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Night of Cake and Puppets
Night of Cake and Puppets: A Daughter of Smoke and Bone Novella | Laini Taylor
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In this new stand alone novella from New York Times bestselling author Laini Taylor comes the story of a funny and fantastical first date. In NIGHT OF CAKE & PUPPETS, Taylor brings to life a night only hinted at in the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy - the magical first date of fan-favorites Zuzana and Mik. Told in alternating perspectives, it's the perfect love story for fans of the series and new readers alike. The novella also contains an extract from the first book in the series: Daughter of Smoke and Bone. Petite though she may be, Zuzana is not known for timidity. Her best friend, Karou, calls her 'rabid fairy', her 'voodoo eyes' are said to freeze blood, and even her older brother fears her wrath. But when it comes to the simple matter of talking to Mik, or 'Violin Boy', her courage deserts her. Now, enough is enough. Zuzana is determined to meet him, and she has a fistful of magic and a plan. It's a wonderfully elaborate treasure hunt of a plan that will take Mik all over Prague on a cold winter's night before finally leading him to the treasure: herself!Violin Boy's not going to know what hit him.(P)2013 Hodder & Stoughton
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maich
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It was years ago when I read Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy. I fell in love with amazing world and characters that Laini created. I always wanted to read novella about Zuzana and Mike which wasn't translated in my language. Now that I finally read it I am disappointed.

#readingwithmaya #serieschallenge #lainitaylor #nightofcakeandpuppets #fantasy #ya
#seriesloves @andrew65 @TheSpineView

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currentlyreadinginCO
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Panpan

This novella is the 2.5 installment in the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series. It fills in some gaps and is the backstory of a side character romance. I thought the sketchbook element was cute but otherwise found it much less polished than the main books. On to Dreams of Gods & Monsters!

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WJCintron
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#alphabetgame !! @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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Night of Cake & Puppets by Laini Taylor @lainit .

This book is a companion to the series Daughters of Smoke & Bones. Don‘t you love the cover? The colors are beautiful. 😍 Can‘t wait to read it!

Have you read it?

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for playing! ❤️📚 2y
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Enchanted_Bibliophile
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Not sure I'll have all that much reading time, but I'm going to try to get 20hours in the next 5 days

Day 1: 3h21m

#20in4 #ReadAThon
@Andrew65

Andrew65 A good start 👏👏👏 2y
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Lizpixie
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My #FebruaryWrapUp was 20 books! This includes:

🔪2 Thrillers
✍🏼 2 Graphic Novels
🕵🏻‍♂️ 1 True Crime NF
🖋 3 Lit Fic
🧙🏻‍♀️ 11 Fantasy/Magical Realism
🎧 1 Audiobook

Two of those were not completed by the 1st of March so will carry over to March. Not a bad month all round🙌 The tagged book was my #BookOfTheMonth it was sweet, it was funny & it was totally magical✨

PurpleyPumpkin Well done!👏🏽 3y
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Lizpixie
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Bk4 of #FabulousFebruary & Bk12 of Feb is done. What an absolutely gorgeous book! Starting with the cover, hardback & illustrations then ending with the story itself, it‘s hands down one of the most beautiful books I‘ve ever picked up. The story of Zuzana & Mik‘s first date, I had a goofy smile on my face by the end. 10⭐️ #Booked2021 #MusicalInstrumentOnCover #LitsyAtoZ2021 #LetterN #PennyPerPage #256cents #SeriesRead2021 #StackingTheSeries👇👇

Cinfhen If you say this is one of the MOST GORGEOUS illustrated & written books/ I‘m SOLD 💗 (edited) 3y
Lizpixie @Cinfhen have you read the Daughter Of Smoke & Bone series? 3y
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Cinfhen No ☹️but I‘m familiar with the covers, Liz❣️ 3y
julesG I'm so happy that you liked it. 😊 3y
Lizpixie @Cinfhen you should give them a try, I didn‘t think I‘d like them myself but I fell in love with the characters & story hard. @julesG I‘m just kicking myself for not reading them years ago!💙💗 3y
TheSpineView 👍📖📚 3y
TheAromaofBooks I feel like you consistently have the most beautiful editions of books!!! 3y
Andrew65 Superb 👏👏👏🙌 3y
Clwojick So pretty! ♥️💙 3y
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julesG
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#BookMail

Needed a treat. 😁

squirrelbrain You deserve a treat! But is that a pack of a few books on the right? Looks a bit big to be one book? 3y
CoffeeAndABook Good for you 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 3y
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CaitlinSiem
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Pickpick

This is one of favorite series of all time. So of course I loved this and the precious characters in it. I loved this whole little story and it makes me want to do a reread of the series (for the thousandth time).

PaperbackPrincess19 What is this? I‘ve never even heard of this book and I love Laini Taylor‘s writing 4y
PaperbackPrincess19 How do you do your photos with the quote and whether it‘s audio or otherwise? 4y
CaitlinSiem Yes, this is a little novella that she wrote. You can actually even get it in hardback. I love her writing as well. This book goes after Daughter I‘d Smoke and Bone @Paperback.princess19 4y
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BookwormAHN
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Pickpick

This was really adorable. It's the story of Zuzana's first date with Mik, set in the world of Daughter of Smoke and Bones.
#MarchUnshelfing readathon
@Clwojick
#BBRC #TeenAngst #Lollipopfiction
@LibrarianRyan @RachelO

rockpools Aww. I didn‘t know that existed! 4y
LibrarianRyan 😁👍🏻❤️ 4y
Clwojick ♥️♥️♥️ 4y
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Sammidnightsun
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Pickpick

Had this series of books in my audible library for a long time finally got round to reading it was hooked straight away great series

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Kenyazero
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Pickpick

Absurdly adorable. I really enjoyed this short story. I love Laini Taylor's characters and how she portrays them.

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thepostman96
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Pickpick

This has been one of my favorite books for a few years now. I‘ve only ever read the ebook, so the illustrated edition was a new experience. And I guess I just needed to reread something cute and fluffy, and Zuzana and Mik are delightful characters. Laini Taylor writes the best romance. 💕

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kylienoele
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These are all the goodies that @GypsyKat included in the Halloween box 😭😭 I am so lucky!! 🧡💜🧡💜 The candle smells so amazing and the StrangerThings eyeshadow palette? I can‘t believe it 🥺

GypsyKat @kylienoele Awesome! 🎃🍁🍂 4y
GypsyKat I‘m so happy you liked everything! 🎃 I hope it gets cold enough for you to use the scarf! 4y
kylienoele @GypsyKat I‘ll be able to wear it on my trip to AL 😍 4y
Chrissyreadit I love the socks!!!! 4y
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reading_rainbow
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🍰 i can‘t wait to read this one. i loved the scene in smoke and bone where Zuzana preformed the life size marionette show on that bridge in Prague and Mik played the violin 🎻 i can‘t wait to read through Zuz eyes

julesG You'll love it! 5y
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reading_rainbow
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AGH it‘s so pretty 🦇💕💕💕 it‘s a companion novel to the Smoke & Bone trilogy about Zuzana! and it‘s illustrated too! i love Zuz

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MsRadioSilence
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Today‘s #colormepretty is #pink!

These books come from my TBR. Glitter I saw a few times on here, read the synopsis, then added it. Textrovert is a book I read way long ago on Wattpad and then bought a copy when the author physically published it. My aunt told me that Laini Taylor was publishing another book from the DOSAB trilogy, but it took me a long while to buy it and I still haven‘t read it yet. Soon, though!

#tbr #toberead #prettyinpink

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SavouringStyx
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Reading this lovely companion story of Daughter of Smoke and Bone series, I came across this brilliant solution for introverts who avoid small talk...
Get a hyena!

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ReadingEnvy
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Mehso-so

I read Daughter of Smoke and Bone (the trilogy) a couple of years ago and found this novella in #hoopla recently, reminding me I never read it. It's the love story of a puppet maker and a violin boy, Zuzana and Myk, it's all cute and the only warring factions are off the page in texts from Karou. ⤵️

ReadingEnvy One small complaint about the audio - Prague is such a central figure in this series. The author knew to have a violin boy who could talk about the fine Czech composer Dvorak. But the audiobook narrator destroyed his last name, pronouncing it Devorack. Sigh. I soothed my soul watching a pronunciation video on YouTube. https://youtu.be/5fRu6zAIbAo 5y
ReadingEnvy And guys I'm giving this a so-so because it's just not substantive. They are twitterpated and do elaborately nice things for each other and it's sweet but nothing that's gonna stick at least not for this reader. 5y
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SiriGuruDevSingh
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Pickpick

💞💋💗💕

CatAndKindle Great series of books 5y
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That-Bookish-Hiker
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Pickpick

What a cute story! I loved Zuzana and Mik in the smoke and bone trilogy so I loved reading how that night went. I miss this world so much and I loved being back in it.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

ReadingRover Isn‘t this books so pretty?!?! I love it! 5y
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Kasie
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Pickpick

Finishing this audiobook today. This series has some of the best characters. All are just so likable.

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InkedBookworm13
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#manicmonday @JoScho
? Night of Cake and Puppets
? Marie Antoinette (with Kristen Dunst) I know she didn't really say "Let them eat cake" but I instantly thought of it lol
?Cake by the Ocean

JoScho 😊❤️🍰 5y
WanderingBookaneer I thought the same about 🎥 . Good song choice. 5y
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GypsyKat
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I took this picture two nights ago. I love that my hubs enjoys reading! Sitting in the quiet together and reading is a lovely thing. ❤️❤️❤️
@TheWhiteHatter

MrBook Love it! 5y
kspenmoll ❤️❤️ 5y
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TheWhiteHatter
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Pickpick

As always Laini Taylor does not dissapoint! This was just a beautiful and whimsical return to the beautiful world and one of my favorite characters from the series. Highly reccomend this book!

Jovy Loved this series! 5y
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Pickpick

This illustrated edition of what was originally just an ebook proves why print rules (for me at least!). I remembered nothing of the e version. But with the atmospheric illustrations and typesetting, this back-and-forth narration of Zuzana & Mik‘s first date (something not shown in the Smoke & Bone trilogy) is magical. Literally. Melted my stone-cold heart with fantastic and sweetly quirky romance 💕

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TheWhiteHatter
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Starting this Sunday off right with some great coffee and cookies, and the wonderful Laini Taylor! #lovelainitaylor #Zuzanaisthebest

GypsyKat Great picture, babe! ❤️ 5y
TheWhiteHatter Thanks babe! 5y
Zelma Very festive looking! Love the mug colors. 5y
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goodthinkrebel
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Pickpick

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Cute, cute story and beautiful illustrations but didn't really grab me. But I could totally see a middlegrader falling love with this book.
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#bookaddict #booknerd #bookish #bibliophile #bookworm #booklove #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookquotes #instabooks #booklion #book #library #shelfie #bookaholic #reading #reader #currentlyreading #newbook #booklove

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Johanna414
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Pickpick

This was so cute! Suzanna reminds me so much of my little sister - feisty miniature human who is deeply creative, prickly but secretly a total softy, and I couldn‘t help picture her as my Emily the whole time

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Kalalalatja
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Pickpick

This was absolutely lovely! It made me wish to be a teenager and newly in love again. Also, I had forgot how awesome Laini Taylor‘s writing is, and it made me want to read the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy again! 📚 #24in48

TrishB Lovely review 👍🏻 6y
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Kalalalatja
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I‘m up and ready to kick off day two of the #24in48 readathon with what I hope will be some sweet fantasy (and lots of coffee) 👌

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missevievelyn
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Pickpick

Finished book 3! I liked this one a lot! Forgot how much I liked these characters (I know a lot of people found them annoyed but I think they‘re sweet and cute 😅) #24in48

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missevievelyn
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Enjoying this more than I thought I would! 😊 I have to work on Sunday so I‘m trying to squeeze as much reading in today as I can 😅 wish me luck! #24in48

Andrew65 Going well! 👍 6y
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Elisa
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My current favorite couple in fiction is Zuze and Mik from the DOSAB trilogy. They are funny, brave, and simply adorable. This book has wonderful illustrations about them! #Ishipit #YAgiveaway.

Thanks for the really fun giveaway, @hermyknee 💜💜🌟🌟🌟

Kalalalatja Love Mik and Suze ❤️❤️ 6y
Elisa @Kalalalatja me too! They are the best sidekicks, too 😄 6y
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Bookgoil
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Pickpick

I did a little readathon yesterday with my new blog partner and mostly concentrated on some committee reading I'm doing for a K-3 award list in our state.

I also finished Night of Cake and Puppets, which was so good and involves my favorite characters from the series - Zuzana and Mik and how they romantically meet. There's illustrations as well! You can read this one without having read the whole series.

FlowerFairy Love your mug!!! 6y
TrishB Me too 💕 6y
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LivtheLibrarian
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Pickpick

Absolutely wonderful little companion to an absolutely wonderful series...

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Bookgoil
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Really loving the illustrations and PoV in this companion novel. My hubby just left for work so Zeus is settling onto the couch to hang with me the rest of the night. #dogsoflitsy

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GypsyKat
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Pickpick

This was so fun! Even though Goodreads lists this as 2.5 of the series, I‘m happy that I read it after I read the whole trilogy. It was such fun to revisit these delightful characters! And I loved the artwork! If you‘re a fan of Daughter of Smoke & Bone, and a fan of Zuzana and Mik, then you‘ll definitely enjoy this lovely little adventure. 💗🍰💙🎶💋🦋☕️❄️

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GypsyKat
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I‘m starting this one before I go to sleep. Look how freaking cute this book is!😍 I swear, I love it already! Plus, I‘m happy to return to this universe, if only for a novella. 💗

Christine11 I love when books have special illustrations - it makes reading them even more lovely ! 😊 6y
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Elisa
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SUCH a lovely book. This was such a treat, particularly while still recovering from the emotional roller-coaster and general awesomeness that is the trilogy!

The switching POV, the illustrations that just captured it all PERFECTLY, the magic... and the graphic novel teaser, which just about had my heart bursting in excitement!!! I mean, what?!??!? DOSAB in graphic novel form??? That would be all kinds of AMAZING!!

minkyb ❣️❣️❣️ 6y
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Elisa
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“And there‘s no better way to thaw a face, as it turns out, than with another face.”

#mikandzuzeforever

Kalalalatja I just ordered this, I can‘t wait to read it 😍 6y
GypsyKat I got this for Christmas, can‘t wait to read it! 😆 6y
Elisa @Kalalalatja it is so lovely! Such a treat for fans of the trilogy 😍 6y
Elisa @GypsyKat me too!! It was the first of my Christmas pile that I started reading! 6y
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JessicaLynn
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Zuzana is my spirit animal! This book was everything I wanted from her and Mik's story! Laini Taylor can write the hell out of a story. And I love every single word!

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GypsyKat
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Starting our after Christmas clean up. I love my little Samwise Funko Pop and I can‘t wait to read this book! ❤️🎄
#FunkoPop
#ChristmasCleanup

DivineDiana And I Spy a Tiffany‘s bag! 🧐🙂👏🏻 6y
GypsyKat @DivineDiana Yes! It had a Tiffany‘s bumblebee charm necklace inside. 🐝❤️ I was kind of embarrassingly spoiled this year! 🙈🎄🎁 6y
DivineDiana So nice! 😍 6y
[DELETED] 3803335244 The clean up is always the hard part for me. I often wonder why I clean before family comes, lol 😂 6y
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