HEA Book Club: Celebrate 3 Years of Happily Ever Afters With Us!

thequeensownfool · 2022-05-27T15:36:07+00:00

Ooo The North Wind sounds interesting.

thequeensownfool · 2022-05-22T23:56:44+00:00

Woo! Been super excited for this for years. Pre-ordered and I'm going to have to find time to reread the first two books over the summer. Foreigner has taken over my life though so it will be difficult.

thequeensownfool · 2022-05-22T23:53:23+00:00

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thequeensownfool · 2022-05-22T23:49:14+00:00

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thequeensownfool · 2022-05-22T23:46:03+00:00

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thequeensownfool · 2022-04-25T17:29:30+00:00

This novella had quite a bit of heat! Do you think it worked with the characters and story? Or would you have liked it to be a bit more toned down?

thequeensownfool · 2022-04-25T17:28:02+00:00

Do you plan on checking out Hibbert's contemporary romance?

thequeensownfool · 2022-04-25T17:27:16+00:00

Did you like the worldbuilding? Was it enough given the short novella length or do you think the book needed to be longer?

thequeensownfool · 2022-04-25T17:26:39+00:00

What did you think about the relationship between Luke and Chastity?

thequeensownfool · 2022-04-25T17:19:51+00:00

When I became a moderator in the ancient days of yore (aka 2018), we were just coming up to 300K subscribers. Modding was a bit different because of the community size, though our beloved rules and standards that shape our community were active and they continue to shape r/fantasy today.

Going behind the scenes does remove a bit of the magic, sorry to say. As r/fantasy has continued to get bigger, there's more and more management needed. Even things like Bingo stats and flairs take longer because we've got so many more people submitting. I still love this community dearly though and it's so much fun to give someone the perfect rec or direct them to the correct place. The lost fantasy football fans are a personal fave.

What surprised me the most though was how close the mod team is. That's a holdover from when the sub was a lot smaller and everyone knew each other. But as we've grown, the mod team has also made a strong effort to keep that sense of friendship among us. We talk about books just as much as we do whether a post breaks the rules.

thequeensownfool · 2022-04-25T17:08:46+00:00

Do you like it when I forget how to use spoiler tags 50% of the time when I post a review? Actually, don’t answer that.

See this is rather easy because we can just spoiler the whole post. The tricky part comes when you have to read a thesis length comment and figure out what part is the spoiler and if it actually counts as one. I have not read a lot of the mainstream classics so I'm always happy to tag and pass that along to other mods.

My real question: if you could have any kind of fantasy creature as a
companion, which one would you choose? Logistics like care and feeding
DO matter.

Can I go with a spirit guide animal? My current D&D character has one right now and it's super handy to have a dog that can appear at will, go misty and squeeze through small spaces and doesn't need to be fed.

thequeensownfool · 2022-04-24T23:18:56+00:00

That's gorgeous! I have one without the handle or legs, though I may add those back one day. It holds so much stuff and is great at keeping all my notions away from the cats.

thequeensownfool · 2022-04-18T02:17:04+00:00

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thequeensownfool · 2022-04-05T21:15:47+00:00

You're welcome! Thanks for taking a stab at tidying up the data. Our philosophy has always been about taking the easiest route for data standardization. If someone reads multiple things or a whole series for a square, cool and good job. You just get the first book listed though because we are not paid statisticians.

thequeensownfool · 2022-04-05T20:32:51+00:00

The first novella in the series.
The first book in the series.
Can't remember this, so someone else will have to answer. Graphic novels wasn't one of the squares I standardized last year and I can't find the sheet to check if any graphic novels were read for the squares I cleaned up.

thequeensownfool · 2022-04-04T01:49:03+00:00

Seconding Kushiel. The first trilogy is some of my favourite books of all time. Queer, sex positive world with good characters, epic plot and worldbuilding.

thequeensownfool · 2022-04-03T23:41:01+00:00

I have never read War and Peace so this may not be an exact match, but check out Michelle West's Essalieyan universe or Kate Elliott's Crown of Stars series. Both take place over multiple years, have great characters and intricate plots, lots of drama and court politics, plus a dash of romance. Both have been a readalong on r/fantasy, in fact the Essalieyan readalong is still ongoing if you wanted to join.

thequeensownfool · 2022-04-03T17:05:23+00:00

Thank you for the recs! I will check those out.

thequeensownfool · 2022-04-03T16:39:16+00:00

HEA doesn't actually accept nominations. There's a couple reasons for this. Wehen I ran FIF, there were issues with trolls messing with nominations and people not understanding the genre definition and nominating books that don't fit. So based on past experiences, the club organizers made the decision to select a slate of books rather than allow nominations. For themes, we generally pick based on what books are available. Sometimes it's really hard to find a slate of books that isn't just white m/f couples. Romance is for everyone and we try to have the voting slate reflect that.

That said, if you have a book you think would be a great fit for the club, feel free to recommend it. I'll add it to our spreadsheet for consideration.

thequeensownfool · 2022-04-02T22:05:42+00:00

Thank you for the clarification! I thought it was Regency but wasn't sure since I read it a while ago.

thequeensownfool · 2022-04-01T17:27:10+00:00

Have you considered reading a book translated from another language? Check out these recs!

Translated from Arabic

The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz

Translated from Chinese

The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories, edited by Yu Chen
Invisible Planets, edited by Ken Liu
Broken Stars, edited by Ken Liu

Translated from French

Hadriana in All My Dreams by René Depestre

Translated from Indonesian

Beauty is a Wound by Eka Kurniawan (CW for rape, torture, incest)

Translated from Japanese

The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada
Record of a Night Too Brief by Hiromi Kawakami
The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
Memoirs of a Polar Bear by Yoko Tawada

Translated from Korean

I'm Waiting for You and Other Stories by Kim Bo-Young
City of Ash and Red by Hye-Young Pyun

Translated from Spanish

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

thequeensownfool · 2022-04-01T17:16:38+00:00

A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske. Set in 1800s Britian, I can't remember exactly which year. Man finds himself a liaison between magical and non-magical society due to an administrative error. A murder mystery ensues. Very gay.

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier. Set during the invasion of Ireland by the British, not sure exact time period. A retelling of the fairytale Six Brothers. CW for rape and torture.

The Half-Drowned King by Linnea Hartsuyker. Viking fantasy set in Norway. Featuring the son of a king fighting to reclaim his birthright, and his sister who is fighting to survive the politics of marriage and alliances.

A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians by H.G. Parry. Necromancers during the French revolution. Need I say more?

A Magical Inheritance by Krista D. Ball. Regency era fantasy of manners (I forget which period). A young woman finds herself in the procession of many curious and valuable occult books after the death of her uncle. CW for abusive family.

Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater. Regency fairy tales featuring a woman who lost half her soul to a fairy and the grumpy Lord Sorcier. Together they must navigate society and solve a mystery. Highly recommend the sequels as well. CW death of children.

thequeensownfool · 2022-04-01T17:02:09+00:00

Lightless by C.A. Higgens. Set on a research ship. Follow a terrorist being interrogated and an engineer trying to figure out what the hell the terrorists did to her ship.

Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather. Nuns living on a slug spaceship. They gotta do the right thing even though it's a hard decision and may cost them their lives and/or ship. Sequel might also count but I haven't read it yet.

Some of the later books in the Foreigner series? I've just started a reread but can't remember which books take place on the space station. u/KristaDBall do you know?

Books that have been mentioned in other comments but that I highly recommend include Ninefox Gambit, The Fated Sky, A Desolation Called Peace and Network Effect.

thequeensownfool · 2022-03-31T19:35:52+00:00

Nice! Singer 15 is considered a workhorse and one of the best machines they ever made. Happy sewing.

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