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she/her 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 / I talk about books / "out of the forest I come with my flowers, singing, all alone" - Little Red Cap; Carol Ann Duffy / side blog of @aelstra

[thequeerbouquiniste]

Nemesis Mine, by Amy Archer - Review

It's fun, it's silly, it's dramatic. It's a good time and a sweet romance, with endearing characters and archetypes that make fun of classic fantasy tropes. The only downside for me was that the worldbuilding was a bit too surface-level. Amy Archer could have done a lot more with it but didn't, and as someone who is very much into fantasy and worldbuilding, I thought that too many worldbuilding questions were left unanswered. The book could have been even greater if that aspect had been given more thought, but I'd still recommend it to anyone looking for a light-hearted and fun read.

[astastories]

In celebration of all hail chaos- I drew lady Rae and lady Lia. I’m listening to the audiobook right now and it’s amazing 

[canwriteitbetterthanueverfeltit]

I'm sorry but genuinely a man who has been bursting at the seams with a resentment about you always being around and making believe you're friends that is so intense that it would have made him MURDER YOU accidentally getting a taste of not having you around or being his friend (because you got mad at the idea of him murdering you and stopped hanging out with him) and realizing that you're still taking over his life (read: brain) and that without being blinded with resentment he kind of likes you?? and after a short period of consideration betrays his king and only friend and throws away his morals (the only thing he has) to take a dread oath WITHOUT CONSULTING YOU that binds him to you so he can never be made to harm you while YOU... refuse?? to take any of this seriously as him liking you??? is actually a PEAK dynamic

[sodajuicesoda]

hi hello can we talk about this

[sarahreesbrennan]

ALL HAIL CHAOS snippet

Not an April Fool’s. Just another lil evil taster for ALL HAIL CHAOS. Wonder who he’s talking to and if they do, oh well anyway, you’ll know soon!

[gffa]

I need more people to read the Time Of Iron series with me (Long Live Evil and All Hail Chaos so far) because I started them for a silly, light-hearted humor story about a girl being isekai'd into a horrible Game of Thrones-style alternate world where she has to get the Flower of Life to save herself from her cancer in the real world and she's a delightful bitch about, but suddenly I have FEELINGS ABOUT RAE??? She wasn't just delightful, she was positively burning with rage under the surface of her character because of everything that got fucked up in her life. She has humor about it, she is slowly growing to character about the characters in the story as real people, she is an absolute hot mess, she has to deal with so much shit that's not her fault (being vaulted into a villainous character who was cruel to everyone around her, so nobody in this world trusts her), and it's all just a scream. I can't count how often the comedic timing of the story has gotten an irl laugh out of me (the audiobook is really good!)! I'm so curious to see where this is going! The other characters are charming their way into my heart! There's a side pairing that I'm hoping isn't just subtext but may actually go there! There's gently poking fun at the tropes of the genre, but in a way that never feels mean to me, but instead done with love and joy for them! If you enjoy women getting to be hot messes, if you enjoy murder gremlins being utterly unhinged and falling in love with the hot mess lady because she's so fucking unhinged that his freak is ready to get down on his knees for her freak, if you enjoy laughing through a book that will eventually snare your feelings, then you should read Long Live Evil (by Sarah Rees Brennan) and let me yell at you about all of it.

[canwriteitbetterthanueverfeltit]

Key "evil praise kink" of the Cauldron kneeling over from just sucking poison out of a woman he now refers to as "Boss", getting turned on when she pats him on the head and turning his head into her hand like a dog YOU WILL ALWAYS BE REAL TO ME

[thequeerbouquiniste]

*shaking andrew minyard* you cannot demand that others respect your boundaries if you are willing to disregard theirs at every turn. your boundaries are not more important just because you've been traumatized given that you're in a team of people who've all been traumatized. you don't get to threaten and stab and choke people because you're unhappy and call it boundaries

[lacanthropy]

*rolls over toward you in the dark and dead of night* Are you awake? Cool, cool. Do you ever think about how, if given the chance, Key of the Cauldron would've been there for Rae when she was hospitalized?

He would've been by her bedside every day no matter what anyone else thought about it, he would have held her hair back when she threw up and tucked her in when she was cold and told her dad that he and his new family could go fuck themselves, the baby included. He would've skipped school and gone back just to tell Marlowe that Rae might not throw her out the window but he gladly would, and he would've learned to get along with Alice and he'd have memorized the whole Time of Iron series just to read it to Rae when she was awake. He'd steal the hospital popsicles for her and beat the crap out of anyone who made her feel bad when she started losing her hair, he'd have held her and raged with her *becoming increasingly hysterical* He'd have been there for her until the end and after that. No matter how mean and tired she got, no matter how m any times they tried to kick him out, he'd have slept on the hospital floor just to stay by her side. Love survives death.

Anyway, goodnight.

[zed-sabre]

in honour of all hail chaos coming out, here is a marius expression sheet i drew for @mcgae

[may12324]

Been thoroughly enjoying long live evil ❤️

[spending-life-pretending]

chapter 17:

chapter 21:

[makingqueerhistory]

Resurfaced Alan Turing short story sheds light on how he felt about being gay

A newly transcribed short story written by Alan Turing challenges the long-standing image of him as isolated and ashamed of his sexuality

A newly transcribed short story written by Alan Turing challenges the long-standing image of the genius as isolated and ashamed of his sexuality, revealing instead a man who was “playful, funny, cheeky” and “really liked sex”.

[free-queer-books]

Link to handwritten story: https://turingarchive.kings.cam.ac.uk/biographical-and-personal-documents-amta/amt-a-13

Link to open-access article with a fully-typed transcription: https://academic.oup.com/res/advance-article/doi/10.1093/res/hgag047/8740175#app1

‘Pryce’s Buoy’: Alan Turing’s autofictional short story

Abstract. This article presents the first extended engagement with Alan Turing’s unpublished and untitled short story, commonly referred to

AMT-A-13

Non-scientific writings. Comprises:- AMS short story by AMT, untitled and n.d. [sometimes referred to as Pryce's Buoy]; 1st page of AL from

[academic-vampire]

A crucial part of the bookstore experience is saying hi to all the books you’ve already read

[midgart]

the gangs all here

[busyliving-busydying]

Reminder that it’s 2026 and Neil Josten is 39 years old

[sassycurse]

one of the best feelings tbh