Queereaders discussion

The World of Normal Boys by K.M. Soehnlein has been on my "To Read" shelf far too long. Maybe it's because the plot is about a North Jersey boy in the 70s struggling with doubts about himself is too close to my own story.

Blood Sanctuary Pt. 2 by Vela Roth
It is a fantasy romance series. If you've ever read the From Blood and Ash series it has a similar structure to that without the bits that make it insufferable. It's cozy and beautifully written with several of the main characters being in queer relationships (rare for the genre).

The whole series is on Kindle Unlimited, beginning with Blood Solace. It's so good! The author isn't well known but deserves far more credit than some front runners in the genre.

Just finished Fully Empowered by Pablo Neruda, and re-reading it almost a couple decades later, it's still my favorite of the five or six of Neruda's books that I've read so far. I can see why it was a personal favorite of his, and the translation by Alastair Reid is wonderful! It holds up much better than his The Yellow Heart that I re-read earlier in November.

Also finished Rabeah Ghaffari's extraordinary tale set in the times of Iran's 1979 revoluation, To Keep the Sun Alive. And I finished Foundation and Empire, a fun light read.

Now, I'm reading The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne. I'm only 6 chapters in, but I've somewhat pleasantly surprised. I was worried it would be only a philosophical allegory with characters serving as props to demonstrate ideas and that it would bore me slightly . . . but Hawthorne's writing has kept me well engaged, at least so far. I'm enjoying the symbolic, metaphoric and suggestive language and images.

I'll probably also pick up The Night Tiger and/or Nutcracker and Mouse King and the Tale of the Nutcracker soon.

seasonal depression is kicking in, im currently reading;
Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford

Saige wrote: "seasonal depression is kicking in, im currently reading;
Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford"

Ouch, hope things get better Saige! It can be a tough time of year.

The final gambit

I've just started reading Bi The Way: the bisexual guide to life. Written by Lois Shearing. I'm really enjoying it so far.

Joe Country by Mick Herron (book 6 in the Slough House series)
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Saint Sebastian's Abyss by Mark Haber

I'm reading "a christmas carol", i really want to get in the christmas spirit lol

✩⋰ edith ⋱☾✄ wrote: "I'm reading "a christmas carol", i really want to get in the christmas spirit lol

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Ha ha, enjoy edith. I love that book!

I'm reading Dune right now. Really enjoying it so far!

sadly, i couldnt get my hands on any christmas books so im currently reading "Shadow and Bone" by the wonderful Leigh Bardugo and it's lovely so far (also, thank you greg)

Saige wrote: "sadly, i couldnt get my hands on any christmas books so im currently reading "Shadow and Bone" by the wonderful Leigh Bardugo and it's lovely so far (also, thank you greg)"

I watched the Netflix adaption of that one - it was interesting. Maybe I'll read it someday. I've read other books by Bardugo but not that one yet. The ones I did read were fun. Enjoy!

I'm hoping something seasonal can get me more into the holiday spirit. I'm reading Remembering Christmas, a collection of 3 short stories all with gay plotlines.

A Postcapitalist Politics by JK Gibson-Graham, Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir, by Emezi Akwaeke, and Trans/Love: Radical Sex, Love & Relationships Beyond the Gender Binary, edited by Morty Diamond.

I loved, loved, loved When the Angels left the Old Country, the story of a small demon and an angel who have been studying torah in a shtetl for centuries and decide they must travel to America to rescue a girl from that shtetl who immigrated to America and hasn't been heard from since. This story is heartwarming in a delightfully non-cloying way.

My ***** review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Erin Kelly's The Skeleton Key is one of those books that can quite rightly be called "addictive." It's a sophisticated mystery/thriller with a disturbing book and two disturbed families at its center. Whatever your taste in books, this is a title you'll have a hard time putting down once you've begun it.

The queer characters are secondary, but they're there.

My ***** review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Just finished Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb which i loved but really fancy something I don't have to pay much attention to so continuing with Karin Slaughter's Will Trent series and reading Fractured (the second book in the series ).

I'm reading The Testaments by Margaret Atwood !

Siren Queen via audiobook!

Heaven's Official Blessing I - 天官赐福 I this book is soooooooo good.

I’m reading “ Holy Terror: Andy Warhol Close Up” by Bob Colacello. It’s actually a good autobiography of artist Andy Warhol.

Hello im Alyssa from australia, I like sport and YA. Currently reading, The Kicking Goals Journal by my fav player Sam Kerr, Shadow and Bone and Messi Rules. i loved watching the world cup. Merry Christmas to all 🎅

About to start Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman!

Currently reading The First to Die at the End. Liking it so far. The world the author sets up is intriguing

first time posting here (+in a group at all) so hello everyone!! :D

just finished nona the ninth of the locked tomb series and once again…i have been left with so many strong feelings and questions 😵‍💫

Upgrade by Blake Crouch
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

is what im reading

the holiday trap , written in the stars , Zachary yang and the dragon emperor , wayward ( 2023 release )

REALLY enjoyed the holiday trap and written in the stars very hallmark esk currently reading the later and wayward im really enjoying so far definitely worth a read next year guys when it comes out (not sapphic )

Every Summer After by Carley Fortune — A cis-het nostalgic love story (so far). Haven’t taken time to read in a while and found it on my kindle.

Would love some queer story recommendations 👍🏼

Currently reading Game Changer by Rachel Reid.

I want to recommend the graphic nonfiction book Other Russias by Victoria Lomasko. It's really an incredible book about activism in Russia, protests against Putin, Pussy Riot and other LGBTQ activism. The drawings are by Victoria and there is not very much text but there is commentary and every drawing has a balloon, all expertly translated by Thomas Campbell, a great book about an unknown (for the most part) Russia.

Before All the World is a book that makes demands on the reader, but pays that effort back with its rich plot, its profound reflection, and its utterly original language. It has a remarkable pair of gay men: Leyb, the survivor of a pogrom; Charles, a Black, Yiddish-speaking, Philadelphia Communist

My ***** review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo!! I got it for Christmas and I’m halfway done!

Sonja wrote: "I want to recommend the graphic nonfiction book Other Russias by Victoria Lomasko. It's really an incredible book about activism in Russia, protests against Putin, Pussy Riot and other LGBTQ activi..."

Sounds great Sonja, I'll check it out!

Ending the year by reading Peter's Chair by John Simpson. It's about an American cardinal who happens to be gay, and finds himself elected Pope. As he goes about trying to modernize the Church a group of conservative clergy invite Satan himself into the Vatican.

Just finished solitaire by Alice oseman, it was good I enjoyed it but it’s not for the faint of heart

The Inmate by Freida McFadden. So far it’s pretty good. 😊