"We Covered The Boy With A Blanket And Astrid Set His Plank Of Wood (the One With The Wheels) Alongside
"We covered the boy with a blanket and Astrid set his plank of wood (the one with the wheels) alongside him, tenderly tucking that in too. It had seemed special to him"
Yes, they just tucked a skateboard into bed. I laughed so hard. In their defense, they had never seen one before lol
pg. 24 of The Astonishing Chronicles of Oscar from Elsewhere by Jaclyn Moriarty
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audiobook fangirling
The narrator for Oscar's chapters is Australian. Just like Oscar. I am so happy rn.
The Astonishing Chronicles of Oscar from Elsewhere by Jaclyn Moriarty
dreams of fanart
so. I can’t really draw. I want to learn, but that isn’t relevant to this complaint. Basically I just desperately wish I could draw pictures of all of these beautiful scenes and people but I know I would be disappointed if I tried? I just want to draw fanart of Kingdoms and Empires by Jaclyn Moriarty
Anyways I’m working on digitally coloring an illustration in the first book. Just kinda teaching myself, ig? It’s fun. Who knows when I’ll be satisfied with it though! Lol
Librarians rock!
I just realized today that librarians have saved the day at least 4 times in kingdoms and empires so far, here is how:
The librarian on Lantern Island (who is unnamed) encourages Bronte while she researches a way to clear her Aunt Emma from jail just as Bronte is about to give up by giving her a plate of cookies :) letting Bronte find a key piece of evidence!
The librarian on Lantern Island later finds Bronte the contact information for Ronaldo C. Torrington, leading to the reunion of Bronte's Aunt Carrie and her long-lost lover, who she marries!
Carlos, the librarian at Katherine Valley Middle School, helps Esther find the books about magic that she eventually uses to defend her school against Shadow Mages even without Spellbinding (because she is very smart, brave, and practical).
Carlos later gives Esther a stack of books about Horseshoe Island Ogres, giving her information that exposes her teacher, the malicious Mrs. Pollock, as an evil ogre and saves Esther's class from Mrs. Pollock's insidious manipulation!
minorly sad thoughts
There are 14 covers for 5 books. The editions I own do not match each other T_T
It’s pretty cool that magic works without the threads now. Kinda like how money used to have actual worth when it was gold coins but now we trust paper to certify wealth or whatever money is?
Bronte says that mages somehow learned how to do the spells without the actual thread—though they can see the thread in their minds!
I also think the thread itself only has powers if a mage with matching speciality uses it. Like a True Mage could never use Shadow Thread to do any kind of magic, because shadow thread can only do shadow magic and only if a Shadow Mage is using it.