The Bird and the Blade

Kar2b

The Bird and the Blade | Megan Bannen

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I‘m not crying, you are.

Wow. What a journey. I don‘t have words. And I need a tissue... or two... or three.

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Bookfan1414

The Bird and the Blade | Megan Bannen

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Here I am. Minding my own business. And this book stabs me through my heart. So beautiful. So moving. A great accidental find!

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Nitpickyabouttrains

The Bird and the Blade | Megan Bannen

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A retelling of the opera Turnadot retold during the mongol empire. It‘s possible my favorite part of this book was the author note, but not in a bad way.

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hes7

The Bird and the Blade | Megan Bannen

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Oh my, this book is fantastic. 😍

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Rachelwierick

The Bird and the Blade | Megan Bannen

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A YA retelling of one of my favorite operas, Turandot. I cried at the end.
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Engraved Hobbit-inspired Sting Sword from the January OwlCrate box.
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WriterAtHeart

The Bird and the Blade | Megan Bannen

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From debut author (and librarian) Megan Bannen comes a harrowing story set in an Mongol Empire in the 13th-century. Jinghua's story was rich and full of history, family, love, sacrifice, and riddles. Though there were some troupes, I absolutely enjoyed reading this story and cannot wait for Bannen's next novel.

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LibrarianRyan

The Bird and the Blade | Megan Bannen

Such pretty feathers. I had to have it. #feedthebirds

#musicalnewyear
@Cinfhen @vivastory

Cinfhen Is YA your go to!????! 6y

LibrarianRyan Predominantly since I used to work with kids. Plus I still review for publishers. That‘s also why you see me post so many pB. But I love a good brainless mystery. It just really depends on my mood. This collection has only been going for about 4 years. My last collection was donated to my PL because they had no SFF or urban fantasy. That is where all my Star Wars books went. Plus my iPad is full of erotica because I also reviewed it for LJ. 6y

LibrarianRyan I‘m really just all over the place but I own more YA because I don‘t keep most my books after reading them. Special ones yes, when I want a brainless best seller I usually get it from my library. But we have a harder time borrowing Ya. I currently work for a gov library and we mainly borrow from other academic and research libraries. Lots of universities have children‘s books for training teachers but very few YA. MG is a crap shoot. UofI has most 6y

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LibrarianRyan Of it but they don‘t lend the teaching collection out. @Cinfhen 👆🏻 6y

Cinfhen Interesting about your library in terms of purchasing and funding/ money allotment 6y

vivastory That's a great cover 6y

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lisslalissar

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This one kept me up reading until 6 in the morning. I'll be looking for Bannen's next book!

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Purrsistently

The Bird and the Blade | Megan Bannen

#inkhearts 20) reading buddy!

TheNeverendingTBR Pusheen!!!! 😍 6y

Purrsistently @trioxin_sematary yes. :D 6y

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Purrsistently

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4/5 stars from me. I really enjoyed it and will be looking forward to Bannen‘s next book. I think this is the first novel I‘ve read that featured positive muslim characters who talk about their faith. There WERE a couple things that didn‘t sit well with me, namely the depiction of suicide and the acceptance of the trope that when males are mean to females that‘s affection, but Bannen did her homework and wrote a great adventure.

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BookFreakOut

The Bird and the Blade | Megan Bannen

I strategically pick up my holds right before they cancel if I'm in the middle of another book so I can hopefully get to them before they're due...only grabbing the top two today, the other two can wait a bit! 😆

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Purrsistently

The Bird and the Blade | Megan Bannen

My next read! #inkhearts 7) TBR

CatLass007 Turandot is my favorite Puccini opera. Stacked. 6y

Purrsistently Also my 8) something borrow wed😅 6y

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Mrs_Black

The Bird and the Blade | Megan Bannen

My first page habit box. I‘m excited!
#mypagehabit

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LibrarianRyan

The Bird and the Blade | Megan Bannen

And last graphic. Tagged to a book I just bought that shall help me fullfil a few prompts here and one on #booked2018. Yeah. #sfftbrchallenge

julesG Thanks! I stole them, all five. 😘 6y

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SassenachTheBookWizard

The Bird and the Blade | Megan Bannen

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This hurts my soul because the author is a librarian but OMG I HATED THE MAIN CHARACTER! I tried but I'm exhausted by her at page 152.

Libby1 Well done! Bailing is hard. 7y

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SassenachTheBookWizard

The Bird and the Blade | Megan Bannen

I remember nothing of this summary so very curious to try it.

ladym30 Love your shelves! 7y

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VelvetSpade

The Bird and the Blade | Megan Bannen

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One of my favorite reads of the entire year! Part fantasy, part history, this book has it all - action, politics, forbidden love, ghosts, poetry.... and the ending had me wrecked 😭 Love love love ❤️

MicrobeMom Sounds great! Is it adult or YA? 7y

VelvetSpade @MicrobeMom it is YA 7y

MicrobeMom Thanks! Adding to my TBR! 7y

VelvetSpade @MicrobeMom I hope you like it!! 7y

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kate_reads

The Bird and the Blade | Megan Bannen

I love me some forbidden love. This writing, this story, these characters...it‘s all so beautiful 🤩

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LibrarianRyan

The Bird and the Blade | Megan Bannen

I've been seeing this one a lot lately. We shall see if it lives up to the hype.

#CoverLove #YAedition June 5

IheartYA You are murdering my TBR LOL 7y

LibrarianRyan @IheartYA #sorry not sorry. Why I only do this every other month or so. 7y

IheartYA I appreciate it! I don't know where to look for new YA releases. You are a credible source. 😂 7y

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BooksAreTheNewBlack

The Bird and the Blade | Megan Bannen

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🌟🌟🌟🌟 I‘ve been lucky to have some great reads lately!! Might be because I‘ve become a bit picky. Either way, I‘m happy! This book was SO good, even if it‘s heart breaking. It‘s set in Mongolian era in the 13th century. Something I have not read before.

Full review here: https://booksarethenewblackblog.wordpress.com/2018/04/25/the-blade-and-the-bird-...

#thebirdandtheblade #bookreview #bookish #bookblogger #eARC

VelvetSpade I just finished this and 😍😍😍😍 7y

BooksAreTheNewBlack @VelvetSpade I know!! Right?? I‘m surprised I don‘t see it more. 7y

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