#steven rowley

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New Releases: May 19, 2026

This post is sponsored in honor of Soon By You by Dahlia Adler, out today from St. Martin’s Griffin! (Soon By You is a spicy m/f romance with an MMC on the ace spectrum.) Buy it: Bookshop | Amazon | The Ripped Bodice | Lovestruck Books | The Last Chapter | The Well Red Damsel *** Picture Books Our Guncle by Steven Rowley and Eda Kaban After the loss of their mom, siblings Grant and Maisie have…

New Releases: May 19, 2026

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Have you read The Guncle by Steven Rowley (2021)?

YES

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Voting ended onMay 10, 2025

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Hello Dr. Watson, sir! As a linguist in the making, I am very curious as to whether you do reading for fun, and if so, what your preferred genres are? I'd be happy to hear some book recommendations for when I visit England again (because it's completely different to go on a shopping spree while on a trip instead of buying them where I live)

Oh yes, going on a book shopping spree is my favourite part of a holiday, perusing and buying books at the local bookshop. You always have the classics to look out for, but I like to be surprised by “new” authors or authors I’m not yet familiar with. I usually prefer reading (true) crime and/or historical fiction. But I’m currently reading the book below, and I highly recommend it. It reminds me of “Lily and the octopus” by Steven Rowley, which is also a favourite of mine within this genre.

I also suggest you subscribe to Bloomsbury Publishing so that you’re informed about new releases.

Enjoy!

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“If you spend your entire life trying to cheat death, there's no time left over to embrace life.” Lily and the Octopus, Steven Rowley

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Queer Book Character Tournament Round 1

Patrick O’Hara- The Guncle

Alex Claremont-Diaz- Red, White, and Royal Blue

Maud Blyth- The Last Binding Trilogy

Katherine- The Privilege of the Sword

Voting ended onMar 11, 2024

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Patrick O’Hara- The Guncle by Steven Rowley

Alex Claremont-Diaz- Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Maud Blyth- The Last Binding Trilogy by Freya Marske 

Katherine- The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner

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“If you spend your entire life trying to cheat death, there's no time left over to embrace life.”

Lily and the Octopus, Steven Rowley

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21/15 (2022) - Lily and the Octopus, Steven Rowley

Two of my favorite passages. If you need to cry, I’d suggest this book.

i.

Because dogs live in the present. Because dogs don’t hold grudges. Because dogs let go of all their anger daily, hourly, and never let it fester. They absolve and forgive with each passing minute. Every turn of a corner is the opportunity for a clean slate. Every bounce of a ball brings joy and the promise of a fresh chase.

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And yet even more enchanting is Lily’s voice. The one I can’t bear to dim or silence. It’s older, and her exclamations are fewer and farther between. Her puppyish enthusiasm is gone. But it is still her voice. It is still her.

“You don’t like to get wet,” I say.

“Oh, yeah,” Lily says. She settles back down in my lap.

“It’s a fun idea, though, Mouse. Splashing in the waves.”

After a pause, Lily looks up at me. “Sometimes I think of you as Dad.”

My heart rises in my throat. That’s the only term of endearment I need.