#requierobl

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@requierobl replied to your photo: Santino Hassell: Concourse Five Boroughs Book 5...

I want the threesome one next, and I wouldn’t mind a lesbian one (I’m not finished so not sure if they got together).

I can’t imagine what a whole book about Aiden and Jace would be about. They’re really solid, so I can’t see a book’s worth of drama for them. However, there’s going to be an anthology of novellas featuring the Queens crew--tentatively called Citywide--and they’re going to be in that one. So are Tonya and Mere.

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@requierobl replied to your photo: mywitfailsme: @greighish I saw this at the...

I haven’t even opened my copy…

Heh. I didn’t order it when it was released because I knew I wouldn’t get to it anytime soon.

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@requierobl replied to your photo: “Eli Easton: Falling Down I’ve had this sitting on my tablet since...”:

I've read this because I've read almost everything of Eli Easton, but this was not really memorable. I think I'm over this author since I've never liked her recent stuff as much as her older stuff.

Kind of wishing I started with a different book of hers because after this, I’m not at all motivated to try any of her other work.

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@requierobl replied to your post: “@requierobl​ replied to your photo: “Becky Albertalli: Simon vs. the...”:

I was a bit iffy as well, but a sequel came out not that long ago so I gave in.

Actually, I saw Honestly Ben first and then saw that it was part of a series. I hesitated because I kind of want to jump around and if I start a series, I’ll probably want to keep going if I like it, but it’s whatever now, I just added Openly and will make the decision when I get to it.

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@requierobl​ replied to your photo: “Becky Albertalli: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda Aghhh! I hate cute...”:

I have this but I haven't finished it. It's funny how much I like YA now since I didn't really enjoy them when I was teenager. I'm reading Openly Straight, and I remember liking How to Repair a Mechanical Heart, which I think I mentioned to you since it's about fandom. I'm also reading Ghosts and Ashes since I really enjoyed the prequel Star Host, but that's more scifi than slice of life.

Ah! I put Openly Straight on my list this morning, though, I’m a little iffy about it. Just looked up The Star Host and it seems interesting, so I’ve added it to my list, too. Vaguely remembered How to Repair a Mechanical Heart, so I looked that up as well. From the synopsis on Amazon, it reminded me of Megan Erickson’s Trust the Focus. Then I really looked at the cover and even that was similar. How to came out three years before Trust, so now I absolutely must read it to see just how alike they actually are.

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@requierobl replied to your photo:  “Gabriel García Márquez: One Hundred Years of Solitude Some parts...:

I loved crónica de una muerte anunciada, but I don't think I ever finished this one.

Though I haven’t read it yet, Love in the Time of Cholera was my encounter with him some years ago. Chronicle of a Death Foretold is now on my list, but it will be a while before I get to it because it’s not available as an audiobook yet.

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requierobl said:

And yet some authors have still managed to add kids to their bl

I can count on one hand the number of titles that featured a kid that I’ve really liked. I’ve read some that weren’t bad, but the ones I’ve read and would/have read again are few.

One of the things I dislike is how the kids disappear at the end. Someway, somehow, the father/uncle/family/friend no longer has to take responsibility for the kid. They are magically free to live there new life with out the hindrance. As much as I loved Sakuragi’s Hide and Seek, the ending lost a bit for me because of the result of the custody thing at the end. On the flipside, the sort of reverse of that in Asou’s Only Serious About You was done to my satisfaction. Even though I prefer to keep kids out of the stories--more specifically, prominent roles (Narasaki’s nephews in Ichikawa’s Blue Sky Complex are fine)--if they’re going to be in there, I don’t want them to used and disposed of at the end.

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@angrysasuke​ replied to your post : Just binge-watched all seven episodes of Yuri on…

lol same, i feel like ppl jumping on this and saying its groundbreaking etc etc have never watched anime before :/ i do appreciate the ship and hope it becomes clearly canon but im not getting hasty on this.

girl I feel like we’re always on the same page :) but yeah same some of posts here have definitely made me question whether this is one of the first animes they’ve seen or something... 

requierobl replied to your post: Also (and I will stop talking about YOI after this...

I think they did kiss, (I so did not expected the creators to go that far) but I still don’t quite see it yet as more than fujobait. I like fujobait, and I love YOI, but I’m a bit uncomfortable with how overt it is, especially when there’s a chance of a “no homo” ending.

I definitely feel that. I have a suspicion that they might go the route of “Viktor kissed Yuri just to surprise him and its ok because he’s a foreigner, but they’re still just ~friends~” I hope that doesn’t happen, but it might and there’s certainly precedent for that :(