An Account of my Readings

book blog

[1000-life-hacks]

[archeologist-prophet]

Lovely to see we have spaces where you can gain access to so much literature!

[bitchesgetriches]

The Library Is a Magical Place and You Should Fucking Go There

[lianabrooks]

The publishing discourse circa 2023.

Cherie Priest. Preemee Mohamed. Chuck Wendig. <- all of these are major authors. Bestsellers. Award-winning. Wildly popular authors.

They are getting paid so little they can't keep writing.

Their thousands of hours of work is being offered $750. The equivalent of 50 hours at minimum wage ($15/hr where I live).

It takes more than 50 hours to write a book. But writing is so de-valued authors can't get a fair wage. And USA authors can't legally unionize.

We all deserve better, writers and readers.

[damejoansutherland]

okay new game. reblog this post and tell me in the tags what book you would pose with if you were being photographed for an ala read campaign library poster. mine would be the house of the spirits 🙂

(if you aren't familiar with the ala read campaign, idk, google it)

[specificpollsaboutbooks]

Favorite Book Trios

Round 1

Anthony Lockwood, George Cubbins, & Lucy Carlyle (Lockwood & Co.) VS Sorrel, Mark and Holly Forbes (Theater Shoes)

Lockwood, George and Lucy

Sorrel, Mark and Holly

Show results

Voting ended onMar 10

NO ANTIPROPAGANDA PLEASE

Propaganda under the cut

Lockwood, George and Lucy:

They're everything to me. They bicker nonstop, but they love each other. They're honestly the best example of found family I can think of. They're coworkers. They live together in townhouse. They're all like, 16-17 and actually act like teenagers in the books. They are compliment each other perfectly and are better together.

[voiidvagabond]

Stratt in Project Hail Mary

[kingsbridgelibraryteens]

"I don't remember the title, but the cover was BLUE!"

Young Adult fiction @ the Jerome Park Library

[toreadornot]

[toreadornot]

Polari Prize Withdrawn Books Challenge

Polari Prize Nominated Books that pulled out

A show of solidarity for trans supportive authors pulling out of the Polari prize for platform...

Lollythegiant on StoryGraph has made a Reading Challenge/List of the books that have been withdrawn from consideration for the Polari Prize this year

The short reason for why the authors are withdrawing: John Boyne, the author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and noted friend of JK Rowling and TERF himself, is a nominee in the established author section.

Bluesky Post from Jay Hulme where I found out about it in the first place

[duckprintspress]

23 Queer Books for Disability Pride Month

July is Disability Pride Month! To celebrate, we asked our contributors to recommend their favorite queer books with disabled characters. The contributors to this list are: Neo Scarlett, Dei Walker, E. C., Polls, Rascal Hartley, Sanne, Meera S., Shadaras, Shea Sullivan, Annabeth Lynch, Tris Lawrence, Nova Mason, Nina Waters, and an anonymous contributor. Reminder: we encourage our rec list contributors to suggest books that spoke to them, which means that sometimes works on our rec lists do not include explicit representation.

Brooms by Jasmine Walls

Iron Widow (Iron Widow series) by Xiran Jay Zhao

Six of Crows (Six of Crows series) by Leigh Bardugo

Golden Stage by Cang Wu Bin Bai

Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

The Tea Dragon Festival Treasury Edition by K. O’Neill

He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan

Feed (Newsflesh series) by Mira Grant

Into the Drowning Deep (Rolling in the Deep series) by Mira Grant

Nimona by N.D. Stevenson

Interesting Facts about Space by Emily Austin

Body, Remember: A Memoir by Kenny Fries

The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost series) by C.L. Clark

The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus series) by Rick Riordan

The Monster Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade series) by Seth Dickinson

Chrono Crusade (Chrono Crusade series) by Daisuke Moriyama

Tokyo Babylon by Clamp

Godkiller (Fallen Gods series) by Hannah Kaner

A Tiny Piece of Something Greater by Jude Sierra

Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

The Charm Offensive (The Charm Offensive series) by Alison Cochrun

Umineko When They Cry by 07th Expansion

Copper Coins by Mu Su Li

What are your favorite queer books with disability rep?

You can view this list, and our many others, as a shelf on Goodreads!

Looking to buy any of these books or others we’ve recommended? You can browse our rec lists on Bookshop.org!

Want to chat your favorite reads with us? Join our Book Lover’s Discord server!

Love reading queer books? Our Queer Book Challenge is running on Storygraph through the end of 2024. Come join us!

[toreadornot]

Time for the end of the month panic borrows from hoopla

[eugeniedanglars]

literary kinsey scale time

which best describes your reading habits? this includes reading for school or work, not just reading for fun

0: exclusively read fiction

1: primarily read fiction, only incidentally read nonfiction

2: primarily read fiction but more than incidentally read nonfiction

3: equally read fiction and nonfiction

4: primarily read nonfiction but more than incidentally read fiction

5: primarily read nonfiction, only incidentally read fiction

6: exclusively read nonfiction

X: i don’t read

Voting ended onJun 25, 2025

i’m just curious what mix of fiction and nonfiction the average tumblrina is consuming

[toreadornot]

2024 Fantasy Bingo

My almost all hard mode bingo card! (I did swap out the Book Club square for a hard mode Horror read when I turned in my card - Don't Let the Forest In by CG Drews)

Favorite book of the bingo has to be Ocean's Godori by Elaine U. Cho.

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🩷 sapphic books by black authors for Black History Month

🦇 happy black history month, my bookish bats! part of my mission on this account is to amplify queer, bipoc, & diverse voices. with that in mind, here are some sapphic books by black authors to add to your tbr for Black History Month!

Escaping Mr. Rochester - L.L. McKinney The Relationship Mechanic - Karmen Lee Thirsty - Jas Hammonds So Let Them Burn - Kamilah Cole Broughtupsy - Christina Cooke Second Night Stand - Karelia Stetz-Waters & Fay Stetz-Waters Incendiant - Virginia Black Faebound - Saara El-Arifi Dead Girls Walking - Sami Ellis

Dead in Long Beach, California - Venita Blackburn Flirting Lessons - Jasmine Guillory The Payback Girls by Alex Travis Faebound - Saara El-Arifi A Little Kissing Between Friends - Chencia C. Higgins French Pressed Love - M C Hutson Brewed with Love - Shelly Page Something Kindred - Ciera Burch These Poisons We Drink - Bethany Baptiste String Theory - L.M. Bennett

Where Sleeping Girls Lie - Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé Those Beyond the Wall - Micaiah Johnson These Letters End in Tears - Musih Tedji Xaviere This Ends in Embers - Kamilah Cole Pomegranate - Helen Elaine Lee Where Shadows Meet - Patrice Caldwell Taste the Love - Karelia Stetz-Waters & Fay Stetz-Waters

The Secret Crush Book Club - Karmen Lee

Cursebound - Saara El-Arifi The 7-10 Split - Karmen Lee The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye - Briony Cameron Francine’s Spectacular Crash and Burn - Renee Swindle Sleep Like Death - Kalynn Bayron Iron Tongue of Midnight - Brittany N. Williams Fate’s Bane - C.L. Clark

Sympathy for Wild Girls: Stories - Demree McGhee Nav’s Foolproof Guide to Falling in Love - Jessica Lewis Out of Step, into You by Ciera Burch Ready to Score - Jodie Slaughter If We Were a Movie - Zakiya N. Jamal One Summer in Miami - Amber Rose Gill Call Your Boyfriend - Olivia A. Cole & Ashley Woodfolk An Arcane Inheritance - Kamilah Cole I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Mariama J. Lockington

[nickandros]

eating this.

[black-water-simping-ships]

Alv:

[toreadornot]

was just looking at Goodreads and I think we got a cover reveal for Teo's Durumi already!?!

(and a plot summary copied under the cut)

"Teo Anand, former ne’er-do-well second son of the Anand Tech empire and current solar fugitive, has just crash-landed on the Moon after escaping the latest attempt on his life. But if anyone can help exonerate him, it’s his best friend, bold Korean space pilot Ocean Yoon.

Falsely accused of murdering his family, Teo is running out of both time and options. But loyalties are uncertain in their group of steadfast comrades and tentative new allies, and it’s difficult to know who to trust in the tangled web that awaits them in Artemis, a city on the Moon rich in Korean history and haunted by ghosts from Teo’s and Ocean’s pasts. Further complicating matters are Haven—the pensive medic whose beliefs challenge Ocean’s—and the dashing Phoenix—a space raider who’s come blazing into Teo’s life in more ways than one.

All the while Corvus, the real culprit behind the slaying of the Anands, is sowing a path of destruction that threatens to swallow the solar whole. The crew will wrestle with clashing ideals, flying bullets, and undeniable feelings, as they race toward a stunning final stand.

Teo’s Durumi brings Cho’s space opera duology to an exhilarating close, one that contends with questions of identity and acceptance; grief and redemption; and loyalty and sacrifice, as Teo, Ocean, and the people they love will decide once and for all how to forge their paths into the future."

[bookofmirth]

end-of-year book ask

How many books did you read this year?

Did you reread anything? What?

What were your top five books of the year?

Did you discover any new authors that you love this year?

What genre did you read the most of?

Was there anything you meant to read, but never got to?

What was your average Goodreads rating? Does it seem accurate?

Did you meet any of your reading goals? Which ones?

Did you get into any new genres?

What was your favorite new release of the year?

What was your favorite book that has been out for a while, but you just now read?

Any books that disappointed you?

What were your least favorite books of the year?

What books do you want to finish before the year is over?

Did you read any books that were nominated for or won awards this year (Booker, Women’s Prize, National Book Award, Pulitzer, Hugo, etc.)? What did you think of them?

What is the most over-hyped book you read this year?

Did any books surprise you with how good they were?

How many books did you buy?

Did you use your library?

What was your most anticipated release? Did it meet your expectations?

Did you participate in or watch any booklr, booktube, or book twitter drama?

What’s the longest book you read?

What’s the fastest time it took you to read a book?

Did you DNF anything? Why?

What reading goals do you have for next year?