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🌠 felix, tight hugs and ice cream <3

ajshbdjqk mal you exude such Pure energy lmao

(i'll give u the answer for free anyway: golden hour, luke<3, the color beige (duh))

mutuals send me a 🌠 and i’ll tell you three things i associate you with

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Did athenastudying delete her account?

to relay meike's reply to this, courtesy of @jeonchemstudy:

(in all seriousness though: nope! the blog's up and running as per usual :))

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I’d love to hear your lgbtq+ book recs!!

I hope you have a lovely weekend as well!

well now you've opened pandora sabrina's box asgdbhjq

okay firstly, lemme just link u to some recs we've previously compiled in the studyblr w/knives server: top 2021 books, lgbtq+ main character, trans main character (more recs incoming next month ;))

and now, to single out some recent(ish) faves: (cut bc this is long)

exciting times (n. dolan) - contemporary fiction they say this is the closest it gets to sally rooney but i haven't read any of her books so i wouldn't know about that. i would, however, know that i absolutely love the writing in this one - barely anything happens and i rarely like plotless books and yet here i am, tabbing the hell out of this book

gideon the ninth (t. muir) - sci-fi horror fantasy it took a little for me to get used to the writing but oh. my. god. it destroyed me in the best way possible and i already have the sequel on my shelves, waiting till after finals to dig in (very much recommend it - feel free to dm me and i can tell u more)

the charm offensive (a. cochrun)* - contemporary rom-com this had the lovely vibes red, white & royal blue has; i read it in a day and had a blast, it also has a main character of color and neurodiverse rep!

the six of crows duology (l. bardugo) - ya fantasy you surely already know abt it, but it's among my all time absolute faves so of course i have to mention it

the raven cycle (m. stiefvater) - ya urban fantasy same reason as with soc lol

things have gotten worse since we last spoke (e. larocca)* - conteporary epistolary horror horror indeed. chilling, gripping, delightfully horrifying and fucking disgusting - i probs won't ever be rereading but man, it was a ride

damaged like us (b.&k. ritchie)* - contemporary romance is this the height of literature? certainly not. but did i enjoy it and read it at lightning speed? i did. i really did.

the house in the cerulean sea (t.j. klune) - urban fantasy a hug in book form. reading this feels like being bundled up in ur fave blanket, sipping your fave hot beverage and Vibing™

hepdale rain trilogy (c. paul)* - ya urban fantasy i don't like werewolf stories. these books tho? had me in a chokehold. the characters are amazing, the writing is lovely af, and each book is better than the last.

the atlas six (o. blake)* - urban fantasy some ppl hated this but me? it made me go absolutely insane. i was making inhumane noises as this took my heart and twisted it in like 5 diff dimensions, 5 stars, immediate new fave.

top secret (e. kennedy, s. bowen)* - contemporary romance kinda a frat house you've got mail au. shameless smut ngl. a great pick if u just want sth quick, super non-demanding to read while getting over a book that ruined u lol

him (e. kennedy, s. bowen)* - contemporary sports romance same as the previous, just with the hockey gays flavor this time.

cemetery boys (a. thomas) - ya urban fantasy this. book. asdfsdghfjkl. my poor heart. just sweet and so soft, but at the same time amazing at tackling themes like your identity and belonging and culture and

simon vs. the homo sapiens agenda (b. albertalli) - ya contemporary romance a classic by this point, but i read it in 2018 and def wanna reread :')

heartstopper (a. oseman) - ya contemporary romance the graphic novel that stole our hearts <3 also go watch it on netflix everyone (if u want to Emote be consumed by warmth)

the magic between (s. hoyt) - magical realism romance this wasn't exactly a fave, but the dedication reads "for all the bisexuals out there - this one's for you." and yes. the bisexual rep this world deserves

*contains (varying degrees of) graphic sexual content

okay i'll stop with that for now, feel free to ask for more literally any time. but bc i cannoT shut up and you have been warned, here are some fantastic lgbtq+ books i have on my tbr (recs courtesy of my friends with superb reading tastes):

the darkness outside us (e. schrefer) - ya sci-fi romance my preordered paperback is on its way as we speak

in the dream house (c. m. machado) - non fiction a memoir that apparently doesn't read as non fiction and tackles multiple incredibly important topics

if we were villains (m. l. rio) - contemporary mystery i won't even say anything, this has been on my tbr for 6 years and that's that.

summer sons (l. mandelo) - urban fantasy (magical realism?idk) this was pitched to me as "the raven cycle but darker and more unhinged". sold immediately lmao

heated rivalry (r. reid) - contemporary sports romance hockey gays with a lot of angst

crush (r. siken) - poetry

iron widow (x. j. zhao) - sci-fi

the starless sea (e. morgenstern) - urban fantasy

19 days (o. xian) - manga

the gilded wolves trilogy (r. chokshi) - historical fantasy

if you have any recs for me (any genre), definitely do drop them in my asks or dms and if you ever run out of books of a specific genre to read or just wanna scream about a book, you know where to find me ✨

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hello!

can you recommend fiction mythology books that are not Greek? maybe Chinese or Egyptian?

hi anon! i'm gonna be frank here, i personally don't know of/haven't read any, but here are a couple recs:

egyptian myths - jake jackson (on my tbr)

the kane chronicles - rick riordan (egyptian mythology based)

the city of brass - s.a. chakraborty (genderswapped aladdin)

the devourers - indra das (check tws!)

we hunt the flame - hafsah faizal

the boy with fire - aparna verma

the ivory key - akshaya raman

the poppy war - r.f. kuang (heard this is inspired by chinese mythology, but don't come for me if it isn't)

the wrath and the dawn - renée ahdieh (1001 nights retelling)

honorable mention to she who became the sun by shelley parker-chan, a novel based on real historical figures, but in a fantasy setting, so it has a similar feel to mythology retellings

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i can't find the original post for the horror challenge, it never came up on my dash and i wanna do it so bad now 😫

well here you go :) enjoy!

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Hi Sabrina!! Could you or your followers suggest some books about greek mythology, like retellings of Hades/Persephone & similar? I know only about Lore (and the Percy Jackson books obv ahah). Thanks for the help ✨

hiya! we sure can :)

hades & persephone:

a touch of darkness (s. st. clair)

neon gods (k. robert)

a deal with the elf king (e. kova)

the startouched queen (r. chokshi) - greek + indian mythology

madeline miller is writing a book about persephone as we speak!

other greek mythology:

circe & the song of achilles (m. miller)

lovely war (j. berry) - ww1 + greek mythology

a thousand ships (n. haynes)

silence of the girls (p. barker)

the penelopiad (m. atwood)

stephen fry's greek mythology books

greek myths: a new retelling (c. higgins)

ariadne (j. saint) *meike strongly unrecommends this one lol

lavinia (u. le guin) - kinda between greek & roman mythology

these are the ones that come to mind (had some help from friends too)

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1.The book theif

2. Lord of the rings

The Book Thief:

never heard of | never read | want to read | terrible | boring | okay | good | great | a favorite

Lord of the Rings:

never heard of | never read | want to read | terrible | boring | okay | good | great | a favorite

put a book in my ask!

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10. would you slaughter the rich?

that seems too easy yk.... what i'd do it strip them of their fortune and have them work for a minimum wage for the rest of their lives. everyone else can have a share of their money and spend the rest of their lives eating popcorn while watching the (formerly) rich struggle to navigate the 'ordinary' life :)