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It's a dreamy, midsummer's night in the Kingdom of Lancre. But music and romance aren't the only things filling the …
The Crying of Lot 49 is a novel written by American author Thomas Pynchon and published in 1966. The shortest …
He’s a paladin of a dead god, tracking a supernatural killer across a continent. She’s …
Content warning Bit of a plot point reveal, but I mean, it’s pretty heavily foreshadowed from the jump
Still, Clara was used to men like Andrel. The few people outside the convent who knew mostly struggled, but they came around. But every now and again you found one who could not cope, who hated you for being what you were, as if somehow you were changing shape at them, personally. People like that were dangerous. It was best to get away from them quickly.
— Paladin's Strength by T. Kingfisher (The Saint of Steel, #2) (29%)
Oof, right in the relatables
Nineteenth in the Discworld universe and third entry of the City Watch series, this novel follows Captain Carrot, Commander Vimes, …
Stephen's god died on the longest day of the year…
Three years later, Stephen is a broken paladin, living only …
A cute and poignant little book about family and loneliness.
I had never seen the ocean and imagined that it must be something like a cornfield—a whir, a whisper, and a wave, stretching to the edge of the sky.
— Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill (Page 40)
If I understand the term, this book is magical realism. But it’s interesting cause it also includes elements of near future scifi. Is this generally just considered part of magical realism or is this something notably different?
Humanity is on the verge of discovering immortality, which means the avatar of Death is out of a job… or …
Humanity is on the verge of discovering immortality, which means the avatar of Death is …
I picked this up today at the library. It was a whim, I wasn’t even there to get a book, but the cover art was intriguing and so I took it home. Once the kids were asleep, I laid in bed and read it cover to cover and it was captivating.
‘What’s so hard about pulling a sword out of a stone? The real work’s already …
I have to say, I didn’t love it. Not sure exactly why. I don’t know.
Content warning Violence towards animals/ farm life
And when our previous sheep couldn't give milk anymore, when their wool became coarse and sparse and unusable, she beckoned them close as she held the knife and held them tenderly as she bled them dry. She wept as she salted their meat, and tanned their skins, and boiled their bones for soup. She said it was a sin to butcher an animal that you didn't love first.
— Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill (Page 8)
beautiful and tragic.
