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Song Qingshi, upon discovering Yue Wuhuan's elaborate suicide attempt: I think someone is trying to kill you!
Yue Wuhuan: ...........
Travel Destination: Georgia
Me, Margarita by Ana Kordzaia-Samadashvili
Short stories about men and women, love and hate, sex and disappointment, cynicism and hope. A disillusioned woman, the narrator doesn't mince words about the imperfection of her life, her relationships, her prospects; yet what might in other hands seem discouraging is presented with such humor the reader can't help but feel there may yet be hope... for most of us.
The Book of Tbilisi: A City in Short Fiction edited by Gvantsa Jobava and Becca Parkinson
In the 26 years since Georgia declared independence from the Soviet Union, the country and its capital, Tbilisi, have endured unimaginable hardships: one coup d'état, two wars with Russia, the cancer of organised crime, and prolonged periods of brutalising, economic depression. Now, as the city begins to flourish again drawing hordes of tourists with its eclectic architecture and famous, welcoming spirit it's difficult to reconcile the recent past with this glamorous and exotic present. With wit, warmth, heartbreaking realism, and a distinctly Georgian sense of neighbourliness, these ten stories do just that.
The Pear Field by Nana Ekvtimishvili
In post-soviet Georgia, on the outskirts of Tbilisi, on the corner of Kerch St., is an orphanage. Its teachers offer pupils lessons in violence, abuse and neglect.
Lela is old enough to leave but has nowhere else to go. She stays and plans for the children's escape, for the future she hopes to give to Irakli, a young boy in the home. When an American couple visits, offering the prospect of a new life, Lela decides she must do everything she can to give Irakli this chance.
The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischwili
1900, Georgia: in the deep south of the Russian Empire, Stasia, the daughter of a famous chocolatier, dreams of ballet in Paris, but marries a soldier, and finds herself caught up in the October Revolution. Escaping with her children, she finds shelter with her unworldly sister Christine, whose beauty, fatally, has caught the eye of Stalin’s henchman. Disastrous consequences ensue for the whole family.
2006, Germany: after the fall of the Iron Curtain Georgia is shaken by a civil war. Niza, Stasia’s brilliant greatgranddaughter, has broken from her family and moved to Berlin. But when her 12-year-old niece Brilka runs away, Niza must track her down and tell her the truth about their family and about the secret recipe for hot chocolate, which has given both salvation and misfortune over six generations.
Hard by a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili
Having fled conflict in the former-Soviet Republic of Georgia as children, Saba and his brother have fought to make peace with the past. In particular, they struggle with the sacrifices of a mother who remained in a war zone so that their father could get them out. Now, years later, the brothers are young adults, their mother is dead, and their father has been lured back to their beautiful, decaying homeland – only to disappear. Then Saba’s older brother, chasing after their missing father, vanishes too.
Left alone to figure out what has happened and to find his family, Saba sets off on his own urgent, haunted search across his homeland. Accompanied by new friends and old ghosts as he follows a breadcrumb trail of clues, he must wrestle the present from the past as he crosses into the kind of danger zones – both physical and emotional – that he thought he had left behind.
Title: Echo North | Author: Joanna Ruth Meyer | Publisher: Page Street (2019)
I'm foaming at the mouth with my self-gifted bday gift
These limited editions are so freaking cool!!
Plus Hell Followed With Us is hand signed by the author
And these are only the front illustrations, the spine and back illustrations as well as the ones inside the books are absolutely gorgeous . I've been wanting to read The Spirit Bares its Teeth and Compound Fracture since I finished Hell Followed With Us. I'm so excited!!
so far the system has given him one (1) job and song qingshi botched it first thing out the gate, promising start. guess that's what comes of giving vague instructions
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Title & Author: A Treachery of Swans by A.B. Poranek
What I Like: The softness and the light
Summary: Odile, raised by a vengeful sorcerer, Rothbarte, has been trained to infiltrate the palace to steal the crown and release the power within. When it comes time to set the plot in motion, Odile uses an enchanted necklace to transform Marie, a friend of the young dauphin, into a swan—leaving Odile free to assume her identity and gain access to the royal court.
But when the king is brutally murdered, chaos ensues. Odile’s own brother gets accused of being behind the assassination, leaving Odile desperate to free him, even if it means putting her mission on hold to find the real killer. She’s forced to team up with none other than Marie, the girl who rightfully distrusts her.
Link: https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/7d4d903e-c3d7-402f-9e58-45a132aec092
The Ink Witch by Steph Cherrywell
For fans of Amari and the Night Brothers and The Okay Witch comes a hilarious and affirming cozy fantasy about the adventures of a girl who discovers she is the descendant of a powerful witch coven.
Becca Slugg is bored. It’s the tail end of summer, and it feels like she’s done nothing but run errands for her family’s Cape Disappointment Beach Inn, argue with her frustratingly overprotective mother, and have one-sided conversations with the giant spider living by the dumpsters out back.
When Becca wishes for something to happen, she doesn’t expect her wish to manifest in the form of an unwelcome visit from her mom’s sinister and estranged sister, Malatrice. It turns out Becca's aunt is a powerful witch—and when she doesn’t get the help she wants from Becca’s mom, she unleashes a devastating ink spell. Becca is left with a mindless puppet for a mother and a whole lot of questions—like Can I cast spells with the ink in my veins, too?
With the help of Natalya, her mother’s tarantula familiar, and Oddvar, a friendly troll living in the motel’s ice machine, a distraught but determined Becca sets out to uncover her own magical abilities and find the ingredients for a potion that will cure her mother. Besides, how hard can it be to find mermaid eggs, troll teeth, and the most precious possession of a Witch-Queen?
This magical adventure is equal parts hilarious and exhilarating, with a sassy, talking tarantula being just the tip of the iceberg.
The German book cover industry has been my sworn enemy since I was 11 years old. But just to demonstrate I want you to see this example of Pterry's Snuff, UK edition and German edition
look! a fun book cover and a beautiful illustration on its own merits, by Paul Kidby who did most of the novels and official art in later years.
now. same thing in Germany:
you understand
A stack of hardbacks I drew for illumicrate
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(New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (September 16th, 2025)
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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!
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New Releases:
If Looks Could Kill by Julie Berry
Hekate: The Witch by Nikita Gill
Love & Video Games by Zachary Sergi
The Silenced by Diana Rodriguez Wallach
Who's All Going (to Die)? by Lisa Springer
I Killed the King by Rebecca Mix & Andrea Hannah
The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar by Sonora Reyes
The Map That Led to You by Ella McLeod
Through Our Teeth by Pamela N. Harris
This is How We Roll by Various
Lemons & Lies by Alexis Castellanos
The Dead of Summer by Ryan La Sala
New Sequels:
The Others (The Unfinished #2) by Cheryl Isaacs
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Happy reading!
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I can never tell which mangas I will like, so I think I might just borrow vol 1 of everything at the library from left to right, lol
I go in once a week or so, so I’ll grab a handful, this way I can find new things!! I’m a genius
I am open to recs tho, if anyone has good manga recs or wanna tell me their faves
I love how immediately Gaoshun has to tell Maomao to stop treating Jinshi like a bug because he's being an absolute freak about it. He's like hey, I know we only met a week ago, but you've already given my insane boss a sexual complex and for all of our sakes you should probably try to avoid activating it
COVER REVEAL! our talented designer, Miss Nat Mack, had to fit in a lot of discordant imagery such as: spider centaurs, medieval times, beetle aliens, goddesses, spaceships, tentacled brain slugs, and of course, m/m erotiscism.
the book's not out until next March, so pre-order links are still going live, but I'll list the early ones under the readmore:
this is a little out of order but i saw an internet quote from the physical dracula daily book and had to draw it - that Lucy was playing out an Otome dating sim while Jonathan is having the worst time of his life XD
i hope you enjoy this silly drawing, and have an AWESOME day!!
I'm reading a romantasy novel that is advertised as enemies to lovers but unfortunately I went to the C.S. Pacat's Captive Prince school of enemies to lovers so the "enemies" aspect reads about as intensely as schoolyard bullying
Travel Destination: Germany II
All Russians Love Birch Trees by Olga Grjasnowa
Set in Frankfurt, All Russians Love Birch Trees follows a young immigrant named Masha. Fluent in five languages and able to get by in several others, Masha lives with her boyfriend, Elias. Her best friends are Muslims struggling to obtain residence permits, and her parents rarely leave the house except to compare gas prices. Masha has nearly completed her studies to become an interpreter, when suddenly Elias is hospitalized after a serious soccer injury and dies, forcing her to question a past that has haunted her for years.
The Field by Robert Seethaler
From their graves in the field, the oldest part of Paulstadt’s cemetery, the town’s late inhabitants tell stories from their lives. Some recall just a moment, perhaps the one in which they left this world, perhaps the one that they now realize shaped their life forever. Some remember all the people they’ve been with, or the only person they ever loved.
These voices together – young, old, rich poor – build a picture of a community, as viewed from below ground instead of from above. The streets of the small, sleepy provincial town of Paulstadt are given shape and meaning by those who lived, loved, worked, mourned and died there.
Sisters in Arms by Shida Bazyar
Hani, Kasih, and Saya have shared a deep friendship ever since they were kids. After years apart, the three young women meet again for a few days, to pick up where they left off. But regardless of what they have achieved, it becomes clear, again and again, that they can’t escape the racism that accompanies their daily lives: the glances, the chatter, the hatred, and the outright rightwing terror. But their friendship gives them stability. Until one dramatic night shakes everything up.
Give My Love to Berlin by Katherine Bryant
In 1920s Germany, Tillie and Ruth and their best friends, James and Ernesto, navigate falling in love, thriving in their community, and coming to terms with the danger they're in just by being who they are, even as Tillie watches her father, a prominent lawyer, become more and more entrenched in the Nazi Party.
Ruth, a performer at one of the nightclubs in the city and Tillie, working in her father's law office where she meets Joseph Goebbels and Hermann Göring, become convinced that her and her friends' lives are in danger as the Nazis take over Berlin one neighborhood at a time.
The Girl with the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke
When 16 year old Ellie Baum accidentally time-travels via red balloon to 1988 East Berlin, she's caught up in a conspiracy of history and magic. She meets members of an underground guild in East Berlin who use balloons and magic to help people escape over the Wall, but even to the balloon makers, Ellie's time travel is a mystery. When it becomes clear that someone is using dark magic to change history, Ellie must risk everything, including her only way home to stop the process.