Uchi Reads

If you liked arcane for the extremely well made sapphic romance, fleshed out and morally grey female characters and visceral magic, do not sleep on The jasmine throne by Tasha Suri. It is a fantasy fiction series instead of cyberpunk but if you are looking for any of the above do give it a read.

Ive just finished Oleander Sword two days ago (so please no spoilers for Lotus Empire) but like. You know what doesn't leave my head, how all of them are doomed by loyalty. Priya loves Malini but is doomed by loyalty for her country. Rao and Aditya love each other but are doomed by loyalty for Malini (and the faceless god). Bhumika loves her country and is doomed by loyalty for exactly this country. Idk if I'm making sense but like. The fact that any betrayals, any characters leaving each other, was because they're literally being pulled in multiple directions at the same time. Also, the fact that Malini, the *only* character who puts herself and her goals over everything else, is also the one who hasn't betrayed, or left, the ones she loves

↝ ❛ᴛʜᴇ ᴊᴀsᴍɪɴᴇ ᴛʜʀᴏɴᴇ❜ ʙʏ ᴛᴀsʜᴀ sᴜʀɪ ▪▪▪ sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇʀs. ᴘᴀʀᴛ sɪx. ▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫ ❛ I’ve always wanted things that would place me in danger. ❜ ❛ I know you’re trying to avoid talking about us. ❜ ❛ I thought you might die. ❜ ❛ Ah, I’ve missed you. Why have you taken so long to come? ❜ ❛ This part of me isn’t anything I’m ashamed of. ❜ ❛ I think you may be a good person after all. ❜ ❛ You’re wasting your energy. You have to see that. ❜ ❛ You may be quick, but I can be quicker. So. What will you do? ❜ ❛ I’ll fight you if it comes to it, but I don’t want to. ❜ ❛ You’ve kept so many secrets from me… ❜ ❛ The pleasure of security and comfort can only ease the pain for so long. ❜ ❛ You’re not the person you think you are… ❜ ❛ I don’t know what you want to hear. ❜ ❛ How can you be here? How can you speak to me? ❜ ❛ I thought perhaps I’d not… not live to see you again. ❜ ❛ I’m not sure that would be wise… ❜ ❛ Pretty sure that’s against the rules… ❜ ❛ If you’re that tired, then come and have a drink with me instead. ❜ ❛ Just a little longer, and I will know what needs to be done. ❜ ❛ There is no more time! There has never been time. ❜ ❛ Come with me, I have something to show you. ❜ ❛ I know how to ensure not only our survival, but our victory. ❜ ❛ To face your death calmly… it can be brave. ❜ ❛ Morality isn’t weakness. ❜ ❛ I don’t know what you see when you look at me. ❜ ❛ I will accept you as my guard, if you will accompany me. ❜ ❛ I don’t think of it, I don’t believe in it. ❜ ❛ The universe is vaster and stranger than you know. ❜ ❛ Skills are learned, I think you will gain them swiftly enough. ❜ ❛ I know you. I know exactly who you are. ❜ ❛ Okay, okay… I trust you. ❜ ❛ You’re not going to die, I’ve made sure you’re not going to die. ❜ ❛ I know you want to leave… ❜ ❛ All I ask is that you… don’t simply go. Talk to me. ❜ ❛ I’d like to help keep us safe. ❜ ❛ I suppose I always want to do the wrong thing. ❜ ❛ I promise you, I won’t go. ❜ ❛ Tell me what you want to do, that’s all I want to know. ❜ ❛ One day you’ll leave, I know you will. ❜ ❛ I want you to remember, always, where your loyalties lie. ❜ ❛ You shouldn’t lie to yourself, believe me. It does no good. ❜ ❛ I won’t forget where my loyalties lie. ❜

malini and priya are so complicated and romantic that I want to scream and hug them tightly to my chest. the doomed princess and the lost mage, locked alone in a tower together. one is a machiavellan cunt and the other is a tenderhearted killer. they’re bonded by fire trauma. they barely trust each other. they want to fuck each others brains out and they barely trust THAT. I love them most ardently.

You might be frustrated by the library never having a complete manga collection on its shelves at any given time, but the 12 year old checking out 14 volumes of One Piece at once is vital to the library ecosystem. He's like the sea otter keeping the kelp forest from being devastated by an excess of sea urchins.

---The new parents checking out 47 picture books for their 7 month old baby who clearly has nothing going on in their head except the Wii Sports Resort theme song

No but the Hunger Games really said "what do you hate more- the atrocities or the people who commit them against you? Because like it or not there IS a difference. If you hate the people who commit acts of pure evil more than you hate the acts themselves, what will stop you from becoming just like your enemies in your pursuit of justice? What will keep you from commiting those very same acts against THEM when the opportunity arises? And what then? The cycle of pain and suffering will never stop. Round and round it'll go. Nothing will ever change. But. BUT. If you hate the atrocities. If you hate the vile, senseless acts MORE than you hate the people who did them to you. If you are able to see that evil is evil regardless of who does it... The cycle ends with you. No, you may never get justice. But you will never be responsible for making others, even your enemies, suffer the same crimes you have. The atrocities will never be committed by you, never by your hand. And that's the way you change the world. It's the ONLY way" and that's why I am sure it will never stop being one of the most relevant works of fiction ever created