#bookrl

[c0ff3-m0nst3r]

"For most of history, anonymous was a woman"

- Virginia Wolf

[edwardslovelyelizabeth]

The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas

«It was an ancient terror, I’ve heard people say. Or a pagan devil, rising from the dark maw of the mine to devour all in its path. Some say it was a haunting. If you ask me, that’s too straightforward. Can you imagine if this were nothing but a ghost story, full of cold drafts and shadows where they oughtn’t be, clammy palms and sweaty napes? That’s too clean a tale. Too simple. And this one gets messy.»

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

the bookish breakfast tag 🥞🫐🍳🥓🍊🥯🍓

if you're seeing this, answer one of the prompts below! 💜

shortstack: a standalone you love 🥞 Vera Stein Is Fine - Julie Murphy 🦇

eggs & bacon: two characters you’d love to spend the day with 🍳🥓 Alex + Devin from Fan Service - Rosie Danan🦇

coffee: a comfort read ☕️ You Won't Forget Me & Late Bloomer - Mazey Eddings 🦇 Good Luck Babe - Erin Baldwin 🦇 Margin of Error - Rachel Lacey 🦇 (sweet sapphic romances with realistic character growth and emotional stakes > ridiculous, plot-driven conflicts are my form of comfort, apparently) 🦇

waffles: a book with a plot twist you didn’t see coming 🧇 Gideon the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir 🦇

orange juice: an underrated favorite 🍊 The Ripple Effect - Maggie (you knew this was coming. I love them. both of them. honestly, they win the "eggs & bacon" category, too. I'd get to stare at McHuge and talk hair and Star Wars and sarcasm with Stellar. ANYWAY) 🦇 The Cupid Dilemma- April Asher (I know it's not out yet, but April Asher deserves all the love for her supernatural romances. all of it.) 🦇

pastries: a salty romance🧂 (changed this one, sorry! since I already mentioned sweeter, softer romances, I wanted to talk about the ones brimming with banter) In Stormy Weather - Chelsea Curto 🦇 Yes, Chef - Grace Reilly 🦇

bagel: a side character you’d want to have their own series/book 🥯 Last First Kiss - Julian Winters (KAMI!!!) 🦇 The Cupid Dilemma - April Asher (it's hinted, and I wanted it bad) 🦇 Fundamentals of Being a Good Girl - Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone (throw a dart. doesn't matter. I'll read it) 🦇

tagging: @shewhobecamethereader @profiterole-reads @duckprintspress @just0nemorepage @goldenmountainbooks @shakespeareanqueer @bookaddict24-7 @freckles-and-books @godzilla-reads

[shroom-kitty]

I'm on a "fantasy reading" online group and I kid you not, someone said

"Oh I liked Sarah J Maas books... they're not Game of Thrones, but at least she finished her saga".

THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE COMPARED.

One is high fantasy written by an author who spends time and research to do a believable world building and plot, because fantasy is based on that! No good fantasy is written fast!

One is an author who writes smut - oh no wait, y'all call it romantasy sorry - with some vague fairy villas in the background and a plot that is easily beaten by the Twilight Saga.

THE SPEED IS NOT THE FLEX YOU THINK IT IS. It's the ultimate proof of bad quality.

AND IT'S TWO. DIFFERENT. GENRES.

No. Don't even try to argue.

I'll come at you with the rage of someone who has read actual fantasy since 20 years, way before fucking booktok, and saw her shelves ruined by romance who could NOT stay in its lane.

[sublecturas]

"Dune", de Frank Herbert en la #LíneaE

[strange-as-it-may-seem]

I’m truly surprised and sad there isn’t a bigger fandom for The Winnowing Flame trilogy by Jen Williams . I don’t know why, is it because it’s not romantasy or not YA? (No shade on those types of books, although they can get trope-y)

They are really good. I can fully reccomend them to anyone that likes fantasy but is tired of heteronormativity and isn’t too keen on purely political intrigue and doesn’t want to choose one type of fantasy or between dark stuff and whimsy.

It has interesting worldbuilding, great writing that kept me interested despite my ADHD, great characters (majority of them women!), that are interesting and also some fucked up stuff. And multiple queer characters. Aaaaand mythical beasts.

if anyone wants to talk about them, I’m open to it (my dms might not work because of stuff, but you can also comment if you wanna share fanfic or fanart or something or books similar to them).

[books-in-a-storm]

Anxiety

[herbstroslein]

i have already read six chapters – and i really like this book!