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Hello! First of all: love this blog! Second: I read a lot of queer books and as it turns out a lot of them weren’t already on your spreadsheet so uh. Sorry in advance for what I’m about to do to your inbox/queue 😅
Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli
The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
The Time Slip Girl by Elizabeth Andre
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
The Queen of Cups by Ren Basel
Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust
Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron
This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron
This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bayron
Werecockroach by Polenth Blake
In the Vanishers’ Palace by Aliette de Bodard
Wain: LGBT Reimaginings of Scottish Folktales by Helene Boppert and Rachel Plummer
In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
Tremontaine: The Complete Season One by Patty Bryant, Malinda Lo, Racheline Maltese, Joel Derfner, Ellen Kushner, Paul Witcover, and Alaya Dawn Johnson
This Other World by AC Buchanan
In Memoriam by Nathan Burgoine
The Dark Beneath the Ice by Amelinda Bérubé
Felix Ever After by Karen Callender
Last Bus to Everland by Sophie Cameron
Out of the Blue by Sophie Cameron
Once & Future by AR Capetta and Cory McCarthy
The Brilliant Death by AR Capetta
XX by Angela Chadwick
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
The Vela by Becky Chambers, Rivers Solomon, Yoon Ha Lee, and SL Huang
Black Water Sister by Zen Cho
The True Queen by Zen Cho
The Terracotta Bride by Zen Cho
The Water that Falls on You From Nowhere by John Chu
The Shape of My Name by Nino Cipri
A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark
Girlhood by Cat Clarke
Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova
Dreadnought by April Daniels
Sovereign by April Daniels
Thornfruit by Felicia Davin
Nightvine by Felicia Davin
Shadebloom by Felicia Davin
Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson
Stay Another Day by Juno Dawson
Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi
The Drowning Eyes by Emily Foster
Bingo Love by Tee Franklin
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
Knit One, Girl Two by Shira Glassman
The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez
We Go Around in the Night and Are Consumed by Fire by Jules Grant
Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg
Keeper of the Dawn by Dianna Gunn
The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall
The Outside by Ada Hoffman
The Fallen by Ada Hoffman
The Infinite by Ada Hoffman
Mindtouch by MCA Hogarth
Sing the Four Quarters by Tanya Huff
The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza by Shaun David Hutchinson
The City of Woven Streets by Emmi Itäranta
Godkiller by Hannah Kaner
Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann
The Beast of Callaire by Saruuh Kelsey
The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion by Margaret Killjoy
An Excess Male by Maggie Shen King
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
Crimson by Niviaq Korneliussen
Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff
Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner
The Faerie Godmother’s Apprentice Wore Green by Nicky Kyle
Avi Cantor Has Six Months to Live by Sacha Lamb
When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb
Goldie Vance Vol. 1 by Hope Larson
Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie
Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie
The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie
Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee
Not Your Villain by CB Lee
Not Your Backup by CB Lee
The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee
The Fever King by Victoria Lee
The Fox’s Tower and Other Tales by Yoon Ha Lee
Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
Adaptation by Malinda Lo
Inheritance by Malinda Lo
Natural Selection by Malinda Lo
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
The Hand, the Eye, and the Heart by Zoë Marriott
Luna: New Moon by Ian McDonald
Luna: Wolf Moon by Ian McDonald
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire
Forbid the Sea by Seanan McGuire
In Sea-Salt Tears by Seanan McGuire
The Unbinding of Mary Reade by Miriam McNamara
An Accident of Stars by Foz Meadows
A Tyranny of Queens by Foz Meadows
All Out: The No-Longer Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages ed. Saundra Mitchell
Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott
Princess Princess Ever After by K. O’Neill
The Tea Dragon Society by K. O’Neill
The Tea Dragon Festival by K. O’Neill
The Tea Dragon Tapestry by K. O’Neill
Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
Loveless by Alice Oseman
Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
Stormsong by CL Polk
Soulstar by CL Polk
She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Tiger’s Daughter by K Arsenault Rivera
The Phoenix Empress by K Arsenault Rivera
The Warrior Moon by K Arsenault Rivera
A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland
Birthday by Meredith Russo
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski
A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon
Dying for a Living by Kory M. Shrum
Two Dark Moons by Avi Silver
History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera
More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie
The Edge of the Abyss by Emily Skrutskie
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
The Summer of Jordi Perez (and the Best Burger in Los Angeles) by Amy Spalding
The Traitor’s Tunnel by CM Spivey
Nimona by ND Stevenson
Chameleon Moon by RoAnna Sylver
Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time by KM Szpara
As I Descended by Robin Talley
Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley
Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh
Drowned Country by Emily Tesh
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull
Crier’s War by Nina Varela
Iron Heart by Nina Varela
The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo
Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo
On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
System Collapse by Martha Wells
A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White
The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang
The Red Threads of Fortune by Neon Yang
The Descent of Monsters by Neon Yang
The Ascent to Godhood by Neon Yang
Waiting on a Bright Moon by Neon Yang
Taproot by Keezy Young
Phew! Finally got all of these queued! Thank you so much for the list, and for arranging them so neatly, which definitely made it easier to transfer over to a spreadsheet!
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queeraroace · 3 years
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If you're a Shakespeare gay like me, you should read Midsummer by Erin McRae and Racheline Maltese
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The wait is finally over! #Tremontaine season 3 is here and we can all inhale @ellenkushner‘s episode one as one would savor a cup of delectable hot chocolate. Don’t miss any episodes: bit.ly/tremontaine
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serialboxapp · 7 years
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Welcome to season 3 of #Tremontaine,where ambition, love affairs, and rivalries dance with deadly results!
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hypable · 7 years
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'Tremontaine' and more: 10 books for women who take no shit
Racheline Maltese, one of the authors of Serial Box's Tremontaine, shares a list of 10 diverse books with powerful protagonists.
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ellenkushner · 7 years
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A fine offer from @serialboxpublishing! I’ve figured it out; here’s how it works:
Buy the book of Season 1 now. Read all 700 pages.
By the time you’ve finished it, you’ll have the online edition (including audio!) of Season 2, so you don’t have to wait to find out what happens next!
Season 3 coming in October 2018....
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pearwaldorf · 7 years
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Hello friends. Would you like a nicely written, wonderfully cosy romance about a poly triad? Then you should read The Art of Three (Amazon link, also available in paperback and other fine ebook retailers) by Erin McRae and Racheline Maltese. I have read RM’s work in and out of fandom, and all of it is great: thoughtful, queer, full of care and love. 
All the characters, even the minor ones, are strongly drawn, but Nerea is the real star of the book. It's delightful to have a romance centered on a 48 year old woman, especially one as accomplished and interesting as her. Great care is put into the development of each relationship, but I especially enjoyed the sense of history Callum and Nerea have together, and how their marriage is stronger because they have worked past problems. If relationship negotiation, especially poly relationship negotiation, is something you don't find interesting, this is not the book for you. A lot of emphasis is placed on setting boundaries amenable to all parties, and talking through discomforts and mistakes made. None of the characters are perfect, but they are allowed to fuck up, figure out what they did wrong, and try to do better next time. And you root for everybody, because they do put so much effort into making things work. I would like many more romances like this please.
(Also, it’s $5 on ebook. Just buy it.) 
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seldnei · 7 years
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GodDAMMIT, iPad, DYING BEFORE I KNOW HOW THEY GET THE RINGS OFF PRIYA'S FINGER IS NOT COOL!
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sophia-sol · 7 years
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A Queen From The North, by Erin McRae and Racheline Maltese
Another book that I wanted to like more than I actually did. It's a perfectly fine book, but I don't love it.
This is a modern-era romance novel, which wouldn't usually really be my thing, but this one is set in an alternate-history world, so I thought it would still contain enough of that delicious world-unlike-my-own content that I like to read about in books. The AU is that the war of the roses between York and Lancaster never exactly went away.
But it turned out that the only way this was really relevant is that the north and the south of Britain hate each other rather more violently than they do in our world, which allowed for the romance to be about a political marriage between a northerner and the southern prince. The book wasn't really interested in actually spending much time exploring the ways in which this world is different from ours.
The political-marriage premise had promise for me too, because I like that kind of story about two people who don't really know each other being put into a position of having to get to know and trust each other in a close relationship, but the book didn't really focus a lot on that aspect either. I never felt like I really got to see the characters learning to like each other and know each other - Amelia was discovering she loved Arthur while I still thought their entire relationship (and Arthur's personality) was a bit of a cipher. I felt like the book couldn't quite decide between being about them marrying for love or marrying for politics, and so the focus for both was diluted and neither worked for me.
And all in all I just wasn't personally charmed by the characters or the story, which is the most subjective measure of all.
The book is competently done, and for someone with different tastes than me I'm sure this book would appeal. But it's not for me, alas. And I was so excited for it going in!
(Also, and this is totally cosmetic and not the fault of the authors, I'm unimpressed with the copyeditor for this book. There were a lot of mistakes.)
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duine-aiteach · 2 years
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Irish LGBT+ Content
These lists include LGBT pieces set in Ireland, LGBT pieces with Irish main characters, LGBT pieces as Gaeilge, and LGBT pieces created by Irish people, often they overlap but not always. Feel free to suggest things I ought to add or offer corrections for mistakes I've made.
Please note that the inclusion on this list does not mean I recommend the piece in question - I am familiar with only a few.
Where possible links lead to RTÉ player, TG4 player, YouTube or official sites. Not all links lead to pieces that are available to watch at the time of posting.
Television:
Eipic (2016) [gay, as G]
Derry Girls [lesbian]
Ros na Rún [soap, as G]
Fair City [soap, trans m briefly]
6Degrees [mlm, NI]
Film:
The Crying Game (1992)
Cowboys and Angels (2003)
The Blackwater Lightship (2004) [based off book below]
Breakfast on Pluto (2005) [trans f]
Viva (2015) [mlm, Irish writer/director only, in Spanish]
Handsome Devil (2017) [gay, mlm]
Papi Chulo (2019) [gay, Irish writer/director only]
Rialto (2019) [mlm]
Dating Amber (2020) [gay, lesbian]
Shorts:
Chicken (2002)
Lúbtha (2019) [mlm]
The First Saturday of May (2019) [trans]
Scene from the Men's Toilets at a Ceilidh (2019)
OUT (2020)
Candid (2020)
Punch Line (trans f)
Boxed In (trans m)
Cailín Álainn [trans f, as G]
Where Do All The Old Gays Go? [trans]
Homebird [trans]
Books:
Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu (1872) [wlw, Irish writer only]
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (1890) [mlm, outside Ireland]
As Music and Splendour by Kate O'Brien (1958) [wlw, outside Ireland]
A Noise from the Woodshed by Mary Dorcey (1989) [lesbian, anthology]
The Kiss by Linda Cullen (1990)
When Love Comes to Town by Tom Lennon (1993) [gay]
Hood by Emma Donoghue (1995) [wlw]
Biography of Desire by Mary Dorcey (1997) [wlw]
Breakfast On Pluto by Patrick McCabe (1998) [trans f, bi]
Crazy Love by Tom Lennon (1999) [gay]
The Blackwater Lightship by Colm Tóibín (1999) [gay]
The International by Glenn Patterson (1999) [bi]
At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill (2001) [mlm]
A Son Called Gabriel by Damian McNicholl (2004) [NI, gay]
The Master by Colm Tóibín (2004) [mlm, Irish writer only]
Stir-Fry by Emma Donoghue (2006) [wlw]
Landing by Emma Donoghue (2007) [wlw]
Map of Ireland by Stephanie Grant (2008) [wlw, Irish-American]
Falling Colours: The Misadventures of a Vision Painter by R.J. Samuel (2012) [wlw]
The Rarest Rose by I. Beacham (2013) [wlw, Irish character, non-Irish writer]
To Summon Nightmares by J.K. Pendragon (2014) [trans, mlm]
Carolyn for Christmas by Lucy Carey (2015) [lesbian]
The Accident Season by Moïra Fowley-Doyle (2015) [bi, lesbian]
The Green Road by Anne Enright (2015) [gay]
Wormwood Gate by Katherine Farmar (2015) [wlw]
A Good Hiding by Shirley-Anne McMillan (2016) [NI, gay]
Days Without End by Sebastian Barry (2016) [mlm, outside Ireland]
Eelgrass by Tori Curtis (2016) [wlw, Irish myth inspired only?, non-Irish writer]
All the Bad Apples by Moïra Fowley-Doyle (2017)
Forget Me Not by Kris Bryant (2017) [wlw]
The Art of Three by Erin McRae & Racheline Maltese (2017) [bi, polyam, Irish character, non-Irish writers]
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne (2017) [gay]
The Spellbook of Lost and Found by Moïra Fowley-Doyle (2017) [wlw]
The Unknowns by Shirley-Anne McMillan (2017) [NI, bi m, bi f]
My Brother's Name Is Jessica by John Boyne (2019) [trans f]
Every Sparrow Falling by Shirley-Anne McMillan (2019) [NI, mlm]
Perfectly Preventable Deaths (2019) and Precious Catastrophe (2021) by Deirdre Sullivan [wlw]
The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth (2020) [wlw]
The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar (2020) [lesbian]
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue (2020) [wlw]
Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan (2021) [bi f, wlw]
Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar (2021) [bi f, wlw]
Not My Problem by Ciara Smyth (2021)
The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar (2023) [wlw]
Heartstopper by Alice Oseman, as Gaeilge by @heartstopper-i-ngaeilge (2024)[mlm, wlw, as G only]
Nonfiction:
Please be aware especially for this section that the pieces listed may be upsetting or cover difficult topics.
Print:
The Strange Story of Dr James Barry by Isobel Rae (1958) [biography: Barry, trans m]
The Perfect Gentleman by June Rose (1977) [biography: Barry, trans m]
Love In a Dark Time: Gay Lives from Wilde to Almodóvar by Colm Tóibín (2002) [essay collection]
The Secret Life of Dr James Barry by Rachel Holmes (2002/2020) [biography: Barry, trans m]
Queer & Celtic edited by Wesley J Koster (2013) [anthology]
Running Amach in Ireland: True Stories by LGBTQ Women edited by Maureen Looney (2016) [essay anthology]
Dr James Barry: A Woman Ahead of Her Time by Michael du Preez and Jeremy Dronfield (2016) [biography: Barry, trans m]
Green Carnations/Glas na Gile edited by John Ennis & Moxie Lofton (2021) [poetry anthology]
Screen:
A Different Country (2017) [pre-1993 documentary]
Outitude (2018) [lesbian documentary]
Tabú: Tras (2020) [trans m, trans f, as G]
Seal le Dáithí - Niamh Ní Féineadh (2023) [as G, trans f]
Scéalta Grá na hÉireann: Eleanor Butler & Sarah Ponsonby (2023) [as G, wlw]
Misneach: Ceist Bhróid (2023) [as G, gay]
Croíthe Radacacha (2023) [as G, wlw]
Aiteach Ní Aisteach [as G, queer]
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the-book-queen · 3 years
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Hide your wallets, it’s that time again! #TBQsBookDeals Your Friday thread of #romancedeals is ready, $0.99 to $2.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
    $0.99 ✦ A Good Man by Rosanna Leo
He's a contractor and host of a home improvement show. She's one of the clients on the show. Oh, and engaged at the start of it, but he's a cheater so that ends.
#ContemporaryRomance (MF) | https://amzn.to/3mjBlGA 
$0.99 ✦ Ink and Ice by Erin McRae, Racheline Maltese
Aaron is a figure skater hopeful of getting to the Olympics. Zach was a war reporter, but agrees to help a friend by taking on an assignment about competitive skating.
#ContemporaryRomance (MM) | https://amzn.to/31HqDjm 
$0.99 ✦ Friends to Forever by Amy Knupp
3 books, all have the friends to lover trope.
~ She was just left at the altar, he whisks her away to heal
~ Former firefighter hero
~ Drummer hero
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Events planner + brother's best friend.
Great friendship between the women (heroines for the series), btw.
TBQ Rec
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She's half-human, half-wyr, and was blackmailed into stealing from the hoard of a dragon. He doesn't take too kindly to this feisty thief...
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ottogatto · 4 years
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Hey, is there anyway you can elaborate on how Snape is Queer-Coded? I'm a trans man, and Bisexual, and I'd really like to see why you see Snape that way. (I'm just judging im curious)
I’m actually glad you asked dear Anon.
You have a WHOLE post on it. Here’s the link: https://ottogatto.tumblr.com/post/621187855106080768/severus-snape-and-the-ongoing-theme
It’s called Severus Snape and the ongoing theme of “insufficient masculinity” (aka homophobia/transphobia). On Tumblr of course.
Makes you think doesn’t it?
EDIT: sorry I forgot about it but here’s another thing about Snape being a feminine-hero figure as well: https://ensnapingthesenses.tumblr.com/post/83728815082/harry-potter-severus-snape-as-a-representation-of
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pern-dragon · 4 years
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IMPORTANT THREAD
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sea-changed · 5 years
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third quarter of 2019 in books
58. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, Charles C. Mann 59. Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf 60. The Best Bad Things, Katrina Carrasco [I loved this one: stylistically sharp noir western with fantastic complicated queerness] 61. The Confessions of Frannie Langton, Sara Collins 62. The Last Englishmen: Love, War, and the End of Empire, Deborah Baker 63. Kindred, Octavia Butler [I know everyone knows this already, but just fantastically smart] 64. Upstream, Mary Oliver 65. American Indian Stories, Legends, and Other Writings, Zitkála-Šá 66. The St. Paul Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald 67. Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl, Andrea Lawlor [this was completely wonderful, niche in all the best ways] 68. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, Ocean Vuong 69. nîtisânak, Lindsay Nixon [really excellent, in style and in content] 70. Savage Conversations, LeAnne Howe 71. The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin 72. Frankenstein, Mary Shelley 73. Love, Death, and the Changing of the Seasons, Marilyn Hacker 74. Tales of the City, Armistead Maupin 75. Willa & Hesper, Amy Feltman 76. Life of David Hockney: A Novel, Catherine Cusset (trans. Teresa Fagin) 77. Class Distinctions: Dutch Painting in the Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer 78. The History of Sexuality, Volume One, Michel Foucault (trans. Robert Hurley) 79. Atlantic History: Concept and Contours, Bernard Bailyn 80. The Hours, Michael Cunningham [you know when you pick up a book expecting to like it in a reasonable sort of way and end up sobbing over it? yeah. yeah.] 81. New Netherland Connections: Intimate Networks and Atlantic Ties in Seventeenth-Century America, Susanah Shaw Romney 82. Domingos Álvares, African Healing, and the Intellectual History of the Atlantic World, James Sweet 83. Carmilla, Sheridan Le Fanu [the new Carmen Maria Marchado edition; her introduction was genius and footnotes increasingly tedious] 84. My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Ottessa Moshfegh 85. Herculine Barbin: Being the Recently Discovered Memoirs of a Nineteenth-Century French Hermaphrodite (trans. Richard McDougall) 86. Six of Crows, Leigh Bardugo 87. The Common Wind: Afro-American Currents in the Age of the Haitian Revolution, Julius Scott [really great] 88. Midsummer, Racheline Maltese and Erin McRae [reads a lot like RM’s fic, which is to say often super frustrating and often super delightful] 89. Cotillion, Georgette Heyer [first Heyer; I had a marvelous time] 90. Twelfth Night, Racheline Maltese and Erin McRae 91. Exposed, Jean-Philippe Blondel (trans. Alison Anderson) 92. Amberlough, Lara Elena Donnelly 93. The Lie Tree, Frances Hardinge
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(via ART OF THREE by Erin McRae & Racheline Maltese Release Day Launch)
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neverhaveieverbooks · 7 years
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