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gennsoup · 5 months

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"Imagine what we could do if we weren't hungry all the time."

Kirsty Logan, The Gracekeepers

#Kirsty Logan #The Gracekeepers #hungry #hunger #famine #starvation #Scottish literature #LGBTQ literature #LGBTQ author #quotes #quotes blog #literary quotes #literature quotes #literature #book quotes #books

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ceaselesslyborne · 2 years

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Recent Reads

1. Keisha the Sket: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

A very powerful book, and one I enjoyed reading around as much as reading the book itself. Not an easy read by any means, but very much worth it. I won’t say any more; the conversation around this book is far bigger and more important than me.

2. The Gloaming: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I was pleased to find not one but two of Logan’s books on my latest library visit! This was a beautiful, eerie story with all the pull and magic of fairytales. I sometimes felt a little too lost in the prose, which tended towards slow and repetitive, but there were some sharp and poignant moments that truly made an impact and the short chapters made this a feverishly fast read.

3. The Constant Rabbit: ⭐️

Just not for me, I guess. Well written, with a dark and dry wit to offset the absurd/surreal aspects of the book, but... heavy handed. The world building felt forced and difficult to follow, and whilst I can normally appreciate a neat allegory, this lacked subtlety, and just came across as forced.

4. The Wolf and the Woodsman: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

I enjoyed this book, which was rich and dark in terms of tone and world building. I’d certainly be interested in reading more of Reid’s books. I think I’ve read too many similar books recently, though; the characters didn’t feel especially memorable, and considering the length of the book, little in terms of plot has stuck with me. The emphasis was definitely on world building rather than character development/dynamics or action, which at times felt too heavy. All of the right elements were there, but something about this book just didn’t stand out for me. Still worth a read for anyone who loves fairytales and dark fantasy.

5. The Heavens: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

It’s difficult to explain exactly why I liked this book, especially as I’m not entirely sure I understood it, but I did. The multiple perspectives/timeframes and constantly shifting narrative really engage the reader and make the emotions and struggles of the characters very vivid and easy to empathise with. It was dreamy and fragile and yet certain moments grounded you with a jolt. Perhaps I would’ve preferred a more conclusive ending, something concrete to anchor me as I read, but you could argue that the ambiguity added to the atmosphere and tone of the book.

6. Male Tears: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

I wasn’t sure what to expect from this book, and I’m not quite sure what I got from it, either. It was bleak, emotional, occasionally ironic. Most of the stories felt very similar in terms of content or tone or both, which I was surprised by as the collection was written over 15 years. It didn’t provide the epiphany I hoped for, but in truth this book was probably not written for me.

7. Here is the Beehive: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

An interesting premise, somewhat spoiled by the ‘poetic’ prose (I was reminded forcibly and not pleasantly of the trendy/artsy/tumblr/insta/rupi-kuar-wannabe kitsch that’s EVERYWHERE, STILL) but once I relaxed into the story and focused on the characters/plot it became easier to enjoy. An intriguing cast of characters (note: intriguing, not likeable), and once you get past the slightly gimmick-y style, the book does strike a genuine emotional chord.

8. The Gracekeepers: ⭐️⭐️

This book was disappointment considering how much I enjoyed Logan’s other books! It all felt very flat and vague and just didn’t grab me the way her other stories have. The characters came across as caricatures, and the lovely writing style did little to conceal the lack of, well, anything else.

- CJ

#bookblr #bookworm #book review #cj goes to the library #keisha the sket #Jade LB #the Gloaming #Kirsty Logan #the constant rabbit #jasper fforde #the wolf and the woodsman #Ava reid #the heavens #Sandra Newman #male tears #benjamin Myers #here is the beehive #Sarah crossan #the gracekeepers

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ecoamerica · 22 days

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milliebot-rambles · 1 year

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January 2023 Reading Wrap Up

Feeling like I was off to a good start with my reading year!

Books read: 8 Pages read: 1,884 Average pages per day: 61

Finally picked up Route of Ice and Salt, which I funded via Indiegogo. Turns out it was not at ~all~ the book for me, but I'm still happy to cross it off my TBR.

I'm getting back into reading some books for review, which is where Pinata comes in. Again, it was not a hit for me - I may do an actual review here on why. In short, I think it would be better suited as a movie.

Spy x Family is bae.

Seanan McGuire's Wayward Children series is bae - Lost in the Moment in Found is a solid entry to the series; I only wish it were longer.

True Grit is a re-read for me, though because I read so much and my brain is soup, I'd forgotten all but the bare-bones plot. I buddy-read it with my partner as well and we were having a great time laughing together over it. I'd forgotten how funny it was, given it's a revenge tale.

In addition to getting back into review books, I'm also making a point to read more non-fiction this yere. I started with Martin Short's memoir, which was funny, and charming, and unexpectedly sad. I loved reading about his genuine friendships with other celebs though, like Eugene Levy and Tom Hanks.

Gracekeepers is another re-read for me, and part of my initiative to pick at least one book a month from my re-read pile. I've given myself a rough TBR for the year, based around wanting to make sure I re-read certain books or series. This is a sort of quietly magical tale of found family and it's fairly grim at times too. Very character-focused and I really enioyed revisiting it.

I did not count The Art of Cult of the Lamb as a book I read, or added to my page count. I just wanted to highlight it because it's wonderful - definitely worth checking out if you like video game art books.

Overall, high enjoyment of what I read this month and I'm hoping to keep up the renewed focus on making time to read!

3-3-23

#reading wrap up #reading stats #bookstack #spyxfamily #wayward children #martin short #gracekeepers #the route of ice and salt #reader #books #manga

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moondal514 · 10 months

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Small Renison fic rec list cuz it’s pride month and I love lesbians

(Also pushing my Allison pov fic rec list which has lots of Renison fic)

vengeance and death by cthulu_sun

legend says you have wax-dipped wings and golden fingernails and knives made of the blood you have spilled. legend says you are not merciful.

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in which renee is a tired guardian angel, finds the foxes, and falls in love.

Absolutely criminally underrated Renison fic that I will rec to the sun

in this world, there's no such thing as soulmates by kwritten

for the prompt: what disasters we live

Stunning Renison drabble that draws some genius parallels between the girls

The Gracekeepers by wishbonetea/ @wishbonetea

The sea has flooded the earth. Allison lives on a circus boat, floating between the scattered islands that remain and trading dazzling and death-defying feats for food from the islanders. Renee lives alone in a lighthouse in the middle of the ocean, with only the birds and fish for company. As penance for her past, she works as a gracekeeper, tending the graves of those who die at sea. A storm brings them together, but under clear skies they must part. When one of the Foxes goes missing, Renee joins to help. It’s meant to be a temporary escape, but Allison might be a reason to stay.

What is probably the longest Renison fic in the fandom, a really cool universe with some amazing worldbuilding

a hundred jewels on throats by ghvsts

"have you seen the goddess from the seafoam," they whisper, "she is more beautiful than anything."

(in which seth is ares, renee is persephone, and allison has had enough)

Me being a slut for a greek mythology au? more likely than you think

#fic rec list #aftg #fic rec #this is me humbling requesting the fandom to direct me to more sapphic fics

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aconissa · 11 months

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hi ana do you perhaps have any recs for mother-daughter relationship pieces?

I don't seek out a lot of works on mother-daughter relationships (probably because they're a bit too close to home sometimes), but one I did love a lot when I first read it was Deborah Levy's novel Hot Milk (2016). It's the book which this line comes from:

However, the novel is from the adult daughter's perspective and the mother is pretty awful, so the relationship is more clearly portrayed as toxic. In that vein, if you want a really dysfunctional mother-daughter relationship, read Gillian Flynn's Sharp Objects (2006).

Two books which interrogate mother-daughter relationships from both sides with more empathy are Celeste Ng's standalone novels Everything I Never Told You (2014) and Little Fires Everywhere (2017). I prefer the former over the latter, but both are worth reading (the tv adaptation of the latter is decent enough too).

Jeanette Winterson's novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985) and her memoir Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? (2011) both approach her relationship with religion as a queer woman and with her adoptive mother. Both are fantastic reads.

Rebecca Solnit's The Faraway Nearby (2013) sits somewhere between essays and memoir and everything under the sun, as is her way, but Solnit comes back to her relationship with her ailing mother throughout the book.

The central character in Kazuo Ishiguro's A Pale View of Hills (1982) is a woman reflecting on her daughter's suicide, and it's a beautiful little book, but obviously a difficult read.

Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Island at the End of Everything (2017) is also beautiful and very sad at times. It's technically a middle grade book but I wouldn't let that stop you, Hargrave's writing is wonderful regardless of the age group she is writing for.

Though I haven't read either book yet, I know that Bernardine Evaristo's Girl, Woman, Other (2019) and Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club (1989) both feature mothers and daughters (or similar roles) as their core characters.

Finally, there's many beautiful novels which don't focus on mother-daughter relationships but do examine motherhood or other inter-generational relationships between women which are well worth reading: Homegoing (2016) by Yaa Gyasi, The Owl Killers (2009) by Karen Maitland, The Gracekeepers (2015) by Kirsty Logan (who also has an upcoming memoir on queer motherhood called The Unfamiliar), America is Not the Heart (2018) by Elaine Castillo, and The Mercies (2020) by Kiran Millwood Hargrave.

#hope that helps!#ask #anon #recs

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oiyaoiya-insig · 9 months

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Oiya's bullshittery (Intro n Accounts???)

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/Ozwald_AY

Twitter: twatter.com/imnotsorryig

Instagram: instagorm.com/anoobisyrameas

Hi! I'm Oz/Kaleb/Oiya (whichever you'd like to call me is fine dw!!! Not worried about pronouns too so dw dw) I usually draw OC things and fanarts of things I like! Currently a 3rd year college student tho so things are quite busy on my side.

My blog (?) Will probably just be random fanarts, fic wips, cosplays, my cats, mediocre song covers, and random thoughts too I guess? (we'll see how it goes)

Main interests and ships rn are: MTSF (三嫁咸鱼), SangCheng (🪭🪷), FengQing (🏹🗡), LingLong, The Gracekeepers (by Kirsty Logan)

(will fix this in the future but this'll do for now!)

#introductory post #Nice to meat ya

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squareofshape · 11 months

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some queer fiction recs

all of these came from my "queer recs" tag on my librarything account. if you want my LT handle for more, just ask. the rules for making it onto this list were: 1) in my "queer recs" tag 2) i rated it 4.5 stars or 5 stars 3) it set up camp in my brain enough that i could write a mini description on the spot

authors:

Octavia Butler (absolute powerhouse of sci fi; there have been queer people in pretty much everything of hers i've read so far)

Becky Chambers (sci fi with a strong thread of gender diversity running through it all)

Sarah Waters (immaculately researched British historical fiction featuring women who love women in myriad ways)

books:

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Klay by Michael Chabon, 2000 (a story about family and community and identity which is inextricably also about comic books)

The Chimes by Anna Smaill, 2015 (extremely cool post-apocalyptic world, probably coolest if you Know Some Stuff abt music)

The Gracekeepers by Kristy Logan, 2015 (sort of like Water for Elephants but with gay people, and boats instead of a train, and a house on the border between life and death)

How Long 'Til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemison, 2018 (sci fi short stories with some fantasy and some ghost stories in there too)

Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction, ed. Joshua Whitehead, 2019 (enthralling and filled with hope, love, and joy)

My Real Children by Jo Walton, 2014 (takes "alternate history" and makes it personal)

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield, 2022 (deep-sea horror: her wife came back wrong)

Planetfall by Emma Newman, 2015 (space homesteading horror/drama with a queer love story at its heart)

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, 2011 (I know, I know, but if you haven't--I really don't think you'll regret it)

Transmutation by Alex DiFrancesco, 2021 (sci fi and fantasy short stories with queer and especially trans themes)

have fun, let me know what you think.

#eek this is so personal lmao #the mortifying ordeal of being known!!#queer #queer books #queer fiction #square

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treesofreverie · 4 years

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She remembered her mistake, and she would continue to remember it even if she could be forgiven.

The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan

#The Gracekeepers #Kirsty Logan #Quote #Mistake #Forgiveness #Book #Books #Reading #Read 2015 #P.116 #Memory #Remember

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nevinslibrary · 4 years

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Weird & Wonderful Wednesday

The world where this takes place is one of islands and water. A lot of water. There are two types of people, damplings (they are born, raised, live, and die on the water) or landlockers. The two people do not interact much. Sometimes when there’s a religious event or when a floating circus comes on land. And, they don’t trust each other at all. The one time that they most definitely interact is when someone dies.

A gracekeeper is the one who buries the dead, which involves the body being put out to sea with a captive bird marking the body’s spot until that bird dies (I know… yeesh… that hit me in a weird way when I read it). In this case, Callandish is a gracekeeper who meets North when a member of North's Excalibur circus troupe dies. Callandish goes to look for her mother and for North, but then, there’s a storm that changes both their lives.

I liked that it didn’t spend too long on the ‘where are we, why, how exactly did this dystopia happen’ and that sort of thing. It brought much more focus on the story itself, and less about the technical details. The world building was amazing. It was so good that I felt like I was on that planet (Earth, or not-Earth if you want, you decide) and then I was just in the story, getting swept away with the plot lines.

You may like this book If you Liked: Black Ships by Jo Graham, Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller, or Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan

#weirdandwonderfulwednesday #nmlRA #nevins memorial library #the gracekeepers #kirsty logan

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jenjenphotography · 5 years

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Of the Ocean Blue TBR

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ceaselesslyborne · 2 years

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10/10/22

Loving this new weekend ritual!

- CJ

#cj goes to the library #bookblr #tbr #bookworm #keisha the sket #Jade LB #the Gloaming #Kirsty Logan #the constant rabbit #jasper fforde #the wolf and the woodsman #Ava Reid #the heavens #Sandra newman #male tears #Benjamin Myers #here is the beehive #Sarah crossan #the gracekeepers

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kaijudyke · 5 years

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"She wished that she could dive down into the water, that she could live down there under the water; that she could drink water and breathe water, let water support her limbs and lay a comforting weight on her shoulders. Down there she'd be safe from the storm. On the surface the waves and the wind could tear the world to tatters, but she'd be safe down in her watery cocoon."

Kirsty Logan, The Gracekeepers

#the gracekeepers #kirsty logan #words #sea tag #i love this book so so so much and i think about this line a lot #read this book it's got beautiful prose and cool worldbuilding and wlw romance #written by a wlw #it's so good!!!#vast tag

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gennsoup · 5 years

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And you will be happy, and you will be glorious . . . You will be glorious because I want you to be.

Kirsty Logan, The Gracekeepers (Red Gold)

Author: Kirsty Logan (Scottish)

Title: The Gracekeepers

First Published: 2015

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#Kirsty Logan #The Gracekeepers #Red Gold #LGBT lit #LGBTQ lit #Pride month #LGBTQ characters #happy #happiness quotes #glorious #happiness #support #quotes #quotes blog #literary quotes #literature #LGBTQ author

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gayleontologists · 6 years

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favorite books: the gracekeepers by kirsty logan

they breathed salt air, they ate fish, they warmed their toes in the sun, and shared stories by moonlight. and when the stars came out, they looked up and saw the bear in the constellations. slowly, slowly, they moved forward.

#the gracekeepers #litedit #wlwedit #fairytaleedit #kirsty logan #north x callanish #i'm in love with the world and characters that kirsty logan created in the gracekeepers!!!#mine*#lit #favorite books

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grizzlysar · 6 years

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Clouds thickened overhead. Through the gaps, the blackness smudged to grey, to pale blue, to the first pinkish wisps of dawn, and the oak-tree scent was as soft and comforting as a feather bed, and the air grew heavy around her, and perhaps she dozed off, because she snapped awake to the warm weight of an arm around her shoulders.

Kirsty Logan, The Gracekeepers

#the gracekeepers #kirsty logan

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lilacsandfoxgloves · 6 years

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Hated my original March intro page I was so unmotivated to use my bullet journal so I decided to redo it!

Still not perfect because the paper doesn’t match and there is some ghosting but that’s okay! It doesn’t need to be perfect!

⛵️🌊Theme inspo: Kirsty Logan’s The Gracekeepers🌊⛵️

#bullet journal #buju #studyblr #studyspo #the gracekeepers #Kirsty Logan #organization #doodle #doodles #booklet #ocean #boat #bujo #bujolove #bujo spread

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