Discover new books on Goodreads

Meet your next favorite book

Julia

Julia’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (977)
currently-reading‎ (3)
read‎ (880)
did-not-finish‎ (23)
ya-series‎ (406)
adult-fiction-and-fantasy‎ (354)
graphic-novels‎ (240)
ya-stand-alone‎ (165)
favorites‎ (161)
lgbtqia‎ (130)
epic-high-fantasy‎ (123)
science-fiction‎ (114)

fairies-faeries-and-fae‎ (103)
retellings‎ (77)
short-stories‎ (69)
middle-grade‎ (67)
space‎ (60)
lis60629-school-aged-children‎ (59)
asian-insp-fantasy‎ (55)
picture-books‎ (53)
angels-and-demons‎ (50)
buffyverse‎ (50)
owlcrate-books‎ (48)
vampires‎ (44)

shadowhunters‎ (43)
witches‎ (43)
london‎ (38)
contemporary-ya‎ (35)
dragons‎ (34)
neil-gaiman‎ (33)
steampunk-ish‎ (31)
the-forest‎ (28)
dark-romance‎ (26)
avatar‎ (24)
maggie-stiefvater‎ (23)
manga‎ (22)

middle-east-and-north-african-insp‎ (22)
non-fiction‎ (20)
norse-mythology‎ (20)
sarah-j-maas‎ (20)
lis60626-engaging-teens‎ (19)
pirates-and-sea-monsters‎ (18)
historical-fiction‎ (15)
latinx-hispanic-fantasy‎ (15)
stephen-king‎ (15)
arthurian‎ (13)
greek-mythology‎ (12)
grishaverse‎ (12)

Stats | More…

Julia is Currently Reading

Julia is currently reading

The Scarlet Ball

by Nghi Vo (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Nov 07, 2026 07:21AM

Julia is currently reading

The Scorpio Races

by Maggie Stiefvater (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: ya-stand-alone, maggie-stiefvater, favorites, currently-reading

Reading for the 7th time

read in November 2015

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Julia said: " November 2021: Every time I read this book, this book that lives in my deepest heart, my favorite book, it fills me so completely that I am hollowed out entirely when I finish. The magic of this story does not wane, it only waxes with ferocity. I'll November 2021: Every time I read this book, this book that lives in my deepest heart, my favorite book, it fills me so completely that I am hollowed out entirely when I finish. The magic of this story does not wane, it only waxes with ferocity. I'll love this book forever.

November 2017: For my fifth read, I listened to the absolutely marvelous audio book. I haven't listened to it since my first time reading this story, and it was even more wonderful this time. However, I discovered that I can't listen to it anywhere other than at home because I just cry through the whole damn thing. I cut myself on all of the island's sharp edges. I hear the sound of the sea as it beats against the shore. I imagine the keen of the water horses and I feel it in my bones. I can taste those magical November cakes, dripping honey so, so sweet. I am part of this story. I've already expressed what this book means to me, and it is no less diminished now. If the ending weren't so god damn perfect already, I'd ask the sea to give me a little glimpse into the future of the island, a small peek at the characters I have grown so familiar with that I feel as if I'm revisiting old friends each time I read their story. The first time I ever met Maggie Stiefvater, I held my shit together long enough to thank her for the existence of this book and everything inside of it before bursting into tears.

Late October 2016: My fourth time reading this story and I am destroyed in finishing it. I could live in this story forever and ever. In my heart of hearts, I do.

November 2015 reread: This story shatters me every time I read it; I love it beyond measure. This book is my heartsong.

August 2014: After reading this for the second time, I feel no less changed than I did the first time I read it. This book is pure magic. This world that Maggie Stiefvater has created is so unfailingly real, so perfect, I feel as though it is real; I want it to be. I want to live on the island of Thisby, fish smell and all. The completely entrancing magic of the water horses and what they mean to the island and to the people filled me with such intensity and was only rivaled by the slow and lingering magic of Sean and Puck. Of their relationship, their ordinary and yet absolutely extraordinary lives, and their heartbreakingly horrendous pasts (and yet not unusual for Thisby). Everything they become to each other. The way Puck remembers her mother, or the words of advice from her father. The way the islanders love the water horses as much as they fear them, and just live with them, because it's their home on land, and they understand. Sean's way with the horses, and with people, his intense, steady demeanor and Puck's fierceness and ferocity. The sense of loyalty, betrayal, understanding; of family, of love and of loss; of rituals, and of blood. The surprises, the firsts, the bravery, and, of course, the race itself. All of these things moved me beyond words I can use to describe here, and once again, I am changed by it. By all of it. This is one of my absolute most favorite books in the whole world.

March 2013: When I first met my favorite book. ...more "

progress:

(0%)
"It is the first day of November and so, today, someone will die.

I am so, so alive." — Nov 01, 2026 01:14PM

Nov 01, 2026 01:14PM · see review

Julia is currently reading

The Knave and the Moon (The Stonewater Kingdom, #2)

by Rachel Gillig (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, adult-fiction-and-fantasy

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

progress:

(page 195 of 353)
"This book is taking me forrrrreeeverrrrrrr to finish. Almost none of the magic from the first one is present in this book, and that was what kept me turning pages in the last one. At this point I'm going to finish it but how just...meh. Bartholomew is still my favorite part but even that has been diminished. Sigh." — Oct 26, 2026 01:03PM

Oct 07, 2026 11:13AM

Julia’s Quotes

“You're asking me to define an abstract concept that no one has managed to explain since time began. You sort of sprang it on me," Gansey said. "Why do we breathe air? Because we love air? Because we don't want to suffocate. Why do we eat? Because we don't want to starve. How do I know I love her? Because I can sleep after I talk to her. Why?”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven King

tags: adam-parrish, love, richard-gansey, the-raven-king

770 likes

“It was just that there was something newly powerful about this assembled family in the car. They were all growing up and into each other like trees striving together for the sun.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven King

tags: friendship, love

150 likes

“Her heart was a river that carried her to the sea.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

886 likes

“I would have come for you. And if I couldn't walk, I'd crawl to you, and no matter how broken we were, we'd fight our way out together-knives drawn, pistols blazing. Because that's what we do. We never stop fighting.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

tags: crooked-kingdom, inej-ghafa, kaz-brekker, six-of-crows

9055 likes

“I thought I was hallucinating,” Adam said, next to the lockers, an announcement droning on over the hall speakers. “Ronan Lynch in the halls of Aglionby.”
Ronan slammed his locker. He had not put anything in it and had no reason to open or close it, but he liked the satisfying bang of the metal down the hall, the way it drowned out the announcements. He did it again for good measure. “Is this a real conversation, Parrish?”
Adam didn’t bother to reply. He merely exchanged three textbooks for his gym hoodie.
Ronan wrenched his tie loose. “You working after school?”
“With a dreamer.”
He held Ronan’s gaze over his locker door.
School had improved.
Adam gently closed his locker. “I’m done at four thirty. If you’re up for brainstorming some repair of your dream forest. Unless you have homework.”
“Asshole,” Ronan said.
Adam smiled cheerily. Ronan would start wars and burn cities for that true smile, elastic and amiable.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven King

126 likes

More of Julia’s quotes…