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Alex, 24, Germany, book lover

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An Update

Just posted a bit of an update on the hiatus situation on the blog

Hello everyone and happy new year!

I hope you all had wonderful holidays if you celebrated and I do hope you’re all doing well.

Since 2020 started, I wanted to post a little bit of an update on that hiatus I’ve been on since August.

As you may have realised, it has been going on for more than a couple of weeks. The original plan had been to get back by the end of September at the very latest,…

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July Wrap-up

Hey everyone, I just posted my July Wrap-up and some organisational things on the blog. One of them being that I will be going on hiatus for a bit. More info here:

Hello everyone,

so July was… a thing.

I remember going into this month thinking I’d wrap up the #PrideLibrary19 challenge and using at least one of the two weeks of holiday I had to read a lot. And then… I did none of that. I just spent most of the month feeling exhausted. Even that first week of holiday, which I spent at home, planning to get things done, I spent a lot of time sleeping. I’m…

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Review: Delay of Game by Tracey Richardson

For day 18 of #PrideLibrary19 I review Delay of Game by Tracey Richardson!

This post is part of the #PrideLibrary19 challenge. Day 18: F/F Romance

Women’s hockey players Niki and Eva ended their relationship twelve years ago before they competed against each other on the biggest stage of Women’s hockey, the Olympics.

Now Niki coaches Team Canada, while Eva is preparing for her last Olympic Games as a player for Team USA. And while they both want to win for their…

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#PrideLibrary19: Five Favourite Intersectional Queer Reads

For Day 16 of #PrideLibrary19 I look at five intersectional queer books I liked!

Hello everyone!

The prompt for day 16 of the #PrideLibrary19 challenge is Diverse Books.

Now I do think that intersectionality is super important, but to my own embarrassment I have to admit that when I started looking through my library for books for this post, I had to realise that my list ended up only having racial diversity on it or that I at least only tagged them for that (if it is the…

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June Wrap-up and #PrideLibrary19 Check-in

It's the last day of #PrideMonth so here's a wrap-up and also a #PrideLibrary19 check in even though we're not done with that quite yet.

Hello everyone!

June ends today so it is time for my monthly wrap-up. June was a good month for reading. I actually managed to read nine books this month, which honestly is a lot for me these days. I haven’t quite managed to keep up with my blogging challenge, but more on that later.

I read seven physical books and two eBooks this month, and I should be posting reviews for almost all of them.…

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#PrideLibrary19: Five Books With Bi Characters

Day 14 of #PrideLibrary19 is Bi Flag so here are some of my favourite books with bi MCs!

Hello everyone!

The prompt for Day 14 of #PrideLibrary19 is Bi Flag, so I decided to do a post on some of my favourite books with bi MCs. Also I didn’t intend this but I think i can almost form the bi flag  with the covers.

Becky Albertalli, Leah on the Offbeat

Review

I know some people had some issues with this book, but I stand by what I said in my review and honestly I love it.

         Rick…

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#PrideLibrary19: Five Favourite Queer Couples

Day 13 of #PrideLibrary19 is Queer Couples so I decided to talk about five of my favourites. (I swear I'm usually more eloquent)

Hello everyone,

Day 13 of the #PrideLibrary19 challenge is Queer Couples, and well, what better use of this prompt than talking about some of my favourite queer couples in literature (though I cannot promise to be very eolquent about it)?

Achilles and Patroclus – The Song of Achilles

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Will I ever be over them? The answer is no. (That’s it. That’s all I’m going to say.)

         Alex and…

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Review: I Wish You All The Best by Mason Deaver

Day 12 of #PrideLibrary19 was Trans/Nonbinary Character so here's a review I am super excited to post: I Wish You All The Best by Mason Deaver!!!

This post is part of the #PrideLibrary19 challenge. Day 12: Trans/Nonbinary MC

Ben gets thrown out by their parents after coming out as nonbinary, and moves in with their estranged older sister and her husband. Between struggling with an anxiety disorder and being the new kid at their school they try to keep a low profile during their last year of high school. But they didn’t expect Nathan to…

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#PrideLibrary19: Five Favourite wlw books

#PrideLibrary19 Day 11 is Lesbian Flag so I blogged about five of my favourite wlw books!

Hello everyone!

The #PrideLibrary19 prompt for day 11 is Lesbian Flag, so I decided I’d talk about five of my favourite wlw books. All of these have at least one Lesbian MC (if me and my tag spreadsheet aren’t misremembering anything), but since that’s not always true for both of the members of the romantic pair in the books, I decided to use the term wlw rather than lesbian.

Audrey Coulthurst, Of…

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Review: The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

Today's prompt for #PrideLibrary19 is Authors of Colour so here's my review of The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang!

This post is part of the #PrideLibrary19 challenge. Day 10: Authors of Colour

Frances is a seamstress in Paris with big dreams, but her life changes when she becomes the personal seamstress and best friend of Prince Sebastian. Because Prince Sebastian roams the nights of Paris as the  beautiful Lady Crystallia. But since Lady Crystallia is a secret, Frances’ dreams have to remain exactly that,…

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#PrideLibrary19 Day 9: Book Rainbow

Day 9 of #PrideLibrary19 is Book Rainbow, so I picked a book to recommend for each colour!

Hello again everyone!

The prompt for Day 9 of the #PrideLibrary19 challenge is Book Rainbow, so I decided to do a post with a recommendation for each colour. I didn’t quite manage that as you will see, but most of them are. So let’s stop the talking and get into it.

Red: Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Review

I still love this book. It’s beautiful and adorable, and just…

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Five Favourite Queer Adult Reads

Another belated post from earlie this week, and this time I'm talking about five queer adult reads that I love!

Hey everyone!

Most of us talk about queer YA a lot, myself included. And that is completely fine, considering that there is a lot of great queer YA. Still I thought to myself “But what about the adult reads?” Because well, there are great adult reads as well, and since I generally don’t limit myself to one age group on this blog, here is a post about  five of my favourite queer adult reads.

Hanya…

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Review: Bright We Burn (The Conqueror's Saga, #3) by Kiersten White

Another post that doesn't fit the challenge, but here is my (spoiler free) review of Bright We Burn by Kiersten White

Lada is determined to prove that Wallachia can survive without the Ottomans, and she is willing to risk everything for the independence of both her and her people.

Meanwhile Radu and Mehmed know they have to stop her, and with Radu returned to Mehmed’s side, they will stand together to face Lada and her wrath.

This was one of my most anticipated releases of 2018, and it absolutely delivered. It…

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Review: Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan

Here's my belated post for the Day 7 prompt of the #PrideLibrary19 challenge: My Review of Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan

This post is part of the #PrideLibrary19 challenge. Day 7: Blue Books

Paul’s gay, a sophomore at high school and he thinks he has just found The One. Noah is the new guy at Paul’s school, and Paul is sure there is a connection between them. Then Paul messes up and if the betting odds are any indication, he doesn’t have a chance to win Noah back. But that’s nothing to stop the guy who became the…

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Five Favourite Queer Books I've Reviewed (So Far)

Not quite a #PrideLibrary19 post today buuut here's Five Favourite Queer Books I've Reviewed (So Far)

Hello everyone!

I thought that using this idea for today’s prompt of the #PrideLibrary19 challenge was stretching things a bit too far so this isn’t a challenge post.

Still I wanted to use the occasion to post about five of my favourite queer books I’ve reviewed so far. So let’s get into it without further ado.

Cleve Jones, When We Rise: My Life in the Movement

Review

This was such an…

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Review: What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

For Day 4 of #PrideLibrary19 I am reviewing What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

This post is part of the #PrideLibrary19 challenge. Day 4: Orange Books

When Ben and Arthur meet at the post office they have the perfect meet-cute. Except until it’s not and they lose each other. Luckily the universe helps them out and after finding each other again they get to have that first date. And all the do-overs they need.

Because between figuring out ex-boyfriends and best friends and…

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Review: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Day 2 of #PrideLibrary19 is Pink Books so here's my review of Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston, a pink book I love very very much!

This post is part of the #PrideLibrary19 challenge. Day 2: Pink Books

Alex Claremont-Diaz is the son of the President of the United States, and after photos leak that seem to show him fighting with Prince Henry of Wales, grandson to the Queen of England, he and Henry have to do public damage control. The only problem is that Alex can’t stand Henry.

But as they play friends for the cameras they…

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