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KarenKasparArt,
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willaful,
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Started Clockwork Boys by T. Kingfisher and how nice to be immediately caught up in a book again. Her voice is always so effective.


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RomanceReviews,

@willaful @bookstodon YES!!! Her world-building is such a flex, too. "Oh, I have a billion more creepy and cool ideas, want one?"

UngodlyAudrey,
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When I was growing up, I read voraciously. I was drawn mostly to and . My dad simply did not get it, at all. He only really read stuff like Tom Clancy and other military fiction writers, saying that if a book isn't realistic, he wasn't interested. This just goes to show how different we are, as I've always read for escapism. This world is fundamentally broken and I don't like engaging with it too much. Give me something fantastical, something different.

SceNtriC, Polish
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Seria "Harry Potter", "Zmierzch" i "Igrzyska Śmierci" - to tytuły, które przychodzą mi na myśl, gdy myślę o książkach, które stały się popularne wśród młodzieży i stanowiły dobry materiał do ekranizacji, osiągając tym samym światowy sukces jako marka. Cykl HP to dla mnie absolutna legenda i ponadczasowa seria (książki, choć filmy też niezłe). "Zmierzchu" czytać i oglądać nie zamierzam. Natomiast chciałem sprawdzić "Hunger Games" i... no tak średnio bym powiedział. Ekranizacji nie widziałem, ale wierzę, że może być dobra. Książka - nie bardzo. To esencja młodzieżówki, ale w tej raczej złej formie. Choć widzę po ocenach na LC, że jestem w tym odosobniony.

Pełna opinia: https://lubimyczytac.pl/ksiazka/igrzyska-smierci/opinia/82941329

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8petros,

@seachdamh @SceNtriC @mason Ad vocem: teraz mamy tak, że to raczej dorośli mają wstręt do eksperymentów - to może być trop definicyjny...

seachdamh,
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@SceNtriC jup, bardziej o to mi chodzi, że gdybym przyszedł do księgarni/biblioteki, poprosił by mi pani zaproponowała coś dla syna/córki z fantastyki młodzieżowej dostając wynik w postaci tak zawężonego YA to pewnie nie tyko bardzo bym się zdziwił ale też następną wizytę odbył w innej księgarni / bibliotece :D

I generalnie - ta etykietka nie zmienia wartości książki. Ale takie etykietki są bardzo pomocne gdy rzucasz pytanie w stylu - hej ludzie, zaproponujcie mi coś w z... Stąd wbrew pozorom znaczenie jest istotne (przynajmniej dla mnie).

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mrundkvist,
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I became an archaeologist because I grew up in a 20th century stage set that reimagined the Middle Ages, although founded on a concrete structure that looked like a subway station.

https://aardvarchaeology.wordpress.com/2024/04/19/my-medieval-larp-upbringing/

llewelly,
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@mrundkvist
a church with an exterior which looks grand and ancient, but a basement that looks like a subway station is a good metaphor for a lot of fantasy fiction.

mrundkvist,
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@llewelly Thank you!

AsteriaPress,
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April 18. What books do you like to reread?

I re-read Cecelia Ahern’s novels often because I love how she writes magical realism. She’s been my favourite since I first read ‘If You Could See Me Now’ when I was fourteen! I also re-read (and re-watch!) ‘The Princess Bride’ quite often because it never fails to make me laugh. ~ Hayley-Jenifer, author of Kingdom of the Moon

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teejay,
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@AsteriaPress @bookstodon @fantasybookstodon Princess Bride, Good Omens, and Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy are my favorite rereads.

wortspielfettgesicht, German
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Ich liebe es, dass wir durch die mehr über und ihre Arbeit erfahren. Mich würde aber auch die Leserseite interessieren.

Darum: !
Würde mich freuen, wenn da ein paar von Euch mitmachen 😃

Hier das erste:

19.4. Was waren Deine ersten Fantasy-Leseerfahrungen und wie haben sie Dich beeinflußt?

oarditi,
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Why nobody has taken by the scruff of the neck and made me read N.K. Jemisin before is an abiding mystery. ‘The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms’ is right up my street.
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kimlockhartga,
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@oarditi @bookstodon After this, her Broken Earth trilogy will blow your mind! You are absolutely going in the right order by reading this first.

templetongate,
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@oarditi @bookstodon Even though I have it I have not read that yet, but have read some later ones, Broken Earth trilogy, and the Great Cities duology. Sigh, one of these days.

ElisesWritings,
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The day when you take the achievement snatched from many year's of precious spare time moments, put on a cover & upload it to bookstores.

I'm there with epic book 3/3 in my debut trilogy, and sad to let these beautiful, , characters and the found family they made go.

With this book, I pushed my ability to plot a complex, multi-civilisation conflict to its limits.

I loved every bit of it. I hope some of you do too.

https://elisecarlson.com/ruarnon-trilogy/

Firlefanz,
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@ElisesWritings

Congratulations!

knbrindle,
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Just a brief little announcement that my first short story "Double Crochet" (https://knbrindle.com/short-stories/) will be published and available in June 🥳

💜 More details to come 💜

#readers #fantasy #writing #amWriting #author #WritersCoffeeClub #WordWeavers #PennedPossibilities #sff

Klepsis,
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Today is the last big day for the sale.
Don't miss this chance to grow your and TBR!

https://indiebook.sale/

SceNtriC, Polish
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Urocza książka, typowa młodzieżówka "guilty pleasure", którą czyta się z bananem na twarzy i wierzy, że wszystko skończy się dobrze. W tym ta lektura jest znakomita - nie oczekujcie po niej ambicji, niespodziewanych zwrotów akcji itd. Raczej dajcie się ponieść urokliwości historii i efektowi "aaaaaaaw". Mnie się podobało, ale jestem dużym dzieckiem.

Pełna opinia: https://lubimyczytac.pl/ksiazka/cykl-wiecznego-cesarza/opinia/82830233

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Olcia95,
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@SceNtriC @ksiazki zapisuję, bo tego ostatnio mi trzeba :D

SceNtriC,
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@Olcia95 Smacznego :) @ksiazki

stephanieburgis,
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This weekend I'm taking part in not 1 but 2 big fantasy ebook sales! So, both of my frothy Regency fantasy rom-coms (with dragons!) are available for just 99c/99p from today through Monday. 🐉❤️

Scales & Sensibility: https://books2read.com/scalesandsensibility

Claws & Contrivances: https://books2read.com/claws

Indie Sale: fantasy, sci-fi and horror April 13-15 2024

mythopoetica,

I'm thinking about the recent romantasy turn in fantasy/romance novels and how the Cantata books may have fit, say, 10 years ago. But in that time I grew old and then decided I didn't want to force spiciness onto my novels and removed most of it.

I still think one of the spiciest scenes is when they are reading books together and...not a single piece of clothing was discarded. 😉

Slow burn indeed. Mind you, I enjoy reading every now and again. I'm just not sure I'm the right person to be writing it. Spiciness is just too much work and I'd rather be focusing on other things!

There's a fair bit of romance in Cantata of the Fourfold Realms but most of it is low-key and organically building up.

Info on purchasing Watermyth (Book #1/ebook) is here: https://mythopoetica.com/2024/01/10/places-to-purchase-watermyth-ebook-discount-period/

NatureMC,
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Elbwiese,
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@NatureMC Wunderschön!

NatureMC,
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@Elbwiese Lieben Dank! 😊

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