#takeprideinreading

[djrobertdrake]

I am thrilled to get an advance copy of WE ARE EVERYWHERE - from the creators and curators of @lgbt_history - @matthew.riemer & @brown.leighton 💜 You can never have enough history and this book delivers! Look forward to reviewing it @wxpnfm 🎧 #takePRIDEinreading 📚#lgbtq🌈 #overtherainbow #stonewall 🏳️‍🌈 (at WXPN) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwcXKjgD28t/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=16lub2l8u9tdl

[bentchbites]

📚 JUNE WRAP-UP 📚⁣ •⁣ I didn't have time (or energy, lbh) to make an elaborate book journal entry like previous wrap-up posts so this should do. It was also a slow reading month for me - I only got to read 5 books - but in true Pride Month solidarity, all five feature positive representation of non-hetero stories and main characters.⁣ •⁣ 🏳️‍🌈 Kings Rising by C. S. Pacat⁣ 🏳️‍🌈 Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman (eARC read on my laptop. Not sure how to bookstagram a laptop so it's not here on the photo, sorry) ⁣ 🏳️‍🌈 My Monster Boyfriend comics anthology⁣ 🏳️‍🌈 The Soldier's Scoundrel by Cat Sebastian⁣ 🏳️‍🌈 Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey Mcquiston⁣ •⁣ Despite the hectic month, I was able to successfully do my Pride Bookstagram thing and I want thank all those who participated and who rec'd a lot of great Pride reads! 🙏🏼 ⁣ ⁣ I also joined a few other Pride-related challenges so check those hashtags out! I'm going to read more queer books and diversify through the spectrum so I'll have even better recs for next year's Pride Bookstagram! ⁣ •⁣ How was your reading month?⁣ •⁣ #PrideLibrary19: Wrap-up⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #PrideBookstagram⁣ #bookstagram #bibliophile #booknerdPH #bookworm #instabooks #bookish #alwaysreading #bookstagramersPH #booksofig ⁣⁣⁣ #LoveWins #ResistTogether ⁣⁣ #diversebooks #diversereads #PrideMonthBookRecs #PrideReads #Pride #PagesofPride⁣ #TakePrideInReading https://www.instagram.com/p/BzXLgx5gG-z/?igshid=1v8c79vphmaoq

[bentchbites]

#PrideBookstagram Day 9: The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang⁣ •⁣ Today is the last day of #TakePrideInReading’s first weekly prompt, Breaking the Binary, and this book absolutely broke the binary for me. 😊⁣ ⁣ The titular Prince, Sebastian, has a secret: he likes to wear dresses! 👗 And only one other person, Frances, the dressmaker, knows it and she eagerly helps him become Lady Crystallia, the most fabulous fashion icon of their time. But problems arise when it becomes clear that to continue helping her friend, Frances must also keep the truth about her work secret. The Prince is adamant about living a double-life in the present - it’s what his heart truly desire, but the Dressmaker is conflicted about her own future and she has to make a difficult choice to pursue what really makes her happy.⁣ •⁣ The unconventional premise is the first thing that draws people into this graphic novel, but I’m sure it’s the layered storytelling (and amazing illustrations!) that makes it unforgettable. Everyone already knows only revealing the truth will set people free, but what if it isn’t your truth to tell? What if freeing yourself from the secrets will imprison another person, someone you hold dear, into a cage of despair and loneliness? This are Sebastian’s and Frances’ dilemma, and the way this conflict is handled in the story is remarkable, respectful for the enby representation, and that scene of acceptance, for Sebastian’s part, is fulfilling esp to anyone who’s had to go through something similar.⁣ •⁣ 5ever grateful to @chachicsbooknook for letting me and a bunch of our friends read your copy! 💝⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #bookstagram #bibliophile #booknerdPH #bookworm #instabooks #bookish #alwaysreading #bookstagramersPH #booksofig ⁣⁣⁣ #LoveWins #ResistTogether ⁣#ThePrinceAndTheDressmaker #JenWang #graphicnovel ⁣ #diversebooks #diversereads #diverseromance #QueerLit #PrideMonthBookRecs #PrideReads #Pride https://www.instagram.com/p/ByfkoSqAE7T/?igshid=1g5k4hf1n31mo

[bentchbites]

#PrideBookstagram Day 1: Start Here, Short Stories of First Encounters⁣ •⁣ I’m starting this Pride Month with, well, START HERE! 😅 (I’m probably gonna do this every year! It’ll never get old to me! 😆)⁣ ⁣ So.⁣ Start Here is a 10-story collection of short romance featuring M/M, F/F and F/enby couples and their happy ever afters! It is the first #romanceclass anthology with 100% non-M/F relationships and the second one I’ve contributed to.⁣ ⁣ This is v special to me bec these stories offer representation I’ve been wishing for for the longest time, not only in the characters’ diverse identities, but also in it’s distinct Filipino voice. There have been a lot of queer Filipino stories published before, but they weren’t always hopeful and honestly, the tragic endings do not feel very original to me anymore. We need HEAs and HFNs, and this book gave me those, along with hope that this would indeed be the start of even more Queer Romance (real romance!) in the PH literary community.⁣ •⁣ This photo was taken during the book launch at Cafe Publico in Greenhills last year. It’s me pretending to color the adult coloring book April gave to me, and directed by @chachicsbooknook. 😅 It was also the first romanceclass event the three of us went as #besfluencers. 💕⁣ 📸: @readbyher⁣ •⁣ 🌈M/M, F/F, F/NB⁣ ⁣ 🌈10 colorful love stories⁣ ⁣ 🌈HEA 💯 Guaranteed!⁣ ⁣ 🌈Sweet & Steamy⁣ ⁣ Amazon: http://bit.ly/rcStartHere⁣ •⁣ #TakePrideInReading Week 1: Voices Across the Spectrum⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #bookstagram #bibliophile #booknerdPH #bookworm #instabooks #bookish #alwaysreading #bookstagramersPH #booksofig #romancetagram⁣⁣ #bookjournal⁣ #LoveWins #ResistTogether ⁣ #diversebooks #diversereads #graphicnovels #diverseromance #queerromance #QueerLit #PrideMonthBookRecs #PrideReads #Pride #ReadMore (at Cafe Publico) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByLDuuOADNB/?igshid=1do0eig00v4xc