#landovel

[lindalofbroome]

'I'm Straw!' she said, with a broad smile. 'I've been expecting you.' LANDOVEL The Truth Teller Epilogue // A year and a day later...

im not in the habit of posting wips but screaming crying throwing up

[madrone33]

Surprisingly little betrayal or spies in this story of secrets, lies, and spies.

[justkindofthingshaped]

OKAY, I DONT KNOW IF ANY OF YOU ARE READING OR HAVE READ LANDOVEL BY EMILY RODDA BUT I NEED TO SCREAM INTO THE VOID A BIT, MANY SPOILERS BE WARNED!!

Okay, so I'm in book three, truth teller now and ALL kinds of shit is being revealed, they're in the sub now with Lahain and Xena, chasing after poor Numb.

Lahain (asshole) is telling the story of the sailor and the El child BUT SOMETHING DOESNT ADD UP.

He's talking about the child as if it's Numb, but it can't be, Numb was born on the rock, his father died at sea but would have been an adult, the sailor described the El child specifically being in its larval-fish(?) state, meaning it was probably a pure El.

We also learned that when El get renewed they are sent as Children old enough to survive.

Children like, say, a little boy, six or seven years old with no memories before being in the captain's cabin of a ship taken by Kram the slaver, kept by the captain who didn't heed rumours of a curse because in Free, where they were bound, a real El would be worth the big bucks, an El who, when frightened might will itself unseen as we've seen them capable of, an El who would be unusually intelligent and adept at telepathic abilities being taught to him

An El like Derry

[bookshelvesandtealeaves]

✨ BOOK REVIEW ✨

Landovel by Emily Rodda

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

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Thank you Allen & Unwin for gifting me a copy of this book (series? It has a single ISNN) in exchange for an honest review.

This one’s out tomorrow!

Emily Rodda writes some of the most engaging children’s fantasy and Landovel is no exception.

This is such a thrilling tale from start to end with so many twists and turns along the way, some of them I worked out and some took me completely by surprise.

Derry is such a loveable, interesting main character. He holds his cards very close to his chest but he has such a big heart and he cares so much. This kid has to make so many big decisions and he made them so well and stayed so measured.

Straw, Num and Nissa were wonderful companions for Derry’s journey but I can’t pretend to like Cat. He was so actively unlikeable even though the role he played was pivotal.

What really surprised me was how much I loved Greville and Derry’s relationship. It was just so…pure and wholesome and sad.

This may be a children’s series but it’s definitely easy to love for all ages. A true quest-style fantasy and a reminder of how and why I got into the genre as a child.

[zahroreadsthings]

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[lindalofbroome]

Roddacember 2025 💙

Roddacember runs during December to celebrate all of Emily Rodda’s books. With a new prompt every day, make a piece of fan content of your choice. You can draw some art, write fic, make a playlist, rant about something, or whatever you vibe with! Remember to tag it #Roddacember 2025 so we can check it out <3 I’ve also created an AO3 collection for those who would like to write fics!

Update

Trying out a different hybrid structure with the first half being questions or lil activities we can do together and the second is the traditional one-word prompts For the visual I condensed the prompts into a keyword so it would fit, but they are expanded below the read more. I have also created a master doc which contains the prompts of all years.

Notes

A reminder that you don’t have to commit to every day. Take care of yourself. You can make it more manageable by skipping days. Feel free to interpret the prompts as metaphorically or as literally as you want! If there’s anything you are confused about, feel free to ask me in the notes or DMs or whatever. You can also check out what the fandom did previously at #Roddacember 2024, #Roddacember 2023, #Roddacember 2022, #Roddacember 2021, #Roddacember 2020 and #Roddacember 2019.

Prompts in text:

- Google docs (recommended) - Below:

Angelic

Anchor

Beware

Catalyst

Dance

Elixir

Eerie

Footsteps

Ghost

Heart

Impression

Item

Journal

Key

Light

Memory

Nuisance

Offer

Origin

Promise

Quiet

Rainbow

Sanctuary

Trouble

Unlimited

Unusual

Voyage

Whisper

Experiment

Yesterday

Zenith

[lindalofbroome]

Queenie i would die for you 🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔

anyway once again landovel the gift that keeps on giving every character is a banger

[lindalofbroome]

I'M ONLY HALFWAY THROUGH BOOK ONE so pls don't spoil but i love you Num & Say 💕

listen when i was sketching i was wondering if Say is like,,, chopstick size or walkingstick size?? and then when i was doing some designs i was like does Say have hair?? and i liked the idea of a mass of yarn hair and that it looks like a mop

so if you see Num walking around it looks like he's just using a mop as a walking stick / wizard staff and then he'll turn and you'll see that the mop hAS A FACE

(then i found a quote that Say has no hair and Num moves him around like he's chopstick sized but im attached to big boi mop Say)

also. i keep jokingly referring to Num as "little ghost boy" and i just realised that im subconsciously referencing the "oh no little german boy" meme lmao