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vote YES if you have finished the entire book.
vote NO if you have not finished the entire book.
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Ohhh me too me too me too
I love you, op.
That being said, could you add the works below to the list, please ? :
The Supernaturalist (Eoin Colfer)
Skylark (Meagan Spooner)
The Once and Future King (T.H. White)
Once & Future (Kieron Gillen)
The Checquy Files (Daniel O'Malley)
Circe (Madeline Miller)
Monk & Robot (Becky Chambers)
Legacy of Orisha (Tomi Adeyemi)
Villains (V.E. Schwab)
Falling Kingdoms (Morgan Rhodes)
Chivalry (Neil Gaiman)
The Sleeper and the Spindle (Neil Gaiman)
The Many Deaths of Laila Starr (Ram V)
The Unwritten (Mike Carey)
The Left-Handed Book Sellers of London (Garth Nyx)
Die (Kieron Gillen)
The Wicked + the Divine (Kieron Gillen)
I added most of these, but like some other Neil Gaiman titles, Chivalry and The Sleeper and the Spindle are short stories, not technically novels (even in graphic format)
#ask#submission#the supernaturalist#skylark#the once and future king#once and future#the checquy files#circe#monk and robot#legacy of orisha#villains#falling kingdoms#the many deaths of laila starr#the unwritten#the left handed booksellers of london#die#the wicked and the divine
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please tell us about "grantchester idiocy" I wanna hear about idiots
this is. Technically done so idk why i considered it a wip but it was a silly story about conrad grantchester haunting the hammerstrom building and seeing myfanwy and shantay be gross lesbians in His house and he's not adjusting well about it
“How… how long have you known?”
She shrugged. “Since the day Monica pummeled you into the dirt. Ingrid warned me about the building’s ghost issue and I figure there’s enough of your hair built up in all this shag I could make a Wicker Man style effigy of you and then exorcize that too, so… Figured you’d turn up.”
Grantchester sputtered for air he didn’t need, unable to think up any sort of retort.
“So what are you going to do with me?”
“We’re going to call Susan from Manifestation Management and let her take care of you, I think,” Thomas said casually. “And then Shantay and I are going to perform gross acts of lesbianism in your face until she gets here. Sound about right, babe?”
“Sounds perfect,” Petoskey smiles, kissing Thomas on the cheek.
There was a pause, a horrific, interminable pause, and then Thomas burst out laughing.
“Was that good? I did so good, right?”
“You did great,” Petoskey laughs, cupping her face. “We really scared that ghost-of-a-homophobe-who-also-used-to-be-your-boss.”
“That’s what I thought.”
The last thing Grantchester witnessed as he shuffled off the immortal coil was Thomas sprawling on top of Petoskey’s chest, blowing a raspberry at him while Susan from Manifestation Management blasted him into oblivion.
Fucking hell.
is grantchester Canonically homphobic. unclear. his vibes are Rancid tho
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hey look it’s the blorbos from last year! still my sillygirls
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read the rook by daniel o'malley and myfanwy's category five woman moments enraptured me
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martin brody and wanderlust or myfanwy thomas and steady, steady if you please?
...in the flesh cube!
#em draws stuff#the rook#the checquy files#myfanwy thomas#time to get painterly and experimental again!#also did a brody but I am posting him separately because he is having a pleasant time and I do not want to subject him to the flesh cube#he has already had enough of a hard time with meat incidents!
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Spent so much of the latter half of Blitz (The Checquy Files) trying to remember if they mentioned Lady Carmichael's power, and then the end...
Her power and poise... dang
#also having meta thoughts about the women filling the position of lady of the checquy#similarities in their powers and how myfanwy's powers could also fit the bill should she become the lady in the future#the checquy files#books#time to ignore ahzy
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march roundup!
since my last post i have finished:
blitz - daniel o'malley
goliath - tochi onyebuchi
just like home - sarah gailey
the three-body problem - cixin liu
the change - kirsten miller
my government means to kill me - rasheed newson
when we were magic - sarah gailey
the all-consuming world - kassandra khaw
upgrade - blake crouch
and i finished upgrade last night so nothing is in progress at the moment! <3
#reading progress update#bookblr#original post#blitz#daniel o'malley#the checquy files#goliath#tochi onyebuchi#just like home#sarah gailey#when we were magic#the three-body problem#cixin liu#the change#kirsten miller#my government means to kill me#rasheed newson#the all-consuming world#kassandra khaw#upgrade#blake crouch
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Revisiting Favorite Book Series
I mention in my last post that I normally don't re-read books. There are just too many books I want to read (seriously, my TBR pile is easily over 100 books). But this year I revisited several favorites. Of the 60 books I will have read this year, 16 of them were books I've already read. This post contains 12 of those I reread and two new books to this year.
The Rivers of London
First up, let's talk about The Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch. This has been one of our favorite series and my wife and I eagerly await each new release. This year, book nine in the series, Amongst our Weapons was released. Yes there are nine books in the series, plus three novellas, a slew of short stories, a series of comic books, and now a role playing game from the same publisher that brought us The Call of Cthulhu. It's probably the most popular series most people in the States don't seem to know about. Nick Frost and Simon Pegg opted the series for TV, but that was in 2019 and then the pandemic hit, and that hasn't gone anywhere. But I know Nick Frost his a huge fan of the series.
The Checquy Files
Like The Rivers of London, The Checquy Files (written by Daniel O'Malley) falls squarely in that urban fantasy genre and also takes place in London. Whereas The Rivers of London was, 'If Harry Potter grew up and joined the fuzz,' I'd describe The Checquy Files more like 'If The X-Men joined MI5.'
The Rook was turned into a short-lived series on Starz, that was originally being adapted by Stephenie Meyer (yes, the Twilight author), but she left as soon as filming started over creative differences. The series drifted pretty far from the source material, from what I understand, and was cancelled after one season.
I also find it interesting that Daniel O'Malley was born in Australia, went to college in the States (both for his undergrad and his Masters), and then moved back to Australia, but still set his book in London. I'm not sure if he ever lived in London, but having lived in London myself, I can safely say that it really lends itself to urban fantasy.
Murderbot!
I love all three of these series, but The Murderbot Diaries has a special place in my heart. The main character is a non-gendered, humanoid construct, cyborg - person. Basically a brain, skin, muscle, and something that's not blood, combined with a supercomputer and the insides of the Terminator. But it's the most relatable human character, that's not technically a human, you'll ever read. Imagine someone that hates their job, is annoyed at having to deal with people and just wants to watch TV all day. That's Murderbot.
Martha Wells is primarily a fantasy author, but I think this sci-fi series is her most highly rated. A good example of why authors should be willing to experiment.
#book review#tacs 2022#tacs 2022 books#goodreads challenge#rivers of london#the checquy files#murderbot#2022 reflection#ben aaronovitch#daniel o'malley#martha wells
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An under hyped series
I watch a lot of ‘BookTube’ - YouTubers who talk about books. A topic that often comes up is ‘under hyped’ books or series, books or series that don’t seem to get the attention they deserve. I don’t necessarily think about books in that way, but I realized today that there is a series I never hear anyone talk about.
Except once. I discovered it because the first book was the book of the week on one of my favourite podcasts, Writing Excuses. The series is The Checquy Files by Daniel O’Malley. The first book is The Rook, the second: Stiletto. The third book, Blitz, is coming out in October, I believe.
“Dear You, the body you are wearing used to be mine”. This is the opening sentence in The Rook. A woman wakes up in the rain. It’s dark outside, she’s in a park in what turns out to be London. Around her are motionless bodies. The letter which she reads to start the story was found in her jacket pocket. She remembers nothing about herself, her life, or even what happened here a moment ago.
Turns out her name is Myfanwy Thomas and she works for a mysterious organisation called the Checquy, the employees of which have strange skills.
I find this absolutely fascinating. I have listened to these two books twice on audiobook, and I’m not the biggest audiobook reader. I thoroughly enjoy following Myfanwy trying to figure out her life and what happened to her and discovering this remarkable, and at times disgusting world. Perhaps you could say that this is a spy/mystery series with a dash of body horror? And a sense of humor.
I tend to like beginnings and I do like The Rook more than Stiletto, but I certainly like Stiletto too. My goodreads-rating for both books is at four stars at the moment, but I’ve been debating raising it to five since I reread them this summer. I just realized when I checked my notes, that I actually read them for the first time last year. I like rereading books, but I usually wait a bit longer.
Oh, there is apparently a TV adaptation of this, but I have not seen it.
I can’t wait for Blitz to come out! It’s my second most anticipated release this year, the first was All the Seas of the World by Guy Gavriel Kay. I read that too this summer and loved it.
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#sawbones showdown#round 1#johan gustav dåådh#anno 1790#ernst van suchtlen#the checquy files#the rook
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The Rook by Daniel O'Malley
Genres: Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction, Adult Fiction, Paranormal/Supernatural
Setting: England
Description: "The body you are wearing used to be mine." So begins the letter Myfanwy Thomas is holding when she awakes in a London park surrounded by bodies all wearing latex gloves...Read more on Goodreads/Storygraph
Content Warning information can be found via the above Storygraph link.
#the rook#daniel o'malley#the checquy files#books#book blog#book tumblr#bookblr#booklr#favourite reads#fantasy#paranormal#adult fiction#mystery#book recs
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uh oh ladies! seems we’re one corpse short of a basket!
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grafter princess odette leliefeld is BACK BABY!! In an outfit she was described in too!!
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#bookporn #coverlove
I have been waiting for what feels like forever for the next instalment to find out what challenges Myfawny faces. And big ups for fellow Aussie author Daniel O’Malley for being able to mash paranormal mystery with a MI6 organisation together with a loveable protagonist.
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#amreading#Blitz#book#book covers#bookporn#Casey Carlisle#coverlove#Daniel O&039;Malley#Fiction#mystery#Novel#paranormal#photograghy#reading#science fiction#Stiletto#TBR#The Checquy Files#The Rook
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