sirius proserpine’s Comments (group member since Mar 06, 2021)

sirius proserpine’s comments from the Queer Be Dragons group.

sara wrote: "hi :)
i was wondering if anyone had read/heard of any queer books that aren’t “obviously queer” or “queer looking”
(specifically contemporaries but i’m up for anything)
since it’s coming up to the..."

totally valid! sorry for my late ass reply, i hope it can still be helpful to you. it really depends what level of obviousness is okay for you— whether queer things can be mentioned in the synopsis or in reviews on the back cover, etc. however, playing it as safe as i can, here are some recs:
- not my problem by ciara smyth
- we are okay by nina lacour
- wild beauty by anna-marie mclemore
- take a hint, dani brown by talia hibbert
- spinning by tillie walden
- the disasters by m.k. england
- radio silence by alice oseman
- crownchasers by rebecca coffindaffer
- summer bird blue by akemi dawn bowman
- under shifting stars by alexandra latos
- malice by heather walter
- our year of maybe by rachel lynn solomon
- clap when you land by elizabeth acevedo
- the magic fish by trung le nguyen
- i’ll give you the sun by jandy nelson
- i’ll be the one by lyla lee
- the invisible life of addie larue by v.e. schwab
- phoenix extravagant by yoon ha lee
- iron widow by xiran jay zhao
- dark & deepest red by anna-marie mclemore

that’s all i can think of off the top of my head. hopefully some of these will work out for you and i’m not too late for any relevance!

Raynah wrote: "My favourite aspect would have had to of been the characters. Sky had an amazing friend group"

oh SO true!!!! the found family in this one is so 🥺❤️

i just finished this one and fjkahkjrgkjjahkj i actually really liked it ngl

like if im using my Smort Brain it wasnt the best book ever and idk i didnt *love* it all the time but it was so. fun fjkhakjdgkagk

wyatt was a whole fucking mood tbh. the “please do not murder anyone because i am a gay little worm who makes bad decisions” bit? so true. fhjkhajjfhgijah idk mostly it was just very fun & lighthearted for me!! idk fjhjkahjfgihga this is rambly and has gone on too long someone please stop me

Shae wrote: "sirius proserpine wrote: "ok i just finished “the darkness outside us” and i think im having an existential crisis holy. SHIT"

Thanks for sharing this one. Adding it to my list!"

ahhhhhh i really hope you enjoy it!!!

ok i just finished “the darkness outside us” and i think im having an existential crisis holy. SHIT

Raynah wrote: "It was a good book! I liked it"

i’m so glad!! are there any thoughts in particular you’d like to share?

thinking abt this book again……. so true bestie <3 the found family fgkjahkjgfkjhakjh 🥺🥺🥺

once again, a list for my own convenience.

contemporary:
- follow your arrow
- i think i love you
- she drives me crazy (x2)
- as fas as you’ll take me
- hani and ishu’s guide to fake dating
- love and other natural disasters
- kate in waiting
- the ghosts we keep
- i wish you all the best
- juliet takes a breath

other:
- last night at the telegraph club
- under the udala trees
- the wicker king
- this poison heart
- this is how you lose the time war
- cemetery boys
- aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe

it’s totally not too late! thank you both 🥰

as determined by y’all’s votes, our contemporary read of august is the sky blues by robbie couch! i absolutely adored this read and hope you will too.

thanks to y’all’s votes, we have our august book: the unbroken but c.l. clark. this is a political fantasy featuring a sapphic romance and i, for one, am so excited for it! as always, i hope you’ll be able to join me in reading this month.

Raynah wrote: "sirius proserpine wrote: "Raynah wrote: "I finished this a month late oops
I ended up not really liking it which sucks since I had such high hopes for it"

fhkjhagfkjh valid

oh no!!! i’m so sorry..."

valid! i’m sorry it didn’t work out for you :( hopefully the next one will!

Raynah wrote: "I finished this a month late oops
I ended up not really liking it which sucks since I had such high hopes for it"

fhkjhagfkjh valid

oh no!!! i’m so sorry it didn’t live up to your expectations :( was there anything that stood out to you that you didn’t like? /gen

zaiyah wrote: "but it's so good in a bad way!!!!!"

NOT TWILIGHT 😭😭😭 i will never understand how you suffered through ALL OF THEM

honestly i need to at least read the first one like. for fuck’s sake my BROTHER has this is practically required reading for laughing purposes fhkjahfgkjah /lh

zaiyah wrote: "!!!!!!! i finally read this!!!! yay me! i swear it never once left my loans shelf. i just kept renewing it. oops. but i finally read it!! also i really liked it! it was a fun time. it actually wasn..."

FHKJAHHKJFH SO VALID AND ALSO A WHOLE MOOD

Holly wrote: "I am also loving the nonbinary rep! I've never read a book with xe/xir pronouns. My brain is having a hard time getting used to it. I usually substitute they/them so that I don't get stuck in places."

valid! i hope you enjoy and get used to the pronouns fhkjahkjfgk

zaiyah wrote: "i FiniSHEd i didnt start when i said i would but that's ok!! because i made it before the loan expired so :DD im not sure if i really liked this??? idk. i didnt dislike it. i didnt really love any ..."

so valid!!!!! sometimes fantasy is just hard to get through fhkhadgkh

that’s valid!!!!! i’m just a simp fhkjafgjfhkja

i just finished this one and honestly i don’t even know what to think? fijhadgkjahkjh honestly i just wish it spent less time talking about sex and that no one said “gawd”. especially at the rate they did FIJHADKJHAKAGDKJH

YEEHAW !!!