Celine 📚💛

@celmcnally.bsky.social

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✨reader | writer | reviewer✨ she/her | filipina fantasy & sci-fi celmcnallyreads@gmail.com https://beacons.ai/celmcnally

Screenshot of text messages between OP and her fiancé. Fiancé: Bookstock is this weekend. Fiancé: Hey Fiancé: Hey Fiancé: Hey Celine: it’s also Indie Bookstore Day on Saturday so we should go to [Local Bookshop’s] free event (smiling emoji with surrounding hearts) Fiancé: That’s love Fiancé: That’s what love is
Books by Asian and Pacific Islander Authors: Jade City by Fonda Lee, The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez, The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang, Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto, Saints of Storm and Sorrow by Gabriella Buba, Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier, The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu, The Dawnhounds by Sacsha Stronach, Kailey’s by Vaishnavi Patel, The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei, The Many Deaths of Laila Starr by Ram V. and Filipe Andrade, The Upwelling by Lystra Rose
Screenshot of Waterstones’ FAQ page: Which countries do you ship to? Given the unfolding situation across Ukraine, with regret we have suspended orders placed from, or to be delivered to, Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. Our customers’ understanding toward this decision is appreciated. We ship to the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Falkland Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, (USA - currently suspended).
Photo of part of a laptop screen. The screen displays a video editing software There is a preview of the clip being edited where Celine is gesturing with her right hand. Overlayed there are special visual effects of glowing blue magic surrounded by a red circle (like a selection tool). Below is a section with what looks like a flowchart depicting different components that make up the video.
Text thread on a group chat called “Sisters” that has the following conversation. Celine (OP): (Link to a youtube video called Booktube Newbie Tag. Someone on the chat has used the iPhone “Emphasize” feature that reacts to the text with two exclamation points) Celine: “ya girl’s a youtuber (tell no one)” Kelly Belly: “Woooooooo” Erin: “If I share this in my close friends insta story will you kill me” Kelly Belly: “Ooh good question” Kelly Belly: “I only have like ten people on CF anyway”
Youtube thumbnail. A cutout of Celine is smiling holding a mic and a notebook, outlined in white. Net to her are the words “Booktube Newbie Tag.” In the background, there is a grid of book covers (left to right): Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, All Systems Red, The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, The Stone Sky, Black Sun, A Master of Djinn, The Sword of Kaigen, Assassin’s Apprentice, Nettle & Bone, The Spear Cuts Through Water, The Adventures of Amina al-adorado, Jade City, The Will of the Many, Network Effect, Kaikeyi, On A Sunbeam, Pet, The Priory of the Orange Tree, A Day of Fallen Night, Gideon the Ninth, Chain-Gang All-Stars, Network Effect (again, whoops!)
A recording set up in front of three green bookshelves. A camera on a tripod and a ring light are pointed toward the bookshelves.
Cover of Oathbound by Tracy Deon. Bree (a Black teen) stands in the center with her arms out. Glowing red magic spiderwebs from her chest and swirls around her. Purple magic also wraps around her. A hooded figure with glowing red eyes hovers behind her.
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez (illustrated cover shows the silhouettes of a a warrior with a sword and a warrior with a spear cutting through dense blue/green foliage)
Screenshot of Dora from the Tiktok Tips account telling us to stop scrolling
The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang
Screenshot of tiktok comment from Johnny Jinx Hates You that says, “This is why I advocate for AI taking over the arts. Artists tend to create victims but AI only harms artists.”
Dog in an OSU jersey wearing a headband that says “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” rests his paw on a person’s hand
Excerpt from The Burning God by R.F. Kuang: “Now here they were again: three people — children, really; too young and inexperienced for the roles they’d inherited — holding the fate of Nikon in their hands. And Rin was poised to acquire the empire Riga had wanted, if only she could be just as cruel. But what kind of emperor who Riga have been? And how much worse would she be? Oh, but history moved in such vicious circles.”
Screenshot of earlier post in thread (made 15 mins ago) by OP that says, “Burning God Spoilers. So glad Pipaji’s still alive. That was horrific”
Excerpt from The Burning God by R.F. Kuang: “How many chances, asked Altman, are you going to throw away? At least one more, she thought, and ignored his jeering laughter. If she could remember how to hate Nezha, she would have killed him. But instead, she turned her back and let him make his retreat while she made hers.”
Like I get that there’s no one else. And I don’t think that the shaman religion/cultural practice should be eradicated by any means. But so much of Rin’s rage was born from how people manipulated and used her to enact violence and consolidate power in their wars. Kuang is so good at showing how war/violence/power are cyclical.
“Chaghan regarded her with narrow, calculating eyes. ‘My men will be outside that mountain, ready to shoot at whatever emerges.’ ‘Then aim well,’ she said. ‘So long as you’re not aiming at me.’”
“Jiang spoke so quietly she almost couldn’t hear him. ‘I couldn’t save Altan.’ Her voice broke. ‘But you could have saved me.’”
“She’d remembered how much taller than her he’d grown, how when they embraced, her head fit neatly under his chin. She remembered how dark his eyes had looked under the moonlight that night by the docks. Right when she thought he’d kiss her. Right before he’d pressed a blade into her back.”
Woman (OP) asleep on futon an open book beside her and two dogs cuddled on/around her.
Blueskyroast.com analysis of celmcnally’s page. It says “Celine: The Bookish Sorceress of Bluesky. With a sprinkle of literary magic and a handful of spicy commentary, Celine Enchants her followers while navigating the realms of fantasy and social justice. If opinions were spells, Celine would be a wizard casting tweets that read like enchanted scrolls.”
Screenshot of the HarperCollins website showing the new editions of Wicked by Gregory Maguire with the movie poster cover. The cover shows Galinda (bottom left corner) and Elphaba (top right corner) reaching toward each other.
The Burning God by R.F. Kuang book cover: Woman with sword leaping in the air with smoke around her and a fortification wall behind her.
Incoming texts that read: “Ok I’m relistening to the soundtrack and Jeff Goldblum is DEFINITELY the voice of Elfie’s bio dad and they were OBVIOUSLY obscuring his face the entire time he was on scene oh mY GOD IS ELFIE THE WIZARDS DAUGHTER??? Don’t tell me anything. I don’t want to know.
Screenshot of incoming texts: “I will be making hot chocolate tonight in honor of the first snow. I have to stop anyways because my tire pressure light went on.” (In all caps) “IF YOU WOULD LIKE MARSHMALLOWS YOU MUST TEXT ME. I DO NOT LIKE THEM AND CANT REMEMBER IF YOU DO”
Book cover or A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark. Cover depicts a figure standing in the center of a grand steampunk building.
Book covers in front of a blurred bookshelf. Books shown: 1. Babel by R.F. Kuang 2. Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse 3. The Burning God by R.F. Kuang 4. The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang 5. Jade City by Fonda Lee 6. The Kingdom of Gods by N.K. Jemisin 7. Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb 8. Goddess of the River by Vaishnavi Patel 9. The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu 10. The Follower of Flowers by Natalia Hernandez
Book covers in front of a blurred bookshelf (listed from left to right): The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin, The Principle of Moments by Essie Jikiemi-Pearson, The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang, The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez, The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi, Gideon the Ninth by Tasman Muir, Pet by Akwaeke Emezi, All Systems Red by Martha Wells, The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty, Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse, Binti by Nnedi Okorafor, Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon, A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark, The Will of the Many by James Islington