It never fails. I place a bunch of #library holds on #ebooks I want to read and sort my #ToBeRead list based on the wait times. Then something I'm really looking forward to from lower on the list suddenly becomes available weeks ahead of schedule.

Oh, no! Whatever shall I do?

Anyway, I just started #Oathbound!

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PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by Jane Austen ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Absolute perfection 🥰 I was still in need of a comfort re-read and tumbled right in and loved it just as much as the first time I read (and the second, and the fifth, and the twelfth). My enjoyment was also helped by the brilliant low-budget 1995 BBC series reenactment by Ben Fensome on Instagram and TikTok (do look it up if you’re on one of those platforms, it’s so much fun!).

LETTERS FROM PEMBERLEY and MORE LETTERS FROM PEMBERLEY by Jane Dawkins ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Because I had a hard time quitting that world but didn’t want to start on another Austen right away. These letters are a sweet continuation of P&P, even if the author tries rather too hard to get every author Austen heroine in there under another name. Especially the second book has some heart-breaking parts.

LEGENDBORN by Tracy Deonn (in progress).
Slowly getting gripped by this Arthurian-inspired YA fantasy. It’s taking some time to set up the world, but I’m liking where it’s taking me so far. Bree as a main character is absolutely a teenager, but not too hormonally so (often my trouble spot when reading YA). I’m curious where the story will take me!

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LEGENDBORN by Tracy Deonn (in progress)
Wanted to read this for a while now, and it’s quite good so far! Pacy, intriguing, and not too hormonally YA so far.

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by Jane Austen (in progress)
Because I still seem to need comfort re-reads, and there’s no better one than P&P. I’d forgotten how relentlessly paced this. But I hadn’t forgotten how snarky 😊

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Cached US Kindle giveaway on bsky: 1 copies of Tracy Deonn's Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle Book 1), over at https://bsky.app/profile/kithrup.bsky.social/post/3lkvzomscq22r

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Cached US Kindle giveaway: 10 copies of Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle Book 1) by @tracydeonn.bsky.social (and rec'd by @galatfemme.bsky.social), which I *have* but have not *read*. If you read it, please let me know what you think! #KindleBookGiveaway

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I'm about halfway through reading Oathbound by Tracy Deonn. 😍⚔️❤️‍🔥

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[Updated!] Which new #books are you most looking forward to in 2025? 📚Here are some of mine (in publication order):

* The Sinners All Bow by #KateWinklerDawson (history/true crime)

* The Mask of Fear by #AlexanderFreed (#StarWars/media tie-in)

* Broken Fields by #MarcieRendon (mystery/Indigenous) #CashBlackbear series

* Oathbound by #TracyDeonn (YA fantasy) #Legendborn series

* Sunrise on the Reaping by #SuzanneCollins (YA dystopia/science fiction) #HungerGames series

* School of Shards by #SergeyDyachenko & #MarinaDyachenko (dark academia/SFF in translation) #VitaNostra trilogy

* All That We See or Seem by #KenLiu (science fiction/techno-thriller)

** Also, This Book Will Bury Me by #AshleyWinstead (crime fiction/mystery) would be on this list, but I had the good fortune to read an ARC this year. 👍👍

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Which new #books are you most looking forward to in 2025? 📚Here are some of mine (in chronological order of publication):

* The Sinners All Bow by #KateWinklerDawson (history/true crime)

* Broken Fields by #MarcieRendon (mystery/Indigenous) #CashBlackbear series

* Oathbound by #TracyDeonn (YA fantasy) #Legendborn series

* Sunrise on the Reaping by #SuzanneCollins (YA dystopia/science fiction) #HungerGames series

* School of Shards by #SergeyDyachenko & #MarinaDyachenko (dark academia/SFF in translation) #VitaNostra trilogy

** Also, This Book Will Bury Me by #AshleyWinstead (crime fiction/mystery) would be on this list, but I had the good fortune to read an ARC this year. 👍👍

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I just finished #Spear by #NicolaGriffith yesterday and have started #Bloodmarked #TracyDeonn. I guess I’m on an #Arthuriana kick for the first time in quite a few years, which is nice! Returning to an old love. What else should I read?

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(I won’t be rereading Mists of Avalon because of MZB’s abuse - I’ll leave it in my memory.)