I love finding watermarks! I hauled this book recently and, beyond the well-written descriptions and plates which will be an excellent birding resource, I was thrilled to find this watermark for Warren‘s Olde Style. A quick search uncovers that this was a line from S.D. Warren Company, Boston. The official description, taken from an advertising digest I found online is, “a watermarked antique finish for type and line illustration.” Cool!
The tagged book was my favorite read in August, but it wasn‘t better than a Tempest of Tea for me.
My favorite read of September was a Fall of Wrath and Ruin.
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I bought this at Parnassus Books in Ketchikan Alaska today. The cover caught me and then the blurb mentioned tea and I was a goner. It sounds like a super fun read.
pickThis one‘s cute, and plays with romance tropes in fun way, but I‘m ultimately not sure it needed to be 300+ pages. It still gets a pick though, mostly for being romantasy without the sort of spice that makes you go “oh, eeew, how does that even work?!”
I am REALLY struggling with taking the idea of cutthroat ornithologists seriously for some reason. Like give me a dragon, ghosts, portals or whatever and I‘m ALL IN, but for some reason “birdlovers being meanies” is beyond what my brain‘ll accept 😂
pickThis book was so much fun! A light fantasy historical romance. There is some bird magic and some gadgets that were more advanced then probably would‘ve been around then.
Bird hunter competition, rivalry turned to romance, lots of hijinks! What more could you want?! Loved this book.
pickMeh, when does friends with benefits not lead to at least one person or both wanting more? I liked the premise of making it about birding- it almost sounds fun. The last third of the book is nothing but smut, but thankfully it‘s not degrading so it wasn‘t too cringe. Book #72 in 2024
so-soCute, cozy romance. Fun characters, kinda silly, but overall good!
