if rick riordan could get his young readers to understand why alex fierro (amab) uses feminine pronouns and sometimes masculine pronouns, depeding upon their mood, young adult novel authors have no exuse for the scarce enby rep they give us
Mauto by Kuda D Gutu
Thank you Love Book Tours and Kuda D Gutu or the chance to read and review this book as part of a tour!
There are many things to like about Mauto; there are strong female characters, a richly detailed world, and magic in a way that we rarely imagine. It’s also fantastic to see the way the author has included their heritage and how they were inspired by real tribes and people. The world they’ve set up would make a fantastic movie (and would require a very detailed wiki page).
Yet, there are also things can be done a little differently, for example, I don’t like my world building to be done in one go; I would have preferred that the author moved some of the information on the different tribes to the second book. I also think that despite the book being titled Mauto, we don’t really see much of him until much later in the book, and he isn’t as interesting as the other characters such as Amanirena, Wefiya, Orinya, and Ramila.
I do think this is a decent book, especially as the authors first fiction book (he has previously published a collection of poems) and I see a significant amount of potential here! Given the way we ended this first one (I’m not allowed to give spoilers ☹) I definitely imagine that he has a second book planned! I genuinely can’t wait to see more of Amani!
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• Shades of Magic •
my Illumicrate copies finally arrived and they are GORGEOUS! So worth the wait!
Female friendships done well ! Cute , corny yet heart warming ✨ .
Tolerate it
"My mother is the best in the entire world"
Remember when we used to think so,
Remember when with any problem, without hesitation, we'd just get up and go,
She'd kiss them away,
Those threads of memory now seem fray
Between our arguments and hugs,
I'm tired of this act
The comments and the fierce words seem to have the most impact,
I try but I can't
I get tired and won't
Won't tolerate the comments
Won't tolerate my feeling beings dismissed
You said," I'd always believe you, be there by your side"
What happened to those promises?
What happened to you when I let you see the dark within me?
What happened when I bestowed my fears onto you?
Why'd you back away?
Exclude me,
Said I scared you, when you could have just been there for me,
But then,
You just slowly, but surely,
Forgot about the promises, the troubles, the affection,
But most of all,
You forgot about me.
Day 6 of productivity
20/10/2021
This day was an interesting one, I did all of my early morning tasks (I wake up at 6AM to journal ando do yoga) an then went to this conference one of my teachers organized, today they talked about the spezieria of Santa Maria della Scala in Rome, they exhibited digitally some of the things from it. The conference goes on today and tomorrow too, but I won’t go today, maybe tomorrow afternoon. I had a hard time because part of it was in Italian and I was trying my best not to fall asleep, I couldn’t concentrate at all. I arrived at home earlier than expected because I got really tired and didn’t plan on doing stuff in the afternoon, so I took some great rest time, it was very good for my mind and body, I didn’t realize how much I needed a rest because I’ve been trying to be so productive, but rests are productive too, and they help you be able to do more stuff in the end. Even though I took this break, I still decided to read because I am becoming obsessed with this book, and I only have 150 pages left to finish it! I’m ready to be done with it by Saturday.
Tasks I completed
Yoga
Journaling
Getting ready and going to a conference
Skincare
Stretching
Reading
Resting
Stuff they gave me at the conference, I also got a Tote bag, the conference is about the relationship of medicine development and art! Specially when it comes to pigment.
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At a glance
Jenny lets her guard down and takes a spontaneous night out with mysterious Jaewoo, only for him to disappear without a word. Three months later, she travels to Korea to take care of her grandmother and finds out she is attending the same school as Jaewoo. What will he think?!
🍃 Easy Reading
📖 Couldn’t Put It Down
💞 Young Love
🎓 High School
Review & book info below:
Title: XOXO Author: Axie Oh Publisher: publisher Publication date: July 13, 2021 Genre: YA Romance, Contemporary
XOXO was one of my favorite contemporary romances that I’ve read all year, and I’ve read a lot. I knew it would be sweet going in, but it surprised me just how delightful it could be. Every moment of this book made me so happy. This book is not just a love story between Jenny and Jaewoo, but a love story between Jenny and Korea and her music. It is a love letter to Kpop fans and an exciting secret romance. I devoured this book so quickly, I just couldn’t put it down.c
Jenny has been working her entire life to get into a prestigious music conservatory. She is calm, collected, and immensely skilled. When her uncle tells her to live a little, and the very same night a mysterious boy named Jaewoo walks into her uncle’s karaoke bar, she lets her guard down and lets him pull her into an unforgettable night of spontaneity before he disappears. Three months later, Jenny goes to Korea with her mom to take care of her grandmother, and finds out that Jaewoo attends the same school as her… and he’s a famous up-and-coming k-pop star!
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Birthday Book Haul
So my birthday just happened last September 19 and it was awesome tbh. Got a decent amount of money for books 😂. Aside from that I also did get myself a few books for my birthday ✨
It's the possibility that keeps me going, not the guarantee.
- Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook
My favorite time of day is when the sun shines through the stained glass window treatments in our reading room.
“What do you want?”
“Whatever you are willing to give. I will take. And I will make do.”
~ Even if it just with the scraps of you
"I miss you."
"It is easy to miss someone when you are lonely and the night is quiet. You crave company and companionship. You do not crave me."
I want to say
"Missing you is never easy."
I want to say
"I crave you always. It is you, always."
But instead I say,
"Yes, I miss you then. But I miss you most when I am surrounded by people and happiness. Because it is then my heart aches deepest with the knowledge that there is no one else I would rather share this joy with."
~ even in my dreams you do not respond (rewriting the conversation we never had)
Softly he said, “You will devise a way to come to the masquerade. And I will find you.”
His words resonated through her blood. His nearness, his air of power and assurance nearly overcame her will. In that moment, she understood why men obeyed Ashburn’s merest suggestions. And why women scrambled over one another to climb into his bed.
She barely retained the presence of mind to withdraw her hand from his clasp. She tried to think of something flippant to say, but she couldn’t seem to wrest a smart quip free from the tangle he’d made of her brain.
“I will do no such thing,” she managed. But the protest sounded lame even to her ears. If a mere kiss on the hand had this power over her...
- A Duchess to Remember by Christina Brooke
