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I hardly ever give up on a book. I‘m one of those people who doggedly persists because I think every book has some good elements. Not this one. So poorly written. It‘s trying to be a teenage voice but it just doesn‘t work. I can‘t understand why there‘s a Neil Gaiman recommendation on the front cover. Did he even read it?? And there is even a sequel! Why?? Not for me. Can‘t recommend this one.

If I have to fly, he‘s flying with me. If I have to sail, he‘s on my ship. I lace my fingers into Jason‘s. I hold on tight.
I breathe in. I breathe out.
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Aza Ray is drowning in thin air. Since she was a baby, Aza has suffered from a mysterious lung disease that makes it ever harder for her to breathe, to speak—to live. So when Aza catches a glimpse of a ship in the sky, her family chalks it up to a cruel side effect of her medication.
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I breathe in. I breathe out. The sky‘s full of clouds. A rope is looping down from above, out of the sky and down to earth.
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I breathe in. I breathe out.
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Heart half on Earth, half in the clouds. I am still like no one else. There is still no place I belong

Magonia
Maria Dehvana Headley

My history is hospitals.
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#3Books I DNF'd

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

I breathe out.
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Genre: Fantasy
Date Started: 11/1/2019
Date Completed: - bailed
How did you choose this book: Found it in our school library and found it interesting
Write a brief summary of the novel: Aza Ray was never a normal baby. Aza was born with a unnormal, mysterious lung disease. This disease causes Aza having a hard time to breath, hard time speaking, having mostly a hard time to live. One day she see something particular, unspeakable sight.

Liked the start, the rest was rather ok.
Did not like the almost love-triangle, but it was resolved in a good manner.

#7days7covers #covercrush #Day3

@SanjanaGhosh

My history is hospitals.
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Rating:👍👍👍👍👍
Cover: 👍👍👍👍👍
Characters: 👍👍👍👍👍
Favorite Character: Aza
Least favorite: Zal

I really enjoyed this fun, fast paced adventure of a book! I can't wait to read book 2! I'm also a sucker for a great cover! 5 stars for the cover for sure! Always great when the cover tells a story of it's own after you read the book

Book 3:
✨ One star
✨ Beautiful cover... terrible writing.
✨ Insufferable MC
✨ *lips on mic* yeah it‘s a no from me, dawg

Aza Ray Boyle, nearly 16, is sentenced to death by a breathing disorder medical science calls Azaray syndrome. Somehow she keeps surviving: hating the hospital, loving her batty family. When the worst happens, Aza's shocked at how unprepared she really is. She's even less prepared to wake up on an airship, surrounded by blue-skinned sailors who call her Aza Ray Quel. Aza, it seems, is the lost savior of the sky people of Magonia, stolen away.

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Well this was....different and original. The writing is beautiful. Character development and pacing were on point. It was a slow start; took anout 100 pages for the action. At one point it felt silly (and more of a so-so) but it quickly corrected and grabbed my attention again. I have #2 on hold at my library. I want to see where it goes. #youngadult

Trying to put a dent in this one today.

Just got back home from visiting family and friends. Found this along the way! #muchlove #tired #looksgood #march #YA

@bookriot Day 9: Beloved Series #BelovedSeries #riotgrams #Magonia #Aerie #MariaDahvanaHeadley #MagoniaSeries #book #books #bookkeeper #bookkeepinglife #bookkeeperlife #bookloot #booklist #booklove #booklover #booklovers #bookloversunite #bookzesty #bookzilla #bookzine #bookzone #bookxcess #bookcollection #bookcollector #bookcase #bookcases #bookcover #bookcovers #bookcult #bookclub #bookvibe #bookvibes #bookbag #bookbinding #bookblog #bookblogger

I read stuff. Books are not my only friends, but we‘re friendly. So there. #Magonia #MariaDahvanaHeadley #book #books #bookart #bookartist #bookaddict #bookaddicts #bookaddiction #bookaholic #bookaholics #bookshelf #bookshelves #bookshelfie #shelfie #bookstack #stack #bookstore #bookshop #bookshopper #bookshopping #bookdesign #bookdesigner #bookdeal #bookdragon #bookdragons #bookfeature #bookfeatures #bookfair #fan #fandom #bookfan #bookfandom 💜

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Review up on blog for this one if you want to check what I thought in more detail 😊
Magonia was imaginative, with a new world up in the sky with boats floating in the air, storm whales and bats that sail ships. It has shape shifting birds and birds that fly in and out of a door in your chest.
I loved the friendships and the pure imagination in this one. 3 Stars and I would continue the series. #jades2018reads #bindrosbookshelf

This book was very weird. I liked the characters. I liked that it dealt with the main characters illness in a very real way. That said overall the story was just weird. If you have read it you'll know what I mean. Talking birds and ships floating in the sky. All very strange.

This book was some bizarre trip! I could barely make heads or tales of it but the writing style and imagery had me so enthralled I couldn't put it down.

My history is hospitals. #Magonia #MariaDahvanaHeadley #book #books #firstline #openingline #bookreport #bookrecommendation #bookreview #bookrecommendations #bookriot #booktattoo #bookyourself #bookunion #bookutopia #bookunicorn #bookish #bookishfeatures #booksoflitsy #bookobsessed #bookobsession #bookporn #bookphoto #bookphotograph #bookphotographer #bookphotography #bookzesty #bookzilla #bookxcess #bookcover #bookcovers #bookcollection 💙💙💙💙

This YA #fantasy is still on my #TBR, but Neil Gaiman seems to like it. I also love the cover. #noteworthynovember

Found these beautiful books at the thrift store today for $2 !! I didn't buy any of them yet, because I haven't heard of ANY of them before, so I thought I'd check in with Litsy first to see what you guys say. I love these gorgeous covers though😍 SO BEAUTIFUL!

My #litsypenpal @Maike reminded me that I need to read this! The cover is so beautiful-- my photo doesn't capture the gold of the feather. Also look at that Neil Gaiman blurb!! 😍I'm very excited for this one.

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Re-starting Magonia and I'm reminded why I don't like first-person narratives: It's a goddamn novel, stop TELLING me things and get on with it. This whole first chapter is her explaining how she "lives" in hospitals. The author couldn't just start with a scene in a hospital?

This is the first indie book, I ever read. It was definitely a unique book. I'm very excited to see what happens in the sequel.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️📚 #Magonia #MariaDahranaHeadley #book #books #bookvibe #bookvibes #bookbinding #bookbag #bookblog #bookblogger #booknerd #booknerdsunite #bookmark #bookmarks #bookquote #bookquotes #bookqueen #bookworm #bookworms #booked #epicreads #read #bookrecommendation #bookreview #bookreport #booktoday #bookishfeatures #nerd

For the first time in a long time, I picked up a book and I struggled to put it back down. The fantastical world of Magonia captured me, and Headley's writing is superb. This is one of my favourite fantasy novels I've read in quite some time and it's nice to see a ya fantasy steer clear of the ever popular dystopian theme. 4/5

#magonia #yafantasy #fantasy #ya #review #mdheadley #mariadahvanaheadley #amazingwriting

A book to read and a messy poutine dinner. Eighteen years I've been living in Ontario and I still have yet to find a place that makes good poutine.

Apparently I missed a thing #asidefrombooks :
⚡️Fave hobby: art, photo/videography
⚡️Fave drink: iced tea
⚡️Fave food: 🍕or maybe shawarma
⚡️Fave colour: green/purple
⚡️Fave city: Idk.. Banff 🏔
⚡️Where my dream house would be: here in Ottawa
⚡️Fave accessory: Funky earrings or any 👜 lg enough for a 📕
⚡️Fave TV show: Sherlock? Too many
⚡️Last movie seen in theatres: Beauty & the Beast
⚡️Currently reading: Magonia
📷 from when I got home today.

I almost put it down in the beginning, because Aza's ramblings were mildly annoying. But once the story really unfolds, it's wonderful. A unique take on the "main characters seems weak but really has amazing powers" theme and great, creative worldbuilding ?? #trainreads

It's been ridiculous in Ottawa this week and since I never celebrate #CanadaDay I'm gonna hide out at home and avoid all the #Canada150 madness by burying myself in books 👍🏼📚📚📚

While I did struggle a little with the book at first, I grew to enjoy this world that was created. On the second book now and I've been so distracted I've been unable to fully enjoy or process what I'm reading, but it's really interesting so far. Totally a duology that is unlike any other. #bookstagram #magonia #aerie

Happy Friday!! This was one of my favorite books I read in May. It's written like poetry and is so beautiful to read. Very unique premise but very good 🙌🏻🌟💕😍

#bookworm #bookish #yalit #friyay #magonia

The writing is what got me. I absolutely loved the main character. Even though she was a teenage girl, she felt real dealing with all of the emotions of going to die eventually. The story line is what makes this into a young adult fantasy. I wouldn't let that get in the way if you're looking for a quick adventure with a witty teenage girl, who's going to die.
#magonia #YAlit

"If you look at the sky that way, it‘s this massive shifting poem, or maybe a letter, first written by one author, and then, when the earth moves, annotated by another. So I stare and stare until, one day, I can read it."
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#book #books #tbr #bestseller #bookstagram #reader #addictivereader #bookalicious #bibliophile #booklover #bookaddict #bookworm #bookaholic #read #reading #magonia #quote

'Magonia' is definitely one of the best books I read in 2017, so far! I loved the story and the characters and the writing was sooo beautiful! 💕 Did you read the book? #bookblogger #booklover #books #book #read #reader #reading #bibliophile #bookaholic #booknerd #bookish #bookaddict #love #beautiful #magonia #mariadheadley

{•'Yes, I'm a reader. Kill me. I could tell you I was raised in the library and the books were my only friends, but I didn't do that, did I? Because I have mercy. I'm neither a genius nor a kid destined to become a wizard.
I'm just me. I read stuff. Books are not my only friends, but we're friendly. So there.'}