Happy Father’s Day!
I’m bringing A Voice in the Wind back into my feed, because I love how my dad loves it. He’s read the whole trilogy at least twice.
Dad always told me stories at bedtime, and wrote me stories for special occasions, and let me brainstorm my own stories with him. But we’d never really read physical books together.
One day I just started noticing this book off my shelf and around the house. And I would just cock my head at it until I finally asked, “Dad, are you reading my books?” Since then I’ve watched a myriad of books float off my shelves and appear around the house: the Mark of the Lion trilogy, the Percy Jackson series, the Reckoners trilogy . . .
I’m still hoping to get him to read more Brandon Sanderson. 😉
QOTD: Is there a book that reminds you of your dad?
#MeowvellousBookChallenge - Further’s Day: fav book day
#InFlamesLit - #shelfiesunday
#BeautiesOfJune - Beast’s Library: #shelfiesunday
#BookstagramReadsJune - Fictional Fathers
#JuneBookstagram18 - Sky Blue
#NotYourAverageTitles - Father’s Day
#fathersday #happyfathersday #francinerivers #avoiceinthewind #markofthelion #historicalfiction #christianfiction #bookstagram #instaread #coverlove #read #booknerd #bookworm #bookphotography #bookstagrammer #bibliophile #bookish #booklover #reading
“In two more years I’ll be really grown up. It’s a great comfort to think that I’ll be able to use big words then without being laughed at.” Anne Shirley, meet Brandon Sanderson.
Has an Anne and Brandon mash-up ever happened? I’ve decided I heartily approve.
My #bookstagram challenges today demanded I represent Sanderson in this picture, but I also needed to combine it with “florals galore” - and if you’ve read Sanderson, you know most of his books don’t have worlds with a myriad of flowers.
This “kindred spirits” print by @lucyintheskycreations is one of my favorites of all time, and it depicts the friendship of Anne and Diana amid the “florals galore.” Friendship is *so* important.
Too often, I feel we get wrapped up in the “OTP” shipping craze, and we don’t pause to appreciate the significant bonds that happen in platonic relationships.
If you are craving a story with wonderful friendships, I highly recommend Sanderson’s books. The crew Raoden builds around himself in Elantris. The crew Kelsier has built in Mistborn. Wax and Wayne in the Alloy of Law. Bridge Four in the Stormlight Archive. Etc.
QOTD: What are some of your favorite friendships in fiction?
#CaptainExploresPassages - Florals Galore: page 286 (Anne of Green Gables)
#MeowvellousBookChallenge - William Shakespurr: favorite author - BRANDON SANDERSON
#InFlamesLit - I like big books & I cannot lie
#LILLyricalMashup - “Hit me baby one more time” (rereads)
“‘Or, what is it you Americans say? You’re the cat’s meow, doll.’” Happy #FawkesFriday!
I’m joining the festivities that in less than a month (July 10) @nadinebrandes’s Guy Fawkes historical fantasy retelling is having a book birthday! (No, this picture is not the book . . . she sent me a signed, Latin-covered dust jacket of awesomeness.) Nadine Brandes is to blame for anything I do on Bookstagram. (bahaha, okay, that escalated quickly … but really)
My brother forced me to make an Instagram account when I thought I was a Facebook girl. I’d met Nadine at a writing conference, but I don’t even remember deciding to follow her IG account.
One day I just realized I was checking my phone like a teenager, and it was because I wanted to see what Nadine’s next post would be on her stunningly gorgeous, beautifully vulnerable, and authentically helpful #bookstagram.
I had been feeling lost on Instagram until I realized there was a bookish/writerly community here and that I, too, could take pictures of books and blather about my feels. 🤣😭😍 So, thank you, Nadine for introducing me to this community. I’m so excited for your *fourth* book baby - and for your first little hobbit, too! 😁😉 I am one of her dedicated Ninjas, and I will definitely be hosting a giveaway when we get closer to release day (July 10)! QOTD: Who introduced you to Bookstagram? Tag them in the comments!
#CaptainExploresPassages - Most Anticipated: page 22 (from @saraellawrites’s Unbreakable)
“‘Bloodlines and birthrights don’t make someone worth following. Neither does the appearance of power. I follow you because you have the courage of a true warrior.’ … ‘I don’t feel courageous. … I just see what needs to be done, and there’s no one else to do it.’” I’m reading through the Ravenspire books in preparation for @maryweberauthor’s book club, which is The Traitor Prince this month. I’m halfway through The Shadow Queen and *loving* it.
QOTD: When you think of a wise character, who comes to mind?
AOTD: I’ve been loving Gabril in @cjredwine’s The Shadow Queen.
#CaptainExploresPassages - Blood on the Cover: page 153 (I’m turning the page to 154 in The Shadow Queen.)
#BeautiesOfJune - Nose Stuck in a Book: book you couldn’t put down
#MeowvellousBookChallenge - So Many Felines: emotionally destroying book - I’m only halfway through The Shadow Queen, and I already have ALL.THE.FEELS.
#InFlamesLit - regret buying - *ahem* I regret /not/ buying this book. I have it from the library, and I keep having to pull out a notebook to keep track of the quotes I want to mark when I /do/ finally buy it.
#BookstagramReadsJune - favorite quote - ^ This is a pretty good quote. I’ve got tons coming out of this book that are print/bookmark worthy.
#JuneBookstagram18 - Lovely Lavender
#LILLyricalMashup - “A Whole New World” (bookish world you’d like to visit) - The Ravenspire world-building is so impressive in it’s creativity and simplicity. I’d be interested in visiting - with Lorelai as my guide.
“You don’t go into battle because you’re sure of victory,” Gabril said. “You go into battle because it’s the right thing to do.” Love this line from my newest read: The Shadow Queen by @cjredwine
I’m finally reading the Ravenspire books. So excited for @maryweberauthor’s bookclub featuring The Traitor Prince this month.
Featured is the Farsala Trilogy by Hilari Bell. This series is sorely under-hyped on bookstagram. It follows three characters - Jiaan, Soraya, and Kavi - who each have a destiny in the saving of their kingdom from an invading force (that feels very Roman). Jiaan and Kavi were some of my first ever “favorite” characters, and the world-building enthralled me. This trilogy was the one to inspire my first completed novel - the one I was writing at sixteen when we went to Wilkerson Pass (if you’ve been following my posts). It will always have a special place on my shelf.
QOTD: What’s an under-hyped series you wish more readers would pick up?
#CaptainExploresPassages - New Release: page 15
#InFlamesLit - From Before 2000 - When I took this picture, I thought for sure this trilogy was from the nineties. Alas, it released in 2005…
#BeautiesOfJune - Evermore: a book you’ll love forever
#JuneBookstagram18 - #jeweltones - I know, this was two days ago…
#NotYourAverageTitles - Metallic Title
