fuck it, colorful home libraries

reading is like being in the shower. don’t wanna start and dont wanna stop

Grisha

Been dyyyying to draw the Grisha gals and their keftas. This one’s a mix of inspo I’ve taken from the series and from the books

I wish I lived in a Greek Myth.

The Birth of Venus (painting), 1890

by John Bulloch Souter.

reading is like. i’ve read 5 books in 3 days. i have not read a single sentence in months

ill be back again.......... someday

Centaur in Love (illustration), 1987

Featured in German art magazine.

fuck literary gatekeeping, read whatever you want.

Books to #ReadWithPride

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month, everyone! 🏳️‍🌈

Seeing our identities and the world around us reflected in the books we read is vitally important. This Pride Month and all year long, we’re excited to spotlight some incredible LGBTQIA+ stories and creators. 

Check out some YA books to dive into and #ReadwithPride!

You Should See Me in a Crown

A joyful book about a queer Black girl who runs for Prom Queen to win a college scholarship…but then finds herself falling in love with one of the other girls in the competition. Start reading here!

Here the Whole Time

A body-positive YA love story between two boys who must spend 15 days living with each other over school break. Start reading here!

The Bridge

Two teens. One bridge. Four ways their story could end. A powerful novel about mental health, identity, and how our choices shape the world around us. Start reading here!

The Ghosts We Keep

After their brother is killed, Liam faces the world without the person they loved the most. Their brother's best friend is the only one who knows what they're going through...for better or worse. Start reading here!

Zara Hossain is Here

Zara’s family has waited years for their visas to be finalized, but now that dream is in jeopardy. Zara seeks justice to stay with her girlfriend and in the only home she's ever known. Start reading here!

Follow Your Arrow

When bi influencer CeCe breaks up with her famous girlfriend and starts dating a boy who is very much NOT online, she'll find out what it means to speak her truth. Start reading here!

Girl from the Sea

After Morgan is saved from drowning by a mysterious girl named Keltie, everything they're each trying to hide will find its way to the surface. Start reading here!

Heartstopper

Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. A sweet coming-of-age story that explores friendship, love, and coming out. Start reading here!

Where We Go From Here

A story about three boys whose lives will become intertwined in a story of HIV, friendship, love, and self-acceptance. Start reading here!

Technically, You Started It

A hilarious, snarky, and utterly addicting book that explores friendship, sexual orientation, mental health, and falling in love (even if things might be falling apart around you). Start reading here!

The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali

When Rukhsana’s conservative Muslim parents catch her with her girlfriend, Rukhsana’s carefully planned future begins to collapse around her. Start reading here!

I Wish You All the Best

After Ben comes out to their parents as nonbinary, they’ll move in with their estranged older sister and find friendship, love, and acceptance along the way. Start reading here!

The Music of What Happens

Over the course of one summer, two boys will have to face their biggest fears and decide what they’re willing to risk – to get the thing they want the most. Start reading here!

Openly Straight & Honestly Ben

This heartfelt series follows two boys, Ben and Rafe, who struggle to find who they really are in the midst of falling for one another. Start reading here!

Lie to Me

A pulse-pounding novel about love, betrayal, and a serial killer that features a bisexual protagonist. Start reading here!

Muted

A riveting story of ambition, music, and innocence lost - and a deep relationship between two girls who could be something more on their quest for stardom. Start reading here!

Tarnished Are the Stars

The Lunar Chronicles meets Rook in this queer #OwnVoices science-fantasy novel that features asexual, bisexual, and lesbian characters working together to put an end to a deadly epidemic. Start reading here!

The Witch Boy

In Aster’s family, all the girls are raised to be witches and the girls are raised to be shapeshifters. But Aster is fascinated by witchery--can he find the courage to save his family and be truly himself? Start reading here!

King and the Dragonflies

A story about loss, grief, and finding the courage to discover one's identity. Start reading here!

I Felt a Funeral, In My Brain

A powerful novel about navigating death and navigating life, at a time when the only map you have is the one you can draw for yourself. Start reading here!

Pianist (painting), 2017

by Valeria Lakrisenko.

Darklina doodles

“The light of a candle

is transferred to another candle—

spring twilight”

- Yosa Buson

- Yosa Buson

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (illustration), 1876

by Gustave Doré.

romance? like in those hozier songs? you know that’s not real, right?

Markus Zusak, The Book Thief (2004).