#rcaug23

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What is your favorite outdoor location?

There's this park in town that has really good hiking trails. We don't go as often as I'd like because it's so hot for most of the year, but we ate lunch out there today. As it cools off more, I'm hoping we can make a thing out of it.

August's monthly magnet features James and Peter from S.A. Chant's Peter Darling. I haven't read it, but it's on my tbr.

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Do you have a favorite Shakespearean play?

I think A Midsummer Night's Dream and Macbeth are my favorites, though I admit I haven't read any or seen them peepers since high school.

I am absolutely in LOVE with this new cover! The original is also great, but I adore this art style from @4resna. And the typography from @manicfemme? *chef's kiss* I can't wait to dive into this book!

I'm glad this Romeo and Juliet retelling doesn't have a tragic ending. I always had reservations about the whole story of R&J because Juliet was a literal child. The whole thing was weird. But still excited to read this one!

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What's your favorite monster?

I'm definitely a vampire girly, but werewolves are up there, too. I haven't actually read Frankenstein, but I did see the traveling Broadway performance of Young Frankenstein in high school (ft. @ajholmes as Dr. Frankenstein) and I absolutely loved it.

The naked cover of Unwieldy Creatures is my favorite feature of the book! The edges are also cool. I want more monster retellings with this style naked cover.

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Are you more of a book-pots-hold-my-stuff person or mugs-hold-my-stuff person?

I definitely have more mugs holding things on my bookshelves. They hold pens, bookmarks, and other knickknacks. I have more mugs than book pots by far.

August's fandom item is inspired by Anna Burke's Thorn.

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What's your favorite monster?

I'm definitely a vampire girly, but werewolves are up there, too. I haven't actually read Frankenstein, but I did see the traveling Broadway performance of Young Frankenstein in high school (ft. @ajholmes as Dr. Frankenstein) and I absolutely loved it.

The naked cover of Unwieldy Creatures is my favorite feature of the book! The edges are also cool. I want more monster retellings with this style naked cover.

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AUGUST @rainbowcrate SPOILERS

I am quite excited for this month's trad book pick! These remixed classics are rather fun. I've only read My Dear Henry by Kalynn Bayron (a Jekyll and Hyde retelling), but several of the others are on my tbr. TTTTB in particular is a Romeo and Juliet retelling without the tragic ending.

Items included in this box are:

• trad pick: Teach the Torches to Burn by Caleb Roehrig with alternate jacket art by @4resna

• indie pick: Unwieldy Creatures by Addie Tsai with alternate jacket art by @isipxin with copper foiling, foiled hardcover, art endpapers, and printed edges

• monthly collectible magnet inspired by Peter Darling by S.A. Chant

• Book pot inspired by Thorn by Anna Burke

• and, as always, spoiler card art by @/ace_artemis_fanartist (insta)

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Do you have a favorite queer retelling?

The Once Upon a Con series by Ashley Poston is one of my absolute favorite series of queer retellings! (Second place goes to The Bone Spindle by Leslie Vedder.) Not only is the series written by a biromantic ace, but book 1 has queer side characters, and books 2 and 3 have queer main characters as well as side characters. Bookish and the Beast is my favorite, but I have a major soft spot for misunderstood, grumpy boys.

That said, Geekerella is a retelling of Cinderella, The Princess and the Fangirl is a sapphic retelling of The Princess and the Pauper, and Bookish and the Beast is a retelling of Beauty and the Beast (the male MC is bisexual).

Speaking of Ashley Poston, she's got a new book out today, Bishop Takes King, which is a YA Marvel universe book about my second favorite archer, Kate Bishop. Get it wherever books are sold!