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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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    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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    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…