#Maggie Gladstone

[wordsbyparker]

New character art reveal for Renegade's Shadow!!

Meet Scott Harris and Daniel and Maggie Gladstone! Art by the fabulous @palilious !

Audio RP for the art reveal here: https://youtu.be/bPzNDb6Uj-I

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Book names + authors under the cut

Ronan Lynch/Adam Parrish- The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater

Red/Blue- This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone

Nico di Angelo/Will Solace- Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan

[silverdawnarrow]

EGL London spring tea meet at the Tea House Theatre today. This cafe was an absolute delight, in no small part thanks to the two resident cats. I got a cream tea and the scone was huge! Definitely got my money's worth with that one. The weather was surprisingly nice after all the rain we've had; I didn't even need my coat! My coord is all BTSSB aside from offbrand shoes and rings from Enchantlic Enchantilly and Osewaya.

[fandom]

Books

Huge congrats to The Iliad. It's only taken 3,000 years. This list is brought to you by Tor Publishing Group, which you're probably familiar with, given what tops the list this year.

The Locked Tomb series +3 by Tamsyn Muir

The Percy Jackson & the Olympians series -1 by Rick Riordan

The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

The Six of Crows duology +3 by Leigh Bardugo

Dracula -3 by Bram Stoker

The Warrior Cats series -1 by Erin Hunter

A Song of Ice and Fire -1 by George R. R. Martin

The All for the Game series by Nora Sakavic

The Discworld series +7 by Terry Pratchett

A Court of Thorns and Roses series +3 by Sarah J. Maas

The Silmarillion -1 by J. R. R. Tolkien

Pride And Prejudice -3 by Jane Austen

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

The Raven Cycle series +3 by Maggie Stiefvater

The Sun and the Star by Rick Riordan & Mark Oshiro

The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice

Wings Of Fire +9 by Tui T. Sutherland

The Secret History -7 by Donna Tartt

The Trials of Apollo series -4 by Rick Riordan

The Iliad +10 by Homer

The Odyssey +24 by Homer

The Folk in the Air series -8 by Holly Black

The Animorphs series +5 by K. A. Applegate

The Stormlight Archive +8 by Brandon Sanderson

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

Moby Dick +24 by Herman Melville

1984 +6 by George Orwell

Fables by Bill Willingham

The Diaries of Franz Kafka by Franz Kafka

The Song of Achilles -10 by Madeline Miller

The Last Hours series by Cassandra Clare

The Simon Snow series -10 by Rainbow Rowell

The Throne of Glass series +13 by Sarah J. Maas

Nimona by ND Stevenson

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard +6 by Rick Riordan

The Bell Jar -15 by Sylvia Plath

The Dreamer trilogy +6 by Maggie Stiefvater

The Shadowhunter Chronicles -15 by Cassandra Clare

The Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone

Captive Prince -1 by C. S. Pacat

The Twilight Saga -7 by Stephanie Meyer

The Sandman by Neil Gaiman

The Deltora Quest series by Jennifer Rowe

Romeo and Juliet -8 by William Shakespeare

The Far Side by Gary Larson

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde +2 by Robert Lewis Stevenson

Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

The Picture of Dorian Gray -31 by Oscar Wilde

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

The number in italics indicates how many spots a title moved up or down from the previous year. Bolded titles weren’t on the list last year.

[mnyd]

blue and red. bluets — maggie nelson / @/scuderiafemboy / leclerc and verstappen say they share mutual respect despite having 'hated' each other during karting days / abu dhabi grand prix 2023 — @/makeagif / verstappen wins abu dhabi grand prix 2023 — @/visualvocabulary33 / this is how you lose the time war — amal el-mohtar & max gladstone / yves olade — slaughterhouse / max verstappen: my guide to the grid - in a unique interview the reigning world champion gives his verdicts on the pretenders to his crown ahead of the F1 season opener at bahrain this weekend / verstppen denies leclerc first win in dramatic austrian gp climax

[read-alert]

Queer books for every color!

Full titles under the cut!

Red

I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes from the End of the World by Kai Cheng Thom

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee

The Future is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Aquicorn Cove by K O'Neill

Orange

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee

When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

Ma and Me by Putsata Reang

Yellow

Home by Danez Smith

The Unbroken by CL Clark

Mooncakes by Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker

Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

The Lesbianas Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Green

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Finna by Nino Cipri

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger

In the Dreamhouse by Carmen Maria Machado

Blue

How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole

Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis

Black Water Sister by Zen Cho

This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Our Bloody Pearl by DN Bryn

Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett

Purple

Eight Kinky Nights by Xan West

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time edited by Hope Nicholson

Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel by Julian K Jarobe

The Witch King by HE Edgmon

We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film by Tre'vell Anderson

[viola-bicolor]

Sapphic Summer: reading a bunch of lesbian and wlw books this summer

Recently, I've figured out that I am a lesbian, and not bisexual, as I had thought for a while. Additionally, I read a couple of wlw/lesbian/sapphic books earlier this month and I now have this insatiable thirst to keep reading wlw books. While I've definitely read other wlw books, most of the books I've read have not been sapphic, so it was kind of a breath of fresh air. So, this summer, I'm going to try to read as much lesbian literature as possible, while still continuing to read and center books on Palestine/by Palestinian authors (not that those two are mutually exclusive, hello intersectionality, but you get my meaning).

wlw/lesbian books I've read thus far this summer:

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat

Books in progress:

A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown

TBR:

We Are Okay by Nina LaCour

This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin

Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth

Milk Fed by Melissa Broder

The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson

The Adult by Bronwyn Fischer

Some books I've read this summer that are by lesbian/queer authors, but that weren't necessarily sapphic/queer themselves:

Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Y Davis, Frank Barat, and Cornel West

Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

Let's see how much of this I can get through! please lmk if you have any suggestions for my TBR!

[bellasbookclub]

We asked you for summer reading book recs and y'all delivered!

But did anyone else catch that a few books were recced by multiple people, and a few authors had multiple books recommended?

These books were recced at least twice:

Twice in 2024:

In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan

Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

Twice+ 2023-4:

This Is How You Lose The Time War by Max Gladstone & Amal El-Mohtar

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (recced by 4 people!)

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

These seven authors had at least two of their books recommended:

Tamsyn Muir

Terry Pratchett

Stephen Graham Jones

Martha Wells

Brandon Sanderson

Maggie Stiefvater

Neil Gaiman

What do we think, BBC? Have you read these books and authors? Are any of them on your list for the '24 Summer Reading Challenge?

[oswlld]

oswlld's monthly wrap up: april

note: i am trying something a bit different this year, so bear with me as i figure out how i want to format this. i wanted to spend more time sharing what i consume, beyond what i rb, and put my thoughts in one place. these posts are okay to rb

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This Is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone [started 04/04, finished 04/09] *drags my hands down my face until the end of time* I want to meet you in every place I ever loved. I want to meet you in every place I ever loved. I want to meet you in every place I ever loved. I want to meet you in every place I ever loved. I want to meet you in every place I ever loved. I WANT TO MEET YOU!!!! IN EVERY PLACE I EVER LOVED!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4.75⭐️ in storygraph. — Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell [started 04/12, in prog] I am about 100 pages in and still not sure if I want to keep going or DNF it. idk what isn’t sticking because the writing is beautiful and the pacing is great. And I do care about the characters, I really do. I love the way the author borrows from future grief, it’s what I am enjoying most about this read so far. Maybe I’ll give it 50 more pages and see if it finally sticks.

23.5 Degrees, GMMTV [started: 03/08, ongoing] As mentioned, I am caught up on eps 3-8. I’ll likely not be able to watch it live in may but I will be keeping up with the series til the end. It’s so lighthearted and charming! Not sure how they managed this, but I am constantly surprised by the character group dynamics. It’s def due to the great chemistry everyone has with literally everyone. I need NEED to discuss the score of this show because it’s IMMACULATE. The celestial themes, from the props all the way down to the music, is so rich. I’m so excited to see how this story unravels. — Devil’s Plan [started: 04/23, ongoing] This is a bestie pick, a show my best friend chose to have us watch on our facetime calls. We are 1.5 eps in and it’s a grower. The first game is hella complex and we’re slowly picking up on what’s happening. The people on this show are incredibly intelligent, so I feel like I have to work extra hard to keep up. It does feel rewarding, I’m hooked.

Oppenheimer, Peacock [watched on 04/05] I am a self-proclaimed Nolan girlie, I’ll admit it. I do enjoy his work and the many ways he translates time into film. When I wrote this, it had been a few days since I watched it and I still think abt the little moments that blew me away. Moments like the accentuated dust particles, how the coloring of the movie can be an unreliable narrator, and the utilization of a crowded hall stomping their feet to create tension. The last eight minutes still haunts me. I find more value in the technical side of film, but I will give credit when credit is due: every award Cillian Murphy got this season was so well earned. He carried all three hours of that film with such powerful quietude. And lastly, my heart now belongs to Jennifer Lame. Upon seeing her accept the award for Best Film Editing for Oppenheimer, I have come to learn that she also edited Tenet. HER MIND!!! She has such a bright future ahead of her, to be up there with the minds of Thelma Schoonmaker and Anne V Coates. — Yellow Door: ’90s Lo-Fi Film Club [watched on 04/14] This film needs to be studied in film school. It’s incredibly meta in some ways, having renown directors be the subjects, talking about their passion for film. The production being so stylized and the editing feels very reminiscent of Our Beloved Summer, with the way the found footage and the aspect ratios are intertwined with current day quality shots. This film will hit everyone right in the millennial. A true surprise for me is discovering that Bong Joon Ho and I are more alike that I had originally thought. The way he speaks in casual conversation and his story of setting strict rules for their film collection had me hollering because SAME. The most jessi thing he recounted was how all the VHS tapes were labelled. Yellow Door is somehow the opposite of the "doesn’t take itself too seriously" mentality; it’s actually so great that they made the film like that. By fully immersing us with gorgeous cinematography, cheeky editing sequences, and lush music to tug at your heartstrings, it bewitches you into loving film as much as they did. And still do.

Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé [relisten] I’ve given this several good cycles to confirm my first impressions: it’s def one of her most cohesive albums to date and still stands as a spectacular album. This passion project of hers takes such great care and attention to the voices she amplifies. I can feel the hunger, the innate need for her to make this album. If you haven’t heard how this album came to be, I insist you take the time to educate yourselves. It makes the listening experience so much more empowering. Good for her… GOOD. FOR. HER!! Current favs: Ameriican Requiem, 16 Carriages, Bodyguard, Jolene, Spaghettii, Ya Ya, Desert Eagle, II Hands II Heaven, and Sweet/Honey/Buckin’. — Older, Lizzy McAlpine [first time listening] Coming off the heels of my Five Seconds Flat hyperfixation last year, I haphazardly went into Older hoping its a natural progression in production value. I was shocked that it turned out to be a completely different sound. I soon learned that she actually didn’t really like how Five Seconds Flat was produced because it didn’t feel true to her as an artist. Tbh I was feeling a little lost after the first listen but after digesting this new info, I went back into it and appreciated it a lot more. In fact, the third listen was when I realized that it gave off the same energy as Laufey. I’m excited to listen to it again soon. — Stick Season: Forever, Noah Kahan [first time listening] Having stumbled on all the collabs on Alexa earlier this year, Forever was the only new song for me from his latest release. I’m OBSESSED with this song!!!! The way his voice carries the entire weight of every hurt inside me and just takes it away. Something healed in me. I play it in the car every time I leave the house. I cry in the car every time I leave the house. — The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift [first time listening, standard vinyl ed.] I am going to get this out of the way and say that this album is great. Just great. I understand more than ever why she felt the need to make this album. Having only listened to the standard version a couple times and the anthology twice through, I sit here in this kind of… discomfort. And I’m kind of okay with that feeling. But… it pains me that I can’t share this album with some people in my life and it’s largely due to how she depicts her struggles with people with mental illness/addiction. It’s one, if not the biggest, strike I have against this album and by extension, her. Songs cycling in my head: Down Bad, So Long London, Guilty as Sin?, Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?, loml, imgonnagetyouback, Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus, How Did It End?, I Look in People’s Windows, The Prophecy, Peter, and The Manuscript.

EXPO Chicago [attended 04/13] Yes, I am doxxing myself a bit if you didn’t already know. During college, I used to attend EXPO yearly and occasionally went back long after I finished school. I haven’t attended in a long time, so I made it my goal to attend this year. And I had a blast! My mother tagged along and she’s not one to attend shows like this or art museums in general. It was a beautiful day trip to the city and it was nice to have her company. She mostly trailed behind and took pics of me as I floated around the exhibition hall. I have 50+ artists I tracked on my phone to actively research in my spare time. I sat in on one of the panel talks (ON COLOR), discussing color theory in today’s bipoc landscape. I took so much away from that conversation, it was very charged. I'm kinda obsessed with Alteronce Gumby, I need to do an artist deepdive on his work. — Coachella [watched from 04/12 to 04/14] I work for a big tech company and one of the biggest events to be on standby for is Coachella. I had to be on call for Friday and was backup support for Sunday lineups. Thus, Saturday was the only day I could sit back and relax while watching. My first time lineups included: Hatsune Miku, Peso Pluma, Late Night Drive Home, Jon Batiste, Ateez, le Sserafim, Purple Disco Machine, Bleachers, No Doubt, 88rising Futures, and Latin Mafia. Of all of the performances, I want to take a full deep dive into Ateez and Peso Pluma’s discography in the near future.

[literarilylost]

2024 reading thread

His Face All Red by Emily Caroll (★★★★☆)

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon (DNF)

The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1) by Rick Riordan (★★★★☆)*

The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #2) by Rick Riordan (★★★★★)*

The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #3) by Rick Riordan (★★★★☆)*

The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #4) by Rick Riordan (★★★★☆)*

The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #5) by Rick Riordan (★★★★★)*

The Secret History by Donna Tartt (★★★★☆)*

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games #0) by Suzanne Collins (★★★★★)

Comet in Moominland (Mumintrollen #2) by Tove Jansson (★★★★☆)

Huda F Are You? by Huda Fahmy (★★★★☆)

This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone (★☆☆☆☆)

An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley (★★★★★)

Tress of the Emerald Sea (Cosmere #28) by Brandon Sanderson (★★★★☆)

Huda F Cares? by Huda Fahmy (★★★☆☆)

The Orange and Other Poems by Wendy Cope (★★★★☆)

Desified by Zaynah Din (★★★★☆)

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna (★★★☆☆)

Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs by Henry Carroll (★★★★★)

Smart Phone Smart Photography by Jo Bradford (★★★★☆)

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (★★★★★)

Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs of Places by Henry Carroll (★★★★☆)

Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs of People by Henry Carroll (★★★★☆)

Percy Jackson and the Sword of Hades by Rick Riordan (★★★☆☆)

Poison by Roald Dahl (★★★☆☆)

The Book of Bill by Alex Hirsch et al. (★★★★☆)

Gravity Falls: Journal 3 by Alex Hirsch et al. (★★★★☆)

Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror collected by Jordan Peele (★★☆☆☆)

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (★★★★☆)

Gravity Falls: Lost Legends by Alex Hirsch (★★★☆☆)

Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega (★★★☆☆)

Weyward by Emilia Hart (★★★★★)

The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle #1) by Maggie Steifvater (★★★★★)*

The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle #2) by Maggie Steifvater (★★★☆☆)*

Blue Lily, Lily Blue (The Raven Cycle #3) by Maggie Steifvater (★★★★★)*

The Raven King (The Raven Cycle #4) by Maggie Steifvater (★★★☆☆)*

Opal (The Raven Cycle #4.5) by Maggie Steifvater (★★★☆☆)*

Call Down the Hawk (The Dreamer Trilogy #1) by Maggie Steifvater (★★★☆☆)

Mister Impossible (The Dreamer Trilogy #2) by Maggie Steifvater (★★★☆☆)

Greywaren (The Dreamer Trilogy #3) by Maggie Steifvater (★★★★☆)

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (★★★★★)

Spear By Nicola Griffith (★★☆☆☆)

The Sea Cloak and Other Stories by Nayrouz Qarmout (★★☆☆☆)

The Houseguest and Other Stories by Amparo Dávila (trans. Matthew Gleeson) (★★★☆☆)

A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet #1) by Madeleine L'Engle (★★☆☆☆)

*reread

[secret-third-thing]

Time to reorder my TBR

I will be choosing the top 3-4.

[thequeerlibrarian]

JOMP Challenge | January 31 | Read in January

1. The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater - 4.75/5

2. Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare - 5/5

3. Star Wars: Darth Vader by Kieron Gillen & Salvador Larocca - 4/5

4. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - 4/5

5. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - 5/5

6. Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett - 4/5

7. Yellowface by R.F. Kuang - 5/5

8. Star Wars: Master of Disguise by Jude Watson - 4/5

9. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig - 4.75/5

10. The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur - 4/5

11. Dann bin ich eben weg by Christine Fehér - 4/5

12. Wintergirls by Laurie Anderson - 5/5

13. This is How You Lose the Time War by Gladstone & El-Mohtar - 2.75/5

14. Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur - 3.75/5

15. Der Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse - 5/5

16. The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic - 5/5

17. The Raven King by Nora Sakavic - 5/5

18. The King's Men by Nora Sakavic - 5/5

19. Der Prozeß by Franz Kafka - 4/5

[mortemhq]

[ ANONYMOUS ASKED ... ] MW fcs?

OF COURSE, ANON! sorry that this took so long. i just wanted to make sure i had a lot of suggestions for you! buckle up for a big list! i'd love to see: emma d'arcy, quintessa swindell, dua saleh, poppy liu, asia kate dillon, lizeth selene, emma corrin, janelle monae, yaya dacosta, liv hewson, celeste o'connor, zion moreno, aj clementine, jessie mei li, serena motola, mimi keene, nana komatsu, davika hoorne, chase sui wonders, maia reficco, chandler kinney, zaria simone, ayo edebiri, lola tung, anya chalotra, maggie q, benjamin bratt, jaz sinclair, laura harrier, zendaya, courtney eaton, hunter schafer, jessica henwick, medalion rahimi, simone ashley, khadijha red thunder, zion moreno, amita suman, olivia cooke, ella purnell, sophie thatcher, yasmin finney, rachel zegler, bruna marquezine, taylor russell, alisha boe, antonia gentry, ashley moore, naomi scott, natasha liu bordizzo, melis sezen, hande ercel, aslihan malbora, havana rose liu, amy adams, jessica alexander, grace van dien, danielle rose russell, sarah snook, adria arjona, ayo edebiri, bahar sahin, jasmin savoy brown, anne hathaway, michelle yeoh, anya taylor-joy, lucy liu, viola davis, ming na wen, sandra oh, gemma chan, maddie phillips, park sooyoung, jamie chung, tati gabrielle, sydney park, hoyeon jung, brittany o'grady, lily gladstone, savannah lee smith, nicola coughlan, greta onieogou, kylie verzosa, moon gayoung, madeleine madden, ni ni, alba flores, gugu mbatha raw, adeline rudolph, cierra ramirez, kiki layne, ryan destiny, zoey luna, lovie simone, blu hunt, park sooyoung, im jinah, samantha logan, tessa thompson, mint ranchwaree, yara shahidi, zorzo natharuetai, sobhita dhulipala, mookda narinrak, namtan tipnaree, nychaa nuttanicha, pat chayanit, nadine lustre, wawwa nicha, maris racal, ayca aysin turan, may calamawy, megan suri, banita sandhu, priscilla quintana, brianne tju, melis pamuk, camila mendes, demet ozdemir, sophia ali, bree kish, maddison bailey, jeremy allen white, tamino amir, mena massoud, archie renaux, evan mock, dev patel, taylor zakhar perez, tommy martinez, maxence danet fauvel, rege jean page, kiowa gordon, d'pharaoh woon-a-tai, derek luh, apo nattawin, tom blyth, freddy carter, deniz can aktas, emre bey, ilhan sen, josh o'connor, mike faist, joseph quinn, manny jacinto, callum turner, alex landi, barry keoughan, paul mescal, rami malek, simone baldasseroni, woo dohwan, yahya abdul mateen ii, mason gooding, cody christian, michael evans behling, jordan gonzalez, drew ray tanner, ito hideaki, peter gadiot, gong yoo, michael b jordan, hugh dancy, ben whishaw, swann arlaud, froy gutierrez, alex meraz, emilio sakraya, rahul kohli, oscar isaac, peter gadiot, jonathan daviss, danny ramirez, kento yamazaki, omar sy, cillian murphy, oliver jackson-cohen, brian michael smith, idris elba, william jackson harper, and lewis tan.

[slutforwings]

books i read in 2023 that i recommend :) mainly because i am trying to find new books to read in the 'book rec' tag and none of these people give summaries so I shall bravely do it instead for others!

wrong place wrong time - gillian mcallister (mystery)

Blurb: a woman sees her son killing someone in front of her, then wakes up the next morning only to realise it's the day before the murder. she keeps traveling back in time, unraveling the reason for the murder and trying to stop it along the way Review: i misread the back and thought it was gonna be a time loop but this was even better actually. i fucking devoured this book it was so compelling. i tend to devour mystery books like these regardless of their well-writtenness but this was genuinely really good and tied up everything neatly at the end.

autobiography of a corpse - sigizmund krzhizhanovsky (short stories)

Blurb: bunch of fantastical short stories like about the people living in your pupil, a society that deals in anger and malcontent, a guy trying to bite his elbow Review: this book made me realise i love short stories, but then it turned out i mainly love THIS GUY'S short stories. they were just that good. slavic writers are built different

the secret history - donna tartt (psychological fiction)

Blurb: cult group of pretentious college kids study greek and turn it into a personality trait. also theyre gonna conspire to kill one of their own and then try to hide it Review: all of these characters are cunts and i love them so much. do not believe the dark academia girlies peddling this book, these people are stupid and pretentious and morally corrupt and theyre SO MUCH FUN!! the internal monologues are fantastic, i want to study Dick's brain. its a very Long book and absolutely takes its time and yet it does not feel like any parts are really unnecessary. really good.

this is how you lose the time war - amal el-mohtar & max gladstone (sci-fi)

Blurb: two time travelers from opposing agencies each have a mission (the mission involves historic meddling through time travel but is honestly not as important) and keep encountering each other and leaving letters to taunt, falling in love throughout the story Review: listen i saw that tweet 'do not look up anything about this book and just read it' and i did and i had zero regrets. i bought the paperback after reading the ebook bc it was just that good. beautiful prose, fantastic worldbuilding that is sometimes only hinted at but everything made me go !!! can you tell i love time travel.

notes on an execution - danya kukafka (pyschological fiction)

Blurb: serial killer on death row recounts his life, as well as pov of the police officer that investigated the cases and got him in jail + pov's of the family of the victims Review: incredible story about family, morality and love. raises a lot of questions about criminals and 'evil' and does not answer them because that's the whole point. insane quotes too. also very vivid storytelling in the way that i could picture all the locations perfectly despite them not being described in detail. i think it was due to the intense Vibe

bunny - mona awad (uh. horror?)

Blurb: um. goth/'not like other girls' girl gets indoctrinated into joins a cult group of really girly girls that all call each other bunny and have kind of weird rituals meetings. Review: listen. i hate when people do this to me but. just read it. if you're a fan of magical realism and cult-y things, you're in for a treat. this book made me bike home in a daze. i love stream of consciousness where you as the reader are just as lost as the character! i love you bunny!

instructions for a heatwave - maggie o'farrel (fiction)

Blurb: a pensioned father leaves the house for his newspaper and then doesnt return. all the children are gathered by the mother to try and figure out what the fuck happened. Review: not so much a 'hey where'd he go' as it is a rumination on family and unconditional love. ofc theres some family secrets that get revealed but i found it more interesting to watch the family dynamic and the changes the secrets brought to it. bittersweet :)

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What we read in 2022!

In order: 1. This is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone 2. The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula Le Guin 3. Gideon The Ninth - Tamsyn Muir 4. Ancillary Justice - Ann Leckie 5. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers 6. Haunted Bauhaus: Occult Spirituality, Gender Fluidity, Queer Identities - Elizabeth Otto 7. The Argonauts - Maggie Nelson 8. She Who Became the Sun - Shelley Parker-Chan 9. Buffalo is the New Buffalo - Chelsea Vowel

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MW fcs

Se prepara porque a lista é longa: quintessa swindell, dua saleh, poppy liu, asia kate dillon, lizeth selene, emma corrin, janelle monae, yaya dacosta, liv hewson, celeste o'connor, zion moreno, aj clementine, jessie mei li, serena motola, mimi keene, nana komatsu, davika hoorne, chase sui wonders, maia reficco, chandler kinney, zaria simone, ayo edebiri, lola tung, anya chalotra, maggie q, benjamin bratt, jaz sinclair, laura harrier, zendaya, courtney eaton, hunter schafer, jessica henwick, medalion rahimi, simone ashley, khadijha red thunder, zion moreno, amita suman, ella purnell, sophie thatcher, yasmin finney, rachel zegler, bruna marquezine, taylor russell, alisha boe, antonia gentry, ashley moore, naomi scott, natasha liu bordizzo, melis sezen, hande ercel, aslihan malbora, amy adams, jessica alexander, grace van dien, danielle rose russell, sarah snook, adria arjona, ayo edebiri, bahar sahin, jasmin savoy brown, anne hathaway, michelle yeoh, anya taylor-joy, lucy liu, viola davis, ming na wen, sandra oh, gemma chan, maddie phillips, park sooyoung, jamie chung, tati gabrielle, sydney park, hoyeon jung, brittany o'grady, lily gladstone, savannah lee smith, nicola coughlan, greta onieogou, kylie verzosa, moon gayoung, madeleine madden, ni ni, alba flores, gugu mbatha raw, adeline rudolph, cierra ramirez, kiki layne, ryan destiny, zoey luna, lovie simone, blu hunt, park sooyoung, im jinah, samantha logan, tessa thompson, mint ranchwaree, yara shahidi, zorzo natharuetai, sobhita dhulipala, mookda narinrak, namtan tipnaree, nychaa nuttanicha, pat chayanit, nadine lustre, wawwa nicha, maris racal, ayca aysin turan, may calamawy, megan suri, banita sandhu, priscilla quintana, brianne tju, melis pamuk, camila mendes, demet ozdemir, sophia ali, bree kish, maddison bailey, jeremy allen white, tamino amir, mena massoud, archie renaux, evan mock, dev patel, taylor zakhar perez, tommy martinez, maxence danet fauvel, rege jean page, kiowa gordon, d'pharaoh woon-a-tai, derek luh, apo nattawin, tom blyth, freddy carter, deniz can aktas, emre bey, ilhan sen, josh o'connor, mike faist, joseph quinn, manny jacinto, callum turner, alex landi, barry keoughan, paul mescal, rami malek, simone baldasseroni, woo do hwan, yahya abdul mateen ii, mason gooding, cody christian, michael evans behling, jordan gonzalez, drew ray tanner, ito hideaki, peter gadiot, gong yoo, michael b jordan, hugh dancy, ben whishaw, swann arlaud, froy gutierrez, alex meraz, emilio sakraya, rahul kohli, oscar isaac, peter gadiot, jonathan daviss, danny ramirez, kento yamazaki, omar sy, cillian murphy, oliver jackson-cohen, brian michael smith, idris elba, william jackson harper, lewis tan.