#book post

[kebbuck]

Finally got my hands on Sir Cameron!!! I’m literally so excited to read this book. Johnathan Battlepass is also excited for me to read it you can see it in his eyes.

[yourfavouritebookseller]

Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher

On the TBR

[macaulaytwins]

Richard Papen winter

[bookaddict24-7]

Weekend Getaways, Friends, and Books in the Fall 🍁🍂

[bluehaired-boy]

I have to write this rant about the Shepherd King Duology. Because I re-read it and let me tell you; it's one of the best series I've read in ages. The characters, the world building and the writing just pulls you in. I finished both the books in one sitting. All the characters are just so damn loveable with their quirks and signs. And there are a few relationship dynamics that just tug at your heart.

Elm and Elspeth's love hate relationship.

Ravyn and Elspeth's passionate relationship, such that even distance and a king cannot dull it.

Elspeth's father giving her a yarrow every nameday and during the wedding

Elm saying he's better looking than Ravyn

The nightmare constantly thinking everyone is dumb

The nightmare caring for Elspeth like his own child

The nightmare choosing Elspeth over his own descendant

The nightmare saying something and then Ravyn being like "she didn't say that"

The rhymes that are sprinkled throughout the book

The shepherd king's Revenge

Ione's gentle determination and kindness

The shepherd king's kids begging him to come spend time with them

The way the nightmare describes every single character with their respective tree oof.

And this is just off the top of my head. The world building, the Providence cards, the magic system. It was so unique. And the plot twist was literally Chekhov's gun. And the quote "He has looked pain in the eye - and refused to let it make a monster of him". Rachel gillig, the woman you are.

[queenlua]

finished reading Dungeon Crawler Carl. it was... fine? like, it was perfectly readable and inoffensive (er, "inoffensive" in a "the plot is competently put together" kind of way, that is—the sense of humor is pretty preteen-boy-coded & its vague gestures at Depth are pretty laughable, heh), but i'm not really sure why this took off as The Phenomenon™ it seems to be rather than being Just Another Pulpy Midlist Title

i read it in an attempt to connect with Coworkers And Also Fellow Regulars At My Neighborhood Bar who kept raving about it & now i have some regrets. because i'm sure if i'm like "uhhh okay i read book 1 and it didn't seem that good" they will be like "OH YOU GOTTA GET TO BOOK #X THAT'S WHERE IT STARTS GETTING REALLY GOOD" and this is why i stopped watching anime lol

[mangotalkies]

organised all my books today - a day well spent