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I completed my Goodreads challenge last night by finishing this final book of the Magicians trilogy. This was also my January #DoubleSpin, so finishing it checked several boxes! I really enjoyed this one and think it was the best of the trilogy. I have my issues with Grossman‘s writing—a major one being his treatment of female characters, which was not rectified here—but other than that, I really liked how the series wrapped up.

Back home so reading that chunky book from the library... And avoiding carrying it around ;)

Omg. I am shook. This series was so absolutely incredible. The first book was good, but the second and third books blow it completely out of the water. Is Quentin a miserable whiny turd in the first book? Yes. Does he (and all the rest of the characters) grow exponentially as a person throughout the rest of the series? HELL YES! Seriously guys, everyone needs to read this series. It starts out good but ends up being FANTASTIC! 💕📚

"She was starting to suspect that facing up to the nightmare of the past is what gives you the power to build your future."

So true! ??

WHOOOOO LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED! 🎉☕🍰📚💕 I've got my snacks and tea! I've got my books! I've got my favorite warm blanket and kitties! I am ready to go! 😁👍 My goal this weekend is to finish both these books, so I am starting with them tonight! Happy weekend, littens! 💕#litsypartyofone @MrBook @Alisnazzy @Lynnsoprano

My reading companion for the night! My cute dragon, Brilthor! 😀🐉💕📚 I'm really excited to start this last book in The Magicians Saga!

Spilled some balsamic from salad at the airport! Hope the story is still readable on my long flight!

“The world was f*****g awful. It was a wretched, desolate place, a desert of meaninglessness, a heartless wasteland, where horrific things happened all the time for no reason and nothing good lasted for long.

He'd been right about the world, but he was wrong about himself. The word was a desert, but he was a magician, and to be a magician was to be a secret spring - a moving oasis.”
― Lev Grossman, The Magician's Land

“It was a book store and he felt at home in bookstores, and he hadn‘t had that feeling much lately.”

I love the magic world in this book. It keeps me very entertained.

The Magician‘s Land by Lev Grossman was a great read. I only read chapter one, but even the one chapter was great! It was about Quentin Coldwater who heads to a bookstore and as the book store closes she is headed to the back room and people emerge through portals. Those people live in a magical world and take jobs to try and survive in the world of magic. This book didnt seem like it would catch my eye but it is very intriguing the more you read

Finished this engrossing #audiobook trilogy on a cooler morning :)
I don't read many trilogies but this wrapped up like I would like them too- not saccharine but not in a devastating-all-is-ended-forever way, which makes sense IMO because I dont think that's how anything works.
I believe the 2nd and 3rd were my favourites- less whiney, annoying Q.C. 🤣

I have been one little busy bee with my plants again today! And I have zoomed through about 6 or 7 hours of this! I'm very much enjoying this story and my cleaned up front porch with it's new-attractive-to- bees flowers, my new kitchen herbs, and getting the rest of my plants hung!!

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It might not look like much but Stompot is one of my FAVE childhood comfort foods!!! #audiobooking while #audiocooking
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“It was a bookstore, and he felt at #home in bookstores, and he hadn‘t had that feeling much lately. He was going to enjoy it. He pushed his way back through the racks of greeting cards and cat calendars, back to where the actual books were, his glasses steaming up and his coat dripping on the thin carpet. It didn‘t matter where you were, if you were in a room full of books you were at least halfway #home.”

#quotsymay19

Finally going to finish this trilogy so I can watch the show. Read book one the week it came out. Listened to the audio of book two and was completely traumatized. Hoping book three is less upsetting.

3-3-19: My 18th finished book of 2019! I loved this series! I watch the show, as well, and I love what they have done with it. Anyone else read this series AND watch the TV show? #themagiciansland #levgrossman

Current read and latest snack addiction. These things are so yummy. Crisp, somehow slightly sweet (no added sugar). The kids even asked to bring it to school.
What do you like to snack on?

“It didn‘t matter where you were, if you were in a room full of books you were at least halfway home.”
#themagiciansland #levgrossman

#bookishquote #true

A satisfying conclusion to The Magicians trilogy.

The first two books were focused on deconstructing popular fantasy worlds and showing what would happen if a bunch of self-involved teenagers were suddenly put in charge of ruling those worlds.

In the third book, the kids are older, wiser, and finally ready for a rollicking fantasy adventure.

So I actually finished all three books in this series over the course of my 2 1/2 week vacation and they were SO GOOD. This was the perfect conclusion to the story and I didn‘t find myself disappointed at all. I still think the 1st book was the best out of the three, and my favorite, but I didn‘t lose interesting while reading any of them. Definitely a good and entertaining choice! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Finally, a finale that I‘m happy with! This one was actually and truly heart warming.

"Drinks were a lot like books, really: it didn't matter where you were, the contents of a vodka tonic were always more or less the same, and you could count on them to take you away to somewhere better or at least make your present arrangements seem more manageable."

Just finished Lev Grossman‘s Magician series. Loved it. And with my one hour each way commute to work daily, audio books are a God send.

This was my favorite of the series. The audiobook narration was great.

“It was a bookstore, and he felt at home in bookstores, and he hadn‘t had that feeling much lately. He was going to enjoy it. He pushed his way back through the racks of greeting cards and #cat calendars, back to where the actual books were, his glasses steaming up and his coat dripping on the thin carpet. It didn‘t matter where you were, if you were in a room full of books you were at least halfway home.”

#cat #QuotsyFeb18

Wishing I were cuddled up with Sweet Mink here and our newest read, The Magician‘s Land. Can Monday plz go away so I can get back to my book?? #monday #minkmink #themagicians #themagiciansland #levgrossman #catsoflitsy

Finally getting around to finishing the trilogy.😊

Satisfying end to the trilogy. Loose ends tied up, characters developed, and all that. I enjoyed the author's humorous writing style, which was not only in the dialogue but throughout the narrative. I will miss this fantasy world.

#awesomeautumnbooks #day9 - #satisfiedsaturday

Again, totally acknowledge the flaws of the series on the whole, but as a loose-thread-tying conclusion, The Magician's Land pretty much nails it.

Final book in The Magician's trilogy. I've never disliked a protagonist as much as I've disliked Quentin. So I haven't really cared about his well-being during the last book and not really caring much about him in this one.

I love this series so much. I wanted to listen as long as possible but also didn't want it to end. This wrapped up all the storylines nicely. If you haven't started this series yet, what are you waiting for??

Reading on the dock in full sunshine. I love reading by the water. In Hayward, Wisconsin.

I'm back in the hammock again. In my happy place😀

I would compare this series to Donna Tartt‘s The Secret History. The books revolve around a set of close-characters who are linked by college (albeit one for magicians), and there are extremely dark moments. That said, there is plenty of humour in the series, which is very reminiscent of the asides utilized by both Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. If you are a fan of fantasy who has read key books in the genre, the Magicians Trilogy is not to be missed.

Back to the book and sporting my weekend look (sorry)!

The grass may need to be mowed, but nothing beats a slow Sunday reading!

Taking a break from The Magician's Land to do #ThisOrThat
1. Anywhere, but more productive on the couch!
2. Either!
3. Sweet and introspective
4. Trilogies, quartets musically though?
5. Third person
6. Anytime I can!
7. Bookstores...I am a sucker for new books
8. Colours!
9. Character, I need depth!
10. Either!
11. Either! (See a trend?)
12. I do better with one at a time
13. Whatever feels right
14. Each has its place
15. Bookclub...I wish!

It's time for me to face it, I need a better strategy for keeping my books open in the kitchen, whether I am cooking or reading while I eat. Any suggestions?

My morning consisted of coffee and reading. My afternoon was a long walk to the bookstore and back. I treated myself to books 2 and 3 in the Magicians trilogy 😊 #LitsyPartyofOne @Ambrosnazzy

Ok

#somethingmagical #riotgrams @bookriot

Magic and books: there aren't many things more important than that. But there are one or two. We saved Alice, and now we're going to save Fillory. Pg 365

Quentin, Plum, and crew take a #magiccarpetride in the big heist scene that opens the third book in this trilogy.

Are Quentin and his friends pretty despicable in The Magicians? Yes they are. But over the course of the next two books Quentin grows up. They all do. Well, except for Penny. He's pretty much consistently a total jerk.

One of the few series I've read where each book is better than the previous one. If you bailed, consider finishing

"It didn't matter where you were, if you were in a room full of books you were at least halfway home."

Yep, this is me covering two photo challenges and my personal #aQuoteaDay challenge in one fell swoop.

#indiebookstore Edward McKay's Used Books & More
(Winston-Salem location) To me it's like #cominghome

#LyricalApril #AprilBookShowers

I'll post the #bookhaul on the morrow.

Finally finished this trilogy. This last installment wasn't quite as strong as the middle book, but I was still riveted.

I've gone back and forth on whether I actually liked this series. I did like this book. It was different from the other two, but I felt like all the story lines finally got completed satisfactorily. The ending didn't really feel like an end, but that's been true of every book in this series.