finally the year to post it!
June is my birthday month and the last year has been rough, to say the least. So it’s time to start the next in the best possible way - with book pictures!
Help me celebrate turning 34 by taking part in my book photo challenge (cross posted to Instagram as well - I’m on there as GeminiDragonBadger for anyone who wants to cross post alongside me). Use the tags #HBBPC and #DragonBadgerChallenge to take part in this newest book photo challenge!
I’ll be checking both tags and reblogging anything with the tag, but feel free to message me if you don’t see your post within about 48 hours! You can also tag me in the posts to get my attention.
I’m excited to see all the photos and interpretations of the prompts!
Happy Birthday!
#book photo challenge#my book photo challenge#booklr#booklr community#happy birthday#birthday#birthday challenge#hbbpc#dragonbadgerchallenge
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Hello Booklr(?)
Heyy book people of tumblr, I'm new here and not sure how to start. I'm sushi, I'm 18 and I started this blog to geek out as I read all the books on my tbr and take notes as a writer:
3 fandoms I'm in-
Percy Jackson
The Hunger Games
Harry Potter
3 random books I like-
The Cruel Prince (actually the whole trilogy)
Gone Girl
Little Women
3 books on my tbr-
A Picture of Dorian Gray
Seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Jane Eyre
3 authors on my tbr-
Jane Austen
John Green
Hank Green
Interact if you would like to be mutuals! Pls help I am so lost
#booklr community#books and reading#booklr#book blog#new to tumblr#new to the community#new to blogging#mutuals#mutuals pls#hellooooo#how you doin#writer#writers on tumblr#am i doing this right?
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*Britney Spears voice* Oops, I did it again
English title is A Far Wilder Magic
I had been eyeing this book for MONTHS at the bookstore and I finally caved. Hope it's actually good but please don't tell me if it isn't or I'll never read it
#the list of things i want to read when i get back into it is ever growing#a far wilder magic#la chasseuse et l'alchimiste#allison saft#books#pretty books#the magpie tendencies strike again#booklr community
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JOMP Book Photo Challenge || December || 16 || Words on a Page
The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas
#jompbpc#justonemorepage#book photo challenge#The Spanish Love Deception#elena armas#currently reading#open book#open books#reading#booklr#leerreadinglire#books and reading#booklr community
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I fucked Mothman in a Waffle House Parking Lot
#monster romance#monster love#monster x human#mothman#cryptid#cryptids#romance books#books#book#books for kindle#booklr#booklr community
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The library I'm working at is in a small town and I wouldn't necessarily say they are conservative, but they are not really used to queer stuff. For pride month I took a little table, put all queer books we had (and currently I'm buying a lot more) on it and decorated it with my pride flag. And no joke, the look on some teenagers (and some adults) faces... heartwarming 😭 Walked straight to the table and looked through the books. It makes me so happy.
#idk i just thought this is worth telling#because it realy really makes my day evertime aome kid is exited because I put some queer books on display#pride month#lgbtq books#lgbtq#public libraries#libraries#books & libraries#books#booklr#my post#booklr community
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“Home is what you take with you, not what you leave behind.”
N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season
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Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, question probably but I know the booklet community is still thriving on tumbler, BUT is there a part of the community that’s focused mostly on horror and thriller books? What tags are you guys using? I wanna find you, so if any of you post mainly about horror/thriller books can let me know?
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I have stickers to put over those Netflix ones, wanna see them?
Now, I am reading this between books! Before going to bed when I can sleep 😴 I am intrigued and I want to keep on going and say: I conquered the Grishaverse!
Also, isn’t Grisha Eren’s dad from Attack in Titan? 🤯🤯🤯
#shadow and bone#Darkling#fantasy#fantasy books#fantasy reads#bookworm#book blog#blogger#blogging#booklr community#booklr#send help#send me anything#attack on titan#anime otaku#reading is my therapy#reading is my escape
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