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Links are to my staff pick reviews on Avid Bookshop’s website

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Fiction

Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

In Other Landsby Sarah Rees Brennan

Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez

Take Me Home Tonight by Morgan Matson

Not Here to be Liked by Michelle Quach

Our Crooked Hearts by Melissa Albert

Front Desk by Kelly Yang

The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson

The Apothecary by Maile Meloy


Graphic Novels

The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen (this might be my favorite book of the year, if I had to pick a #1)

It’s Not What You Thought it Would Be by Lizzy Stewart

The Postman From Space by Guillaume Perrault

The Accursed Vampire by Madeline McGrane 

Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, illus. by Lisa Sterle

Shirley and Jamila’s Big Fall by Gillian Goerz

Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughn, Cliff Chiang, Matt Wilson

Lightfallby Tim Probert


Nonfiction

You Look Like a Thing and I Love You by Janelle Shane (but go check out Because Internetfirst!)

The Faraway Nearby by Rebecca Solnit

Birds, Art, Life, Death by Kyo Maclear


Picture Books

Ten Little Dumplings by Larissa Fan, illus. by Cindy Wume

Hamsters Make Terrible Roommates by Cheryl Klein, illus. by Abhi Alwar

When You Look Up by Decur

Sato the Rabbit, a Sea of Tea by Yuki Ainoya

 The Lord of the Rings: Gandalf vs. the Balrog at the Bridge of Khazad-dûm daily sketch (2021)Art by

The Lord of the Rings: Gandalf vs. the Balrog at the Bridge of Khazad-dûm daily sketch (2021)

Art by: Skottie Young


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book 5 chapter 1 part 2

(the crowd groans and rolls their eyes)

i seriously empathize with everybody’s disappointment… i don’t want to go back either. lol

the long awaited

first chapter of book 5!

sorry for taking such a long time, but school was taking up 110% of my free time lately T__T

the more important thing to be sad about is that turan is here to ruin everybody’s day :/

book 4 chapter 5 part 6

and that means…

book 4 is entirely done!!!!!!!!!!!!

book 4 - chapter 5 - part 5

there’s still one more chapter left until we are officially done with book 4…. i promise it’s more exciting than this one lmao

i might take a little bit more time between posting here pretty soon because i uhhh… have to start working on my master’s thesis… and that’s unfortunately more important T__T

ironically, it’s about venemous snake conservation! :D

you know, i realize that things like writing style and word flow are difficult to preserve in a translation without changing too much, and whenever i look back at some of my translated chapters i realize how clunky and awkward some things sound… i try to go over it as many times as i can to avoid this but i know it still happens sometimes. i also don’t have anyone editing for word flow or copy errors.

i still think it deserves a professional translation some day by someone more qualified than me u_u

book 4 chapter 5 part 4

*dragging myself through the mud* we are almost done with book 4!

enjoy some etoile moments

book 4 chapter 5 part 3

a particular favorite chapter of mine!

sorry to guiscard fans.

book 4 chapter 5 part 2

everybody’s favorite weirdos!

i thought it was funny how the other 5 really are said to be just… standing in the dark corner.

book 4 chapter 5 part 1

just some good ol’ fashioned villain yaoidrama.

remember when i made this?

book 4 chapter 4 part 6

yessss at last one of my favorite chapters… i’m sure it’s a popular fan favorite tho.

i hated etoile for so many years but recently i have decided that she’s pretty endearing, actually…

book 4 chapter 4 part 5

the beloved mass s****** chapter… 

and etoile being etoile. <3

book 4 chapter 4 part 4

the battle for saint emmanuel… gotta be honest, not a whole lot to say about this one. but the next few chapters are pretty good. lol.

once again, only one chapter this week while i work on getting further ahead with the translations (i like to have a few weeks out done in advance so i have time to reread over them, etc) and life has been kicking my ass. but never fear. i am still driving this train.

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