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Love that there are two covers for this book, each representing the two places it takes place in the most. The Wonder Museum and the Willows.
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sanderlanch? more like my life has been altered permanently and i will struggle to read any other book for as long as i live
#i just finished the way of kings#can you tell?#when was the last time a book made you audibly gasp#not once#not twice#but three times in 250 pages#personally … i don’t think that’s ever happened before today#anyway#next!#words of radiance#YIPPEE#cosmere#brandon sanderson#the way of kings
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IM THE PERSON WHO WAS TALKING ABOUT THINGS HAVE GOTTEN WORSE SINCE WE LAST SPOKE A FEW DAYS AGO And i agree about how sad it is that most queer horror authors i dont vibe with. do you have any you DO like? im always on the lookout for more and from what i’ve seen of your book taste on here we have pretty similar taste in books. can be any genre of horror tbh im not picky
hehehe yes i'd love to give u some recommendations! though if i'm being honest i really haven't found that many authors in the genre that i really vibe with yet. im still on the hunt... may leitz is probably the only one i can recommend that is kinda in the same vein as the "popular" ones, but Leitz is someone who i think does well balancing the extreme aspects of it with characters that are actually interesting and sympathetic to read (as opposed to just one-dimensional cannon fodder for random violence)
i don't know if any of these authors actually refer to themselves as "queer horror" authors nor do i know with certainty if all of them are a part of the lgbt community, but um. well i like their books. these also all aren't strictly about the characters identity; some focus more on it than others so i'll just say it's horror + lgbt characters.
i'll start with extreme horror:
fluids by may leitz - this will be the most extreme book i recommend, and i've talked about it a few times before. it's about two women, named Dahlia and Lauren, who meet on tinder during the pandemic, and after only a few days of talking Lauren takes it upon herself to drive to Dahlia's hometown and try and "save" her. things escalate, and the two women's paths diverge. cw: extreme violence and gore, rape, incest (the two girls pretend to be related), emetophobia, suicide, eating disorder, murder, literally everything you can think of. this is Extreme Horror, and i wouldn't recommend this one for anyone that's not already familiar with the genre.
girl flesh by may leitz - while i didn't like this one as much as fluids, i'm just a fan of may leitz's writing in general so i'd still recommend it. this one has a bit of a pacing problem & does a lot of telling rather than showing, but i like the direction leitz takes this one in the end. i've talked about this one before too so you might remember me rambling about it. this one is about two women who are kidnapped and wake up restrained in a dirty hotel in the middle of the texas mesa. they work together to escape their captors as well as the wild mesa and maybe even fall in love a little bit on the way. cw: extreme violence, gore, transphobia/deadnaming, eating disorder, emetophobia, self-harm, rape. this one isn't as extreme as fluids but i'd still be cautious with it.
to be devoured by sara tantlinger - this one is a short novella you can read in one sitting. Andi really really really wants to know what carrion tastes like. she's fascinated by the vultures that circle the edge of her property, but her fascination soon turns to obsession, and Andi will stop at nothing to learn their secrets. cw: blood consumption, cannibalism, violence and gore, very graphic animal harm and animal death
okay now the rest are just more general horror:
house of hunger by alexis henderson - loosely based on the legend of Elizabeth of Bathory, this story takes place in a society that runs on blood. Marion travels to the House of Hunger to begin her term as a bloodmaid under Countess Lisavet, who has a mysterious ailment that renders her weak and bedbound unless she has a constant flow of blood to treat it. Marion gets to know the other bloodmaids, and in time begins to realize not all is as it seems at the House of Hunger. cw: blood consumption, violence, abusive relationships/gaslighting, death
alexis henderson has also written the year of the witching, and she just announced an academy for liars. i really like her writing so i plan to check out her other work soon-ish.
apparitions by adam pottle - again i talked about this one recently so you may have seen it already, but i NEED more people to read this book. this follows the story of a young man who was born deaf and raised in an abusive household until he was able to escape as a teenager, only to be institutionalized immediately after. there he meets another deaf teen, and for the first time in his life, he has a language that he can speak with and can finally be understood. cw: child abuse, institutionalization, homophobia, abusive relationship, ableism, violence, death, religious trauma, animal harm and animal death.
the luminous dead by caitlin starling - gyre price is a lone caver swaddled inside a hi-tech suit that allows her to dive deep underground to map mineral deposits off-planet. however, the person on the other end of the suit has other plans, and easily takes control of gyre and her suit, putting the two at odds with each other as gyre spirals into uncertainty and paranoia while also having to deal with the terrifying presence of the tunneler. cw: claustrophobia, death, forced drugging, violence, gore, abusive/toxic relationship
caitlin starling also has a few other books though i haven't gotten around to reading them yet and i honestly haven't heard much about them so i can't say how they compare, but the luminous dead is one of my favorites of all time.
the Sworn Soldier series by T. Kingfisher - i love these books, they're just short fun horror stories with a really charming main character. Alex Easton is a retired soldier from Gallacia, and has their own special pronouns in Gallacian (kan/kanself) as part of their occupation and culture, and is what we would consider nonbinary (not all soldiers identify this way, but Alex does). vicars in Gallacia use van/vanself, there are different pronouns for children and adults, etc. i think it's just really interesting and i enjoy what the author has done with the worldbuilding and language, and how seamlessly it fits into her writing. the first book is a retelling of the fall of the house of usher (and is the stronger of the two) while the second one has Alex returning home to Gallacia and facing off with an old Gallacian superstition that's haunting their family cottage.
again i don't really know how T. Kingfisher/Ursula Vernon personally identifies but i do recommend her writing regardless, she's written other horror books as well as some fantasy books & she's just incredibly skilled imo, easy and fun to read.
most of my TBR that i'm working towards is horror so maybe i'll update this post later with more.... i'm currently reading providence girls by morgan dante and into the drowning deep by mira grant.
morgan dante has a few other books that are all some flavor of gothic horror/romance and i'm very excited for their new book that just came out TODAY that's a carmilla/elizabeth of bathory reimagining. i'm planning on reading that Immediately (i preordered it) so i'll report back for it and once i finish providence girls, too.
the next few books on my TBR that are all lgbt + horror:
The Seep by Chana Porter
Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk
A Dowry of Blood & An Education in Malice, both by S.T. Gibson
Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi (i think this one is a thriller actually and also isnt out yet but whatever. i recommend this author, they genre-hop a lot & have a decent amount of work published already)
Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon
and of course i always recommend looking up content warnings if you need to especially for the last few since i haven't read them myself and can't vouch for them just yet. but ummm hopefully you see something you like 😭 i'll stop yapping <3
#sorry i do favor f/f pairings or sapphic characters in books and thats kinda obvious here lmfao#anyways. thanks for enabling me to talk about books <3#i really want to read the seep ive been dying to get to it. nyehilism recommend it to me mwah#into the drowning deep is beating my ass i WILL finish it today so i can move on#i'll probably post about it here once i finish i have Thots about it already#oh also i just looked and caitlin starling's newest book is under st martin's press which is being boycotted atm#so that's probably why i havent seen anything#the luminous dead is under harper voyager tho#ask#anonymous#long post
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it may be freak behaviour (yay) but i love when i read a book and there's some folkloric mythological sex scene with a character and something like a gigantic owl or a man who's a fox or northern lights and then it makes strange babies too . i love these things happening and not being acknowledged as strange because rly its symbolic in a way but in general i just love strangeness treated matter of factly
#kiddo say#referencing books such as Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq (just finished this today! loved it) and Chouette by Claire Oshetsk#(i like split tooth more and chouette has some odd vibes symbolism wise but its also a level of oddness that i like)#same with like paradise rot by jenny hval#i think its an ok book but i like the weirdness#una ava is this kind of vibes by the way .
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— anne rice, interview with the vampire, 1976
#anne rice#iwtv#interview with the vampire#louis de pointe du lac#lestat de lioncourt#claudia iwtv#the vampire chronicles#quote#quotes#literature#more quotes since i just finished the books today#op#now reading
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fuckfuck fuck i need to make more physical crafts i need to create tangible things that i can hold with my two hands and put it somewhere i can See It and think Wow. I Made That.
#finished my little rudimentary earring holder & one of two arm warmers#MORE!!!! MORE!!!!!! I NEED MORE#maybe... maybe ill go get myself a new little plant and a pot to decorate. a little guy for my windowsill#ohhh i could uh! i could make like a little scrapbook thing and put in there all of my favorite things that ive drawn....#a little egotistical Perhaps but!! on days where i feel like shit and like my art sucks i could flip through that!#and say 'huh. not too bad actually'#plus it just sounds like a fun craft. i could get stickers and stuff. washi tape. glue flat objects on. add teeny doodles#i just. i need to create more i think thats whats wrong with me lately#i feel such Peace and Joy when i make physical things#i wonder if id like book binding...#no no thats for future me who has a job and an Income to get interested in#that would be fun tho! ive always wanted to try it.#and if i do i'd Really want to do that thing where people take a fanfic and make it into a physical book#that would be so fun...#i could have my favorites on a shelf! with permission of course!#absolutely unprompted#yk when i start to feel that Despair i really just gotta think about what physical things i could create#what art things i still have to discover and attempt and enjoy#today has sucked But! i will take the car tomorrow and by fuck i will do Something#a new plant friend. yeah. i need something alive in my room#and this weekend ill go to michaels and get myself washi tape so that i can secure my posters to the walls#bc my poster tack Is Not Working!#i wonder if our printer can work on cardstock... i wonder if its been Set Up yet i havent seen her#maybe ill make some more tiny vases today. i have clay still...#OH OH i could make small amigurumi keychain things...#*spoken with clenched fists and gritted teeth* there is still so much to discover and delight in in this life#the walls in this house are bare and cold but if my stepdad allows I Can Spruce It The Fuck Up#ohhhhh crochet tapestries... i could probably do that too...#i cant wait to pick up crafts get bored two days later and drop em and i say that sincerely!
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during her morning jog in the snow, arlie decided that today would be a good day. what better way to start it off than a coffee date with friends?
#chardonnay legacy#CL: G1#ts4 legacy#ts4 gameplay#going back to my roots of letting the game decide the story#played a longgg time today! which means friday#this should post tomorrow#but i think this weekend after i finish editing i'm just gonna NOT do sims lol#maybe i'll finish my book#oh and i need to wash my laundry#oh and we are starting the garden tomorrow#LIFE
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Me after reading every one of Alice Oseman’s books: Oh my god, I have never related to a set of book characters so much
#EVERY DAMN TIME#related a lot to Charlie and Nick and Tao#then I read Solitaire and REALLY related to Tori and Michael#then Loveless and Georgia 😭😭😭#just finished Loveless and Aled and Frances 😭#the only one I haven’t read yet is I Was Born For This#I wonder which characters I’ll relate to in that one#I’m either gonna start it today or start a different book and read it after#like wtf how does Alice know me better than me???????#I’m telling y’all Alice is a wizard or something#alice oseman#heartstopper#solitaire#loveless#radio silence#this winter#nick and charlie#i was born for this#osemanverse
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"Oh, did you think I was going to keep talking?"
#I was going to say my favorite stupid pirate but that may be untrue due to the existence of don camage fox from gummy bears#I guess I just really like Jim Cummings' characters#(this is not a surprise to anyone who knows me)#star wars#hondo ohnaka#clp art#traditional art#traditional drawing#art#artists on tumblr#I'm staying at a cabin tonight so maybe more comics?#I hope to finish a book today so we'll see
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Me when I read a really good book and search it up on Tumblr only to discover that there’s no fandom related to it and the only people that post about it are book reviewers (who didn’t connect with it in the way I did)
#gwen and art are not in love#(just finished it today they were so silly I loved it)#I hope you get this message#(NO ONE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS BOOK)#Kensey & max#(back when I was a middle schooler)#*heavy sigh*#booklr#just had to use that tag I guess
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The great thing about being in charge of our own book design stuff is that we can, in fact, decide to go through a ridiculous amount of effort to create custom headers for every chapter.
We've gotten about two thirds of the way through Shadow Herald's headers right now. Downside; every time a chapter takes place in a new location, we have to draw that location. Upside; every time we draw a location, we can reuse it later. My gods do the shop interiors take forever.
#book design#writeblr#writing community#booklr#indie books#look we finished Charlan's shop today and it is very charming but it took us two days to do#only locations left in this book are the World's Wound and the interior of Silamir's temple#i think we're gonna . . . cheat a little for camp Veldin and either just reuse the (six different seasonal) forest BGs for full mileage#maybe add an overlay layer with a couple tents to make it Specifically Camp Veldin as opposed to just any ol' part of the woods#we will have to. draw the inside. of the Matrius' palace. and also the royal registry.#but i think the registry will not be too bad probably?#the question is simply where is it fine to cop out a little and where do we decide to doodle every object in a story despite knowing that#we will need to slap an unfocus blur + dents filter on anyway#it's necessary#because that is what ensures that the bgs are JUST bg and not making it hard to make out the PoV characters#o shit and we have to get Crislie a “:(” expression#Navaeli has a “:)” and a “:(” expression#Mep only has “>:(” because he is Mep and that is usually how he looks but i think he will get a “:(” too
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Wenren E really said You Cannot Kill Me In Any Way That Matters
#just finished the book today!#so good#so so good#read if you like loyalty to romance#vampires#girls who don't end up with the guy#comeuppance#herbos#ghosts#details on how cultivation works#and also a guy who dies twice#arguably three times#and comes back stronger every time#also the herbo is a lady who really wants to go back to being a skeleton and is very put off by all this flesh she has#Loxie has words#devil venerable also wants to know#wenren e
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there's a bit in robbo's book about jürgen in the dressing room after they lifted the PL trophy in 2020 that just really captures the kind of manager that he is and how important he is for the overall team culture and it's like god. no one is ever gonna do it like him again
#i finished the book today i COUld have finished it last weekend but honestly after the announcement i was like nope. too much for me rn#anyway it's kind of long but i'll share it in a rb just bc. i do want it on my blog so#marth.txt#jürgen klopp#liverpool fc
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[ID: A digital drawing done in pink pencil of Galadriel and Orion from The Scholomance book series. They’re cuddling, and Orion has his arms and one leg wrapped around El, the other dangling next to her legs. Orion has his eyes closed and is grinning. He wears a hoodie and baggy cargo pants, and his socks are falling off at the toes. El has an arm wrapped around Orion, and she looks down at him in a subdued loving way, with a slight smile. She’s wearing a t-shirt and baggy sweatpants. A flurry of hearts is above Orion’s head, and a single heart in a word bubble is next to El’s head. /end ID]
I just really like cuddles :3
#grim draws#is the id too long? new to this and I tend to over explain things#I can shorten it I just wanted to point out orions cute loose socks#ALSOOOOO UGH THEYRE SO STINKIN ADORABLE I WANT TO CHEW THEM UP#finished the series earlier today and they’re officially my pookies. I am becoming a ya girlie(dismay. despair. also not true)#anyway tags. hi#the scholomance#a deadly education#the last graduate#the golden enclaves#galadriel higgins#orion fuck what’s his last name#help#orion lake#how did I forget such a simple last name that’s so embarrassing#anyway. proud of this actually they look so cutie#orion to me is short and scrawny strong and has brown hair and I refuse to change my mental image. sorry he’s too good#if you wanted me to picture him right maybe you should have described him before 2/3 of the way into the second book. consider#and if she did. sorry i wasn’t paying attention i was too busy looking at how cute my orion is
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what is jorge's deal this man is like those anime evil masterminds inviting you to his evil secret library to decipher his evil plan and show you his evil book with evil poison.... he thinks he's some grandpa light yagami... youre telling me this guy caused 5 murders and shamed a guy into suicide just because he hates joy and whimsy
#i mean considering hes from north spain its not surprising. grandpas from there are just like that /hj#the name of the rose#finished this book today i am evaporating
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what are yall doing for valentines!!! i am single so i went to greek dinner with my family and am going to have a belated galentines celebration with my friends on friday (i will be baking cookies even though i am notoriously shit at baking plz wish me luck).
#also my goal is to finish my romance novel#by today#bcuz every feb i start a cute romance just to lock it (i barely read romance books)#ive been in such a reading slump recently i am excited to finally finish something#not hp#rewriting#valentines day
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