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K.J.’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at K.J.’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
K.J. Charles’s Followers (10,868)
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K.J. Charles
Goodreads Author
Born
in The United Kingdom
Website
Twitter
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June 2013
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/kjcharles
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The Magpie Lord (A Charm of Magpies, #1)
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2013
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22 editions
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A Case of Possession (A Charm of Magpies, #2)
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2014
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16 editions
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Slippery Creatures (The Will Darling Adventures, #1)
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2020
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10 editions
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The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1)
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2023
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11 editions
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Flight of Magpies (A Charm of Magpies, #3)
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2014
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14 editions
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The Sugared Game (The Will Darling Adventures, #2)
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2020
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9 editions
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The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting (Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, #1)
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2021
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11 editions
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Think of England (England World, #2)
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2014
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19 editions
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Subtle Blood (The Will Darling Adventures, #3)
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2021
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10 editions
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Band Sinister
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2018
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11 editions
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Best Books of 2024
My annual reading round-up post. This year’s Random Classification System is that everything comes in threes.
Romance
House of the Red Balconies by AJ Demas
Lovely wistful slow burn m/m romance in immersively created ancient alt-Mediterranean world. AJ Demas is one of my favourite romancers and this is a lovely minor key book.
Dulhaniyaa by Talia Bhatt
Indian f/f romance with a woman going into an
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K.J.’s Recent Updates
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| A cosy space story with more character than plot. These very much depend on how much you click with the characters, eg The Galaxy, and the Ground Within has virtually no plot and left me in floods of tears. This one didn't work for me, which I regret ...more | |
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| Angel sold Edie out after a crime gone wrong; now Edie has done eight years in prison while Angel has become security officer to a mega rich Elon Musk type. Angel gets Edie out of prison to force them into doing the heist to shake down the bad guy fo ...more | |
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Charlotte wrote: "I have been finding the YA/New Adult book categorizations confusing lately. At the library I work it ... it's becoming increasingly
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| Dual timeline slow burn horror of a group of Civil War era soldiers (UK version) trapped in a scary forest where the trees won't stay put and Things are hunting, and a group of academics attempting to explore said forest several centuries later. It's ...more | |
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| The title is a piece of genius and things do not disappoint thereafter. Absolutely cracking tale of murders in a Bangalore street, with immensely lively depictions of the setting and characters, infused with social observation and some cracking dialo ...more | |
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| Fascinating look at India's massive cultural influence on the ancient world. I had no idea that Arabic numerals in fact came from India, and there's a ton of interesting stuff about trade routes and the spread of religions. Well written as always and ...more | |
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| Loved the first three in this series about a disgraced Calcutta detective living in London. This one wasn't quite so successful for me. Largely it's because of the dual plotlines. The thriller plot is a really serious one about terrorism, torture, in ...more | |
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“What the fuck, what the fucking, bloody devil-shit, what in the name of Satan's swollen cock was that?”
― The Magpie Lord
― The Magpie Lord
“When I fuck you, Mr. Day, it will not be briefly. It will be long and hard and extremely thorough. I'm going to take pains with you.”
― The Magpie Lord
― The Magpie Lord
Polls
“When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty, I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”
― On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature
― On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature
“Lying in bed would be an altogether supreme experience if one only had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.”
― Tremendous Trifles
― Tremendous Trifles
“Well, are you not going to give the man a round of applause?" he asked. "I mean, that was fucking amazing, didn't you think? Honestly, if you'd asked me ten minutes ago, hypothetically, if it was possible to cut your own head off, I'd have said unequivocally no. You've really got to hand it to the bloke -- though it's fair to say luck was involved. I mean, there's no way he could do it again.”
― Be My Enemy
― Be My Enemy
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CONGRATS on the huge news today, KJ! So excited for you and proud of you and amazed by it all...
K.J. wrote: "Thanks! Flowcharts are much more fun than I remembered..."You certainly proved that haha ;)!
Leo wrote: "Thanks for accepting my friend request! Enjoyed your flowchart/ Anne Rice post this morning :D"Thanks! Flowcharts are much more fun than I remembered...
Thanks for accepting my friend request! Enjoyed your flowchart/ Anne Rice post this morning :D
Gina wrote: "Hi KJ, thanks for accepting my friend invite. I just finished The Magpie Lord and A Case of Possession, they were awesome!!! :)"Thank you so much! Really glad you liked them. (Have you read the in-between freebie, Interlude with Tattoos?)
Hi KJ, thanks for accepting my friend invite. I just finished The Magpie Lord and A Case of Possession, they were awesome!!! :)
Thanks for accepting K.J. And thanks ever so much for Stephen & Crane.
Thank you! Freebie Magpie short will be out in Dec as a little Christmas stocking filler... :-)
Hi K.J. Thanks you so much! I'm a incredibly in love with your words and I'm very impatient for January's release of A Case of Possession. Very. Impatient. :D!
Thank you! I'm really enjoying the sensation of being read, having been a secret writer for ages, so I really appreciate the feedback. :-)
Thanks for accepting KJ. I really am a massive fan. Loving your books. :)
Josephine wrote: "Hi KJ - good to see you here! Now you need to upgrade yourself to author status :)Jo x"
Will do - I hope... completely new to this site, I need about a week to get used to it...
Hi KJ - good to see you here! Now you need to upgrade yourself to author status :)Jo x
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