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Showcasing art from some of my favourite artists, and those that have attracted my attention, in the field of visual arts, including vintage; pulp; pop culture; books and comics; concert posters; fantastical and imaginative realism; classical; contemporary; new contemporary; pop surrealism; conceptual and illustration.

The art of Pedro Tapa.

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TRCC's Backlog Books of 2024

so one of my reading goals this year is to work through the books that have been on my TBR the longest. I struggled a bit with this goal last year because it was hard to quantify what counted as "longest". so this year, I'm just gonna be upfront with my list

Seven Devils by Lam & May

Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake

Kings, Queens and In-Betweens by Tanya Boteju

Bruised by Tanya Boteju

Afterlove by Tanya Byrne

The Nesting by CJ Cooke

Breaker by Kat Ellis

I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick

Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper

A Dark and Starless Forest by Sarah Hollowell

Hideous Beauty by William Hussey

Hani & Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar

My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

The Lucky List by Rachael Lippincott

The Arrival of Someday by Jen Malone

Nightrender by Jodi Meadows

The Love Song of Ivy K Harlowe by Hannah Moskowitz

Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

This Is All Your Fault by Aminah Mae Safi

Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi

Edie in Between by Laura Sibson

The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling

Starling by Isabel Strychacz

Coming Up for Air by Nicole B Tyndall

The Bone Spindle by Leslie Vedder

Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters

The River Has Teeth by Erica Waters

Briar Girls by Rebecca Kim Wells

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💖 Sapphic Books Coming Out May 2024

🩷 There's something especially sweet about a sapphic romance. Here are only a few of the amazing sapphic books hitting shelves in May 2024. Which ones are you adding to your ever-growing TBR?

Contemporary 💖 Here For the Wrong Reasons - Annabel Paulsen & Lydia Wang 💖 Perfume & Pain - Anna Dorn 💖 Cheryl - Jillian Fleck 💖 A Little Kissing Between Friends - Chencia C. Higgins 💖 Lavash At First Sight - Taleen Voskuni 💖 The Game of Giants - Marion Douglas 💖 We Were the Universe - Kimberly King Parsons 💖 Oye - Melissa Mogollon 💖 The Summer Love Strategy - Ray Stoeve 💖 Noah Frye Gets Crushed - Maggie Horne 💖 Halfway to Harbor - Nicole Melleby 💖 Sunhead - Alex Assan

💖 The 7-10 Split - Karmen Lee 💖 Trust & Safety - Laura Blackett & Eve Gleichman 💖 Second Night Stand - Karelia Stetz-Waters & Fay Stetz-Waters 💖 How It Works Out - Myriam Lacroix 💖 April May June July - Alison B. Hart 💖 The Ride of Her Life - Jennifer Dugan 💖 One Night With the CEO - Emily Hayes 💖 Dulhaniyaa - Talia Bhatt 💖 A Girl Can Dream - Emily Barr 💖 I Want You More - Swan Huntley 💖 Exhibit - R. O. Kwon 💖 Only a Bridesmaid - Haley Donnell

💖 Thirsty - Jas Hammonds 💖 Housemates - Emma Copley Eisenberg 💖 Don’t Be a Drag - Skye Quinlan 💖 True Love and Other Impossible Odds - Christina Li 💖 Murray Out of Water - Taylor Tracy 💖 The Redemption of Daya Keane - Gia Gordon 💖 Blame My Virgo Moon - Freja Nicole Woolf 💖 From Where We Are - Nicole Zelniker 💖 Cabin Fever - Tagan Shepard 💖 Channel Surfing in the Sea of Happiness - Guy Babineau 💖 Meet Me in Berlin - Samantha L. Valentine 💖 Behind You - Catherine Hernandez

Paranormal/Horror 💖 Primal Hunt - L.L. Raand 💖 Blood on the Tide - Katee Robert 💖 We Mostly Come Out at Night - (ed) Rob Costello 💖 Flowers from the Void - Gianni Washington 💖 My Darling Dreadful Thing - Johanna van Veen 💖 When the Devil - Emma E. Murray 💖 Honeybites - I. S. Belle 💖 My Favorite Thing Is Monsters - Emil Ferris 💖 The Worst Perfect Moment -Shivaun Plozza

Fantasy 💖 The Honey Witch - Sydney J. Shields 💖 The Fireborne Blade - Charlotte Bond 💖 Chained Destinies - D. Jordan Redhawk 💖 Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea - Rebecca Thorne 💖 Grand Slam Romance: Major League Hotties - Ollie Hicks & Emma Oosterhous 💖 Snake Charming - Genevieve McCluer 💖 The Witches of Silverlake - Simon Curtis 💖 Death’s Country - R. M. Romero 💖 Snowblooded - Emma Sterner-Radleygh 💖 Bird Suit - Sydney Hegele 💖 Farzana's Spite - Felix Graves

Historical 💖 The Good Women of Fudi - Liu Hong 💖 Spitting Gold - Carmella Lowkis 💖 Adrift - Sam Ledel 💖 A Heart Divided - Angie Williams 💖 A Liaison with Her Leading Lady - Lotte R. James

Mystery/Thriller 💖 The Deadly Spark - Roxie Key 💖 The Advice Columnist - Cade Haddock Strong 💖 The Lilies - Quinn Diacon-Furtado 💖 Loyalty - E. J. Noyes 💖 Clean Kill - Anne Laughlin 💖 Have You Seen This Girl - Nita Tyndall 💖 The Last to Pie - Misha Popp

Sci-Fi 💖 The Sunforge - Sascha Stronach 💖 Road to Ruin - Hana Lee 💖 Exile in Guyville - Amy Lee Lillard 💖 The Lily of Enarah - Arden Brax 💖 The Z Word - Lindsay King-Miller

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MY 2023 BOOK LIST!

January

Neighborhood Girls by Jessie Ann Foley

The Feeling of Falling in Love by Mason Deaver

The Twelfth Grade Night by Molly Horton Booth, Stephanie Kate Strohm, and Jamie Green (graphic novel)

If You Change Your Mind by Robby Weber

Spells For Lost Things by Jenna Evans Welch

Love and Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch

Blaine For the Win by Robbie Couch

She’s Too Pretty To Burn by Wendy Heard

Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman

January Favorite: Spells For Lost Things by Jenna Evans Welch

February

Like Other Girls by Britta Lundin

The Fault In Our Stars by John Green (reread)

Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler (reread)

Trouble Girls by Julia Lynn Rubin

Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan (reread)

Tweet Cute by Emma Lord

When You Get the Chance by Emma Lord

This Is Not a Love Scene by S. C. Megale

Again, but Better by Christine Riccio

Better Together by Christine Riccio

The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons

Under One Roof by Ali Hazelwood

February Favorite: Again, but Better by Christine Riccio

March

Stuck With You by Ali Hazelwood

The Best Laid Plans by Cameron Lund

Exactly Where You Need to Be by Amelia Diane Coombes

Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli (reread)

Together, Apart by Various Authors (short stories)

Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie

Out of the Blue by Jason June

Below Zero by Ali Hazelwood

In the Event of Love by Courtney Kae

Heartbreakers and Fakers by Cameron Lund

If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo

See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon

March Favorite: See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon

April

Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood

Planning Perfect by Haley Neil

Love and Luck by Jenna Evans Welch

Noteworthy by Riley Redgate

Afterglow by Phil Stamper

Right Where I Left You by Julian Winters

Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker (graphic novel)

Goodbye, Perfect by Sara Barnard

As You Wish by Chelsea Sedoti 

     April Favorite: Noteworthy by Riley Redgate

May

I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman (reread)

Solitaire by Alice Oseman (reread)

Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (reread)

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston (reread)

Here the Whole Time by Vitor Martins

This is Our Place by Vitor Martins

Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl by Joya Goffney

Dear Evan Hansen by Steven Levensen

Happy Place by Emily Henry

The Sun and the Star by Rick Riordan

May Favorite: Dear Evan Hansen by Steven Levensen

June

Divergent by Veronica Roth (reread)

Insurgent by Veronica Roth (reread)

Allegiant by Veronica Roth (reread)

If I See You Again Tomorrow by Robbie Couch

The Maze Runner by James Dashner (reread)

The Scorch Trials by James Dashner (reread)

June Favorite: If I See You Again Tomorrow by Robbie Couch

July

The Death Cure by James Dashner (reread)

The Fever Code by James Dashner (reread)

May the Best Man Win by ZR Ellor

Jay’s Gay Agenda by Jason June 

July Favorite: Jay’s Gay Agenda by Jason June

August

Vampires, Hearts & Other Dead Things by Margie Fuston

The Long Run by James Acker

Love & Olives by Jenna Evans Welch

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman (reread)

Five Feet Apart by Mikki Daughtry, Rachael Lippincott, and Tobias Iaconis (reread)

Give Me a Sign by Anna Sortino

The Lucky List Rachael Lippincott (reread)

She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick (reread)

Indestructible Object by Mary McCoy

If You Still Recognize Me by Cynthia So

Remind Me to Hate You Later by Lizzy Mason

August Favorite: Give Me a Sign by Anna Sortino

September

Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado

The Girl Least Likely by Katy Loutzenhiser

Faith: Greater Heights by Julie Murphy

Love Letters for Joy by Melissa See

Northranger by Rey Terciero and Bre Indigo (graphic novel)

All This Time by Mikki Daughtry and Rachael Lippincott (reread)

Loveless by Alice Oseman (reread) 

Coming Up For Air by Nicole B. Tyndall

Study Break by Various Authors (Collection of Short Stories)

September Favorite: Love Letters for Joy by Melissa See

October

The Night In Question by Kathleen Glasgow & Liz Lawson

I’d Rather Burn Than Bloom by Shannon C.F. Rogers

Running by Natalia Sylvester

The Kate in Between by Claire Swinarski

10 Truths and a Dare by Ashley Elston

Julieta and the Romeos by Maria E. Andreu

The Meaning of Birds by Jaye Robin Brown

All Signs Point to Yes by Various Authors (Collection of Short Stories)

October Favorite: Julieta and the Romeos by Maria E. Andreu

November

Lose You to Find Me by Erik J. Brown

Chalice of the Gods by Rick Riordan

Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler

Just Visiting by Dahlia Adler

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (reread)

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (reread)

Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh by Rachael Lippincott

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (reread)

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (reread)

November Favorite: Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler

December

How To Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow

Look on the Bright Side by Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann (graphic novel)

Breathe and Count Back from Ten by Natalia Sylvester

Surprisingly Sarah by Terri Libenson (Graphic Novel)

Sincerely, Confusingly, Yours by Hailey Gonzales

December Favorite: How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow

2023 Book Total: 104

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i hope you all know that sharing this with you means a lot to me. this is who i am in a list. my book taste, the number of books i read, the authors i like. this is a part of me, and you are getting it. happy 2024

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Favorite books

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Stolen by Lucy Christopher

Before I fall by Lauren Oliver

I stop somewhere by T.E Carter

A breath too late by Rocky Callen

Church by Stylo Fantome

Beautiful Malice by Rebecca James

Bully by Penelope Douglas

Kill Switch by Penelope Douglas

Coming up for air by Nicole B. Tyndall

The way I used to be by Amber Smith

Everything i never told you by Celeste NgI

I was here by Gayle Forman

Ecstasy by K.V Rose

Shelter/Seconds away/Found triology by Harlan Coben

You'd be home now by Kathleen Glasgow

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Nicole B. Tyndall’s Coming Up for Air. Cover art by Pedro Tapa.

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New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (December 15th 2020)

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Note: Since so many release dates have been changed for various Young Adult novels, keep in mind that there might be some titles missing in this post.

Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know! ___

New Standalones/First in a Series:

Coming Up For Air by Nicole B. Tyndall

This is How We Fly by Anna Meriano

New Sequels: 

For Better or Cursed (The Babysitter’s Cover #2) by Kate Williams

Oculta (A Forgery of Magic #2) by Maya Motayne

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Happy reading!

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Beyond the aro and ace character database

Claudie Arseneault’s aro and ace character database is one of my favourite things on the internet, but since it hasn’t been updated for a while I thought I’d share my list of aspec characters from more recent books that aren’t on there. I’ve done my best to compile all the lists I could find. Although I am not ace and this really only an aro blog, I’ve included ace characters as well, because it’s hard to find lists that separate these. (And it may help those looking specifically for aro rep to know which of these may have ace rep and not aro rep.)

This isn’t a rec list; I’ve only read a few of these. This means I’m not sure all my information is correct, some books were really hard to find info on! (Please let me know if anything is incorrect, or if there’s anything you think I should add!)

I’ve also included upcoming releases, because why not? 

I’m sure I’ve missed stuff, I might update this at some point.

(List under the cut)

Beyond the Black Door - A. M. Strickland MC is ace, word used in blurb, there is a different word in-universe. MC is also biromantic and demiromantic, although this is less of a focus. Described in the book, confirmed by the author.

Six Angry Girls - Adrienne Kisner (forthcoming) A main character is ace

The Sound of Stars - Alechia Dow Includes a demisexual character

Rick - Alex Gino (forthcoming) MC is ace

Empire of Light - Alex Harrow Includes a demisexual character

Black Wings Beating - Alex London Includes aroace character

A Bad Deal for the Whole Galaxy - Alex White Character is described as aroace (words not used)

The Stars We Steal - Alexa Donne Includes a side asexual character

A Conspiracy of Truths - Alexandra Rowland MC is Word of God aro

Loveless - Alice Oseman (forthcoming) MC is aroace

The Lost Coast - Amy Rose Capetta One of the mains is greysexual

Once & Future - Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy One of the mains is ace (word used), probably a non-SAM ace

The Black Veins - Ashia Monet Aro, no romance

Liar’s Giude to the Night Sky - Brianna Shrum (forthcoming) Lead character is pan and aro

The Moore’s Academy for Extraordinary Beings - Brooklyn Ray (e.d) (forthcoming) Aro-based anthology

Full Disclose - Camryn Garrett MC’s best friend is an ace lesbian (word used)

If it Makes You Happy - Claire Kann (all) main character is in a queerplatonic relationship, her qpp is described to be aro (word not used)

Swithback - Danika Stone One of the mains is explicity aroace

Elatsoe - Darcie Little Badger (forthcoming) MC is ace

This Golden Flame - Emily Victoria (forthcoming) Includes an aroace character

No Frills - Erin Elizabeth Grammar (forthcoming) Has demisexual love interest, asexual friend

Belly Up - Eva Darrows main character’s best friend is grey ace (word used), love interest is demisexual (also word used) (both are alloro)

Now Entering Addamsville - Francesca Zappia Lead is ace

Moonshine - Jasmine Gower Secondary main character is alloaro, described but word not used

Dread Nation - Justina Ireland Character is suggested to be aroace

The Perfect Assassin - K A Doore Includes an asexual character

The Crow Rider - Kalyn Josephson (forthcoming) A side character is aroace

Castle of Lies - Kiersi Buckhart One of the main characters is described as demisexual (word not used). This is pretty much ignored in the second half of the book. (this one has low reviews, proceed with caution)

Camp - Lev A C Rosen (forthcoming) Includes an aroace side character and an ace lesbian character

Technically, You Started It - Lana Wood Johnson Includes a demisexual character

Doomed - Laura Pohl (forthcoming) Has an aroace main character

The Last 8 - Laura Pohl MC is bi and aro, described on page but word not used

Immoral Code - Lillian Clark One of the mains is aroace

Belle Revolte - Linsey Miller (forthcoming) Includes a bi ace character

Mask of Shadows - Linsey Miller Side character is alloaro, described but word not used

Hazel’s Theory of Evolution - Lisa Jenn Bigelow MC is aroace

Sorcery of Thorns - Margaret Rogerson Side character is aromantic, described but word not used

Tales of the Thread - Michelle Kan Short stories with aro characters

Archivist Wasp - Nicole Kornher-Stace Word of God aro. No romance

Who I Was With Her - Nita Tyndall (forthcoming) has an ace side character (word used) Hold - Rachel Davidson Leigh Main character’s best friend is (questioning) aroace, words used

Tarnished are the Stars - Rosiee Thor One of the main characters is explicitly aroace

The State of Us - Shaun David Hutchinson (forthcoming) Includes a demisexual character

The Ninth Life - Taylor B Barton (forthcoming) Includes a demisexual character

Shadows You Left - Taylor Brooke and Jude Sierra Includes a demiromantic character

Scavage the Stars - Tara Sim (forthcoming) Inclues a demisexual character

Common Bonds - various authors (forthcoming) Aro anthology!

Their Troublesome Crush - Xan West Includes a demiromantic character

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💖 Sapphic Books Coming Out May 2024

🩷 There's something especially sweet about a sapphic romance. Here are only a few of the amazing sapphic books hitting shelves in May 2024. Which ones are you adding to your ever-growing TBR?

Contemporary 💖 Here For the Wrong Reasons - Annabel Paulsen & Lydia Wang 💖 Perfume & Pain - Anna Dorn 💖 Cheryl - Jillian Fleck 💖 A Little Kissing Between Friends - Chencia C. Higgins 💖 Lavash At First Sight - Taleen Voskuni 💖 The Game of Giants - Marion Douglas 💖 We Were the Universe - Kimberly King Parsons 💖 Oye - Melissa Mogollon 💖 The Summer Love Strategy - Ray Stoeve 💖 Noah Frye Gets Crushed - Maggie Horne 💖 Halfway to Harbor - Nicole Melleby 💖 Sunhead - Alex Assan

💖 The 7-10 Split - Karmen Lee 💖 Trust & Safety - Laura Blackett & Eve Gleichman 💖 Second Night Stand - Karelia Stetz-Waters & Fay Stetz-Waters 💖 How It Works Out - Myriam Lacroix 💖 April May June July - Alison B. Hart 💖 The Ride of Her Life - Jennifer Dugan 💖 One Night With the CEO - Emily Hayes 💖 Dulhaniyaa - Talia Bhatt 💖 A Girl Can Dream - Emily Barr 💖 I Want You More - Swan Huntley 💖 Exhibit - R. O. Kwon 💖 Only a Bridesmaid - Haley Donnell

💖 Thirsty - Jas Hammonds 💖 Housemates - Emma Copley Eisenberg 💖 Don’t Be a Drag - Skye Quinlan 💖 True Love and Other Impossible Odds - Christina Li 💖 Murray Out of Water - Taylor Tracy 💖 The Redemption of Daya Keane - Gia Gordon 💖 Blame My Virgo Moon - Freja Nicole Woolf 💖 From Where We Are - Nicole Zelniker 💖 Cabin Fever - Tagan Shepard 💖 Channel Surfing in the Sea of Happiness - Guy Babineau 💖 Meet Me in Berlin - Samantha L. Valentine 💖 Behind You - Catherine Hernandez

Paranormal/Horror 💖 Primal Hunt - L.L. Raand 💖 Blood on the Tide - Katee Robert 💖 We Mostly Come Out at Night - (ed) Rob Costello 💖 Flowers from the Void - Gianni Washington 💖 My Darling Dreadful Thing - Johanna van Veen 💖 When the Devil - Emma E. Murray 💖 Honeybites - I. S. Belle 💖 My Favorite Thing Is Monsters - Emil Ferris 💖 The Worst Perfect Moment -Shivaun Plozza

Fantasy 💖 The Honey Witch - Sydney J. Shields 💖 The Fireborne Blade - Charlotte Bond 💖 Chained Destinies - D. Jordan Redhawk 💖 Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea - Rebecca Thorne 💖 Grand Slam Romance: Major League Hotties - Ollie Hicks & Emma Oosterhous 💖 Snake Charming - Genevieve McCluer 💖 The Witches of Silverlake - Simon Curtis 💖 Death’s Country - R. M. Romero 💖 Snowblooded - Emma Sterner-Radleygh 💖 Bird Suit - Sydney Hegele 💖 Farzana's Spite - Felix Graves

Historical 💖 The Good Women of Fudi - Liu Hong 💖 Spitting Gold - Carmella Lowkis 💖 Adrift - Sam Ledel 💖 A Heart Divided - Angie Williams 💖 A Liaison with Her Leading Lady - Lotte R. James

Mystery/Thriller 💖 The Deadly Spark - Roxie Key 💖 The Advice Columnist - Cade Haddock Strong 💖 The Lilies - Quinn Diacon-Furtado 💖 Loyalty - E. J. Noyes 💖 Clean Kill - Anne Laughlin 💖 Have You Seen This Girl - Nita Tyndall 💖 The Last to Pie - Misha Popp

Sci-Fi 💖 The Sunforge - Sascha Stronach 💖 Road to Ruin - Hana Lee 💖 Exile in Guyville - Amy Lee Lillard 💖 The Lily of Enarah - Arden Brax 💖 The Z Word - Lindsay King-Miller