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lgbtqreads · 1 year
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Fave Five: Asexual YA Romance
Forward March by Skye Quinlan (f/f) Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann (m/f) You Don’t Have a Shot by Racquel Marie (f/f) Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee (m/f) Planning Perfect by Haley Neil (f/f) Bonus: Coming later this year, Love Letters for Joy by Melissa See (m/f) and Wren Martin Ruins it All by Amanda DeWitt (m/m)
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appleinducedsleep · 1 year
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I wonder if this is how everyone is destined to live: hopping from familiar space to familiar space until all the familiar spaces turn into one big blurry memory of nothing in particular.
Kathryn Ormsbee, Tash Hearts Tolstoy
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themelodyofspring · 10 months
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Sleepy Readathon | June - Week 3
I finished two books - Tash Hearts Tolstoy and How To Be Ace. Both books with ace rep and both were really good 💜
Sunday night was F1 night again so skipped reading. Trying to listen to Bryony and Roses audiobook next.
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Candidly Cline by Kathryn Ormsbee
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Today's sapphic book of the day is Candidly Cline by Kathryn Ormsbee!
Summary: "A must-read for fans of Julie Murphy and Ashley Herring Blake, this queer coming-of-age story from critically acclaimed author Kathryn Ormsbee sings with heart, warmth, and hope.
Born in Paris, Kentucky, and raised on her gram’s favorite country music, Cline Alden is a girl with big dreams and a heart full of song. When she finds out about a young musicians’ workshop a few towns over, Cline sweet-talks, saves, and maybe fibs her way into her first step toward musical stardom.
But her big dreams never prepared her for the butterflies she feels surrounded by so many other talented kids—especially Sylvie, who gives Cline the type of butterflies she’s only ever heard about in love songs.
As she learns to make music of her own, Cline begins to realize how much of herself she’s been holding back. But now, there’s a new song taking shape in her heart—if only she can find her voice and sing it."
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captainwaffles · 1 year
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Severely underrated book
It’s not an award winner in many categories
But there is something so nice about it, it touches on many things and does something different but comforting
More to come on The Lucky Few by Kathryn Ormsbee
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Forgotten YA Gems is now on Discord! Join us for discussions!
We’re a Goodreads/Discord group that reads YA, NA, or MG books that are at least five years old. While not necessarily “forgotten” (as many of them have lovely fanbases here on Tumblr), we focus on backlist books that aren’t getting the same attention as new releases. Feel free to join us to vote on monthly reads, participate in challenges, and talk about books!
This month's reads are The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater, The Goblins of Bellwater by Molly Ringle, and Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee.
Have you read it? Is it on your TBR? What did you think?
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desdasiwrites · 2 years
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– Kathryn Ormsbee, Tash Hearts Tolstoy
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Middle School Monday: Growing Pangs by Kathryn Ormsbee & Molly Brooks 
Katie is worried about how things will be different when she goes away to an overnight summer camp for the first time, and about her relationship with her best friend, Kacey. Katie’s “buzzing thoughts” are represented by bees that talk to her, and tell her rules like how if she pulls the zipper on her backpack three times, then nothing bad will happen at camp. When she gets to the camp, several things make her anxiety increase, like discovering that she’s going to be sleeping on the top level of a bunk bed. When Katie starts to make new friends she’s happy at first, but Kacey is jealous and complains that Katie is spending too much time around other people. Even when they return from camp, Kacey acts the same way, and accuses Katie of not caring enough about their friendship. 
Will both of these girls be able to work together to save their friendship, or have they grown too far apart? 
This graphic novel covers lots of familiar topics like friendship and families, but it also explores issues like what it’s like to be homeschooled and dealing with anxiety and OCD. Give this book to older kids and younger teens who are looking for thoughtful and engaging stories about friendship, mental health, and the challenges of growing up.
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the-bi-library · 11 months
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Bi books out in June!
This month we have 18 books!
Also, preorders help greatly, so preorder any book(s) that catch your interest 💕
Here is the goodreads list of these books.
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💕 Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler 💕 Old Enough by Haley Jakobson 💕 When It All Syncs Up by Maya Ameyaw 💕 By Your Side: A Queerplatonic Short Story by Margherita Scialla 💕 Of Knights and Books and Falling In Love by Rita A. Rubin 💕 Ode To My First Car by Robin Gow 💕 When the Stars Alight by Camilla Andrew 💕 Things I'll Never Say by Cassandra Newbould 💕 The Secret Summer Promise by Keah Brown 💕 Not Queer Enough by Madison Nicole 💕 The Surviving Sky (Rages, #1) by Kritika H. Rao 💕 The Longest Summer by Alexandrine Ogundimu 💕 Vivian Lantz's Second Chances by Kathryn Ormsbee 💕 Keep Your Witches Close by Colette Rivera 💕 Starlings by Amanda Linsmeier 💕 We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian 💕 The Good Ones by Polly Stewart 💕 The Last Drop of Hemlock by Katharine Schellman
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sapphicbookclub · 2 years
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Pride Flag Book Recs! #3🌈
Need more diverse books for pride month? I’m bringing you some colorful suggestions for your rainbow shelves aesthetic! 
Feel free to check out my previous posts as well here and here! 
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The Devotion of Delflenor by R. Cooper, The Devil Wears Tartan by Katia Rose, The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe, The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart, These Feathered Flames by Alexandra Overy
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The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite, Say You'll Love Me Again by Kiki Archer, The Key to You and Me by Jaye Robin Brown, The Secret of You and Me by Melissa Lenhardt, The Valkyrie's Daughter by Tiana Warner
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She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker Chan, Welcome To Paradise by Lise Gold, A Flight in the Heavens by Gabrielle Gagne-Cyr, The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri, Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard
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Candidly Cline by Kathryn Ormsbee, Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour, The Noble and the Nightingale by Barbara Ann Wright, Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Sisters of Shadow by Katherine Livesey
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I Think I Love You by Auriane Desombre, Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur, The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Uncharted by Ali Temple, The Winter Duke by Claire Eliza Bartlett
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Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler, It Goes Like This by Miel Moreland, Sweet & Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley, Girls at the Edge of the World by Laura Brooke Robson, A Scheme of Sorcery by Ennis Rook Bashe
Happy Pride Month Reading!  ❤️💛🧡💚💙💜
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appleinducedsleep · 1 year
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I reflect, not for the first time this week, that the twenty-first century is a screwed-up place to be. How is this even a normal human interaction? Back in the old days people waited weeks, even months, to receive letters, and that had to suck. But on a regular day, when they were out and about having normal chats, no one had to wait in crippling suspense to see if their conversation partner would deign to answer them. If said partner remained unresponsive for a full three minutes, the only possible explanation would be that they’d had a stroke, not that they’d heard the question and didn’t want to answer for another few hours.
Kathryn Ormsbee, Tash Hearts Tolstoy
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astreiants-archive · 2 years
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a sapphic lit primer 🌸
also known as, an opportunity to insist you read my favourites
if you’ve ever found yourself wanting to read more sapphic books, but not quite sure where to start, let this be the post for you! if you’re looking for even more sapphic books, i hope you find something in here too.
there are a few books on here i’ve not read, that i wanted to include to raise awareness of them, more than anything. those are marked by *. as such, you will probably also see a fair few more well known books and authors missed off (but i promise i know about them!).
this is not meant to be at all exhaustive! it’s a collection of sapphic books that i’ve read and would rec, meaning there are still tons more out there. & you can find some of those more at @sapphicreadsdb​, readsrainbow (which i co-run with @tenderpotter), sapphiclitbot on twitter & my list of every sapphic book i’ve read.
as ever, this was meant to be a relatively short post. haha.
(i promise i did put links on this post, but for some reason those aren’t working on the blog page. dashboard version seems fine, i think.)
🌼  middle grade
🌻  contemporary
hurricane child by kacen callender
in the role of brie hutchens... by nicole melleby
hazel hill is gonna win this one by maggie horne
candidly cline by kathryn ormsbee
how to become a planet by nicole melleby
proud of me by sarah hagger-holt
the science of being angry by nicole melleby
middletown by sarah moon
p.s. i miss you by jen petro-roy*
almost flying by jake maia arlow*
in the key of us by mariama j lockington*
kenzie kickstarts a team by kit rosewater & sophie escabasse*
⚔️  fantasy
the strangeworlds travel agency by ld lapinski
the tea dragon society by kay o’neill*
📜  historical
tell no tales by sam maggs & kendra wells*
⁉️  mystery/thriller
goldie vance by hope larson
pepper’s rules for secret sleuthing by briana mcdonald
drew leclair gets a clue by katryn bury*
🦇  paranormal/horror
artie and the wolf moon by olivia stephens
🧪  science fiction
our sister, again by sophie cameron
🌼  young adult
🌻  contemporary
we are okay by nina lacour
this is what it feels like by rebecca barrow
the gay girl’s guide to ruining prom by siera maley
the liar’s guide to the night sky by brianna r. shrum
i kissed shara wheeler by casey mcquiston
the flywheel by erin gough
amelia westlake by erin gough
how to make a wish by ashley herring blake
taking flight by siera maley
like water by rebecca podos
don’t date rosa santos by nina moreno
all the invisible things by orlagh collins
orpheus girl by brynne rebele-henry
the henna wars by adiba jaigirdar
you should see me in a crown by leah johnson
love and other natural disasters by misa sugiura
rise to the sun by leah johnson
epically earnest by molly horan
if you still recognise me by cynthia so
truth be told by sue divin
thieves by lucie bryon
ask the passengers by a. s. king
starting from here by lisa jenn bigelow
annie on my mind by nancy garden
laura dean keeps breaking up with me by mariko tamaki
the stars and the blackness between them by junauda petrus
the last true poets of the sea by julia drake
i kissed alice by anna birch
fiebre tropical by juliana delgado lopera
melt my heart by bethany rutter
laurel everywhere by erin moynihan
every body looking by candace iloh
something certain, maybe by sara barnard
⚔️  fantasy
a dark and hollow star by ashley shuttleworth
the scapegracers by h. a. clarke
girl, serpent, thorn by melissa bashardoust
down comes the night by allison saft
engelsfors by mats strandberg & sara b. elfgren
summer of salt by katrina leno
from dust, a flame by rebecca podos
spellbook of the lost and found by moïra fowley-doyle
girls made of snow and glass by melissa bashardoust
out of the blue by sophie cameron
witch, cat & cobb by j. k. pendragon
girls of paper and fire by natasha ngan
the afterward by e. k. johnston
the never tilting world by rin chupeco
the midnight lie by marie rutkoski
the dark tide by alicia jasinska
the midnight girls by alicia jasinska
sweet & bitter magic by adrienne tooley
wench by maxine kaplan
way of the argosi by sebastian de castell
ash by malinda lo
the raven and the reindeer by t. kingfisher
the last magician by lisa maxwell
shatter the sky by rebecca kim wells
we set the dark on fire by tehlor kay mejia
queen of coin and whispers by helen corcoran
ghost wood song by erica waters
these feathered flames by alexandra overy
the bone spindle by leslie vedder
into the crooked place by alexandra christo
edie in between by laura sibson
crier’s war by nina varela
the winter duke by claire bartlett
sofi and the bone song by adrienne tooley*
girls at the edge of the world by laura brooke robson*
dauntless by elisa a. bonnin*
📜  historical
dangerous remedy by kat dunn
forgive me if i’ve told you this before by karelia stetz-waters
the pearl thief by elizabeth wein
heavy vinyl by carly usdin & nina vakueva
valiant ladies by melissa grey*
a curse of roses by diana pinguicha*
⁉️  mystery/thriller
far from you by tess sharpe
the girls i’ve been by tess sharpe
people like us by dana mele
summer’s edge by dana mele
the truth about keeping secrets by savannah brown
i hope you’re listening by tom ryan
eight pieces of silva by patrice lawrence
bad things happen here by rebecca barrow
the things we don’t see by savannah brown
the hollow inside by brooke lauren davis
throwaway girls by andrea contos
you’re next by kylie schachte
a lesson in vengeance by victoria lee
the sullivan sisters by kathryn ormsbee
cold by mariko tamaki
the killing code by ellie marney*
rules for vanishing by kate alice marshall*
🦇  paranormal/horror
the dead and the dark by courtney gould
to break a covenant by alison ames
shallow graves by kali wallace
wilder girls by rory power
afterlove by tanya byrne
house of hollow by krystal sutherland
specter inspectors by bowen mccurdy
burn down, rise up by vincent tirado
hollow by shannon watters & branden boyer-white
missing, presumed dead by emma berquist
perfectly preventable deaths by deirdre sullivan*
the dark beneath the ice by amelinda bérubé*
ghost walk by kay solo*
🧪  science fiction
joyride by jackson lanzing & collin kelly
crownchasers by rebecca coffindaffer
the good luck girls by charlotte nicole davis
cosmoknights by hannah templer
jane, unlimited by kristin cashore*
🌼  adult
🌻  contemporary
summer of the cicadas by chelsea catherine
take a hint, dani brown by talia hibbert
in the event of love by courtney kae
night tide by anna burke
beautiful world, where are you by sally rooney
spell heaven and other stories by toni mirosevich
far from home by lorelie brown
once ghosted, twice shy by alyssa cole
spindrift by anna burke
cow girl by kirsty eyre
the split by laura kay
tell me everything by laura kay
everyone in this room will someday be dead by emily austin
transcendent kingdom by yaa gyasi
the fat lady sings by jacqueline roy
conversations with friends by sally rooney
flamingo by rachel elliott
the wrong end of the telescope by rabih alameddine
a map of home by randa jarrar
mostly dead things by kristen arnett
patsy by nicole dennis-benn
little fish by casey plett
undone by bryce oakley
satisfaction guaranteed by karelia stetz-waters
tack & jibe by lilah suzanne
all at sea by cheyenne blue
i kissed a girl by jennet alexander
january embers by hildred billings
the simple answer by lily seabrooke
under the rainbow by celia laskey
the world cannot give by tara isabella burton
la bastarda by trifonia melibea obono
the one hundred years of lenni and margot by marianne cronin
all are welcome by liz parker
the romance recipe by ruby barrett
disoriental by négar djavadi*
the thirty names of night by zeyn joukhadar*
bastard out of carolina by dorothy allison*
among other things, i’ve taken up smoking by aoibheann sweeney*
marriage of a thousand lies by s. j. sindu*
honey girl by morgan rogers*
too much lip by melissa lucashenko*
delilah green doesn’t care by ashley herring blake*
the secret lives of church ladies by deesha philyaw*
the barrens by kurt & ellie johnson*
28 questions by indyana schneider*
there are more things by yara rodrigues fowler*
⚔️  fantasy
the unbroken by c. l. clark
the jasmine throne by tasha suri
wild and wicked things by francesca may
the true queen by zen cho
isola by brenden fletcher
the impossible contract by k. a. doore
foundryside by robert jackson bennett
the traitor baru cormorant by seth dickinson
the empress of salt and fortune by nghi vo
the bone shard daughter by andrea stewart
blackheart knights by laure eve
the velocity of revolution by marshall ryan maresca
the gracekeepers by kirsty logan
in the vanishers’ palace by aliette de bodard
the priory of the orange tree by samantha shannon
thorn by anna burke
penhallow amid passing things by iona datt sharma
sing the four quarters by tanya huff
city of lies by sam hawke
moontangled by stephanie burgis
burning roses by s. l. huang
a master of djinn by p. djèlí clark
ashes of the sun by django wexler
fireheart tiger by aliette de bodard
bestiary by k-ming chang
the black coast by mike brooks
night flowers shirking from the light of the sun by li xing
the councillor by e. j. beaton
silverglass by j. f. rivkin
water horse by melissa scott
high times in the low parliament by kelly robson
into the broken lands by tanya huff
the fire opal mechanism by fran wilde
among thieves by m. j. kuhn
the factory witches of lowell by c. s. malerich
the forever sea by joshua phillip johnson
the final strife by saara el-arifi
brother red by adrian selby
the winged histories by sofia samatar
the vanished queen by lisbeth campbell*
the northern girl by elizabeth a. lynn*
the bladed faith by david dalglish*
the worthy by anna k. moss*
📜  historical
the wicked cometh by laura carlin
the pull of the stars by emma donoghue
she who became the sun by shelley parker-chan
infamous by lex croucher
devotion by hannah kent
under the udala trees by chinelo okparanta
after the wedding by courtney milan
heathen by natasha alterici
mrs martin’s incomparable adventure by courtney milan
the night watch by sarah waters
tell it to the bees by fiona shaw
kept animals by kate milliken
a lady’s desire by lily maxton
the ophelia girls by jane healey
that green eyed girl by julie owen moylan
the perks of loving a wallflower by erica ridley
the companion by e. e. ottoman
her countess to cherish by jane walsh
paris, 7a.m. by liza wieland*
mademoiselle revolution by zoe sivak*
dark earth by rebecca stott*
⁉️  mystery/thriller
dirt town by hayley scrivenor
the lighthouse by fran dorricott
after the eclipse by fran dorricott
the final child by fran dorricott
proper english by k. j. charles
the last place you look by kristen lepionka
the better liar by tanen jones
fortune favors the dead by stephen spotswood
real easy by marie rutkoski
the best bad things by katrina carrasco
the case of the good-for-nothing girlfriend by mabel maney
the kill club by wendy heard
bury the lede by gaby dunn
beloved poison by e. s. thomson
the lady upstairs by halley sutton
ash mountain by helen fitzgerald
last call at the nightingale by katharine schellman
return to blackwater house by vikki patis
payback by charlotte mills*
a reason to kill by eve zaremba*
the heard by andrea bartz*
snare by lilja sigurðardóttir*
amateur city by katherine v. forrest*
the savage kind by john copenhaver*
the dime by kathleen kent*
the verifiers by jane pek*
🦇  paranormal/horror
abbott by saladin ahmed
the animals at lockwood manor by jane healey
black water sister by zen cho
hearts in the hard ground by g. v. anderson
they drown our daughters by katrina monroe
meddling kids by edgar cantero
yellow jessamine by caitlin starling
our wives under the sea by julia armfield
briefly, a delicious life by nell stevens
dead woman’s pond by elle e. ire
tripping arcadia by kit mayquist*
🧪  science fiction
a memory called empire by arkady martine
this is how you lose the time war by max gladstone & amal el-mohtar
the unspoken name by a. k. larkwood
the space between worlds by micaiah johnson
dead space by kali wallace
the quantum thief by hannu rajaniemi
ninefox gambit by yoon ha lee
ancillary justice by ann leckie
motor crush by brenden fletcher & cameron stewart
unconquerable sun by kate elliott
compass rose by anna burke
a big ship at the end of the universe by alex white
the light brigade by kameron hurley
empress of forever by max gladstone
the doors of eden by adrian tchaikovsky
seven of infinities by aliette de bodard
hard reboot by django wexler
last exit by max gladstone
sisters of the vast black by lina rather
gods, monsters, and the lucky peach by kelly robson
so happy for you by celia laskey
battle of the linguist mages by scotto moore
bluebird by ciel pierlot
an ancient peace by tanya huff
god’s war by kameron hurley*
barbary station by r. e. stearns*
this will kill that by danielle l. roux*
valkyrie by meg ludwa*
night sky mine by melissa scott*
the stars undying by emery robin*
🌼  poetry
if not, winter by sappho, trans. by anne carson
floating, brilliant, gone by franny choi
evohe by cristina peri rossi
bestiary by donika kelly
soft science by franny choi
rummage by ife-chudeni a. oputa
the world keeps ending and the world goes on by franny choi
bone by yrsa daley-ward
dream work by mary oliver
living as a lesbian by cheryl clarke*
womanslaughter by pat parker*
oral tradition by jewelle l. gómez*
the black unicorn by audre lorde*
hermetic definition by h.d.*
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lgbtqreads · 3 months
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Any youtuber romance books?
Hmm, Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee (ace m/f YA) would qualify, I think, and Chef's Kiss (adult f/nb), too, though YouTube is more of a springboard IIRC. There's gotta be more... anyone else know?
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themelodyofspring · 10 months
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Mid year book freakout
Tagged by @booksandrandomfandoms and @bibliophilecats ✨
1. Best book you’ve read so far this year
Tress of The Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
Wolfsong by TJ Klune
The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E. Harrow
Undercover by Tamsyn Muir
Unmasking Autism by Dr. Devon Price
2. Best sequel you’ve read so far this year
The Creeping Shadow by Jonathan Stroud
3. New release you haven’t read yet but want to
Hell Bent, The Golden Enclaves (Do these still count as new releases?)
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year
Uhhhhh 🫥 what's releasing?!? Ravensong by TJ Klune (which was released 82457 years ago but I'm finally able to buy it thanks to the new Tor release).
5. Biggest disappointment
Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
6. Biggest surprise
The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E. Harrow!! Everyone read this short story!!!!!! It will blow your mind (and other senses).
7. Favorite new author (debut or new to you)
Jonathan Stroud! Thanks to the Netflix show (that was cancelled 😭) I started reading the series and they're so good.
8. Newest fictional crush
Oh God I donno umm LOCKWOOD! (I like sad blorbos who need therapy)
9. Newest favorite character
George Karim/Cubbins from Lockwood and Co.
Tress from Tress of The Emerald Sea
Gordo from Wolfsong 🥺
10. Book that made you cry
Every happy book makes me cry. Next question!
11. Book that made you happy
The Creeping Shadow by Jonathan Stroud (because Hollow Boy broke my heart and this one mended it)
Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee
12. Favourite adaptation
Lockwood and Co. on Netflix 🥲
13. Prettiest Cover
This one 👀
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14. A book you need to read before the end of the year
The Empty Grave by Jonathan Stroud (I finally found the last paperback and my whole set is mismatched now but who cares anymore!!)
Tagging: @appleinducedsleep , @stefito0o 😘 do it!
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cringefaillosersummit · 10 months
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Understand if you don’t want to publish but this is the propaganda for the one and only Stevie hart (please vote and or submit)
She failed trig
She puked on her crush
She skinned her knee and bleed all over her crush
she fainted on her prom date
She got a earring stub stuck in her heel
She walked in the rain and called
She get dragged out of a protest
Lost best friend for a week over crush
Got grounded
Stevie hart from a Lucky Few by Kathryn Ormsbee is a cringe fail women and needs her fame
stevie hart fighting for her life god damn
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