#tbr stack

[bookishfreedom]

thankful for libraries, today and every day 🖤

[calming-chaos]

[fox-stuck]

You gotta read Big Girl by Meg Elison.!This book!!!! A short collection of (soft?) sci-fi stories, a novella, and an interview that feature a critical fat politic!!! Not only does she write so considerately about the cruelty experienced when you are fat but she gives permission to feel spiteful and safe in our bodies. There’s a part where two fatties make love and she describes them lifting their bellies and pressing them together. She writes diligently of the torture of child parent relationships when fatness (or the fear of fatness) shadows every interaction. I feel like the fat me from every age they’ve ever been was so carefully understood. The cruelty of living in a world that wishes you did not exist is acknowledged and never made into a joke and that's a rarity lately.

(content warning: book critically examines fatphobia and methods of eugenics so engage as such)

Excerpt from The Pill:

For my fellow fatties, excerpt from The Pill:

[bigdreamsandwildthings]

Afraid I must report that this TBR stack has only gotten taller since I took this picture 😅

[pigeonflavouredcake]

Happy Pride Month

here's a look at my current queer bookshelf🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

It's super small atm but it's slowly growing, most of them are either transition related or wlw related. Here's a list of all the books and their Goodreads links from top to bottom.

Gideon The Ninth - Tamsyn Muir. Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space. I am kind of obsessed. I currently only have an e-book version but I liked it so much I'm looking to continue the series as physical books (I'm holding out hope for the books as a birthday present). Also butch rep. I am rabid for butch rep.

One Last Stop - Casey McQuinston. On my TBR pile. A romance that starts on a NYC subway but the love interest is trapped in the past.

The Girls are Never Gone - Sarah Glenn Marsh. On my TBR pile. Girl runs a paranormal investigation podcast and starts investigating a mysterious death from 30 years ago. The most recent book I bought that I'm looking forward to reading when I finish Children of Time.

The Lost Girls - Sonia Hartl. Holly gets revenge on her vampire ex by killing him and stealing his new girlfriend. I read this last year and I don't normally enjoy vampires but this book took me by surprise, lots of funny jokes about immortality and some empathetic discussions about emotional neglect and grooming that did make me cry a little.

Growing Older as a Trans and/or Nonbinary Person - Jennie Kermode. On My TBR pile. Insight and advice on being trans later in life in the UK. Reviewers have mentioned that it's mostly specific to the transfeminine experience but I still thought this book might be nice to look at.

Spectrums - Maxfield Sparrow. A collection of personal anecdotes from autistic trans people. Some bits are poetry some are more essay based, it was very heart-warming and affirming.

It Came From The Closet - Joe Vallese. On my TBR pile. A collection of essays on queer representation in the horror genre.

[thisisdore]

29/01/25 - 30/01/25

These past few days I have been so incredibly exhausted.

[blvenote]

OMG???? I WASNT EXPECTING TO FIND A DK FIC AT THE BOTTOM IM SO EXCITED FOR ALL OF THESE!!!

PEDAL TO THE METAL (series masterlist)

🏁 IT'S LIGHTS OUT AND AWAY WE GO! 🏁

Welcome to the world of F1, where the cars go fast, the stakes go higher, and the drama never lifts off the throttle. Seventeen rules the grid—from precision strategies to podium glory. Whether it’s navigating a hairpin turn or a tricky love confession, the tension is always at maximum revs. So tighten your harness and adjust your visors—this isn’t just a race; it’s the ride of a lifetime.

🏁 N O T E S : this has been in the works for far too long, and i owe it to @ylangelegy for yanking it out of my head and putting it on paper. i hope you love my magnum opus as much as i love writing it <3 without further ado, welcome to pedal to the metal !

🏎️ in the cockpit: ferrari driver!jeonghan x journalist!reader

𖦹 track: humor, fluff, angst, smut

🏆 qualifying results: read the teaser here! 🏁 race results: read the full fic HERE (part i) and HERE (part ii) 🚥 sprint results: [on the record] [off the record] [bad for business]

📝 post race analysis: jeonghan's not used to someone who pushes his buttons as easily as you do, and you're not used to someone who challenges you as quickly as he does. maybe it's time to go full throttle, both on and off the track.

🏎️ in the cockpit: ferrari driver!soonyoung x publicist!reader

𖦹 track: humor, fluff, angst, smut

🏆 qualifying results: read the teaser here! 🏁 race results: read the full fic here! 🚥 sprint results: read associated drabbles here!

📝 post race analysis: a ferrari driver who loathes media day, a publicist who’s one press conference away from losing it, and enough tension to power the entire grid—because apparently, managing his PR disasters isn’t in the job description for falling for him.

🏎️ in the cockpit: mclaren driver!mingyu x strategist!reader

𖦹 track: humor, fluff, angst, smut

🏆 qualifying results: read the teaser here! 🏁 race results: read the full fic here! 🚥 sprint results: read associated drabbles here!

📝 post race analysis: when the fastest driver on the grid has a habit of ignoring orders and the loudest strategist in the paddock has zero patience for his antics, the result isn't what everyone expects. but one thing's for sure: everyone hears the team radio.

🏎️ in the cockpit: aston martin driver!seokmin x f1 vlogger!reader

𖦹 track: humor, fluff, angst, smut

🏆 qualifying results: read the teaser here! 🏁 race results: read the full fic here! 🚥 sprint results: read associated drabbles here!

📝 post race analysis: for the first time in his life, seokmin realizes he wants something he can’t just reach out and take.

[quirkycatsfatstacks]

Confessions of a Bookaholic: Stacks and Stacks of Books!

Hi, my name is Cat, and I don’t know what to do with my TBR stacks. Drowning in Books So, here’s the problem: I love buying books. I’ve heard it said that buying books is a separate hobby from reading, and man, is that spot-on! While I love to read (and I think I read a lot), my TBR list is growing faster than I can read it. Over the years, I have found that if I don’t keep my TBR books…

[talesfromthebookhag]

Instagram: talesfromthebookhag

What’s on your August tbr?

[bookishfreedom]

5 before ‘25 🌟

[marlynnofmany]

Taking this to heart the next time anyone talks about a certain To Be Read stack of books.

*examines your pdf folder* have you read them all?

[calming-chaos]

[readtheuniverse]

[bigdreamsandwildthings]

Pretty stack 💞

I’m reading the Foxglove King right now and I am OBSESSED. I can’t wait to get home from work and read tonight.

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

TBR: Black Authors Spotlight!

In honor of Black History Month, here's a selection of my mountainous TBR--new works by many fave authors (Okorafor, Emezi, Polk, Solomon, Roanhorse, and Giddings), and many others I am hyped to try (shout-out to Ancrum, Monae, and Shawl especially!).

And honorable mention, too, to P. Djèlí Clark and Suyi Davies Okungbowa, who did not make the TBR list only because I read them last month haha.

[thisisdore]

27/06/23 and 28/06/23

Two days in one as the past couple of days have been pretty rough. I forgot how much I love ‘Wonderful Wonderful’ by The Killers so I’ve been playing it constantly, all four of the books I brought arrived - can’t wait to read them this coming month, and my Cinnamoroll toy also arrived.