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HapennyBooks

fantasy & lit fic, find me on booksta (same name) Irish, 30s, healthcare, mum

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Level 5
Cozy Fantasy
Romantasy Starter Pack Vol I
My Taste
Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)
Normal People
The Kingdom of Copper (The Daevabad Trilogy, #2)
Circe
Emma
Reading...
This Is Also a Love Story: A Reporter's Search for Goodness in a Cruel World
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The Make-Believe: A Memoir of Magic and Madness
67%
The Inadequate Heir (The Bridge Kingdom, #3)
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A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses #1)
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  • Book Recs Fantasy First Responders

    So I had this dream tonight about a supernatural police force catching rebellious crime lords that might be actually the good guys trying to overthrow a corrupt government and it got my creative writing side spiraling again (I‘ve been meaning to dabble more with writing again) but while I maybe will try out writing a story like this myself, it also got me wondering what else there is out there like this. I‘ve never read anything like this before, I only saw some videos on Instagram a short while back advertising a coming (?) book series about a hospital dealing with supernatural beings and so I was wondering if any of you had recommendations? I guess I‘m looking for any kind of supernatural / fantasy first responders? So police, healthcare workes, emergency services… Could be urban fantasy, but also set in its own world.

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  • The Make-Believe: A Memoir of Magic and Madness
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    I really think that this is such a powerful read for anybody who’s trying to understand what mania, psychosis and thought disorder feel like. I’ve never experienced them but have spoken to so many people who have. Murray is so skilled to write this in the exact way she experienced it at the time, from the delusions of reference and the idea that “there is no roof on my happiness”.

    I feel deeply conflicted about “the organisation” because they were definitely preying on the vulnerable, but at least when she became clearly critically unwell they took the correct steps. This may have been an even sadder story.

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  • A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses #1)
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    If I had a nickel for every Romantasy series that started with a female main character accidentally killing and skinning a Fae, I’d have two nickels, but it’s weird that it happened twice.

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  • Jane Eyre
    Thoughts from 71% (page 348)

    btw reading jane eyre is kind of changing my entire life 😟 why did i wait so long to read it, why wasn’t i put onto this earlier, i feel betrayed by everyone.

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  • A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses #1)
    Thoughts from 2% (page 8)

    If I had a nickel for every Romantasy series that started with a female main character accidentally killing and skinning a Fae, I’d have two nickels, but it’s weird that it happened twice.

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  • Katabasis
    Help!

    I really enjoyed this one and want to go more into dark academia...do you have any good recomendations?

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