#celia rees

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JOMP BPC || October 22 || Old Favorite: Witch Child by Celia Rees

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The Sight (2001) by David Clement-Davies Fiction | Young Adult | Fantasy, Adventure

In the shadow of an abandoned castle, a wolf pack seeks shelter. The she-wolf's pups will not be able to survive the harsh Transylvanian winter. And they are being stalked by a lone wolf, Morgra, possessed of a mysterious and terrifying power known as the Sight. Morgra knows that one of the pups born beneath the castle holds a key to power even stronger than her own, that could give her control of this world and the next. But the pack she hunts will do anything to protect their own, even if it means setting in motion a battle that will involve all of nature, including the creature the wolves fear the most: Man.

Pirates! (2003) by Celia Rees Fiction | Young Adult | Historical, Adventure, Romance, Fantasy

Nancy Kington, daughter of a rich merchant, suddenly orphaned when her father dies, is sent to live on her family's plantation in Jamaica. Disgusted by the treatment of the slaves and her brother's willingness to marry her off, she and one of the slaves, Minerva, run away and join a band of pirates. For both girls, the pirate life is their only chance for freedom in a society where both are treated like property, rather than individuals. Together, they go in search of adventure, love, and a new life that breaks all restrictions of gender, race, and position. Told through Nancy's writings, their adventures will appeal to readers across the spectrum and around the world.

Which would you read?

The Sight

Pirates!

Voting ended onApr 18

The Sight Pirates!

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October 2025 JOMPBPC: Day 27 Thriller

[thesoulofbooks]

"Ours was a world turned upside-down, where normal rules did not apply."

— Celia Rees, Pirates!

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Perhaps that’s what ghosts were. Ideas of people that just came, appearing and disappearing, for no reason.

~ Celia Rees, The Bailey Game

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Curious about ii.5 and ii.6 in that literary ask thing 😊

Thank you for your asks😊

What is...

…the book you’re most likely to recommend to someone regardless of who it is?

The "Rivers of London" (Peter Grant) series by Ben Aaronovitch!!! So... "Rivers of London" (the first book of the series) would be the book I'd recommend to them. It's such an thrilling story and the characters are wonderful (even tho not all are nice). It has many POC (characters(?)), at least one gay main character, gods of rivers and places, vampires, demons, people who life underneath he city of London..... And MAGIC✨

("Inkheart" or rather "Inkspell" by Cornelia Funke would be the second most likely book I'd recommend - to anyone who loves fantasy. And the reason I'd recommend the second book is just that the second and third book take place in the Inkworld itself and not "just" in our world but with characters from it but all three books of the series are very (!!!) recommendable 💚 other reasons here😊)

…the one you’ve read the most times over?

Surprisingly that's not Harry Potter or "Pirates!" by Celia Rees but "Muddle Earth" by Chris Riddell and Paul Stewart.

It's my emotional support story 😉 which is always beside my bed because it helps me when having nightmares, sleeplessness or anxiety attacks ☺️ I have to have read it already about 20 times😅

From this ask game

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One of my favourites!

[ghostdancers]

In the town live witches nine: three in worsted, three in rags and three in velvet fine...

Celia Rees, "Witch Child"