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πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ§šπŸ»β€β™‚οΈ (she/they/fae) πŸ“–π‘Ήπ’†π’‚π’…π’Šπ’π’ˆ: fairytales, retellings, queer, folkhorror, gothic, litfic, Indigenous… πŸ€πŸ’πŸ‰πŸŽΏπŸŽΎ 🧬DID, Autism πŸ“Piscataway + Nacotchtank land

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Fyi re: usa's women's hockey team... (via: www.nytimes.com/athletic/700...) #Olympics

16.02.2026 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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THE MIGHTY RED by Louise Erdrich (2024) β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… .75 - My tips for reading this book are 1: do the audiobook, 2: trust the author, & 3: the title is important on multiple levels. Now go enjoy the brilliance that is Erdrich’s literary mind!

β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… .75 - My tips for reading this book are 1: do the audiobook, 2: trust the author, & 3: the title is important on multiple levels. Now go enjoy the brilliance that is Erdrich’s literary mind!

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16.02.2026 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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THE DEEDS OF THE DISTURBER by Elizabeth Peters (1988) β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - a stopover in London & occultist hijinx at the British Museum for book 5. I liked seeing more tension in the Emerson marriage tbh. It was cute. Ramses, however, remains the star of the show.

β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - a stopover in London & occultist hijinx at the British Museum for book 5. I liked seeing more tension in the Emerson marriage tbh. It was cute. Ramses, however, remains the star of the show.

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14.02.2026 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A RUIN, GREAT AND FREE by Cadwell Turnbull (2025) β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - A truly masterful, moving, impressive, & satisfying ending to the best spec-fic / sci-fi / fantasy series I’ve ever read. My number one rec for these revolutionary times.

β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - A truly masterful, moving, impressive, & satisfying ending to the best spec-fic / sci-fi / fantasy series I’ve ever read. My number one rec for these revolutionary times.

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09.02.2026 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NATIVE CAROLINIANS by Theda Perdue & Christopher Arris Oakley (2010) β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… .5 - a brief overview of the history of the Algonquian, Siouan-Catawban, & Iroquoian languages speaking peoples, particularly the Cherokee & Lumbee tribes, of North Carolina.

β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… .5 - a brief overview of the history of the Algonquian, Siouan-Catawban, & Iroquoian languages speaking peoples, particularly the Cherokee & Lumbee tribes, of North Carolina.

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07.02.2026 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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MANTEO'S WORLD by Helen C. Rountree (2021) β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… .75 - a thoughtful overview of the history of the Algonquian, Siouan-Catawban, & Iroquoian languages speaking peoples of the Outer Banks with a focus on Indigenous experiences & perspectives.

β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… .75 - a thoughtful overview of the history of the Algonquian, Siouan-Catawban, & Iroquoian languages speaking peoples of the Outer Banks with a focus on Indigenous experiences & perspectives.

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04.02.2026 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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THE HATAK WITCHES by Devon A Mihesuah (2021) β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - an exceptionally deep & intentional contribution to the procedural thriller genre focusing on museum ethics & Indigenous culture, history & mythology.

β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - an exceptionally deep & intentional contribution to the procedural thriller genre focusing on museum ethics & Indigenous culture, history & mythology.

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22.01.2026 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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SPLIT TOOTH by Tanya Tagaq (2018) β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - a really special genre-defying, memoir-adjacent read about the modern Inuit experience through the eyes of two-spirit artist, musician, & shaman, Tanya Tagaqβ€”must read on audiobook!

β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - a really special genre-defying, memoir-adjacent read about the modern Inuit experience through the eyes of two-spirit artist, musician, & shaman, Tanya Tagaqβ€”must read on audiobook!

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19.01.2026 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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THE FOSSIL HUNTER by Shelley Emling (2009) β˜… β˜… .5 - a generally informative book with an exhausting amount of cisheteronormative assumptions, christian & imperial apologism, & queer & neurodivergency erasure.

β˜… β˜… .5 - a generally informative book with an exhausting amount of cisheteronormative assumptions, christian & imperial apologism, & queer & neurodivergency erasure.

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13.01.2026 00:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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MORT by Terry Pratchett (1987) β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - a fun, hilarious, clever, & charming coming-into-one’s-self story about a young boy who is apprenticed by Death.

β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - a fun, hilarious, clever, & charming coming-into-one’s-self story about a young boy who is apprenticed by Death.

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12.12.2025 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A NEW NEW ME by Helen Oyeyemi (2025) β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - for lovers of whimsical, brilliant, unusual writing, characters that undergo affirming transformations, & storylines that explore under-examined, charmingly mundane, ND human experiences.

β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - for lovers of whimsical, brilliant, unusual writing, characters that undergo affirming transformations, & storylines that explore under-examined, charmingly mundane, ND human experiences.

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08.12.2025 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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THE NIGHT GUEST β˜… β˜… β˜… - disturbing, mysterious, dark, felt a bit thriller-tropey, ultimately just left me confused…

β˜… β˜… β˜… - disturbing, mysterious, dark, felt a bit thriller-tropey, ultimately just left me confused…

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05.12.2025 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TRIFLES by Susan Glaspell (1916) β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… .5 - a brutal, honest vignette of the violence of misogyny & the insidious way it shapes the psyche & directs all relationships.

β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… .5 - a brutal, honest vignette of the violence of misogyny & the insidious way it shapes the psyche & directs all relationships.

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03.12.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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LION IN THE VALLEY by Elizabeth Peters (1986) β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - the very autistic-coded mother-son duo of Amelia & Ramses is making this series for me. They keep getting better!

β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - the very autistic-coded mother-son duo of Amelia & Ramses is making this series for me. They keep getting better!

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29.11.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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THE HAUNTED HISTORY OF THE TRANS-ALLEGHENY LUNATIC ASYLUM by Sherri Brake (2014) β˜… β˜… β˜… - interesting & informative, thoughtful & thorough, with some problematic elementsβ€”a self-published work so go in expecting a lack of editing oversight & an amateurish writing style.

β˜… β˜… β˜… - interesting & informative, thoughtful & thorough, with some problematic momentsβ€”a self-published work so go in expecting a lack of editing oversight & an amateurish writing style.

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04.11.2025 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NIGHT OF THE LIVING REZ by Morgan Talty (2022) β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - a compulsively readable, heart-rending, hilarious, sweet, & incredibly tragic vignette of modern Penobscot lifeβ€”the kind of literature destined to be a future classic.

β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - a compulsively readable, heart-rending, hilarious, sweet, & incredibly tragic vignette of modern Penobscot lifeβ€”the kind of literature destined to be a future classic.

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02.11.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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WHERE SLEEPING GIRLS LIE by Faridah Γ€bΓ­kΓ©-ÍyΓ­mΓ­dΓ© (2024) β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - an equal parts absorbing, satisfying, & infuriating dark academia mystery/thriller about co-ed private boarding schools, the dynamics of privilege, found family, & systemic misogyny.

β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - an equal parts absorbing, satisfying, & infuriating dark academia mystery/thriller about co-ed private boarding schools, the dynamics of privilege, found family, & systemic misogyny.

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31.10.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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THE STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE by Robert Louis Stevenson (1886) β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - My first time read of this horror classic - surprised to find that it's less about dual sides of one's identity & more about 'what if your worst intrusive thoughts were a person?'

β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - My first time read of this horror classic - surprised to find that it's less about dual sides of one's identity & more about 'what if your worst intrusive thoughts were a person?'

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29.10.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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THE BLOODY CHAMBER by Angela Carter β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… .75 - Fairytale retellings that are as magical as they are horrorific, unhinged, flowery, feminist, & spectacular: my third time reading Carter’s collection has finally made me a fan!

β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… .75 - Fairytale retellings that are as magical as they are horrorific, unhinged, flowery, feminist, & spectacular: my third time reading Carter’s collection has finally made me a fan!

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29.10.2025 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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THE INSTRUMENTALIST by Harriet Constable (2024) β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… .5 - Brilliant & heart breaking with a powerful, believable, beautiful, & (mostly) satisfying ending. Three cheers for disability rep in historical fiction!

β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… .5 - Brilliant & heart breaking with a powerful, believable, beautiful, & (mostly) satisfying ending. Three cheers for disability rep in historical fiction!

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20.10.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NO GODS, NO MONSTERS by Cadwell Turnbull (2021) β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - for readers who love to be philosophically & intellectually challenged by their fantasy / sci-fi reads, especially when they have ultimately wholesome & very queer themes.

β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - for readers who love to be philosophically & intellectually challenged by their fantasy / sci-fi reads, especially when they have ultimately wholesome & very queer themes.

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18.10.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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HOLLOW by Taylor Grothe (2025) β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - a dark but powerful look at the (young adult) Autistic experience & the search for belonging, community, mothering, love, & acceptance as one’s true, whole self.

β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - a dark but powerful look at the (young adult) Autistic experience & the search for belonging, community, mothering, love, & acceptance as one’s true, whole self.

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13.10.2025 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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YOU'RE THE PROBLEM, IT'S YOU! by Emma R. Alban (2024) β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - more dreamy Victorian worldbuilding, witty, relatable & lovable characters, themes of progressive politics, feminism, queer love, & found family, with lotsss of delectable spice!

β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - more dreamy Victorian worldbuilding, witty, relatable & lovable characters, themes of progressive politics, feminism, queer love, & found family, with lotsss of delectable spice!

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11.10.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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THE COURAGE TO BE DISLIKED by Ichiro Kishimi& Fumitake Koga (2017) β˜… β˜… β˜… .5 - it should have been five stars because of the overall content (fascinating, challenging, & extremely important), but the writing style & the tone made it positively excruciating to read.

β˜… β˜… β˜… .5 - it should have been five stars because of the overall content (fascinating, challenging, & extremely important), but the writing style & the tone made it positively excruciating to read.

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10.10.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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HAMMAJANG LUCK by Makana Yamamoto (2024) β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - a thrilling ride with lovable characters & hilarious banter; a bit repetitive at times & an MC that drove me CRAZY but it all comes together for a very satisfying end. Sequel??

β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - a thrilling ride with lovable characters & hilarious banter; a bit repetitive at times & an MC that drove me CRAZY but it all comes together for a very satisfying end. Sequel??

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29.09.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Copenhagen Bookshops - Summer 2025 One of the most beautiful & bookish cities I've ever visited!

One of the most beautiful & bookish cities I've ever visited!

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28.09.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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MORE THAN A BEST FRIEND by Emma Alban (2024) β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - the sapphic historical fiction romance novel of my dreams! I loved everything about this book from the characters to the setting to the plotβ€”all I can say is β€œBridgerton, who??” Read it!

β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - the sapphic historical fiction romance novel of my dreams! I loved everything about this book from the characters to the setting to the plotβ€”all I can say is β€œBridgerton who??” Read it!

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27.09.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NECESSARY FICTION by Eloghosa Osunde (2025) β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - Osunde’s immaculate second novel is a wholesome, hopeful, & heart-wrenchingly, devastatingly beautiful Deep Envisioningβ„’ of a better world for queer folx in Nigeria & beyond.

β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… - Osunde’s immaculate second novel is a wholesome, hopeful, & heart-wrenchingly, devastatingly beautiful Deep Envisioningβ„’ of a better world for queer folx in Nigeria & beyond.

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22.09.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Agassi just coached De Minaur to his first victory over Zverev in their last eight matches? & Fritz to his first win over Alcaraz AND a world number one ever? That’s probably not insignificant, yeah? #LaverCup

21.09.2025 03:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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WHAT HUNGER by Catherine Dang (2025) β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… .75 - The creeping pace, nauseating imagery, rage, trauma & pain all weave together to make this one of the darkest, cruelest, & most effective slow burn literary horror novels I've ever read.

β˜… β˜… β˜… β˜… .75 - The creeping pace, nauseating imagery, rage, trauma & pain all weave together to make this one of the darkest, cruelest, & most effective slow burn literary horror novels I've ever read.

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20.09.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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