NO YOU KNOW WHAT? FUCK IT. LET'S GET THIS SHIT STARTED. THIS IS WHAT I'M READING RIGHT NOW. GET IT AND READ IT IF YOU WANT, TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK IN LIKE A WEEK OR SO. IT'S ABOUT AN 1800S NAVY MAN AND HIS DRAGON AND THEY JUST LOVE EACH OTHER SO MUCH #mastodonbookclub
https://www.alibris.com/His-Majestys-Dragon-Naomi-Novik/book/9367257?matches=106
@srol IT'S VERY GOOD??? i didn't think i'd like the main human character but i actually quite like how he's like slowly reprioritizing "being absolutely the most prim and proper" in favor of "loving the shit out of my DRAGON LIFE PARTNER" over the course of the book
@irisjaycomics @srol I really like that series, Napoleonic Master and Commander romance except the captain is in love with his ship, which is actually a sentient dragon. I haven't read the two latest books though.
@irisjaycomics loved that one, got more of the series, gave up somewhere around the end of the one where they have an endless trip back from visiting China. Sounded like it was going to start turning into Tem advocating major societal changes in the next book but I just kinda didn't give a shit any more after another endless slog with occasional battles described in excruciating detail.
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@irisjaycomics THESE ARE MY FAVORITE BOOKS EVER I LOVE THEM SO MUCH AAA
@irisjaycomics welp guess it's time for me to reread these!
@irisjaycomics YO I'VE READ QUITE A FEW OF THESE AND I LOVE EM
@ohnoproblems FUUUUCK YES, I WAS HOOKED AFTER CHAPTER TWO
@irisjaycomics *reads the synopsis and jams on that Goodreads 'want to read' button so hard the mouse breaks*
Thank you for introducing this into my life.
@irisjaycomics these books are so good i'm in for #mastodonbookclub
i love these dragons and their stupid but (mostly) loveable humans
MID-BOOK UPDATE: hell fuckin yeah #mastodonbookclub
https://mastodon.social/media/r1YC3eGxnODuI4Tanzs
@irisjaycomics UHHHHH WOW.
@itsnero this is a good-ass book, nero
@irisjaycomics HOLY FUCK. you hit the jackpot here
@snoozlebee I Love Literature
@irisjaycomics I instantly knew which scene you hit upon.
@irisjaycomics SADLY there is a LOT less dragon fondling as the series goes on.
@egypturnash peggy, lemme tell you about a little website called Archive Of Our Own
@irisjaycomics What nonsense is thi? Everyone knows that I'm willing to fight at the drop of a hat, and I don't get NEARLY enough people praising MY beauty and wisdom!
This genre fiction is INAUTHENTIC!!
@Xinjinmeng hey, this is set in the 1800s. customs and social mores have changed since then
@irisjaycomics I keep on meaning to read that. I read Uprooted by the same author and it was great.