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no one:

me: here’s a flow chart of 41 lgbtq+ book recommendations, have fun!

disclaimer: this is a very non-comprehensive list since I’m only including books that I’ve read

Can anyone rec me some wilderness romance? More hiking and surviving together, less small town. I loved the Simple Wild by KA Tucker and want more like it. 

Book launch

I need readers. Launching on Amazon Feb 1 the 3rd series novel - Leaderboard. It involves a global conspiracy, a hidden cure for cancer, and the rescue of a friend. Sam Hook is meeting Crystol Lombardo in Columbus to heal. http://samsneadhook.comwww.amazon.com/Leaderboard-Novel-Sam-Hook-ebook/dp/B0CSF2QMY2……………

Stories of Your Life is weeeeeiird

But good. Ted Chiang sort of feels like the new Borges - sort of.

(The film Arrival is based on one of the stories in this book)

not quite fall, but i want it to be fall reading list

don't judge me, i know its not technically fall ( and still 105 degrees where I live), but I can do what I want.. anyway here is what I plan to read this fall/academic year

books i'm rereading

the outsiders

the hunger games

the hunger games- finished

catching fire-need to annotate

song of Achilles-need to annoatata

the poppy war-reading

if we were villains-rereading

5 survive- rereading

the girls Ive been

ace of spades

the girls I've been

the gold finch

how to be eaten

a good girls guide to murder

good girl, bad blood

tiny little fires

things have gotten worse since we last spoke

lock the doors

all the young dudes trilogy

the illiad

jayne eyre

the atlas 6

if we were villains

dune

little women

circe

the raven boys triology

a little life

bunny

a song of ice and fire

dark rise

six of crows series

neon gods

red queen sereis

the perks of being a wallflower

the last thing he told me

the good lie

this might hurt

the meaning of night

my dearest darkest

the bell jar

summer reading list(2024)

the nightstand pile

The Hunger Games Trilogy If we Were Villians A Good Girls Guide To Murder Trilogy 5 Survive Bunny Dune All The Light We Cannot See The Illiad

need annotate

everything i never told you

rumblefish

taming the star runner

that was then and this was now

summer reading list

everything i never told you- finished

that was then and this was now-finished

elena vanishing- finished

hench-annotating

the hunger games- rereading series

song of achillies

a good girls guide to murder

my year of rest and felatation

the foxhole court

the sunshine court

circe

the illiad

all your twisted lies

the raven cycle series

5 survive

they both die at the end

dune

bunny

all the light we cannot see

No longer human

the girls i’ve been

all the young dudes trilogy

things have gotten worse since we've last spoke

a little life

a song of ice and fire

hope and other luxuries

anne of green gables

the idealist

dark rise

six of crows series

little fires everywhere

neon gods

red queen series

the perks of being a wallflower

A Secret History, otherwise known as what the fuck Richard

(the last few bullet points will be talking about CSA so if that triggers you or makes you uncomfortable, don't read this)

Hi pookies, sorry for being awol, I've been prepping for finals, as well as annotating a secret history, and I had some thoughts I felt like sharing.

first of all fuck Henry

Bunny being the one to say " to live forever" is the definition of being doomed by the narritive

there is no version of the story where bunny lives, and by him being the one who says that, is in a way a challenge to Henrey

Richard opens the book by claiming to be a good liar, and in every situation where he lies he does it horribly is the funniest thing ever

Henry was a budding serial killer, and I think that by the simple fact of giving poor Charles those pills

I also don't think Bunny was as bad as the group made him out to be. Richard is obviously a self-admitted unreliable narrator, but I really don't think Bunny was as bad as they were making him out to be

sure he was probably really annoying, but the week before his death I don't think he was being purposely antagonistic but acting afraid

and in a sense when Richard found out about the murder, that was bunny signing his death certificate.

i think Henry was always going to kill Bunny, he was just waiting for a good enough excuse

when Jullian left Henry started decompensating like a serial killer, and that's why he lost control when talking to Charles

and while it is clearly the best choice to send Fransis to the police, Henry tells Charles to go because Charles is easy to manipulate

i think Fransis is obviously disalutioned by Henry from the beginning of the book, while Charles and Richard were still drinking the Kool-aid

Camilla is obviously romantisized by Richard, and I think that in all reality he probably viewed women in a simmular way Bunny did

in Camilla's descriptions she is often barefoot, and he makes note to mention that during the act of the murder she wasn't present

he also compares most women to Marion a person he thinks is too stupid and girly

people forget how physically imposing henry is, by Richard describing him it almost infantilizes him, in a way.

he is physically imposing which made him look odd, but he lifted camila with great ease, and lifts weight despite is limp

i think he hurt camilla by pulling out her hair, and hurting her wrist

i feel bad for bunny because while he was teetering over the edge he must have been so afraid

richard and henry could have been the same under slightly different circumsances

camilla is not as oblivious to things as people belive she is, obviously she is a victim, but the narrative implies that she is for lack of a better term, not completely innocent

she is a victim of her circumstances, but not completely innocent

richard clings to the group because they are every thing he wanted to

henry killed himself to achieve some fucked up version of godhood.

fransis is the most complex character because by the end of the book we feel bad for him despite taking advantage of 2 of the other characters in the book

he is also clearly in love with Charles but yk

CSA TW BELOW

okay so i think its pretty clear that Charles is a CSA victim

he very clearly has an eating disorder, and a alcohol problem which Fransis exacerbates by getting him drunk and hooking up with him frequently

not only that but he is really dependent on his friendships and is constantly paranoid that they are talking about him, but needs constant reassurance like a child

but also when bunny is making digs at the group, he starts talking about the preversions of the catholic church, i don't think that group cared, nor do i belive that any of them are particularly religious, but I do belive that Bunny was making a dig about Charles being molested by a preist

and if that's the case than his ultimate outcome makes the most sense,

that also makes sense why he would frequently sleep with camilla and fransis

feel free to message me so we can chat about it... this book has recently become my greatest obsession, or we can chat in the comments.

books, books, and more books

THE NIGHTSTAND PILE

The Foxhole Court

5 Survive

All Your Twisted Lies

If We Were Villains

CURRENT TBR

Everything I Never Told You

Hench

The Hunger Games Trilogy

Song Of Achillies

A Good Girls Guide To Murder

No Longer Human

Good Girl Bad Blood

Of Mice and Men

The Girls I've Been

Freak The Mighty

Dune

A Song of Ice and Fire

The Raven Boys Trilogy

NEED TO ANNOTATE

A Secret History- Donna Tart

Taming the Star Runner- S.E Hinton

Rumblefish- S.E Hinton

NEED TO REREAD

The Outsiders- S.E Hinton ( Writing Style, Diction, and narrations, and Structure)

If We Were Villians- ML Rio (Genre Analysis, Structure and Literary Devices)

WANT TO READ NEXT

The Sunshine Court

All The Young Dudes

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke

A Little Life

Anne of Green Gables

The Idealist

Dark Rise

Six of Crows

Little Fires Everywhere

Neon Gods

Red Queen

The Perks of Being A Wallflower