melybelly0

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A Steep and Savage Path

J.J.A. Harwood

From the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of THE THORNS REMAIN comes an enemies-to-lovers journey to the underworld unlike any other, for fans of THE CRIMSON MOTH and THE CRUEL PRINCE An immortal vampire. A mortal bride. A vow that even death can’t break. Irina is about to be married to a dead man. She is the willing village sacrifice for the Wedding of the a desperate ritual designed to lay the hungry vampire that has been terrorising her Transylvanian village to rest. Irina’s beloved sister’s soul is trapped in the land of the dead. If Irina can retrieve it, she could bring her back – but Irina would need a guide, one who can walk between the living and the dead. Irina strikes up a deal with her new husband – if he agrees to get her safely there and back again, then he can drink her blood as much as he wants. They begin a perilous journey through the afterlife together, in which Irina realises Stefan isn’t the cruel and terrifying monster that she thought. In a land of three-headed beasts, winged creatures and walking corpses, the last thing Irina would have expected was to fall in love. Only, Irina learns that by bringing Stefan to the land of the dead she has put him in grave danger, and will be faced with an impossible choice. Will they be able to make it out, undead or alive?

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Wild Reverence

Rebecca Ross

Born in the firelit domain of the under realm, Matilda is the youngest goddess of her clan, blessed with humble messenger magic. But in a land where gods often kill each other to steal power and alliances break as quickly as they are forged, Matilda must come of age sooner than most. She may be known to carry words and letters through the realms, but she holds a secret she must hide from even her dearest of allies to ensure her survival. And to complicate matters . . . there is a mortal boy who dreams of her, despite the fact they have never met in the waking world. Ten years ago, Vincent of Beckett wrote to Matilda on the darkest night of his life―begging the goddess he befriended in dreams to help him. When his request went unanswered, Vincent moved on, becoming the hardened, irreverent lord of the river who has long forgotten Matilda. That is, until she comes tumbling into his bedroom window with a letter for him. As Fate would have it, Matilda and Vincent were destined to find each other beyond dreams. There may be a chance for Matilda to rewrite the blood-soaked ways of the gods, but at immense sacrifice. She will have to face something she fears even more than losing her magic: to be vulnerable, and to allow herself to finally be loved.

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When Among Crows

Veronica Roth

When Among Crows is swift and striking, drawing from the deep well of Slavic folklore and asking if redemption and atonement can be found in embracing what we most fear. We bear the sword, and we bear the pain of the sword. Pain is Dymitr’s calling. His family is one in a long line of hunters who sacrifice their souls to slay monsters. Now he’s tasked with a deadly mission: find the legendary witch Baba Jaga. To reach her, Dymitr must ally with the ones he’s sworn to kill. Pain is Ala’s inheritance. A fear-eating zmora with little left to lose, Ala awaits death from the curse she carries. When Dymitr offers her a cure in exchange for her help, she has no choice but to agree. Together they must fight against time and the wrath of the Chicago underworld. But Dymitr’s secrets—and his true motives—may be the thing that actually destroys them.

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Thatgirlley

Personal library thoughts.

Like. Okay. I have a small habit of buying too many books. So to cut back on that, I have started to change from just buying the books I want to read, and focus my energy into saving up to buy special editions and hardcovers of the series that I know I absolutely adore as like an actual collection.

I'm thinking of making more use with libraries, the internet archive, etc for reading itself.

I will admit there is no actual question, I just want other people's thoughts about this and maybe some recs on other places to get the books I'm interested in.

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Josy148

Thoughts from 40% (Part II)

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cassietea808

Thoughts from 43% (page 147)

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LaurasLibraryCard

How often do you look up words? 🔍📔

I'm currently reading a book with lots of Spanish words, and I don't know any significant Spanish. In the forums there's lots of posts saying people are looking up a ton of the words to understand the text. In other book forums I've also seen posts along the same lines unrelated to language, just general "I have looked up so many words; have your dictionary nearby" etc

I basically never look up words. At this point in my reading journey it's quite rare for me to encounter any (English) word I don't know, and even if I don't know it (any language) I can 99% of the time understand the meaning from context clues and therefore feel no need...

Am I just a weirdo for never referencing the dictionary?? How often do you grab the dictionary/Google, and what's a great word you've learned from this process?

Here's a previous club post talking about a similar topic

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nikol_reads

EU Online bookshop

Hi guys does anyone here know an online bookshop that:

isn't affiliated with Amazon
has reasonable shipping within the EU
that the English books are reasonably priced and/or are second hand I used Vinted to buy second hand but the selection is sparse and I've seen libristo but I don't trust it. Has anyone tried it?

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melybelly0

Thoughts from 5%

If had a nickel for every time I read about someone getting a shovel to the head this month, I’d have two nickels which isn’t a lot but it’s weird it happened twice.

(Just finished Blood of Hercules, that's the second shovel)

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The Everlasting

Alix E. Harrow

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Starling House, Alix E. Harrow, comes a moving and genre-defying adventure through time – as a reluctant lady knight and a not-so-heroic-historian will fight through time and space to rewrite their tragic fates . . . and finally reveal the truths hidden beneath the greatest legend ever told. It begins where it ends: beneath the yew tree – a girl not yet a knight, and a boy without a story. It is where she pulls a sword from the heartwood and becomes a legend. And it is where, more than a thousand years later, he will find her – and lose her – and find her – and lose her again. It is where a new story will be written – but whose will it be?

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readwriterach

Oct 08, 2025

5.0

Enjoyment: Quality: Characters: Plot:

this book exists whether you read it or not. It has always existed and will always exist, but the changed version of you won’t exist unless you pick it up and confront your own cowardice and ambition.

A tragic time-loop of gender nonconforming love versus the violent greed of fascim. Holding this book is like holding a beating heart-- fascinating, terrifying, and life altering.

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fallen_angel_23

Book recommendations?

I‘m in a reading slump right now and i‘d take just about anything (my tbr is overwhelming me despite it only being like 5 books) Anyone willing to help me, i‘d appreciate recommendations across all genres and no page count does not matter, i love long books, i love short books, doesn’t matter at all.

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Vampires of El Norte

Isabel Cañas

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