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Well so far this is a love letter to teachers, so I love it!

I love this #AuldLangSpine list from my match @rachelsbrittain ! The only one I‘ve already read is Sunrise on the Reaping. In January I‘m going to attempt to read 3- The Incandescent, as I already have it, Hemlock & Silver (Jan‘s #AuthorAMonth, how convenient!), and An Extraordinary Union as I can get it right away on Libby. I‘m making myself a StoryGraph challenge to keep reading the rest throughout the year.

Looking forward to diving in!

I first came upon Emily Tesh through the Greenhollow Duology. 'The Incandescent' is quite different, but still has beautiful prose. I love dark academia and like how the main POV is from a head director rather than a student. You get to see a different side of the academia. I also enjoyed the romance. The audiobook narration is wonderful. 4 stars.

Blue Exorcist, volume 26
It has been a long while since I last read this series. Good thing there are those Story so Far summary at the beginning 😅

#manga

2✨ This book hurt. We have a demon that loves her city that is destroyed. An angel helps her rebuild, but more happens that caused my personal heartache. It is short in jumps through time a lot because of that. Then it hurt. 😭 #FableBR @Littlewolf1

Ah, someone took the idea “what if there's actually something sinister behind all the murders happening in [small town]“ and ran with it.

I found it a bit slow at times, and just... didn't wholly click with it. But overall it was a fun idea.

Allurial and Book of the Month were both delivered today.😍

I'm a little less mad than I was ~50 minutes ago when I posted my last update on this, BUT I saw a particular aspect coming a long way away and it doesn't matter how much it got lampshaded by the character saying “yes, I should've realised“, she SHOULD have realised, and it deeply annoyed me.

I did love the teacher's-eye view of a magical school, and being Welsh, found it pleasing that it was British and the school journey was recognisable.

If this plot “twist“ isn't subverted in some way in the next 25 pages, I am going to drop my rating of this book by at least two stars from what I expected earlier today. I saw this coming a mile away, and the character involved should've too.

I have rarely felt so furiously disappointed in a book, so I really need to start reading again now or I'll put it down forever... but there is actually the chance it will rescue itself somehow soon.