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godzilla-reads · 5 months

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I already have a copy of “Tithe” but this cover was so cool I had to get it. Then I found “Faerie Wars” and “Daughter of Smoke & Bone” in the discount section.

I feel a bit lucky there.

#godzilla reads #tithe #a modern faerie tale #Holly black #farrier wars #herbie Brennan #daughter of smoke and bone #laini taylor #book haul #book blog #bookish #bookworm #booklr

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checkoutmybookshelf · 1 year

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Fae books are some of my favorite, so in honor of my favorite Irish poet, let's have a quick round-up of books with Fae!

OR Melling's The Chronicles of Faerie Series, which includes The Hunter's Moon, The Summer King, The Light Bearer's Daughter, and The Book of Dreams

Literally 99% of everything Juliet Marillier has ever written, with Dreamer's Pool and Wildwood Dancing being my favorites

Brittany N. Williams's That Self-Same Metal

Not one of my favorites, but Holly Black's The Cruel Prince has a metric ton of fae

Terri Windling's The Raven Queen (and the rest of the Voyage of the Basset Series)

Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl and The Fowl Twins series

CE Murphy's Walker Papers series and Negotiator Trilogy

Illona Andrews's Magic Bites

Olivia Atwater's Regency Faerie Tales trilogy

Herbie Brennan's The Faerie Wars Chronicles

Gail Carson Levine's books, including Ella Enchanted, The Two Princesses of Bamarre, and The Princess Tales volumes 1 and 2

William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

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ofliterarynature · 2 years

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JULY 2022 WRAP UP

Total Titles Read: 10

Favorites: Princess Florinda and the Forty Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir, The Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio by Terry Ryan

Rereads: Witchmark by C.L. Polk, Faerie Wars (series) by Herbie Brennan

Book Club: Witchmark by C.L. Polk

DNF: The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki, The Helm of Midnight by Marina J. Lostetter

#book log #monthly wrap up #wrap up 2022 #2022 #tamsyn Muir #Diana Wynn Jones #faerie wars #the prize winner of defiance ohio #witchmark #the first fifteen lives of harry august #enchanted glass #herbie Brennan #stay and fight

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starlingchildgazingatthestars · 1 year

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I did not count Harry Potter or Percy Jackson because both fandoms are too, well, huge, and HP is currently....... loaded down with too much baggage. So here's some other lesser known titles that I read in my middle and high school years! And yes, I know there's a BAZILLION other titles that I missed; these are simply the ones I remember loving during that time of my life. Happy voting!

#Starling ramblings #Starling polls #books #literature #children's lit #YA literature #The Chronicles of Prydain #The Lost Years of Merlin #Peter and the Starcatchers #The Looking-Glass Wars #Faerie Wars #Sisters Grimm #Inkworld #Redwall #The Chronicles of Narnia #His Dark Materials #bookworm issues #100+ votes #20 notes

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best-childhood-book · 2 months

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Would love to submit (for the fantasy poll)

The Farsala Trilogy - Hilari Bell

The Seven Realms - Cinda Williams Chima

A Great and Terrible Beauty - Libba Bray

Protector of the Small - Tamora Pierce

Poison - Chris Wooding

Caught in Crystal - Patricia C Wrede

The Conjuror Princess - Vivian Vande Velde

Faerie Wars - Herbie Brennan

Troll Fell - Katherine Langrish

Kushiel's Dart - Jacqueline Carey

The Queen's Thief series - Megan Whalen Turner

I added the ones that weren't already on the list, though keep in mind some are under their series titles, not the names you submitted

Protector of the Small my beloved!!

#ask #submission #the farsala trilogy #protector of the small #poison #lyra #spellbound #the faerie wars chronicles #troll trilogy #kushiel's legacy

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sleepyowlwrites · 1 year

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sleepy attempts to recall the premise/plot of some of the books she read in high school

The Safe-Keeper's Secret by Sharon Shinn premise: there's a girl who people tell their secrets to plot: I don't remember, guess I should reread it

Dragon's Keep by Janet Lee Carey premise: there's a girl who was born with one finger as a dragon claw and people think she's cursed or something! plot: she has to go learn about being part dragon? guess I should reread it

The Storyteller's Daughter by Cameron Dokey premise: it's a retelling of 1001 nights plot: this girl inherited her mother's ability to read stories in cloth and it's a retelling of 1001 nights, I am still going to reread it

Fairest by Gail Carson Levine premise: this girl named Aza is considered to be ugly and beauty in in the eye of the beholder plot: she strikes up a friendship with a prince, I think, and there are magic shenanigans? the writing style is delightful and smart, looking forward to rereading it

Black Ships Before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliff premise: it's a really short iliad retelling plot: it's a really short iliad retelling

The Light of the Oracle by Victoria Hanley premise: there's a girl who can talk to birds? I think? plot: no idea, got to reread it

Ever by Gail Carson Levine premise: this girl falls in love with an immortal and can only be with him if she becomes immortal by passing some trials plot: she goes through the trials (this book was the first time I read something in alternating first person povs, every other chapter no less)

Princess of the Midnight Ball, Princess of Glass, Princess of the Silver Woods by Jessica Day George premise: fairytale retellings, 12 dancing princesses, cinderella, and red riding hood respectively plot: in midnight ball, the guy who figures it out KNITS. we stan. in glass, it's a foot, not a slipper. I don't remember the twist in silver woods.

The Singer of All Songs by Kate Constable premise: magic is controlled by songs and people can only use one type/sing one type of song. except the mc, who can! plot: they have to go on a quest and I do not remember any of the details.

The Naming by Alison Croggon premise: magic users are called bards and there's this guy the winter king who is ruining the land or whatever and our main gal is plucked from obscurity to become a bard. plot: she learns to be a bard and there is SO MUCH WORLDBUILDING. SO MUCH LORE. SO MUCH HEFT. story? don't really remember.

Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan premise: probably the only time I ever felt like faeries were presented as genuinely intimidating creatures, but I'm wondering if that effect will remain upon my reread plot: I assume there were wars

Eon by Alison Goodman premise: girl pretends to be a boy to train to be some kind of warrior or magic user, can't remember plot: shenanigans ensue? gotta reread

Rampant by Diana Peterfreund premise: there are killer unicorns plot: girl trains to kill the killer unicorns, I think

The Diamond of Drury Lane by Julia Golding premise: a young girl is a thief in I think Victorian London plot: there's a mystery surrounding a diamond

Rowan Hood: Outlaw Girl of Sherwood by Nancy Springer premise: young girl version of Robin Hood, obvi plot: adventures in Sherwood forest

The Ranger's Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan premise: young boy trains to be a ranger plot: we fall in love with the guy who trains Wil to be a ranger

The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas premise: a boy didn't intend to steal any magic? plot: but that's what happened?

Elissa's Quest by Erica Verrillo premise: girl discovers she has magic, is thrust into a world beyond her ken plot: suddenly she's really important and must go questing and learn magic and stuff (I remember loving the first two of the trilogy and then being slightly letdown by the ending of the last one)

The Books of Umber: Happenstance Found by P.W. Catanese premise: I don't remember plot: really don't remember

this year I decided to start collecting the books I remember loving and checking out from the library more than once. I hope next year I actually read them.

#sleepy stuff

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heymacy · 2 years

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tag game...triple whammy?? wow oh wow!! 🌟

first, i was tagged by @imsorry-imlate, @vintagelacerosette, @y0itsbri, and @7x10mickey to list my top 5 favorite characters (at the moment)

Mickey Milkovich (Shameless) 🖕🏻

Ian Gallagher (Shameless) 🍅

Temperance Brennan (Bones) 🩻

Nick Miller (New Girl) 📚

Suzy Bishop (Moonrise Kingdom) ✂️

next, i was tagged by @vintagelacerosette, @y0itsbri, and @7x10mickey to share 5 songs i can’t stop listening to 🎶

Teeth by Mallrat

About You by The 1975

Pistol by Cigarettes After Sex

Casual by Chappell Roan

Pre Roll by Qveen Herby

and finally: picrew? picrew ✨ i was tagged by @energievie, @imsorry-imlate, @y0itsbri, @milkovetti, & @gallawitchxx to do this fun lil one!

comfy, cozy, & content 💫

no pressure whatsoever, but i’m tagging @gardenerian, @iansfreckles, @greggster, @metalheadmickey, @heymrspatel, @you-are-so-much-better-than-that, @whatwouldmickeydo, @sunoficarus, @howlinchickhowl, @arrowflier, @sleepyfacetoughguy, @creepkinginc, @mishervellous, @thisdivorce, @squidyyy23, @ardent-fox, & @lizelandre 💛🌻

#*mypicrews #tag games

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littlebosslady7 · 1 year

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whitestone food was often described as gray, not very flavorful, and unappetizing. but you write vivid descriptions of food that make me hungry.

Thank you, and I'm so sorry, by the way. See? Sometimes I don't realize how long I write, and I end up missing lunch. My husband has to remind me to take a pause and grab a snack. Otherwise I get hangry.

Also, I'm a vegan, but that doesn't mean what anyone chooses to eat should be devoid of flavor. It's about fresh herbs, spice, and texture. My man and I love to cook together.

And I can't have everyone's favorite DnD mummy and daddy eating gray bland food. No, no, no, Perc'ahlia likes their venison, breakfast for dinner, cold creamy, and herby thing, chicken tikka. Breakfast for dinner, beans on toast, dark n stormies. Just all the deliciousness.

Percy and Vex are okay at cooking, but sometimes things get burned.

They have a trusted orc chef for such cuisines. He originally hails for Nicodranas.

If you've read through my Brennan Lee Mulligan almond level happy food rant, in short my advice before reading my stories would be to grab a filling snack.

#personal #perc'ahlia #cr3 #cr headcanons #haha #d replies #writing #yum

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vtgbooks · 10 months

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HERBIE BRENNAN Aztec Quest 1997 Vintage Adventure Game Books Vintage Aztec Book

#bluemelodybooks #vintagebook #bookaesthetic #darkacademia #academism #vintagebooks #bookcover #bookcore

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captaintrio · 1 year

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what's your favourite book (back at you!), your favourite comfort movie, and your favourite quote

helo bby c:

okay! Contenders for favourite book in no specific order:

Dreamquest of Unknown Kadath (it's a novella, I know this, but it counts in my heart) by HP Lovecraft

Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan (the whole series is excellent but the first book has a special place in my heart)

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King

The Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks (again honestly the entire series but that one specifically has stuck with me for legitimately decades now)

probably a hundred others fall into this category but these ones were the first to come to mind :)

Favourite comfort movie:

Probably an even split between the Keira Knightley Pride and Prejudice adaptation and Practical Magic.

Favourite quote:

we're playing my favourite game of "i've never heard or read anything in my life actually" rn with this but uh

“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

I won't elaborate bc this'll turn into a 14 page essay but. yeah. I like lots of quotes, but as usual Gandalf says it best, I think.

#av answers #ask games #monkeydgoofy #thank u bby ily <3

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bluenightfyre · 1 year

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Happy Paddy's Day! Here's to some of my fellow Irish authors: Herbie Brennan, Elizabeth Daly and Oscar Wilde . . . . . #paddysday #irishauthors #bookstagram #books https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp5I4gtI27F/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#paddysday #irishauthors #bookstagram #books

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godzilla-reads · 4 months

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Four Faery Books I’d like to read:

Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan

The Hunter’s Moon by O.R. Melling

Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

The Broonie, the Silkies & Fairies: Travellers’ Tales of the Other World by Duncan Williamson

#godzilla reads #fairy books #book blog #tbr #reading #to be read #booklr #bookworm #bookish #book aesthetic #reading aesthetic

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mbti-sorted · 1 year

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Herbie Brennan

Anonymous asked:

Author Herbie Brennan?

#istj #ask mbti sorted

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ofliterarynature · 2 years

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HOW did I forget that one of the main sub-plots in Faerie Wars is that the mom is having an affair with the dad’s (female) secretary, omg.

#bec talks #faerie wars #herbie Brennan #this comes up in the first few chapters so it’s not really spoilers #I’ll add some more thoughts once I finish the first book

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aladybymidnight · 2 years

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Ribbon, book that had a big effect on you

And Ice, rather be over or under dressed

Ribbon: Tough one. I’m gonna say Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan, not because of any literary merit (haven’t read it in awhile but I remember it as a lovely enough YA fantasy), but because when I was 12 I loved it so much I found an email address for the author online and sent him an email about how much I loved his book, and the next morning he sent an extremely kind, thoughtful reply. It was such a lovely reply that I decided no one was ever going to top it and knowing that that was as good as I was gonna get I’ve stayed away from celebrity culture ever since

Ice: probably underdressed? Not being dressed appropriately would make me uncomfortable either way, but overdressed is more likely to have an added layer of physical discomfort, like uncomfortable shoes

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foolish-gold · 4 years

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Periodically I remember how much I hate the faerie designs in Herbie Brennan's The Faerie Chronicles series because they're just fucking. People. Even though he went to all the trouble of naming them all after butterfly species.

So here we have redesigned versions of Charlie, Holly Blue, Pyrgus Malvae, and Henry.

For starters, Pyrgus is now called Adonis Blue because the grizzled skipper doesn't fit a prince and isn't in the same family as the holly blue, so I picked one that is.

I went with a lot of insect features because butterflies, and gave them sharp teeth and weird eyes because faeries.

For the clothing, there's a doylist and watsonian explanation for the sheerness. The doylist explanation is that I wanted the segmented torso detailing to be visible. The watsonian explanation is that they don't have external genitals and they don't have to worry about the cold (insects lack pain receptors and faeries don't strike me as being affected by weather) so for them clothing is purely fashion and extravagance, and complicated sheer clothing is good for spectacle.

I've also made Charlie a lesbian and Henry bi and I think Holly and Charlie should date as should Adonis and Henry and Herbie can fight me about it.

#my art #digital art #details #the faerie chronicles #herbie brennan #faerie #faeries

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