#bookjunk

[thebubbleteabookclub]

In March and April we will be reading Turtles all the way down by John Green.

[cheet4]

#Cleaning my #bookshelves after 15 years! #economics #management #law #novels and #magazines #bookjunk!

[specialshera]

It’s been nearly ten years since I first read The Immortals series, but the fact that Daine ends up with someone 14 years her senior- who was in a teacher/mentor role for the first four years he knew her- still makes me feel sick. I would’ve been okay with it if it’d happened when she was legal, but she was only SIXTEEN. And Daine’s not the only character to get married or engaged or something at 16.

I know this is a medieval setting, but ughhhhhhh. I love Pierce’s writing, but every reread of the last book of this series feels like a punch in the gut. It feels like a betrayal, somehow. The only one not to get married or engaged at the end of their series (and at a young age) are Kel and the Emelan kids- I guess that’s part of why I heavily prefer the Emelan universe, and why I avoided reading anything from Tortall for years.

[specialshera]

Suddenly upset over Rowan of Rin 'cause this physically weak, terrified-of-everything kid is treated like shit by everyone in his village yet still manages to not only power through each potentially disastrous thing that comes his way, but also make all the jerks around him into better people by doing so!

Like, it's not an off-switch, some of the jerks are still jerks, but Rowan's persistence is such a lightbulb moment for all of them over the course of the series  that it starts to make them better people. It's kindof. I dunno. The series is pretty heavily about empathy and facing fears and that people with huge issues who still manage to function are so strong  but deserve help, and I am Very Emotional about this.

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Also athenaltena reminded me that the book series I was talking about last night was the Wind on Fire series by William Nicholson, and the first one is The Wind Singer! Thanks so much. (I accidentally answered that ask privately, whoops.)

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I still don't understand what the underage sex in IT was about. Like. What the fuck, Stephen King. What the fuck. 

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I’m so amused by the fact that everyone is like “wow, nobody that age should be able to learn that!” when Harry manages the Patronus Charm, yet all the kids he trains learn it.

It’s probably stating the obvious, but I think it’s less that the kids “can’t learn,” and more that none of them were never given the chance.