What I am Studying Vol. 129.

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Hey my darlings,

Completely happy June!! Are you able to consider 2205 is half over? I definitely can’t.

Talking of time flying, Mr. DitL and I simply celebrated our 10 yr marriage ceremony anniversary!! Listed below are some marriage ceremony photographs from our authentic day 10 years in the past. I could have been only a child, however I nonetheless had unimaginable style in jewellery then ( if I do say so myself).

To rejoice our decade of marriage, Mr. DitL and I ran off to the Cayman Islands for an unimaginable week of leisure by turquoise water and impossibly smooth sand. We additionally had a celeb sighting at our lodge…look who else was posting IGs in entrance of these distinctive yellow striped umbrellas!! He walked proper by us at check-in and we freaked out internally however performed it cool on the skin.

All in all, our 10 yr anniversary journey was good and I wish to do it once more instantly.

Talking of affection, I wish to take a minute to want all my LGBTQIA+ jewellery lovers a really blissful and protected Delight Month! I hope that you simply at all times understand how enthusiastically welcome you might be right here at Diamonds within the Library. Love is love, trans girls are girls, and bigotry sucks.

xoxo,
Becky

What I’m studying

Godkiller by Hannah Kaner: Bookshop.org | Amazon

That is the primary in a brand new fantasy collection and it was so good! Haunting, visceral, and enthralling, Godkiller is about in a kingdom the place gods are outlawed and Godkillers like fundamental character Kissen make their residing searching down and destroying any new small gods that pop up or lingering older ones which were in hiding.

Kissen is an extremely badass lady with a knack for killing issues which might be almost invulnerable, which is why she’s so stunned when she finds herself becoming a member of forces with a really uncommon little one who has a selected god-related drawback. Quickly they meet a baker/ex-soldier with a royal connection and the three of them be a part of forces on a harmful journey.

This description is imprecise as a result of my favourite elements of this ebook could be too spoilery, however in the event you like good fantasy, put this one in your library maintain checklist now and also you’ll thank me later.

The Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne: Bookshop.org | Amazon

We’re discussing the collection as an entire as a result of these books have a significant drawback originally that the writer solves because the collection progresses.

The Iron Druid Chronicles comply with of Atticus, the final Druid on Earth. On this world, any god or legendary creature that folks consider in is actual. Atticus is on talking phrases with gods from many perception methods, battles with fairies, is associates with elementals, and has magic that permits him to have prolonged telepathic conversations along with his canine and sidekick, Oberon.

The writer has an absurd, dry, sarcastic humorousness that I get pleasure from and I discover his writing witty and intelligent. He additionally has an ENORMOUS drawback with oversexualizing feminine characters. When Atticus meets a goddess, she’s at all times supernaturally enticing, scantily clad, and fascinated about having intercourse with him. When he battles witches, they’re sporting black leather-based and every have enchantments on particular physique elements to mesmerize and distract males. I don’t suppose he interacts with a lady with out serious about her sexually for the primary three books.

This will get ickiest when Atticus (2,000 years previous) takes on a lady in her 20’s as his apprentice. Fortunately, he tells her that they’ll’t act on their attraction as a result of the trainer/scholar bond is sacred and sticks to that conviction. However there’s just one ebook the place this will get tremendous uncomfortable earlier than the writer’s writing noticeably adjustments.

I don’t know if Hearne discovered the issue himself, or acquired dangerous opinions, or if somebody sat him down and talked to him about feminism, however he really does flip issues round. The hypersexualized descriptions cease, the feminine characters grow to be complicated and highly effective, and the apprentice turns into a fundamental character who narrates many chapters from her perspective.

However what actually redeems it for me (VAGUE SPOILER ALERT) is that Atticus faces particular, violent penalties within the remaining ebook due to the way in which he handled girls originally. I’m undecided I’ve ever learn a collection that rotated such a problematic factor so utterly and truly punished the character accountable inside the world of the story.

I loved this collection and I feel they’re price a learn in the event that they’re your sort of ebook, however please notice the CW for oversexualizing of feminine characters and excessive non secular irreverence. In case you’re not okay with jokes about faith, don’t learn these books.

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