{"id":7390,"date":"2020-06-23T00:00:08","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T04:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=7390"},"modified":"2021-05-28T21:14:02","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T01:14:02","slug":"top-ten-tuesday-june-23-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/top-ten-tuesday-june-23-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Ten Tuesday | June 23, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Tuesday!<\/p>\n

Top Ten Tuesday<\/a>\u00a0is a Bookish Meme hosted by\u00a0That Artsy Reader Girl<\/a>, and this week is very special! Top Ten Tuesday is celebrating it’s TENTH BIRTHDAY TODAY<\/strong>! In celebration of that, this week’s theme is DO A TOPIC YOU MISSED OR UPDATE ONE YOU’VE ALREADY DONE<\/strong>!<\/b><\/p>\n

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Happy Birthday Top Ten Tuesday!!! I’ve been participating off and on for about four years now and I’ve absolutely loved every week. I hope this continues for at least another ten years and makes other bloggers feel as happy as it makes me.<\/p>\n

Now, onto this week’s TTT… I’ve decided to take a theme that I missed before and do it today! Today’s Top Ten Tuesday on Kait Plus Books is… CHARACTERS LIKE ME<\/strong>! You may have noticed in my little bio on the right (or at the bottom if you’re on mobile) that I am: asexual, biromantic, fat, autistic, chronically ill, and really bad at texting. I’ve chosen books this week that feature characters who share some of these traits with me and make me feel seen.<\/p>\n

And now without any further ado, here’s this week’s Top Ten Tuesday!<\/p>\n

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Quentin: Anxious, Autistic, Bi<\/strong><\/h2>\n\"TopThe Magicians<\/strong> by Lev Grossman<\/a>
Published on<\/strong> August 11, 2009 by Viking<\/a>
Genres:<\/strong> Fantasy<\/a>, YA<\/a>, Queer<\/a>
Pages:<\/strong> 402
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Quentin Coldwater is brilliant but miserable. A senior in high school, he\u2019s still secretly preoccupied with a series of fantasy novels he read as a child, set in a magical land called Fillory. Imagine his surprise when he finds himself unexpectedly admitted to a very secret, very exclusive college of magic in upstate New York, where he receives a thorough and rigorous education in the craft of modern sorcery.
\nHe also discovers all the other things people learn in college: friendship, love, sex, booze, and boredom. Something is missing, though. Magic doesn\u2019t bring Quentin the happiness and adventure he dreamed it would. After graduation he and his friends make a stunning discovery: Fillory is real. But the land of Quentin\u2019s fantasies turns out to be much darker and more dangerous than he could have imagined. His childhood dream becomes a nightmare with a shocking truth at its heart.
\nAt once psychologically piercing and magnificently absorbing, The Magicians boldly moves into uncharted literary territory, imagining magic as practiced by real people, with their capricious desires and volatile emotions. Lev Grossman creates an utterly original world in which good and evil aren\u2019t black and white, love and sex aren\u2019t simple or innocent, and power comes at a terrible price.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t