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The Great Library Series: Official Playlists on Spotify, originally compiled by Rachel Caine and put at the end of each book in the series.

Ink and Bone 

Paper and Fire 

Ash and Quill  

Smoke and Iron  

Sword and Pen

hi hello please have a seat while i scream about this series to you!!!

the great library series by rachel caine. where do i start. my very good friend @thornesrule recommended this series to me back in december and i’m now the happiest person alive for i get to live in a year when the fifth and final book comes out. this is perfect. with that said, i’ve only read two out of four books that are out right now, so i can only tell you the basics but there’s still a lot to love, i promise.

picture this: the great library of Alexandria is safe and sound. even better: it holds and hoards all knowledge, and very limited group of people has access to it. you can request certain titles directly from your local library, and they will be magically delivered to you, but the range is limited and controlled. you can’t check out the originals; in fact, you can’t own printed books at all.

the librarians & scholars store & protect & take care of the knowledge, smugglers seek out the originals to sell them on the black market, the burners are also after the books but they make political statements by burning the books (and themselves) in public. scholars are specifically trained and taught to be ready to die for books. and they really do. you see where i’m going with this? people fight and die for books. if this is not the ultimate series every book hoarder needs to read, i don’t know what is.

now, the world might be cool, but it’s the characters that make or break it. Jess Brightwell is an absolute mess of a human being resembling another equally absolute mess whom i also adopted as my child. (am i desperately projecting Neil Josten onto every single character ever since i read aftg? yes i am and what about it. i will elaborate and you Will Realise.) he is also the main character. he comes from the family of smugglers, but his biggest dream is to become a scholar. i won’t spoil any more spoilers, but if you are a reasonable, sane human being, you should love the concept of a found family, so you understand why i desperately need you to read this series.

Jess is confused because, for the first time in his life, he finds people that genuinely like him. he, in turn, is literally willing to die for them since day one. nobody wants him to, but he is 100% sure he does not deserve to be their friend. he’s a pathological liar, runs from his problems and feelings, is really fucking oblivious to everything except the things concerning illegal book trade (he is a pro at this). 

look me in the eye and tell me i am wrong when i say i have adopted Neil Josten’s twin brother (coincidentally, Jess actually does have a twin brother).

and also, in my personal opinion which is right and that resulted in my original complaint, Jess Brightwell is not straight and he has no fucking clue. to quote the greatest minds of our generation, and they were roommates….oh my god the were roommates. that’s that on that.

last but not least, if you care about representation, you should get the first book (Ink and Bone) right now, this second. the main cast consists of a gorgeous Muslim girl who can murder you with her intelligence, a bratty and arrogant son of a Spanish diplomat (you will love him. you will), a Soft™ German genius engineer boy who deserved 10 times better than this, a Welsh girl who is only here to get into the army and also cut you with a glance in your direction, the aforementioned book smuggler and dumbass extraordinaire, and this one girl who is kinda relevant to the plot and i’ll be happy for you if you like her but in this house we do not understand her so it’s fine.

there’s also very wholesome and angsty gay rep. i won’t say who, but they’re also main characters who save the day every day. there’s books, magic, family, adventure, drama, just, please, this series has everything and you Should Give It A Chance.

omg thank u for asking.... the great library series by rachel caine follows jess brightwell who lives in an alternative version of our world wherein the great library in alexandria never burned. the Great Library in fact now governs every major city. technilogical advancement is astonishing. there is alchemy involved in most inventions.

the downside though is that the library holds monopoly on books (and knowledge, by extension). owning a physical copy or a manuscript is strictly forbidden and one can only read after receiving a copy from them (think kindle-style).

$TGLS 2018-08-20 : Transcripts- Edited Transcript of TGLS earnings conference call

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Q2 2018 Tecnoglass Inc Earnings Call

Bogota Aug 21, 2018 (Thomson StreetEvents) — Edited Transcript of Tecnoglass Inc earnings conference call or presentation Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at 2:00:00pm GMT

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