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Una the Archivist 📜 @preserver.archivistorder.com · 01/09/2026

Post something random or risk a sub-par September

Photo of an indoor dog racing track with obstacles. The caption says "the 4th dog is not human".

Una the Archivist 📜 @preserver.archivistorder.com · 03/08/2026

I take bookshop photos most times I go past or into a bookshop. I should post them here! Bruce McKenzie Booksellers Palmerston North, New Zealand

A table display of new mostly mystery books.

Authors include G. B. Ralph, Riley Chance, Bing Turkby, Saraid De Silva, Megan Nicol Reed, Gavin Strawhan, Catherine Chidgey, Ingrid Horrocks, Gareth & Louise Ward, Jessica Howland Karry, Emma Neale, Jennifer Trevelyan, Shana Chandra, Anne Clearly, Anna Woods, and Kaarina Parker.

A bookcase full of Maori books, including Aroha, Wawata, A Maori Phrase A Day, Full Circle, and Mana.

A table display of new books, and the rest of the bookshop in the background.

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Una the Archivist 📜 @preserver.archivistorder.com · 13/07/2026

🌟 THE DIVINE RITUALS 🌟 ⚔️ A bronze age adventure to attack and dethrone god! ⚔️ ✨ Magic as science ✨ Heroes on a journey (but not a hero's journey) ✨ Ancient people doing even more ancient archaeology ✨ Melting pot city states ✨ Oh no, the god emperor is hot ✨ Horse #BluePit 📖 #A #F #W

A moodboard with the text THE DIVINE RITUALS superimposed on it.

The moodboard images feature horses in a field, a salt flat mirror lake, inside ancient ruins, an altar, a skull, hieroglyphics, a desert landscape, a black rock, ancient Egyptian art, and a mysterious spacey image.

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Una the Archivist 📜 @preserver.archivistorder.com · 13/07/2026

🌟 THE DIVINE RITUALS 🌟 ⚔️ A bronze age adventure to attack and dethrone god! ⚔️ Meet the core cast! MCs Lina and Hanetu are destined to defeat Akkan together. At least that's what Hanetu believes with his whole heart. Which means it will all work out, right? ⚔️ #BluePit 📖 #A #F #W

Icons of charterers and their roles

Akkan (medium light skin with long blond hair in a high ponytail)

Emperor of the Divine Light
Chief antagonist

Marius (dark skin with hair in locs tied back)

Former Grand Executor of Akkan's Will
Fugitive and conspirator

Lina (medium brown skin and red hair tied back in small braids)

Apprentice to Marius
Fugitive and conspirator

Hanetu (pale skin and messy short brown hair)

The Fount
A barbarian from the Northern Wastes

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Una the Archivist 📜 @preserver.archivistorder.com · 13/07/2026

Marius, who was once the highest ranking executor of the Divine Emperor Akkan's will, finds evidence that Akkan is not what he claims. Akkan is a powerful man, but he is no god. When Akkan announces that Marius will ascend to live eternally in the Divine Realm, Marius fakes his own death and escapes with his apprentice, Lina Together, they travel to the northern wastes beyond the empire, searching for the Fount, a human wellspring of Divine energy and someone who Akkan is desperately trying to find. If Marius and Lina can find the Fount first, they can stop Akkan from accruing near-unlimited power.

The Fount is a teenage boy named Hanetu who has a hero complex and no love for Akkan's empire. He sees Lina conjuring fire with her sword mid-battle, and he's in love, convinced of their destiny to defeat an undefeatable god. They join forces and plan their next move while hiding out in Lina's homeland, but when Akkan's loyalists catch up with them and capture Hanetu and Marius, Lina is left to pick up the pieces.

But hope is not lost. Lina is stronger than she thinks and Hanetu is exceptionally resourceful. Can they make it to the imperial capital to defeat Akkan, all while being pursued by Akkan's enforcers and cultists? And even if they make it, what chance do they have to stop him?

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Una the Archivist 📜 @preserver.archivistorder.com · 14/05/2026

I picked these up at Armageddon Expo (a comicon / pop culture type event in New Zealand). Haven't read any of these authors before.

The Sons of Echidna by Athena M. Bliss. It features a woman in a blue dress on the cover, with some magical looking motifs.

Tarquin the Honest: The Hand of Glodd by Gareth Ward. The cover features a wizard, a woman with a sword, metal gloves, etc in a stained glass style.

Cabin Boy by Drake LaMarque. His Piratical Harem book 1. There is a ginger man on the cover in old time navy clothes and a pirate ship in the background.

Imploding Imagination, a collection of fictions from authors that met at the end of the world. There's a spacey background and a border featuring a drain and plants.

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Una the Archivist 📜 @preserver.archivistorder.com · 05/05/2026

May the 4th be with you, and happy revenge of the 5th!

A sexy Snoke reclining with Jabba on his dais.

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Una the Archivist 📜 @preserver.archivistorder.com · 29/04/2026

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Una the Archivist 📜 @preserver.archivistorder.com · 26/04/2026

Good guy Dafyd says no to writing with AI

"Isn't there a way to have the half-mind do this for me?" he said, and he hated the whine in his voice.

"I will inquire," the Sinen said, and Dafyd had the sinking feel-ing that the little alien had been hoping he'd admit failure.

"Please don't," Dafyd said. "I will continue to study."

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Una the Archivist 📜 @preserver.archivistorder.com · 23/04/2026

Got my copy today. I got so anxious reading The Mercy of Gods that I had a full night of insomnia, so for this one, I need to find a time when I can read it in one sitting.

Photo of a book. The Faith of Beasts by James J. A. Corey. There are spaceships.

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Una the Archivist 📜 @preserver.archivistorder.com · 13/04/2026

(Obi-wan Kenobi voice) YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO SHRINK THE TBR PILE, NOT GROW IT !!

A pile of books. From top to bottom:
Ancillary Justice by Ann Lecko
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Earth by David Brin
Mini Minority Monsters by Tab Kimpton
Imploding Imagination
Cabin Boy by Drake LaMarque
THE SONS OF ECHIDNA by Athena M. Bliss
TARQUIN THE HONEST by GARETH WARD
THE EVERLASTING by ALIX E HARROW
THE BRIDGE ON THE DRINA by IVO ANDRIĆ
NEW YORK 2140 by KIM STANLEY ROBINSON
THE DAWNHOUNDS by SASCHA STRONACH
DESCENT by JD EVANS

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Una the Archivist 📜 @preserver.archivistorder.com · 03/04/2026

Had fun cosplaying Gideon Nav at Armageddon today! My cosplay was a mishmash of my Kylo Ren outfit, my Hux wig, and super cheap aviator sunglasses. Thank you to this random Harrow who let me hold her sword 🖤

Harrow and Gideon cosplayers. Gideon is holding a longsword.

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Una the Archivist 📜 @preserver.archivistorder.com · 28/02/2026

Step 8: remove the tea strainer and let the tea cool at room temperature before putting it in the fridge

Dark honey coloured liquid (tea) in the pitcher.

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Una the Archivist 📜 @preserver.archivistorder.com · 28/02/2026

Step 6: pour boiled water over the tea and into the jug (Let the water cool a bit before adding to the tea to avoid more bitter flavours)

Water being poured from the jug into the pitcher.

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Una the Archivist 📜 @preserver.archivistorder.com · 28/02/2026

Step 5: put the tea in the mesh strainer

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Una the Archivist 📜 @preserver.archivistorder.com · 28/02/2026

Step 3: choose your tea If you don't have looseleaf tea, you can use two teabags instead. But did you know that teabags are plastic and will release tons of microplastics that you then eat???

A jar of looseleaf black tea. A floppy disk label reads "Earl Grey Rose"

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Una the Archivist 📜 @preserver.archivistorder.com · 28/02/2026

Step 2: get a little mesh tea strainer (you can buy them in different sizes to fit different kinds of teapots)

Mesh tea strainer about to be dropped into the pitcher.

Tea strainer sitting nicely in the neck of the pitcher.

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Una the Archivist 📜 @preserver.archivistorder.com · 28/02/2026

How to make ice tea when you're not American. Step 1: get one of these bad boys

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Una the Archivist 📜 @preserver.archivistorder.com · 28/02/2026

Mr. Feather's Den Featherston, New Zealand Taxidermy, books, lamps, and other things! /5

Photo of a busy display table with taxidermied birds, a few small bookcases, and other decorations.

Photo of a corner of the shop. More bookcases, a red fan, dense wallpaper, candleholders, and more.

A collection of colourful old books in an old timey suitcase.

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Una the Archivist 📜 @preserver.archivistorder.com · 28/02/2026

Featherston Crystals and Curiosities Featherston, New Zealand Featuring crystallised books!! /5

A book with artfully folded pages and flowers, all covered by whole crystals.

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Una the Archivist 📜 @preserver.archivistorder.com · 28/02/2026

The Ferret Bookshop Featherston, New Zealand Tiny shop, lots of New Zealand books. /4

Store window featuring an anthropomorphic ferret on the glass and the text "Featherston Ferret Bookshop".

Another photo of the storm front with a little bookcase with books on it, a hat, plants, and a music stand holding a sign that says "the ferret bookshop. Poke your nose in. Books bought and sold". It has a drawing on a ferret on a pile of books.

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Una the Archivist 📜 @preserver.archivistorder.com · 28/02/2026

For The Love of Books Featherston, New Zealand No photos of the inside, but lots of second hand books, including full sets of series in bundles. /3

A photo of a shop with a sign saying "For the love of books" and another sign saying "books open".

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Una the Archivist 📜 @preserver.archivistorder.com · 28/02/2026

The Dickensian Bookshop Featherston, New Zealand Used books, lots of old Victorian era books. There is also a cafe in the shop. /2

Photo of a storefront with a hanging sign that says "The Dickensian Bookshop".

Photo of a lot of Victorian classics on shelves

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Una the Archivist 📜 @preserver.archivistorder.com · 28/02/2026

Visited some fun bookshops today. Mrs. Blackwell's a village Bookshop. Greytown, New Zealand /1

Photo of wooden weatherboard store with a wooden awning. A sign says "Mrs. Blackwell's Village Bookshop". It's partly cloudy outside.

Old classics in fancy hardcover with sprayed edges. They are arranged on a display table. Featuring Jane Austen, Emily Brontë, John Steinbeck, and others.

Four books on display, held between fancy horse bookends. The books are Orlando by Virginia Woolf, The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe, Hard Times by Charles Dickens, and Bleak House by Charles Dickens.

Fancy old classics displayed on a bookcase. Lots of fancy hardcovers. Very pretty.

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Una the Archivist 📜 @preserver.archivistorder.com · 06/02/2026

What I imagine every time a stone eater is mentioned

Tilda Swinton all in white, with white hair stuck going upwards. The background is also white, with a white column. Tilda looks frozen.

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Una the Archivist 📜 @preserver.archivistorder.com · 28/01/2026

I bought these on the Kickstarter and they have been sitting shamefully unread since then 😭 But I am reading them now and they're great! Love the artwork. It feels like I'm watching episodes of the Expanse.