Totes and Tales
By Camillea
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Totes and Tales Aug 04, 2021
Building our TBR Based on Horror Movies We Like
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Books Mentioned
The Marriage Pact by Michelle Richmond
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Now You're One Of Us by Asa Nonami
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
The Girl From The Well by Rin Chupeco
The Death Of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling
There's Magic Between Us by Jillian Maria // a sapphic contemporary fantasy
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Mae and Cam discuss the book There's Magic Between Us by Jillian Maria, a contemporary fantasy. This is a spoiler filled discussion.
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Wikathon 2021 Book Recommendations
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🐈 Check out Your Tita Kate's Wikathon 2021 Announcement and her recommendation of 27 books!
🐈 Books Mentioned for Wikathon Prompts
Bagong Salta: Book by Filipino author you’ve never read before
- Sugar and Spite by Gail D. Villanueva
Desen-trali-sasyon: Read a book by a Filipino author who is not Tagalog (i.e. Kapampangan, Bisaya, Ilonggo, Ilokano, Waray, etc.)
- The Wolf of Oren-Yaro by K.S. Villoso
Baylan: Read a book by a Filipino author featuring the supernatural
- Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap
- Janus Silang Series by Edgar Calabia Samar
Tadhana: Read a romance novel by a Filipino author where both the main character and the love interest/s are Filipino!
- Dare to Love by C.P. Santi
Ilustrado: Read a book by a Filipino author featuring intellectuals, academics, or an academia setting
- The Mythology Class: A Graphic Novel by Arnold Arre
Katipunan: Read a book by a Filipino author featuring a secret society
- Vampires of Portlandia by Jason Tanamor
Balangiga: Read a book by a Filipino author featuring imperialism
- Insurrecto by Gina Apostol
- When the Elephants Dance by Tess Uriza Holthe
Kayod: Read a book by a Filipino author with an emphasis on the main character’s livelihood, job, trade, etc
- Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala
Tula: Read a book by a Filipino author in verse
- Pillow Talk by Alyssa Cataluna
- Heirloom by Camillea
- Flowers on the Moon by Camillea
- Letters for Lucifer by Camillea
Recommending Books for the Rainy Season
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🐈 Books Mentioned
- Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson
- Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
- The Vegetarian by Han Kang
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard
Mid-year Book Tag || 2021's Best & Worst Reads
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🐈 Tag Creators
- Chami from Read Like Wildfire
- Ely at Earl Grey Books
🐈 Books
1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2021.
This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone and Amar El-Mohtar
Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2021.
The Dragon of Jin-Sayeng by K.S. Villoso
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to.
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Detransition Baby by Torrey Peters
We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly
Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year.
The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
5. Biggest disappointment.
The Chosen and The Beautiful by Nghi Vo
Another Day by David Levithan
6. Biggest surprise.
A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat
The Promised Neverland (because of the ending)
7. Favourite new author. (Debut or new to you)
Evan Winter
C.L. Clark
D.N. Bryn
9. Newest favourite character.
Maya Loop by Lis Anna Langston
Touraine from The Unbroken by C.L. Clark
10. Book that made you cry.
The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling by Wai Chim
Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
11. Book that made you happy.
Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert
The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed
12. Book with most beautiful writing read so far.
The Silence of Bones by June Hur
Our Bloody Pearl by D.N. Bryn
13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
Darling by Kayla Ancrum
Star Eater by Kerstin Hall
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Haunted Shrimps Under the Sea || Recommending Books with Mermaids
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🐈 Resources
- Mae's review of Goodnight, Punpun by Inio Asano
- Mae's review of Our Bloody Pearl
- Camillea's review of Our Bloody Pearl
🐈 Books
- Our Bloody Pearl by D.N. Brynn
- The Deep by Rivers Solomon
- The Mermaid from Jeju by Sumi Hahn
- A Lair of Bones by Helen Scheuerer
- The Forbidden Sea by Sheila A. Nielson
- Ice Massacre by Tiana Warner
- Dark Life by Kat Falls
- When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O’Neal
- The Mermaid & Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar
Lili from Utopia State of Mind Discusses Favourite Books, Zombie Movies, and Character Agency in Books
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🐈 Books and Resources
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Octavia Butler (Author)
Madeline Ashby (Author)
Charles Stross (Author)
The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan
Do You Dream of Terra-Two by Temi Oh
Crownchasers by Rebecca Coffindaffer
The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
Dark and Deepest Red; The Mirror Season; Blanca and Roja and When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore
The Magic Fish by Trung le Nguyen
Monstress by Marjorie Lu
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
The Red Threads of Fortune by Neon Yang
Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
Interview with Morgan Rogers by Fadwa from Word Wonders
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno Garcia
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno Garcia
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling by Wai Chin (Book Review by CW at The Quiet Pond)
The Mermaid, The Witch and The Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust
A Dark and Hollow Star by Ashley Shuttleworth
The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite
The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite
When A Scot Ties the Knot by Tessa Dare
Incendiary by Zoraida Cordova
Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard
Introducing Totes and Tales
TOTES AND TALES is a podcast for people who love creativity, shameless conversations and setting goals. In this podcast, we will unpack difficult conversations, share a laugh and discuss what it's like in the lives of those pursuing the literary art.