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traeumenvonbuechern Β· 8 months
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⚾ Books To Read If You Love "A League of Their Own" ⚾
I can’t believe Amazon canceled "A League of Their Own" 😭 Here are some books you should read if you miss this show as much as I do.
(Also, please remember that ALOTO wasn't canceled "due to the strikes". Amazon is the one to blame here, not WGA & SAG-AFTRA!)
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Book titles:
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
You Don't Have a Shot by Racquel Marie
Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner (comes out September 19, 2023)
Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier, Val Wise and Oscar O. Jupiter
Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler
Joy, to the World by Kai Shappley and Lisa Bunker
The Avant-Guards by Carly Usdin and Noah Hayes
Like Other Girls by Britta Lundin
The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons
Running With Lions by Julian Winters
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lgbtqreads Β· 10 months
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hi!! do you know any trans girl/cis girl romance books? πŸ‘‰πŸ‘ˆ
Sure! Try Fake It by Lily Seabrooke, Roller Girl by Vanessa North, Cinder Ella by ST Lynn (and she also has two other similar ones), and if you're open to a YA graphic novel, Cheer Up! by Crystal Frazier, Val Wise, and Oscar O. Jupiter.
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aaronstveit Β· 1 year
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read in 2023!
i did a reading thread last year and really enjoyed it so i am doing another one this year!! as always, you can find me on goodreads and my askbox is always open!
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book by J.R.R. Tolkien (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo* (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
Beowulf by Unknown, translated by Seamus Heaney (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
The Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Lee (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
The Shadow of Kyoshi by F.C. Lee (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson (β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†)
Sharks in the Rivers by Ada LimΓ³n (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†)
Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution by R.F. Kuang (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
Paper Girls, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, and Matt Wilson (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†)
Paper Girls, Volume 2 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, and Matt Wilson (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†)
There Are Trans People Here by H. Melt (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Paper Girls, Volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, and Matt Wilson (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†)
Paper Girls, Volume 4 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, and Matt Wilson (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†)
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Paper Girls, Volume 5 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, and Matt Wilson (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†)
The Guest List by Lucy Foley (β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†)
Paper Girls, Volume 6 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, and Matt Wilson (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†)
The Princess Bride by William Goldman (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid* (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
Goldie Vance, Volume 1 by Hope Larson, Brittney Williams
Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†)
Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†)
Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr. (β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†)
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
Going Dark by Melissa de la Cruz (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†)
Working 9 to 5: A Women's Movement, a Labor Union, and the Iconic Movie by Ellen Cassedy (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
The Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. Eliot
The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Hollow by Shannon Watters, Branden Boyer-White, and Berenice Nelle (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Heavy Vinyl, Volume 1: Riot on the Radio by Nina Vakueva and Carly Usdin (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Burn Down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†)
Heavy Vinyl, Volume 2: Y2K-O! by Nina Vakueva and Carly Usdin (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
The Backstagers, Vol 1: Rebels Without Applause by James Tynion IV, Rian Sygh, and Walter Baiamonte (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†)
The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
The Backstagers, Vol 2: The Show Must Go On by James Tynion IV, Rian Sygh, and Walter Baiamonte (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†)
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Happy Place by Emily Henry (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
After Dark with Roxie Clark by Brooke Lauren Davis (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†)
Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†)
Lord of the Flies by William Golding (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
A Little Bit Country by Brian D. Kennedy (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Built From the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, America’s Black Wall Street by Victor Luckerson (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
Cheer Up!: Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier, Oscar O. Jupiter, and Val Wise (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages by assorted authors, edited by Saundra Mitchell (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher** (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
St. Juniper's Folly by Alex Crespo** (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
The Last Girls Standing by Jennifer Dugan** (β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†)
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
Where Echoes Die by Courtney Gould** (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Your Lonely Nights Are Over by Adam Sass** (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
Princess Princess Ever After by Kay O’Neill (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†)
Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis** (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†)
The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†)
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Devotions by Mary Oliver (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan* (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan* (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan* (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
Suddenly a Murder by Lauren MuΓ±oz** (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
The Demigod Files by Rick Riordan (β˜…β˜…οΏ½οΏ½οΏ½β˜…β˜†)
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
All That’s Left to Say by Emery Lord (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†)
The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Joseph Andrew White (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
Hallowe’en Party by Agatha Christie (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
M Is for Monster by Talia Dutton (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories by assorted authors, edited by Yamile Saied MΓ©ndez and Amparo Ortiz (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins* (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins* (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
The October Country by Ray Bradbury (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Hamlet by William Shakespeare (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins* (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
The Appeal by Janice Hallett (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
The Carrying: Poems by Ada LimΓ³n (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017 by Rashid Khalidi (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins* (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
Know My Name by Chanel Miller (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
Rifqa by Mohammed El-Kurd (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
The Witch Haven by Sasha Peyton Smith* (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
The Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On by Franny Choi (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
The Witch Hunt by Sasha Peyton Smith (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
That’s Not My Name by Megan Lally** (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
The House of Hades by Rick Riordan (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Pageboy by Elliot Page (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
All This and Snoopy, Too by Charles M. Schultz (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill** (β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†)
Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Spell on Wheels Vol. 1 by Kate Leth, Megan Levens, and Marissa Louise (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Spell on Wheels Vol. 2: Just to Get to You by Kate Leth, Megan Levens, and Marissa Louise (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
So Far So Good: Final Poems: 2014 - 2018 by Ursula K. Le Guin (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Murder on the Christmas Express by Alexandra Benedict (β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†)
Midwinter Murder: Fireside Tales from the Queen of Mystery by Agatha Christie (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontΓ« (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…)
The Twelve Days of Murder by Andreina Cordani (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
The Twenty-Ninth Year by Hala Alyan (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†)
Christmas Presents by Lisa Unger (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†)
Letters From Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien
Bellweather Rhapsody by Kate Racculia (β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†)
An asterisk (*) indicates a reread. A double asterisk (**) indicates an ARC.
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nyx-twix713 Β· 4 months
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2023 reading wrap-up for fun :)
WHAT I READ (NO PARTICULAR ORDER):
Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Renegades by Marissa Meyer
Arch-Enemies by Marissa Meyer
Super Nova by Marissa Meyer
Skyhunter by Marie Lu
Steelstriker by Marie Lu
Heartstopper 1-4 by Alice Oseman
Never Kiss Your Roomate by Philine Harms
The Girl From the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag
Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun
Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan
Grown by Tiffany D Jackson
The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D Jackson
We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal
We Free the Stars by Hafsah Faizal
Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier, Val Wise, and Oscar O. Jupiter
House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
Garden Alchemy by Stephanie Rose
This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi
These Infinite Threads by Tahereh Mafi
Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
A Wilderness of Stars by Shea Ernshaw
Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefluer
The Book Thief by Mark Zusak
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard
Kings Cage by Victoria Aveyard
War Storm by Victoria Aveyard
The Sprite and the Gardener by Rii Abrego and Joe Whitt
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
A Beginners Guide to Tarot by Kathleen Olmstead
The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
She is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran
The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
Queen Among the Dead by Lesley Livingston
Throwaway Girls by Andrea Contos
Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
The Wicked King by Holly Black
RE-READS:
The Renegades Trilogy by Marissa Meyer
She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen
FAVORITES:
Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
Skyhunter by Marie Lu
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cateyedfox36 Β· 1 year
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TRANS READ-A-THON FRIENDS!
ok so waiting to get the ok, or whatever from Transformation Project SD, but here's my list of books:
New to me!
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi,
Gender queer by Maia Kobabe
Cheer Up by Crystal Fraiser and Val wise and Oscar o Jupiter
the witch king by HE Edgmon
witch boy by Molly Knox ostentatious
Dont have but WANT
Hijab butch blues by lamya h
Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction
Heart, haunt, havoc, by Freydis Moon
Any suggestions?
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redgoldsparks Β· 2 years
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July Reading and Reviews by Maia Kobabe
I post my reviews throughout the month on Storygraph and Goodreads, and do roundups here and on patreon. Full reviews below the cut.
Salt Magic by Hope Larson and Rebecca Mock
Vonceil is the youngest of five siblings, but she's always related most to her oldest brother, Elber; but when he comes back from the trenches of WWI he has changed. He isn't willing to play with Vonceil the way he did before- he immediately proposes to and marries a young woman Vonceil finds deeply boring. She wanted her brother to stay in Europe, where she might eventually join him; she doesn't understand his rush to settle down. Then a woman in white arrives in their small Oklahoma town. She and Elber were lovers in the war, and when she finds him married she puts a curse on his family. Vonceil decides it is her job to break it. This comic is magical, beautiful, whimsical, and emotional in the mold of a Ghibli film. I was knocked over by the level of comics craft. The pacing, the page layouts, the color palettes, the expressive cartooning and character designs! This one became an instant favorite and I am extremely likely to purchase it sometime in the future so I can pour over the pages.
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
A dense, rich, satisfying sci-fi with so many elements I loved! This book opens with Mahit Dzmare, a newly appointed ambassador from the small space station of Lsel, arriving at the heart and home world of the Teixcalaan empire. Mahit has studied the Teixcalaan language, culture, history and poetry for years and she also carries in her head an imago-machine: the digitally recorded memories and personality of the previous ambassador to help guide her in this new, dangerous world. But she goes to her new position unsure if her predecessor is alive or dead, disgraced or thriving, and what uncomfortable legacy he might have left behind. Mahit has been tasked with diplomatically maintaining Lsel's independence but the appetite of the empire is endless, and war threatens eternally on the horizon. This book is the first of a duology, but it also contains a complete story full of political intrigue, mystery, and queer desire. I highly recommend it and I will be diving into the sequel soon!
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Patroclus narrates the story of his childhood, the early exile that brought him to Achilles's father's house, and the developing friendship and companionship of these two unusual boys. Patroclus is awkward, unskilled in fighting, and uneasy in most company. Achilles is the son of a goddess and a mortal man, faster, stronger, more beautiful, and more confident than anyone else Patroclus has ever known. But they see something in each other that no one else sees. They are given the gift of an extended adolescence under the tutorage Chiron the centaur before they are both called, by oath and prophesy, to the Trojan War. There were pieces of this story I was familiar with from reading other Greek myths but much of it was new to me. I love Miller's writing; I had already fallen in love with her characterizations of the gods and of Odysseus in Circe. Of the two, Circe remains my favorite, but this one was an absolute pleasure to read as well. I speed through the second half of the book in just two days and I think it lives up to the hype!
Cheer Up! Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier, Val Wise and Oscar O Jupiter
Annie is a smart, anti-social lesbian entering her senior year of high school with no extra curriculars on her college applications. An old friend, Beatriz, recently transitioned and joined the high school cheerleader team; Annie is convinced to give it a try, despite her reluctance. Annie and Beatriz rekindle their friendship and navigate the complexities of supporting each other, showing up for the team, and being true to themselves. At only 120 pages, this story is quite slight, but it packs a very sweet tight story into its low page count. I also really enjoyed the clear, uncluttered line art and loving character designs.
Isla to Island by Alexis Castellanos
Please note, I read an advanced reader copy of this book, which didn't have the full color finished artwork. I think seeing the finished book would definitely have given it more impact. This is a nearly wordless story about Marisol, born in Cuba, who is sent by her parents to live in Brooklyn with foster parents after the revolution. New York seems gray and lifeless after the colorful island Marisol left behind. She is teased at school, but slowly begins to reignite her love of books and plants, which bring some joy back into her life. The arc of this story reminded me of a simpler version of The Secret Garden. The back of the book includes historical information about the real exodus of Cuban children to the US via a program called Peter Pan, which placed kids with Catholic foster families. I kind of wish this essay had been at the front of the book instead, because the wordless text left me wondering who Marisol's foster parents were, how she ended up with them, and what their motivation was. I found these questions somewhat distracting from Marisol's journey. I did enjoy seeing Marisol begin to settle into her new home and thrive there, but kind of wish the story did have words so I'd have know more about what was going on!
Welcome to St Hell by Lewis Hancox
I really enjoyed this memoir of growing up trans and closeted in the small English town of St Helens in the early 2000s. The author inserts his adult self in as a character who banters with his teen self, and occasionally interviews his parents on their memories or reactions to his coming out story. I found this a very effective way of weaving together the insight Hancox has now with the actions his younger self took based on much more limited information about gender identity, sexuality, and transitioning. It's also quite funny! Hancox and his friends were rambunctious, crashing around a town too small to hold them. For the American reader, expect a certain amount of unfamiliar British slang, but most can be picked out from context. This comic is rated 14+ on the back and includes scenes of obsession with weight and exercise, an eating disorder, some underage drinking, and some mild nudity. All of it felt important and integral to the story, and I appreciated Hancox's candor and the ultimately gentle and humorous tone with which he land out these adolescent troubles. If you liked Gender Queer or Kisses for Jet you will probably like this one as well!
The Wizerd! And the Potion of Dreams by Rachel Dukes and Michael Sweater
I've been looking forward to this whimsical fantasy comic for ages, and it did not disappoint! A wizerd's peaceful existence is disrupted by the arrival of a tiny, feisty warrior princess. She wants to be a hulk, and isn't willing to wait and see if she'll just grow up into one. She badgers the wizerd into going on a quest with her to get the ingredients to a Wishing Potion. The wizerd agrees, only because they think they can get everything they need from a nearby all-stop loot shop in town. On the way they pick up an errant archer, even though, as the wizerd warns, once you pick up an archer you're only one step away from dungeon-crawling with a full crew of misfits... naturally nothing goes as smoothly as they expect! The art in this book is so fun, full of silly and delightful details, perfectly matched by the humorous and genre-aware dialogue. I really hope the creative team behind this one get to continue the series.
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msfbgraves Β· 1 year
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Since Hollywood also is churning out nothing but sequels, reboots and remakes, what now?
This makes me think of my fourth year in Berlin. The first two years I was on a theatre frenzy. I can't hold much booze or dance for very long, so since I wasn't drinking my money, I went to the theatre. I mean the tickets were €8!
Swan Lake, Nutcracker, HΓ€nsel und Gretel, EntfΓΌhrung aus dem Serail, Threepenny Opera, Cats, Oscar Wilde, Norma, some Schiller I didn't care for, all the Hollywood flicks for 4 euros on Tuesdays. I found the Philharmonie a bother to get to, spoiled brat that I was. European films from the Berlinale it was, yet more ballet.
And then I started to notice that a lot of the big things I'd already seen?
This is how you get to the experimental things.
Hollywood's crap, new TV is bad fanfic, mostly.
So, after burning off some of the good, as I of course haven't seen everything yet -
Time to get experimental again.
Now, I've seen some bad plays in my later Berlin years. Just, y'know, godawful. But some things have stayed with me, if only through a lingering sense of bewilderment. I can't even really name one specific play they were often so strange. But it did wet my appetite for simply going and seeing what happened.
It seems that tv is forcing us, together with Hollywood, to do the same thing. Ghibli may not appeal to me much, aesthetically, but if there's nothing new to be had I might discover something. Maybe I'll watch Jupiter Ascending for the extreme weirdness of it.
Honestly, this is how this happens, Hollywood. It's simply people with a ferocious appetite for story not finding anything. Weird story is better than bad story, ok? You're driving people like me, who would have been perfectly happy paying €8 a pop to see a 90 minute medium budget Matt Damon movie for years on end, right underground, because there are none around anymore. I am not the target audience for Quentin Tarentino or Brian De Palma, dafuq are you doing making me watch Scarface instead? If you don't want Venom to be a love story, you need to give teenage girls something else to watch. I thought you had some indoctrinating to do, too, huh? You are not helping the capitalist US military agenda by driving me into the arms of a gay junkie NYC playwright of Russian descent, man. That's what you get for limiting people's options. Ralph Macchio could have been a perfectly fine 80's and 90's leading man, but no, you had to drive him to the weird stuff, didn't you? And if you don't want a feminist critique of Heat, I guess you're outta luck because I've watched it now, and The Aviator's next. O, and Everybody's Fine is one of De Niro's best films even if it isn't award cinema and a total cash grab. I would have never found that movie if you'd put something decent on, but nooooooo.
Because I know it's bad. If you're unironically enjoying The Karate Kid part III more than, well, anything else on, it is bad.
But boy. If you thought we were weird now...
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Cheer Up! Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier, Val Wise, and Oscar O. Jupiter
YA graphic novel
Follows two former friends, Annie and BeeBee, who reunite when they both join the cheer team, rekindle their friendship, and fall for each other
Questioning sapphic, Latina trans girl main character, fat lesbian main character
Explores micro aggressions and learning to stand up for yourself while also being a very sweet romance/coming-of-age
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rbtbc Β· 10 months
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June was a busy month. Full of new experiences that tested me and treated me. Here are the books I passed time with in June 2023.
β€’ Shakti created by SJ Sindu and Nabi H. Ali
β€’ The Shadow Glass by Josh Winning
β€’ Darknesses by Lachelle Seville
β€’ Empty Vows by Mary Monroe
β€’ Burn Down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado
β€’ A More Perfect Union by Tammye Huf
β€’ Cheer Up!: Love and Pompoms created by Crystal Frasier, Val Wise, and Oscar O. Jupiter
How was your reading experience in June 2023?
Did you read any new favorites?
Have you read any of the books?
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#MonthlyWrapUp #ReadingWrapUp #BookWrapUp #booksiveread #alltogethernow2023 #alltogethernowsrp #alltogethernowsrp2023 #SummerReading2023 #summerreading
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ivanreycristo Β· 10 months
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De verdad..yo ya no sΓ© como dejarlo CLARO..tras lo de ir en BICI "MERIDA" [Ciudad de MEXICO y de ESPAΓ‘A a la q no llegaron los Ex_jugadores de Real MADRID Juanito [en cuya calle de su Fuengirola NATAL puso EEUU un consulado junto a la consulta del DR AMORES y frente al PORTAL "VERA_CRUZ", 2] y Oscar MOLINA q se mato en VILLA_MESIAS tras conocerle en una Fiesta de NOCHEVIEJA con BARRA LIBRE de ALCOHOL q no de SEXO ]..al ROCIO [donde se accidento Sergio RICO cuando pase yo camino de MATALAS_CAΓ‘AS desayunando frente a un MURAL de IGGY POP al q solo vi al PRINCIPIO y al FINAL en el FESTIVAL de VITORIA pues x la TORMENTA q me hizo comprar un PARAGUAS DE CAMUFLAJE a un CHINO con camiseta de APOCALYPSE y la DE_MORA preferΓ­ ver a CHERIE CURIE y NAT SIMONS cuyo ultimo single es FINALE de su cd FELINA como MACABRO PLAN y EXTRAΓ‘A RELIGION versionando IBERIA SUMERGIDA de cd AVALANCHA DE HEROES DEL SILENCIO].. desde el MONASTERIO de SANTA MARIA de las CUEVAS [calle AME_RICO =como ALBA la mujer de SERGIO RICO..VESPUCIO q dio nombre Europeo a un CONTINENTE INDIGENA].. con pintada de MONEY HAVING SEX q incluye dibujo del Cigarrillo POST_COITAL de JESSICA "DIAMONDS" en el patio del PADRE_NUESTRO..
No olvidar q MERIDA se llama la hija de DANIEL MURIEL [famoso x la serie ESCENAS DE MATRIMONIO con el q baΓ±e en CALZONCILLOS en la PISCINA del HOTEL_RESORT OASIS con las MISSES del concurso de MISS ESPAΓ‘A'09 en CANCUN O MEXICO donde me cole viniendo DE EL SALVADOR asi como tras la FIESTA POSTERIOR..haciendo AHOGADILLAS a las MISSES y consolando a MISS MURCIA O T_AMARA VERA=CIERTO..junto a la MISS ESPAΓ‘A de 2008 PATRICIA YURENA o RODRIGUEZ de SANTA CRUZ DE TENER_I_FE q tenΓ­a 19 aΓ±os] con la hija de Joan MANEL SERRAT o CANDELA..pues la llamo MERIDA xq en esa ciudad famosa por su ANFITEATRO ROMANO represento a JUPITER en EL ANFITRION
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what’s your top 10 favorite female characters?
(in no order)
1.rogue (X-MEN) - my first fave character and still one of my faves. i know most people seem to think anna paquin was miscast and/or the filmmakers didn't make the character as badass, i guess, as she's in the comics, but i like this take on her plus nostalgia def factors in (and it rarely does w me). she's just a scared teenager who wants to fit in; it's a great take on the character imo.
2. helen prins (MANHATTAN) - my girl, my number one girl. a genius who i badly wish i knew what sam shaw had planned for her in the cancelled four seasons (her role in JUPITER is kinda small, but significant). only person who could take a jab at robert oppenheimer AND impress him. AN ICON. SAM, PLEASE ANSWER MY TEXTS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HER!!!
3. peggy olson (MAD MEN) - i mean. do i need to explain her? i could go on forever about how great she is. no one will ever do it like she did.
4. tess ocean (OCEAN'S trilogy) - i hate it when people say she's the worst character in the franchise because she actually rules and w/o her, we wouldn't have the trilogy. the ~~julia roberts~~ scene in TWELVE is iconic, i do NOT accept criticism of it or its meta nature.
5. sarah pierce (LITTLE CHILDREN) - i love all of future oscar winner nominee todd field's female leads, but i'm giving the edge to sarah because she's the lead in my fave film of his and i love the book, too. it's funny cause i think kate winslet gives my least fave performance of his female leads (tho i still love her performance and i think she should have won the oscar for it), but i love the settings of the suburbs, the unhappiness she feels in the position she's in her life, the way she pines for brad, the book club scene. just a great, great character.
6. selina meyer (VEEP) - i mean, fuck the last two seasons. it's very much fuck the last two seasons. but selina was great even in them (which is more than i can say for literally every other character). i hate the phrase 'no one else could play this character but x' cause it's overused, but it does apply her. no one else could have played selina meyer but julia louis-dreyfus.
7. elizabeth jennings (THE AMERICANS) - KERI RUSSELL EMMY WHEN???
8. julia ogden (MURDOCH MYSTERIES) - i love her evolution throughout the show, i love her relationship w william murdoch (i could write a dissertation on it tbh), i love that she's a trailblazer, i love everything about her. she's on my tv screen rn and she's just the coolest.
9. addison montgomery (GREY'S ANATOMY) - i rewatched the first eight seasons late last year/earlier this year and whenever she popped up, i'd practically cheer. how can you not lover her?
10. lucy moderatz (WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING) - i never wanted to see a character be happy more than her. this is sandra bullock's best role and one of the best characters in a romcom and you can quote me on that!
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Reluctant Reader Wednesday: Cheer Up! Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier, Val Wise, and Oscar O. JupiterΒ 
Annie is very smart, but her combative personality is becoming a problem. Annie’s mother pressures her to join the cheerleader squad, to make friends and to have something else to add to her college applications. Bebe is a trans girl who just became the captain of the cheerleader squad. Annie and Bebe used to be friends, until that friendship fell apart.Β 
Can Bebe help Annie become a great cheerleader? Can Annie help Bebe become a better student? And can both girls form a friendship that will be stronger than before?Β 
Give this graphic novels to teens who enjoy LGBTQ stories, sports, cheerleading, and romantic possibilities.
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lgbtqreads Β· 1 year
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Fave Five: Trans F/F Romance
Fake It by Lily Seabrooke (Contemporary) Pack of Her OwnΒ by Elena Abbott (Paranormal) Cinder Ella by ST Lynn (Fantasy) The Weight of Living by M.A. Hinkle (Contemporary) Roller Girl by Vanessa North (Contemporary) Bonus: These are all Adult, but in YA, check out contemporary graphic novel Cheer Up! by Crystal Frazier, Val Wise, and Oscar O. Jupiter
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brokenfrontier Β· 3 years
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Cheer Up!: Love and Pompoms - Frasier and Wise's Queer YA Graphic Novel is a Heartwarming Delight
by Holly Raidl
Cheer Up!: Love and Pompoms gets straight into the story, introducing us to all the characters through its high school setting. Annie is academically gifted but brash, which is what…
https://www.brokenfrontier.com/cheer-up-love-and-pompoms-oni-press/
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'Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms' by Crystal Frasier, Val Wise and Oscar O. Jupiter
Publishing on 10th August!
This YA contemporary graphic novel had adorable, expressive art, lovable characters, a sweet sapphic romance between Bebe, a trans girl who captains the cheer team, and Annie, a fat super-smart antisocial lesbian who ends up joining the cheer team to round out her college application. I also appreciated how this book emphasised the importance of listening to people rather than assuming you know what they 'need' in terms of allyship!
(4.5/5 paper planes)
Check out my blog here for the synopsis and my full review!
Photo is mine from my bookstagram @/thebooklovingpanda.
[ID: Flatlay with phone showing Cheer Up book cover, surrounded by flowers, a rainbow phoenix pin and marbles on a beige carpet.]
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lgbtincomics Β· 3 years
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Edie and Bebe in Cheer Up! Love and Pompoms from Oni Press [written by Crystal Frasier, art by Val Wise, letters by Oscar O. Jupiter]
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