Book Dragon (Bookworm Lv.100)

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Last day of the January Box Photo Challenge!⠀

Today: 'Woven in Moonlight' by @isabelwriter09 with the exclusive @fairyloot grey cover, embossing and artwork on the back of the dust jacket. Sooo pretty!⠀

And of course the star shaped fairy lights, definitely my favourite part of this box!⠀

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Day 3 of the January Box Photo Challenge! I love the necklace by @noverantale and the trinket dish's tainbowcrome finish makes it truly unique. ⠀

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I think the notebook might be my favourite, ok 2nd favourite thing from this @fairyloot box. The pillowcase is awesome as well but it's a little bit too big for the pillows I have 😭.⠀

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Notebook designed by FairyLoot⠀

Pillowcase by @beckythornsdesigns ⠀

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Yay, first @fairyloot box of the ... well decade! And what a start it is. I absolutely adore the theme of this box, "Moon & Stars", i was so excited for this. The book this month is fittingly called 'Woven in Moonlight' and is by Isabel Ibañez. It has an exclusive cover, features embossing, is signed by the author and the artwork on the back of the dust kacket is done by @isabelwriter09 herself.⠀

The box also includes:⠀

A Moon Phases Necklace designed by @noverantale⠀

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Star shaped Fairylights (I think i screamed a little when I saw these)⠀

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A notebook with a quote from the Illuminae files by Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman, designed by FairyLoot⠀

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A pillowcase with an Oscar Wild quote, designed by @beckythornsdesigns ⠀

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An 'Even The Darkest Stars' inspired keychain by @dustandpages⠀

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And last but not least the two newest Tarot Cards, designed by @gabriella.bujdoso ⠀

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Listen up you little shits

Wylan “How about I push you in the canal and well see if you know how to swim” Van Eck who spends his time creating bombs for heists, who is as threatening as Kaz when he wants to be and who canonically lied convincingly to a wholeass church full of people after being properly beaten up so it “looked authentic” is definitely not a defensely innocent child. It’s time this fandom stopped portraying him as one

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Continuing with my scifi reading streak we have Gemina, the second part of the Illuminae files. I think I liked the first one better but it still deserves ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. ⠀

The Characters from the first one were more likeable but Nik definitely has the best backstory. Like the first one you never know what's going to happen next and no character is save. ⠀

I was already used to the writing after the first one so that wasn't a problem anymore. I feel like this one had more passages that were transcriptions of security footage and therefore a more traditional read. On the other hand I've never read a book that I had to turn in circles to read so that was fun.⠀

I also managed to get my hands on a physical copy of this book from my local library (That unfortunately meant I had to switch languages within a series which I hate, but it was worth it). They have a copy of the first one as well but it was not available so I had to read the first one as an ebook which was annoying. Guess who had borrowed it?.....Yeah, my flatmate. Unfortunately the library does not have the third one so it's back to ebook for me😫⠀

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“A message to Europe, this morning on the White Cliffs of Dover. Sound on. https://t.co/E3VY8BaGjK”

I never thought I would cry over politics. We will miss you.

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So this is it, last installment of Arc of a Scythe. It was... well it gets ⭐⭐⭐ from me. It was alright but not quite as captivating as the first two. There were just to many perspectives to keep up with, and the ones I wanted, Citras and Rowans were almost nonexistent. They were hardly in this book at all. The Ending was alright but I just wanted more of their love story. But that's just personal preference. ⠀

Let me know if you liked it or if you were also kind of disappointed. ⠀

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The feeling when you finally find an affordable offer for exactly the edition of a book you're looking for and when it comes it turns out to be the limited edition with sprayed edges!

I have been looking for a hardcover uk version of Skyward by Brandon Sanderson for weeks now to match my edition of Starsight and I am so happy to have finally found it. Honestly made my week that it's the limited edition.

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The @fairyloot readalong starts today and i totaly forgot 😫. I don't know if i will have tome to participate in it. The book "Eight will Fall" by @sarahharian sounds very interesting though, it's about eight criminals who are send on a dangerous mission. Reminds me of "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo. (I got the collectors edition for christmas and it's so pretty!) Let's see if it's as good.

Anyway, even if I don't manage to partake in the read along I wish everyone who does a good time!

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I'm really into ya science fiction lately and since this one is an inspiration for January's fairy loot box I was happy to continue the theme.

So here's what I think of Illuminae by @amiekaufmanauthor and @misterkristoff:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Ok, so the style needs some time to grow on you since it's not one coherent text but the story is told through varying mediums from emails through diary entries to transcriptions of security footage. Once you get used to it though it's a fantastic read. The characters have a depth to them that many regular novels lack and it's honestly really impressive. There's also no stop action to this. Not a single calm period throughout the whole book so you definitely need to be prepared to just sit down and not stop until you're finished, and since it's quite long you might want to maybe read in on a weekend. It's definitely worth it though.

Oh one other thing that stood out to me was the swearing. (I don't have anything against swearing I think if you basically have a zombie attack on a spaceship swearing is very appropriate.) I'm not sure if there was just more swearing than usual or if it stood out more because it was all blacked out? I don't know I just noticed a lot of it.

And lastly, if you are thinking about reading this I would advice you to get a physical copy of it. With the many different formats it was a bit annoying to read as an ebook.

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First Book of 2020! Starting it of with a trip down memory lane. I absolutely loved the first Erebos and have probably read it 5 times already so I was of course really excited for the sequel. My brother gave it to my mother for Christmas but I got to read it first 🙌

⭐⭐⭐⭐ stars from me just because it started a little slow. The first third is just basically introducing new characters and reintroducing the ones from the first book but after that, man there's no one that can write ya thrillers as griping as @ursulapoznanski. Once you passed the halfway mark you definitely can't stop you just need to know what the game has planned this time.

So if you have the time to read something in one to two sittings definitely give it a go (it's currently only out in German but I think its going to get translated like the first one).

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Happy New Year everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful night. I spend it with a few friends playing Cards against Humanity the whole time.

These are some of my favourites that I read 2019. I hope I will find books as good as these in 2020 (I will definetely reread some of these).

I wish everyone a good 2020!

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I think we need to apply this to older movies as well:

The homophobic gag in that rom com,

the racist side character in that coming of age story,

don’t just brush it of as a product of the time, acknowledge that it was bad then and remains a terrible aspect of the film today

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Dieser Post geht raus an alle, die Nathan der Weise, Andorra und vor allem Homo Faber lesen mussten.

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Wir mussten fürs Abi sowohl Homo Faber als auch Agnes lesen. Wer zum Teufel hat sich dass denn einfallen lassen? Gleich zwei Romane in denen ältere weiße Männer mit ihrer Besessenheit von jungen Frauen kämpfen die praktisch nur als das Objekt ihrer Begierde existieren.

'Welche Botschaft wollen wir diesen jungen Menschen die sich in einem sehr formativen Abschnitt ihres Lebens befinden und zum großen Teil weiblich sind vermitteln🤔 Welche Werke werden wir ihnen als hohe Kunst vorstellen? Oh ja genau, zwei schreckich sexistische und deprimierende Romane die noch nicht mal interessant zu lesen sind!'

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Reading List 2019

So I thought to celebrate the fact that I actually read 100 books this year, I could list them all, give them a short raiting and quickly summarise my thoughts (as far as I remember them, my memory is terrible). So strap in, this is gonna be a looong list.

(The formating is gonna be: Title, Author, Language I read it in (D = German; E = English), rating, short thoughts)

1. The Toymakers, Robert Dinsdale, D, 3/5, Wants to be The Nightcircus but fails. Still sweet and thoughtful.

2. Deadly Sting (Elemental Assassin 8), Jennifer Estep, D, 4/5, Don’t remember specifics just that I was impressed the series was still this good.

3. The Labyrinth of Magic Volume 1, Shinobu Ohtaka, D, 1/5, Note to self: I don’t like Mangas (The Anime is fantastic though).

4. The Labyritnh of Magic Volume 2, Shinobu Ohtaka, D, 1/5, See 3.

5. The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman, D, 3/5, Not my style but I can see what others like about it.

6. Norse Mythology, Neil Gaiman, D, 4/5, Very informative and entertaining.

7. The Master Magician (The Paper Magician 3), Charlie N. Holmberg, D,3/5, Adequate ending, I absolutely love the magic system.

8. The Plastic Magician (The Paper Magician 3.5), Charlie N. Holmberg, D, 4/5, Great spinoff, better story than the original with exactly enough cameos.

9. Heart of Venom (Elemental Assassin 9), Jennifer Estep, D, 3/5, see 2.

10. Inkdeath (Inkworld 3), Cornelia Funke, D, 5/5, Always a favourite, read it because I was feeling down cheered me right up.

11. The Blood of Olympus (Heroes of Olympus 5), Rick Riordan, E, 4/5, Why did I wait so long to read this?

12. Vulkanjäger, Katja Brandis, D, 3/5, Good adventurebook for younger readers.

13. Double Crossed: A Spies andd Thieves Story (Heist Society 2.5), Ally Carter, E, 3/5, Should really have read Gallagher Girls first.

14.  Wizards: The Myths, Legends, and Lore, Aubrey Sherman, E, 4/5, Very interesting, smiled everytime Harry Potter or BBC’s Merlin was mentioned.

15.  Vampires: The Myths, Legends, and Lore, Aubrey Sherman, E, 3/5, Not really a fan of Vampires but if you are you have to read this!

16. Nice Dragons Finish Last (Heartstrikers 1), Rachel Aaron, E, 3/5, Amazing worldbuilding!

17. The Tomb, H.P.Lovecraft, D, 2/5, I don´t even remember it.

18.  All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella's Stepmother, Danielle Teller, E, 3/5, Great new perspective, unfortunately not enough magic.

19. Stars Above (Lunar CHronicles Short Stories), Marissa Meyer, E, 3/5, I would read anything in this universe no matter if it´s good or not.

20.  To Kill a Kingdom, Alexandra Christo, E, 4/5, Really good, always love a dark fairytale retelling.

21. Her Royal Spyness (Royal Spyness 1), Rhys Bowen, E, 3/5, Expected more, it´s a bit slow.

22.  Mein Reckless Märchenbuch (Mirrorworld Readalong), Cornelia Funke, D, 5/5, It`s Cornelia Funke of course it´s brilliant. Also, everyone needs a collections of fairytales at home, just for refference. I have gotten into many a discussion about the specifics of a classic story that we needed to look up.

23. Air Awakens (Air Awakens 1), Elise Kova, E, 5/5, Fantastic read, couldn´t put it down.

24. Renegades (Renegades 1), Marissa Meyer, D, 4/5, Marissa Meyer writing about Superheroes? More please!

25. Fire Falling (Air Awakens 2), Elise Kova, E, 4/5, see 23.

26.Tales from the Front (Air Awakens 2.5), Elise Kova, E, 3/5, Kind of unnecessary, didn´t really add anything.

27. Earth´s End (Air Awakens 3), Elise Kova, E, 4/5, See 23.

28. The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line (Veronica Mars 1), Rob Thomas, E, 3/5, Was good when i read it but now after season 4 it just makes me sad.

29.  Mr. Kiss and Tell (Veronica Mars 2), Rob Thomas, E, 3/5, see 28.

30. China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians 2), Kevin Kwan, E, 4/5, A LOT of Characters but otherwise really great.

31. Rich People Problems (Crazy Rich Asians 3), Kevin Kwan, E, 3/5, see 30.

32. Witchmark (The Kingston Cycle 1), C.L.Polk, D, 5/5, Won it on lovelybooks (thanks again for that), amazing queer fantasy (often shelved as YA, it´s NOT, the protagonists are like 30 it´s not YA).

33. Water's Wrath (Air Awakens 4), Elise Kova, E, 4/5, see 23.

34. Crystal Crowned (Air Awakens 5), Elise Kova, E, 4/5, I read this and Water´s Wrath in one night, couldn´t put it down for the life of me.

35. Vicious (Villains 1), V.E.Schwab, E, 3/5, Do you know the kind of book that while you´re reading it is like meh but then you just can´t stop thinking about it?

36.  A Curse So Dark and Lonely (Cursebreakers 1), Brigid Kemmerer, E, 4/5, Great retelling, love the mix of modern and fairytale worlds.

37. Ninja: First Mission, Chris Bradford, E, 1/5, Just makes me want part 9 of Young Samurai even more.

38. DOORS: Der Beginn (Doors 1), Markus Heitz, D, 2/5, Love the idea but couldn´t really convince me.

39. Heartless, Marissa Meyer, E, 4/5, Really heartless, in the sense that it rips your heart right out of your chest and then crushes it, I think I cried... a lot.

40. Truthwitch (Witchlands 1), Susan Dennard, E, 4/5, Great start to a series, didn´t manage to read the sequels this year will try again in 2020.

41. The Forever War, Joe Haldeman, D, 3/5, A classic of the genere for a reason.

42. A rumor of Dragons (Dragonlance Chronicles 1), Margaret Weis, D, 1/5, Boring.

43. A Discovery of Witches (All Souls 1), Deborah Harkness, E, 4/5, The love story is a little rushed, still loved it though.

44. A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic 1), V.E.Schwab, E, 4/5, Why didn´t I read this years ago? I mean it´s been on my shelf? And it´s so good!

45. Catching Fire (The Hunger Games 2), Suzanne Collins, D, 5/5, Couldn´t stop even at 4am.

46. Mockingjay (The Hunger Games 3), Suzanne Collins, D, 4/5, I think I read this and 45 in one night (Yes I didn´t sleep).

47. Wicked Fox (Gumiho 1), Kat Cho, E, 3/5, Was in a Fairyloot box, underused setting therefore very interesting.

48. The Glass of Lead and Gold (Mirrorworld short story), Cornelia Funke, E, 3/5, Lovely but when are we finally getting book 4?

49. The MirrorWorld Anthology (Mirrorworld Readalong), Cornelia Funke, D, 4/5, Turns out we´re getting book 4 in 2020. FINALLY!!!!

50.  The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman, E, 2/5, Meh...

51. Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold, Stephen Fry, E, 3/5, Informativ but I prefer the ones by Riordan.

52. Shadow of Night (All Souls 2), Deborah Harkness, E, 3/5, Love the timetravel but like the first one it felt a little rushed.

53. James Acaster´s Classic Scrapes, James Acaster, E, 2/5, I really like his stand up but didn´t really enjoy this book.

54.  The October Man (Rivers of London 7.5), Ben Aaronovitch, E, 3/5, It´s always funny to read foreigners writing about your culture, if you like the other rivers of London books you will like this one.

55. A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magyk 2), V.E.Schwab, E,4/5, As good as the first one but with Pirates!

56. Caraval (Caraval 1), Stephanie Garber, E, 3/5, It´s ok but I can´t really understand the hype.

57. Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars 1), Elizabeth Lim, E, 4/5, I love this one, the writing is so beautiful.

58. Angelfall (Penryn and the End of Days 1), Susan Ee, E, 3/5, The Story is ok, but I absolutely love Penryn.

59. The Sleeper and the Spindle, Neil Gaiman, E, 4/5, Great story with amazing illustrations.

60. World After (Penryn and the End of Days 2), Susan Ee, E, 3/5, see 58.

61. End of Days (Penryn and the End of Days 3), Susan Ee, E, 3/5, see 58.

62. Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer 1), Laini Taylor, E, 4/5, Lovely Story with great Characters.

63. Pan´s Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun, Cornelia Funke, D, 3/5, I read it while listening to the movie soundtrack, can reccomend.

64. Kill the Queen (Crown of Shards 1), Jennifer Estep, E, 4/5, How does she write this many books in so little Time? And how are they all so good?

65. The Return of the Warrior (Young Samurai 9), Chris Bradford, E, 4/5, Noooo its over, I could cry this series was one of my favourites as a kid.

66. Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik, E, 3/5, Good retelling that gets a little over-complicated sometimes.

67. Muse of Nightmares (Strange the Dreamer 2), Laini Taylor, E, 3/5, Wow this turned very dark very fast.

68. Skyward (Skyward 1), Brandon Sanderson, E, 5/5, Spensa and M-Bot are deffinetely some of my favourite characters ever.

69. The Priory of the Orange Tree, Samantha Shannon, E, 5/5, Very long but deffinetely worth it.

70.  The Test, Sylvain Neuvel, E, 2/5, Very relevant but not really my style.

71. Archenemies (Renegades 2), Marissa Meyer, D, 5/5, Love it.

72. Shadow and Bone (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy 1), Leigh Bardugo, E, 4/5, God I just love the Setting.

73. Siege and Storm (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy 2), Leigh Bardugo, E, 4/5,  I know it´s not a very popular opinion but Mal is my favourite.

74.Ruin and Rising (The Shadow and bone Trilogy 3), Leigh Bardugo, E, 3/5, Bit disapointing as an ending but a rollercoaster in terms of feelings.

75. The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn 1), Reneè Ahdieh, E, 5/5, I think this is the 3rd time I read this it´s so good.

76. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Hogwarts Library 1), Newt Scamander, E, 3/5

77. Quidditch Through the Ages (Hogwarts Library 2), Kennilworthy Whisp, E, 5/5, I love this one it´s so funny.

78. The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Hogwarts Library 3), J.K.Rowling, E, 3/5

79. Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies (Pottermore Presents 1), J.K.Rowling, E, 4/5, It´s about McGonagall and Lupin of course it´s good.

80. Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists (Pottermore Presents 2), J.K.Rowling, E, 2/5

81. Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide (Pottermore Presents 3), J.K.Rowling, E, 3/5

82. Harry Potter: A Journey Through Charms and Defence Against the Dark Arts, J.K.Rowling, E, 2/5

83. The Traitor´s Kiss (The Traitor´s Circle 1), Erin Beaty, D, 2/5, A friend of mine realls loves this but I thought it was quite boring but I think that was just the translation that didn´t sit right with me it was kind of weird.

84. Mermaids: The Myths, Legends, and Lore, Skye Alexander, E, 2/5, Not as good as Vampires or Wizzards.

85. The Rose and the Dagger (The Wrath and the Dawn 2), Reneè Ahdieh, E, 3/5, Disapointing after the brilliant first one.

86. All Fall Down (Embassy Row 1), Ally Carter, E, 3/5, Didn´t really like it.

87. The Book of Life (All Souls 3), Deborah Harkness, E, 3/5, Good Ending, again very rushed.

88. Supernova (Renegades 3), Marissa Meyer, E, 4/5, God I love Simon and Hugh so much Spoilers!: I didn´t like that Ace turned out to be evil after all, I thought we would get a story with respectable leaders on both sides  which is really rare. Really loved the ending when we learned more about Magpie (i really hope there will be a Sequel or Spin Off).

89. Starsight (Skyward 2), Brandon Sanderson, E, 5/5, It was amazing but I missed the  original Crew.

90.  A River of Royal Blood ( A River of Royal Blood 1), Amanda Joy, E, 3/5, So many unanswered questions left!!

91. + 92.  The Grift of the Magi (Heist Society 3.5), Ally Carter, E, 4/5, Read it twice this year once in spring and the again before Christmas.

93. Red, White & Royal Blue, Casey McQuiston, E, 5/5, Maybe the best one this year, reads like really good FanFiction, it´s sooooooo good why aren´t you reading it right now?

94. Uncommon Criminals (Heist Society 2), Ally Carter, E, 5/5, Always fantastic

95. + 96. Perfect Scoundrels (Heist Society 3), Ally Carter, E, 5/5, So good I read it twice in a row.

97. Doctor Who: The Legends of River Song, Multiple Authors, E, 3/5,

98. Winter´s zerbrechlicher Fluch, Julia Adrian, D, 3/5, Only read if you really know your german fairytales it´s really confusing even if you know a lot about them.

99. Aurora Rising (Aurora Cycle 1), Amie Kaufman, E, 4/5, “They are not the heroes we wanted. They are just the ones we could find.”

100. Palace of Glass (Reckless Readalong), Cornelia Funke, D, 4/5, Can´t wait for Book 4!! Untill then i love everything that even mentions Jacob and Celeste.

Did you read any of these this year? Or any other year? Do you want to? What were your favourites of this year?

I hope you all had a fantastic 2019 and will have an even better 2020!

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Yes! I made it. I will never again be able to read this many books in a year (at least not untill I'm retired) so I'm glad I managed it at least once 🙌 And yes some of them were very short but I count them anyway, sue me...

I think I'm gonna set it to 52 next year.

I hope everyone else also reached at least some of their reading goals this year.

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That’s it, that’s my whole life

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Yup, Bye Bye Christmas Money