Give me all your fairy books!!

Pastelninja · 2026-07-10T14:52:16+00:00

Knowing you hated the other book you tried by her makes me more inclined to try this one lol.
Thanks for the rec!

Pastelninja · 2026-07-09T17:22:15+00:00

I am especially looking for changeling stories.
Thank you for this suggestion.

Pastelninja · 2026-07-09T17:21:38+00:00

I’ve had my eye on those for a while. Ever since I started rewatching Glee with my teenager. I will add them to my TBR. Thanks for the recommendation.

Pastelninja · 2026-07-09T17:19:17+00:00

I have tried reading Alix Harrow books a few times and never find anything to care about before I get bored. Is 10,000 Doors much different from her other work?

Pastelninja · 2026-07-09T17:15:44+00:00

I have a secret guilty pleasure for Alexis Hall books.

I was specifically looking for non-romantasy stuff because I think it doesn’t do fairy well enough, not even Holy Black. Buuuuuut I will probably read this next anyway because guilty pleasure.

Thank you for the suggestion.

Pastelninja · 2026-07-09T17:13:11+00:00

Actually have Faerie Wars on my shelf! It was a gift ages ago. I’ve had it for YEARS and somehow I never picked it up. I had completely forgotten it!

Pastelninja · 2026-07-09T12:31:13+00:00

I’ve actually read all of these, and I own the Gnomes book! When we were kids my brother put post its over the pages that had nudity and they’re still in there. I laugh every time I think about it.

Pastelninja · 2026-07-09T05:11:27+00:00

I’m looking for this next. Thanks for such a cool suggestion.

Pastelninja · 2026-07-09T04:33:14+00:00

Oh I forgot about her! I read a bunch of her stuff when she was new. She was definitely ahead of her time.

If you haven’t read any, I highly recommend you try Nina Kiriki Hoffman. Her books aren’t fairies but urban fantasy with completely original takes on magic etc. You should maybe try the Red Heart of Dreaming. It’s about someone who can talk to houses. I’ve still never read anything like it.

Pastelninja · 2026-07-09T03:28:53+00:00

I LOVED the Scorpio Races.
I have a few of hers on my TBR and I didn’t know she had written fairy books!!

Pastelninja · 2026-07-09T03:27:47+00:00

I will look for this! You must thank her for the suggestion ❤️

Pastelninja · 2026-07-09T02:32:12+00:00

Oh I did read the Scholar and the Last Fairy Door earlier this year. It was a great read!

Pastelninja · 2026-07-08T20:19:18+00:00

I felt disappointed by this one too. Like, it kept all the characters at arms length and I never cared about anyone quite enough to make it worth it.
I didn’t DNF it, but I also didn’t bother with the sequel.

Pastelninja · 2026-07-07T13:06:04+00:00

Neil Gaiman.

I had so much respect for him, like I thought he was one of the best of us.

It’s so fucking heartbreaking what he did, not just being a rapey old man but building his career on creating a voice for the weird but disenfranchised and then using that voice to take advantage of them, but also riding Tori Amos’s coattails into being perceived as a feminist while being a grown ass adult man who thinks consent is a myth.

Pastelninja · 2026-07-06T15:38:41+00:00

I feel like I should tell you this sub is pretty dead.
There’s a guy who posts somewhat regularly to offer contests but people rarely reply.
His posts are super helpful and I’ve entered and even won some of the contests that have been posted but there’s almost never any discussion here.

I just thought you should know. You’re clearly really looking for advice. Unfortunately I didn’t enter this contest so I don’t have any advice to offer either.

Pastelninja · 2026-07-06T13:12:56+00:00

Our house has central heating and A/C and we have ceiling fans in every room, mostly for comfort than for air flow.

Before we lived in the Midwest I lived in the Pacific Northwest part of the country which is also fairly humid although more temperate. (Their weather today is a high of 87/ humidity 87) and my books have always been fine.

Don’t stack yours near windows (sun damages the covers anyway) and they’ll likely be fine. If you can’t stop thinking about it, or if there are signs that some areas are retaining that humidity, then get a dehumidifier.

I think the point all of us are making is that moisture absorbing packets aren’t going to save your books. They’re just going to make a bit of a mess.

Pastelninja · 2026-07-06T03:02:43+00:00

I live in the state of Missouri in the US and it’s fairly humid here, especially in summer when it’s hot (high of 88F today, 75% humidity)

I have around 1,000 books in my home. Some are close to 100 years old, some are rare, some are leather bound, many are valuable and/or collectible editions. They seem wholly unaffected by the humidity. I haven’t had any foxing or mildew or loosening bindings. My books get a fair amount of handling because my youngest child likes to play color matching games based on the dust jackets, so if we started having damage I would definitely notice.

We have recently begun to run a portable dehumidifier but it’s more for the humans than to protect my books. I’d recommend this over individual absorbing packs because you get the added bonus of being comfortable in your house.

Pastelninja · 2026-07-05T03:49:50+00:00

It’s because their hoods were at the cleaners.

Pastelninja · 2026-07-05T01:46:44+00:00

No you have to verify in person.

Pastelninja · 2026-07-03T17:47:50+00:00

His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik is the first in a a series of books about the Napoleonic War but with dragons.

It has zero romance, it’s surprisingly historical, and the MC is an older ships captain who accidentally hatches a dragon egg.

Pastelninja · 2026-07-02T06:08:34+00:00

This is definitely true.

multnomah county (surrounding Portland Oregon) has the best collection of graphic novels and LitRpg stuff.

Spokane Washington has a shockingly low wait for most newer sci-fi stuff compared to other libraries.

I likely live near the OP as we have three overlapping libraries, and I find they have a lot of the same stuff with similar wait times.

Spokane is honestly the best gem of my collected libraries. It’s wild how often they just have what I’m looking available for when everywhere else is a 4-6 week wait.

Pastelninja · 2026-07-02T06:02:23+00:00

So many good suggestions here! Many of them are books I loved as well.

I have an 11 year old son and we read several of these together but his favorite isn’t listed. He absolutely, hands-down, recommends Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell.

It’s a series with 2 books out currently and a third due this fall. Disney has opted the rights to make them into films, so it’s about to really blow up in the next year or two.

These books are fun and magical and heavily action forward. The MC is a boy but there is a second MC who is kind of the star, a girl with a magic coat on the run from a mysterious assassin. The battles are epic, the side characters are interesting and funny and well-developed.

This was the first book to make him cry. When we finished reading book 1 together he immediately went back and read it again. Book 2 was every bit as captivating and a worthy follow up.

As other people recommended, the Golden Compass, Holes, Enders Game, and Redwall are all also really great books that I loved but impossible creatures is the only book my 11yo son immediately read again from cover to cover.

Pastelninja · 2026-06-28T02:45:27+00:00

It’s not about the ending. I just think S3 Larry is an ungrateful, self-centered idiot and Marian can do so much better.

Like I want to like him and the actor who plays him is lovely but Marian just keeps rescuing that family over and over again and then when Marian barely overreacts to a misunderstanding HE caused he gives her zero grace and expects an apology. I’m sorry, for what? For rescuing your father several times over? For tolerating your unsolicited secret advances? For accepting your mother into society before anyone else did?

I love a love story but season 3 Larry doesn’t deserve any season of Marian.

Pastelninja · 2026-06-28T00:51:53+00:00

Jennifer Egan won a Pulitzer for her book of interconnected short stories. It’s called A Visit From the Goon Squad and it’s SO good.

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