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Lauredhel

Lauredhel

Joined November 2016

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We Were Liars | E Lockhart
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I really really disliked this book, so I'm glad it at least filled a prompt!

Little rich kids and their hateful family gather on a private island and *waves hands* twisty blahblah I really don't care because the only likeable characters are the dogs.

@julieclair #FictionalTraveler

Texreader Tell it like it is!! Great review 2d
Lauredhel @Texreader haha I always do! 2d
julieclair 😂😂 Excellent review! Crossing this one off my TBR list. 2d
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rubyslippersreads The poor dogs! 2d
Ruthiella I hated that book too . 😅 2d
Lauredhel @julieclair a LOT of people love it and that's fine too! I think it probably works best as a teen's first twisty book. 2d
Lauredhel @rubyslippersreads yes I think that's part of why I hated it so much. Didn't find a single person who content-noted that even under a spoiler warning. 2d
Lauredhel Can I just also say that another thing I really hated is that the author repeatedly attempted to nod to class differences and the fact that the staff are people too, which I THOUGHT was leading up to at least one of these faceless island staff becoming a real character in the book? But no. 2d
Lauredhel Even the map of the island goes out of its way to have a separate Staff Dock and Family Dock. Does this matter or come up in the book? It does not. 2d
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When the World Was Soft: Yindjibarndi Creation Stories | Juluwarlu Group Aboriginal Corporation
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Beautiful art in this illustrated book of creation stories

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Local literature from the library today

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The Cybernetic Tea Shop | Meredith Katz
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Gorgeous little sapphic (?) romance novella featuring an ace heroine and a robot who runs a tea shop. Examinations of SFnal AI personhood, ethics, nurture, and autonomy.

And I'm done! Nine graphic novels, nine text novels/novellas, and a poetry book.

#LGBTQIA2025 @Kenyazero

BookmarkTavern Wow! 🤩 4d
Kitta Wow!! 🤩 2d
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Mehso-so

Gorgeous cover, cute title, liked the mooncake contest storyline idea. The rest was just meh. Theo was a dick, and there was no chemistry between them. Took me ages to read because I kept falling asleep a few pages after picking it up.

I did get the #Autumn prompt for #LGBTQIA2025 @Kenyazero - one to go! As well as Cake, finishing March for #ISpyBingo #ISpy @TheAromaOfBooks

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 1w
ravenlee Wow! If you need a book with asexual rep, the FMC in this one is on the ace spectrum and one of the secondary characters is also ace: 1w
Lauredhel @ravenlee thanks, I found six in my TBR already! Have you read Role Playing? Also ace spec (but a M-F romance) and one of my faves 1w
ravenlee Ooh, that looks good! And…apparently it‘s already on my TBR! 🤣 Someday I will whittle it down… 1w
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After a long period of chaos and homelessness, Dan‘s alcoholic mum abandons him at his Meemaw‘s place in the Smokies. It‘s not a very queer-friendly town, but there is also joy to be found. I‘m loving this graphic novel so far.

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on page 28 :

- Terrible Lettering Hall of Shame award

- That's not how retinal detachment works

- That's not how disability diagnosis works

- That's not how anything works

Impending DNF

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Don't Cause Trouble | Arree Chung
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Cute MG graphic novel with a bit more going on below the surface.

And with scissors on the cover, that's February done! #ISpyBingo #ISpy @TheAromaOfBooks

Four grids are fully completed; 15 prompts to go.

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! Fabulous progress!! 2w
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Murder by Memory | Olivia Waite
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Murder by Memory - a generation-ship murder-mystery with a nod to knitting? There's really no way I wasn't going to like this.

And I finished my Goodreads seasonal challenge! #goodreadschallenge #readingchallenges

shanaqui I don't/can't use Goodreads any more (they messed up my book records permanently with a bug and refused to fix it, a few years ago) but the seasonal challenge looks so tempting. 👀 3w
shanaqui Argh, didn't mean to send yet, I wanted a new line! 😅 Good work on the challenge completion! 3w
Lauredhel @shanaqui I've been enjoying the seasonal challenges! They're not for very slow readers or people who refuse to step outside a limited TBR/comfort zone, but I've found plenty of good reads in them (edited) 3w
shanaqui @Lauredhel I might look them up and replicate them for myself on StoryGraph or with a graphic on here or something!

Ooh, looks like someone already does it on StoryGraph, in case anyone's looking for it! https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/b39b226a-7d82-4267-a215-77dde52...
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Lauredhel @shanaqui oh, neat! 3w
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I'm not particularly enjoying the artwork in this graphic memoir so far, but I did spot an Italy!

#WickedWords @AsYouWish

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Murder by Memory | Olivia Waite
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Only “Italy“ to go! #WickedWords @AsYouWish

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Creaky Acres: A Graphic Novel | Nilah Magruder, Calista Brill
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This little graphic novel is pretty fun.

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Murder by Memory | Olivia Waite
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Absolute banger of an opening page

Clare-Dragonfly Indeed! 4w
shanaqui I really enjoyed this one when I read the ARC! Though I felt it was more Agatha Christie-esque than Dorothy Sayers-ish, and the latter was the comparison given. 4w
Lauredhel @shanaqui I'm good with either! 4w
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Paladin's Strength | T Kingfisher
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Two-thirds of the way through. I love Ursula Vernon, but I feel like this book would benefit from slashing 100 pages or so out of it. The pining is repetitive and the roadtrip overly long without good justification.

Fingers crossed it speeds up from here.

shanaqui I have the whole series to read, I've only read the first, and this one really does look a bit... chunky. 1mo
willaful YES. I thought it was an improvement on the first and someone posted here the the third has much less so I'm looking forward to that. 1mo
Lauredhel @willaful I've finished now and definitely thought the first was much better, for the pacing if nothing else. But the third is back to 300 pages so I have high hopes! 4w
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Untitled | Unknown
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1. Always be learning. This includes learning about people who are not like you and backgrounds/experiences different from your own

2. 🧶📚👩‍🦼🐶🐔🌏 (i never have been obedient)

3. Dog videos on insta

@Eggs #wondrouswednesday

Eggs Thanks for playing 🥳 1mo
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Guess what's on Hoopla now? :O \o/ #graphicnovel

On my hook : a Marinus baby blanket #litsycrafters

Prairiegirl_reading That blanket is gorgeous!! 1mo
Lauredhel @Prairiegirl_reading I love the texture in Helen Shrimpton patterns 1mo
Clare-Dragonfly Ooh yay! I‘m borrowing it just for the sake of it, though hopefully my library will get it in paper (I did request that they buy it). 1mo
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I'm having good luck happening across #WickedWords prompts in graphic novels this month. @AsYouWish

AsYouWish And I was worried that one was going to be too difficult to find, lol! 😂 1mo
Lauredhel @AsYouWish I thought it would be also! 1mo
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Mehso-so

This was a cute-ish graphic novel on a Beauty & The Beast theme. OK, but a bit forgettable I think.

#WickedWords @AsYouWish

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And I just realised that with the rainbow on the cover, this book also gives me a finished grid for June!

I now have nineteen unfilled prompts for the year.

#ISpyBingo #ISpy @TheAromaOfBooks

TheAromaofBooks Wow, you're doing amazing!!! 1mo
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Really lovely counting picture book about a little child whose parents take him to a pride parade after he is bullied for liking rainbows. Lots of diversity on the page in areas other than sexuality & gender, too. The child learns a lesson about the joy in just being yourself. A good one to stash in little free libraries especially if you're in a book-banning area!

JenniferEgnor Unfortunately, yes, currently in a book banning area. Thanks for posting this!!! Can‘t wait to read it🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 1mo
Lauredhel @JenniferEgnor Ugh, I'm sorry about your community, but glad there are some good people there! 1mo
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Paladin's Strength | T Kingfisher
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I'm really enjoying the second book in the Paladin series!

Plus, word one from #WickedWords knocked off on day one of the month. @AsYouWish

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Panpan

So I hate-read the rest of it. This was DIRE.

Terrible characters making even worse decisions. Completely non-believable situations. Zero character growth, something that is essential in a young-adult series that ends in adulthood. No introspection. And for a series that bills itself a “romance“, having the final getting-together part take place completely off-screen was ... certainly a choice.

Vansa This was such a bad book. I still forced myself to read it. I thought Jeremiah's changing to a Chad was really badly done, Conrad is always awful to Isabel, and Jere is always kind. But if course ,the “ bad boy“ has win! 1mo
Lauredhel @Vansa My disbelief started when they were all “we've been together two years, we love each other, we sleep in each other's beds at college all the time, but heavens to betsy obviously we haven't had S E X“

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I'm halfway through and this book is _dire_. Not sure if I'll DNF or hate-read.

mcctrish 😳😫 1mo
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A Holly Jolly Diwali | Sonya Lalli
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Ooh, just realised this dud of a book also fills my last Read Harder prompt, reading a holiday romance that isn't Xmas. So there's that!

#readharder2025 #readingchallenge #readingchallenges

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A Holly Jolly Diwali | Sonya Lalli
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I've finished #Bookchain2025 @TheAromaOfBooks !

Unfortunately the tagged book was not to my liking. Superficial insta-love, unformed minor characters, dynamics that made no sense, slow-burn/angst with an abrupt unearned third-act breakup and no payoff. The MC needed therapy, not a boyfriend.

TheAromaofBooks Great progress on your BookChain, though!! 1mo
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May done - a bit easier this month!
#WickedWords @AsYouWish

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It's Paloma's first trip to Mexico City, home of her long-deceased father, and she doesn't want to be there.

Until she meets new friends, is intrigued by Frida Kahlo, and finds there is a mystery to be solved.

Last Wicked Words for the month! #WickedWords @AsYouWish
And Spanish-Speaking country for @julieclair #FictionalTraveler
Also a GORGEOUS cover.

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La boheme | Giacomo Puccini
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Sharing my current crochet WIP, a Rain Boheme blanket in Hobbii Wool Blend Tweed. #litsycrafters

StaceGhost This is so beautiful! 2mo
Lauredhel @StaceGhost I love this pattern! 2mo
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LiseWorks How lovely 2mo
Blh87 I LOVE this! 2mo
TheBookHippie Wow!!! ♥️ 2mo
Clare-Dragonfly Wow, this is gorgeous! 2mo
Eggbeater It's beautiful. Fabulous work! 2mo
CoveredInRust Beautiful! 2mo
dabbe 🤩😍🤩 2mo
ElizaMarie WOW So beautiful! 2mo
Darklunarose That is beautiful! 2mo
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The Colour of Magic | Terry Pratchett
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Litsytestbook004 | Litsytestbook004
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#ThreeListThursday @dabbe #TLT @TheSpineView

Oof, yeah nah. And my score would have been way lower if not for Austen!

TheSpineView I didn't do that great either. 2mo
dabbe You're in great company; most of us scored around that. We'll all improve once we get into the dang 1900s! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 2mo
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Parable of the Talents | Octavia E. Butler
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I read the novel a while ago ; now reading the graphic novel.

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Carousel Summer | Kathleen Gros
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Part YA graphic novel, part epistolary story, this lovely book tells of a rural Canadian girl who is figuring out who she is and how to be true to herself and her beliefs while her best friend is away at camp. It tackles queerness, masc/femme presentation, gentrification, and it has a great sibling relationship to boot.

Fourth #WickedWords down for May. @AsYouWish

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This historical graphic novel is wonderful so far! It's a sapphic re-imagining of the true story of Helena “Nell“ Cusack, NYC stunt-girl reporter who exposed terrible conditions in garment factories.

#feminist #graphicnovel #lgbtq
#WickedWords @AsYouWish

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The title is “Strong“ in English, but this is a better cover! Second word down for #WickedWords @AsYouWish

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Anne of Windy Willows | L. Montgomery
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L M Montgomery's characterisation of Cousin Ernestine is just hilarious.

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The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel | Scott McCloud, Raina Telgemeier
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Another month down in #ISpyBingo #ISpy @TheAromaOfBooks

The Cartoonists Club was a fun read, part story of the formation of a new school club, part instructional book on making comics and zines, part Ms Frizzle style encouragement to budding artists and writers to “take chances! make mistakes! get messy!“

I love the librarian who facilitates the group meetings, she's great.

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Looking great!! 2mo
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Anne of Windy Willows | L. Montgomery
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Anne of Windy Willows (Poplars) has never been my favourite of the Anne books, but I'm still enjoying this read!

First #WickedWords of the month @AsYouWish #bet

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This Enchanted Island | Tansy Rayner Roberts
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(this is a followup story to the tagged book)

And I'm done for April!
#WickedWords @AsYouWish

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This Enchanted Island | Tansy Rayner Roberts
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I've been struggling for ages to find a cover match for Where the Drowned Girls Go, and I reckon this works! Colour, ocean theming, portal in the middle, etc. @TheAromaOfBooks #Bookchain2025

This entire Teacup Magic series is so enjoyable! It is set in a Regency-ish but more LBGTQIA+ friendly set of islands. >>

Lauredhel >> Each book has a bit of a different 'hook' - this one was Alice in Wonderland flavoured, another was more of a mystery, another a ghost story, another straight romance, etc. Kind of like LM Bujold's books. Recommended. 2mo
TheAromaofBooks Wow, fantastic match!!!! 2mo
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Anne of Green Gables | L. Montgomery
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#tlt #threelistthursday I scored 52 that I can remember from this list (I inhaled a LOT of books as a kid/teenager!)
there are a few faves on it but I‘ll pick out Anne, P&P, and Little Women as those I have re read the most often.

Link for quiz is from @dabbe original post

Lauredhel Of course I wanted to add Hitchhikers Guide and Handmaid‘s Tale but it‘s three not five! 2mo
dabbe You can do five or whatever number you want! 🤩🤣😍 2mo
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Respect | Sue Lawson, Aunty Fay Muir
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This is a different book by Auntie Fay, not in the database.

Always Was Always Will Be is an excellent book of the history of First Nations protest movements in Australia. Suitable for middle grade and up, but I learned things also. Recommended.

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Lady Liesl's Seaside Surprise | Tansy Rayner Roberts
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Book 4 of the very enjoyable Regency-flavoured Teacup Magic series! Lady Liesl, two seasons out and still unmarried, hunts a missing diamond in the peculiar Bohemian artist's community her stepmother's seaside villa has become. She finds a much bigger mystery, and maybe also herself. Sapphic, crackling with magic, with nods to gothic fiction.

I love how different each Teacup Magic novella has been, the pacing, the banter. Looking forward to more

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Portugal | Cyril Pedrosa
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Took a punt that a graphic novel called “Portugal“ might contain the word #Portugese, and I was right! #WickedWords @AsYouWish

Am I enjoying it? Not really. Angsty artist dude treats woman terribly because angst, travels to find himself.

Also, Lettering Hall of Shame, gold star edition.

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Land of Mirrors | Maria Medem
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Just another entry in the Graphic Novel Lettering Shame Files.

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How to Draw a Secret | Cindy Chang
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There I was wondering which book to read for the Island prompt... when I realised I was reading a book set in Taiwan!

@julieclair #FictionalTraveler #Island

Read4life Love your graphic 💙 3mo
julieclair Love this! 3mo
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willaful Super cute the way you included the previous board! I've been wondering how to do that... 3mo
Lauredhel @willaful I'm That Weirdo who keeps all my challenges in Keynote, just because I'm used to it and know how to use it :)

So it's just screenshot, paste, & shrink!
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TheAromaofBooks Looking fabulous!!! 3mo
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“Fish“ was in my current read, hooray. Don't know where I'm gonna find “Portugese“, though. Cruising Libby now...

#WickedWords @AsYouWish

Read4life My thoughts exactly! #Portuguese 3mo
Lauredhel @Read4life I think I've found a graphic novel on Hoopla that might work... 3mo
Read4life Awesome!! 😎 3mo
AsYouWish @Lauredhel @Read4life Gotta keep you on your toes! 💙💙💙💙 3mo
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My People | Noonuccal Oodgeroo
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I‘ve read a little bit of Oodgeroo‘s poetry before, but I didn‘t realise how funny she is.

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