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I'll be marking my Pride Parade reads with a rainbow 🌈 emoji!
tbr & current reads:
• The Shadow of What Was Lost
• Slaying the Vampire Conqueror
• That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon
🌈 The Invocations (sapphic rep)
• Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
• Gather Round: The Internet's Scariest Campfire Stories
🌈 Heartless Heathens (trans author)
• Feed
• Haunting Adeline
🌈 Nevernight (queer MC; re-read)
🌈 Why Didn't You Just Leave (queer rep & authors)
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completed current reads:
other:
➽ Top Books I want to read this month!
🌈 PROGRESS 🌈
➽ Fence, Vol. 6: Redemption ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
➽ The Archive of the Forgotten ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
➽ Wren Martin Ruins It All ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
➽ We Got the Beat ⭐⭐⭐⭐
➽ The Diablo's Curse ⭐⭐⭐⭐
➽ Dear Wendy ⭐⭐⭐.5
➽ Infinity Alchemist ⭐⭐
June is also SF Readathon at Seasons of Reading Readathons Group (and July's theme here), so I'm concentrating on:
Pride SF,
Feminist SF,
Pride not-SF,
Other SF that catches my Fancy!💜💙🏳️🌈
TBR:
BIG GAY WEDDING. NG.
GUNCLE ABROAD. NG.
BORED GAY WEREWOLF. NG.
BURY YOUR GAYS. NG.
✅THE FEMALE MAN. KU, NG✅
✅any Joanna Russ NG
Any C. J. Cherryh
HOLIDAY GAY NG.
GAY NOIR NG.
THE GAY BEST FRIEND. NG
Titles Read: 🏳️🌈 🌈= Pride 🛸 = SF 🏴☠️ = Horror 🦸♀️ = Feminist
1. CARNIVAL OF TERROR VOL. 1. Scarestreet.com ARC. Release June 4. 🏴☠️
2. The Night Singers. NG ARC. Release May 28. 🏴☠️🛸 🦸♀️
IN PROGRESS: The Traitors 🏴☠️ 🦸♀️.
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Adventure
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Starrigger
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Night
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Feast
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28. *****
Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror by Joe Vallese
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
🌈 Completed reads 🌈
🌈Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States by Samantha Allen
🌈When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele (reread)
Currently reading:
🌈A Moment's Liberty: The Shorter Diary by Virginia Woolf
A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice and Freedom by Brittany K. Barnett
Non-theme TBR:
The Personal Librarian, Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray (April theme)
Winter Counts, David Heska Wanbli Weiden (March theme)
Conversations with Mom: An Aging Baby Boomer, in Need of an Elder, Writes to Her Dead Mother by Betsy Robinson
The Philosopher's Flight, Tom Miller (April theme)
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Finished reading:
🌈In the Form of a Question by Amy Schneider, finished 6/7/24, 4 stars
Gone for Good by Harlen Coben (May theme), finished 6/9/24, 2 stars
The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan , finished 6/17/24, 4 stars
🌈Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo, finished 6/23/24, 4 stars
🌈Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong, finished 6/23/24, 5 stars
Fly Girl: A Memoir by Ann Hood, finished 6/26/24, 4 stars
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- The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
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My themed reads will be:
- Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide
- Back in a Spell by Lana Harper
- Blood Like Fate by Liselle Sambury
- Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
- From Bad to Cursed by Lana Harper
- Funeral Songs for Dying Girls by Cherie Dimaline
- Gamora & Nebula: Sisters in Arms by Mackenzi Lee
- Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler
- Harley Quinn: Reckoning by Rachael Allen
- Into the Bright Open: A Secret Garden Remix by Cherie Dimaline
- In Charm's Way by Lana Harper
- Iris Kelly Doesn't Date by Ashley Herring Blake
- The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
- Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper
- Riley Weaver Needs a Date to the Gaybutante Ball by Jason June
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- This Coven Won't Break by Isabel Sterling
- Under This Red Rock by Mindy McGinnis
- Your Lonely Nights Are Over by Adam Sass
The rest will be:
- Acceptance by Jeff Vandermeer
- Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
- Angel Catbird, Volume 2: To Castle Catula by Margaret Atwood
- Angel Catbird, Volume 3: The Catbird Roars by Margaret Atwood
- Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
- Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol
- Argylle by Elly Conway
- Authority by Jeff Vandermeer
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- Better Must Come by Desmond Hall
- Big Bad by Lily Anderson
- Bless Your Heart by Lindy Ryan
- The Boo Hag Flex by Justina Ireland
- Book Lovers by Emily Henry
- By the Book by Jasmine Guillory
- Cake Eater by Allyson Dahlin
- The Changeling by Victor LaValle
- The Christmas Murder Game by Alexandra Benedict
- Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino
- Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
- Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brene Brown
- Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes
- Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks by Annie Spence
- Eat Your Heart Out by Kelly deVos
- The Enchanted Hacienda by JC Cervantes
- Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche by Nancy Springer
- The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer
- Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
- The Firefly Summer by Morgan Matson
- The Frame-Up by Gwenda Bond
- From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back by Elizabeth Schaefer et. al
- From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi by Saladin Ahmed et. al
- The Ghost of Spruce Point by Nancy Tandon
- Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes
- Grounded by Aisha Saeed
- Grumbones by Jenn Bennett
- Hemlock Island by Kelley Armstrong
- The Housekeepers by Alex Hay
- I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea
- Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco
- The Lake House by Sarah Beth Durst
- Leia: Princess of Alderaan by Claudia Gray
- The Living Force by John Jackson Miller
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- Love & Olives by Jenna Evans Welch
- Love & War by Melissa de la Cruz
- Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee
- Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller
- The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton
- Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Little Women by Rey Terciero
- Middle of the Night by Riley Sager
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- Missing Clarissa by Ripley Jones
- Molly of the Mall: Literary Lass & Purveyor of Fine Footwear by Heidi LM Jacobs
- Moon Madness by Julie Murphy
- Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon
- Murder at Mallowan Hall by Colleen Cambridge
- Murder on a School Night by Kate Weston
- Never Whistle at Night by Shane Hawk et. al
- Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy by Angie Thomas
- Nigeria Jones by Ibi Zoboi
- The Nigerwife by Vanessa Walters
- The Night in Question by Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson
- Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw
- One of Us Knows by Alyssa Cole
- One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware
- The Only Constant: A Guide to Embracing Change and Leading an Authentic Life by Najwa Zebian
- The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
- Panic by Lauren Oliver
- Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia
- Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory
- The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh by Claudia Gray
- Poor Things by Alasdair Gray
- Queen Charlotte by Julia Quinn
- Queen's Shadow by E.K. Johnston
- Ride or Die by Gail-Agnes Musikavanhu
- The Secret Garden on 81st Street: A Modern Retelling of the Secret Garden by Ivy Noelle Weir
- Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
- The Shadows We Hide by Allen Eskens
- Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- The Spirit Glass by Roshani Chokshi
- Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View by Elizabeth Schaefer et. al
- Summer Vamp by Violet Chan Karim
- The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
- A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal
- Tender Beasts by Liselle Sambury
- Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean
- Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone
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- An Unlikely Proposition by Rosalyn Eves
- VenCo by Cherie Dimaline
- The Villa by Rachel Hawkins
- What's Coming to Me by Francesca Padilla
- Winston Chu vs. the Whimsies by Stacey Lee
- Witchlings by Claribel A. Ortega
- You Have a Match by Emma Lord
Audiobook options:
- The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer
- End of Watch by Stephen King
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
- The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
- Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Themed reads:
Gorgeous Gruesome Faces - FINISHED
Lily and the Octopus - FINISHED
Hijab Butch Blues
Witchmark
The Deep
A Marvellous Light
Other reads:
Talons of Power
Fire and Ice
One Giant Leap - FINISHED
Brown Girl Dreaming - FINISHED
Angelfall - FINISHED
The Wanderer - FINISHED
Ready Player Two - FINISHED
Snow Crash
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