These books are so frail and crumbly they probably wouldn't survive another reading, but the longer a book has been in my possession, the harder I find it to let it go. They've been with me so long - decades - it'd be like throwing out family photos.
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 #romantasy 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.
I almost wanted to say "Bah Humbug" for today's #3GoodThings, given I'm hobbling about on a walking cane today and am likely to need it for a few more days until my spine calms TF down. But, let's do it anyway.
The weather's nice. Not too hot, not too cold.
Kumquats and a mini papaya granola bowl for brunch was lovely.
My blood sugars behaving after I cut down my insulin dosage as an experiment.
💙📚 The Popular Library PBs with artwork by the amazing William Teason
(There are other editions, and I have some, but this is the complete set of the ones with this font) A labor of love that was finally completed w the help of a very generous, lovely author 🖤
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THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, VARIOUS EDITIONS
(Centipede Press, Folio, a BAM w a glow-in-the-dark cover, 2 rare vintage paperbacks, Penguin Horror w into by GDT, a tie-in to that awful 90s movie)
If you've got some, share them! I love seeing different ones!
Lundi 18 décembre, 18 h 30, première séance du cycle des Lundis de l'Arsenal consacré au médiévalisme : "L'invention du Moyen Age, du marquis de Paulmy à Games of thrones".
Fanny Maillet fera le portrait du marquis de Paulmy en grand #bibliophile passionné de littérature médiévale.
Escape to Enchanted Hill in this historical mystery where two people with a dark, shared past collide while working undercover at a glittering mansion on the California coast.
I’m hesitant to offer discounts for reviews with Autistic Bookshop because authors would lose 10% profit. I could do 5% for a review, but that results in a different author losing 5% profit for a review on someone else’s book.
Giving 10% off just my stuff doesn’t seem enough. Could give nothing, but I don’t think honesty and good will are motivating enough. Reviews help the autistic authors make more money.
@ashleyspencer@actuallyautistic I think as both an autistic person who loves to read hard copy books, and may well begin writing full books in the years ahead, my main issue is that this sort of petty gaming is what I go to Independent book stores/sellers to avoid.
I read down the thread/responses especially for the price point too & that kind of cemented this for me.... the last time I spent even a penny under $10 for a decent book, that wasn't from a library sale, nor mass market clearance, was over a decade ago.
Paying for book reviews is done by 3rd party entities for big publishers & shouldn't be expanded to the Indy world at all.
I haven’t read this YA novel yet, but I am definitely very intrigued and added it to the top of my tbr. I love the blurb and the cover and cannot wait to read it ! I will share it in the #littlefreelibrary afterwards !