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Queen Victoria was known for putting jackets and dresses on her pups, causing clothing for dogs to become so popular that fashion houses for just dog clothes started popping up all over Paris. — Fox
It would be easy to assume that Evangeline came to the Lady Morgana only to pick fights. That wasn't true at all. They also had very good biscuits.
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#1
Book recommendations for texts that might not have their own discussion thread! No spoilers and no discussion — start a discussion thread if you want either Wink



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#2
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller.
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng.
Anything David Mitchell has ever written, especially Cloud Atlas or The Bone Clocks, TYVM.




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A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

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#4
There's a lot I could add here, but I'll just list some amazing, recent ones:

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray (And its sequels)
The Glass Sentence by S.E. Grove (And its sequels)


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#5
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
The Cirque Du Freak series by Darren Shan


Magic by Elaine!


#6
A Game of Thrones, by George R. R. Martin



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Spoiler Alert - Olivia Dade


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These are the books I rated 5 stars in 2021:
Maggie Stiefvater's The Scorpio Races
Brandon Sanderson's The Way of Kings
Michelle Zauner's Crying in H-Mart
Stephen King's The Institute
Grady Hendrix's The Final Girl Support Group
John Paul Brammer's Hola Papi!
Chris Liddell-Westerfield's They Said This Day Would Never Come
Madeline Miller's Circe
Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan's The Royal We
Maggie Stiefvater's The Raven Boys
Leigh Bardugo's Ninth House




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#9
My 2021 5-Star Reads Were...

The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn (aka Bridgerton Season 2!)
The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris (audio)
The Ugly Cry by Danielle Henderson, host of podcast I Saw What You Did (audio)
The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton which I will champion with my dying breath
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo which the best parts of Shadow &  Bone (Netflix) are based on

Also a bunch of strong four-stars, but.

In general, feel free to stalk me on Goodreads/Storygraph Smile


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#10
Some of my favorite reads over the past year (including this one!)

    The Cruel Prince (& the rest of the triology) by Holly Black
    The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary
    The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas
    Sixteen Scandals by Sophie Jordan

Also add me on Goodreads if you haven't <33



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