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Illumicrate #26: October 2024
My October Illumicrate was delivered in the first week of November at a parcel point. This month I had contemplated skipping, because the teaser indicated that it would be a YA crossover book. But then I read the rest of the teaser and couldn’t skip. The theme for October was Colours of Magic, about how everything on earth and in…
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Fairyloot Adult #32: October 2024
I’m almost caught up on my backlog of subscriptions! As I write this, I still owe you two Fairyloots and Illumicrates each, 2 for October and 2 for November. The first of these I received was the Fairyloot adult for October, delivered on the afternoon of the 22nd of that month. The problem was that I wasn’t home at all…
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The Broken Binding Fantasy Sub #5: July-August-September 2024
At the end of May, before the end of the previous trilogy, The Broken Binding announced the next series for their Fantasy subscription that would cover the months of July, August and September. This was The Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee, a series I haven’t read yet, but that I obviously know, given its popularity. The Kaul family is…
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Illumicrate #25: September 2024
Ten days after the Fairyloot, my September Illumicrate arrived with the mailman. This was going to be a fandom neutral box in a theme I’ve always been drawn to, but which often leaves me wanting in books. The theme was Darker Academia, about how within the hallowed halls of knowledge, something dark and restless can lurk. Item #1 was a…
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Fairyloot Adult #31: September 2024
Never before have I received my Fairyloot Adult so early in the month, not even ten days after I paid for it! It was clearly ready in their warehouse very early. Does this mean it will be a less developed edition than what we are used to? Of course not! The theme for September was Power Struggles and promised a…
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Read in October 2024
In October, Becca from Becca and The Books organized another round of Spookoplathon. Although I initially played my game very enthusiastically behind the scenes, resulting in a dedicated TBR, I quickly lost track of it and mostly read I felt like. In the end, I finished October with 5 books, good for 2113 pages. The average October book comes to…
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Houndstooth jacket
Although I am super happy with the end result of the sewing project I want to show in this post, it was a long-winded job and I also fear a little bit the cause of my current sewing burn-out. It all started in December 2023, when I brought a light blue houndstooth fabric to sewing class to use for a…
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The Broken Binding Fantasy Sub #4: April-May-June 2024
It’s been a while since I updated on my Fantasy subscription with The Broken Binding (TBB). So far I’ve received three series through this subscription, two as tier 2 and one as tier 1, which is standard signed by the author with possible extras such as artwork. My fourth series became the first series that I had already heard of…
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Illumicrate #24: August 2024
Two weeks after I received my July Illumicrate, I also received this August one. The theme for August was Look what you made me do, referring to what can happen when someone pushes you too far. Item #1 is another sword replica. This sword was designed by @Stacey.McEvoy.Caunt and is supposed to be the sword of Oraya from The Serpents…
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Fairyloot Adult #30: August 2024
The August Adult Fairyloot got delivered at the end of August, so what I said earlier for the July Illumicrate is apparently not entirely true. If I look at the delivery dates of this year alone, most of my monthly boxes get delivered in their actual month. Surprisingly enough, often even on the very last day of the month, but…
Charlotte on crocheting, knitting, reading and such
