"But surely we are not allowed..."
"Allowed?" I counters. "We're allowed to do anything in this world until someone says we ain't allowed and that someone can back it up." — Jacky Faber
#bookishemoji17 day 21: ⚓️
Nafiza I love this series. 7y
"But surely we are not allowed..."
"Allowed?" I counters. "We're allowed to do anything in this world until someone says we ain't allowed and that someone can back it up." — Jacky Faber
#bookishemoji17 day 21: ⚓️
#bookishemoji17 day nineteen: 🌈
I'm working my way through the short stories in THREE SIDES OF A HEART (edited by Natalie Parker, coming this December) and I'm really loving it so far. Each story tackles love triangles from a different angle, genre be damned. I'm really excited to keep reading; if y'all like short stories, this better be one on your radar.
"We were always going to fail that one," said Ron gloomily as they ascended the marble staircase. He had just made Harry feel rather better by telling him how he told the examiner in detail about the ugly man with a wart on his nose in his crystal ball, only to look up and realize he had been describing his examiner's reflection. — HARRY POTTER & THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
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#bookishemoji17 day ten: ?
"Miss Tarabotti was not one of life's milk-water misses—in fact, quite the opposite. Many a gentleman had likened his first meeting with her to downing a very strong cognac when one was expecting to imbibe fruit juice—that is to say, startling and apt to leave one with a distinct burning sensation."
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#bookishemoji17 day eight: ⚙️
#fortunefavoursaugust day eight: Romulus (worldbuilding)
If you haven't read this, you should. It's a goddamn delight.
#bookishemoji17 day five: 🎻
#fortunefavoursaugust day five: Venus (beauty)
I spend a lot of time thinking about cover design as both a book lover and a bookseller, and THIS SAVAGE SONG is one of my favorites. The colors! The subtle tie-in to the book's themes! The typography!!! What are some of your favorite covers?
#bookishemoji17 day two: 💪
Are there books you planned to read in a timely fashion that you just... haven't gotten to yet? With everything going on this year, for me, that's been most of them! But I'm still excited about so many of them, including THE WAKING LAND (whose main character is basically mimicking the 💪 pose on the cover). It looks totally beautiful and I need more gorgeous ethereal fantasy in my life.
#bookishemoji17 day one: 🗡
I'm terrible at keeping up with Instagram challenges, but who am I to turn down the opportunity to take photos of my King Arthur dagger? I love Arthurian legends and really want to read more. I've got a few collections and adaptations in my bookcase that I need to read. What about you?
