Welcome to Litsy!

An interlude in September's tale but just as richly told as the rest of the series. Looking good forward to the final book to see how thr author ties it all up.

When I first realized how much time would be spent in the “real world“ and how much time would be spent with a new cast of characters, I was utterly disappointed. How silly to not trust that Valente would make you fall in love with this story just as much as you loved the last three in the series! The story was wonderful, but I'm looking forward to returning to September in the next book.
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I finished this yesterday. It's why I mentioned something this morning about reading two young people books in a row. I realized that I never posted about this.
It was so good. I love this series. I have the last book and I'm not ready to read it yet because I don't want the series to end.
There were a few pages toward the beginning that made me cry, literally tears it hit me so hard. Yes, these books are for kids but yes they are that beautiful

How they pretended to struggle through Peter Rabbit (...)and how they gloried in A Midsummer Night‘s Dream in the woods behind the school! (...)Thomas‘s kids (...) snuck glances at The Faerie Queene, which Tamburlaine had smuggled to them from her house. She revealed it the way an older girl might open her satchel to show a stolen bottle of gin out of her father‘s cabinet. Sighs of longing sang up over the children at the sights of its gilt cover.

“English loves to stay out all night dancing with other languages, all decked out in sparkling prepositions and irregular verbs. It is unruly and will not obey - just when you think you have it in hand, it lets down its hair along with a hundred nonsensical exceptions.”

#ManicMonday
🌊 Usually poetry or fantasy, like this one I brought with me to Boracay around 3 years ago
🌊 Dolphin!!
🌊 Maldives. Always, Maldives.

Well, I was worried for nothing. Hawthorn, Tamburlaine and Blunderbuss were so captivating. As ever Valente's writing is is lively, poetic, magical and so touching. The bitter-sweetness growing through the series is particularly poignant as the fairy characters struggle to fit in in the human world where their quirks and imagination aren't always accepted. It's a great adventure and September's role, though small, was perfect.

"Tamerlaine's house was a house of books."

😂😂 but also 😡

It's -1°C outside but at least it's springtime on my breakfast table 🍳📚

I'll admit to being just a smidgen apprehensive about this one because my wonderful girl September isn't the protagonist, but it's Fairyland and it's Valente and I trust her...I guess

I cannot remember who posted this picture (sorry!) but I HAD to have it as soon as I saw it!
They packaged it beautifully and it was a happy gift to me! I‘m framing it and will hang it by my bed soon! 🧚🏽‍♂️ 📚 💜

I love this series, even though I have to go slowly through them. I have been spreading them out, but will probably read the last one soon. The writing is beautiful and whimsical and makes me fall in love with it over and over. This entry in the series doesn‘t actually follow the main character, but still feels similar.

I 1st read this 4th book in the series 2 years ago. But I have to tell you something: 2017 me thinks 2015 me was crazy! I only gave it 3 stars?! I don't know what I was thinking. This time around, I LOVED it. Yes, it's a bit jarring to discover that September (the protagonist of the 1st 3 books) is a minor character but Valente admits as much -- & insists that the interlude is necessary. 2017 me believes her. & Hawthorn & Tam are just as charming.

"If you look closely at the world, you will see that it is made of nothing but interlocking verses."

"English loves to stay out all night dancing with other languages, all decked out in sparkling prepositions and irregular verbs. It is unruly and will not obey—just when you think you have it in hand, it lets down its hair along with a hundred nonsensical exceptions."

"[Changelings] are a kind of joke "There" plays on "Here." Like a buzzer that goes off when the worlds shake hands."

"Thomas thought he might cry again, but his face decided to laugh instead."

My shelves aren't particularly full of books with #boyinthetitle, but I did find these three (and remembered one more after I took the picture 🙄). I loved The Boy who Lost Fairyland, and I can't wait to get my hands on the last Fairyland book in March!

#feistyfeb

All of the rarity and beauty that made me love the first book in the series so much! My heart swells and breaks for the characters, and I want so much to jump in and participate in what they're trying to do! I haven't enjoyed an entire series this much since I was a child! ❤️

Fabulous book mail today, especially since the next, final book in the series, The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All The Way Home, comes out today.