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aroaessidhe · 9 months ago
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Not formally doing aro week posts this year, but since it's aro week and also Black history month here's a couple books by Black authors with aro characters!
note that most of these are side characters or one of a full cast!
The Beast of Okeme - two aro MCs, QPR
Dread Nation / Deathless Divide - major character (POV in book 2) is aroace coded
So Many Beginnings - one of the main characters is aroacespec coded
The Last Session - one of the main cast is aro, in a QPR
The Midnight Bargain - a major side character is aroace
The City We Became- one of the main cast is lightly aroace coded (note: character is Indian, not Black, also it comes up in book 2)
Blood Like Magic - a side character is demiromantic
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semper-legens · 3 months ago
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73. Deathless Divide, by Justina Ireland
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Owned?: No, library Page count: 561 My summary: Jane McKeene and Katherine Deveraux barely escaped Summertown with their lives. The scientist's vaccine didn't work, the dead overtook their new haven, and now they're back on the road again. But what new dangers lurk way out West? On a mission of revenge, hated and feared for her newfound reputation, is Jane losing all the parts of herself that mattered? And will Katherine ever find a place that she can settle and feel at home? My rating: 4/5 My commentary:
Remember this? It's been a while since I last read Dread Nation, a story of an 1880s America overrun by the undead and the black girls taught to fight and defend society, but it stuck in my head. And I discovered that not only was there a sequel, but the sequel was in fact extremely accessible to me. And so, I ordered it. I had worried that the length of time since my last readthrough of the prior book would hamper any potential enjoyment of this one - but, to my glee, I found much of it coming back to me as I cracked on with it. And, of course, the book itself did a good job of reminding me of what I might have forgotten, which is always great to see in a sequel. It did not disappoint, and I'm gonna tell you why under the cut!
Unlike the previous book, which was solely narrated by Jane, this book alternates chapters between Jane and Katherine, which I liked - Katherine in this book rises from major secondary character to full-blown deuteragonist. Still, let's talk about Jane first. Remember what I was saying last time, about how your protagonist doesn't have to be a saint? I feel like Jane in this book is a good reflection of that. Per the first book, she was always blunt, practical, and no-nonsense, but after the fall of the town they were in, losing her lover, and surviving a shambler bite, Jane becomes 'the Devil's Bride', a legendary bounty hunter with a twisted sense of justice. She makes no secret of the fact that she prefers to deliver her bounties dead, and they aren't exactly in the best condition before she dispatches them. She drives people away because of her all-encompassing need for revenge. And yet, we as the audience have been with her for one and a half books at this point. We've grown to know and love her, and to understand what she's been through and why she becomes the person that she becomes in this book. So while her actions are less than ethical, we understand why she is doing them, and as such, she retains our sympathies. Which is a hard line to walk! It was entirely possible that Jane could have tipped over into being unlikeable here, but she doesn't, she keeps her charm and her wit and her charisma even when she's hit rock bottom. It's some neat writing.
Meanwhile, Katherine gets narration for the first time here, and I really liked seeing her perspective. She interested me in the first book - a girl who can pass as white, who is nonetheless in danger from the racism endemic to this setting. She's prim and proper, but that's partially her training as an Attendant and partially a sort of respectability politics - she can be seen as being respectable, unlike Jane whose dark skin leads her to be dismissed by white society, and so she uses politeness and 'decency' as a shield. It's her armour, the same way that Jane's blunt and abrasive personality is her armour. Katherine walks a fine balance between trying to temper Jane's harshness and trying not to let herself go the same way, keep hold of all she knows herself to be in the face of immense trials. She reveals a bit more about herself; she's from New Orleans, the daughter of a sex worker who wanted nothing more than to be out of that environment. Now she's a killer of the undead, but she wants a quiet, settled life. In the turmoil that is the zombie-ridden US, who can blame her? She makes a perfect foil for Jane, just as stubborn and pig-headed but in a different direction, and she's very easy to love.
This setting continues to be intriguing. We see how racist myths perpetuate despite all common sense to the contrary - Jane often remarks that white people love to say that black people are immune to the zombie virus, a clear echo of the 'black people have higher pain tolerance' myth of the real world. There's a very credible sense of survival being scratched out on the margins, of the desperation as our heroes run from town to town trying to stay ahead of the hoardes. And the consequences for any missteps are severe. Jackson (spoiler!) dies on the road, and while Jane's shambler bite doesn't lead to her death thanks to the vaccine, she does lose an arm and struggles for the rest of the book to accommodate the injury. She isn't helpless, but there's still a realistic fallout from it. Characters come and go, alliances are formed and broken, and midway through the book there is a very effective year-and-a-half timeskip so we can see what time and tide have done to these girls. One thing I thought was a particularly nice touch was that the intro to Jane's chapters in the first half were always a Shakespeare quote, whereas Katherine quotes from scripture. In the second half, both use quotes from in-universe survival guides to the West. It's a neat little device that subtly shows their shifting attitudes and priorities. But in all, really enjoyed this book, and if there's any more I'd love to see it.
Next, a man out of time learns to adjust - with some help, of course.
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hi-imgrapes · 2 years ago
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Can we get a round of applause for Justina Ireland?
In her book Deathless Divide, she not only tackled the ignorance and immorality of racial discrimination in her alternate history/fiction, but gave the reader a masc bisexual amputee black woman protag AND a femme aroace black woman protag who suffers from anxiety and panic attacks. She also sprinkled mentions of other queer characters in her story as well, and most of the cast is bipoc. SHE RAISED THE STANDARDS FOR REPRESENTATION FOR EVERYONE. ROUND OF FUCKING APPLAUSE.
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reviewsthatburn · 2 years ago
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There's something very satisfying about sitting down to read a series that's complete, ready and waiting for you to crack open and devour it. Finishing a series also requires readers to have supported each book along the way as they came out. Well, these duologies, trilogies, and series by authors of color are finished, available to be read entire. We've previously reviewed every entry on this list and included links to those thoughts for anyone who wants a bit more detail. While it's entirely possible that these authors may publish associated stories in the future (either sequels or just set in the same story universe), what's available now feels complete. Each entry includes the synopsis from the first book in the series.
Full post at link, book titles in tags.
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brightbeautifulthings · 2 years ago
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If I let loose the tenuous hold I have on my feelings, there will be blood. And it won't be mine.
Justina Ireland, Deathless Divide
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daniellesreadingnook · 1 year ago
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I am still reading “Beautiful Creatures.” This is what I’m gonna finish next.
I am gonna start on “Deathless Divide” and “A Twisted Tale Anthology” as well.
Wish me luck!
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lizabethstucker · 2 years ago
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Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland
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4.5 out of 5
Dread Nation 2
After the fall of Summerland, Jane McKeene and Katherine Deveraux escort a wagon of survivors to Nicodemus, Kansas. They and Jackson Keats fight off shamblers during the trip to the black-run town, observing how the undead appear to be getting larger and smarter with their tactics.
Jane has no intentions of staying in Kansas, her plans to continue to California to search for her mother and Aunt Aggie, the woman who essentially raised her, is still her primary focus. But events interfere with her plans, from survival to revenge to dealing with grief and guilt.
Starts immediately after the end of "Dread Nation". Immediately engrossing, with the added benefit of alternating chapters giving us more insight into Katherine. I was iffy about her in the first book, but this time I find myself enjoying her more and more. We're given a much better look at her backstory and her methods of dealing with anxiety and self-doubt with the use of her corset.
Jane is still as prickly as ever, certain events that happen in the story making her try desperately to harden her heart to protect herself. She believes she is alone, friendless, but Jane has more friends and allies than even she can imagine.
Prepare to have your heart twisted and broken, patched and twisted again. Ireland has given us strong black characters, inclusivity, bisexual characters such as Jane, and a chunky read. Comparing it to the first book? Not quite as strong, but that might be due to the size. It literally could've been divided into two books, considering how the different sections were separated by over a year. Just my opinion. Still a great read.
CONTENT WARNING: child endangerment, child death, zombies, violence, and brutality.
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This is excellent casting @libraryofpenguins It has a couple of the ones I had on mine. 🥰
Dread Nation/Deathless Divide fancast
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Lovie Simone as Jane McKeene, Hayley Law as Katherine Deveraux, Jacob Latimore as Jackson (Red Jack), and Martin Sensmeier as Redfern
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Chloe Coleman as Lilly, Coco Jones as Sue, Madison Bailey as Callie, and Persia White as Jane’s Mother
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Andrew Garfield as Gideon, and Carlacia Grant as Ida
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lwcaexii · 11 months ago
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Did I ever share our cover of Cake Bake Betty's 1916? With @todawoda 's wonderful vocals, I'm so proud of them!
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brotherhoodoftheblade · 2 years ago
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So, a little good news for the new year: I’ve started writing again since January 1st and have managed to write a bit every day so far (let’s hope that’ll continue this year!! *crosses fingers*). I’ve been struggling to feel motivated to write the last few years, so I really want to get back into the habit of writing regularly again.😊
But anyway, I’ve been working on some scenes from The Deathless Divide, so here’s a little (mostly spoiler-free) excerpt: 
“I am -” Percy began, but an odd little squeaking noise came out of nowhere, cutting him off.
John’s brow knit at the nearness of the sound. 
“The devil is that?” he muttered under his breath, glancing sharply about them in expectation of vermin. He saw nothing but mud and melting snow. The sound came again – this time a series of squeaks – and he looked over to see Percy cooing down into his cloak pocket.
“Oh, I’m sorry, did we wake you?”
A tiny furry head popped out of Percy’s pocket and John started. “What is that?”
“It’s a cat, John,” Percy said, dryly amused. “What does it look like?”
He retrieved the creature from his pocket, and the little thing curled neatly in the palm of Percy’s hand. It had a tiny knitted cloak of its own tied on to it, and John regarded it curiously despite himself. Could Percy knit? Somehow he could easily picture Percy as the sort of man who’d knit clothing for an animal, recalling with an odd ache the childlike glee Percy had shown at the sight of Doctor Gilbert Rigby’s gentlemanly-attired pug dog at the artists’ exhibition they’d attended together so long ago.
“A small rodent,” John replied flippantly, gingerly reaching out toward the little bundle of light grey fluff. It raised its head, revealing big blue eyes and a tiny pink nose, and bared its toothless gums at him in a hiss.
“Now now, darling, be nice,” Percy chastised with a chuckle, petting the little fiend lightly with a fingertip. It meowed in a satisfied manner after a bit of this and rested its head back on his palm, shivering a bit. Percy bent his head to give the creature a peck on top of its head.
“Where did you get it?” John asked, watching as Percy bundled the kitten back up and carefully returned it to his pocket. He hadn’t even known Percy liked cats, and had never much cared for them himself.
“I found her outside when she was no more than a few days old, she was abandoned,” Percy replied, taking out his handkerchief and tucking it along the pocket’s opening to keep the cold out. The kitten meowed insistently and Percy rubbed the pocket soothingly. “Do not tell me you’re hungry again already? She’s a stomach the size of a walnut, I swear. I am afraid I must take my leave before she starts crying in earnest.”
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Saw these pics and was like, “Yes, Percy would absolutely adopt an abandoned kitten even though he’s never especially liked cats and then quickly end up falling in love with it and turn into a doting mother.” 😂 (x)
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aroaessidhe · 2 years ago
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Aro books by authors of colour!
ARO WEEK 2023
DEATHLESS DIVIDE / historical zombie fantasy / aroace MC (dual pov, she’s a side character in book 1)
THE LAST SESSION / contemporary/dnd-fantasy graphic novel / one of the MCs is aro
SAL & GABI BREAK THE UNIVERSE / contemporary sci-fi / aro probably-ace MC, mentioned briefly but he talks all the time how annoying it is when people assume he & gabi are dating
NOT YOUR BACKUP (sidekick squad #3) / YA superhero sci-fi / aroace-spec questioning MC
SO MANY BEGINNINGS / historical little women retelling / while it’s not super explicit, Jo is probably aroacespec, her ‘relationship’ reads as a QPR
KAIKEYI /  adult historical fantasy/retelling / aroace MC  
THE BRUISING OF QILWA / adult fantasy novella / MC is aroace
ELATSOE / contemporary fantasy/paranormal / aro-coded ace MC
COME DRINK WITH ME (TALES OF THE THREAD) / adult historical fantasy / short story series centred around platonic relationships from an aro perspective
see also:  It Sounds Like This, Summer Bird Blue, If It Makes You Happy, Take Me To Your Nerdy Leader
*as a note, some of these only briefly explore aromanticism, and/or explore the ace part of the aroace character more. If you want more details on how much things are explored, see my database!  
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jolieeason · 8 months ago
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March 2024 Wrap-Up
Here is what I read, posted, won, received, and bought in March. Let me know if you have read any of these books and what you thought of them. Books I Read: Books Reviewed: A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen—review here The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin—review here Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk—review here A Smoking Bun by Ellie Alexander—review here Bye, Baby by Carola…
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wayfind-er · 3 months ago
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Praise to Zeus
O' mighty Zeus, divine Father of the deathless Gods and evanescent Mortals, I praise you.
Friend of Strangers and Refugees; Merciful God of the Sky. He who leads the Fates, giver of wealth and good things, and protector of our homes, I praise you.
From the fertile rain to the crackle of lightning you reign over, to the golden sword you wield, and the gentle wind you bring, I praise you, O' divine King Zeus.
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Image #1: Jupiter Enthroned, Heinrich Friedrich Füger, Image #2: Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Divider by @/vibeswithrenai I don't worship or work with Zeus, so my praise might be a bit awkward. However, I've wanted to do more to honor him in my practice, and this is the first step.
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disabled-dragoon · 1 year ago
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The Disability Library
I love books, I love literature, and I love this blog, but it's only been recently that I've really been given the option to explore disabled literature, and I hate that. When I was a kid, all I wanted was to be able to read about characters like me, and now as an adult, all I want is to be able to read a book that takes us seriously.
And so, friends, Romans, countrymen, I present, a special disability and chronic illness booklist, compiled by myself and through the contributions of wonderful members from this site!
As always, if there are any at all that you want me to add, please just say. I'm always looking for more!
Edit 20/10/2023: You can now suggest books using the google form at the bottom!
Updated: 31/08/2023
Articles and Chapters
The Drifting Language of Architectural Accessibility in Victor Hugo's Notre-Dame de Paris, Essaka Joshua, 2012
Early Modern Literature and Disability Studies, Allison P. Hobgood, David Houston Wood, 2017
How Do You Develop Whole Object Relations as an Adult?, Elinor Greenburg, 2019
Making Do with What You Don't Have: Disabled Black Motherhood in Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents, Anna Hinton, 2018
Necropolitics, Achille Mbeme, 2003 OR Necropolitics, Achille Mbeme, 2019
Wasted Lives: Modernity and Its Outcasts, Zygmunt Bauman, 2004
Witchcraft and deformity in early modern English Literature, Scott Eaton, 2020
Books
Fiction:
Misc:
10 Things I Can See From Here, Carrie Mac
A-F:
A Curse So Dark and Lonely, (Series), Brigid Kemmerer
Akata Witch, (Series), Nnedi Okorafor
A Mango-Shaped Space, Wendy Mass
Ancillary Justice, (Series), Ann Leckie
An Unkindness of Ghosts, Rivers Solomon
An Unseen Attraction, (Series), K. J. Charles
A Shot in the Dark, Victoria Lee
A Snicker of Magic, Natalie Lloyd
A Song of Ice and Fire, (series), George R. R. Martin
A Spindle Splintered, (Series), Alix E. Harrow
A Time to Dance, Padma Venkatraman
Bath Haus, P. J. Vernon
Beasts of Prey, (Series), Ayana Gray
The Bedlam Stacks, (Series), Natasha Pulley
Black Bird, Blue Road, Sofiya Pasternack
Black Sun, (Series), Rebecca Roanhorse
Blood Price, (Series), Tanya Huff
Borderline, (Series), Mishell Baker
Breath, Donna Jo Napoli
The Broken Kingdoms, (Series), N.K. Jemisin
Brute, Kim Fielding
Cafe con Lychee, Emery Lee
Carry the Ocean, (Series), Heidi Cullinan
Challenger Deep, Neal Shusterman
Cinder, (Series), Marissa Meyer
Clean, Amy Reed
Connection Error, (Series), Annabeth Albert
Cosima Unfortunate Steals A Star, Laura Noakes
Crazy, Benjamin Lebert
Crooked Kingdom, (Series), Leigh Bardugo
Daniel Cabot Puts Down Roots, (Series), Cat Sebastian
Daniel, Deconstructed, James Ramos
Dead in the Garden, (Series), Dahlia Donovan
Dear Fang, With Love, Rufi Thorpe
Deathless Divide, (Series), Justina Ireland
The Degenerates, J. Albert Mann
The Doctor's Discretion, E.E. Ottoman
Earth Girl, (Series), Janet Edwards
Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead, Emily R. Austin
The Extraordinaries, (Series), T. J. Klune
The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict, (Series), Trenton Lee Stewart
Fight + Flight, Jules Machias
The Final Girl Support Group, Grady Hendrix
Finding My Voice, (Series), Aoife Dooley
The First Thing About You, Chaz Hayden
Follow My Leader, James B. Garfield
Forever Is Now, Mariama J. Lockington
Fortune Favours the Dead, (Series), Stephen Spotswood
Fresh, Margot Wood
H-0:
Harmony, London Price
Harrow the Ninth, (series), Tamsyn Muir
Hench, (Series), Natalia Zina Walschots
Highly Illogical Behaviour, John Corey Whaley
Honey Girl, Morgan Rogers
How to Become a Planet, Nicole Melleby
How to Bite Your Neighbor and Win a Wager, (Series), D. N. Bryn
How to Sell Your Blood & Fall in Love, (Series), D. N. Bryn
Hunger Pangs: True Love Bites, Joy Demorra
I Am Not Alone, Francisco X. Stork
The Immeasurable Depth of You, Maria Ingrande Mora
In the Ring, Sierra Isley
Into The Drowning Deep, (Series), Mira Grant
Iron Widow, (Series), Xiran Jay Zhao
Izzy at the End of the World, K. A. Reynolds
Jodie's Journey, Colin Thiele
Just by Looking at Him, Ryan O'Connell
Kissing Doorknobs, Terry Spencer Hesser
Lakelore, Anna-Marie McLemore
Learning Curves, (Series), Ceillie Simkiss
Let's Call It a Doomsday, Katie Henry
The Library of the Dead, (Series), TL Huchu
The Lion Hunter, (Series), Elizabeth Wein
Lirael, (Series), Garth Nix
Long Macchiatos and Monsters, Alison Evans
Love from A to Z, (Series), S.K. Ali
Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses, Kristen O'Neal
Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
The Never Tilting World, (Series), Rin Chupeco
The No-Girlfriend Rule, Christen Randall
Nona the Ninth, (series), Tamsyn Muir
Noor, Nnedi Okorafor
Odder Still, (Series), D. N. Bryn
Once Stolen, (Series), D. N. Bryn
One For All, Lillie Lainoff
On the Edge of Gone, Corinne Duyvis
Origami Striptease, Peggy Munson
Our Bloody Pearl, (Series), D. N. Bryn
Out of My Mind, Sharon M. Draper
P-T:
Parable of the Sower, (Series), Octavia E. Butler
Parable of the Talents, (Series), Octavia E. Butler
Percy Jackson & the Olympians, (series), Rick Riordan
Pomegranate, Helen Elaine Lee
The Prey of Gods, Nicky Drayden
The Pursuit Of..., (Series), Courtney Milan
The Queen's Thief, (Series), Megan Whalen Turner
The Quiet and the Loud, Helena Fox
The Raging Quiet, Sheryl Jordan
The Reanimator's Heart, (Series), Kara Jorgensen
The Remaking of Corbin Wale, Joan Parrish
Roll with It, (Series), Jamie Sumner
Russian Doll, (Series), Cristelle Comby
The Second Mango, (Series), Shira Glassman
Scar of the Bamboo Leaf, Sieni A.M
Shaman, (Series), Noah Gordon
Sick Kids in Love, Hannah Moskowitz
The Silent Boy, Lois Lowry
Six of Crows, (Series) Leigh Bardugo
Sizzle Reel, Carlyn Greenwald
The Spare Man, Mary Robinette Kowal
The Stagsblood Prince, (Series), Gideon E. Wood
Stake Sauce, Arc 1: The Secret Ingredient is Love. No, Really, (Series), RoAnna Sylver
Stars in Your Eyes, Kacen Callender [Expected release: Oct 2023]
The Storm Runner, (Series), J. C. Cervantes
Stronger Still, (Series), D. N. Bryn
Sweetblood, Pete Hautman
Tarnished Are the Stars, Rosiee Thor
The Theft of Sunlight, (Series), Intisar Khanani
Throwaway Girls, Andrea Contos
Top Ten, Katie Cotugno
Torch, Lyn Miller-Lachmann
Treasure, Rebekah Weatherspoon
Turtles All the Way Down, John Green
U-Z:
Unlicensed Delivery, Will Soulsby-McCreath Expected release October 2023
Verona Comics, Jennifer Dugan
Vorkosigan Saga, (Series), Lois McMaster Bujold
We Are the Ants, (Series), Shaun David Hutchinson
The Weight of Our Sky, Hanna Alkaf
Whip, Stir and Serve, Caitlyn Frost and Henry Drake
The Whispering Dark, Kelly Andrew
Wicked Sweet, Chelsea M. Cameron
Wonder, (Series), R. J. Palacio
Wrong to Need You, (Series), Alisha Rai
Ziggy, Stardust and Me, James Brandon
Graphic Novels:
A Quick & Easy Guide to Sex & Disability, (Non-Fiction), A. Andrews
Constellations, Kate Glasheen
Dancing After TEN: a graphic memoir, (memoir) (Non-Fiction), Vivian Chong, Georgia Webber
Everything Is an Emergency: An OCD Story in Words Pictures, (memoir) (Non-Fiction), Jason Adam Katzenstein
Frankie's World: A Graphic Novel, (Series), Aoife Dooley
The Golden Hour, Niki Smith
Nimona, N. D. Stevenson
The Third Person, (memoir) (Non-Fiction), Emma Grove
Magazines and Anthologies:
Artificial Divide, (Anthology), Robert Kingett, Randy Lacey
Beneath Ceaseless Skies #175: Grandmother-nai-Leylit's Cloth of Winds, (Article), R. B. Lemburg
Defying Doomsday, (Anthology), edited by Tsana Dolichva and Holly Kench
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish, (short story) (anthology), Seiko Tanabe
Nothing Without Us, edited by Cait Gordon and Talia C. Johnson
Nothing Without Us Too, edited by Cait Gordon and Talia C. Johnson
Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens, (Anthology), edited by Marieke Nijkamp
Uncanny #24: Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction, (Anthology), edited by: Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, Dominik Parisien et al.
Uncanny #30: Disabled People Destroy Fantasy, (Anthology), edited by: Nicolette Barischoff, Lisa M. Bradley, Katharine Duckett
We Shall Be Monsters, edited by Derek Newman-Stille
Manga:
Perfect World, (Series), Rie Aruga
The Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud, (Short Stories), Kuniko Tsurita
Non-Fiction:
Academic Ableism: Disability and Higher Education, Jay Timothy Dolmage
A Disability History of the United States, Kim E, Nielsen
The Architecture of Disability: Buildings, Cities, and Landscapes beyond Access, David Gissen
Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism, Elsa Sjunneson
Black Disability Politics, Sami Schalk
Borderline, Narcissistic, and Schizoid Adaptations: The Pursuit of Love, Admiration, and Safety, Dr. Elinor Greenburg
Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure, Eli Clare
The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Disability, Barker, Clare and Stuart Murray, editors.
The Capacity Contract: Intellectual Disability and the Question of Citizenship, Stacy Clifford Simplican
Capitalism and Disability, Martha Russel
Care work: Dreaming Disability Justice, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Catatonia, Shutdown and Breakdown in Autism: A Psycho-Ecological Approach, Dr Amitta Shah
The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays, Esme Weijun Wang
Crip Kinship, Shayda Kafai
Crip Up the Kitchen: Tools, Tips and Recipes for the Disabled Cook, Jules Sherred
Culture – Theory – Disability: Encounters between Disability Studies and Cultural Studies, Anne Waldschmidt, Hanjo Berressem, Moritz Ingwersen
Decarcerating Disability: Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition, Liat Ben-Moshe
Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally, Emily Ladau
Dirty River: A Queer Femme of Color Dreaming Her Way Home, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Disability Pride: Dispatches from a Post-ADA World, Ben Mattlin
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories From the Twenty-First Century, Alice Wong
Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability and Making Space, Amanda Leduc
Every Cripple a Superhero, Christoph Keller
Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness and Liberation, Eli Clare
Feminist Queer Crip, Alison Kafer
The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Growing Up Disabled in Australia, Carly Findlay
It's Just Nerves: Notes on a Disability, Kelly Davio
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
Language Deprivation & Deaf Mental Health, Neil S. Glickman, Wyatte C. Hall
The Minority Body: A Theory of Disability, Elizabeth Barnes
My Body and Other Crumbling Empires: Lessons for Healing in a World That Is Sick, Lyndsey Medford
No Right to Be Idle: The Invention of Disability, 1840s-1930s, Sarah F. Rose
Nothing About Us Without Us: Disability Oppression and Empowerment, James I. Charlton
The Pedagogy of Pathologization Dis/abled Girls of Color in the School-prison Nexus, Subini Ancy Annamma
Physical Disability in British Romantic Literature, Essaka Joshua
QDA: A Queer Disability Anthology, Raymond Luczak, Editor.
The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability, Jasbir K. Puar
Sitting Pretty, (memoir), Rebecca Taussig
Sounds Like Home: Growing Up Black & Deaf in the South, Mary Herring Wright
Surviving and Thriving with an Invisible Chronic Illness: How to Stay Sane and Live One Step Ahead of Your Symptoms, Ilana Jacqueline
The Things We Don't Say: An Anthology of Chronic Illness Truths, Julie Morgenlender
Uncanny Bodies: Superhero Comics and Disability, Scott T. Smith, José Alaniz 
Uncomfortable Labels: My Life as a Gay Autistic Trans Woman, (memoir), Laura Kate Dale
Unmasking Autism, Devon Price
The War on Disabled People: Capitalism, Welfare and the Making of a Human Catastrophe, Ellen Clifford
We've Got This: Essays by Disabled Parents, Eliza Hull
Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life, (memoir) (essays) Alice Wong
Picture Books:
A Day With No Words, Tiffany Hammond, Kate Cosgrove-
A Friend for Henry, Jenn Bailey, Mika Song
Ali and the Sea Stars, Ali Stroker, Gillian Reid
All Are Welcome, Alexandra Penfold, Suzanne Kaufman
All the Way to the Top, Annette Bay Pimentel, Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins, Nabi Ali
Can Bears Ski?, Raymond Antrobus, Polly Dunbar
Different -- A Great Thing to Be!, Heather Alvis, Sarah Mensinga
Everyone Belongs, Heather Alvis, Sarah Mensinga
I Talk Like a River, Jordan Scott, Sydney Smith
Jubilee: The First Therapy Horse and an Olympic Dream, K. T. Johnson, Anabella Ortiz
Just Ask!, Sonia Sotomayor, Rafael López
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Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland
"He is trying to protect me, in the simple way men are always trying to protect women: by stealing away their freedom."
Year Read: 2022
Rating: 4/5
About: There are spoilers ahead for Dread Nation. After the fall of Summerland, Jane, Katherine and the remaining survivors are forced to flee to a nearby town called Nicodemus. They've been warned that it isn't as safe as it appears though, and it isn't long before the threats they faced in Summerland are on their doorstep. All Jane wanted was to get to California to find her mother, but revenge is almost as tempting. Trigger warnings: character death (on-page, graphic), body horror, amputation, violence, guns, racism (countered).
Thoughts: Historical novels aren't really my jam even with zombies in them, so I had some trouble getting into Dread Nation. In an unexpected twist, I enjoyed Deathless Divide a lot more. The pacing is better overall, the plots are more compelling, and the characters are just as vibrant and nuanced. It feels like both Jane and Katherine have really grown into themselves in this book, and I love the contrast and the friendship between them. Not a lot of novels are so heavily focused on a friendship (rather than a romance, or sometimes even family) as the main relationship, and Jane and Katherine's is the heart of Deathless Divide. They make each other better and have each other's backs, whether the threat is outward or internal.
Things lag a bit in the middle when they first arrive at Nicodemus, and there's a little too much buildup there before things take off in a major way. I'm usually against splitting up characters (because it takes hundreds of pages to bring them back together), but in this case I think it's necessary for the development. I enjoyed seeing more of the unique America that Ireland has shaped through an ever-present zombie plague and, as always, the way race plays a role in all of it. It's well-plotted with a couple of unexpected turns, and overall makes for an exciting ride. I'd recommend it even for people who weren't quite sure about the first book.
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daniellesreadingnook · 10 months ago
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"Dread Nation" and "Deathless Divide" by Justina Ireland
Book(s): "Dread Nation" (2018), "Deathless Divide" (2020)
Author: Justina Ireland
Publisher: Balzer and Bray/ Harper Collins
Summary: about a 17-year-old girl named Jane McKeene, during the late 1800s, who is at a school for girls of color to learn how to fight and kill zombies that were risen from the dead. Well, as fate would have it, there are twists and turns no one expected, and Jane must figure out how to survive.
In all honesty, historical fiction is not a genre I normally read. However, I liked this duology. It is filled with fighting, inner conflict, love, although this is not the focal point. The progression of the series is good. I had no problems with that. I wish that there was a little more after the end of the second book: "Deathless Divide."
This is all my opinion. I actually want this duology to have more of a following. These books have potential to have a larger fanbase.
I recommend reading "Dread Nation" and "Deathless Divide." With all the twists and turns, you won't be disappointed.
Rate: 7.9/10
Happy Reading!!
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