#malamander

[caffeinsanity]

Fiction concepts that hit different to the point where literally everything I’ve been obsessed with had at least one and no that isn’t even an exaggeration:

What if there was a fucked up seaside town

What if there was an extremely fancy restaurant/hotel/club but oh wait it’s fucked up actually

What if there was a prestigious school but wait, you guessed it, it’s kinda fucked up

What if there was a theme park/carnival/circus but HOLY SHIT WHAT WAS THAT THAT WAS FUCKED UP

What if you went to a party and something *really* fucked up happened

What if you died and went to the afterlife and instead of it being a fair system of judgement it’s corrupt and fucked up

What if there was a place and it seemed enticing but now you can’t leave and philosophical questions are being raised about the balance between pleasure and living a meaningful life

What if there was a horrifically uncanny dream sequence that gives you chills and you have literally no idea why

What if you were plagued and haunted by the presence of a strange other world accessible from your home

What if the boundaries between reality and fiction were dangerously blurred

[duke-is-the-shit]

NO ONE FUCKING TOUCH ME IVE BEEN WAITING EIGHT FUCKING YEARS FOR THIS

[inkliinng]

This book is magic. It came into my life at the perfect time, precisely when I needed to read it. The charming little illustrations, and the creepily quaint inhabitants were a joy to see and imagine and spend time with. The book arrived just yesterday, and I've already finished a bit more than half of it and am now mourning the end. I thought the magic had gone out of December for me this year, but some of it has come back in with 'Malamander'. 🖤

Book: Malamander by Thomas Taylor.

[liamfindlay]

I am excited to share the cover of my upcoming novel, The Doom Town Dummies, illustrated by Milena Bragina!

Colette Planchette talks to the dead using a supernatural sense of smell. This comes in handy, considering her best friend Lucian is a ghost. When the pair find themselves in a village of eerie shop-window dummies, the stench of danger becomes ever closer. Someone, or something, is watching...

OUT 19th SEPTEMBER 2023!

https://www.liamrfindlay.com/

[sb-reads]

Malamander

Thomas Taylor

Illustrated by Tom Booth

[mugglenet]

Join original “Philosopher’s Stone” cover artist Thomas Taylor for a free children’s workshop!

[caffeinsanity]

WHERE are the Malamander and Taylor & Rose fandoms guys????

[inkliinng]

I finished 'Malamander' late last night, or really, really early this morning and the last few chapters felt like something out of a dream, to be honest. It's strange how, when the time comes, one feels at a remove from experiences you intended to savour instead. That isn't to say the book disappointed me. It's just that the high of being in it was wearing off the closer I came to the end, and by the time I flipped the last page, what I was mostly left with was a tender sadness that was inevitable, really.

'Malamander' brought back how it felt to experience books as a child- reckless and greedy and full of caprice and whimsy. I loved the illustrations so very much. I loved that the author themself illustrated the entire book. It made an already lovely experience all the more special for me.

This isn't a book review. My feelings for this book are, in part, enmeshed in childhood nostalgia, which elevated an already good book to something wonderful.

Also, I discovered this morning that this is a series?! I can't wait to get my hands on book 2.

When the time is right, of course.