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I enjoyed this book more that the first series. I like the world, the plot with action and some kind of mystery. Clones??? Or something like that? We will see an active Ronan. His romance with Adam is so cute❤️ For a YA fantasy 3.8/4⭐️
#TheForgottenBookClub ⬇️

I had one book that isn't a romance on my February #BookSpin list, so of course that was the number chosen. 😄 There may be a happy ending or two by the end of the series though, if I'm lucky.

An intense dark fantasy, gorgeously written, but with a lot of disparate threads that made it harder to get attached to the characters. Still very eager to read the next book, and hooray for my “don't start til the series is finished “ rule!

Ronan and company are back and better than ever, and the case, the writing, and the stakes are *chef‘s kiss*. Stiefvater is one of my all-time favorite authors, and with the last book in this trilogy coming out in October, I figured it was high time to read it.

Read my full review at: https://www.rainyreader.com/single-post/call-down-the-hawk.

#fantasy #LGBT #favorites

I swear I made this list last night, I just forgot to post it! It was pretty late. 😄 #BookSpin #BookSpinBingo

@TheAromaofBooks

I‘m in love! This book is beautifully written and the characters are amazing. I love the Lynch brothers so much. Surprisingly even Declan. I loved this book so much I immediately went to buy book two the next day after I finished it! A five stars from me!

God, Maggie Stiefvater can turn a phrase. #yafantasy

I wasn't sure if I was going to enjoy this one as much as The Raven Cycle books, as Ronan wasn't my favorite character from those, and the dreaming was my least favorite magical part as well - but I really liked this one. Weirdly, it was in large part because of Declan, who strives to be as boring and nonmagical as possible, and with whom I somehow related. There's some great world-building here & I am so stoked to read book 2 next month!!

#BookReport - I started out quite well, finishing The Raven Cycle series early in the week, but work got a little crazy & we actually had STUFF going on TWO evenings this week, which, considering that my husband & I are both serious introverts, was pretty unusual! 😂 I did finish both my chapter-a-day books & am really looking forward to the next in both series in May. Hoping to finish the tagged book today so I can start on the Mansfield ⬇

“You are made of dreams & this world is not for you.” In the mood for fantasy set in contemporary USA with too-cool-for-school badass magical teens who can dream nightmares into reality? Do you enjoy sarcastic wit & fast cars? Don‘t mind a cliffhanger ending? Then this imaginative #audiobook narrated by Will Patton is for you! Bonus: includes music composed & performed by the author.

Why shut anything, seemed to be his motto, when you can slam it.

Hefting up the painting, he slid it into the nearest closet and closed the door. Ronan was no art aficionado, but he wasn‘t exactly sure that was the display method he would have chosen.

(Photo: in pre-covid times, we have occasionally hosted an art show open house in our home.)

I really enjoyed this. I love this author but was disappointed in the end of the Raven Cycle as I thought the last book was very convoluted and confusing. Turns out, the author was battling an undiagnosed illness during that time and wrote a whole blog post about her own views on the books and how her illness impacted her writing. Very interesting! I loved her continuation of Ronan‘s story. The quote made me laugh...I suffer from this! 😳

This book sounds so cool!
I cannot wait to finish it

It‘s been a long week; ready to get some reading in. #fridaynightreads #dreamers

Freaking cliff hanger!!! I need more stat.

Book ten which was my goal! Too bad it didn‘t lead to a bingo 😂
I loved this book so much! I loved the revisit of some characters and the introduction of new characters. I can‘t wait for more!
#bookspinbingo

June wrap up- tagged book was my favorite.

#monthlywrapup
#readingwrapup
#Junewrapup

I simply loved it. Can not wait for the next book tk be released.

#bookreport

Finished “Call Down the Hawk”- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Started “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes”-it‘s okay so far, not a fan of Snow.

Picked up and put down a few audiobooks for my last two #booked2020 prompts. Nothing‘s grabbing my attention quite yet.

@Cinfhen

Gobsmacking and brilliant. I have so missed the world and characters of the Raven Cycle and Stiefvater‘s writing.

#booked2020

#animaloncover

#weeklyforecast:

I may finish “Call Down the Hawk,” depending on my week.

My library hold of “A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” came in, so that will be next. Excited to see what my #bookspin picks will be.

@Cinfhen

I forgot to post the books I‘ve been reading! I finally finished the new Stiefvater and it was SO FREAKING GOOD and I can‘t wait for the next one. I might even reread the Raven Boys series because I just loved reading about those characters again. In the end, Ronan might actually be my favorite. I adore him. So good.

#bookreport

Started and bailed on “(in)visible”-didn‘t grab my attention.

More than halfway done with “Call Down the Hawk”-I think it will be my first 5 star read of 2020.

Finished “Thin Air” -⭐⭐

@Cinfhen

This was recommended by my library. The only bad thing about being addicted to a new series is having to wait for the next one to come out.

Glad my library is finally open! Curbside pickup is the best.

My local library opened for curbside pickup today. Life gets more normal every day.

Cozy time with Calli and Zeus. #dogsoflitsy

H. O. L. Y. S. H. *. T.

I LOVED THIS BOOK SO MUCH

I am a huge Ronan fan, I always have been. So back when Maggie first said she was going to be writing a trilogy with him as an MC, I almost died.

This book actually killed me though. The storyline is so interesting, but the writing? I could have wept just by how beautiful the sentences she wrote were. I could start it over immediately.

Beautiful. Incredible. Witty. Breathtaking. Enchanting.

Wow. Wow. Wow wow wow.
I loved this audiobook SO much.
This might be my favorite of Maggie‘s books and that‘s saying something, as I adored Blue lily, lily blue.
The dynamic and relationship between the 3 lynch brothers is so incredible nuanced and interesting. There were many moments that had me snorting out loud with laughter as I listened to this at my desk, getting weird looks from my colleagues. I loved seeing more to Declan.
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It's been a while since I finished The Raven Cycle, so I was worried that there would be too much distance when I picked up Call Down the Hawk, the first book in Maggie Stiefvater's new linked trilogy, The Dreamers. I shouldn't have worried.⠀
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What makes The Raven Cycle so brilliant--in addition to the world building--is Stiefvater's sense of character. And it's this familiarity that led me into Call Down the Hawk without missing a beat. ⬇️

I don‘t know why this book took me so long to read. It is really good. Dreamers that bring their dreams into reality and Visionaries that can see the end of the world and those trying to kill the Dreamers. A great story, but a frustrating ending.

where the raven cycle was a piece of my heart, this series is my core

Valentines Day book haul ❤️

This was very long-awaited and I loved every minute of consuming it. I can't wait for the next.

I spent a big chunk of last night assembling this tiny metal model of Moby Dick.

The model was was way more fun than I expected, and making it let me finish reading CALL DOWN THE HAWK for the second time in two months. While doing that with the Raven Cycle seemed to teach me immediate rereads aren‘t my thing, I actually loved CDTH even more this time through. Huh. I guess familiarity (or lack thereof) counts for a lot. #audiocrafting

9.81 meter per second squared ist not the Speed. It is the acceleration. The accept of gravity. If you want to talk physics, maybe you should brush up the basics.

I am deeply disappointed by such lazy behaviour. Get a fact checker, please. ☹️

I devoured this in two days. My heart hurts for each of the Lynch brothers for so many different reasons. I wasn‘t expecting to come out having feelings towards Declan but oh does my heart hurt for him. The sacrifices both him and Ronan make both hit in such different drastic measures. And once again Maggie pulled off that slow burn story telling that just gives you the need to keep reading. Ugh I love this!!!

Call Down the Hawk is a story about dreams. The weight of dreams, the consequences of bringing your dreams to life, and why dreams are worth fighting for, and also why they are dangerous under the wrong control. It is the most powerful piece of literature I have ever read, even if I can't get the rest of the world to read it. But that‘s ok. It‘s not for the rest of the world. This book is for the dreamers.

I have never seen this happen before and I can only imagine the wait times to cause this but I am here for it! I randomly checked last night, as I was gonna use one of my hoopla barrows for this audiobook but Libby had this up for barrow so I snagged it. Now I can do my audio-read along as I have the psychical copy too which is due back in 7 days. Goal is to finish this, this weekend while my little one is at her dads.

Hm. So, I don‘t quite know what to do with this.

I didn‘t *love* it. Everyone‘s such a vulnerable bad-ass. It feels a bit much. But I didn‘t love The Raven Boys the first time I cracked it open, either...and Blue, Gansey, Ronan, Adam, & Noah (& all the women at 300 Fox Way) ended up being some of my closest fictional friends. So, who knows what time will bring?

I‘m giving it a “pick” anyway, because it‘s Maggie Stiefvater. How could I not? 🤷‍♀️

#19in2019 #2019favorites
Here's my top reads of the year!!
Some are a slight cheat with more than one book/comic in the series
Mostly YA which is my favorite genre, and a lot of pretty covers (coincidence?? 😆)

Year reading totals:
55,481 pages
220 things read/listened to
89 print
112 digital
19 audio
69 comics

Male authors/artists: 85
Female authors/artists: 169
I'm happy about this stat compared to last year 😁

December stats! This was a pretty good month for TBR reduction and generalized awesomeness. I reread some amazing stuff and found two new-to-me 5-star reads. (The other was CARDINAL by Erin McRae & Racheline Maltese.)

My diversity balance slipped a little, but since it was the last month of a year where I read a huge number of diverse books, I ain‘t TOO concerned. Still, I‘ll make sure I regain that balance as I start 2020.

Happy New Year 🎉!!!!
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And Here it is, my top books of 2019 tower! It was such a great reading year.
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#CallDownTheHawk
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#GideonTheNinth
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#SpinningSilver
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#SorceryOfThorns
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#TheWayOfKings
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#AllTheCrookedSaints
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#TunnelOfBones
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#Vengeful
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#DaughterOfThePirateKing
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#DaughterOfTheSirenQueen
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#ShatterTheSky
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#HisMajestysDragon

#topbooksof2019 #booktower #booklover #bookstack #stories #bookspines #favoritebooksof2019 #2020

I finished this audiobook a few weeks ago but guess I forgot to post. This is a spinoff of the Raven Cycle series (which you need to definitely read first) that centers around Ronan and his brothers. It has the same surreal quality of the Raven Cycle series. And I think it might be better to read than listen to, at least for me, so will do that when the rest of the series comes out. Good start to this new journey.

“People flowed around her in the stop-start way humans did in airports and train stations, their journeys more stream of consciousness than logic.”

A promising start to a new series featuring Ronan Lynch from the Raven cycle series. In this one, Ronan and his brothers deal with their father‘s dreamer legacy, while a new dreamer tries to reckon with her powers.

More happy than I can say to be reading about Ronan Lynch once again. I loved the whole Raven cycle series and am delighted that Ronan‘s adventures will continue.