This has been on my list! I’ll bump it up so we can discuss!
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I’m also currently reading King of Scars! I’m about 2/3 of the way through, but have been coming up short on reading time in the last few weeks. On the one hand, I’m hoping to finish soon, but on the other, then I’ll have to wait for the sequel and I have so far only had to wait like, less than a month for a Leigh Bardugo book and I’m perhaps not emotionally prepared…
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Welcome to my world! 
we are in this together 
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Currently, I’m reading several books at the same time, some for the umptenth time. These books being:
- House of Night- The Beginning (Book 1 and 2 combined, reread)
- How to Treat Magical Creatures
- Ancient Magnus Bride- The Golden Yarn
- Beautiful Creatures (reread)
- How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom
- The Warrior Heir (reread)
- The Merrick Veterinary Manual
- The Original Horse Bible
- Storey’s Guide to Training Horses (reread)
There’s a lot of them, mostly split between fantasy and my lifestyle. The ones I marked (reread) I most definitely recommend, except for 9. They’re parts of series, but at least to me, good enough that they stand on their own and don’t leave hanging endings.
Ancient Magnus Bride and How a Realist Hero are both Japanese works; first is a manga, last is a light novel.
On a side note, anyone have any good fantasy recommendations they are currently reading?
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OOOOOOOOOOOO, the night angel trilogy was great, been super curious
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THE NIGHT ANGEL TRILOGY WAS SUPER GOOD!! I got the anniversary edition of it for Christmas and it is such a pretty book. The pages are edged with black and it’s just a whole
lot of yes. It’s so nice to find people who have ever even heard of Brent Weeks.
But yes
Current reads
Currently rereading Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn trilogy, but I see he has already been mentioned. He is an incredible author that I have loads of respect for. The reread was prompted by (a) school killing my enjoyment of reading, and desperately needing a genre change (b) I finally own the third book and (c) it’s been some years since I’ve read them sooooo yeah. Good time.
If people want a change of pace a really good poetry book I’ve read recently is ‘Light Filters in: Poems’ by Caroline Kaufman. A shorter read, because poetry, but one of the super cool poetry books I’ve found where the collection of poems tells it’s own overarching narrative. Plus, some very important messages that I very much needed to hear. Page 66 is home too my favourite poem of that book.
If other people want a suggestion of a play, I’m currently studying The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde for a class, which is fun.
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Oh! I’m also still technically reading 10% Happier by Dan Harris because I was listening to the audiobook on overdrive and it was due (and therefore auto-returned itself) when i had about 1.5 hours left. So I still want to finish it, but I haven’t decided if I should try to get on the overdrive queue again or get a hardcopy…
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This is what I’m reading right now. It takes a look at some of the bloodiest murders committed by women and frames them as people, which doesn’t sound like much when I say it like that, but so often female murderers are seen as sexy vampire types, or “driven by sex”, when really they have all the same motives that men do. It’s macabre, witty, and feminist, and proves the quote “there are no female serial killers” totally wrong. All the good things.
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Wait I love The Importance of Being Earnest so much!! I had to read it like three separate times for different classes I think but I didn’t even care because it’s just so fun
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This looks AWESOME. I am definitely adding this to my TBR. Don’t know what it says about me that I can’t get enough of serial killers but here we are 
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My grandmother and I literally bond over our favourite serial killers. No judgment here!
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I love House of Night, I’ve been meaning to re-read them too, but they’re at my mum’s place T-T
I’m currently reading a few books;
Shinsekai Yori gekan - Kishi Yuusuke
This is the third and final book in a dystopian/fantasy series which is really interesting, though all three of these books had amazing 5 star parts and really slow boring 1 star parts, which make them kind of hard to get through… Whenever I’m stuck in a 1 star part it just takes me forever to get through it, especially because these are quite difficult, and my Japanese reading skills need improvement. I do recommend the anime series a lot, it’s one of my favourites.
Herbal Alchemist’s Handbook: A Grimoire of Philtres, Elixirs, Oils, Incense, and Formulas for Ritual Use - Karen Harrison
I’ve been trying to read more about herbs and their healing properties, and so far I’m enjoying this book.
Brother’s Conflict 3 - Takashi Mizuno
A light novel, very simple read. Wouldn’t really recommend. I bought these novels years again when I was really into this series, but couldn’t read them because I couldn’t read Japanese. Now I can read them but I don’t enjoy the series as much as I once did.
Vilette - Charlotte Bronte
I really enjoy this novel so far. I love reading classics from that time period, like the Brontes and Austen, so this is right up my alley. It’s my first book by Charlotte Bronte, so I’m looking forward to finding out if I enjoy her books as much as I enjoy her sisters books.
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Vilette is my favorite thing ever written by a Bronte, and I took a seminar course in college on Jane Austen and the Brontes, so I’ve read a lot. People seem to really love Jane Eyre for some reason, but I much prefer Vilette. Then again, I enjoy Wuthering Heights precisely because every character is horrible, so take all of this opining with a healthy pinch of salt.
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I’ve been wanting to read Vilette! I didn’t love Jane Eyre but I also enjoyed everybody’s equal terribleness in Wuthering Heights, so Vilette is next on my Bronte list!
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I think Jane Eyre is my only Bronte to far. I also haven’t read it since I was 12. I bet I’ll have different perspectives on it now. I really should reread that.
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I would have loved to take a course on Austen and the Brontes!
I really loved Wuthering Heights as well, like you, because everyone was horrible (and because it shows the effects of child abuse, I don’t really see it as a romance novel at all). So then there’s a large chance I’ll keep loving Vilette. I’ve only just started it, but I’m excited to read more! What’s your favourite Jane Austen book?
Vilette looked more interesting to me than Jane Eyre, which is why I ended up picking that one first. Other than that I’ve read Wuthering Heigts and the The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, which I both really enjoyed.
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(I realize this question wasn’t directed toward me but as I’m drinking tea out of my Jane Austen mug right now I can’t help myself 
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My favorite books of Austen’s are Sense & Sensibility, Pride & Prejudice, and Persuasion!! Persuasion I love because it’s not as popular as the first two and because the love story doesn’t quite follow the same format (it basically takes place after the love story for the two main characters) but still manages to be surprising and charming and heartwarming and everything I love about Austen.
Sense & Sensibility, I’ll be honest, I love so much because I grew up watching the movie with my mom on like every lazy Sunday and I just absolutely adore everything about it. I think it’s so clever and lovely.
Pride & Prejudice is Pride & Prejudice, there’s a reason everybody loves it and that reason is because it is simply wonderful, end of story.
Now I want to re-read all of Austen again…ugh so many books, so little time
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I may have a weakness for Pride and prejudice. I know it’s the one everyone likes, but the character development!
Darcy is kind of awful at the beginning, but he realizes he’s wrong, works to change his point of view, and then helps the Bennetts with no expectation of getting a reward or “points” toward making women like him. Only after that does Lizzy start to return his feelings, because for once the girl is attracted to good people, and not just whatever hot but awful man happens to be in front of her. Idk I have a lot of feelings about that one.
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AGREED. And I love that Lizzy is completely not afraid to call him out on being absolutely awful. Still one of the hands-down best literary heroines of all time.
That’s what I love most about Austen, is how complex all of her female characters are, which is refreshing even today considering how many terrible ones still exist. I love all the various sisterly dynamics, love to hate on Mrs. Bennet’s ridiculousness because it makes me love Mr. Bennet more, and Lady Catherine? Deliciously awful. The nice men like Bingley and (eventually) Darcy are almost overshadowed by the prominence of all the wonderful craziness that is the life of Austen’s women, which is as 
it should be
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Yes. Just yes. To all of that.
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