ElerinnaStudio

🏳️‍🌈 She/Her. French author, chaotic reader, I like fantasy the most but I also enjoy romance and thriller. I'm part of the Iceland Noir Team, a literature festival in Reykjavik.

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A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

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The She-Wolf of France (The Accursed Kings, #5)

A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)

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The Sword of Kaigen

M.L. Wang

A mother struggling to repress her violent past, A son struggling to grasp his violent future, A father blind to the danger that threatens them all. When the winds of war reach their peninsula, will the Matsuda family have the strength to defend their empire? Or will they tear each other apart before the true enemies even reach their shores? High on a mountainside at the edge of the Kaigenese Empire live the most powerful warriors in the world, superhumans capable of raising the sea and wielding blades of ice. For hundreds of years, the fighters of the Kusanagi Peninsula have held the Empire’s enemies at bay, earning their frozen spit of land the name ‘The Sword of Kaigen.’ Born into Kusanagi’s legendary Matsuda family, fourteen-year-old Mamoru has always known his purpose: to master his family’s fighting techniques and defend his homeland. But when an outsider arrives and pulls back the curtain on Kaigen’s alleged age of peace, Mamoru realizes that he might not have much time to become the fighter he was bred to be. Worse, the empire he was bred to defend may stand on a foundation of lies. Misaki told herself that she left the passions of her youth behind when she married into the Matsuda house. Determined to be a good housewife and mother, she hid away her sword, along with everything from her days as a fighter in a faraway country. But with her growing son asking questions about the outside world, the threat of an impending invasion looming across the sea, and her frigid husband grating on her nerves, Misaki finds the fighter in her clawing its way back to the surface.

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The Library Book

Susan Orlean

On the morning of April 29, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the moments passed, the patrons and staff who had been cleared out of the building realized this was not the usual fire alarm. As one fireman recounted, “Once that first stack got going, it was ‘Goodbye, Charlie.’” The fire was disastrous: it reached 2000 degrees and burned for more than seven hours. By the time it was extinguished, it had consumed four hundred thousand books and damaged seven hundred thousand more. Investigators descended on the scene, but more than thirty years later, the mystery remains: Did someone purposefully set fire to the library—and if so, who? Weaving her lifelong love of books and reading into an investigation of the fire, award-winning New Yorker reporter and New York Times bestselling author Susan Orlean delivers a mesmerizing and uniquely compelling book that manages to tell the broader story of libraries and librarians in a way that has never been done before. In The Library Book, Orlean chronicles the LAPL fire and its aftermath to showcase the larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives; delves into the evolution of libraries across the country and around the world, from their humble beginnings as a metropolitan charitable initiative to their current status as a cornerstone of national identity; brings each department of the library to vivid life through on-the-ground reporting; studies arson and attempts to burn a copy of a book herself; reflects on her own experiences in libraries; and reexamines the case of Harry Peak, the blond-haired actor long suspected of setting fire to the LAPL more than thirty years ago. Along the way, Orlean introduces us to an unforgettable cast of characters from libraries past and present—from Mary Foy, who in 1880 at eighteen years old was named the head of the Los Angeles Public Library at a time when men still dominated the role, to Dr. C.J.K. Jones, a pastor, citrus farmer, and polymath known as “The Human Encyclopedia” who roamed the library dispensing information; from Charles Lummis, a wildly eccentric journalist and adventurer who was determined to make the L.A. library one of the best in the world, to the current staff, who do heroic work every day to ensure that their institution remains a vital part of the city it serves. Brimming with her signature wit, insight, compassion, and talent for deep research, The Library Book is Susan Orlean’s thrilling journey through the stacks that reveals how these beloved institutions provide much more than just books—and why they remain an essential part of the heart, mind, and soul of our country. It is also a master journalist’s reminder that, perhaps especially in the digital era, they are more necessary than ever.

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The Crusades Through Arab Eyes

Amin Maalouf

The author has combed the works of contemporary Arab chronicles of the Crusades, eyewitnesses, and often participants. He retells their story and offers insights into the historical forces that shape Arab and Islamic consciousness today.

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Alamut

Vladimir Bartol

Alamut takes place in 11th Century Persia, in the fortress of Alamut, where self-proclaimed prophet Hasan ibn Sabbah is setting up his mad but brilliant plan to rule the region with a handful elite fighters who are to become his "living daggers." By creating a virtual paradise at Alamut, filled with beautiful women, lush gardens, wine and hashish, Sabbah is able to convince his young fighters that they can reach paradise if they follow his commands. Alamut tells the story of how Sabbah was able to instill fear into the ruling class by creating a small army of devotees who were willing to kill, and be killed, in order to achieve paradise. Believing in the supreme Ismaili motto “Nothing is true, everything is permitted,” Sabbah wanted to “experiment” with how far he could manipulate religious devotion for his own political gain through appealing to what he called the stupidity and gullibility of people and their passion for pleasure and selfish desires. The novel focuses on Sabbah as he unveils his plan to his inner circle, and on two of his young followers — the beautiful slave girl Halima, who has come to Alamut to join Sabbah's paradise on earth, and young ibn Tahir, Sabbah's most gifted fighter. As both Halima and ibn Tahir become disillusioned with Sabbah's vision, their lives take unexpected turns. Alamut was originally written in 1938 as an allegory to Mussolini's fascist state. In the 1960's it became a cult favorite throughout Tito's Yugoslavia, and in the 1990s, during the Balkan's War, it was read as an allegory of the region's strife and became a bestseller in Germany, France and Spain.

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A Curious History of Sex

Kate Lister

This is not a comprehensive study of every sexual quirk, kink and ritual across all cultures throughout time, as that would entail writing an encyclopaedia. Rather, this is a drop in the ocean, a paddle in the shallow end of sex history, but I hope you will get pleasantly wet nonetheless. The act of sex has not changed since people first worked out what went where, but the ways in which society dictates how sex is culturally understood and performed have varied significantly through the ages. Humans are the only creatures that stigmatise particular sexual practices, and sex remains a deeply divisive issue around the world. Attitudes will change and grow – hopefully for the better – but sex will never be free of stigma or shame unless we acknowledge where it has come from.

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ElerinnaStudio

Thoughts from 46% (page 454)

"Are we going somewhere?" "Are all sellswords as clever as you?" Bronn and Tyrion, my favorite bromance.

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Thoughts from 16% (page 102)

I'm feeling kinda overwhelmed with such information 😔

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thelonelygirl32

Where are the Gilmore Girlies at?

What about dropping some books that fit the Gilmore Girls aesthetic, I was thinking a mixture of cutesy rom coms (maybe embracing the small town vibe) and some literary fiction that might fit the academic side of the show (rory girlies rise up). Classics might be a good idea too... the Brontë Sisters are perfect for Autumn!

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robyn00

Audiobook

So it's the same narrator as in the first book. I have long-lived beef with her. And to make it even worse, she is now AUDIBLY DRAWING BREATH IN BETWEEN THE SENTENCES

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ElerinnaStudio

How many is too many?

How many books do you read at the same time and why? I feel like only one is not enough to keep me focus, so here I am juggling between 4 and having so much fun I might add a fifth. I have 2 book in french, 2 in english, 2 in audiobooks, 1 paperback and 1 on my kindle. It's like having multiple format helps me keeping my enjoyment for reading (ADHD life, it might seems). What about you??

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chelssicle

Curriculum Trend

Has anyone seen the curriculum trend on Tiktok? I'm not a Tiktok person so maybe it's old and it's just me seeing it now, but it's just a little way for people to learn (through books and other media) about things that they're interested in without having to do a whole school thing. Your own little self-guided class. I've seen everything from cooking to philosophy with more niche subjects like "when did the world begin" and "the power of the moon". I'm not big into trends but this is one I can get behind! If you've done it/are doing it, what things are you learning about? If this is also new to you, what specific topics are you interesting in learning more about?

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The Spellshop

Sarah Beth Durst

The Spellshop is Sarah Beth Durst’s romantasy debut–a lush cottagecore tale full of stolen spellbooks, unexpected friendships, sweet jams, and even sweeter love. Kiela has always had trouble dealing with people. Thankfully, as a librarian at the Great Library of Alyssium, she and her assistant, Caz—a magically sentient spider plant—have spent the last decade sequestered among the empire’s most precious spellbooks, preserving their magic for the city’s elite. When a revolution begins and the library goes up in flames, she and Caz flee with all the spellbooks they can carry and head to a remote island Kiela never thought she’d see again: her childhood home. Taking refuge there, Kiela discovers, much to her dismay, a nosy—and very handsome—neighbor who can’t take a hint and keeps showing up day after day to make sure she’s fed and to help fix up her new home. In need of income, Kiela identifies something that even the bakery in town doesn’t have: jam. With the help of an old recipe book her parents left her and a bit of illegal magic, her cottage garden is soon covered in ripe berries. But magic can do more than make life a little sweeter, so Kiela risks the consequences of using unsanctioned spells and opens the island’s first-ever and much needed secret spellshop. Like a Hallmark rom-com full of mythical creatures and fueled by cinnamon rolls and magic, The Spellshop will heal your heart and feed your soul.

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Fall 2025 Readalong

Read at least 1 book in the Fall 2025 Readalong.

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baileyisbooked

september plans & pages! 🍁

happy september 1 yall !!!! it’s a new month! i thought in celebration, we could all comment: (1) one (or more) things you’re looking forward to in sept - an event, a weather change, anything! (2) what book you’re most looking forward to reading this month / soon and/or (3) something you’re looking forward to in sept on PB:) mine are (1) • a music festival with friends to avoid thinking about our upcoming exam results (they release the day after the festival) (wish me luck) (yikes) • slightly cooler & less crowded beach days when all the tourists go home (sorry tourists) 🌊 • seasonal menu at the local coffee shop!!!! hoping for something with peppermint or a pumpkin option that’s not pumpkin spice. i will also take a pumpkin spice on a different day but i LOVE pumpkin-y drinks that are pumpkin forward w/o being PS 🎃 (2) so many!!!! but my top three: • bury our bones in the midnight soil by ve side chwab (my first book of hers) • we weren’t meant to be human by andrew joseph white (i am so scared but so ready) • first-timer caller by bk borison (3) the fall 2025 reads! i am most excited for dont let the forest in by cg wells because i have heard great things & its been on my WTR for a while. also 👀 that “maybe september” comment on the founders announcement about a possible app 👀👀👀 (pls take ur time J&L, no rush ever bc this site is lovely) that’s all! happy september everyone 🍁🍂🧣🌞🌫️🕯️🌨️🏔️🧦🌳💧 (a temp emoji for everyone - bc i will be in 90F weather still 🥲) 📖📚🤍

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