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Hello. I’m looking for queer romance novels about adults recovering from evangelicalism and purity culture. Any suggestions?
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Hello. I’m looking for queer romance novels about adults recovering from evangelicalism and purity culture. Any suggestions?
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Thrown out of his family for a crime he didn’t commit, Gil becomes model and muse to the great Pieter Bruegel. But in Bruegel's world politics, art and religion are explosively combined, and survival means risking his very soul.
The Bruegel Boy is available now:
https://www.hhousebooks.com/books/the-bruegel-boy/or search emma darwin the bruegel boy
#historicalfiction #histfic #amreading #newbook #fiction #bruegeltheelder #bookstodon #books
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Thrown out of his family for a crime he didn’t commit, Gil becomes model and muse to the great Pieter Bruegel. But in Bruegel's world politics, art and religion are explosively combined, and survival means risking his very soul.
The Bruegel Boy is available now:
https://www.hhousebooks.com/books/the-bruegel-boy/or search emma darwin the bruegel boy
#historicalfiction #histfic #amreading #newbook #fiction #bruegeltheelder #bookstodon #books
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What am I reading?
The Viaduct Killings by Wes Markin, set in Knaresborough in Yorkshire, which is what attracted me to the book, but I am enjoying it. Cosy Crime backdrop but the true story is in the characters, the interplay between them and their history.
Also, Ancient Rome by Simon Baker - you can guess from the title what it is about! It's based on a BBC TV series, though I didn't know that when I chose it, but that hasn't stopped me enjoying it, and learning something.
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What am I reading?
The Viaduct Killings by Wes Markin, set in Knaresborough in Yorkshire, which is what attracted me to the book, but I am enjoying it. Cosy Crime backdrop but the true story is in the characters, the interplay between them and their history.
Also, Ancient Rome by Simon Baker - you can guess from the title what it is about! It's based on a BBC TV series, though I didn't know that when I chose it, but that hasn't stopped me enjoying it, and learning something.
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Looking for Sapphic fiction?
Check out this Bookfunnel event - paranormal romance, cozy mysteries, sports romance, historical fiction, SFF, anything goes - 30+ authors discounted their WLW books just for you!
https://bf.sophiemaddon.com/bfhostffromsl/i6iuwqpduo
#ebooks #booksOnSale #Bookstodon #AmReading #Sapphic #SapphicBooks #WLW #WLWBooks #Lesbian #LesbianBooks #LGBTQ #LGBTQBooks #CozyMysteries #SFFBooks #RomanceBooks #HistoricalFiction #Romance #PNR #QueerPNR #QueerRomance #QueerRomantasy #Bookworm
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Looking for Sapphic fiction?
Check out this Bookfunnel event - paranormal romance, cozy mysteries, sports romance, historical fiction, SFF, anything goes - 30+ authors discounted their WLW books just for you!
https://bf.sophiemaddon.com/bfhostffromsl/i6iuwqpduo
#ebooks #booksOnSale #Bookstodon #AmReading #Sapphic #SapphicBooks #WLW #WLWBooks #Lesbian #LesbianBooks #LGBTQ #LGBTQBooks #CozyMysteries #SFFBooks #RomanceBooks #HistoricalFiction #Romance #PNR #QueerPNR #QueerRomance #QueerRomantasy #Bookworm
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Finally getting back on track with my manga reading. I had a 6 week break, but now I'm back at it again.
First one I read was Mai Ball! volume 12. I like this manga less and less. The erotic slice of life football story focused more and more on the sport aspect, which is the least interesting to me. The art style is still amazing and occasionally there's some erotic moments, but it's mostly just yuri bait and everyone's way too young, so it also feels icky to the max.
Only four more volumes to go on that one, so that's good news.
Next up is Delicious in Dungeon, a manga I actually enjoy reading.
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Finally getting back on track with my manga reading. I had a 6 week break, but now I'm back at it again.
First one I read was Mai Ball! volume 12. I like this manga less and less. The erotic slice of life football story focused more and more on the sport aspect, which is the least interesting to me. The art style is still amazing and occasionally there's some erotic moments, but it's mostly just yuri bait and everyone's way too young, so it also feels icky to the max.
Only four more volumes to go on that one, so that's good news.
Next up is Delicious in Dungeon, a manga I actually enjoy reading.
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Just finished reading "The Beast Player" by Nahoko Uehashi. I had already watched the anime, but it had been so king I didn't remember all the details. While the anime was great, the book is even better, and it's going to be high on my list of things to recommend to my children when they're old enough to read for fun.
The neurodivergent representation is cool, as is the deep central question of interspecies bonds and the political possibilities and dangers they entail. Uehashi handles the exploration of that question well in my judgment, including appropriate ambiguity without muddying moral clarity. Elin is a truly fantastic protagonist, not without flaws but nevertheless a excellent role model and a very sympathetic figure without being pitiful.
One thing I really love about Uehashi's writing is that she's not shy about using interior narration to tell the reader directly what a variety of characters are feeling, but when she does this she focuses on human contradictions, quirks, and weaknesses that make those characters feel much richer, and that remind the reader of all the ways our weird and sometimes contradictory or inexplicable quirks guide our actions just as much as both logical thought and predictable/expected feelings. None of the characters is an unerring source of wisdom, with every grand principle presented shown to have its weaknesses and biases, and even the wisest characters making mistakes and learning from them.
Overall, a wonderful book, and having also seen the "Seirei no Moribito" anime but not read the books, I'm excited to dig into more of Uehashi's extensive catalog.
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Just finished reading "The Beast Player" by Nahoko Uehashi. I had already watched the anime, but it had been so king I didn't remember all the details. While the anime was great, the book is even better, and it's going to be high on my list of things to recommend to my children when they're old enough to read for fun.
The neurodivergent representation is cool, as is the deep central question of interspecies bonds and the political possibilities and dangers they entail. Uehashi handles the exploration of that question well in my judgment, including appropriate ambiguity without muddying moral clarity. Elin is a truly fantastic protagonist, not without flaws but nevertheless a excellent role model and a very sympathetic figure without being pitiful.
One thing I really love about Uehashi's writing is that she's not shy about using interior narration to tell the reader directly what a variety of characters are feeling, but when she does this she focuses on human contradictions, quirks, and weaknesses that make those characters feel much richer, and that remind the reader of all the ways our weird and sometimes contradictory or inexplicable quirks guide our actions just as much as both logical thought and predictable/expected feelings. None of the characters is an unerring source of wisdom, with every grand principle presented shown to have its weaknesses and biases, and even the wisest characters making mistakes and learning from them.
Overall, a wonderful book, and having also seen the "Seirei no Moribito" anime but not read the books, I'm excited to dig into more of Uehashi's extensive catalog.
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Northeast Indian Literature That Interrogates the Nation
https://zurl.co/UWbAv#amreading #bookreader #bookreading #mustread #booklover #bookshelf #bookstagram #readmorebooks #bookaddict #bibliophile
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Northeast Indian Literature That Interrogates the Nation
https://zurl.co/UWbAv#amreading #bookreader #bookreading #mustread #booklover #bookshelf #bookstagram #readmorebooks #bookaddict #bibliophile
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Sometimes you see what is about to happen in a book and it’s not that you don’t want to finish the book, but you do pause it and consume 2 or 3 volumes of P.G. Wodehouse before you can go on. 😔
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Sometimes you see what is about to happen in a book and it’s not that you don’t want to finish the book, but you do pause it and consume 2 or 3 volumes of P.G. Wodehouse before you can go on. 😔
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Four chapters of The Decadal Shift, free right now. Chapter 5 arrives August 21. Two chapters left in the prelude after that.
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Four chapters of The Decadal Shift, free right now. Chapter 5 arrives August 21. Two chapters left in the prelude after that.
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Just read "Come and Get It" by Kiley Reed. I really liked it.
The cover of the edition I read made it look like Romance but it's not. There's a lesbian love story, but it's not a genre Romance.
It reminded me a bit of the Altman film "Shortcuts". There's no conventional plot. It follows a number of characters with quite an intimate point of view that made them relatable where otherwise they might be unlikeable. They start making small bad decisions, which escalate till you're kind of wincing and waiting for the inevitable train wreck.
There's no clear message or lesson, just people being messy and vulnerable.
I found the writer's observations, of the character and setting, remarkably vivid. Small details of concise description, hyper specific and precise.
Content warning for a dog dying in quite an upsetting way.
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Just read "Come and Get It" by Kiley Reed. I really liked it.
The cover of the edition I read made it look like Romance but it's not. There's a lesbian love story, but it's not a genre Romance.
It reminded me a bit of the Altman film "Shortcuts". There's no conventional plot. It follows a number of characters with quite an intimate point of view that made them relatable where otherwise they might be unlikeable. They start making small bad decisions, which escalate till you're kind of wincing and waiting for the inevitable train wreck.
There's no clear message or lesson, just people being messy and vulnerable.
I found the writer's observations, of the character and setting, remarkably vivid. Small details of concise description, hyper specific and precise.
Content warning for a dog dying in quite an upsetting way.
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🕵️ Espionage. Betrayal. Political intrigue.
In From Terror to Valor, Jack Debaut is drawn into a deadly world of covert operations and dangerous secrets, where allies can become enemies and trust can cost everything.
Can Jack uncover the truth before time runs out?
📖 https://books2read.com/fromterror2valor
#FromTerrorToValor #EspionageThriller #SpyThriller #ThrillerBooks #Bookstodon #AmReading
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🕵️ Espionage. Betrayal. Political intrigue.
In From Terror to Valor, Jack Debaut is drawn into a deadly world of covert operations and dangerous secrets, where allies can become enemies and trust can cost everything.
Can Jack uncover the truth before time runs out?
📖 https://books2read.com/fromterror2valor
#FromTerrorToValor #EspionageThriller #SpyThriller #ThrillerBooks #Bookstodon #AmReading
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I've finished: It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over by Anne de Marcken
What if the afterlife was zombie land?
This isn't a survival action movie. It is not about losing yourself to mindless hunger.
It is a meditation on grief, loss and decay. We get glimpses into the mind of a widow living as a zombie. Processing her grief over losing her husband, losing parts of her self.
We follow her as she observes other communities and individuals as they find their own way of handling the aftermath of the zombie apocalypse.
It is a wonderful zombie novella for people who hate zombie novels.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/f0328ac8-b3f8-4811-bbe2-b71d49b565a5
#bookstodon #AudioFiction #afterlife #zombie #amReading #novella #SFF
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I've finished: It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over by Anne de Marcken
What if the afterlife was zombie land?
This isn't a survival action movie. It is not about losing yourself to mindless hunger.
It is a meditation on grief, loss and decay. We get glimpses into the mind of a widow living as a zombie. Processing her grief over losing her husband, losing parts of her self.
We follow her as she observes other communities and individuals as they find their own way of handling the aftermath of the zombie apocalypse.
It is a wonderful zombie novella for people who hate zombie novels.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/f0328ac8-b3f8-4811-bbe2-b71d49b565a5
#bookstodon #AudioFiction #afterlife #zombie #amReading #novella #SFF
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Second on my list of favorite white-haired lady sleuths of the 1900s is Miss Maud Silver.
Then there’s another English woman, retired governess Miss Maud Silver, with her bog-oak brooch and her practical logic. She’s the creation of Patricia Wentworth. GREY MASK is first in the 32-book series, and was written in 1928 — two years before Miss Marple appeared on the scene.
https://susannasullivanauthor.substack.com/i/208744609/maud-silver
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Second on my list of favorite white-haired lady sleuths of the 1900s is Miss Maud Silver.
Then there’s another English woman, retired governess Miss Maud Silver, with her bog-oak brooch and her practical logic. She’s the creation of Patricia Wentworth. GREY MASK is first in the 32-book series, and was written in 1928 — two years before Miss Marple appeared on the scene.
https://susannasullivanauthor.substack.com/i/208744609/maud-silver
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5 Cli-Fi Novels and Eco-Thrillers Where Nature Has Main Character Energy
https://zurl.co/sEB1B#amreading #bookreader #bookreading #mustread #booklover #bookshelf #bookstagram #readmorebooks #bookaddict #bibliophile
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5 Cli-Fi Novels and Eco-Thrillers Where Nature Has Main Character Energy
https://zurl.co/sEB1B#amreading #bookreader #bookreading #mustread #booklover #bookshelf #bookstagram #readmorebooks #bookaddict #bibliophile
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Book Promotion: Sign-up to my bi-monthly newsletter and download five (5!) free fantasy, SF or steampunk novellas (if you want them).
The newsletters aren't just about me and always include other book promotions. #fedibookfair #reading #amreading #adventure #boost #readers #goodbooks #action #newsletter #fantasy #steampunk #scifi #mystery (f503) https://www.subscribepage.com/voidships?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
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I’ve just finished reading Sierra Six by Mark Greaney.
Although it’s outside of my preferred genres I find I can sometimes come across ideas which I can rewrite into a fantasy setting, perhaps coming up with something a little different in the process.
As a throwaway thriller, the plot’s not worthy of discussion, but I was tickled pink to learn that Signal, an App used for communication between members of the Unreal Writers is also said to be an application favoured by clandestine operatives. Cool, Huh?
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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I’ve just finished reading Sierra Six by Mark Greaney.
Although it’s outside of my preferred genres I find I can sometimes come across ideas which I can rewrite into a fantasy setting, perhaps coming up with something a little different in the process.
As a throwaway thriller, the plot’s not worthy of discussion, but I was tickled pink to learn that Signal, an App used for communication between members of the Unreal Writers is also said to be an application favoured by clandestine operatives. Cool, Huh?
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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Have finished 'Balcony Over Jerusalem' by John Lyons. It's showing its age (published 2017), but was on this list: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-22/israel-gaza-war-summer-reading-list-for-mps/104630224
I was reading specifically for insights into how local people feel about each other ... there was some information, but not enough for my liking. There was also quite a lot of information about how foreign journalists are treated by Israel and lobby groups like the AIJAC.
Feel free to recommend books on a similar topic for me!
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Have finished 'Balcony Over Jerusalem' by John Lyons. It's showing its age (published 2017), but was on this list: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-22/israel-gaza-war-summer-reading-list-for-mps/104630224
I was reading specifically for insights into how local people feel about each other ... there was some information, but not enough for my liking. There was also quite a lot of information about how foreign journalists are treated by Israel and lobby groups like the AIJAC.
Feel free to recommend books on a similar topic for me!
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Book Promotion: Fifty (50-ish!) stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction free for you to download from what could become your next favourite authors. #sorcery #magic #dystopia #dwarves #military #fedibookfair #dragons #dwarfs #amreading #boost #ladies #reading #spaceship #readers #planets #knights #fae #time #elves #legendary #witches #heroes #wizards #monsters #space #futurism #goodbooks #aliens #rogue #knaves #writing (d1a0) https://books.bookfunnel.com/scifispirit/8v5bew25cz?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
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Tonight's read:
"Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking" by #SusanCain
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/2019b0bb-ea9f-491a-8ace-48ba3277d491
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Tonight's read:
"Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking" by #SusanCain
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/2019b0bb-ea9f-491a-8ace-48ba3277d491
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Kobo thinks I should (re)read Brave New World. I do not remember it other than that I adored it (did we read these with Miss Joyner?) so hell, it's free, why not. Downloaded that puppy. Their summary of it is totally relevant: Made the hair stand up on the back of my neck reading it. It is ironic that it is AI that dubbed it a "94% match" to my reading interests.
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Kobo thinks I should (re)read Brave New World. I do not remember it other than that I adored it (did we read these with Miss Joyner?) so hell, it's free, why not. Downloaded that puppy. Their summary of it is totally relevant: Made the hair stand up on the back of my neck reading it. It is ironic that it is AI that dubbed it a "94% match" to my reading interests.
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Winding Up the Week #480
https://bookjotter.com/2026/08/15/winding-up-the-week-480/
This week I delve into books newly read and reviewed, roam through some of the most compelling literary commentary on the blogosphere, mark a variety of celebrations (from Tove Jansson & Moomin Month to the birthdays of Walter Scott, Charles Bukowski, Diana Wynne Jones and others) and shine a light on intriguing pieces from across the Internet. #Bookstodon #ToveTrove #ToveJansson #Gulliver300th #bookbloggers #AmReading @Calmgrove @lorywidmerhess -
Winding Up the Week #480
https://bookjotter.com/2026/08/15/winding-up-the-week-480/
This week I delve into books newly read and reviewed, roam through some of the most compelling literary commentary on the blogosphere, mark a variety of celebrations (from Tove Jansson & Moomin Month to the birthdays of Walter Scott, Charles Bukowski, Diana Wynne Jones and others) and shine a light on intriguing pieces from across the Internet. #Bookstodon #ToveTrove #ToveJansson #Gulliver300th #bookbloggers #AmReading @Calmgrove @lorywidmerhess -
Neu bei meinen eBooks: "Digital Divisions" - wie Digitale Ungleichheit durch die Bildung noch verstärkt wird, von Matthew H. #Rafalow, #UniversityOfChicagoPress. #AmReading #DigitalDivide https://press.uchicago.edu/books/freeEbook.html
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Neu bei meinen eBooks: "Digital Divisions" - wie Digitale Ungleichheit durch die Bildung noch verstärkt wird, von Matthew H. #Rafalow, #UniversityOfChicagoPress. #AmReading #DigitalDivide https://press.uchicago.edu/books/freeEbook.html
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What do I love about this quote? It's so. . . catty. MJ Trow captures perfectly the human-cat relationship, where the cat is definitely in charge.
https://susannasullivanauthor.substack.com/i/208744609/notable-quotes
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What do I love about this quote? It's so. . . catty. MJ Trow captures perfectly the human-cat relationship, where the cat is definitely in charge.
https://susannasullivanauthor.substack.com/i/208744609/notable-quotes