Hey my darlings,
Completely happy June!! Are you able to imagine 2205 is half over? I actually can’t.
Talking of time flying, Mr. DitL and I simply celebrated our 10 12 months wedding ceremony anniversary!! Listed here are some wedding ceremony pictures from our authentic day 10 years in the past. I could have been only a child, however I nonetheless had unbelievable style in jewellery then ( if I do say so myself).
To have fun our decade of marriage, Mr. DitL and I ran off to the Cayman Islands for an unbelievable week of leisure by turquoise water and impossibly comfortable sand. We additionally had a celeb sighting at our lodge…look who else was posting IGs in entrance of these distinctive yellow striped umbrellas!! He walked proper by us at check-in and we freaked out internally however performed it cool on the skin.
All in all, our 10 12 months anniversary journey was excellent and I wish to do it once more instantly.
Talking of affection, I wish to take a minute to want all my LGBTQIA+ jewellery lovers a really glad and protected Pleasure Month! I hope that you just at all times understand how enthusiastically welcome you might be right here at Diamonds within the Library. Love is love, trans girls are girls, and bigotry sucks.
xoxo,
Becky
What I’m studying
Godkiller by Hannah Kaner: Bookshop.org | Amazon
That is the primary in a brand new fantasy collection and it was so good! Haunting, visceral, and enthralling, Godkiller is about in a kingdom the place gods are outlawed and Godkillers like primary character Kissen make their dwelling looking down and destroying any new small gods that pop up or lingering older ones which were in hiding.
Kissen is an extremely badass lady with a knack for killing issues which are practically invulnerable, which is why she’s so shocked when she finds herself becoming a member of forces with a really uncommon baby who has a particular god-related downside. Quickly they meet a baker/ex-soldier with a royal connection and the three of them be a part of forces on a harmful journey.
This description is imprecise as a result of my favourite elements of this e-book could be too spoilery, however should you like good fantasy, put this one in your library maintain listing now and also you’ll thank me later.
The Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne: Bookshop.org | Amazon
We’re discussing the collection as a complete as a result of these books have a serious downside at the start that the creator solves because the collection progresses.
The Iron Druid Chronicles observe of Atticus, the final Druid on Earth. On this world, any god or legendary creature that individuals imagine in is actual. Atticus is on talking phrases with gods from many perception methods, battles with fairies, is associates with elementals, and has magic that permits him to have prolonged telepathic conversations together with his canine and sidekick, Oberon.
The creator has an absurd, dry, sarcastic humorousness that I get pleasure from and I discover his writing witty and intelligent. He additionally has an ENORMOUS downside with oversexualizing feminine characters. When Atticus meets a goddess, she’s at all times supernaturally engaging, scantily clad, and concerned with having intercourse with him. When he battles witches, they’re carrying black leather-based and every have enchantments on particular physique elements to mesmerize and distract males. I don’t assume he interacts with a girl with out desirous about her sexually for the primary three books.
This will get ickiest when Atticus (2,000 years previous) takes on a girl in her 20’s as his apprentice. Fortunately, he tells her that they’ll’t act on their attraction as a result of the trainer/pupil bond is sacred and sticks to that conviction. However there’s just one e-book the place this will get tremendous uncomfortable earlier than the creator’s writing noticeably adjustments.
I don’t know if Hearne discovered the issue himself, or received unhealthy evaluations, or if somebody sat him down and talked to him about feminism, however he really does flip issues round. The hypersexualized descriptions cease, the feminine characters turn into complicated and highly effective, and the apprentice turns into a primary character who narrates many chapters from her perspective.
However what actually redeems it for me (VAGUE SPOILER ALERT) is that Atticus faces particular, violent penalties within the closing e-book due to the best way he handled girls at the start. I’m unsure I’ve ever learn a collection that rotated such a problematic component so fully and truly punished the character accountable inside the world of the story.
I loved this collection and I feel they’re price a learn in the event that they’re your sort of e-book, however please notice the CW for oversexualizing of feminine characters and excessive spiritual irreverence. For those who’re not okay with jokes about faith, don’t learn these books.
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Marie Antoinette’s 10-Carat Pink Diamond Is On Sale For an Estimated $3-5 Million. It was additionally owned by her solely surviving daughter.
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Scientists within the UK have produced the world’s first diamond battery. Do you know diamonds may very well be used for battery energy? Neither did I.
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