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Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)

The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)

Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

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The First Witch of Boston

Andrea Catalano

A gripping and intimate novel based on the true story of Margaret Jones, the first woman to be found guilty of witchcraft in seventeenth-century Massachusetts. Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1646. Thomas and Margaret Jones arrive from England to build a life in the New World. Though of differing temperaments, cautious Thomas and fiery Margaret, a healer, are bound by a love that has lasted decades. With a child on the way, their new beginning promises only blessings. But in this austere Puritan community, comely faces hide malicious intent. Wrong moves or words are met with suspicion, and Margaret’s bold and unguarded nature draws scorn. Soon, Margaret is mistrusted as more cunning woman than kind caregiver. And when personal tragedies, religious hysteria, and wariness of the unknown turn most against her, even the devotion Margaret and her husband share is at risk. Inspired by actual diary entries and court records, The First Witch of Boston is at once the riveting story of a woman unjustly accused and a love story set amid the political and social turmoil of both Old and New England. Harrowing, and with a deep understanding of the human heart, history is brilliantly imagined.

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Pay your pet tax

It's tax day in the US, which means you also have to pay your pet taxes! I don't make the rules; I'm just your local accountant. Of course being a tax-paying Boundling, I have to pay my taxes too, so here are my cats!

Dahlia Dahlia Corleone

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Hemlock & Silver

T. Kingfisher

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rockyjessie

TBR or Interested?

How do y'all determine whether a book goes into your tbr category versus your interested category? (looking for ideas for how to organize my pb library) :3

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BookBestie93

Character Descriptions

My friend and I were talking about how we see characters the other day when we are reading. We both said that we don’t usually see characters like how authors describe them, we make our own picture in our heads. (Ex. An author might say the character is blonde but in my head they are a redhead based on what I have read about them). Sometime if the cover has a picture of a character might make me see the character that way but not always.

I was just wondering if people are more like my friend and I or if most people stick to the description the author gives? 🤔

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Hemlock & Silver

T. Kingfisher

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Blood Over Bright Haven

M.L. Wang

Magic has made the city of Tiran an industrial utopia, but magic has a cost—and the collectors have come calling. An orphan since the age of four, Sciona has always had more to prove than her fellow students. For twenty years, she has devoted every waking moment to the study of magic, fueled by a mad desire to achieve the impossible: to be the first woman ever admitted to the High Magistry. When she finally claws her way up the ranks to become a highmage, however, she finds that her challenges have just begun. Her new colleagues will stop at nothing to let her know she is unwelcome, beginning with giving her a janitor instead of a qualified lab assistant. What neither Sciona nor her peers realize is that her taciturn assistant was once more than a janitor; before he mopped floors for the mages, Thomil was a nomadic hunter from beyond Tiran’s magical barrier. Ten years have passed since he survived the perilous crossing that killed his family. But working for a highmage, he sees the opportunity to finally understand the forces that decimated his tribe, drove him from his homeland, and keep the Tiranish in power. Through their fractious relationship, mage and outsider uncover an ancient secret that could change the course of magic forever—if it doesn’t get them killed first. Sciona has defined her life by the pursuit of truth, but how much is one truth worth with the fate of civilization in the balance? A standalone dark academia brimming with mystery, tragedy, and the damning echoes of the past. For fans of Leigh Bardugo, V. E. Schwab, and Fullmetal Alchemist. (Content warnings for gore, sexual assault, and suicidal ideation)

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Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History

Moudhy Al-Rashid

Ancient Mesopotamia, a land between two rivers, is known as the 'cradle of civilisation'. At the height of its influence, this region saw the birth of the world's first cities, the first writing system, the first historical records, as well as myths, medicine, literature, astronomy and religion that went on to revolutionise societies around the world. In Between Two Rivers , historian Dr Moudhy Al-Rashid brings us closer to this ancient past and the lives of the people who lived in this extraordinary society. The hundreds of thousands of clay tablets from ancient Mesopotamia tell wonderfully relatable stories - from a parent desperately trying to soothe a baby, or a bored teenager doodling during class, to a brewer collecting ingredients to make beer and a slave trying to negotiate their freedom. Through the contents of a 2,500-year-old museum, collected together by a princess from the 6th century BC, Al-Rashid introduces us to different periods of Mesopotamia's history, revealing aspects of society and culture that resonate with us today, from war to education and language, and from women's rights to religion and the divine. These artefacts not only bring this region to life, but also show us that people we think of as 'ancient' in fact had a highly developed sense of their own history. Breathing life and colour into a complex and surprisingly modern society, Between Two Rivers investigates what history meant back then, what it means today, and what we can learn from the distant past.

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daydreamer80

More Book Recs

Back again asking for Book recs. This time, I'm looking for mostly romance, fantasy, mystery, Greek retellings, historical fiction, and thriller. Preferably first-person.

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Allonsythornraxx

what's your longest reading streak?

I read a book every day last year, and I've carried that through to this year too, so I'm so proud to say that my streak is currently at 469!! So, I'm wondering what everyone else's streak is!! I've found reading every day is such a good way to ground myself and keep myself a consistent reader, and even if I only read 1 page or 1 chapter, I feel really accomplished.

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Hemlock & Silver

T. Kingfisher

From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes Hemlock & Silver, a dark reimagining of “Snow White” steeped in poison, intrigue, and treason of the most magical kind. Healer Anja knows little of politics but much of poisons. When she is summoned to treat the mysterious illness afflicting the king’s daughter, she finds herself against the clock, desperate to track down the source of the poison killing Princess Snow. But the chance discovery of a strange alternate world inside a magic mirror leads Anja to darker discoveries, including what really happened to Snow’s dead sister, Rose, and why their mother seemingly went mad and cut out her heart. Aided by a taciturn bodyguard, a narcissistic cat, and a late Renaissance understanding of the scientific method, Anja must navigate the mysteries of the mirror world before the dark queen that dwells within rises to threaten them all.

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The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories

Ken Liu

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Camp Damascus

Chuck Tingle

Love is real. Demons are real. Kill the demons. Camp Damascus is the world's most effective gay conversion camp. Nestled in the Montana wilderness, parents send their children from around the world to experience the program's 100% success rate. But, this story isn't about that. This story is about Rose Darling, a God-fearing young lady who can't stop puking up flies. It's about her parents who ignore her visions of an eerie woman with sagging, pale skin who watches from the woods. It's about the desires deep inside Rose that don't seem to make any sense, and her waking nightmares that are beginning to feel more like memories. And maybe, just maybe, it's a little bit about Camp Damascus after all. A chilling and heartfelt supernatural horror about a young woman searching for love and the secrets of a demonic gay conversion camp, perfect for readers of Stephen Graham Jones, Hailey Piper and Lucy A. Snyder.

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Book haul 📚💗

Book haul! I've been shopping today and got some new books so I thought we could do a book haul so if anyone has any new books feel free to share them! The ones I got are No place lleft to uude by Megan Lally, Ward D and The locked door by Freida Mcfadden and Fallen by Lauren Kate 💕

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Show off you Bookish Merch/Art/Special Editions/Etc.

Like the title says, I just really want to hear about everyone's favorite book/series and the kinds of merch/art/special editions/collections/etc. that folks have related to said book. Was having a conversation with someone and they showed me art they've bought for the Red Rising series, so now I'm curious to see more🙂

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