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the-helena-files · 16 days

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I cracked open Emily Wilde's map of the otherlands and I can't contain my excitement and love for the characters, I keep needing to pause the reading and stimm for a bit, if this book sucks I am going to die /j

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the-helena-files · 17 days

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🦇 April wrap-up

I wasn't going to do this post but I figured out it might be helpful to keep track on how many books I've read in a month, so here we are.

I've read 8 books in April. I mean, technically 7 and a half because I just finished the last one, but I've read the majority of it in April so it's still game.

Frankenstein

Yes i did read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in the year of our lord 2024, you are allowed to laugh. I'm going to do another post to go over my thoughts, meanwhile what I have to say is: 5 stars, I should have picked up earlier.

Juniper & Thorn

This... book... It became one of my favorite books of all time and the more I think about it the more I like it. 4.5 stars, it looses half a star to me because of 1 (one) scene that left me ill for days.

Mexican Gothic

I really like the atmosphere of this one, the romance could have been left out though, solid 4 stars.

The wolf and the woodsman

After reading Juniper & Thorn, I went through the other works by Ava Reid, this one I liked less, but even then, very nice worldbuilding, I loved the mythology, 4 stars.

Divine Rivals

I did picked up this because some influencers I trust recommended non stop, and I... I mean, it's not bad, it's just not my cup of tea. I really liked the mythology again, the gods were very intriguing, 3 stars.

A study in Drowning

Ok hear me out. This one is Ava Reid's ya debut and it's SO GOOD, I infodumped about this book to at least four friends and my therapist on the last few weeks. 4.5 stars, loses half a star cause I didn't vibed with the love interest very much, but I understand him being like that was important to the story.

Daisy Jones and the Six

I picked this one up because it's my best friend's favorite book, so I wanted to read to make her happy. I didn't liked it, but I don't have the heart to tell her. 3 stars, a whole ass stars is for Naely.

Your blood, my bones

This is a book for the yearners. This is a book for longing and hoping and grieving what it was and what could have been. But I was too distracted trying to figure out the magic system and the creatures. 4 stars, RIP Pedyr he would have loved my chemical romance.

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the-helena-files · 21 days

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This is how you lose the time war. I know you lost it too.

For this sideblog inauguration, I wanted to talk about a great book I've read at the end of 2023: This is How you Lose the Time War, by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. For each book I'll be adding a piece of fanart I did with markers, I'm not quite a professional, but I have fun doing so here it goes.

No spoiler session

This book is delicious. I wanna eat this book. And this is the highest a book can get in my head. When I wanna eat the pages and become one with the words. It is so so good to read the letters, even if you don't get anything about the universe, and let's be honest, no one does, you still get out with a groundbreaking romance. I'm not usually drawn to contemporary romance, I prefer it in fantasy and sci-fi, and even then I am very picky with my reads, and this one definitely deserves a shot if you feel the same. 5 starts, the only downside is that is too short.

Spoiler session Ahead

This destroyed me. Someday, I wanna love someone as ardently as Red loves Blue, my lord.

About the ending, I liked the cliffhanger if them deciding to run away together because I think this story in particular doesn't need to wrap up plot points and give side characters an arc, it is totally about the romance and this works, we fall in love alongside them, and that's it. I, however, would have liked to read a little bit more letters in a general sense, just because they're so good.

I think that's it for me, and I'm so happy to have taken the energy necessary to make this post, is small, but I've been struggling with productivity for a long time for now, so being able to do this little thing is really nice. Goodbye!!

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the-helena-files · 21 days

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"is this too cliche?" who cares? bro, write what you have fun writing. stuff your manuscript full of your favourite tropes. the same themes you love. all inspired by things you grew up with. do it all. go off. load. it. up. be freeeee

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the-helena-files · 28 days

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Why, Hello.

This is a sideblog dedicated to talk about books. I follow from @dizintegration.

My name's Helena, I use she/they pronouns, I'm an autistic high femme lesbian, and I've always been interested in books from an early age. In March of 2024, I decided to go back to reading everyday, and it has been a blissful time. I am not fond of Goodreads or Amazon, so I decided to create this little space for me to talk about my books, and hopefully reach some people who might also be interested.

I read mostly fiction, on the branches of gothic horror and dark fantasy, maybe YA sometimes. I am not very fond of romance books, I think romance works better as a subplot, and by consequence I don't read as many sapphic books as I should as a lesbian. I have another sideblog dedicated solely on my beloved The Locked Tomb saga, it's @saint-of-grief.

Alas, I do accept recommendations via Ask, but I might take some time to actually pick up the book, since my reading list this year is HUGE.

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