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‘I forget,’ said Tuesday, ‘you’re the last Luddite teen in America.’
‘It does not make me a Luddite,’ Dorry said, ‘to not want to give it up to Mark Zuckerberg.’
‘Dear Dorothea.’ Tuesday put a warm hand on her shoulder. ‘The first time you share your private information with an internet monolith is a very special, magical --’
‘I’m saving myself for Tumblr,’ Dorry said.
- Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts, Kate Racculia
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There is only ever one afternoon, and it ends. But one afternoon can hold so much beauty and so much love.
— Bellweather Rhapsody (Kate Racculia)
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There is only ever one afternoon, and it ends. But one afternoon can hold so much beauty and so much love.
Bellweather Rhapsody, Kate Racculia
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Rabbit exhales a puff of November breath and worries. Every minute they spend outside in the cold, his bassoon is getting more and more out of tune. He blows on his hands. Why didn't he remember to bring gloves? Or a hat? It's November in Ruby Falls, they're spending the weekend in the Catskills, he knows better. His butt is numb where it connects with the cold concrete. He hugs his bassoon case to his side, under his armpit, but he isn't helping. His Discman is heavy in the pouch of his sweatshirt, but he'd have to unbutton his coat to get it. Anyway, his sister would be seriously offended if he slipped headphones on in her presence. No matter how freezing his ears might be, he knows Alice can't stand not being listened to.
— Bellweather Rhapsody (Kate Racculia)
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I'm just sitting here, waiting for a billionaire with no heirs to die and leave his fortune to whoever can solve his eccentric puzzles and clues. I guess I will just have to read one of these books instead.
Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
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Can People Really Die From Laughing? Find Out: “Tuesday Mooney Talks To Ghosts” ; Kate Racculia
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My Favorite Books of 2023
My book bracket did help me narrow down my actual favorites of the year. It wasn't an exquisite reading year, especially compared to the couple prior, but I did still read quite a few good books. I'll give mini-synopses and brief reviews below the cut, but I've also linked my storygraph reviews for each with their star ratings.
9. This Must Be the Place by Kate Racculia (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️): When Arthur's wife Amy dies suddenly, he finds himself in her hometown, boarding at the inn run by Amy's childhood best friend Mona and Mona's daughter Oneida.
This was just a right book, right time for me, I think. There's a lot going on in here about motherhood, [best, female] friendship, the selfishness of love, the nebulousness of personhood. I don't know if this would've hit as hard if my best friend hadn't just had a baby, but that's the beauty of it – I'll never know. There was also a focus on art and artistry that I really liked, and I'm a sucker for an ensemble cast. I also appreciated that even though there were intended "reveals" or "twists," they were written as more authentic secrets than as if trying to be a thriller.
8. The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne M. Valente (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️): From the afterlife, a group of women from popular superhero stories tell their sides of the tales.
This book is structured as a short story collection, but there's a worldbuilding throughline; the women are having a night together at a bar in the afterlife. I'm not a comic book fan, but even I could discern which characters were were talking around (mostly DC properties). It's more of an exploration than an outright critique of the fridged trope. After all, a character's death is always meaningful: How did she die? Did she deserve to? Was there any other choice? All these women died for valid, viable reasons, could only be saved at the expense of the world, but – that does not make them less of a person. Even as a mere creative writing exercise, I really enjoyed this one.
7. Die: Fantasy Heartbreaker by Kieron Gillen et al. (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️): A group of highschoolers in the 80s create a ttrpg that comes to life, literally disappearing into it for two years; now, when they're established adults with families of their own, they're summoned back.
Honestly kinda hard for me to justify putting a single volume of a comic collection on my favorites but... this slapped. As a D&D enjoyer, it brought the best elements of post fiction and RP together; the "real" characters are complex and rounded 40yos with families and lives, but they're as invested in their "PCs" as humanly possible – having had to actually be them for years. The second one went to kind of a weird place, so I reserve judgement on the series as a whole, but volume one is impeccable.
6. And Then I Woke Up by Malcolm Devlin (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️): An epidemic sweeps the world, manifesting in the infected people hallucinating that all non-infected are zombies; at a rehabilitation center, a cured man tells his story.
This one's hard to convey my thoughts about. The most powerful element in this book is the nuance – of morality, of belief systems, of perceived reality. This isn't strictly a zombie story, but it effectively utilizes the best parts of one to provide a sort of narrative foil to the genre. There's quite a lot of social commentary in the guise of perception-altering disease. I'm certain I didn't pin it all down with one read. Definitely on my re-read list.
5. Our Dreams at Dusk [quartet] by Yuhki Kamatani (⭐️|⭐️|⭐️|⭐️⭐️): When Tasuko Kaname fears he's been outed at school, he flees, contemplating suicide until a mysterious "someone-san" leads him to a community center full of peers and mentors.
I hunted this down on recommendation from Julia Drawfee and was impressed my library has it. I can't resist a short manga series and this is a beautiful one. Seeing as the majority of my manga reading days were in the 00s, I was expecting a subtler story & was extremely impressed by the nuance and diversity of queerness in this story. The whole series is beautiful and wonderful but the kicker was weeping through the entirety of the final volume.
4. Kill the Boy Band by Goldie Moldavsky (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️): A group of teen girls – superfans of the boy band The Ruperts – accidentally kidnaps a band member, and events quickly spiral out of control.
It's 👏 camp 👏.
God, I'm tempted to stop there. There is a very specific reader this appeals to, and having been solidly in the One Direction fandom, I'm afraid those readers are few and far between. The vibe is, essentially, boyband slash RPF reader/writers that do not genuinely believe the boyband is secretly dating. You have to have genuine passion (peak boybandom obsession) and realistic reason (the boyband is truly just some dudes). And the distance to poke fun at yourself while genuinely empathizing. God this vibe is so difficult to describe. It's my own boyband fandom white whale lmao.
3. Husband Material by Alexis Hall (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️): Luc and Oliver are still in love and very happy, but as a number of their peers get engaged, tie the knot, and otherwise build families for themselves, the couple feels pressure facing their future.
I can't believe I read this this year. My only apprehension with this one was that of any sequel – it wouldn't be as good as the first book. And the stakes were high, since Boyfriend Material is one of my favorite books ever. Stakes doubly high because I wanted to reread it first and feared it wouldn't live up to my memory. But they both knock it out of the park. Husband Material's ending glides over some nuance, but I agree with the stance and it's in the UK so I'll let it slide. It's not a "why does this exist sequel," but actually a sequel with something to say which I really appreciate. Right onto my favorites shelf, and can't wait for the rest of the series.
2. Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️): In a world of courtly vampires, Remy is a Reaper (vampire hunter) while rumored to be half-vampire himself. When a mysterious vampire disease begins sweeping the nation, he finds himself reluctantly investigating with a vampire lord and lady from a neighboring empire.
I love vampire books. I love zombie books. Hence: zombie vampire book??? With canonical bisexual polyamory??? I've not seen anyone dislike this, but I've also not seen many people at all reading it. Much like Rin Chupeco's YA fantasy series The Bone Witch; I think they're just a criminally underrated author. This series is giving very similar vibes to bone witch – deep, rich worldbuilding, diverse characters, unique lore – but clearly and intentionally aged up – graphic gore, explicit sex. Which is all to say it's everything I loved as a teen reader, but built out to satisfy me as an adult with wider life experience.
1. The Radiant Emperor Duology by Shelley Parker-Chan (⭐️⭐️|⭐️⭐️⭐️): Zhu Chongba usurps her brother's destiny of greatness and passes herself off as a man from her childhood in a monastery to her adulthood on the battlefields of Mongol China. When her Mandate manifests, she moves to challenge the Great Khan himself, while a number of other political players have their own plans.
Hey this???? Altered my brain chemistry. I'm cheating and lumping the two together because that's how duologies work in my mind; greater than the sum of their parts. But Hoo Boy did these drive me insane in discrete and unique ways. I can't say much about this series without waxing on forever, so I'll keep it to this: I had heard this pitched as a fantasy Mulan retelling and it most certainly is not. It is a historical ensemble saga about duty, identity, and personhood, with some minor magical realism.
I can't find it for the life of me but that post about how being aro and/or ace gives ppl access to new relationship flavors, shrimp-color-style? I think this duology might do the same. It felt like the author had hacked into my own genetic code and started braiding something in there.
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Ooh how about 10 13 and 17 for the book asks 👀
hello sorry i reblogged that ask game and then completely forgot about this but happy new year thanks for the numbers :))
10. What was your favorite new release of the year?
i can't pick just one so here's my list:
witch king by martha wells -- found family fantasy with intricate worldbuilding and excellent post-conflict themes, will toss you directly into the plot and you've gotta work for it a bit but it's so worth it (very different from murderbot, but just as well-written). i was gonna go to a martha wells talk/signing right after this came out but it was cancelled last minute and i'm still sad about it
babel by rf kuang -- i feel like i don't even need to blurb this here on tumblr dot com. totally lives up to the hype, will be reccing this book forever
the mimicking of known successes by malka older -- moody, atmospheric gaslamp murder mystery set on rings around jupiter. centers around two exes brought back into each other's paths by the murder. the vibes are so good
13. What were your least favorite books of the year?
both of these are sequels that did not work for me :(
painted devils by margaret owen -- i absolutely loved little thieves and i was so excited bc i got painted devils as an advanced reader's copy, but it was overlong and THE ENDING OH MY GOD. basically reset all the main character's development over the whole two books. i'll prob finish the trilogy when the third one comes out but i'm mad and disappointed abt this one.
stormsong by cl polk -- i liked witchmark decently enough, but tbh i just don't care about the main character of this one very much at the start and the plot did not engage me enough to keep going. i really wanted to like it, but unfortunately this was my only dnf of the year
17. Did any books surprise you with how good they were?
(double kate author moment)
ducks by kate beaton -- the first graphic novel i've read where i really got the medium. could not have been standard prose, but boy is it a fucking incredible graphic memoir. it's fucking stunning and i cried
tuesday mooney talks to ghosts by kate racculia -- extremely weird and wacky kind-of murder mystery in the best way, but also so relatable as a recent post-grad with a decent fulltime job. it's not sad or tragic or even that emotional really, but it did make me cry and i didn't see it coming
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❤️💜💛💙🤍🖤 Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia / Radio Silence by Alice Oseman @chronicintrovert / mine / @manywinged / Little Women (2019) / @mag200 / @famouslysleepy
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‘For now we’re just - friends.’
‘I hate that,’ said Tuesday... ‘I hate that phrase... Don’t cheat your friendships. Don’t ask them to mean less to you than they do, or think they only have value of they’re a stop on the way to a real relationship... All friendships are real. Friendship can be as deep as the ocean. It’s all a kind of love, and love isn’t any one kind of thing.’
- Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts, Kate Racculia
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Then again, everything felt like an interrogation when you had something to hide.
— This Must Be the Place (Kate Racculia)
#book quotes#kate racculia#this must be the place#secrets#secrecy#deception#hiding#fear#anxiety#interrogation#questions#conversation
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Book Review: Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia
Book Review: Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia
Author: Kate Racculia
Title: Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts
Narrator: Lauren Fortgang
Publication Info: HMH Adult Audio, 2021
Summary/Review:
Tuesday Mooney is a researcher at a hospital in Boston who looks into the backgrounds of prospective donors. When an eccentric millionaire, Vincent Pryce, dies at a fundraiser, it kicks off a city-wide treasure hunt for the deceased’s fortune. Tuesday…
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@bibliophilicwitch Tomes and Tea 11/14/21:
It’s been a week of picking books up and setting them back down. But this one finally caught my attention and is really fun so far.
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