Ever wonder what Pride and Prejudice and The Portrait of a Lady had in common? Did you know they are Novel of Manners? They are! And this is what it all means! ๐
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Welcome to a new bookish ramble! ๐
I know it might be obvious or it might be something you have never heard of, so here we are chatting about a book genre from yonder* times.
*Yonder is not really the right word there, that’s for a distance like “at some distance in the direction indicated”. End of lesson. ๐
So, I already know what a novel of manners is, but when I first published my Pride and Prejudice review, I didn’t know the term. And now, I’m here to share it with you all, in case you were wondering about it, or just want to check some old books.
“Olivia thinks itโs her lucky night when a dangerously handsome unconscious fae ends up on her inspection table. Heโs her chance to redeem herself with her employer, the demon-hunting organisation, Archangel. But when the tall, dark and deadly immortal warrior awakes, she gets much more than she bargained forโฆ”
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This one acts as a TBT because I had read this one before, but I re-read it again recently and it almost felt like the first time ๐.
I could barely remember what happened on this one, but one thing was clear, I didn’t misremember the fact that I freaking loved this book. I knew there was a reason for me to like Tempted by a Rogue Prince so much (book #3 in this series). It’s all because of the incredibly honest princes here. Wow.
Welcome to a new Spoiler Time Sunday, I had been trying to keep up with this one every week and I hope you are enjoying the little snippets of spoilers from different media, books, manga, movies. Mostly books, yes.
For today, I remembered one from Card Captor Sakura, the Manga, and the anime as well but I’ll focus on the Manga for the sake of accuracy.
For this prompt I was going to say Dragons, but some would say that the question is about an animal you find right now and not a “mythical” ones then well I went with my second favourite. ๐
Though, not just a domestic cat. I like all felines, specially the snow leopard or ounce. That is the name yes.
In one of my books I refer this leopard too, in comparison with a person, thought I haven’t published that book yet. I left that part in when I was rewritten it because I do love this animal.
So, if you get me anything in a cat, feline, leopard (not clothes) related way, a toy or a notebook or phone case, I would probably love it and treasure forever. It’s the way to my heart. ๐๐บ
I saw this prompt and immediately thought of books, but to make more into the ‘greatest’ gift, I’d say a first edition of a classic like Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, or Frankenstein.
But I would take any book to be honest.
A Box Set with a saga or a trunk full of books. I’m not picky, yet, for some reason, I don’t get that many books as gifts. My fellow readers have gifted me gift cards from bookstores and I have done the same, but my family gifts me anything but… perhaps one time or twice.
So, the greatest gift someone could give me, would be a book. Paperback or Hardback, I’d take it. ๐๐
What did I read this year? In 2023 there were a lot of books in my hands and a lot of Manga, too. But it was a year of Manga in the end, although there were some re-read and new mystery books that I finished. It was a journey.
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The year 2023 is coming to an end, and I feel like I didn’t read as much I would have other years, but I did because those Manga are long, and even I read them fast it’s still a lot. Though my TBR pile continues to grow and continues to look at me with a longing gaze because I haven’t gone through half of it yet, but it’s my goal next year to read more.
Let’s begin with my what I read in 2023 list though, you might find something you’ll love in it.
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Jujutsu Kaisen
(started reading, haven’t finished the ones available)
I’m still reading this one, but I started after the Shibuya incident started (season 2 of JJK) and I couldn’t wait week by week to know what would happen so I started reading and now I am beyond the anime, I know a lot of things that are going to happen next.
The Keeper (Stars Above)
If you read The Lunar Chronicles and love it, then this is definitely a most-read, though I do recommend reading after finishing TLC.
The Lost Book of the White
Ah, the shadow world, and my obsession with Shadowhunters and Warlocks, and everything in it. The Lost Book of the White just adds to that.
Lock Every Door
Yeah, I read it. And yes it was alright.
Fruits Basket
I fell down the rabbit hole and didn’t want to come back out from it at all.
Fruits Basket (2019), checked. Fruits Basket (Manga), checked. Even Fruits Basket (2001 ver), checked. And only 1 conclusion, I have a serious problem with toxic characters but also with protecting damaged ones. It’s a 50-50 thing.
Dune
It was a long read, I won’t deny it and sometimes I didn’t think I would make it, but I pushed through it and beyond the storm there were some interesting things about this book that I really enjoyed.
โDeep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.โ
Chasing the Boogeyman
If you follow my blog, you might know already that I don’t have a review for this one. And well, that’s all you need to know about what I thought of the book.
Re-read
Horimiya
I loved this so much last year that I had to have it on my bookshelf and well, I re-read it too. The first three volumes at least.
LDK
I like Lโค๏ธDK, but there’s something about it that doesn’t convince me 100%. I still re-read the first 2 volumes and enjoyed it, too. I haven’t finished the whole series though.
Onyx
I think this was this year, but I can’t remember exactly when… it still a good re-read no matter when. Lux is a favourite series.
I’m sure that I’m missing some re-reads, but these are the books that I read this year. Did you read any of these as well? Let me know in the comments.
Don’t forget to stop by my social media, too, for some fun moment from books, Manga and Anime.
Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Drama, Fiction, Classics, Space Opera
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Today is one that I finished last month (I think). Dune, this was a long read, such a very long read, but I got through it! ๐๐ฅณGood for me!
So, Dune, have you watched the new Dune movie with handsome Timothy Chamlet? I have, of course, about 3 times by now, might watch it again before the second part releases next year. But that’s not why we are here, and no, I haven’t watched the other Dune movie. 1984?
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