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🌈 What’s COMING OUT (pun intended) this January? Which books are you excited for? Which books are you adding to your TBR? Any other queer releases you know of?

Note: Some dates may have changed. We haven’t read all of these books, so please check reviews for more details on queer identities represented and check StoryGraph for content warnings!

🌈Jan 1 Tentacle Wonderland by Reese Morrison Soren by Miranda Page & Lina Ganef Stars and Soil by Dax Murray

🌈Jan 2 Cupid’s Revenge by Wibke Brueggemann Just Happy to Be Here by Naomi Kanakia Okay, Cupid by Mason Deaver Minor Disturbances at Grand Life Apartments by Hema Sukumar Matsdotter and Adrastus (Adventures in Levena #2) by Aelina Isaacs Deep Sounding Chaos by Adrian J. Smith & Neen Cohen Evergreen by Devin Greenlee Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu Vol. 3 by Meng Xi Shi and Me Mimo

🌈Jan 4 Destined by Jen Carter

🌈Jan 5 Her Mechanic Bear Mate (Crescent Lake Bears #3) by Arizona Tape

🌈Jan 8 Her Spell That Binds Me by Luna Oblonsky Bioluminescence by Toni Duarte

🌈Jan 9 That Bitter Sting by Melissa Polk Don’t Want You Like A Best Friend by Emma R. Alban Lucky Bounce by Cait Nary How to Share a Cat and Other Life Lessons by Evelyn Fenn

🌈Jan 10 Bachelorette Number Twelve by Jae

🌈Jan 11 Bound by Kate Hawthorne A Sheep in wolf’s clothing by Amy Allen Falling All In by Laina Villeneuve Murder on Castaway Island by Alicia Gael Moonbreak by Lise MacTague

🌈Jan 12 Tadek and the Princess by Alexandra Rowland Amid Our Lines by Zarah Detand

🌈Jan 14 The Butler’s Vessel by S. Rodman

🌈Jan 15 A Doctor’s Touch by A.A. Fairview Never Be a Saint by Mark Runte

🌈Jan 16 Escaping Mr. Rochester by L.L. McKinney Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa. So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole City of Laughter by Temim Fruchter Maude Horton’s Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook Eli Harpo’s Adventure to the Afterlife by Eric Schlich Enthralled by Her by Chelsea M. Cameron Knight of Staria by Iris Foxglove The Storm Gathers by Maelan Holladay Fence: Redemption SC by C.S. Pacat and Johanna the Mad Stars of Chaos: Sha Po Lang Vol. 2| by priest and 罐 一 一 Dreamer by Kris Bryant Winter’s Spell by Ursula Klein All Things Beautiful by Alaina Erdell Not Just Friends by Jordan Meadows

🌈Jan 17 Two is a Pattern by Emily Waters

🌈Jan 18 Curse of souls by Niranjan K Voyage of the Damned by Frances White The Principle of Moments by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson

🌈Jan 19 Shards of Trust by Fox Beckman

🌈Jan 20 A Luminous Heart by Cailee Francis

🌈Jan 22 Curse of the Dragon Shadow by Selina A. Fenech

🌈Jan 23 No Shelter But The Stars by Virginia Black To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods #1) by Elizabeth May My Fair Brady by Brian D Kennedy The Summer Queen (The Buried and the Bound #2) by Rochelle Hassan Out of Our League by Dahlia Adler and Jennifer Iacopelli Earth and Water by J.L. Gribble

🌈Jan 26 Rend Me, The Wayward Knight by Mary Vanalstine Prince of Endless Tides by Ben Alderson Sweet Wicked Thing by Jessie Walker

🌈Jan 27 Breeze Spells and Bridegrooms by Sarah Wallace and S.O. Callahan

🌈Jan 29 Ocean’s Blood by Thelma Mantey Fallen Thorns by Harvey Oliver Baxter

🌈Jan 30 A Reckless Oath by Kaylie Smith Faded Moon by T.L. Morgan The City of Stardust by Georgia Summers The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland Game On by Amy Aislin Spark of Wrath by E.M. Lindsey Honeybloods by I.S. Belle Love Me At My Worst by Adrian J. Smith

🌈Jan 31 Breaker of Fates (Broken Song, Verse 1) by Vaela Denarr & Micah Iannandrea

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Happy book birthday to this week's new releases! 📚

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I just pre-ordered these and I have come here to YELL ABOUT THEM

We've got...

Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa, a YA transmasc retelling of Pride and Prejudice

A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock, which is a queer horror with Frankenstein vibes about two dudes and their plant daughter

More Than a Best Friend (published as Don't Want You Like a Best Friend in America) by Emma R Alban, a historical sapphic best-friends-to-lovers story described as Bridgerton but with lesbians, with parent trap vibes

Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland, queer pirate adventure with OFMD vibes (Alexandra also wrote A Taste of Gold and Iron, which I really enjoyed and is also the only author in this list I know for sure is on tumblr, hello @ariaste)

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🌈 What’s COMING OUT (pun intended) this January? Which books are you excited for? Which books are you adding to your TBR? Any other queer releases you know of?

Note: Some dates may have changed. We haven’t read all of these books, so please check reviews for more details on queer identities represented and check StoryGraph for content warnings!

🌈Jan 1 Tentacle Wonderland by Reese Morrison Soren by Miranda Page & Lina Ganef Stars and Soil by Dax Murray

🌈Jan 2 Cupid’s Revenge by Wibke Brueggemann Just Happy to Be Here by Naomi Kanakia Okay, Cupid by Mason Deaver Minor Disturbances at Grand Life Apartments by Hema Sukumar Matsdotter and Adrastus (Adventures in Levena #2) by Aelina Isaacs Deep Sounding Chaos by Adrian J. Smith & Neen Cohen Evergreen by Devin Greenlee Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu Vol. 3 by Meng Xi Shi and Me Mimo

🌈Jan 4 Destined by Jen Carter

🌈Jan 5 Her Mechanic Bear Mate (Crescent Lake Bears #3) by Arizona Tape

🌈Jan 8 Her Spell That Binds Me by Luna Oblonsky Bioluminescence by Toni Duarte

🌈Jan 9 That Bitter Sting by Melissa Polk Don’t Want You Like A Best Friend by Emma R. Alban Lucky Bounce by Cait Nary How to Share a Cat and Other Life Lessons by Evelyn Fenn

🌈Jan 10 Bachelorette Number Twelve by Jae

🌈Jan 11 Bound by Kate Hawthorne A Sheep in wolf’s clothing by Amy Allen Falling All In by Laina Villeneuve Murder on Castaway Island by Alicia Gael Moonbreak by Lise MacTague

🌈Jan 12 Tadek and the Princess by Alexandra Rowland Amid Our Lines by Zarah Detand

🌈Jan 14 The Butler’s Vessel by S. Rodman

🌈Jan 15 A Doctor’s Touch by A.A. Fairview Never Be a Saint by Mark Runte

🌈Jan 16 Escaping Mr. Rochester by L.L. McKinney Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa. So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole City of Laughter by Temim Fruchter Maude Horton’s Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook Eli Harpo’s Adventure to the Afterlife by Eric Schlich Enthralled by Her by Chelsea M. Cameron Knight of Staria by Iris Foxglove The Storm Gathers by Maelan Holladay Fence: Redemption SC by C.S. Pacat and Johanna the Mad Stars of Chaos: Sha Po Lang Vol. 2| by priest and 罐 一 一 Dreamer by Kris Bryant Winter’s Spell by Ursula Klein All Things Beautiful by Alaina Erdell Not Just Friends by Jordan Meadows

🌈Jan 17 Two is a Pattern by Emily Waters

🌈Jan 18 Curse of souls by Niranjan K Voyage of the Damned by Frances White The Principle of Moments by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson

🌈Jan 19 Shards of Trust by Fox Beckman

🌈Jan 20 A Luminous Heart by Cailee Francis

🌈Jan 22 Curse of the Dragon Shadow by Selina A. Fenech

🌈Jan 23 No Shelter But The Stars by Virginia Black To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods #1) by Elizabeth May My Fair Brady by Brian D Kennedy The Summer Queen (The Buried and the Bound #2) by Rochelle Hassan Out of Our League by Dahlia Adler and Jennifer Iacopelli Earth and Water by J.L. Gribble

🌈Jan 26 Rend Me, The Wayward Knight by Mary Vanalstine Prince of Endless Tides by Ben Alderson Sweet Wicked Thing by Jessie Walker

🌈Jan 27 Breeze Spells and Bridegrooms by Sarah Wallace and S.O. Callahan

🌈Jan 29 Ocean’s Blood by Thelma Mantey Fallen Thorns by Harvey Oliver Baxter

🌈Jan 30 A Reckless Oath by Kaylie Smith Faded Moon by T.L. Morgan The City of Stardust by Georgia Summers The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland Game On by Amy Aislin Spark of Wrath by E.M. Lindsey Honeybloods by I.S. Belle Love Me At My Worst by Adrian J. Smith

🌈Jan 31 Breaker of Fates (Broken Song, Verse 1) by Vaela Denarr & Micah Iannandrea

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I was looking through my bookish pictures from this year, and in the spirit of looking back at the positive things that happened during 2023, here are some of my favorite book photos that I posted this year:

And I'm going to tag some lovely mutuals to show their favorite bookish photos from this year! (If you want to ofc) @franticvampirereads @themelodyofspring @appleinducedsleep @thequeerlibrarian @mimisreadingnook ✨️

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Book recs: many worlds, portal fantasy edition

A typical portal fantasy follows a human from our world who steps through a portal into a magical land (think of narnia). But there are many fun variations of this trope! Sometimes it's the magical people who come to our world; sometimes we get to follow people who have returned from their adventures and are seeking for new meaning; sometimes our world isn't involved at all. As might be assumed, most portal fantasies are fantasy stories, but some lean more toward magical realism, others toward sci-fi. It's a fun spectrum!

I'm separating portal fantasies from alternate timelines/parallel worlds type stories (which will get their own rec post soon-ish). I also generally do not include stories where the character travels to fairyland/land of the dead/etc as those feel like a genre of their own to me, but the lines between them sometimes blur and this is, obviously, a subjective list.

(Titles marked with * are my personal favorites)

Other book rec posts:

Really cool fantasy worldbuilding, really cool sci-fi worldbuilding, dark sapphic romances, mermaid books, vampire books

For more detailed info on the books, continue under the cut.

The Magicians (Magicians trilogy) by Lev Grossman*

You may not have heard of this book, but you have probably heard of the scyfy series of the same name that crashed and burned a few years ago. This is the book it’s based on (pros: it doesn’t end in the same way; cons: it doesn’t feature the juggernaut ship of the show in any major way). For the uninitiated: features what is essentially a (secret) magic university for tormented geniuses. When he finds magic isn't enough to grant him happiness, main character Quentin goes digging into the truth surrounding his favorite childhood books searching for meaning, and finds out that the magical other world they describe might not be so fictional after all.

Stray (Touchstone trilogy) by Andrea K. Höst*

Young adult told through diary entries. Including this as a portal fantasy is a bit of a stretch, but essentially: Cassandra unkowingly walks through a wormhole and lands herself on another planet, where she has to survive on her own until she is rescued. Soon she finds herself embroiled in a war between creatures from dreamlike other dimensions and the people who saved her. Skirts the line between scifi and fantasy (it has psychic space ninjas!), but generally feels mostly like sci-fi. Absolutely fantastic worldbuilding.

In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan*

Young adult. Kids who can walk between our world and a magical one get recruited into a magical school that trains them either to be fighters or sort-of diplomats. Our lead decides that fighting is stupid and that he’s going to peacefully solve every conflict ever, all while being the most delightfully obnoxious little brat possible and getting incolved in the most bisexual love triangle imaginable. Very good, funny, and heart-felt coming of age story.

NPCs (Spells, Swords, & Stealth series) by Drew Hayes*

This one only counts as a portal fantasy on a technicality and on the fact that I love it and this is my list. Follows a group of DnD players whose characters immediately die, forcing them to make new characters, and, parallel to their adventures, a group of NPCs from the fantasy world who find themselves forced to take the place of a party of recently deceased adventurers. The two parties do cross path on occasion, but there aren't actually any portals involved as all characters (mostly) stay in their respective world. A fun and light-hearted adventure that turns a lot of the expected tropes of the genre and of character archetypes on their heads.

The Time of the Dark (The Darwath series) by Barbara Hambly

1982 classic. Medieval history student Gil and biker Rudy are complete strangers, but when they get mixed up with a wizard from another world the two must work together to survive and get back home. Fairly traditional fantasy with its fair share of issues, but! It has cool swordswomen, creepy lovecraftian monsters and also mammoths!

The Twelve Kingdoms by Fuyumi Ono*

Young adult, light novel. Yoko Nakajima is a regular high school student, or at least she was one until a strange man showed up in her school, swore allegiance to her and whisked her away to another world. As the two get separated, Yoko is stuck on her own in a strange world, hunted by humans and demons alike as she travels in search of a way home. Absolute high point of isekai literature, with an incredible main character and really cool and unique worldbuilding (also available as an anime, however I have yet to watch it and can't speak to its quality just yet).

Peter Darling by Austin Chant*

Novella. An older Peter Pan returns to Neverland after years spent in our world, only to find that everything is different. Before he knows it, he finds himself working with his lifelong enemy, Captain Hook. Very gay and very trans, with interesting takes on toxic masculinity. Made my heart ache in the best of ways.

A Curse so Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

Young adult. A retelling of beauty and the beast, where 'beauty' is a girl brought in from our world to a fantastical one and the narrative focuses a lot on what actually happens to the kingdom when the royal family suddenly disappears, and whether it’s even possible to fall in love with someone you know is deliberately trying to seduce you to break a curse. This is part one of a trilogy, however I'm only really recommending the first book as the second did not work for me at all.

The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials trilogy) by Philip Pullman

Young adult/middle grade, fantasy but has a lot of sci-fi aspects as well. Already well-known and for good reason, the His Dark Materials trilogy starts as what seems a pretty typical fantasy with some cool unique aspects (everyone has a soul-bound animal only they can speak to as their best friend!), and soon veers into a truly one of a kind story. It has magical portals, it has strange worlds with equally strange inhuman creatures, it has physics, it has god murder, it has gay angels, it has tragedy, and it’s very much worth your time.

Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children series) by Seanan McGuire*

A tumblr favorite, the Wayward Children novellas feature a school open to children who have returned from adventures in other realms and now have trouble adapting back to regular life. Some installments are set in our world, others follow children as they have their otherworldly adventures. The main characters vary between books, but are generally pretty diverse with among others asexual, trans, intersexual and sapphic leads. Both funny and dark, it takes a closer look at the trauma many endure growing up different.

Otherside Picnic (Otherside Picnic series) by Iori Miyazawa

Sapphic light novel with a surreal and episodic horror vibe. Following the directions of an urban legend, university student Sorawo finds her way to a reality populated by horrifying creatures from ghost stories and modern urban legends (of which I'm sure you'll recognize many). Here she teams up with fellow explorer Toriko, both to both find out more about this strange world and to help Toriko find a missing loved one. Also available as a manga and (one season of) an anime.

Last Bus to Everland by Sophie Cameron

Young adult. Brody is dealing with a lot, but it all gets a little easier when he meets Nico, who shows him how to access Everland, a magical land where he feels less out of place. But when the doors to Everland start disappearing, Brody must choose which world is really home. I'd categorize this less as fantasy and more as coming of age with a fantasy slant. It's also very gay.

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

Surreal and fairy tale-esque, The Starless Sea is stories within a story, following graduate student Zachary as he finds a strange book which, in-between other tales, tells a story from his own childhood. Trying to find out how this came to be, Zachary gets involved with a pink-haired woman and a handsome man who are doing their utmost to protect a strange, otherworldly library available only through magical doors. It's a book hard to put in words, but which I once described as "romantic without being a romance while stile having a love story at it's core", and which can be summed up only as "an Experience". It's also quite gay!

The Memory Theater by Karin Tidbeck

Listen, there’s a whole bunch of Swedish portal fantasies I read growing up that I'm dying to include here, but I'm not because they’re not available in English. The Memory Theater however is available, and is very good. Two children who were stolen into an otherworldly realm that wants them dead fight return to earth, and are followed by one of their captors across universes. The story has the feel of a dark fairy tale, and their captors, while not fey, are very reminiscent of them.

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow*

Historical young adult, more magical realism than fantasy. In the early 20th century, January is living under the care of her father's employer while he travels the world searching for valuables and secrets. But both her father and her caretaker are keeping something from her, something about her own family's history. When she one day stumbles upon a strange book, one that speaks of other worlds, she finally sets out to find the truth. However, there are those seeking to stop her and destroy the doors between worlds, no matter what.

The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher*

Horror rather than fantasy. After having divorced, Kara moves to stay with her uncle and help him run his museum of curiosities, until one day she discovers a hole in the wall of his house. The hole leads to a strange bunker, and beyond that, a dark and dangerous world beyond her understanding. In the company of a friend, she goes to explore this world, but quickly comes to regret her decision to do so.

The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood*

The sort of portal fantasy you get when all the worlds connected by portals are fantasy worlds, and none of them are ours. The portals themselves become simply a part of the worldbuilding that the characters use to travel between fascinating places, and it's all really cool. It follows Csorwe (lesbian orc assassin whom I love), who grew up in a cult, indoctrinated as a child sacrifice to a god. But on the day she was meant to die, she instead chose to follow a powerful wizard and train to become his loyal servant and sword. Aside from being an excellent fantasy, it's also a close look at the hard path of unlearning indoctrination and the search for love and validation where you'll never find it, and learning to live for yourself.

Odin's Child (the Raven Rings trilogy) by Siri Pettersen

Norwegian (vaguely Norse mythology inspired) young adult. Fifteen-year-old Hirka grew up thinking she simply lost her tail to a wolf attack, but one day she finds out she never had one: she's an Odin's child, a human, sent from another world and rumored to spread rot and ruin wherever she goes. To keep her secret safe, she goes on the run, but there are forces hunting for her, wanting to use her in their war. This reads mostly as a fairly typical epic fantasy, with the portal aspect not playing a major role until the second book.

The Barbed Coil by J.V. Jones

1997 classic. Tessa is a young woman with little going for her, until she stumbles upon a strange ring that transports her to a magical and dangerous other land. Here she meets Ravis, a mercenary who takes it upon himself to protect her, and discover her own special abilities, which she must use against an evil king whose mind has been corrupted and taken over by his crown, the Barbed Coil.

Skeen's Leap (Skeen trilogy) by Jo Clayton

1986 classic. While most portal stories are fantasy, this one has a distinct sci-fi flavour. Skeen is master thief wanted in a myriad solar systems, until her spaceship gets stolen and she's stranded on a backwater planet. Here she hears rumors of ruins leading to a strange other land. Hoping for treasure enough to get her off-planet, Skeen goes in search of this place, but finds herself stuck and unable to get back. This one has a unique, almost stream of consciousness prose that takes a while getting used to, but rewards you with a one of a kind experience.

Inkheart (Inkworld trilogy) by Cornelia Funke

German middle grade/young adult, in which the fantastical other worlds are those told of in books. Young Meggie's father has the ability to, when he reads, bring things and people out of the books, or put other people into said books. However, once having done so, he knows of no way to put anyone back where they belong. Now, years after he accidentally brought the terrible villain Capricorn and his henchmen out of their book, he and his daughter must evade them at all costs or be forced to bring further horrors out of the page and into the world.

Bonus AKA I haven't read these yet but they seem really cool

An Accident of Stars by Foz Meadows

A teenage girl accidentally follows a worldwalker from her world to a magical realm on the brink of civil war. I believe this on has both a major polyamorous relationship and ace/aro characters?

The Sleeping Dragon (Guardians of the Flame series) by Joel Rosenberg

1983 classic. A group of college dnd players find themselves transported to the magical realm they previously thought just a game.

The Wandering Inn by Pirateaba

Webnovel. After having been transported to a magical world, Erin decides to, rather than become a warrior or a mage, start running an inn.

Honorary mentions AKA these didn't really work for me but maybe you guys will like them: The Marked Girl by Lindsey Klingele, The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay, Child of a Hidden Sea by A.M. Dellamonica, Spellsinger by Alan Dean Foster, The Shattered Gates by Ginn Hale, The Awakening by Nora Roberts, Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor.

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aro & ace books: Fey

The Wolf Among The Wild Hunt - NA novella, aroace MC in a m/nb QPR

The Witch King - YA duology, demi love interest and bi ace best friend (+ less traditional fey compared to all the others here)

Ironspark - YA urban fantasy, ace major character (don't love how his coming out scene was handled, but liked it overall)

Of The Wild - m/m romance novella, ace MC

Sinners - urban fantasy duology with an aroace m MC

Wander The Night - fantasy with aroace m MC

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looking for something a little more spine-chilling to read this pride month? here are some YA and adult queer horror books, including 8 to look forward to in 2023!! 👻🏳️‍🌈

follow my bookstagram @hauntedstacks for more recommendations!!

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Mid-Year Reading Wrap-Up

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GET BOOKT

A guide of books to gift the people in your life and yourself!

For the person who made a 200+ slide powerpoint about Neon Genesis Evangelion for a presentation party… Also for those who attend presentation parties…

The Archive Undying by @emcandon

For all former and current theater kids (affectionate)...

Will Do Magic for Small Change by Andrea Hairston

For the reader who prefers their off-the-wall science fiction tempered with social commentary, or enjoys social commentary in a space opera font…

The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport by Samit Basu

━ ˖°˖ ☾☆☽ ˖°˖ ━

For the friend with the SHUDDER account…

Piñata: A Novel by Leopoldo Gout

For the burned-out chosen one who’s so, so tired…

The Saint of Bright Doors by @adamantine

For the tumblr mutual that fell down the wuxia cdrama hole…

The Water Outlaws by S. L. Huang

━ ˖°˖ ☾☆☽ ˖°˖ ━

For the gamer who fondly remembers their confrontation with Rayquaza atop the Sky Pillar…

Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee

For the “smash first, questions later” friend in your life…

Ebony Gate by Julia Vee & Ken Bebelle

For a tragic superwholockian in dire need of restorative sapphic fiction…

The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

━ ˖°˖ ☾☆☽ ˖°˖ ━

For the reader who wished Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell was actually Jonathan Strange/Mr Norrell…

The Last Binding trilogy by @fahye, including: 

● A Marvellous Light

● A Restless Truth

● A Power Unbound

━ ˖°˖ ☾☆☽ ˖°˖ ━

Not enough books? We agree. Check out our other GET BOOKT guide.

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As per my last post, if yall arent aware — Cait Corrain, the author of the upcoming Crown of Starlight made a bunch of fake accounts on Goodreads to review-bomb other debut authors, almost entirely BIPOC, with 1 star while 5-starring her own book. She also added traditionally published debut authors to a list derogatorily labeling them as "self-published" hacks. She went after random books that are Greek mythology retellings, like her own is, and again targeted BIPOC authors. She even targeted my good friend RM Virtues, who is an indie author who writes queer Black Greek myth reimaginings.

Many of those she attacked were people who considered her a colleague and friend. She's tried to spin a lie about how she's being framed by someone from her Reylo fandom days, but Reylos have disproven that already.

Cait allegedly liked to brag about how her publisher treated her like royalty, and she had a massive Illumicrate deal. Her book was also getting favorable advanced reviews and had a beautiful cover, so she had nothing to be jealous of. She's potentially destroyed her career due to racism alone. Do not buy her book and do not support her.

Here is a thread if you want specifics and here is the 31-page doc of evidence.

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This might be the most beautiful thing I've ever made 🥺✨

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📖 Summary, from Wikipedia:

The story focuses on a boy named Kōichi Sakakibara who, upon transferring into Yomiyama Middle School and meeting the curious Mei Misaki, finds himself in a mystery revolving around students and people related to his class falling victim to gruesome, senseless deaths.

Review ✍🏻

I promptly admit that my reading is highly influenced by the fact that the adaptations were the first time I watched an anime and read a manga on purpose. The adaptations left quite the mark on me at 13yrs old, so I read the volume 1 of the light novel, for the first time, with some fondness, and I know that what amuses me as it is could have frustrated me in the absence of all previous knowledge.

I really wanted to know the original execution of the story, and that should keep me motivated enough to read volume 2, and the sequel, Another 2001. However, that doesn't change that I saw some slips in this execution that feel like tendencies of light novels and web novels, and how anime and manga usually do storytelling.

I was not impressed by the main character, though, if I recall right, here he has more personality than in the adaptations. Misaki Mei, the girl on the cover, has my heart ❤️.

Her situation is quite intriguing, so much so that I ask myself the what-if of her being the protagonist instead, thought that would completely change the scheme that sells the plot.

Without any spoiler, volume 1 is a slow burn of mystery that ends after the main character is caught up to the truth of everything, and now I should see more chaos in volume 2.

#bookblr #booklr #books #Book review #I posted this in Portuguese on Instagram originally #But insta hid the post #Another #yukito ayatsuji

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I've started rereading Wuthering Heights

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Progress: page 50

Reading Accountability Thread: On Writing and Worldbuilding vol 1, from Timothy Hickson

Started re-reading: 22 of November of 2023

Goal: re-read the first and second book to refresh my memory, relearn some stuff, and then get to the recently released 3rd vol.

#reading in progress

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wen 22 nov

my cat likes to be included in the study sections

today I went through some notes from yesterday's class and some calculus notes from last semester

want to finish Lord of the Flies today and return to the library tomorrow

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Reading Accountability Thread: On Writing and Worldbuilding vol 1, from Timothy Hickson

Started re-reading: 22 of November of 2023

Goal: re-read the first and second book to refresh my memory, relearn some stuff, and then get to the recently released 3rd vol.

#bookblr #booklr #reading in progress #books