This was a labor of love and the most complex piece I’ve ever made.
7096 stitches, 98 hours. 2-strand on 18ct.
I was just so in love with this book cover, I couldn’t not.
The book is Crush, the second installment in the Crave series by Tracy Wolff :)
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ok so I’m seeming some cold takes about the Hunger Games prequel being titled in the new ya format as “a blank of blank and blank” but I gotta say it 100% makes sense with Lucy Gray’s backstory and the Covey. Maybe the title was formatted like this to be more marketable in the current ya environment but rest assured it’s every bit as meaningful as the original series and not at all a cash grab. Music and songs were a huge theme in the Hunger Games and Katniss’s story and you can really see why the powers that be hate them in the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
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For the first time in a long time I’m not behind on work! I’m getting back into pleasure reading and am on the second book in The Deal series by Elle Kennedy. I must admit, she’s really good at character development and giving them more areas to grow than just in the romantic plot.
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Today's the last day to sign the KidLit for Ceasefire letter to Biden. US folks, if you're a reader, you're part of the kidlit community. Please sign this letter to call for a ceasefire! 🍉🍉🍉
Sign here: bit.ly/KidLit4Ceasefire
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I uploaded my PDF collection of Christopher Pike books for y'all to enjoy
I've been on a huge nostalgia kick for Christopher Pike lately, a horror YA author I adored in my teen years. If you never read his books, perhaps he's more familiar to you as the source material for Netflix's/Mike Flanigan's The Midnight Club (which not only was a book of his, but from what I've heard the series adapts several of his other books as stories the characters tell. Unfortunately the series got the axe despite being successful because it was on Netflix, of course it did)
Thanks to the Internet Archive and other independent archivists, I've managed to accumulate almost everything Pike ever wrote. There are some gaps, but thankfully most of my faves have been preserved!
If you're curious to get into some 90s horror goodness but don't know where to start, I can recommend some of my old faves:
The Season of Passage: VAMPIRES on MARS!!!
Monster: VAMPIRES from MARS ANOTHER PLANET!!!
The Immortal: Retelling Greek mythology before Percy Jackson made it cool again.
The Eternal Enemy: A Terminator-esque story that legit made me cry every time I read it as a 14-year-old (if you're wondering why, it's because the main character's nobility and love for humanity really struck a chord with me).
The Last Vampire series: A fun series (6 original books + 3 reboot books) about a hot, powerful 5,000-year-old vampire named Sita and her many escapades. I can't vouch for the reboot books but I loved the original series; it was my Twilight, lol.
Remember Me: The ghost of a teenage girl must solve her own murder. The first book is super strong; there are two sequels but tbh they're not nearly as good.
Honorable mentions go to Last Act, Witch, and Die Softly. Scavenger Hunt also gets a mention for being absolutely fucking insane in an entertaining way (it involves sexy immortal lizard teens and ritual sacrifice).
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