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Made for the Movies
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Cozy Fantasy
Reading...Mermaid School
My Taste
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
The Hands of the Emperor (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1)
Pride and Prejudice

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  • A Coup of Tea (Tea Princess Chronicles, #1)
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    Apr 19, 2025
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  • Defining the Cozy Fantasy Genre

    I just finished reading A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking which I've seen recommended a lot as a cozy fantasy book, but which to me didn't personally feel like it classified based on some of the content and themes which were on the heavier side. From what I've read there's no unanimous definition of the genre, but some common attributes I've heard are: magical/fantastical elements, slice-of-life stories, kind characters and positive relationships, hopeful/happy ending, lower stakes, non-triggering, etc. Personally, I want a cozy fantasy to broadly just provide an escape into a somewhat better world, and I want to feel generally happy while reading it. What do y'all think - what do you consider "cozy fantasy," and are any of the above attributes some that you think are particularly important (or on the contrary, any that you disagree with)?

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  • A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
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    Apr 16, 2025
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  • The Secret Lives Of Bats: My Adventures with the World's Most Misunderstood Mammals
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    Apr 13, 2025
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  • Wizard of Most Wicked Ways (Whimbrel House, #4)
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    Apr 06, 2025
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    The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy: What Animals on Earth Reveal about Aliens – and Ourselves

    The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy: What Animals on Earth Reveal about Aliens – and Ourselves

    Arik Kershenbaum

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