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Lauredhel

Lauredhel

Joined November 2016

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May done - a bit easier this month!
#WickedWords @AsYouWish

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It's Paloma's first trip to Mexico City, home of her long-deceased father, and she doesn't want to be there.

Until she meets new friends, is intrigued by Frida Kahlo, and finds there is a mystery to be solved.

Last Wicked Words for the month! #WickedWords @AsYouWish
And Spanish-Speaking country for @julieclair #FictionalTraveler
Also a GORGEOUS cover.

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La boheme | Giacomo Puccini
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Sharing my current crochet WIP, a Rain Boheme blanket in Hobbii Wool Blend Tweed. #litsycrafters

StaceGhost This is so beautiful! 2w
Lauredhel @StaceGhost I love this pattern! 2w
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LiseWorks How lovely 2w
Blh87 I LOVE this! 2w
TheBookHippie Wow!!! ♥️ 2w
Clare-Dragonfly Wow, this is gorgeous! 2w
Eggbeater It's beautiful. Fabulous work! 2w
CoveredInRust Beautiful! 2w
dabbe 🤩😍🤩 2w
ElizaMarie WOW So beautiful! 2w
Darklunarose That is beautiful! 2w
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The Colour of Magic | Terry Pratchett
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Litsytestbook004 | Litsytestbook004
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#ThreeListThursday @dabbe #TLT @TheSpineView

Oof, yeah nah. And my score would have been way lower if not for Austen!

TheSpineView I didn't do that great either. 2w
dabbe You're in great company; most of us scored around that. We'll all improve once we get into the dang 1900s! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 2w
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Parable of the Talents | Octavia E. Butler
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I read the novel a while ago ; now reading the graphic novel.

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Carousel Summer | Kathleen Gros
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Part YA graphic novel, part epistolary story, this lovely book tells of a rural Canadian girl who is figuring out who she is and how to be true to herself and her beliefs while her best friend is away at camp. It tackles queerness, masc/femme presentation, gentrification, and it has a great sibling relationship to boot.

Fourth #WickedWords down for May. @AsYouWish

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This historical graphic novel is wonderful so far! It's a sapphic re-imagining of the true story of Helena “Nell“ Cusack, NYC stunt-girl reporter who exposed terrible conditions in garment factories.

#feminist #graphicnovel #lgbtq
#WickedWords @AsYouWish

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The title is “Strong“ in English, but this is a better cover! Second word down for #WickedWords @AsYouWish

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Anne of Windy Willows | L. Montgomery
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L M Montgomery's characterisation of Cousin Ernestine is just hilarious.

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The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel | Scott McCloud, Raina Telgemeier
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Another month down in #ISpyBingo #ISpy @TheAromaOfBooks

The Cartoonists Club was a fun read, part story of the formation of a new school club, part instructional book on making comics and zines, part Ms Frizzle style encouragement to budding artists and writers to “take chances! make mistakes! get messy!“

I love the librarian who facilitates the group meetings, she's great.

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Looking great!! 3w
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Anne of Windy Willows | L. Montgomery
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Anne of Windy Willows (Poplars) has never been my favourite of the Anne books, but I'm still enjoying this read!

First #WickedWords of the month @AsYouWish #bet

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This Enchanted Island | Tansy Rayner Roberts
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(this is a followup story to the tagged book)

And I'm done for April!
#WickedWords @AsYouWish

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This Enchanted Island | Tansy Rayner Roberts
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I've been struggling for ages to find a cover match for Where the Drowned Girls Go, and I reckon this works! Colour, ocean theming, portal in the middle, etc. @TheAromaOfBooks #Bookchain2025

This entire Teacup Magic series is so enjoyable! It is set in a Regency-ish but more LBGTQIA+ friendly set of islands. >>

Lauredhel >> Each book has a bit of a different 'hook' - this one was Alice in Wonderland flavoured, another was more of a mystery, another a ghost story, another straight romance, etc. Kind of like LM Bujold's books. Recommended. 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Wow, fantastic match!!!! 1mo
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Anne of Green Gables | L. Montgomery
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#tlt #threelistthursday I scored 52 that I can remember from this list (I inhaled a LOT of books as a kid/teenager!)
there are a few faves on it but I‘ll pick out Anne, P&P, and Little Women as those I have re read the most often.

Link for quiz is from @dabbe original post

Lauredhel Of course I wanted to add Hitchhikers Guide and Handmaid‘s Tale but it‘s three not five! 1mo
dabbe You can do five or whatever number you want! 🤩🤣😍 1mo
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Respect | Sue Lawson, Aunty Fay Muir
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This is a different book by Auntie Fay, not in the database.

Always Was Always Will Be is an excellent book of the history of First Nations protest movements in Australia. Suitable for middle grade and up, but I learned things also. Recommended.

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Lady Liesl's Seaside Surprise | Tansy Rayner Roberts
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Book 4 of the very enjoyable Regency-flavoured Teacup Magic series! Lady Liesl, two seasons out and still unmarried, hunts a missing diamond in the peculiar Bohemian artist's community her stepmother's seaside villa has become. She finds a much bigger mystery, and maybe also herself. Sapphic, crackling with magic, with nods to gothic fiction.

I love how different each Teacup Magic novella has been, the pacing, the banter. Looking forward to more

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Portugal | Cyril Pedrosa
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Took a punt that a graphic novel called “Portugal“ might contain the word #Portugese, and I was right! #WickedWords @AsYouWish

Am I enjoying it? Not really. Angsty artist dude treats woman terribly because angst, travels to find himself.

Also, Lettering Hall of Shame, gold star edition.

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Land of Mirrors | Maria Medem
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Just another entry in the Graphic Novel Lettering Shame Files.

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How to Draw a Secret | Cindy Chang
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There I was wondering which book to read for the Island prompt... when I realised I was reading a book set in Taiwan!

@julieclair #FictionalTraveler #Island

Read4life Love your graphic 💙 2mo
julieclair Love this! 1mo
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willaful Super cute the way you included the previous board! I've been wondering how to do that... 2mo
Lauredhel @willaful I'm That Weirdo who keeps all my challenges in Keynote, just because I'm used to it and know how to use it :)

So it's just screenshot, paste, & shrink!
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TheAromaofBooks Looking fabulous!!! 2mo
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“Fish“ was in my current read, hooray. Don't know where I'm gonna find “Portugese“, though. Cruising Libby now...

#WickedWords @AsYouWish

Read4life My thoughts exactly! #Portuguese 2mo
Lauredhel @Read4life I think I've found a graphic novel on Hoopla that might work... 2mo
Read4life Awesome!! 😎 2mo
AsYouWish @Lauredhel @Read4life Gotta keep you on your toes! 💙💙💙💙 2mo
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My People | Noonuccal Oodgeroo
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I‘ve read a little bit of Oodgeroo‘s poetry before, but I didn‘t realise how funny she is.

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Botticelli's Apprentice | Ursula Murray Husted
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This rather lovely graphic novel of Botticelli's “chicken girl“, who wants to be an artist but is stymied by attitudes about her gender, completes my first full board in 2025 #ISpyBingo ! #ISpy @TheAromaOfBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! 2mo
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Out On a Limb | Hannah Bonam-Young
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And I'm done for March! #WickedWords @AsYouWish

Read4life Great job!! 2mo
AsYouWish Yay!!! Congrats!!!!💙💙💙💙 2mo
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Out On a Limb | Hannah Bonam-Young
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Out On a Limb | Hannah Bonam-Young
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In this wholesome romance, the hero and heroine both have limb differences. He has a prosthetic leg, she has one small, atypical hand. So long as you can handle the surprise pregnancy trope, read this! It has stellar disability rep and banter and he's a secret giant nerd and there is all sorts of boundary respect and communication and stuff.

I read it in one sitting, and I haven't done that for quite a while. #romantsy #romance #disability

Butterfinger Great review. 2mo
peanutnine I've been meaning to read this one for a while. Seems real cute 2mo
Kenyazero Sounds delightful! 2mo
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Tea and Sympathetic Magic | Tansy Rayner Roberts
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This is a sweet romantic fantasy-magic novella set in Englandtimes.

“Also, they say the ducal estate of Storm has the finest library in all the Isles. Three thousand volumes!”
“A fine library does increase the appeal of any potential husband,” Mneme conceded. She thought better of Miss Agnew, that she counted the library as a bonus to a gentleman‘s appeal. “If only one could be sure that he had ever read a book.”“

#WickedWords @AsYouWish

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Finished these Goodreads challenges! #readingchallenge #goodreadschallenge

kspenmoll Congrats! 🎈 2mo
TheEllieMo Well done! I‘ve still got the Her Story one to complete 2mo
Meshell1313 🙌 2mo
Lauredhel @TheEllieMo Dyscalculia was a twofer, HS and ER 2mo
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Well this was perfect.

julieclair I loved this book! 2mo
Lauredhel @julieclair SAME! I didn't look at reviews til after I read it, but it seems like the failure mode of “whimsy“ is “twee“. It didn't cross the twee line for me, there were significant but not world-altering stakes, it was hilarious and beautiful, and I really want to see a movie of it. I'm not usually a massive fan of grumpy/sunshine but that worked for me too. Cosy found-family is really my jam. 2mo
Lauredhel @julieclair Also I want a trilogy of the grown-up kids' stories! 2mo
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I was bored by nine tenths of this hot mess of a graphic novel. But would absolutely be here for an entire book of just Nora Grey's Victorian crypto-academic research hijinks.

#creepycover #clothesnotonaperson #ISpyBingo #ISpy @TheAromaOfBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2mo
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Gawimarra: Gathering | Jeanine Leane
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Chrissyreadit Wow. Everyday is a challenge. I am angry and heartbroken to discover the blatant, willful ignorance of so many people in this country. I always thought people could and would step up to do what is right. But that is not even close to what is happening in this country. 2mo
Lauredhel @Chrissyreadit This was written on Wiradjuri country 2mo
dabbe 🎯🎯🎯 2mo
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Chrissyreadit @Lauredhel I am always thinking about the devestation of Native/Aboriginal lands from colonization and the parallel of what is happening now. We are still woefully ignorant to anyone who is not a privileged white male. Thankyou for clarifying the location- i could not help but see it as a sign of today. 2mo
Lauredhel @Chrissyreadit We're definitely in the slowpocalypse. And the American political situation will only accelerate it. I just hope Australia doesn't go hard right in our upcoming Federal election, but I'm trying to be realistic about it. 2mo
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Gawimarra: Gathering | Jeanine Leane
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2nd #WickedWords @AsYouWish

I'm afraid I'm Ms Unpopular Opinion for this book too, though it's not a wall-throw like Lessons in Chemistry.

The pace was glacial. Major moments of what should be emotional or character-changing events were skipped (totally skipped, as in time-jumped). The character had zero agency and less character. She was just buffeted around by life, and learned almost nothing.

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Lauredhel Her only achievement ended up being an achievement because a man did something.



She paid lip service to things like classism, but the book itself doesn't (quite the opposite: at the end, her lifelong servant, who did display quite a bit of class awareness through the book which I thought was going somewhere), declares herself perfectly content and outright happy to have been her “bondmaid“).

Not quite a wall-throw. But it got quite close.
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CSeydel I felt EXACTLY the same way. Did not enjoy this one. 2mo
Lauredhel @CSeydel I think it annoyed me so much because it should be EXACTLY what I want, as a feminist linguistics grad who's interested in history. 2mo
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CSeydel No, I agree - the execution did not at all live up to the potential. It was irritating to me the way she sort of glances up against various social issues but refuses to engage with them! Like, why bring it up, if you‘re just going to politely look away? 2mo
Lauredhel @CSeydel Exactly! Well said 2mo
perfectsinner I liked the title and people on fb seemed to really enjoy it but yeah, I thought it was just ok/neh. 2mo
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Gawimarra: Gathering | Jeanine Leane
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First #WickedWords for March, in this poetry collection by a Wiradjuri author

 @AsYouWish

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A graphic novel about Mary Shelley‘s greatx5 granddaughter. “I‘m going to my tree house!”

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Gawimarra: Gathering | Jeanine Leane
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How beautiful is this cover?

CarolynM Pretty gumnuts😍 3mo
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Finished February! #WickedWords

I quite sorta enjoyed On The Way To The Wedding, with the usual caveats about problematic dude behaviour in these books. I just have to engage older-romance-novel-brain and whimsy away that nonsense in my head.

Now stalking @AsYouWish for the March words :)

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For kids interested in the arts and a bit of history, this is a DELIGHT. It's the illustrated story of Clara Driscoll, who designed Tiffany lamps and other incredible glass art, with a bit of gender & labour history thrown in. The art is gorgeous.

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I thought I might not find this one, but Julie Quinn to the rescue. And that's February done!

#WickedWords @AsYouWish

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Imaginary Numbers | Seanan McGuire
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I finished Imaginary Numbers! It took me a minute to get into it, but I loved it in the end. Cuckoo lore! High stakes! True love!

#WickedWords @AsYouWish

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Mixed-Up | Kami Garcia
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Yes, yes they are

Jari-chan They are! 3mo
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kspenmoll 😂😂😂☕️☕️☕️ 3mo
Ruthiella ☕️👍 3mo
Suet624 this is great 3mo
dabbe 🤩😂🤩 3mo
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Play with Me | Alisha Rai
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#Bookchain2025 progress - first page done!

@TheAromaOfBooks

TheAromaofBooks Nice!! Looking fantastic!! 3mo
willaful Nice! I'm on book 6. 3mo
Lauredhel @willaful I'm continuing last year's graphic novel binge, so I rocket along 3mo
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Oof.

willaful OUCH!

On a funnier note, my daughter's deadname has the word for son in it also. 😂
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Blood Moon | Lucy Cuthew
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And my third #WickedWords for the month is Yellow.

@AsYouWish

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Chickenpox | Remy Lai
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This is a good middle grade graphic novel/memoir. The central character is a parentified 12 yo girl in Indonesia, and the book tells the story of a several-week period being stuck at home while they all have chickenpox.

#WickedWords @AsYouWish