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“How do I explain a life that has lasted for billions of years? It is almost as if I must start with an apology for being alive when everyone I once knew is dead.”

The Starlight Crystal by Christopher Pike

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“One has to admire Lady Pleinsworth’s foresight, actually. You’d surely flee if you knew what was in store for you.”

Gareth twisted in his seat. “Have they locked the doors yet?”

- It’s in His Kiss by Julia Quinn

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RED RIDING HOOD'S WOLF APPRENTICE VOLUME 1

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I knew you were supposed to laugh after things like that The world had taught me to dress up my trauma in short skirts and secret bathroom crying, to protect the fragility of boys at all costs

Shame Is an Ocean I Swim Across: Poems by Mary Lambert by Mary Lambert

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One of my favorite yuri related things is actually this Japanese article I found once that was like. Directed at younger himejoshi. So I put it through google translate because I was curious and it had a bunch of tips like "if you have a friend who is also a yuri fan... maybe you can go see a movie about girls together! But REMEMBER. Be sure to let her know in advance if you want to be 😳 more than friends 😳" and I genuinely thought it was so funny and cute that it was like "WARNING: we know manga likes to string things along but you cannot do that in real life you need to make your intentions known" LMAO

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“You made me feel scared and small and timid. You made me question every emotion I ever had.” She blinked, not caring that tears were streaming down her face. Those tears were cleansing. Powerful. “You made me feel like something was wrong with me. But nothing is wrong with me. I’m fine. And I feel nothing for you. No desire for a relationship. No hunger for affection. I did, once. But not anymore.” It was like something inside her uncoiled as she spoke, freeing her. Her voice dropped to a whisper. “Goodbye.”

Hurts to Love You (Forbidden Hearts, #3) by Alisha Rai

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Horimiya Vol 2

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“Or are you thinking of having your way with me? If so, I insist that you buy me dinner and a drink first. That just seems the least you can do. And you strike me as a man who always does the least he can do.”

Fable: Reaver by Peter David

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When I return a library book, I make sure to walk there holding it in my hands instead of in my bag. This is enrichment before it gets returned to the cold limbo of the stacks

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Mrs Iftercast rolled her own eyes. “Theodora dear, so poetic. Do I detect a new hobby? You should take up verse. It would be so much less trouble than riding.”

“No, Mums. Horses forever! But even you must acknowledge his beauty.”

How to Marry a Werewolf (Claw & Courtship, #1) by Gail Carriger

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a book club story

so I'm in another book club for a local comic shop but of course I am going to get any book I can from the library.

So I used Libby and I got the book.

This is the book, and this is the start of our story.

So if you know this book, you know it's a little odd. The forward compares it to a Twilight Zone episode, so I was here, I was ready for this.

I begin reading it and yep, it's a little weird. So I go to book club and am sitting there, ready to talk about this book. And they're talking about this wonderful journey they went on and how poignant the language is and I'm just a little confused by all this, especially their conclusion of the ending, that it's actually over.

So I say to another member, "Hey, lemme see your copy" cause they had print copies and I had my digital Libby copy.

And uhhhh, the adventure this book took me through was not the same adventure they were taken through.

And it all comes down to my comic looking like this:

Now if you weren't sure, this is supposed to be English. But it looks a little off, right?

At first, I thought it was a mistake.

The letter D is replaced with a 3, starting in the top right panel. but it continues. And then more and more letters are being replaced by numbers.

But remember! This book is supposed to be Twilight Zone-ish!

So I thought this was how it was supposed to be and this story was about a man's descent into the same madness that claimed his father, and he tries to escape it but it's still there just under the surface.

BUT IT TURNS OUT

THAT NO

THE LIBBY COPY WAS JUST A BAD COPY

AND THAT IS NOT THE STORY AT ALL.

#the underwater welder #jeff lemire #book club #original post #about the mods #jo reads #i spent the entire book thinking how disability unfriendly this text was #maybe i would like this comic more if i didnt have to spend half my time decoding the text

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The Misfit of Demon King Academy Vol 1

#the misfit of demon king academy #shu #Yoshinori Shizuma #anos voldigoad #Misha Necron #adventure #fantasy #romance #manga

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There was a special bar for the cross-dressers, even in the seventies. La Coronita—“The Little Crown”—was on the corner of Bustamante and Xóchitl. It was a party place—the clientele was mostly gay. The transvestites all dressed up—they cross-dressed like crazy, and everyone had a good time—but La Coronita was not a place for prostitution, and when the transvestites arrived at the bar, they were dressed as men; they didn’t cross-dress until they were safely inside The Little Crown. Not Flor; she was always a woman, everywhere she went—whether she was working on Zaragoza Street or just partying on Bustamante, Flor was always herself. That was why she was called The Queen; she was La Loca everywhere she went.

They even knew her at La Maravilla; the circus knew who the real stars were—they were the ones who were stars all the time. 

Avenue of Mysteries by John Irving

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Amidst the 'don't waste time' obsession, let's not forget the joy of savoring a book at a slow pace, simply for the love of reading.

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There was, after all, never a stare so blatant as the one that carefully evaded its object.

-The Rogue Not Taken, Sarah MacLean

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DC/RWBY

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