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Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Romances: January-June 2025

So Not My Type by Dana Hawkins (January 5th) Sophie Black has clawed her way up from coffee runs to project manager at a top Seattle ad agency. She’s laser-focused on her career—until the CEO’s daughter, Ella Northwood, joins the team. Forced to work together on a high-stakes campaign, sparks fly as Sophie’s scrappy determination clashes with Ella’s polished privilege. But there’s more to both…

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THAT SUMMER FEELING - BRIDGET MORRISSEY

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐⭐️

That Summer Feeling is a fun sapphic romance. Garland and Stevie were likable and had great chemistry.  Overall I enjoyed it! It made me want to go back to adult summer camp (let’s go A-Camp!), and I had a good time with the story but felt it started a little slowly to earn that last star.  

Thanks to Berkley Publishing Group for an eARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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Blog Tour & Arc Review: That Summer Feeling by Bridget Morrissey

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Publication Date: May 30, 2023

Welcome to the That Summer Feeling book tour with Berkley Publishing Group. (This blog tour post is also posted on my Wordpress book review blog Whimsical Dragonette.)

Synopsis:

Turns out you're never too old for a summer camp romance. Or a change of heart. When a divorced woman attends a sleepaway camp for adults only, she reconnects with a man from her past--only to catch feelings for his sister instead. Garland Moore used to believe in magic, the power of optimism, and signs from the universe. Then her husband surprised her with divorce papers over Valentine's Day dinner. Now Garland isn't sure what to believe anymore, except that she's clearly never meant to love again. When new friends invite her to spend a week at their reopened sleepaway camp, she and her sister decide it's an opportunity to enjoy the kind of summer getaway they never had as kids. If Garland still believed in signs, this would sure seem like one. Summer camp is a chance to let go of her past and start fresh. Nestled into the picturesque Blue Ridge Mountains, Camp Carl Cove provides the exact escape Garland always dreamed of, until she runs into Mason--the man she had a premonition about after one brief meeting years ago. No matter how she tries to run, the universe appears determined to bring love back into Garland's life. She even ends up rooming with Mason's sister Stevie, a vibrant former park ranger who is as charming as she is competitive. The more time Garland spends with Stevie, the more the signs confuse her. The stars are aligning in a way Garland never could have predicted. Amid camp tournaments and moonlit dances, Garland continues to be pulled toward the beautiful blonde outdoorswoman who makes her laugh and swoon. Summer camp doesn't last forever, but if Garland can learn to trust her heart, the love she finds there just might.

Author Bio:

Bridget Morrissey lives in Los Angeles, California, but hails from Oak Forest, Illinois. When she’s not writing, she can be found coaching gymnastics or headlining concerts in her living room. Her website can be found here.

Her upcoming adult novel, THAT SUMMER FEELING, releases on May 30, 2023. Her last two adult romances, A THOUSAND MILES and LOVE SCENES, as well as her first two YA novels, WHAT YOU LEFT ME and WHEN THE LIGHT WENT OUT, are all available now.

She is represented by Taylor Haggerty of Root Literary.

image credit: Goodreads

My Rating: ★★★★★

*My Review and Favorite Quotes below the cut.

My Review:

I loved this cute summer romance. The characters were fun and quirky and believable, and who doesn't want to read about thirty-somethings falling in love at their first experience of summer camp?

Garland was a great main character and I really sympathized with her. She had banked on a happy-ever-after only to find out it wasn't and end up living with her sister and driving for a ride-share program and not knowing what to do with her life. Her sister Dara was also great and I would read more about her for sure. They were both grappling with their childhood dreams of love not turning out like they'd expected and learning to embrace their choices.

I loved Stevie and her brothers. They were vibrant and boisterous and they obviously loved each other very much. They swept Garland up into the family dynamic she'd always needed and it was really sweet.

The love story was adorable and a great way to allow Garland to let go of her past expectations and embrace what she truly wanted. I was 100% there for it and I'm so happy with how it turned out. I also love the way the experience of finally getting to go to summer camp helped the sisters embrace their quirks and become more confident in themselves.

Reading this made me want to go to summer camp too. It all felt very real, and the next best thing to going myself.

*Thanks to NetGalley and Berkley for providing an early copy for review.

Favorite Quotes:

She wore athletic apparel with conviction. It looked like a carefully considered ensemble on her, not something you tossed on to exercise.

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“This is even better than I anticipated, and I anticipated a lot.”

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She could do a great impression of me. It made me feel understood in a different way than I’d ever felt before. Most people picked up on my optimism. Stevie captured my vulnerability. The worries I hid behind the hope I projected.

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She still smelled like a cherished memory. Like I’d known her all my life, but somehow I’d forgotten her until today.

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My heart ached harder. As if little construction workers lived in there and they’d started building something new without a permit.

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I enjoyed being liked, but I wanted a more accurate version of me to be seen, and I wasn’t the person I’d packed into this luggage.

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She made me afraid to blink, because to miss even a single second was to miss something revelatory.

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I would dance with her until the music stopped. Even then, if she wanted to keep going, I’d create music for us.

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“You can be a different you tomorrow. You can also own the person you are today. You don’t have to hide away because you might one day change.”

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Book Review: That Summer Feeling by Bridget Morrissey

TWS: Divorce, difficult parental relationships

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Garland Moore is heartbroken when her husband of two years gives her divorce papers on Valentine’s Day, especially since it comes as a complete shock to her. When her new friends invite her to Camp Carl Cove, their newly reopened adult sleepaway camp in the Blus Ridge Mountains, Garland jumps at the opportunity to reinvent herself and let go of her ex-husband. She lets go a little more than she bargained for when she falls for her roommate, Stevie.

The book’s premise is amazing. An adult summer camp?? Sapphic romance?? Yes!! I liked the characters and I enjoyed watching them do various camp activities and bond with each other. I also liked Stevie and her three brothers.

The romance was sweet, but it was definitely insta-love, which is a trope I can’t get behind. How can you fall in love with someone after you’ve only known them for six days? How can you even come to terms with your sexuality in six days? I understand that crushes can develop quickly, but not full-blown love.

Another thing that bothered me was actually one of the core aspects of the book. At the beginning, Garland has a vision of herself with Mason, Stevie’s brother. And then people just accept that?? I’m all for fantasy, when it’s actually in the fantasy genre, but her vision was weird and kind of irrelevant to a lot of the story.

Although I said I liked the characters (and I do) they were only written about on a very surface level. We know things about them, vaguely, but we don’t get that much insight into their personalities or stories. Maybe that’s just the nature of only knowing someone for six days, but I wish I’d connected with the characters more.

The writing was okay. It was a lot of telling without showing, and there were just some metaphors in Garland’s inner monologue that were so cringey that I had to roll my eyes.

I still enjoyed the book, though. It was a cute romance, if a bit rushed. I really wish the book was longer so we could see more of Garland and Stevie’s relationship and learn more about the other characters.

[thebooklovebot]

REVIEW: That Summer Feeling by Bridget Morrissey

Turns out you're never too old for a summer camp romance. Or a change of heart. When a divorced woman attends a sleepaway camp for adults only, she reconnects with a man from her past--only to catch feelings for his sister instead.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 5 out of 5. PUBLISHER: Berkley  PUBLICATION DATE: May 30, 2023. GENRE: Romance / Contemporary Romance A big thank you to the publisher for my advance copy! That Summer Feeling follows recent divorcée, Garland Moore as she attends a summer camp for adults only, after her divorce uncentered her and her beliefs in optimism and fate. There she meets a man of an old premonition…

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Oh my gd, homoerotic birdwatching

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💙💜🩷 Books for Bisexuality Visibility Month 🩷💜💙

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💜 How incredible is it that I made a list of 99 books for bisexual visibility month, KNOWING there are so many NOT featured on this list? I'm so proud to be bi. Having these characters and stories intertwine with mine warms my heart.

💜 What's your favorite book featuring bisexual characters?

💙 The Henna Wars - Adiba Jaigirdar 💙 Perfect on Paper - Sophie Gonzales 💙 Imogen, Obviously - Becky Albertalli 💙 Red, White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston 💙 Queens of Geek - Jen Wilde 💙 Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster - Andrea Mosqueda 💙 Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute - Talia Hibbert 💙 Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake - Alexis Hall 💙 A Merry Little Meet Cute - Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone

💜 Leah on the Offbeat - Becky Albertalli 💜 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid 💜 Radio Silence - Alice Oseman 💜 The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue - Mackenzi Lee 💜 You Exist Too Much - Zaina Arafat 💜 Wolfsong - T.J. Klune 💜 The Pairing - Casey McQuiston 💜 Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail - Ashley Herring Blake 💜 Heartstopper - Alice Oseman

🩷 Going Bicoastal - Dahlia Adler 🩷 Some Girls Do - Jennifer Dugan 🩷 Hani & Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating - Adiba Jaigirdar 🩷 Autoboyography - Christina Lauren 🩷 Written in the Stars - Alexandria Bellefleur 🩷 They Both Die at the End - Adam Silvera 🩷 Cool for the Summer - Dahlia Adler 🩷 Delilah Green Doesn't Care - Ashley Herring Blake 🩷 One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston

💙 I'll Be the One - Lyla Lee 💙 Running With Lions - Julian Winters 💙 Take a Hint, Dani Brown - Talia Hibbert 💙 Felix Ever After - Kacen Callender 💙 Not Your Sidekick - C.B. Lee 💙 Ophelia After All - Racquel Marie 💙 Iron Widow - Xiran Jay Zhao 💙 Something to Talk About - Meryl Wilsner 💙 The Girls I've Been - Tess Sharpe

💜 Iris Kelly Doesn't Date - Ashley Herring Blake 💜 Never Ever Getting Back Together - Sophie Gonzales 💜 Her Royal Highness - Rachel Hawkins 💜 Call Me By Your Name - André Aciman 💜 I Wish You All the Best - Mason Deaver 💜 Mistakes Were Made - Meryl Wilsner 💜 Hang the Moon - Alexandria Bellefleur 💜 Kiss Her Once for Me - Alison Cochrun 💜 The Brightsiders - Jen Wilde

🩷 Wild Beauty - Anna-Marie McLemore 🩷 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - Victoria Schwab 🩷 Payback's a Witch - Lana Harper 🩷 A Dowry of Blood - S.T. Gibson 🩷 Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo 🩷 Dark Rise - C.S. Pacat 🩷 If This Gets Out - Sophie Gonzales & Cale Dietrich 🩷 Let's Talk About Love - Claire Kann 🩷 Carry On - Rainbow Rowell

💙 Under the Whispering Door - T.J. Klune 💙 I Kissed Shara Wheeler - Casey McQuiston 💙 Pumpkinheads - Rainbow Rowell 💙 Icebreaker - A.L. Graziadei 💙 This Poison Heart - Kalynn Bayron 💙 A Lot Like Adiós - Alexis Daria 💙 Sorry, Bro - Taleen Voskuni 💙 We Are Okay - Nina LaCour 💙 Count Your Lucky Stars - Alexandria Bellefleur

💜 Hot Dog Girl - Jennifer Dugan 💜 Verona Comics - Jennifer Dugan 💜 They Hate Each Other - Amanda Woody 💜 The Disasters - M.K. England 💜 The Raven Boys - Maggie Stiefvater 💜 You Should See Me in a Crown - Leah Johnson 💜 These Witches Don't Burn - Isabel Sterling 💜 My Dearest Darkest - Kayla Cottingham 💜 City of Shattered Light - Claire Winn

🩷 The Unbroken - C.L. Clark 🩷 Dread Nation - Justina Ireland 🩷 House of Hollow - Krystal Sutherland 🩷 Love & Other Disasters - Anita Kelly 🩷 Ace of Shades - Amanda Foody 🩷 The Lost Girls - Sonia Hartl 🩷 Of Fire and Stars - Audrey Coulthurst 🩷 This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story - Kacen Callender 🩷 Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alire Sáenz

💙 If You Still Recognise Me - Cynthia So 💙 Melt With You - Jennifer Dugan 💙 The Charm Offensive - Alison Cochrun 💙 That Summer Feeling - Bridget Morrissey 💙 The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School - Sonora Reyes 💙 The Luis Ortega Survival Club - Sonora Reyes 💙 The Fiancée Farce - Alexandria Bellefleur 💙 Flip the Script - Lyla Lee 💙 Role Playing - Cathy Yardley

💜 I Think I Love You - Auriane Desombre 💜 Truly, Madly, Deeply - Alexandria Bellefleur 💜 Gearbreakers - Zoe Hana Mikuta 💜 Finally Fitz - Marisa Kanter 💜 The Spirit Bares Its Teeth - Andrew Joseph White 💜 Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl - Brianna R. Shrum & Sara Waxelbaum 💜 Late Bloomer - Mazey Eddings 💜 A Darker Shade of Magic - Victoria Schwab 💜 Love at First Set - Jennifer Dugan

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it’s the return of…

Pick a WOSO Player, Get a Sapphic Book Rec!

Part 4: YA (Mostly) Contempory Romance Edition

Links: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 5

Note: I haven’t read any of these yet so please remember to do your own research and check content warnings before reading!

Aggie Beever-Jones: Hotshot by Clare Lydon

Kathrine Kuhl: Forget Me Not by Alyson Derrick

Salma Paralleulo: You Don’t Have A Shot by Racquel Marie

Grace Clinton: Gwen and Art are Not In Love by Lex Croucher

Jess Carter: Love at First Set by Jennifer Dugan

Esme Morgan: The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar

Zecira Musovic: Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date by Ashley Herring Blake

Katrina Gorry: That Summer Feeling by Bridget Morrissey

Kyra Cooney-Cross: It’s Not Like It’s a Secret by Misa Sugiara

Charli Grant: Never Mine by Bryce Oakley

Khiara Keating: Six Times We Almost Kissed by Tess Sharpe

Hannah Hampton: Not My Problem by Ciara Smyth

Esmee Brugts: Sorry Bro by Taleen Voskuni

Jule Brand: Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko

Daan van de Donk: Margo Zimmerman Gets The Girl by Brianna R. Shrum and Sara Waxelbaum

gonna do another one of these with some different/more adult genres so feel free to send in any players i haven’t done yet!

Hope you liked it! Check out the previous posts and follow for more :)

Hedge xx

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Bi/bisexual books out in May! ❤️💜💙

We have 30 bi books out this month! Here is the goodreads list of these books 💕

Preorders help the authors greatly, so make sure to preorder any book(s) that catch your interest 💕

Make sure to check the TWs and ratings for all the books if necessary 💕

Books listed

💕 Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli 💕 That Summer Feeling by Bridget Morrissey 💕 Love at First Set by Jennifer Dugan 💕 They Hate Each Other by Amanda Woody 💕 Forever Is Now by Mariama J. Lockington 💕 The Battle Drum by Saara El-Arifi 💕 City of Vicious Night by Claire Winn 💕 Ava's Demon, Book One: Reborn by Michelle Fus 💕 Something Like Possible by Miel Moreland 💕The Secret Summer Promise by Keah Brown 💕 Queried Sick by Dallas Smith 💕 The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes 💕 Wake by Jae Waller 💕 Pantheon Girls by Jean Copeland 💕 The Girl Next Door by Cecilia Vinesse 💕 Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto by Zachary Zane 💕 Wild Things by Laura Kay 💕 A Shadow Crown by Melissa Blair 💕 If You Still Recognise Me (Hardcover Edition) by Cynthia So 💕 To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose 💕 Bitterthorn by Kat Dunn 💕 Orphia and Eurydicius by Elyse John 💕 They Ain’t Proper by M.B. Guel 💕 Your Love is Not Good by Johanna Hedva 💕 Dragonfall by L.R. Lam 💕 The Scandalous Letters of V and J by Felicia Davin 💕 Trials of the Innermost by Jonathan Fuller 💕 Fiddle and Fire by Ariella Talix 💕 The Blighted Stars by Megan E. O'Keefe 💕 Season of Skulls by Charles Stross

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April reads

The Free People’s Village by Sim Kern

Burning Girls and Other Stories by Veronica Schanoes

Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home by Nora Krug

I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir by Malaka Gharib

That Summer Feeling by Bridget Morrissey

Be Gay, Do Comics: Queer History, Memoir, and Satire From The Nib edited by Matt Bors and Mattie Lubchansky

Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K Reilly

Eat the Rich by Sarah Gailey, Pius Bak, and Roman Titov

A Tip for the Hangman by Allison Epstein

The Earth in the Attic by Fady Joudah

Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Sailor’s Delight by Rose Lerner

Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall

Something Wild and Wonderful by Anita Kelly

These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart by Izzy Wasserstein 

[Title unspecified for SMP boycott]

The Haunting of Heatherhurst Hall by Sebastian Nothwell

The Táin: The Woman’s Stories by Karina Tynan

Hard Sell by Hudson Lin

Tripping Arcadia by Kit Mayquist

Her First Palestinian by Saeed Teebi

Just Lizzie by Karen Wilfrid

Empire of the Fesst by Bendi Barrett

Men I Trust by Tommi Parrish

[lgbtqreads]

Fave Five: Adult Sapphic Summer Romances

Hot Summer by Elle Everhart That Summer Feeling by Bridget Morrissey In Her Court by Tamsen Parker Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun Whenever You’re Ready by Rachel Runya Katz  

[potterandpromises]

His palm pressed into mine will always be a revelation.

Bridget Morrissey, A Thousand Miles

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Commons Vote

On: Reasoned amendment on Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Ayes: 111 (91.0% Con, 4.5% RUK, 1.8% DUP, 0.9% Ind, 0.9% UUP, 0.9% TUV) Noes: 364 (96.7% Lab, 2.8% Ind, 0.6% Green) Absent: ~175

Day's business papers: 2025-01-08

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Conservative (101 votes)

Alan Mak Alberto Costa Alec Shelbrooke Alex Burghart Alicia Kearns Andrew Griffith Andrew Mitchell Andrew Murrison Andrew Rosindell Aphra Brandreth Ashley Fox Ben Obese-Jecty Ben Spencer Bernard Jenkin Blake Stephenson Bob Blackman Bradley Thomas Caroline Dinenage Caroline Johnson Chris Philp Christopher Chope Claire Coutinho Damian Hinds Danny Kruger David Davis David Mundell David Reed David Simmonds Edward Argar Edward Leigh Esther McVey Gagan Mohindra Gareth Bacon Gareth Davies Gavin Williamson Geoffrey Clifton-Brown George Freeman Graham Stuart Greg Smith Gregory Stafford Harriet Cross Harriett Baldwin Helen Grant Helen Whately Iain Duncan Smith Jack Rankin James Cartlidge Jeremy Hunt Jerome Mayhew Jesse Norman John Cooper John Glen John Hayes John Lamont John Whittingdale Joy Morrissey Julia Lopez Julian Lewis Julian Smith Katie Lam Kemi Badenoch Kevin Hollinrake Kieran Mullan Kit Malthouse Laura Trott Lewis Cocking Lincoln Jopp Louie French Luke Evans Mark Francois Mark Pritchard Martin Vickers Matt Vickers Mel Stride Mike Wood Mims Davies Neil Hudson Neil O'Brien Neil Shastri-Hurst Nick Timothy Nigel Huddleston Oliver Dowden Patrick Spencer Paul Holmes Peter Bedford Peter Fortune Priti Patel Rebecca Harris Rebecca Paul Rebecca Smith Richard Holden Robbie Moore Robert Jenrick Roger Gale Saqib Bhatti Sarah Bool Steve Barclay Stuart Anderson Tom Tugendhat Victoria Atkins Wendy Morton

Reform UK (5 votes)

James McMurdock Lee Anderson Nigel Farage Richard Tice Rupert Lowe

Democratic Unionist Party (2 votes)

Jim Shannon Sammy Wilson

Independent (1 vote)

Alex Easton

Ulster Unionist Party (1 vote)

Robin Swann

Traditional Unionist Voice (1 vote)

Jim Allister

Noes

Labour (350 votes)

Abena Oppong-Asare Abtisam Mohamed Adam Jogee Adam Thompson Afzal Khan Alan Campbell Alan Strickland Alex Baker Alex Ballinger Alex Barros-Curtis Alex Davies-Jones Alex Mayer Alex McIntyre Alex Sobel Alice Macdonald Alison Hume Alison McGovern Alistair Strathern Allison Gardner Amanda Hack Amanda Martin Andrew Cooper Andrew Gwynne Andrew Lewin Andrew Pakes Andrew Ranger Andrew Western Andy MacNae Andy McDonald Andy Slaughter Angela Eagle Anna Dixon Anna Gelderd Anna McMorrin Anna Turley Anneliese Dodds Anneliese Midgley Antonia Bance Ashley Dalton Bambos Charalambous Barry Gardiner Bayo Alaba Beccy Cooper Becky Gittins Ben Coleman Ben Goldsborough Bill Esterson Blair McDougall Brian Leishman Bridget Phillipson Callum Anderson Calvin Bailey Carolyn Harris Cat Smith Catherine Atkinson Catherine Fookes Catherine McKinnell Catherine West Charlotte Nichols Chi Onwurah Chris Bloore Chris Bryant Chris Curtis Chris Elmore Chris Evans Chris Hinchliff Chris Kane Chris McDonald Chris Murray Chris Vince Chris Ward Chris Webb Christian Wakeford Claire Hazelgrove Claire Hughes Clive Betts Clive Efford Clive Lewis Connor Naismith Connor Rand Damien Egan Dan Aldridge Dan Jarvis Daniel Francis Danny Beales Darren Jones Darren Paffey Dave Robertson David Baines David Burton-Sampson David Pinto-Duschinsky David Smith David Taylor David Williams Dawn Butler Debbie Abrahams Deirdre Costigan Derek Twigg Diana Johnson Douglas Alexander Douglas McAllister Elaine Stewart Ellie Reeves Elsie Blundell Emily Darlington Emily Thornberry Emma Foody Emma Hardy Emma Lewell-Buck Emma Reynolds Euan Stainbank Feryal Clark Fleur Anderson Florence Eshalomi Frank McNally Fred Thomas Gareth Snell Gareth Thomas Gen Kitchen Georgia Gould Gerald Jones Gill Furniss Gill German Gordon McKee Graeme Downie Grahame Morris Gregor Poynton Gurinder Singh Josan Harpreet Uppal Heidi Alexander Helen Hayes Helena Dollimore Henry Tufnell Hilary Benn Ian Lavery Ian Murray Imogen Walker Irene Campbell Jack Abbott Jacob Collier Jade Botterill Jake Richards James Asser James Frith James Murray James Naish Janet Daby Jas Athwal Jayne Kirkham Jeevun Sandher Jeff Smith Jen Craft Jenny Riddell-Carpenter Jess Asato Jess Phillips Jessica Morden Jessica Toale Jim Dickson Jim McMahon Jo Platt Jo Stevens Jo White Joani Reid Jodie Gosling Joe Morris Joe Powell Johanna Baxter John Grady John Slinger John Whitby Jon Pearce Jon Trickett Jonathan Brash Jonathan Davies Josh Dean Josh Fenton-Glynn Josh MacAlister Josh Newbury Josh Simons Julia Buckley Julie Minns Juliet Campbell Justin Madders Kanishka Narayan Karin Smyth Karl Turner Kate Osamor Kate Osborne Katie White Katrina Murray Keir Mather Kenneth Stevenson Kerry McCarthy Kevin Bonavia Kevin McKenna Kim Leadbeater Kirith Entwistle Kirsteen Sullivan Kirsty McNeill Laura Kyrke-Smith Lauren Edwards Lauren Sullivan Laurence Turner Lee Barron Lee Pitcher Leigh Ingham Lewis Atkinson Liam Conlon Lilian Greenwood Lillian Jones Linsey Farnsworth Lisa Nandy Liz Kendall Liz Twist Lizzi Collinge Lola McEvoy Lorraine Beavers Louise Jones Lucy Powell Luke Akehurst Luke Charters Luke Murphy Luke Myer Luke Pollard Maria Eagle Marie Tidball Mark Ferguson Mark Hendrick Mark Sewards Mark Tami Markus Campbell-Savours Marsha De Cordova Martin McCluskey Martin Rhodes Mary Glindon Matt Bishop Matt Rodda Matt Turmaine Matt Western Matthew Patrick Matthew Pennycook Maureen Burke Maya Ellis Meg Hillier Melanie Onn Melanie Ward Michael Payne Michael Wheeler Michelle Scrogham Michelle Welsh Mike Kane Mike Reader Mike Tapp Mohammad Yasin Nadia Whittome Natalie Fleet Natasha Irons Naushabah Khan Navendu Mishra Naz Shah Neil Coyle Neil Duncan-Jordan Nesil Caliskan Nia Griffith Nicholas Dakin Nick Smith Nick Thomas-Symonds Noah Law Oliver Ryan Olivia Bailey Olivia Blake Pam Cox Pat McFadden Patricia Ferguson Patrick Hurley Paul Davies Paul Waugh Paulette Hamilton Perran Moon Peter Dowd Peter Kyle Peter Lamb Peter Prinsley Peter Swallow Phil Brickell Polly Billington Rachael Maskell Rachel Blake Rachel Hopkins Rachel Taylor Richard Baker Richard Quigley Rosena Allin-Khan

Rosie Wrighting Rushanara Ali Ruth Cadbury Ruth Jones Sadik Al-Hassan Sally Jameson Sam Carling Sam Rushworth Samantha Dixon Samantha Niblett Sarah Champion Sarah Coombes Sarah Edwards Sarah Jones Sarah Owen Sarah Russell Sarah Smith Satvir Kaur Scott Arthur Seema Malhotra Shabana Mahmood Sharon Hodgson Simon Lightwood Simon Opher Sojan Joseph Sonia Kumar Stella Creasy Stephanie Peacock Stephen Doughty Stephen Kinnock Stephen Morgan Stephen Timms Steve Race Steve Witherden Steve Yemm Sureena Brackenridge Tahir Ali Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Terry Jermy Tim Roca Toby Perkins Tom Collins Tom Hayes Tonia Antoniazzi Torcuil Crichton Torsten Bell Tracy Gilbert Tristan Osborne Tulip Siddiq Uma Kumaran Valerie Vaz Vicky Foxcroft Warinder Juss Will Stone Yuan Yang Yvette Cooper Zubir Ahmed

Independent (10 votes)

Apsana Begum Imran Hussain Iqbal Mohamed Jeremy Corbyn John McDonnell Mike Amesbury Rebecca Long Bailey Richard Burgon Rosie Duffield Shockat Adam

Green Party (2 votes)

Ellie Chowns Siân Berry

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3 & 13 of the book asks. ☺️

3. What were your top five books of the year?

my 5-stars can be found here but here are some bonus of my 4-stars:

The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth

Make the Season Bright by Ashley Herring Blake

That Summer Feeling by Bridget Morrissey

Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne

Raiders of the Lost Heart by Jo Segura

13. What were your least favorite books of the year?

The Trouble with Tinsel by Juliet and Keith Giglio (thrilled that this one technically hit for 2024 because it’s the worst book i’ve read in a while)

there are some other lower rated but none of them were offensively bad they just didn’t hit like the others

book asks

[teafaellana]

Hello & Well Met!

My name is Ren, I am queeeeeeeeer, and I’m a little bit chaotic. The reason this first GIF is from Who’s the Boss? is because back when I was 13 years old this was the very first fandom that I joined, and it feels very appropriate to honor that on tumblr dot com.

Shows and such plus more info under the cut. ✌🏻

I’m a mechanic, an artist, a babysitter, a dog-walker, and an all around workaholic. I’ve got ADHD and myself and others suspect I may also be autistic (but that is not yet determined by a professional).

When I have time I love reading short stories, novels, fanfiction, and comics. I am more likely to read things than to watch things, but I have watched more things than usual as of late and I am making more of an effort to do so in order to try to catch up. I also write fanfiction and make fanart and also make original art and hope to someday get back to writing original stories.

Movies

The Parent Trap (1998)

Alien

Aliens

Matilda

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Chocolat

Under the Christmas Tree

Bad Moms Christmas

Christmas Movies just in general tbh!!!!

Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again

Smart House

Halloweentown

Hocus Pocus

Ocean’s 8

Baby’s Day Out

Aristocats

Lilo & Stitch

Moana

Tangled

Encanto

Spirited Away

Kiki’s Delivery Service

TV Shows

Who’s the Boss?

Agatha All Along

WandaVision

Only Murders In The Building

The Good Place

Maid

The Worst Witch (2017) (but I want to watch others too!!!!!)

Once Upon a Time

Agent Carter

Wheel of Time

Soy Luna

Dead to Me

Gilmore Girls

Charmed

The Good Witch

Spy x Family

The Owl House

Ms. Marvel

Bingos Stray Dogs

My Hero Academia

Bluey

Probably some other stuff, but this is what comes to mind right now.

Books & Comics & Manga

Thursday Murder Club

Wheel of Time (almost finished w/ book one)

Uncanny X-Men (2024)

Exceptional X-Men (2024)

House of Harkness Infinity Comic

Batman - Santa Claus: Silent Knight (2023)

Dazzler (2024)

Vision (2015-2016)

DramaCon by Svetlana Chmakova

Princess Ai

I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga

24 girls in 7 days by Alex Bradley

Afternoon of the Elves by Janet Taylor Lisle

That Summer Feeling by Bridget Morrissey

Dungeon Meshi/Delicious in Dungeon

Sailor Moon

Special Mention: I am currently reading Patricia Wants to Cuddle and I will see how I feel about that when it’s over, I also started reading The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year which is probably going to mean Patricia Wants to Cuddle takes a backseat until I am done with the seasonal reading haha

Truthfully I read a lot so a lot and enjoy a lot of what I read, and this list has to end eventually 😂

Video Games

The Sims 4 (I have been playing since TS1)

Horizon: Zero Dawn

Legend of Zelda: TOTK (one quest left!)

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Various Pokémon installments

Bayonetta (still working through the first game)

Horizon: Forbidden West (not finished)

Neopets (??? Is this even a video game ??? Not really, but I am at a loss for where else to shove it on this list)

Ratchet & Clank

I have a lot of games that I haven’t played through yet, because I have too many fucking hobbies and jobs and not enough time 🙈💀😂😭 One example is that I own BG3 and just … am never home to play on my PC so I haven’t gotten far AT ALL.

Music

This probably shouldn’t even be a category because I am not about to make a list of music I like. That would be even more absurd than making a list of books and shit that I like. I love music so much, I cannot imagine living without it. Genre couldn’t even begin to limit me or my musical interests, and I often listen to music while I draw or walk or paint or work or drive or even read or sleep. It is the backbone of my existence. I scrap along playing piano and guitar, and if I could get my hands on other instruments I would. I played trombone in elementary school briefly, and wouldn’t be mad if I still had access to one to play (alas, I do not). I struggle to read music, but I can play something if I learn it and set it to memory.

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Reviewing My Record Collection: 3333 Albums from A to Zuma by Stephen Fall

Featuring more than a thousand different artists, Reviewing My Record Collection: 3,333 Albums from A to Zuma examines LPs across diverse genres and sub-genres, acquired from a lifetime of loitering in charity shops and collecting records, tapes and CDs. It offers an honest opinion on the great and less great albums of the last 60-plus years, driven by an ongoing curiosity to hear everything at least once.

The book grapples with the catalogues – often large and unwieldy – of artists such as Abba, Arab Strap, Albert Ayler, Joan Baez, Jane Birkin, Blondie, Blur, David Bowie, James Brown, Tim Buckley, Kate Bush, The Byrds, John Cale, Can, Captain Beefheart, The Carpenters, Leonard Cohen, Julian Cope, Elvis Costello, Miles Davis, Lana Del Rey, Sandy Denny, Depeche Mode, Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Fairport Convention, The Fall, Funkadelic, Gong, Grateful Dead, Luke Haines, Jimi Hendrix, the Human League, the Incredible String Band, the Innocence Mission, the Jesus and Mary Chain, King Crimson, The Kinks, The Knockouts, Kraftwerk, Led Zeppelin, John Lennon, Gordon Lightfoot, Julie London, Paul McCartney, Medicine Head, Joni Mitchell, The Monkees, Van Morrison, Randy Newman, Joanna Newsom, Nico, The NoMen, Angel Olsen, The Orb, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Pavement, Peaches, Pink Floyd, Elvis Presley, The Pretenders, Dory Previn, Prince, Public Image Ltd., Pulp, R.E.M., Radiohead, Lou Reed, Jonathan Richman, the Rolling Stones, Roxy Music, Bridget St. John, The Seeds, Silver Apples, Simon & Garfunkel/Paul Simon, Nina Simone, Frank Sinatra, The Smiths/Morrissey, Smog/Bill Callahan, Sonic Youth, Spacemen 3, Sparks, Regina Spektor, Bruce Springsteen, Status Quo, Steeleye Span, Suicide, Sun Ra, T.Rex, Talking Heads, Television/Tom Verlaine, Richard Thompson, Van der Graaf Generator/Peter Hammill, Townes Van Zandt, the Velvet Underground, Loudon Wainwright III, Tom Waits, Robert Wyatt, Yes, Neil Young and Warren Zevon.

1,000+ artists! 785 footnotes! 3,333 albums reviewed!