a literate penguin

[pagesandpothos]

Washed Up by Cat Sebastian: Cover Reveal!

Cat Sebastian has revealed the cover of her next book, Washed Up!

Washed Up is a contemporary romance about "best friends who were in a television show together as teenagers but haven't talked in fifteen years." It's a follow-up to Star Shipped.

It will be released on March 30, 2027! The pre-order links and official summary are not available yet, but we should get those soon!

[libraryleopard]

The gay soap-maker historical fiction literary universe…

[c-leadraw]

Winter's Orbit by @avoliot

[ofliterarynature]

Is it just me or is "The [X]'s Guide to [X]" starting to approach "A [X] of [X] and [X]" levels of over-use and meaninglessness?

[libraryleopard]

thinking about how hench by natalie zina walschots is getting a sequel. lots to contemplate about that (how far will anna descend into villainy?) but also. do you think she's gonna fuck the lizard boss

[libraryleopard]

OH FUCK THE SEQUEL COMES OUT ON MAY 19TH WE’RE GONNA FIND OUT IF SHE FUCKS HER LIZARD BOSS

[aliteratepenguin]

????????????

[aliteratepenguin]

goodreads recs continue to be completely nonsensical

oh yeah if you like [contemporary romance] then you should try [satirical allegorical dystopian] of course

[aliteratepenguin]

walden: if the high-order demon that's been haunting this school for centuries were to possess me, it would have access to all my magical knowledge and skill and it would be a complete disaster laura: uh you know there's a high-order demon tattooed on your arm? walden: well, yes, i put it there :) it's from my doctorate :) i named it phoenix :) laura:

[literary-illuminati]

Really cannot explain how absurdly charming I find the plot beat of 'demon possesses magician, gets really enthusiastic about the chance to be human and kind of scandalized by what a bad job its host was doing beforehand. Immediately pours out liquor cabinet, starts eating exclusively healthy, home-cooked meals, working out daily, and spending all its leisure time keeping up with relevant news and academic literature'.

[howlsmovinglibrary]

"What a tool cynicism is to the corrupt, claiming the whole of the creation is broken and fraudulent, and thus we are all excused to indulge in whatever sins we wish - for what's a little more unfairness, in this unfair world?"

- Robert Jackson Bennett, The Tainted Cup

[dragimal]

I can't believe it took me so long to read Temeraire. literally EVERY SINGLE PROBLEM I've ever had with dragon-rider stories that treat sapient dragons like objects or property, FINALLY being addressed here. Temeraire my woke KING

[aliteratepenguin]

love when books pull a "depressed bella in new moon" montage of blank pages with sparse headings to indicate the passage of time, mirroring the blankness the character experiences during that time

[yearofdoodles]

When your asshole mentor knows your Dark Secret but literally could not care less... happened to my good friend Dinios Kol

- inspired by this post by @capricciosso

[chamomile-teabag]

WHAT ARE YALL READING RN you must tell me

[aliteratepenguin]

ooh Victorious got a cover, must actually be coming out this year!

[aliteratepenguin]

terrible reading year thus far so it's time to break out the emergency KJ Charles recent releases i haven't gotten to yet

[nyanakin]

no because this is genuinely what i sound like and nobody outside of sw prequels fandom believes me 😖

[aliteratepenguin]

genuinely! one of my favorites book quotes ever came from the ROTS novelization:

and some other bangers:

[wanlingnic]

And because I've just finished book 3: Iskierka! She is the literal embodiment of that "Send me an angel; the nicest one you have," meme. I think that's probably why she's so popular.