UrbanFantasy

I love this #AuldLangSpine list from my match @rachelsbrittain ! The only one I‘ve already read is Sunrise on the Reaping. In January I‘m going to attempt to read 3- The Incandescent, as I already have it, Hemlock & Silver (Jan‘s #AuthorAMonth, how convenient!), and An Extraordinary Union as I can get it right away on Libby. I‘m making myself a StoryGraph challenge to keep reading the rest throughout the year.

Looking forward to diving in!

monalyisha

KT1432 This looks like a great list!! 2h

Sapphire I love the StoryGraph challenge idea to keep on the list! 31m

julesG Snap! I also had the StoryGraph challenge idea. 😁 now

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limada

Better in Black: Ten Stories of Shadowhunter Romance | Cassandra Clare

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Needed a little palate cleanser before I move to something brand new. I always love grabbing something silly and simple. #59 & 60-2025

BookishMarginalia Me too! I love picture books in general! 13h

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Centique

This Savage Song | Victoria Schwab

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This is a book about monsters - but this is a photo of a baby Orca! Not a monster I promise! 😍
Cleaning up my Kindle and read this Victoria Schwab in a single afternoon. Just a fast paced dystopian with monsters - reminded me a little bit of Arcane (not so complex though) or Naomi Novik‘s Scholomance series. Definitely my wheelhouse.

merelybookish Cool photo! 2d

Ruthiella Wow, what a picture ! 😮 2d

Dilara Wow! I hope the baby orca wasn't in distress - so close to the shore 😮 2d

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Centique @Dilara it was all good 👍 two babies came into the rocky bay to explore and then went back to their mother who was just a few metres away. 2d

Dilara @Centique That's reassuring! 😃 2d

Reggie That‘s beautiful! 1d

Centique @Reggie i was so excited when we saw it - just a tiny beach on a day in autumn, hardly anyone around but us and three or four surfers. Just magical - they only stayed for a couple of minutes and we watched them go round the corner and back to their mum. Probably following a sting ray or maybe a diver had broken up some shellfish on those rocks. 1d

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AmandaBlaze

The Incandescent | Emily Tesh

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I first came upon Emily Tesh through the Greenhollow Duology. 'The Incandescent' is quite different, but still has beautiful prose. I love dark academia and like how the main POV is from a head director rather than a student. You get to see a different side of the academia. I also enjoyed the romance. The audiobook narration is wonderful. 4 stars.

Ruthiella This is on my list. I loved this one:

Some Desperate Glory

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Kenyazero

Bedlam's Bard | Mercedes Lackey, Ellen Guon

A friend and I realized we both read and loved this as teens, so now we (plus my husband) have formed a book club for a re-read. So far, just as fun as I remember interspersed with more awkward writing than I realized. Definitely excited to read more. I'm collecting every played song in a playlist on Spotify (skipping ones just mentioned unless also implied that it may have been played).

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rwmg

Stone & Sky | Ben Aaronovitch

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Crinoline_Laphroaig

Jane and the Damned: A Novel | Janet Mullany

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As lover of Jane Austen and member of Fictional Hangover's https://www.fictionalhangover.com/ Vampire Book Club I definitely had to read Jane and the Damned.

I think author did a good job of mixing Jane and Vampires. Love story was bit silly, but enjoyable read. I'm putting Book 2 Blood Persuasion on my December reading tbr.

#Pemberlittens
#JaneAustenThenAndNow
#PagesOfPersuasion

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