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K.J. Charles
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The Magpie Lord (A Charm of Magpies, #1)
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2013
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The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1)
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Slippery Creatures (The Will Darling Adventures, #1)
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A Case of Possession (A Charm of Magpies, #2)
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Flight of Magpies (A Charm of Magpies, #3)
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The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting (Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, #1)
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The Sugared Game (The Will Darling Adventures, #2)
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All of Us Murderers
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Subtle Blood (The Will Darling Adventures, #3)
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A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel (The Doomsday Books, #2)
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Summer Reading But This Time the Books Exist
In a new low for literacy, the Chicago Sun-Times decided to print a Chat-GPT generated article recommending for ‘Summer Reading’ a whole bunch of books that literally don’t exist. Oh, and also Atonement because Ian McEwan is always a great beach read.
I don’t need to rehearse everything wrong with a newspaper uncritically putting out the regurgitron’s unconsidered slop, or the environmental cost of
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Absolutely cracking murder mystery with lexicographer detectives and crossword-like clues. That is obviously pretty unrealistic but it's set in university-adjacent Oxford, which is largely fictional anyway. Great characters, involving story, and the ...more |
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| This was fantastic. Weird dreamy story of a girl failing at school, stifled by the oppressive sexism and utter emptiness of life in Tamil Nadu, very prone to falling in love with her classmates, and constantly seeing supernatural entities. You could ...more | |
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| A fun horror series with a good blend of dark comedy, nightmares, and actual serious feelings. You'd want to start at the beginning of the series. ...more | |
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| An interesting premise, though having read a couple of this author's books I was sort of waiting for the (view spoiler). I liked a lot of things about it--the way friendship matters as much as love, ...more | |
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| Sequel to The Lion House, which I found wonderful as a kind of novelisation-history of the early life of Suleyman the Magnificent. This was also very readable though perhaps less clear/compelling, perhaps because it was more about the larger politics ...more | |
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| Harry Met Sally type story with opposites attract. I detested both characters immediately, to the point where I hoped they'd both fall out of windows, and DNFd at 15%. HOWEVER, this was entirely an emotional response evoked by strong writing and effe ...more | |
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“What the fuck, what the fucking, bloody devil-shit, what in the name of Satan's swollen cock was that?”
― The Magpie Lord
― The Magpie Lord
“When I fuck you, Mr. Day, it will not be briefly. It will be long and hard and extremely thorough. I'm going to take pains with you.”
― The Magpie Lord
― The Magpie Lord
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The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (M/M Historical Fantasy)
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (F/F Historical Fiction)
Spectred Isle by K.J. Charles (M/M Historical Fantasy)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (M/M YA Contemporary)
The Tiger's Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera (F/F YA High Fantasy)
Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi (F/F Sci-Fi)
Dreadnought by April Daniels (Transgender YA Superhero)
Adaptation by Malinda Lo (F/F-Bi YA Sci-Fi)
The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson (F/F High Fantasy)
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo (Transgender YA Contemporary)
The Lightning-Struck Heart by T.J. Klune (M/M High Fantasy)
A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson (M/M High Fantasy)
A Matter of Oaths by Helen S. Wright (M/M-Bi Space Opera)
Huntress by Malinda Lo (F/F YA High Fantasy)
Him by Sarina Bowen (M/M Contemporary)
Abroad by Liz Jacobs (M/M NA Contemporary)
“When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty, I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”
― On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature
― On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature
“Lying in bed would be an altogether supreme experience if one only had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.”
― Tremendous Trifles
― Tremendous Trifles
“Well, are you not going to give the man a round of applause?" he asked. "I mean, that was fucking amazing, didn't you think? Honestly, if you'd asked me ten minutes ago, hypothetically, if it was possible to cut your own head off, I'd have said unequivocally no. You've really got to hand it to the bloke -- though it's fair to say luck was involved. I mean, there's no way he could do it again.”
― Be My Enemy
― Be My Enemy
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CONGRATS on the huge news today, KJ! So excited for you and proud of you and amazed by it all...
K.J. wrote: "Thanks! Flowcharts are much more fun than I remembered..."You certainly proved that haha ;)!
Leo wrote: "Thanks for accepting my friend request! Enjoyed your flowchart/ Anne Rice post this morning :D"Thanks! Flowcharts are much more fun than I remembered...
Thanks for accepting my friend request! Enjoyed your flowchart/ Anne Rice post this morning :D
Gina wrote: "Hi KJ, thanks for accepting my friend invite. I just finished The Magpie Lord and A Case of Possession, they were awesome!!! :)"Thank you so much! Really glad you liked them. (Have you read the in-between freebie, Interlude with Tattoos?)
Hi KJ, thanks for accepting my friend invite. I just finished The Magpie Lord and A Case of Possession, they were awesome!!! :)
Thanks for accepting K.J. And thanks ever so much for Stephen & Crane.
Thank you! Freebie Magpie short will be out in Dec as a little Christmas stocking filler... :-)
Hi K.J. Thanks you so much! I'm a incredibly in love with your words and I'm very impatient for January's release of A Case of Possession. Very. Impatient. :D!
Thank you! I'm really enjoying the sensation of being read, having been a secret writer for ages, so I really appreciate the feedback. :-)
Thanks for accepting KJ. I really am a massive fan. Loving your books. :)
Josephine wrote: "Hi KJ - good to see you here! Now you need to upgrade yourself to author status :)Jo x"
Will do - I hope... completely new to this site, I need about a week to get used to it...
Hi KJ - good to see you here! Now you need to upgrade yourself to author status :)Jo x
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