Tag: books

Why You Should Be Reading The Diviners Series

henrydubois4:

  • Fantasy set in 1920′s Manhattan
  • 20′s culture and aesthetic without ignoring the bad parts of the twenties
  • Addresses anti-immigrant sentiments, racism, ableism, and the second book talks about homophobia and anti-semitism
  • The main character likes feminine things and isn’t shamed for it
  • Diverse cast of characters- Memphis is Black, Sam and Rotke are Jewish, Mabel is half Jewish, Ling and Wai-Mae in the second book are Chinese.
  • Canon gay characters Henry and Louis
  • Introduces magic into the 20s seamlessly
  • Spooky vibes which are awesome
  • There is also some science fiction type things and some mystery
  • Romance subplot where all the romances are equally compelling
  • Every character has their own rich story
  • Great characters you will love very much
  • Amazing writing
  • Jericho Jones
  • 20′s slang

rebeccasugar:

I’m so excited to officially announce “The Answer” children’s book!

Cover art by Elle Michalka!

I was so glad to get a chance to adapt this story into such a timeless format, and to work with two of my absolute favorite artists, original Crewniverse members Elle Michalka and Tiffany Ford!

I’m so in love with how this book came out, and I can’t wait for everyone to see it! It’s the classic story of how Ruby and Sapphire fell in love, but told in an entirely new way.

Please check it out soon! Thank you so much!

gracecursedart:

Sabriel the nighty wearing prefect necromancer, protector of school-girls, pet-er of cats! Was a little bored while watching TV and decided to draw the Abhorsen pre-journey.

Done with a charcoal pencil and one of those sharp useless sticks that actually worked really well for making fine lines! Art-you learn something new everyday.

auroralynches:

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liberty-flight:

I’m reading up on chocolate frog cards in the Harry Potter universe, for reasons, and-

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“Came up with the ever changing floor plan.” 

Really, Ravenclaw? Really?

“You know what this school needs? To not make any sense-”

“Rowena, I don’t think-”

“Exactly, you don’t think. I’m brilliant and this is perfect. Moving staircases, walls that think they’re doors-”

“But how will the students get to class?”

“They’ll have to figure it out.”

“…”

“Everyday. They will figure it out everyday. My students will live in a tower and navigate these stairs every time.”

“The stairs move! This doesn’t seem safe…I think I’ll put my common room in the basement, Rowena.”

“Ditto. I think the dungeons would be safer…”

“…My kids will brave these stairs. I’ll take the other tower.”

#Rowena snipes that ‘cunning’ means Salazar’s students should be able to handle the moving architecture#Salazar snipes back that ‘cunning’ means knowing when and how to avoid unnecessary bullshit#meanwhile Godric is just yelling PARKOUR! and Rowena is all That’s Not What I Meant#Helga would like her students to make it to class on time and without any broken bones#ninety percent of the reliable secret passages were a team effort by Helga and one of the others#to make sure the house elves could get around all right (via @mzminola)

#i feel like the collaboration was probably hufflepuff and slytherin#in the only time they ever worked together#helga: students and house elves can move safely!#salazar: more places to hide snakes#salazar is like we should make these accessible to people with no legs#helga is like i mean i agree but why are you being so nice about this#salazar is like no reason hey I’m just gonna make some of these rely on snake language for fun#do you think a fifty foot snake would fit in this passage asking for a friend (via @dinosauriaawesome)

i’m literally crying this is 100% what happened

(hey tumblr please don’t delete the previous people’s comments like you did the last time i added someone’s tags to a post mmkay)