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Just started working with The Change Tarot by Jess

Just started working with The Change Tarot by Jessica Dore, Xaviera Constanza Lopez Liendo.

Subdued colour palette heavily influenced by the Ryder-Waite-Smith deck but with the symbolism lessened but clarified in the cards I’ve seen so far.

Here we have The Fool, The Emperor, The Hanged Man, The Moon, The World, Ace of Cups, Seven of Pentacles, Knight of Wands, and King of Swords.

Over the next week I’ll be doing some daily draws and getting a review ready.

#thechangetarot #tarotdeck #tarot #tarotcards #cartomancy

Not seen these bookcases like this for almost 2 mo

Not seen these bookcases like this for almost 2 months, lots of work was done in the house, getting things back to normal so I can see all the books again is so relaxing!

Can feel some of that fury and rage bleeding out with the return to normality 🧘‍♂️

Two days off in a row, a bit of sunshine, flowers

Two days off in a row, a bit of sunshine, flowers and bees in the garden, a good book, and a mug of tea

Life is OK this morning

Day 20 of 19 with some of my favourite poems #poe

Day 20 of 19 with some of my favourite poems

#poem #poetry #nationalpoetrymonth

Just been approved for #BloodOverBrightHaven by M.

Just been approved for #BloodOverBrightHaven by M.L. Wang thanks to @netgalley and @delreybooks

Day 19 of 19 with some of my favourite poems #poe

Day 19 of 19 with some of my favourite poems

#poem #poetry #ttpd

Village Green mornings #villagegreen #morning #no

Village Green mornings

#villagegreen #morning #nofilter

Day 18 of 19 with some of my favourite poems #poe

Day 18 of 19 with some of my favourite poems

#poem #poetry #ttpd

Book 46 Ethan Sacks, Naomi Sacks, Marco Lorenzana

Book 46

Ethan Sacks, Naomi Sacks, Marco Lorenzana . Image Comics. (132p) ISBN: 9781534397774

A Haunted Girl

Once again I was drawn to this immediately by the cover and I’m pleased to say that the cover was right, Image Comics seem to be hitting it out of the ball park right now with these collections as I just couldn’t put this down.

Cleo is the last in the bloodline of a family that has the power to close the veil between the plane of Death and Earth and stop the Goddess of Death in her various incarnations and guises from consuming the life force of everyone on our plane…

But Cleo is unsure of whether or not she wants to live, hospitalised for depression and suicidal ideation, unsure of her place in the world, and struggling to cope on a daily basis, she must decide whether or not to rise to the challenge, but first she has to decide whether or not what she is seeing is real.

A sensitive look at the troubles a young person can face when depressed and unsure, this is woven throughout the more supernatural aspects of the story, and is essential to the outcome.

All of this is beautifully portrayed through Marco’s images, strong and striking when needed but toned down when looking at the mental health part of the story.

Ploughed through this on my commute into work this morning and couldn’t put it down.

I received this from NetGalley and Image Comics in exchange for an honest review.

#horror #supernatural @imagecomics #graphicnovel #depression

Just been approved on @netgalley for Sarah Hawley’s “A Werewolf’s Guide to Seducing a Vampire”

#fantasy #romance #romantasy #werewolf #vampire

Day 17 of 19 with some of my favourite poems #poe

Day 17 of 19 with some of my favourite poems

#poem #poetry #ttpd

Book 45 of the year, "Off the Tracks" by Pamela Mu

Book 45 of the year, "Off the Tracks" by Pamela Mulloy

This is my cooking view when I’ve a day off and

This is my cooking view when I’ve a day off and it’s sunny

Just been approved for “A Haunted Girl” by Eth

Just been approved for “A Haunted Girl” by Ethan Sacks, Naomi Sacks, and Marco Lorenza

#amreading #horror #graphicnovel @imagecomics #horrorgraphicnovel #upcoming

Just been approved on @netgalley for The Third Lov

Just been approved on @netgalley for The Third Love by Hiromi Kawakami published by @grantabooks translated by Ted Goossen

#scifi #historicalfiction #literaryfiction #translatedfiction #thethirdlove

Emily Ann Davison, Adriena Fong. Flying Eye Books.

Emily Ann Davison, Adriena Fong. Flying Eye Books. (32p) ISBN: 9781838741587

Is It A Seed?

A lovely little package arrived from Flying Eye Books a few days ago.

What happens when a child finds an seed that they don’t recognise?

Two children find an unknown seed in the garden and decide to plant it to see what happens.

Throughout the book they let their imagination run as wild as an out of control creeper and have lots of thoughts on what could come from this one seed, and each page brings a fancier flight of imagination.

An enchanting story that holds your hand and encourages guessing about what the children are going to imagine next, all beautifully illustrated with lots of lovely little asides on each page.

A story about imagination and potential that can come from the unknown, but also about friendship, blended families, and nature.

#picturebook #nature #gardening #imagination @flyingeyebooks #bookstagrammer #bookstagram #isitaseed @emily.a.davison @adrienafong

Day 16 with some of my favourite poems. #poem #po

Day 16 with some of my favourite poems.

#poem #poetry #ttpd

Simon Roy. Image Comics. (200p) ISBN: 978153439786

Simon Roy. Image Comics. (200p) ISBN: 9781534397866

Griz Grobus

There’s a lot of really good graphic novels out there right now and this is another example of a great one, great art and a couple of really good stories.

The main story is set on a settled planet and follows the life of a scribe who is determined to get back lost knowledge from before of the intergalactic empire.

They awaken a robot who has it’s own agenda regarding a particularly gnarly root vegetable, grave robbers (sorry researchers), a society degrading from high-tech to pastoral, and a genuinely nice constable.

The other story is another in-universe tale that some of the people are reading called “The Tale of Azkon’s Heart, and it is this that has the fantasy element, and a lot of humour.

In this we follow the exploits of a goose, pacifist cook, hungry sorcerer, and the spirit of the God of War. There’s a nice little twist in that the action of one of the characters in the main story influences the story line of this.

All this great story telling is supported with luscious illustrations that have a seventies feel to them, especially as everyone else says, Tintin.

I received this from NetGalley and Image Comics in exchange for an honest review.

#grizgrobus @imagecomics #graphicnovel #bookreview #boostagram #bookstagrammer

Day 15 of 19 with some of my favourite poems #poe

Day 15 of 19 with some of my favourite poems

#poem #poetry #ttpd

It's another moist Monday and this week I'm readin

It's another moist Monday and this week I'm reading "Off the Tracks" by Pamela Mulloy.

What book(s) are you reading?

#amreading #tbr #letsbuildthattbr #neverenoughbooks #books #bookstagram #bookstagrammer

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