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LibrarianRyan
The Goblin Emperor | Katherine Addison
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4 ⭐This book is a soft DNF. On a day when I couldn‘t find an audiobook that fit this one did. This is an extremely long audiobook over 20 hours, and I did listen to approximately three. This story is about the offspring of a king, who has no chance of ever sitting on the throne and has been in isolation on the outskirts of the kingdom. They receive news that their father and all the older brothers have died which means they are now the monarch.

LibrarianRyan All of that was very interesting and kept my attention. However, in listening to this audiobook the number of times they repeat the word “serenity” is annoying. I gather that this is a greeting both in welcoming and in leaving kind of like aloha, but it‘s just odd. I can‘t tell if this is a mistake, or purposeful. It is done so often it could almost become a drinking game. I was at the stage of the story when the main character is told they must 1w
LibrarianRyan take a wife to keep their nephews and younger siblings from killing them to take over the throne, that I stopped the audiobook and never went back. I was thoroughly enjoying this book, that I will probably read it in print because the story was good, but the narration was annoying. 1w
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Pogue
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OMG as a D&D player I loved this. From Princess Donut to Mungo. This book is just pure entertainment.

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jdiehr
The Princess and the Goblin | George MacDonald
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Someone recently told me that George MacDonald was their favorite author.

I had never heard of him, so I decided to give this short audiobook a go.

Not for me.

I can see how fantasy readers would enjoy this, but I have come to the conclusion that fantasy will never be my jam.

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Doppoetry
The Goblin Emperor | Katherine Addison
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I'm not getting through this book as quickly as I'd like but I am enjoying it immensely.

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Doppoetry
The Goblin Emperor | Katherine Addison
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#Bookreport

📚Currently reading:

📕The Goblin Emperor - A chapter a day.
📕A Storm of Swords - A chapter a day
📙Lord of The Necropolis - Reading before bed.
🎧Emma
🎧Night of the Hunter

Progress:

Made progress with a lot of my readings, and I am happy I finished 2 novellas and a novel. Will continue to make good progress in this following week.

Doppoetry I plan to do some art this week so I hope I can get through some Night of the Hunter chapters. I don't care much for the main cast, but the side plots are *chef's kiss* 2mo
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MeganAnn
The Goblin Emperor | Katherine Addison
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First #auldlangspine title finished from @Karisimo ‘s list & I loved it.

Maia is thrown into court life when he is crowned emperor after the unexpected death of his father & half-brothers. Having grown up in exile with only an abusive caretaker, he knows nothing of life at court or how to rule. I very much enjoyed watching him find his way, create friends & learn to deal with bullies & enemies. This one felt cozy-adjacent to me.

4.5 ⭐️

Karisimo So glad you enjoyed it- i like that description “cozy adjacent”! 3mo
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MeganAnn
The Goblin Emperor | Katherine Addison
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Started my first #auldlangspine read this afternoon. 84 pages in already and I can tell this is going to be a good one!

Maia‘s youthful naïveté is so far endearing as he is thrown into court politics and formality. I‘m very curious to see how he handles it, the friends he continues to make and where it all goes.

So far, it reminds me a little of The Queen of the Tearling which I loved.

@Karisimo your picks are off to a great start!

Karisimo I‘m about halfway through Fly Girl and really enjoying it! 4mo
MeganAnn @Karisimo I‘m happy to see you are enjoying it! I found her life and her take on being a stewardess fascinating. It was a surprising favorite for me. 4mo
shanaqui This is one of my favourite books, aaah, love to see people enjoying it. 4mo
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Nessavamusic
The Goblin Emperor | Katherine Addison
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I liked this. Maia is a precious angel of a character that is easy to love. Though this is a high fantasy, it is also in essence a mystery. Once you get used to the language, it was very fun to follow the clues along with his growing collection of alliances. I do recommend the audiobook, it is well done and helps a great deal telling characters apart. 4⭐️
#bookspin pick done!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 4mo
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LiseWorks
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Robotswithpersonality
Snuff | Terry Pratchett
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Reread confirms it. Still my favourite book. The one that got me out of a decade long reading slump two years ago, before I'd read any other Discworld books. Having now read all of them, and reread all the City Watch books, I'm overjoyed that it lives up to my memory. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? Vimes remains a character who you regularly see thoughtfully consider the challenge to his own assumptions and then do better as a result. Pratchett's writing in his voice is fully developed.

While Thud! does a lot for Vimes, this is the only book that really moves from including Vimes as the head of an ensemble in the City Watch, to being primarily his story with a new supporting cast.
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Robotswithpersonality 3/? Reading this book is always bittersweet because I wonder what other adventures we could have had with this character if Terry had had more time. I dearly wish, he had had more time.

Regarding the supporting cast, I also wish we got other books with Willikins the bad ass butler!
4mo
Robotswithpersonality 4/? Pragmatic hope, the reality that humans are flawed with the open possibility that they can surprise you in a good way; it feels like the essence of watching Vimes discover new things about the world he thought he knew, and I love it. 4mo
Robotswithpersonality 5/5 It's not without its flaws:
Puns around Feeney 's meals and fighting style are as wince worthy as they were the last time I read it.
If the goblins and their denigration and enslavement are a metaphor for the history of racism then Vimes comes dangerously close to a white saviour figure. However if the lesson has to do with animal rights, he doesn't. I think it's up to interpretation.

⚠️speciesism/racism, enslavement
4mo
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