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i guess john darnielle is publishing a book of annotated lyrics, and despite being like six years (and, idk, seven(???) albums?) outside of my mountain goats era, when i held it in my hands it tempted me

#it's the illustrated endpapers that got to me - i opened it up like oh! there's jenny!#maybe kinda gimicky maybe to call it “this year” and make it a 365 song-a-day thing (like. what are you? a devotional?)#but still... perhaps... the library.....#bloggery #tbd

folks, we've made it - there's a Harlequin category romance with an asexual protagonist

#i suspect harlequin may have published some already under another imprint (perhaps by timothy janovsky?) but I'm too lazy to check #but the six-books-every-month mass market ones are (stereotypically) what the little old ladies subscribe to #therefore i've decided that means something about representation and progress #sarah talks books #the first mlm one was in sept 2021. the first wlw ones were oct 2023. we're up to 20 total now #if u care

metalsymph

#ambre babe i'm SO sorry for ever doubting you do the growls yourself #xandria #metal tag #(i saw them live the other night and i've decided to stan)#from 4:00 onwards 😍😍

oh to be a motorcycle-riding courier who falls in love with the couple exchanging love letters via their services...

#literally the vehicle for their expression of love?#but also an integral participant in it?#this is about #road to ruin #but only bc i just found and read another book with the same setup ('if i had a nickel' etc)#it was fine. but mostly just makes me want MORE

black-arcana

Blackbriar ➢ Moonflower (feat. Marjana Semkina)

jellyfishbreaths

“Moonflower tells a love story between a female vampire and a mortal girl and transports you to a bygone era where darkness and desire intertwine. It's inspired by the 19th-century gothic novel 'Carmilla', a timeless story that predates even the infamous Dracula. The song features a guest songstress Marjana Semkina, who I think is the most perfect fit for making this Moonflower an ethereal, haunting, and dark duet.”

#ANOTHER CARMILLA SONG just for meeeee #this isn't even the first explicitly sapphic collab she's done with another metal lady #no one's doing it like blackbriar!!#carmilla #blackbriar

you know what? fuck you. *un-footnotes your translations*

#i'm reading #in the roses of pieria #and it's really good #clara really only stops the footnotes for like half a chapter/one letter (bc they're also for our benefit out of world). but still #anna burke #sarah talks books

rincrowe

Another batch of Lovestruck commissions. ✨

These took awhile for me to complete so there was a bit of... art style change in Astoria and Castaway.

#it's been a while since the first set i'm so glad these are still happening!#really iconic for them to be reading books of the other series in the first pic #the queen of thieves one is A Lot <3 #and the starship promise polycule where both MCs share nova hehe #lovestruck #queen of thieves #starship promise #wlw #fanart #i know they're just single pairs but i can't wait for speakeasy and ihs (maybe even enchanted nights?🤞)#plus my siren crush of course #beloved sapphics everywhere!!#queue

exitwound

I always am about to go to sleep at a beautiful 11pm and then something happens to me

#what happens is that time speeds up and it's suddenly 2am instead #sleep tag #queue

hey uh. say i went on a niche book research spiral and collected a list of every single queer retelling of a christmas carol i could find? what if there were like eleven (11)?? would anyone like to see a post

#(i'm talking about books/short stories not movies or anything else)#i WANTED a collection of christmassy queer retellings in general #but 90% of what i could find so far was ACC #(i also have a compilation of queer dracula retellings i've been meaning to post for months but this is more topical)#sarah talks books

a-ramblinrose

“Long after the sun had set, when the passengers were nestled neatly in their cabins, the crew gathered on the deck of the Dove. They’d been at sea for a fortnight, playing the role of any passenger vessel crew — all “yes, sirs” and “no, miladys” — seeing to the needs of the stiff-legged landsmen with exaggerated obsequiousness. But no more.” ― Maggie Tokuda-Hall, The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea

#books #the mermaid the witch and the sea #queue

read in 2023: By Chance, In the Dark by Matthew Bright

a queer retelling of A Christmas Carol; read via Kindle Unlimited

a modern Ebenezer Scrooge - estranged from his son, Tim - is visited by ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future (though not necessarily in that order)

interesting narrative construction, expertly subverts the reader’s expectations, and packs a punch in just 16 pages

tw: death/grief, funerals; homophobia; drinking/intoxication

#again NOT a romance; not even a clean happy ending (oof)#christmas reads #Matthew Bright #a christmas carol #sarah talks books #2023 reads #i was unsure at the beginning... (and there were a couple of glaring grammar/editing errors)#but i realized later some of the things earlier in that felt clunky/vague were completely intentional and Very clever actually 👌👌#btw the middle ghost was definitely a drag queen #and i think it could have used a few more words to that realization not feel... weird/borderline-transphobic? maybe that's just me #but yes i recommend this one!! still thinking about how the author pulled it off #queue

valtsv

can't get over the phrasing of this actually

valtsv

#oceancore #maps #queue

read in 2023: Crimson Yuletide by Rachel Ford

Victorian-era krampus thriller with a sapphic side romance; I read the ebook via Kindle Unlimited

a small english village’s 12 Days of Christmas celebrations are interrupted by a gruesome murder. soon, more disappearances and deaths follow… could it be a return of the monster that terrorized the town some forty years ago?

dual POVs of a brother and sister caught up in the investigations in order to prove their godfather/guardian’s innocence

the sister has a really sweet subplot of realizing she has a giant gay crush on her best friend (the younger sister of the woman the brother’s courting)

#[despite the cover and my writeup the m/f relationship gets about equal page-time to the f/f one. both get HEAs]#crimson yuletide #rachel ford #i was looking through my holiday ebook lists for something that wasn't A Romance and went with my gut on this one :)#it's self-published with some of the lack of polish that comes with that - overused phrases. occasional weird punctuation/word choice #also there are snippets of poetry between the chapters that can be weirdly bad and add basically nothing to the story?#(i saw ‘weirdly’ bc there are grammar mistakes way beyond what’s in the actual story #and i can’t tell if maybe it’s intentional to seem old or translated? but it’s never referenced in the text #ig it’s supposed to add to the rising tension but it ends up being repetitive and/or difficult to parse in a way that’s distracting. imo)#but i had a fun time!! and it was a really quick read #sarah talks books #2023 reads

isanarte

The Triangle Is The Strongest Shape!

PRINT / Twitter / Commissions

#iron widow #fanart #polyam tag #queue

kristybluebird

#mexican gothic #fanart #btw i swear i'm not dead! i simply discovered how to pause my queue

lestatbf

in a parasocial relationship with the sea

lestatbf

she is all uncaring mouth but i'm giggling and twirling my hair over being swallowed whole

#hadn't seen this version before <3 #oceancore #queue

It’s about the beautiful Carmilla Karnstein, who preys on a young girl, Laura, but also falls in love with her. Carmilla feels guilty for sucking the life force out of Laura, but also professes love and adoration for her. Like many vampire romances, their love is doomed and unhealthy, but also glorious.

#leaves eyes #carmilla #metal tag #i was today years old when i learned symphonic metal band Leaves' Eyes had a song based on Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu #(yes i was reading the wikipedia page for carmilla. what of it)#i was sad when i realized only the one song was about carmilla not the whole album (of the same name)#but the album is all about various women from legends/history - which is pretty iconic #(i also finally learned that the band's name is a play on the original frontwoman/cofounder's name Liv #(the placement of the apostrophe still hurts my brain though))#...anyway my very short ~gay metal~ playlist is one song longer now #queue

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