#「 🦇 」 ⇾ SOPHIE KING . *

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「  🦇  」  ⇾  FIRST LAST .   *

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"He is never satisfied, he seeks to end his hunger every night, he stalks his prey and attacks, in the dark, and of course Jerome Stokes is his perfect prey..." [The eltingville club]

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO THE ELTINGVILLE CLUB!!!! A tribute to the king of horror Pete DiNunzio!!! 🦇

[Based on Sophie Dahl, The Face 1997]

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🗞️📖 Bookish News 📖🗞️

🦇 Extra, extra. Read all about it! 📖 Good evening, bookish bats! A lot happened in the publishing industry last month, but here are a few highlights you may have missed!

Adaptations Jennifer Lopez's production company and Netflix - Emily Henry's Happy Place Laika (Travis Knight directing) - Susanna Clarke's Piranesi Universal (Taika Waititi directing?) - Percival Everett's James We Were Liars adds Rahul Kohli to the cast Patrick Dempsey and Sarah Michelle Gellar have joined the cast of the Dexter prequel, Original Sin Chris McKay to direct Brynne Weaver’s Butcher and Blackbird Ayvan Williams, Jessica Belkin & Savannah Lee Smith casted for Becky Albertalli's The Upside of Unrequited First looks for Heartstopper S3 are out Apple TV - Laura Lippman's The Lady in the Lake Adult Swim - Anthony Bourdain’s graphic novel series, Get Jiro! UCP - Chris Witaker's All the Colors of the Dark The Best Christmas Pageant Ever - Barbara Robinson A24 - Jennifer Lawrence starring - Paul Rainey's Why Don't You Love Me? Netflix - Richard E. Grant and Tom Ellis casted for The Thursday Murder Club Sony - Michael Crichton and James Patterson's Eruption Renee Zellweger starring in 12 Months to Live Awesomeness - Melissa De La Cruz's Blue Bloods The Uglies adaptation has a release date after 18 years (September 13) The trailer for Elin Hilderbrand's The Perfect Couple is up Ursula K. Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea is being adapted into a graphic novel Prime - Colin Firth joins the cast of Young Sherlock Universal - Omid Scobie's Royal Spin Netflix - Bridgerton Season 4 lead announced Amazon - Fourth Wing series adaptation is a go Apple TV - The trailer for Pachinko! Season 2 is up An adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Nickel Boys will open the 62nd New York Film Festival Patton Oswalt’s comic book Minor Threats is being adapted into a live-action series HBO - Dune: Prophecy releases in November

Cover Reveals Babylonia - Costanza Casati The Get Off - Christa Faust The Ragpicker King - Cassandra Clare What Does It Feel Like - Sophie Kinsella Wake Up and Open Your Eyes - Clay McLeod Chapman Ageless - Renee Schaeffer The Thirteenth Child - Erin A. Craig Song So Wild and Blue: A Life With Joni Mitchell - Paul Lisicky The Meadowbrook Murders - Jessica Goodman On Her Terms - Amy Spalding Onyx Storm - Rebecca Yarros The River Has Roots - Amal El-Mohtar The Wind Weaver - Julie Johnson In Gad We Trust - Josh Gad The Life of Herod the Great - Zora Neale Hurston (posthumous) The Other People - CB Everett How My Neighbor Stole Christmas - Meghan Quinn

Upcoming Releases I Saw the TV Glow director Jane Schoenbrun has a debut novel coming out, Public Access Afterworld Carol Moseley Braun is writing a memoir, Trailblazer: Perseverance in Life and Politics New memoir by Hilary Rodham Clinton The Road is Good - Uzo Aduba Leo Martino Steals Back His Heart - Eric Geron Viola Davis is co-writing with James Patterson

News Macmillan is launching a "new adult fiction" imprint. The 2024 Locus Award winners were announced The 2024 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards were announced Nebula Award winners were announced Random House is buying Boom! Studios

[goblinsofdiscord]

Goblins of Discord 👹 Enneagram Type Database 🤓

All typings have a corresponding youtube video (linked). Many more on their way. Please note, that some of these are likely to change a bit in the future.

I’ll probably update a handful of older ones soon, as my understanding of the Enneagram has evolved since some of them were made (and is still deepening). This obsession is all-consuming and I won’t stop until I can psychically intuit every single type + instinct combination on sight, within 10 seconds and am rebirthed into my next form as the 🧞‍♀️👁️ human pixie frequency diviner of the apocalypse. 😈 🔥

If you think you’ve found a weirdo type and might want to join a typing call, DM larissa on the goblinsofdiscord instagram, or post the type below in the comments.

🍄 👀 If you want to book a typing call or submit an introvert video (of you or someone you know) to be picked over, spitroasted, impression’ed on, click here.

Enneagram Type 1

John Waters 🗑️✝️ 1w2 7w6 4w3 so/sx 💖💧🧚‍♂️ The Pope of Trash

Jamie Lee Curtis 🎃 1w2 36 so/sx 👹 The Horny Karen

Nasim Aghdam 🐅 1w9 7w6 4w5 so/sp 💥 Triple Frustration Threat

Quentin Crisp 🎀 ✨ 1w9 4w3 7w6 so/sx 🦚 Trailblazing Peacock

Enneagram Type 2

Pamela Des Barres 🌼 2w3 7w6 9w1 so/sx ☀️ Flowerchild Supergroupie

Big Edie (Grey Gardens) ✝️🐈‍⬛ 2w1 6w7 8w9 sx/so 🍸 Mother Diva

Enneagram Type 3

Lucy Lawless ⚔️ 3w2 8w7 5w6 so/sx ⚔️ watch

Montel Williams 👄 3w2 6w7 8w7 so/sp ⚔️ watch

Jensen Ackles 👻 3w2 6w7 8w9 sp/so ⭐ watch

Corey Feldman 🎩 3w2 6w7 9w1 sp/sx ★Ascension Millennium

David Fincher 🎥 3w4 5w6 8w7 sp/so 📦 What's in his Box?

Bret Easton Ellis 😍🗡️ 3w4 5w6 8w9 so/sp 🖤🚬 American Psycho

Whitney Houston 🖤 3w4 6w7 9w1 sx/so 🥀 Queen of the Night

Gregg Araki 🚬 3w4 6w7 9w8 so/sx 👄 The Doomed Enneagram

Nicole Kidman 👠 3w4 6w7 1w9 👠 watch

Emma Roberts 🫖 3w4 6w7 1w2 so/sp 🍰 watch

Belinda Carlistle 🔥 3w4 1w9 7w8 🔥 sp/so watch

Caroline Calloway 💸 3w4 7w6 9w1 so/sx ✨ Happy Scammerversary

Enneagram 4

Vivien Leigh 🌹 4w3 6w7 9w1 so/sx 🥀 Making Fours Dramatic Again

Winona Ryder 🥀 Enneagram 4w3 6w7 9w1 sp/so 🥀 The OG Sadgirl

Jeff Buckley 🥀 4w5 6w7 9w1 sx/so 💔 watch

Enneagram Type 5

Anna Khachiyan 🧠🕳️ 5w4 9w8 4w3 so/sp 🚬 watch

Shirley Jackson 🥃 5w4 📓 livestream slop job

Sam Bankman-Fried 🤓 5w6 9w8 3w4 spso 💩 Gaslighting Nerd

Enneagram Type 6

Larry David 🍋 6w5 1w9 4w3 so/sp 😒 Miserable F*ck

Lauryn Hill 😇 6w5 8w9 2w1 so/sp 🎤 Gonna Find You..

Julia Ducournau 🚗 6w5 9w1 4w3 💋 Baby, I Like it Raw

Caroline Ellison 🧠 6w7 1w2 3w2 sp/so 🖖 Polycule Pick-Me

Robert Crumb 🤡 6w7 4w5 1w2 💦 The Sex Weasel

David Icke 🦎 6w7 9w1 3w2 so/sp 👁️👽 The Passion of 6

Daniel Clowes 👻 6w7 9w1 4w3 so/sp ✒️ Like a Velvet Glove

Phil Ochs 🎸 6w7 9w1 4w5 so/sp 💧 The Misunderstood Folk Hero

Dylan Moran ☘️ 6w7 9w1 4w3 sp/so 🤴 watch

Mia Goth 🍯 6w7 9w1 2w3 sp/sx 😇 Strange Angel

Sean Baker 🍊 6w7 9w1 3w2 so/sp ☀️ Red’s Rocket

Enneagram Type 7

Josephine Baker 💃🏽 7w6 28 so/sx 🎶 Shine on, Queen

Little Edie (Grey Gardens) 🧚‍♀️ 7w6 9w1 4w3 so/sx ⭐ 🩸 Fallen Star

Florence Welch ✨ 7w6 4w3 9w1 sp/so 🧚‍♀️ Chaotic Pixie Queen

Theo Von 🍆 7w6 9w8 4w5 sp/so 🐀 The Rat King

Danny Elfman 💀 7w6 9w1 4w5 so/sp 🎃 Dead Man’s Party

Johnette Napolitano 🩸 7w6 8w9 4w5 sp/sx 🐍 Concrete Blonde

Vincent Gallo 👹 7w6 4w5 8w9 sp/sx 😈 Horny Goblin

Heidi Fleiss 🐍🦜 7w8 1w9 3w4 spsx 🍑🚬 Hollywood Madam

Eartha Kitt 😻🐈‍⬛ 7w8 4w3 1w2 sx/so 🐈‍⬛😿 Cat Woman

Enneagram Type 8

Robin Quivers 😈😇 8w7 6w7 2w1 so/sp 💋 Glorious Narcissist

Ma Anand Sheela 😎 8w9 2w1 6w5 so/sp 💧 I Love B*tches

Glenn Danzig 🦇 8w9 6w7 4w5 sx/so ☠️ Prince of Darkness

Sylvia Brown 🔮 8w9 7w8 4w5 sp/so 🧿 watch

Enneagram Type 9

Rachel Dolezal 🐑 9w8 62 sp/so🌹 Mother Issues

Kathy Bates 🍯 9w8 62 sp/so 🩸 Sweet Misery

Shelley Duvall 🍯 9w1 6w7 2w3 sp/so 🐑 The Saccharine Sacrificial Lamb

Keith Moon 💥 9w8 7w6 3w4 sp/so 🌙 Wild Man

Sophie Thatcher 🩸 9w8 7w6 4w5 sx/sp🧚‍♀️ Grime Fairy

Dash Nekrasova 🕯 9w8 4w3 7w6 sx/so 🚬 watch

Nathan Fielder 🕳️ 9w8 5w6 3w2 sp/so 🤡 watch

Cazzie David 🦝 9w8 6w7 4w5 sp/so 🦝 Sad Sack

Charles Burns 🕳️ 9w1 5w6 3w4 so/sp 🕳️ watch

David Cronenberg 📺 9w1 5w4 3w4 so/sx 👄 Dream Daddy

Jessica Lange 🦢 9w1 63 so/sp 🦢 watch

John Galliano 🧵 9w1 4w3 7w6 sx/sp 🪡 Objet D'Art

Tyler Gaca 👻 9w1 7w6 4w3 so/sx 🍯 Ghosthoney

Chuck Palahniuk 🧞‍♂️ 9w1 7w6 4w3 so/sp 😈 All Hail the God

Corey Haim 🍍 9w1 7w6 3w2 sx/so 💔 Heartbreaker

Anna Biller ☠️🔮 9w1 4w3 7w6 so/sx 💖⚗️ The Love Witch

Frank James 💅 9w1 3w4 6w7 so/sp 🔪 watch

👯✨ Twins ✨👯

Lori & George (formerly Reba) 🤠 🤩

Lori: 6w7 9w1 3w2 sp/so

George (Reba): 9w1 3w4 6w7 so/sp

Carmen & Lupita 🦋🧙🏽

Carmen 6w7 9w1 3w2 sp/so

Lupita 9w8 7w6 3w4 sp/so

[sealmonger]

Thank you!!

🔴 Pokemon: Guzma, Emmet and Ingo

🌲 Gravity Falls: Mabel, Dipper, Bill, Soos, Stan, Ford

🕵‍♂️ Spy x Family: Loid, Yor, Anya, Franky

🏰 Howl's Moving Castle: Sophie, Howl, Calcifer, Michael

🐻 Fnaf: Michael Afton, Sun and Moon, Oswald, Puppet, Springtrap, Monty

🦇 Batman: Batman, Nightwing, Red Hood, The Penguin, Two Face, The Riddler

🎃 Over the Garden Wall: Greg, Wirt, the Woodsman

🦸‍♂️ Teen Titans: Robin, Beast Boy

🗡 Adventure Time: Ice King, Marciline

Phineas and Ferb/Milo Murphy's Law: Baljeet, Ferb, Perry, Doofenshmirtz, Milo, Melissa, Zack

@theinvisibledoodlewizard @michaels-office-hours @changing-for-myself-this-time @thecinn @duckysdammspam

Starting new thread...

List your 10 favorite characters from 10 different fandoms, then tag 10 people!

Thanks for the tag, @dystopicjumpsuit , @heyclickadee , @niobiumao3

Disclaimer: I will follow none of the above rules.

1) Delicious in Dungeon: Senshi

2) The Bad Batch: Tech/Mayday 

3) The Sandman: Dream/Delirium 

4) GI Joe: Snake eyes 

5) Russian Literature?: Alexei Karamazov

6) Batman: Batman/Poison ivy

7) Vikings: Ivar

8) The Clone Wars: Maul/Rex/Wolffe

9) Mandolorian: Mandolorian 

10) Star Wars other: Thrawn

NPTs: @eobe; @ele-millennial-weirdo; @jedi-bird; @drafthorsemath; @wings-and-beskar

[astreiants-archive]

a sapphic lit primer 🌸

also known as, an opportunity to insist you read my favourites

if you’ve ever found yourself wanting to read more sapphic books, but not quite sure where to start, let this be the post for you! if you’re looking for even more sapphic books, i hope you find something in here too.

there are a few books on here i’ve not read, that i wanted to include to raise awareness of them, more than anything. those are marked by *. as such, you will probably also see a fair few more well known books and authors missed off (but i promise i know about them!).

this is not meant to be at all exhaustive! it’s a collection of sapphic books that i’ve read and would rec, meaning there are still tons more out there. & you can find some of those more at @sapphicreadsdb​, readsrainbow (which i co-run with @tenderpotter), sapphiclitbot on twitter & my list of every sapphic book i’ve read.

as ever, this was meant to be a relatively short post. haha.

(i promise i did put links on this post, but for some reason those aren’t working on the blog page. dashboard version seems fine, i think.)

🌼  middle grade

🌻  contemporary

hurricane child by kacen callender

in the role of brie hutchens... by nicole melleby

hazel hill is gonna win this one by maggie horne

candidly cline by kathryn ormsbee

how to become a planet by nicole melleby

proud of me by sarah hagger-holt

the science of being angry by nicole melleby

middletown by sarah moon

p.s. i miss you by jen petro-roy*

almost flying by jake maia arlow*

in the key of us by mariama j lockington*

kenzie kickstarts a team by kit rosewater & sophie escabasse*

⚔️  fantasy

the strangeworlds travel agency by ld lapinski

the tea dragon society by kay o’neill*

📜  historical

tell no tales by sam maggs & kendra wells*

⁉️  mystery/thriller

goldie vance by hope larson

pepper’s rules for secret sleuthing by briana mcdonald

drew leclair gets a clue by katryn bury*

🦇  paranormal/horror

artie and the wolf moon by olivia stephens

🧪  science fiction

our sister, again by sophie cameron

🌼  young adult

🌻  contemporary

we are okay by nina lacour

this is what it feels like by rebecca barrow

the gay girl’s guide to ruining prom by siera maley

the liar’s guide to the night sky by brianna r. shrum

i kissed shara wheeler by casey mcquiston

the flywheel by erin gough

amelia westlake by erin gough

how to make a wish by ashley herring blake

taking flight by siera maley

like water by rebecca podos

don’t date rosa santos by nina moreno

all the invisible things by orlagh collins

orpheus girl by brynne rebele-henry

the henna wars by adiba jaigirdar

you should see me in a crown by leah johnson

love and other natural disasters by misa sugiura

rise to the sun by leah johnson

epically earnest by molly horan

if you still recognise me by cynthia so

truth be told by sue divin

thieves by lucie bryon

ask the passengers by a. s. king

starting from here by lisa jenn bigelow

annie on my mind by nancy garden

laura dean keeps breaking up with me by mariko tamaki

the stars and the blackness between them by junauda petrus

the last true poets of the sea by julia drake

i kissed alice by anna birch

fiebre tropical by juliana delgado lopera

melt my heart by bethany rutter

laurel everywhere by erin moynihan

every body looking by candace iloh

something certain, maybe by sara barnard

⚔️  fantasy

a dark and hollow star by ashley shuttleworth

the scapegracers by h. a. clarke

girl, serpent, thorn by melissa bashardoust

down comes the night by allison saft

engelsfors by mats strandberg & sara b. elfgren

summer of salt by katrina leno

from dust, a flame by rebecca podos

spellbook of the lost and found by moïra fowley-doyle

girls made of snow and glass by melissa bashardoust

out of the blue by sophie cameron

witch, cat & cobb by j. k. pendragon

girls of paper and fire by natasha ngan

the afterward by e. k. johnston

the never tilting world by rin chupeco

the midnight lie by marie rutkoski

the dark tide by alicia jasinska

the midnight girls by alicia jasinska

sweet & bitter magic by adrienne tooley

wench by maxine kaplan

way of the argosi by sebastian de castell

ash by malinda lo

the raven and the reindeer by t. kingfisher

the last magician by lisa maxwell

shatter the sky by rebecca kim wells

we set the dark on fire by tehlor kay mejia

queen of coin and whispers by helen corcoran

ghost wood song by erica waters

these feathered flames by alexandra overy

the bone spindle by leslie vedder

into the crooked place by alexandra christo

edie in between by laura sibson

crier’s war by nina varela

the winter duke by claire bartlett

sofi and the bone song by adrienne tooley*

girls at the edge of the world by laura brooke robson*

dauntless by elisa a. bonnin*

����  historical

dangerous remedy by kat dunn

forgive me if i’ve told you this before by karelia stetz-waters

the pearl thief by elizabeth wein

heavy vinyl by carly usdin & nina vakueva

valiant ladies by melissa grey*

a curse of roses by diana pinguicha*

⁉️  mystery/thriller

far from you by tess sharpe

the girls i’ve been by tess sharpe

people like us by dana mele

summer’s edge by dana mele

the truth about keeping secrets by savannah brown

i hope you’re listening by tom ryan

eight pieces of silva by patrice lawrence

bad things happen here by rebecca barrow

the things we don’t see by savannah brown

the hollow inside by brooke lauren davis

throwaway girls by andrea contos

you’re next by kylie schachte

a lesson in vengeance by victoria lee

the sullivan sisters by kathryn ormsbee

cold by mariko tamaki

the killing code by ellie marney*

rules for vanishing by kate alice marshall*

🦇  paranormal/horror

the dead and the dark by courtney gould

to break a covenant by alison ames

shallow graves by kali wallace

wilder girls by rory power

afterlove by tanya byrne

house of hollow by krystal sutherland

specter inspectors by bowen mccurdy

burn down, rise up by vincent tirado

hollow by shannon watters & branden boyer-white

missing, presumed dead by emma berquist

perfectly preventable deaths by deirdre sullivan*

the dark beneath the ice by amelinda bérubé*

ghost walk by kay solo*

🧪  science fiction

joyride by jackson lanzing & collin kelly

crownchasers by rebecca coffindaffer

the good luck girls by charlotte nicole davis

cosmoknights by hannah templer

jane, unlimited by kristin cashore*

🌼  adult

🌻  contemporary

summer of the cicadas by chelsea catherine

take a hint, dani brown by talia hibbert

in the event of love by courtney kae

night tide by anna burke

beautiful world, where are you by sally rooney

spell heaven and other stories by toni mirosevich

far from home by lorelie brown

once ghosted, twice shy by alyssa cole

spindrift by anna burke

cow girl by kirsty eyre

the split by laura kay

tell me everything by laura kay

everyone in this room will someday be dead by emily austin

transcendent kingdom by yaa gyasi

the fat lady sings by jacqueline roy

conversations with friends by sally rooney

flamingo by rachel elliott

the wrong end of the telescope by rabih alameddine

a map of home by randa jarrar

mostly dead things by kristen arnett

patsy by nicole dennis-benn

little fish by casey plett

undone by bryce oakley

satisfaction guaranteed by karelia stetz-waters

tack & jibe by lilah suzanne

all at sea by cheyenne blue

i kissed a girl by jennet alexander

january embers by hildred billings

the simple answer by lily seabrooke

under the rainbow by celia laskey

the world cannot give by tara isabella burton

la bastarda by trifonia melibea obono

the one hundred years of lenni and margot by marianne cronin

all are welcome by liz parker

the romance recipe by ruby barrett

disoriental by négar djavadi*

the thirty names of night by zeyn joukhadar*

bastard out of carolina by dorothy allison*

among other things, i’ve taken up smoking by aoibheann sweeney*

marriage of a thousand lies by s. j. sindu*

honey girl by morgan rogers*

too much lip by melissa lucashenko*

delilah green doesn’t care by ashley herring blake*

the secret lives of church ladies by deesha philyaw*

the barrens by kurt & ellie johnson*

28 questions by indyana schneider*

there are more things by yara rodrigues fowler*

⚔️  fantasy

the unbroken by c. l. clark

the jasmine throne by tasha suri

wild and wicked things by francesca may

the true queen by zen cho

isola by brenden fletcher

the impossible contract by k. a. doore

foundryside by robert jackson bennett

the traitor baru cormorant by seth dickinson

the empress of salt and fortune by nghi vo

the bone shard daughter by andrea stewart

blackheart knights by laure eve

the velocity of revolution by marshall ryan maresca

the gracekeepers by kirsty logan

in the vanishers’ palace by aliette de bodard

the priory of the orange tree by samantha shannon

thorn by anna burke

penhallow amid passing things by iona datt sharma

sing the four quarters by tanya huff

city of lies by sam hawke

moontangled by stephanie burgis

burning roses by s. l. huang

a master of djinn by p. djèlí clark

ashes of the sun by django wexler

fireheart tiger by aliette de bodard

bestiary by k-ming chang

the black coast by mike brooks

night flowers shirking from the light of the sun by li xing

the councillor by e. j. beaton

silverglass by j. f. rivkin

water horse by melissa scott

high times in the low parliament by kelly robson

into the broken lands by tanya huff

the fire opal mechanism by fran wilde

among thieves by m. j. kuhn

the factory witches of lowell by c. s. malerich

the forever sea by joshua phillip johnson

the final strife by saara el-arifi

brother red by adrian selby

the winged histories by sofia samatar

the vanished queen by lisbeth campbell*

the northern girl by elizabeth a. lynn*

the bladed faith by david dalglish*

the worthy by anna k. moss*

📜  historical

the wicked cometh by laura carlin

the pull of the stars by emma donoghue

she who became the sun by shelley parker-chan

infamous by lex croucher

devotion by hannah kent

under the udala trees by chinelo okparanta

after the wedding by courtney milan

heathen by natasha alterici

mrs martin’s incomparable adventure by courtney milan

the night watch by sarah waters

tell it to the bees by fiona shaw

kept animals by kate milliken

a lady’s desire by lily maxton

the ophelia girls by jane healey

that green eyed girl by julie owen moylan

the perks of loving a wallflower by erica ridley

the companion by e. e. ottoman

her countess to cherish by jane walsh

paris, 7a.m. by liza wieland*

mademoiselle revolution by zoe sivak*

dark earth by rebecca stott*

⁉️  mystery/thriller

dirt town by hayley scrivenor

the lighthouse by fran dorricott

after the eclipse by fran dorricott

the final child by fran dorricott

proper english by k. j. charles

the last place you look by kristen lepionka

the better liar by tanen jones

fortune favors the dead by stephen spotswood

real easy by marie rutkoski

the best bad things by katrina carrasco

the case of the good-for-nothing girlfriend by mabel maney

the kill club by wendy heard

bury the lede by gaby dunn

beloved poison by e. s. thomson

the lady upstairs by halley sutton

ash mountain by helen fitzgerald

last call at the nightingale by katharine schellman

return to blackwater house by vikki patis

payback by charlotte mills*

a reason to kill by eve zaremba*

the heard by andrea bartz*

snare by lilja sigurðardóttir*

amateur city by katherine v. forrest*

the savage kind by john copenhaver*

the dime by kathleen kent*

the verifiers by jane pek*

🦇  paranormal/horror

abbott by saladin ahmed

the animals at lockwood manor by jane healey

black water sister by zen cho

hearts in the hard ground by g. v. anderson

they drown our daughters by katrina monroe

meddling kids by edgar cantero

yellow jessamine by caitlin starling

our wives under the sea by julia armfield

briefly, a delicious life by nell stevens

dead woman’s pond by elle e. ire

tripping arcadia by kit mayquist*

🧪  science fiction

a memory called empire by arkady martine

this is how you lose the time war by max gladstone & amal el-mohtar

the unspoken name by a. k. larkwood

the space between worlds by micaiah johnson

dead space by kali wallace

the quantum thief by hannu rajaniemi

ninefox gambit by yoon ha lee

ancillary justice by ann leckie

motor crush by brenden fletcher & cameron stewart

unconquerable sun by kate elliott

compass rose by anna burke

a big ship at the end of the universe by alex white

the light brigade by kameron hurley

empress of forever by max gladstone

the doors of eden by adrian tchaikovsky

seven of infinities by aliette de bodard

hard reboot by django wexler

last exit by max gladstone

sisters of the vast black by lina rather

gods, monsters, and the lucky peach by kelly robson

so happy for you by celia laskey

battle of the linguist mages by scotto moore

bluebird by ciel pierlot

an ancient peace by tanya huff

god’s war by kameron hurley*

barbary station by r. e. stearns*

this will kill that by danielle l. roux*

valkyrie by meg ludwa*

night sky mine by melissa scott*

the stars undying by emery robin*

🌼  poetry

if not, winter by sappho, trans. by anne carson

floating, brilliant, gone by franny choi

evohe by cristina peri rossi

bestiary by donika kelly

soft science by franny choi

rummage by ife-chudeni a. oputa

the world keeps ending and the world goes on by franny choi

bone by yrsa daley-ward

dream work by mary oliver

living as a lesbian by cheryl clarke*

womanslaughter by pat parker*

oral tradition by jewelle l. gómez*

the black unicorn by audre lorde*

hermetic definition by h.d.*

[youngerdrgrey]

you're it, you're the ultimatum AU // a wildmoore fanfic, chapter 2

summary: in short, Kate gave Sophie an ultimatum, and Ryan gave Angelique one, and soon enough, Ryan and Sophie will spend three weeks in an 'accelerated' marriage for this reality show.

chapter summary: Sophie's pre-show jitters lead her to the gym, but she's not the only one looking for a workout. Time to meet Ryan. + read on ao3

🦇

Two months. Sophie can do this.

She paces the moment that she and Kate are alone in their room. Julia reminds them that she’ll be outside if they need anything, or that a production assistant (“Or P.A., they’re everywhere”) can call her if she’s headed off. No leaving without express permission. Enjoy their final night together as a couple. 

Sophie’s fists clench at the thought. Final night. One night in this gorgeous suite with a California king mattress and a beautiful view of the city. One night with the girlfriend that she rearranged her whole life for already. One night and—

“Soph?”

“One night, and everything we know changes,” Sophie says, picking up right where her thoughts left off. She stills her steps. Darts her eyes to where Kate lounges on the bed before looking ahead into the suite. Sophie’s already tried to relax. She changed into her workout clothes. Did a few stretches. But she keeps coming back to one thought: “How many people will see this?”

Kate shrugs. “I don’t know — couple thousand?”

That’s a conservative guess. Reality shows bring in tens of thousands of viewers, not to mention a queer season of a reality show will bring in extra support from the LGBTQIA+ community, hate-watches and boycotts and subsequent additional press from the homophobes, and then there’s the typical fanbase for dating shows that live for the drama.

Sophie shakes her head. Jordan’s going to watch this. The women at her mom’s church will hear about it. Then her mom will watch it. Then there’s Kate’s family and — Sophie’s head snaps up. “What if our clients watch it?”

Kate sighs from the bed. “They’ll be fine. So long as we make sure to paint the Crows in a good light, then we’re all good.” She finally climbs off the bed and crosses the room to where Sophie’s standing. She takes Sophie’s hand to turn Sophie towards the giant mirror on the wall. It could be romantic, or sexy, if not for the deep set crease between Sophie’s eyebrows. Or the grimace on her lips.

Kate adds, “It’s good press for Gotham too. This way the rest of the world gets to see well-adjusted people, not just criminals and caped crusaders.”

Sophie’s frown deepens before she forces her facial muscles to relax. “I don’t want to have the Batman fight again.”

“I don’t want to have it either. I want my gorgeous girlfriend to come to bed with me.”

For the last time. Definitely for four weeks and possibly forever. 

Sophie shakes her head. “I…. I’m too wound up. And don’t —“ she glares at Kate before stepping out of her hold “— don’t say you can help me unwind.”

Kate drops her hands to her side with a sigh. “I’m not going to the gym, Soph.”

“Then I’ll see you when I get back, alright?” Sophie heads for the door without waiting for a response, then doubles back to give Kate a quick kiss on the lips. She pulls back before her girlfriend can even think of deepening it.

“One hour,” Kate tells her, as Sophie walks back to the door, “If you stay for two—“

“I won’t.”

“I will go to sleep.”

“And miss our last night together?” Sophie taunts.

“Gotta make you miss me somehow, right?” It’s said with Kate’s normal confidence, but there’s a hint of fear underneath it. A vulnerable underbelly that almost makes Sophie turn around again. 

But they’re only here because Kate wanted to do this. Kate thought an ultimatum would force Sophie into an engagement, just like Kate thought that running off together just before graduation was the right thing to do. Kate does not make the decisions here. Sophie does. And Sophie is going to the gym.

🦇

More accurately, Sophie is waiting outside of the gym. There’s a cameraperson a few steps back, and Julia talks in a hushed voice with another producer. His name’s Luke. One of the few other Black people on the production. He seems level-headed, if not a bit jumpy, as he glances back into the large windows of the gym.

“My girl needs more than a few minutes,” Luke tells Julia.

Julia says, “Mine’s pacing holes in the carpet, so we’re gonna need to compromise here.”

Clearly they’re not meant to interact with other participants yet. This section of the hotel’s been closed off from most of the general public. The whole operation honestly makes Sophie itch for her Crows blazer and earpiece. She can handle a protective detail. She can smile and wave for the cameras if that’s what they need. Just let her into the gym.

Sophie steps forward to say as much, and a quick flash of movement catches her eye. On the other side of the plexiglass is a blur of a woman. Curly black hair, warm brown skin, toned arms that flex with each quick hit of her fists to the speed bag suspended from the ceiling. The woman shifts her stance. She drops into lunges, and her full picture snaps into focus. Her body, her clear comfort and command of each muscle in it.

Yeah, no, Sophie needs to get in there before she leaves.

“Hey,” Sophie uses her commander voice to get the producers’ attention. Everyone’s eyes snap to her. “Can’t you just bring a camera in? Ask us questions or something. We’re supposed to meet tomorrow anyway.”

Luke and Julia split a glance. Julia’s smirk looks amused, and Luke’s troubled, but as Sophie holds firm in her stare, Luke wavers in his. 

“Fine. But you will absolutely need to be on camera, and we are asking questions.”

He steps to the doors and opens it. Calls out, “Hey, Ryan! Cameras coming in. You’ve got a friend too.” He holds the door open. The camera crew slip in first. One going further back and closer to Ryan, one staying close with their camera clearly pointed at Sophie. 

Julia goes in next, already walking backwards and offering that amused smirk to Sophie. “You’ll introduce yourself. Ask if you can join her. You’re already mic’d, so we’re all good. Just be yourself, but you know, open. Approachable.”

Sophie’s never been approachable in her life. She nods anyway. Luke does not give the same speech to his participant. As Sophie looks back over at her, Ryan meets her eye immediately. 

God, her eyes are so big. And brown, and already laughing at Sophie. But then Ryan smiles, and Sophie gets why Luke doesn’t have to coach her. That smile could… raise the dead, probably.

Sophie leans back on her training. Offers a polite grin and crosses the space between them to hold her hand out. “Sophie Moore, nice to meet you.”

Ryan takes the hand, even though hers are already wrapped for boxing. Warm and a bit sweaty, like the rest of her. “Ryan Wilder. You couldn’t wait for tomorrow?”

Sophie’s sarcasm rears up immediately. “Oh yeah, ran down here to meet you. Huge fan of… what do you do?”

“I teach. Martial arts.”

That explains the muscles and the evening conditioning. “Are you any good, or is this a ‘those who can’t do’ situation?”

Ryan laughs. She lets go of Sophie’s hand. “Pretty good. I can show you, if you wanna pick up the pads.” She nudges her head to where a few pads are. Sophie hops over to pick them up. Ryan calls after her. “What about you?”

Sophie slips the small padded circle onto her left hand. “Oh, I’m more than good.” She uses that to help secure the right hand before making her way back to the center of the mats in the room. “Go for it.”

Ryan throws a soft punch towards Sophie. Sophie catches it quick. Nods for Ryan to go again. They start off slow — mostly giving Sophie a chance to see Ryan’s flow and go along with her. Words fall away as the main sound becomes the thud of Ryan’s fists and their feet shuffling along the floor.

Julia cuts in after a minute or two. “Keep talking. Why are you here?”

Ryan rolls her eyes subtly, which gets the first relaxed smile out of Sophie. Sophie parrots Julia in a tone that’s only a little bit mocking. “So, Ryan Wilder, why are you here?”

“In the gym, or?” Ryan punches with the deflection. She chuckles right after. “I asked my girlfriend on the show so that she would know how serious I am.”

“Oh, so you’re the one giving the ultimatum,” Sophie says. Ryan nods. “How serious are you?”

“Pretty damn serious.” Ryan cringes. She looks to Luke. “Can we cuss here?” He nods. “Great. Pretty fucking serious.”

Sophie laughs. “You have to be to come here, right?”

“Absolutely.” Ryan throws a punch a little faster than Sophie’s ready for. “What about you?”

Sophie shifts back a step to readjust the glove against her thigh. It buys her a moment. Simple answer, long answer. Simple answer? “I’m here because my girlfriend wants a big, gay wedding that I am…” a sigh slips from the depths of her soul “…not ready for.”

Ryan doesn’t make a big deal out of it though. “Which part? The big, the gay, or the wedding?”

Sophie stares down at the mats. “Who knows? All of it?”

Ryan finally breaks her fighter’s stance to stand level. “I’ve been ready for a long time, but Ange.... So I waited, but the longer I waited, the more I felt….” 

Felt what? Trapped? Because sometimes, Sophie feels like the walls are closing in and her life is getting away from her. Like she’s second in command to the father-in-law that she doesn’t even have yet, and her life is Kate’s life, and Kate’s life is the only one that matters.

Ryan finishes, “Powerless.”

Sophie cringes. That sounds a lot better than what she was thinking. She doesn’t think that way often. She really doesn’t. She loves Kate. Kate’s the love of her life.

“So this show, this is you taking back your power?” Sophie asks.

Ryan nods. “Hell yeah,” but the certainty isn’t there. “It’s… kind of ridiculous, isn’t it?”

Sophie hums her agreement. “There are at least three cameras recording us talk right now.” And tens of thousands of people waiting to see how this goes. The thought makes her throat clench. She shakes her head. “Alright, arms up. You don’t have to just punch. I can take it.”

Ryan quirks a brow at that. Her lips tick up too, and she licks them in a way that’s probably instinctive. A natural reflex from someone who has no clue what that can do to a person. Sophie rolls her eyes, which only makes Ryan smile wider.

The shorter woman circles her jaw once before pushing forward with a new combination. A quick set of punches that Sophie deflects easily, then returns, as Ryan dodges from her onslaught.

“See, you’re so close to the ground—“ Sophie jokes. She doesn’t get to finish that before a well-timed kick from Ryan knocks Sophie down to the mat.

An “ooph!” from Luke and an “ah!” from Julia remind Sophie of their audience. Ryan beams from above her, still standing. “What was that about the ground?”

Sophie goes for a cheap swipe of her feet, but Ryan anticipates it, jumping back just as Sophie kicks for her. Ryan smiles even wider at that. Sophie has no choice but to get up then.

“Alright, Wilder, it’s on.”

Before Ryan can respond, they’re back into a fresh round of sparring. Dodging, circling, grappling, laughing — their producers say something in the background, but neither of them listen. Too focused on getting one over on the other. 

At one point, Ryan nearly gets Sophie down with a move to the back of Sophie’s knees, but Sophie uses the newfound leverage to all but throw Ryan down onto the mat. The slam is so satisfying that Sophie can’t help the laugh that slips out. Ryan groans for a moment. Chest heaving as her eyes burn in a competitive glare. She starts to get back up when Julia practically yells.

“Guys, the mics!”

Sophie cringes. Mics are definitely not cheap. She turns to give an apology to Julia, which gives Ryan the upper hand to lock her legs around Sophie and essentially yank Sophie down to the mat too.

“Fuck!” Sophie snaps. Ryan cackles.

“That’s two-one.”

Luke steps onto the mat. “And that’s it. Ryan, we should get back.”

Sophie vehemently shakes her head. “That was a cheap shot. I wasn’t even looking.”

Ryan unwraps her hands. “Get me back next time then.”

Julia’s quick to shoot that down. “You’re not sparring again. If you get injured—“

“We won’t get injured,” Ryan says, at the same time as Sophie says, “It won’t happen.” They catch eyes again, almost like a challenge.

“Nope,” Julia crosses the room towards them, “I don’t like that look. You’re not getting me in trouble because you’ve got a death wish, okay?” She stops beside Sophie and offers her hand. “Now say goodbye to your new friend.”

Sophie lets Julia pull her back up. Luke had said that Ryan had to leave, but Sophie could probably head back now too. At least some of her anxious energy is gone. Now if she could just get one more flip in.

Ryan laughs as she gets up. “Wait until I tell Ange I found somebody to spar with.”

Luke hesitates. “You sure you want to tell her that?”

Ryan’s face scrunches. “Why wouldn’t I?” Luke’s gaze jumps from her to the cameras and back to Sophie. Ryan laughs again. “‘Cause of the show? She’s not like that. She’s not gonna get weird about it.”

Luke meets Julia’s eye over Ryan’s shoulder. His doubts clear on his face. “Alright, if you say so. Can we just get one more shot of the two of you? Shake hands, parting words, and then we’ll call it a night.”

He and Julia back out of the frame and over to the doors. Sophie’s already been facing Ryan, so Ryan’s the one to turn this time. The one to cross the distance and hold out her hand.

Her eyes really do sparkle. “See you tomorrow?”

Sophie slips her hand into Ryan’s. “I’m getting a rematch.”

“I’ll take that as a ‘yes’ then.” She takes her hand back and turns again. And Sophie probably should’ve just said something normal the first time. Just a quick thanks, or a ‘see you tomorrow.’ Something non-combative. Something approachable, or charming.

“Hey Ryan?” Ryan glances back over her shoulder. Sophie shrugs. “I’m glad I didn’t wait. Until tomorrow.”

The slow smile that spreads across Ryan’s face — it’s worth the embarrassment of feeling like tens of thousands of people are watching her. It’s worth the sting in her shoulders and the ache in her side from the mic pack. Because this smile brightens the whole room, and it doesn’t ask for anything more than what Sophie’s willing to give.

“Yeah,” Ryan breathes out, “me too.”

🦇

Julia is buzzing when she and Luke get into the producers’ bay that night. Absolutely frenetic. Her leg bounces in her seat amongst the collection of desk chairs and the endless monitors of footage.

“You saw that, right?”

Luke nods. He nods again. He laughs a laugh so full of genuine relief that his glasses shake. “Holy shit.” He spins his chair back to his laptop. “What do we have on them again?”

None of their files are ever truly out of sight. He knows as much as possible about Ryan and Angelique. But Sophie, he honestly could know more. He starts scanning as quickly as he can. Homophobic mom, younger rebellious sister, white ex-husband (but not bisexual is underlined twice after that).

Julia still hasn’t stopped bouncing her leg. “I’ve gotta stay on her.”

“Who her?” he asks without looking up.

“Sophie. She’s got a type.”

“White?”

Julia grimaces, but her eyes don’t disagree. “Rigid, unavailable, simple. All signs point to Renee.”

Luke groans. “Shit. They’ve got the cop thing too.”

Julia pushes her chair further back. “You know the fact that I did security made Sophie just... unclench on day one. If there’s an easy out, the shorthand with Renee might cut these two at the knees.”

Luke pinches the bridge of his nose. “Mmm, okay, but, come on, you saw these two tonight. Uh, what about… Kate and Renee. They can bond over how much they hate Batman and love getting drunk. It… it fits.”

“Okay, then we try to direct them towards each other. Keep Sophie out of it.” Julia gets up to grab the pictures from the giant whiteboard along the wall. She plucks Sophie’s from beside Kate’s and brings it next to Ryan’s. “Keep these two talking. Flirting. Fighting. Because these two… they could be our standouts.”

“Maybe even more than that. They’re the story.”

🦇

end chapter notes: Talk to me, Gotham. What's working for you? What are you looking forward to?

read chapter three here!

[savebatwoman]

Summary:

Back in the Batcave, Ryan struggles with a lead that hits closer to home than expected.This is part seven of the ongoing fandom fic, SAVE BATWOMAN WILDMOORE AGENDA. In case you haven't read the others, or need a refresher, there is a Previously On in the notes.

Notes: In case you haven't read the others, or need a refresher, here's a Previously On! Previously On SAVE BATWOMAN WILDMOORE AGENDA: About a month after the events of season three, Sophie and Ryan went on a recon mission to find Scarecrow’s missing fear toxin. They found more than expected in multiple bombs that sent the two of them flying out of the warehouse. Ryan’s cape protected them from the blast, but her damaged cowl put Ryan out of commission. While Ryan was sidelined with a concussion, Sophie took the reclaimed Catwoman whip and became (the jokingly named) BlackCat. Over the next few days, Sophie and Luke’s search culminated with a King Shark sighting. Sophie joined Luke’s Batwing for the assist, but it was the Flash’s quick appearance that helped them neutralize King Shark. At that point, the Bat Team officially partnered with Team Flash to get to the bottom of this now multi-city villainous collaboration. Ryan and Sophie argued about the danger of Sophie taking risks, only for Ryan to sneak out that same night while Sophie was asleep. Sophie confronted Ryan. Ryan apologized, but before they could resolve this recurring fight, Luke called. Cisco (of Team Flash) found something that could help the case. Sophie and Ryan put their talk on pause to head for the Batcave. At least they went hand and hand.🦇Notes: This is for the #SaveBatwoman campaign. For the month of July 2022, we're making one fanfic created by the Batfam for the Save Batwoman Wildmoore Agenda. If you want to sign up for this fandom-written Wildmoore fic, to suggest a writer, or you have prompt ideas let us know. FAQs: https://421q.short.gy/SaveBatwomanWildmooreAgendaFAQs#Alright, let's do this!

This is the 7th episode of the #SaveBatwoman #Wildmoore Agenda Fandom-wide Story by @youngerdrgrey!

[faorism]

whenever u put the “of hearth & home” tag on moreau related things it makes me scream internally bc if makes me think abt the concept of eliot going home to moreau

[moreau's mindfuckery and highly suggestive]

Homecomings mean something to a southern boy like Eliot. Big bashes and tailgating and reunions and all the girlies looking so good (and the boys who can't score one of them just desperate enough to try something a little more familiar in the shadows of empty science labs). Barbeques rolling meat for so long he'll wake up days after the big game eyes tearing up from spice caught in his lashes.

He doesn't remember the chorus line as he falls into it with the crew or, with them, when he falls into something like a family.

Then it ain't like anything at all. It just is. Family. Home. Because it feels like coming home, every time Hardison texted Eliot a stupid fucking 🦇 emoji. Eliot would text back I'll shove that bat signal where the sun don't shine the next time you do that kiddie nerd shit and Hardison will respond u promise?? or u keep saying that and yet! and Eliot would ignore him and show up early to the run through to make sure Parker didn't take his spot and she wouldn't but she would always find a way to sit too close, and Sophie would find something to tease someone about, and Nate would have his schemes, and then they would start the whole process again the next time.

Eliot falls into that familiarity quick. Because with them he can taste again casserole with too much Miracle Whip and can hear brass and can piece together pass brownout levels of intoxication what it was like being cheered as homecoming king his senior year. It makes him nervous, sometimes. How good it feels to be with them. Sophie and Nate, Hardison and Parker.

A lot of times, he's nervous.

And he was right to be, 'cause then his family falls into the path of Damien Moreau's haunting. Because of course they fucking do. It must be him, huh? Just had to be him out of the dozens of other well-connected murdering megalomaniacs just like him? It just had to be him?

Eliot wishes he still believed in something other than the vision of the world Leverage promises because he wants a word with any god left who would listen to him. He'd ask that god about why they would do this to him; to them; to the people they've been helping. Eliot stops eating and stops sleeping again, and the shadows of Moreau darken his every early morning sunrise to early morning sunrise.

Time feels different with Moreau so close to and far from him again.

Seconds feel infinite with that man before Eliot and another man behind him and below the water's surface. There, making a promise to a memory dashed across a mirror of all his nightmares, Eliot realizes tense. A man he loved is before him.

And then there's conjugation: behind and below him is a man he is starting to love. Has loved. Will love. Can love. Loves.

(And then, distantly, its own echo: a reapplication: a thief with clever hands and a silly laugh he is starting to love. Has loved. Will love. Can love. Loves.)

Moreau steps forward and then closes the distance by raising his fist upwards, thumb reaching forward. A practiced move from a long ago fancy; Eliot can feel a flash sensation of that pad against his lips and then its slide against his tongue. He can feel Moreau's hold on him, the muzzle carved from his hand as he clutched Eliot so tight and secure. Spit pools in Eliot's mouth at the memory, and he won't flinch or swallow or react even as he holds in the ditch between teeth and gums a wetness that tells tale of how his mouth was once home for a very different kind of coming, from Moreau. Eliot holds his own mouth stuck and obedient against Moreau's advance, which earns him a laugh. Moreau rolls his wrist and a slight of hand later, a key dangles in front of Eliot's nose.

"Guess Pavlov might have exaggerated some, hm, honey?" Moreau tosses the key over Eliot's shoulder.

[part of a long of heart and home wip ive been sitting on for months now, rip]

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April 2024 Young Adult Book Releases

🦇 Good morning, my bookish bats. I hope you have a good book, delicious latte, and sweet snack within reach! No TBR is complete without a few young adult novels, and plenty were released in April! Here are a few YA releases to consider adding to your shelves.

[ List Under the Cut ]

🩷 April 2 🩷 ✨ Your Blood, My Bones - Kelly Andrew ✨ What If... Loki Was Worthy? - Madeleine Roux ✨ Fate Be Changed - Farrah Rochon ✨ No Going Back - Patrick Flores-Scott ✨ The Reappearance of Rachel Price - Holly Jackson ✨ Darker by Four - June C.L. Tan ✨ Draw Down the Moon - P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast ✨ The Black Girl Survives in This One ✨ Wrath of the Talon - Sophie Kim ✨ Every Time You Hear That Song - Jenna Voris ✨ Otherworldly - F.T. Lukens ✨ Misdirection of Fault Lines - Anna Gracia ✨ Something Kindred - Ciera Burch ✨ Hearts Still Beating - Brooke Archer ✨ Call Forth a Fox - Markelle Grabo

🩷 April 9 🩷 ✨ Teenage Dirtbags - James Acker ✨ Canto Contigo - Jonny Garza Villa ✨ Dragonfruit - Makiia Lucier ✨ The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray - Christine Calella ✨ Fog & Fireflies - T.H. Lehnen ✨ Against the Darkness - Kendare Blake ✨ The Darkness Rises - Stacy Stokes ✨ Right Here, Right Now - Shannon Dunlap ✨ The Last Love Song - Kalie Holford

🩷 April 16 🩷 ✨ To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods - Molly X. Chang ✨ Merciless Saviors - H.E. Edgmon ✨ Deep Is the Fen - Lili Wilkinson ✨ This Is Me Trying - Racquel Marie ✨ Calling of Light - Lori M. Lee ✨ Pretty Furious - E.K. Johnston ✨ Dear Wendy - Ann Zhao ✨ The Lady of Rapture - Sarah Raughley ✨ The End of Always - Rebecca Phillips ✨ The Kill Factor - Ben Oliver ✨ The Breakup Lists - Adib Khorram ✨ We're Never Getting Home - Tracy Badua ✨ The Harrowing - Kristen Kiesling & Rye Hickman ✨ King of Dead Things - Nevin Holness ✨ Sheine Lende - Darcie Little Badger & Rovina Cai ✨ The One That Got Away with Murder - Trish Lundy

🩷 April 23 🩷 ✨ Song of the Six Realms - Judy I. Lin ✨ Off With Their Heads - Zoe Hana Mikuta ✨ Blood Justice - Terry J. Benton-Walker ✨ Kill Her Twice - Stacey Lee ✨ Dark Parts of the Universe - Samuel Mille ✨ Finally Fitz - Marisa Kanter ✨ The Merciless King of Moore High - Lily Sparks ✨ Out of Blue Comes Green - M.E. Corey ✨ A Whisper in the Walls - Scott Reintgen ✨ Homebody - Theo Parish ✨ Punk Rock Karaoke - Bianca Xunise

🩷 April 30 🩷 ✨ To a Darker Shore - Leanne Schwartz ✨ The Vanishing Station - Ana Ellickson ✨ The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge - Matthew Hubbar ✨ What's Eating Jackie Oh? - Patricia Park ✨ Sound the Gong - Joan He ✨ Playing for Keeps - Jennifer Dugan ✨ Not Like Other Girls - Meredith Adamo ✨ The Notes - Catherine Con Morse ✨ I'll Be Waiting for You - Mariko Turk ✨ Pillow Talk - Stephanie Cooke & Mel Valentine ✨ Saint-Seducing Gold - Brittany N. Williams ✨ Where Was Goodbye? - Janice Lynn Mather ✨ The Lilies - Quinn Diacon-Furtado

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🦇 Good afternoon, my bookish bats. I hope you have a good book, delicious latte, and sweet snack within reach! No TBR is complete without a few young adult novels, and plenty were released in March! Here are a few YA releases to consider adding to your shelves.

🩷 March 5 🩷 ✨ What Monstrous Gods - Rosamund Hodge ✨ The Prisoner's Throne - Holly Black ✨ Defy the Storm - Tessa Gratton and Justina Ireland ✨ The Stricken - Morgan Shamy ✨ The Encanto's Daughter - Melissa de la Cruz ✨ Breathing Underwater - Abbey Nash ✨ One Last Breath - Ginny Myers Sain ✨ Bad Like Us - Gabriella Lepore ✨ Promchanted - Morgan Matson ✨ Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams - Shari Green ✨ The No-Girlfriend Rule - Christen Randall ✨ Ellie Haycock Is Totally Normal - Gretchen Schreiber ✨ An Unlikely Proposition - Rosalyn Eves ✨ A Different Kind of Brave - Lee Wind ✨ The Baker and the Bard - Fern Haught

🩷 March 12 🩷 ✨ The Hedgewitch of Foxhall - Anna Bright ✨ Six Truths and a Lie - Ream Shukairy ✨ Monster Crush - Erin Ellie Franey ✨ Infinity Kings - Adam Silvera ✨ The Other Lola - Ripley Jones ✨ Just Another Epic Love Poem - Parisa Akhbari ✨ Not Your Average Jo - Grace K. Shim ✨ Book, Beast, and Crow - Elizabeth Byrne ✨ Meet Me in the Fourth Dimension - Rita Feinstein ✨ Ariel Crashes a Train - Olivia A. Cole ✨ These Bodies Between Us - Sarah Van Name ✨ A Feather So Black - Lyra Selene

🩷 March 19 🩷 ✨ Where Sleeping Girls Lie - Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé ✨ Under This Red Rock - Mindy McGinnis ✨ The Last Bloodcarver - Vanessa Le ✨ The Revenant Games - Margie Fuston ✨ In the Orbit of You - Ashley Schumacher ✨ Cancelled - Farrah Penn ✨ Rules for Rule Breaking - Talia Tucker ✨ The Veiled Kingdom - Holly Renee ✨ Taka - Ryan Jampole

🩷 March 26 🩷 ✨ The Poisons We Drink - Bethany Baptiste ✨ Dead Girls Walking - Sami Ellis ✨ Royal Scandal - Aimee Carter ✨ Icarus - K. Ancrum ✨ The Perfect Guy Doesn't Exist - Sophie Gonzales ✨ Chronically Dolores - Maya Van Wagenen ✨ Out of Left Field - Jonah Newman

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🗞️ Bookish News: August 2024 Edition

🦇 Extra, extra. Read all about it! Good evening, bookish bats! A lot happened in the publishing industry this month, but here are a few highlights you may have missed! ⤵

📺 Adaptations 💜 The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires: limited series on HBO 💜 His & Hers - Alice Feeney: limited series for Netflix 💜 The God of the Woods and The Unseen World - Liz Moore: series for Sony 💜 My Lady Jane cancelled by Prime after one season 💜 Mark Hamill has joined the highly anticipated adaptation of Stephen King’s The Long Walk 💜 Court of Thorns and Roses series faces another setback - showrunner exits the production 💜 Trailer for Season 2 of Pachinko 💜 Britney Spears’ memoir is being made into a biopic 💜 Tom Blyth and Emily Bader starring in Netflix’s People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry 💜 The Games of Thrones prequel promos are out 💜 Burn Book: A Tech Love Story - Kara Swisher optioned as a series 💜 Every Summer After - Carley Fortune - Amazon series 💜 Regretting You - Colleen Hoover - McKenna Grace to star ppposite Allison Williams 💜 Verity - Colleen Hoover - no casting yet 💜 Percy Jackson season 2 is currently filming, and Sandra Bernhard, Kristen Schaal, and Margaret Cho have joined the cast of the Disney+ series 💜 Remarkably Bright Creatures - Shelby Van Pelt - Sally Field to star 💜 Bridgerton cast Yerin Ha as Sophie Beckett, Benedict’s love interest 💜 The Picture of Dorian Gray is getting a contemporary TV series adaptation 💜 Kazuo Ishiguro’s debut novel A Pale View of Hills is getting an adaptation

📕 Cover Reveals 💜 When We Were Real - Daryl Gregory 💜 Blood on Her Tongue - Johanna van Veen 💜 Frenemies with Benefits - Synithia Williams 💜 The ABCs of Democracy - Hakeem Jeffries 💜 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke 💜 Cleavage: Men, Women, and the Space Between Us - Jennifer Finney Boylan 💜 The Silent Emperor - Snorri Krsitjansson 💜 Nothing Bad Happens Here - Rachel Ekstrom Courage 💜 Open, Heaven - Seán Hewitt 💜 And, Too, the Fox - Ada Limón & Gaby D’Alessandro 💜 On Again, Awkward Again - Erin Entrada Kelly and Kwame Mbalia 💜 Stop Me if You’ve Heard This One - Kristen Arnett 💜 Stage Dance - Torrey Peters 💜 The Hymn to Dionysus - Natasha Pulley 💜 Time After Time - Mikki Daughtry 💜 Pizza Witch - Sarah Graley & Stef Purenins 💜 A Drop of Corruption - Robert Jackson Bennett

⏰ Upcoming Releases 💜 Young Sheldon actress Raegan Revord is publishing her debut young adult novel, Rules for Fake Girlfriends 💜 Liza Minnelli has announced a new tell-all memoir 💜 Brooke Shields is Not Allowed to Get Old - Brooke Shields 💜 Maureen Johnson has announced a new book which she describes as “a case file in book form,” with a sealed solution in the back of the book: You Are the Detective: The Creeping Hand Murder 💜 Olympic track star Allyson Felix has sold North American rights to a memoir, Fast and Slow, to the Dial Press 💜 Meghan Markle is allegedly planning on releasing a tell-all memoir 💜 House of Blight - Maxym M. Martineau 💜 Tor acquired Talia Hibbert’s romantasy debut The Last Thorn

🗞️ News 💜 Francine Pascal, author of the Sweet Valley High books, died at 92 💜 This year’s longlist for the Booker Prize has been announced 💜 Flatiron is debuting a new imprint, Pine and Cedar Books 💜 New GMA Book Club pick: The Seventh Veil of Salome - Silvia Moreno-Garcia 💜 Algerian boxer and gold medalist Imane Khelif has filed a cyber harassment lawsuit against Elon Musk and JK Rowling for their disparaging comments about the boxer’s gender during the Olympics 💜 Kristen Bell will be reuniting with her Frozen costar, Josh Gad, to narrate his upcoming children’s book PictureFace Lizzy

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🗞️📖 Bookish News 📖🗞️

🦇 Extra, extra. Read all about it! 📖 Good evening, bookish bats! A lot happened in the publishing industry last month, but here are a few highlights you may have missed!

Adaptations Jennifer Lopez's production company and Netflix - Emily Henry's Happy Place Laika (Travis Knight directing) - Susanna Clarke's Piranesi Universal (Taika Waititi directing?) - Percival Everett's James We Were Liars adds Rahul Kohli to the cast Patrick Dempsey and Sarah Michelle Gellar have joined the cast of the Dexter prequel, Original Sin Chris McKay to direct Brynne Weaver’s Butcher and Blackbird Ayvan Williams, Jessica Belkin & Savannah Lee Smith casted for Becky Albertalli's The Upside of Unrequited First looks for Heartstopper S3 are out Apple TV - Laura Lippman's The Lady in the Lake Adult Swim - Anthony Bourdain’s graphic novel series, Get Jiro! UCP - Chris Witaker's All the Colors of the Dark The Best Christmas Pageant Ever - Barbara Robinson A24 - Jennifer Lawrence starring - Paul Rainey's Why Don't You Love Me? Netflix - Richard E. Grant and Tom Ellis casted for The Thursday Murder Club Sony - Michael Crichton and James Patterson's Eruption Renee Zellweger starring in 12 Months to Live Awesomeness - Melissa De La Cruz's Blue Bloods The Uglies adaptation has a release date after 18 years (September 13) The trailer for Elin Hilderbrand's The Perfect Couple is up Ursula K. Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea is being adapted into a graphic novel Prime - Colin Firth joins the cast of Young Sherlock Universal - Omid Scobie's Royal Spin Netflix - Bridgerton Season 4 lead announced Amazon - Fourth Wing series adaptation is a go Apple TV - The trailer for Pachinko! Season 2 is up An adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Nickel Boys will open the 62nd New York Film Festival Patton Oswalt’s comic book Minor Threats is being adapted into a live-action series HBO - Dune: Prophecy releases in November

Cover Reveals Babylonia - Costanza Casati The Get Off - Christa Faust The Ragpicker King - Cassandra Clare What Does It Feel Like - Sophie Kinsella Wake Up and Open Your Eyes - Clay McLeod Chapman Ageless - Renee Schaeffer The Thirteenth Child - Erin A. Craig Song So Wild and Blue: A Life With Joni Mitchell - Paul Lisicky The Meadowbrook Murders - Jessica Goodman On Her Terms - Amy Spalding Onyx Storm - Rebecca Yarros The River Has Roots - Amal El-Mohtar The Wind Weaver - Julie Johnson In Gad We Trust - Josh Gad The Life of Herod the Great - Zora Neale Hurston (posthumous) The Other People - CB Everett How My Neighbor Stole Christmas - Meghan Quinn

Upcoming Releases I Saw the TV Glow director Jane Schoenbrun has a debut novel coming out, Public Access Afterworld Carol Moseley Braun is writing a memoir, Trailblazer: Perseverance in Life and Politics New memoir by Hilary Rodham Clinton The Road is Good - Uzo Aduba Leo Martino Steals Back His Heart - Eric Geron Viola Davis is co-writing with James Patterson

News Macmillan is launching a "new adult fiction" imprint. The 2024 Locus Award winners were announced The 2024 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards were announced Nebula Award winners were announced Random House is buying Boom! Studios