I'm now on @fable! Come read and shout about my books on the app, or put together a book club with your friends and read my books together. You can even talk to me about what I'M currently reading!

Fable is neat because you can buy and read eBooks right on the app, and if you're reading a book in a group, it allows you to highlight passages and leave comments and notes for everyone to interact with.

I also have a referral code, that will get you $5 off an eBook: https://fable.co/invite/?referralID=MvPp0eql8v

The ebook is now free in the Fable club! The readalong will be going on until the end of the month, hop in anytime!

Introducing: The Sword & Board Book Club

Hello Readers, 

Life has been a little all over the place for the past couple months. I had surgery, my sister had surgery, my husband was let go from Twitch, and now we're in the middle of moving! So with all that excitement, the newsletter and Book of the Month went to the wayside. 

I want a way to continue Book of the Month, but in a way that lets me get to know you all better, and lets you see what an author looks for when analyzing and learning from a novel. That means, Book Club Time!

HOW TO JOIN

1. Sign up for a Fable.co Account 2. Join the Sword & Board Discord   3. Click on the Fable Link pinned in #Book-Club 4. Follow the Fable instructions on how to pick up the book. 

It's fairly straight forward and I'm extremely excited to get started with all of you in September. If you follow those instructions presently, you'll see there isn't a link yet for the book club in the discord channel. That's because I want your help choosing our discussion book!

Vote here on Patreon

Let me know which book you're excited to read with me. Multiple choice is allowed, so feel free to vote for your top two.

Your options are: 

 A Poison Steeped in Magic: I used to look at my hands with pride. Now all I can think is, "These are the hands that buried my mother." For Ning, the only thing worse than losing her mother is knowing that it's her own fault. She was the one who unknowingly brewed the poison tea that killed her—the poison tea that now threatens to also take her sister, Shu. When Ning hears of a competition to find the kingdom's greatest shennong-shi—masters of the ancient and magical art of tea-making—she travels to the imperial city to compete. The winner will receive a favor from the princess, which may be Ning's only chance to save her sister's life. But between the backstabbing competitors, bloody court politics, and a mysterious (and handsome) boy with a shocking secret, Ning might actually be the one in more danger.

The Sun and the Void: Two women embark on a unforgettable quest into a world of dark gods and ancient magic in this sweeping fantasy debut inspired by the history and folklore of colonial South America.  Reina is desperate. Stuck on the edges of society, Reina’s only hope lies in an invitation from a grandmother she’s never met. But the journey to her is dangerous, and prayer can’t always avert disaster. Attacked by creatures that stalk the mountains, Reina is on the verge of death until her grandmother, a dark sorceress, intervenes. Now dependent on the Doña’s magic for her life, Reina will do anything to earn—and keep—her favor. Even the bidding of an ancient god who whispers to her at night. Eva Kesaré is unwanted. Illegitimate and of mixed heritage, Eva is her family’s shame. She tries to be the perfect daughter, but Eva is hiding a secret: Magic calls to her.  Eva knows she should fight the temptation. Magic is the sign of the dark god, and using it is punishable by death. Yet it’s hard to ignore power when it has always been denied you. Eva is walking a dangerous path. And in the end, she’ll become something she never imagined. 

Silver Nitrate: Montserrat has always been overlooked. She’s a talented sound editor, but she’s left out of the boys’ club running the film industry in ’90s Mexico City. And she’s all but invisible to her best friend, Tristán, a charming if faded soap opera star, though she’s been in love with him since childhood. Then Tristán discovers his new neighbor is the cult horror director Abel Urueta, and the legendary auteur claims he can change their lives—even if his tale of a Nazi occultist imbuing magic into highly volatile silver nitrate stock sounds like sheer fantasy. The magic film was never finished, which is why, Urueta swears, his career vanished overnight. He is cursed. Now the director wants Montserrat and Tristán to help him shoot the missing scene and lift the curse . . . but Montserrat soon notices a dark presence following her, and Tristán begins seeing the ghost of his ex-girlfriend. As they work together to unravel the mystery of the film and the obscure occultist who once roamed their city, Montserrat and Tristán may find that sorcerers and magic are not only the stuff of movies.

Fourth Wing: Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them. With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother’s daughter—like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant. She’ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise. Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise.  Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret. Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda—because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die. 

Hey I’m inviting you to my new book club on Fable, “Tamil Books Bench📚☕”. I’d love to have you join me and others in discussion. Get started here https://fable.co/club/tamil-books-bench-with-books_and_lits-308559271473

Come join us!

would anyone be interested in joining a book club on the fable app? It would be one book a month and would be alternating fiction and non-fiction. I was thinking I’ll put out a poll of options each month for the next read and we’ll go with whichever has the highest votes

Would you like to join my book club?

Right now we are reading “ Stranger in a Strange Land” .

Sean Astin reads the last page or two of The Two Towers and the first page or two of Return of the King and his Fable - Stories for Everyone Book Club moves on to the last book of The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Join in at fable.co/seanastin

Have you guy been to Fable yet? It's a fun app where you can participate in reading clubs and even buy books! There's a shelf management source too that you can import your Goodreads account to!

Join me in my "Haunt Me" group to read with me every month!

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We've only got one story to cover on today's Comic Book Club News, but it's a big one. Writer Bill Willingham has declared that Fables, his long-running comic book series, is in the public domain. DC Comics has responded by essentially saying, "no way."

Powered by RedCircle We’ve only got one story to cover on today’s Comic Book Club News, but it’s a big one. Writer Bill Willingham has declared that Fables, his long-running comic book series, is in the public domain. DC Comics has responded by essentially saying, “no way.” SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, APPLE, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, TIKTOK, AND…

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We've only got one story to cover on today's Comic Book Club News, but it's a big one. Writer Bill Willingham has declared that Fables, his long-running comic book series, is in the public domain. DC Comics has responded by essentially saying, "no way."

Powered by RedCircle We’ve only got one story to cover on today’s Comic Book Club News, but it’s a big one. Writer Bill Willingham has declared that Fables, his long-running comic book series, is in the public domain. DC Comics has responded by essentially saying, “no way.” SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, APPLE, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, TIKTOK, AND…

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Book Club: FOURTH WING by Rebecca Yarros

Hello Readers,

Our first read is FOURTH WING, by Rebecca Yarros! Book club starts today, but if you're seeing this after Sept. 1 2023 don't worry: you have until the end of October to join and finish the book!

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them. With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother’s daughter—like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant. She’ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise. Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise.  Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret. Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda—because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.

Join us through Fable by clicking here. You don't need to be a patron, but you'll want to be part of our Fable club (it's free)! Fable is an interactive book club app that allows dynamic discussions with your fellow club members in a low pressure environment!

You can hang out with us on Discord too!

L.J.

hey besties <3

I’ve just created a book club on fable!! It’s the just focus on today club, a name that came to my mind after viewing a photo on pinterest that I immediately saved (here’s my pinterest, btw, if you want to have a look). it now is a fundamental reminder in my life for me, as I desperately need to refocus on today’s events. I’m spending (and so wasting) way too much time thinking and worrying about the future, not understanding that I cannot wait for the “right time” to live my best life. yes, I’m sure happiness will absolutely come as a result of all the hard work I’m doing in order to reach my goals and ultimate dreams, but, in the meantime, I can’t simply stand and watch, overthinking and daydreaming about what’s next. life’s too precious to be wasted on waiting.

that’s why I want to change. I want not to lose any single moment. I need it, otherwise I’ll only get unhappiness and dissatisfaction instead of happiness and fulfilment. soooooo, from yesterday on I restarted to journaling and to practice gratitude (I used to do it and it was really helping me, so, here I’m back again) and today I created this tiny book club as a plus to this new journey of mine towards happiness. because I need to focus on my current readings only too. I spend too much time on wondering what my next reading will be, obtaining only two things: losing interest for my current reading and creating too high expectations for the next book that, spoiler, I end up not picking up even.

I’m sharing the link to the just focus on today book club here with you - perhaps we could do little steps into our healing together <3

join the just focus on today book club on fable right here:

Check out my book club Book Faeries on the Fable app! We are currently reading “Cleopatra and Frankenstein” by Coco Mellors!