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godzilla-reads · 2 years
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📖 A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin
“I have everything to gain, and everything to lose.”
I am not someone who stays up late, usually going to bed by 10pm every night, but I stayed up until 1am so that I could finish this book. It had me in a vice grip from the time I started it to the time I finished it. There were never any dull moments and I audibly gasped a couple of times while I was reading it.
Ning accidentally brews a cup of poison tea that kills her mother and makes her sister deathly sick. In a bid to save her sister, Ning travels to the capital city to compete in a magical tea-making competition, claiming that she is an official Shénnóng-tu, apprentice of a Shénnóng-shu.
Within the capital and this competition, there are lies, treachery, danger, and a mysterious boy who is hiding more than he seems. Will Ning be able to survive this and save her sister?
I cannot wait for the second book, A Venom Dark and Sweet, releasing in August 2022. I am totally taken by A Magic Steeped in Poison. I highly recommend it! There’s drama, intrigue, a strong character story, and lots of interesting side characters, plus commentary on the ruling class. Check it out!
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casreadz · 2 years
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I recently joined Fangirlish as a Books contributor, and my first review is live!
Check out my full review of NEVER BEEN KISSED by Timothy Janovsky (May 3, 2022) at the link in my bio or in the comments.
I’m always on the hunt for a good New Adult novel, and with comparisons to Red, White & Royal Blue and Boyfriend Material, I was eager to dive into Never Been Kissed. Unfortunately, it failed to deliver.
SYNOPSIS
Wren Roland has never been kissed, but he wants that movie-perfect ending more than anything. Feeling nostalgic on the eve of his birthday, he sends emails to all the boys he (ahem) loved before he came out. Morning brings the inevitable Oh God What Did I Do?, but he brushes that panic aside. Why stress about it? None of his could-have-beens are actually going to read the emails, much less respond. Right?
Enter Derick Haverford, Wren’s number 1 pre-coming-out-crush and his drive-in theater’s new social media intern. Everyone claims he’s coasting on cinematic good looks and his father’s connections, but Wren has always known there’s much more to Derick than meets the eye. Too bad he doesn’t feel the same way about the infamous almost-kiss that once rocked Wren’s world.
Whatever. Wren’s no longer a closeted teenager; he can survive this. But as their hazy summer becomes consumed with a special project that may just save the struggling drive-in for good, Wren and Derick are drawn ever-closer…and maybe, finally, Wren’s dream of a perfect-kiss-before-the-credits is within reach.
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essektheylyss · 5 months
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"must a story have conflict?" yes. hope this helps <3
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i will never understand why more people in their 80s don't commit felonies. you reach that age and surely there's something illegal you always wanted to do but didn't bc Consequences
dammit, GO FORTH GRANNIES!!! rob an armored car! hold up that bank! tunnel your way into fort knox! what are they gonna do, sentence you to 20 years? good fuckin luck with that
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ronanlynchbf · 7 months
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tshirt that says NO LIVE ORGANISM CAN CONTINUE FOR LONG TO EXIST SANELY UNDER CONDITIONS OF ABSOLUTE REALITY
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artplecornhusk · 6 months
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he has degrees
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may12324 · 8 months
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Eadaz and her queen
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maibeloved · 7 months
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Bonnie meets the child
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ghelgheli · 16 days
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Often when trans women ask me when I'm performing next, and I tell them that it's a queer/trans event, they will tell me that they'd rather not go because they do not feel comfortable or safe in those spaces, that they have been dismissed or belittled at such events before. Even trans women who are dyke- or bisexual- identified often don't feel welcome or relevant in queer/trans spaces. And whenever a trans woman or ally points out aspects about the queer/ trans community that contribute to these feelings of irrelevancy and disrespect—such as the way our community coddles those who support trans-woman-exclusionist events or who make trans-misogynistic comments—we are described as being "divisive." This use of the word "divisive" is particularly telling, as it implies that "queer/trans" represents a uniform movement or community—a "oneness"—rather than an alliance where all voices are respected.
Julia Serano, Whipping Girl. Published 2007.
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floweroflaurelin · 5 months
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Huevember day 4: The Penitent
O corse of the Locked Tomb, I have loved thee all my life, with mine whole soul, and with mine whole strength. I would to God that I find grace in thy eyes. Destroy me according to thy word, for I love thee. ✨⚔️💀⚔️✨
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godzilla-reads · 2 years
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📖 The Book of Dragons by E. Nesbit
I have a fantastic love for dragon books, especially collections of short stories featuring our scaled friends (or enemies). Having had this book ever since high school, I finally picked it up, reading it aloud to my rabbit.
We had a grand time with our merry heroes, who were all youthful and young. Some of the stories definitely had some overshadowing of the times they were written (1899), in their depictions of “white and pale means good”.
I’d have to say my favorite story was “Uncle James, or the Purple Stranger”, in which two kids outwit their evil wizard uncle and defeat a dragon at the same time.
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soyochii · 4 months
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My beautiful princess with a disorder 😔💔
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egophiliac · 5 months
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felt like expanding on that earlier Malleus and Silver doodle! ...and then I immediately screwed up the resolution beyond repair so, uhhh, hopefully my lines don't look completely borked! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
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Videogames I wish were real #97
A roguelike game that takes place in the world's biggest library, which has been overrun by monsters, where you play as a librarian determined to save it. You venture inside the library armed with your weapon of choice and two messenger bags you plan to fill with whatever books you can rescue.
After you clear the monsters in a particular section of the library, such as the Poetry section, you'll unlock a permanent buff that will last for the remaining of that run. For example: clearing the Travel section will help you map areas faster, and also unlock the bookworm railway system that will allow you to move more easily between certain parts of the library.
Besides section buffs, you'll also be able to learn all kinds of useful attacks and skills by finding specific books in the shelves, reading them and carrying them in your messenger bags. The more books you carry, the stronger your character will be, and the abilities each book will grant you will be on theme with the book, it's literary genre or one of its tropes: carrying with you a bestiary will allow you to quickly identify the weak points of monsters you've met before, a book with an enemies to lovers trope will allow you to turn a monster into a temporary ally that will fight alongside you, a botany book in your bag will let you gather medicinal herbs growing in the library, and carrying a potions book will allow you to prepare healing potions (more effective than just herbs), etc.
Not everyone believes the library can be saved, which is why during your expeditions your mission is not only to kill monsters, but also to rescue books and bring them to the new library. Since getting books out is one of your main priorities, starting your runs with your satchels nearly full of books that grant you useful abilities won't be very efficient, so you'll need to decide how many books you want to bring back with you to the library during each run.
Fighting monsters is dangerous, and sometimes you get hurt, but also, sometimes books get hurt, which why after some runs you might need to stop by your workshop to repair any damaged books. The hides of certain monsters are very sturdy, so using them to rebind books will make them more durable.
There is no respawning in this game. If your librarian dies inside the library, the next librarian that ventures inside might eventually find their body. If you're close to death and you have a particular book from the Travel section in your bags, you'll be able to use it to summon a bookwork that will take you quickly and safely back to the entrance with whatever books are currently in your bag.
You love your library, and you are determined to save it, armed with the greatest weapon in the world: knowledge (and a sword), even if it's one book at a time.
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tea-cat-arts · 3 months
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More doodles (ft Xianle Trio mostly Feng Xin)
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wiltkingart · 3 months
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Asche and Vindt from Ocean's Blood by Thelma Mantey
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