Mags🌈📚 (queer reads for speculative fiends)

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There are 30 books on the list currently and I'll be regularly updating with new reads.

Happy Pride!

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the ghosts of gwendolyn montgomery by clarence a. haynes

First finished read of #pride month!

A high-powered publicist being mysteriously sabotaged teams up with a queer psychic shopkeeper in an illicit affair with a ghost. Together, they have to save NYC from a spirit world invasion.

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Greenteeth by Molly O’Neill

A witch, a lake creature, a hobgoblin, and a fae dog team up to save Britain from an ancient evil.

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This was a fun romp through British folklore, even if the writing style wasn’t quite for me. Review on Pagebound, GR, etc.

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absolutely obsessed with the quality of writing in Silvia Park’s debut novel Luminous

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Flight of the Fallen by Hana Lee

The Mercy Makers by Tessa Gratton

of the e-ARCs I’ve read so far this year, these are the two I’ve pre-ordered (and you should too!) because they are fantastic and I want them on my shelf where I can re-read them anytime

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Thanks!! No email yet but I’ll keep an eye out :)

Ah I went to claim the art and it says “Thank you for entering! You will be notified if you are selected as a winner.” :(

I should have😭😭 I’ve never unsubscribed from anything so fast in my life but it would be silly to buy another copy before I even know if I like it. So I’ve just put it on my shelf without the dust cover lol

I really can’t believe this. And what’s crazier is I went to the artist’s IG page and none of their other fanart is like this?? I’m not keen on the style personally but like this is the worst example of their work

It actually is but it’s not really “reversible” in the sense that it’s just art and not really a cover

Tried to take a pic:

I hate it so much. Luckily it looks okay without the dust jacket tho so that’s how it is on my shelf now

That’s just not where legs go

Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid

My first and last Owlcrate monthly edition😭😭😭 can any artist out there explain to me what is happening with the blonde girl’s ass??? Looking at this is SO uncomfortable.

Also is this eco-fantasy? Title seems like a Rachel Carson ref?

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I can’t wait to read On Vicious Worlds! It’s been on my shelf for a while now and I just haven’t gotten to it

The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

I had no idea what this was about when I started listening.

The audiobook narration was godawful but the story itself was a delight. Made eyeballs sound real delicious.

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I just got my hands on the sequel the other day!! Excited to read it

The Will of the Many by James Islington

I finally got through this absolute tome. While it was definitely too long and a few plot points were rather silly, overall I quite enjoyed this read. The scene where the chef in Suus makes him the fancy meal?? Beautiful.

Full review on Goodreads etc.

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I just got this the other day!! can’t wait to read it

Dancing After TEN by Vivian Chong and Georgia Webber

A collaborative memoir about Chong’s experience of unexpectedly losing her eyesight.

Incognegro by Mat Johnson and Warren Pleece

A white-passing black man goes undercover to investigate lynchings, and this time, his own brother is in trouble.

Paying the Land by Joe Sacco

Journalism meets comix as Joe Sacco interviews and recounts the stories of the Dene people whose lives have been shattered by colonialism.

Boundless by Jillian Tamaki

An anthology of weird short stories that humorously critique contemporary culture.

My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris

A monster-loving girl tries to solve the murder of the Holocaust-survivor upstairs neighbor.

Stitches by David Small

A memoir of Small’s childhood, his dysfunctional family, and his experience with throat cancer.

A memoir documenting Bui’s family’s escape from Vietnam and the haunting relationships between parents and children.

The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui.

A memoir documenting Bui’s family’s escape from Vietnam and the haunting relationships between parents and children.

Graphic novels and nonfiction that I’ve read within the past year

a thread of at least the ones I physically own. I really should read more comix. this is a whole mix of genres but somehow I read more
memoir in this form than in prose

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This cover is so pretty!

The time stamps are partly a reflection of my schedule and partly because of a plot twist after which I could not put this down, like this was a 2am ending

One of my top reads so far this year! Iriset takes “messy bisexual” to entirely new heights😂😂

The Mercy Makers by Tessa Gratton. I spent about 15 hours reading this across 5 days (I’m a very slow reader tbh)

In my GR review I comped this to The Spear Cuts Through Water and that’s about the highest compliment I can give a book.

Add this to your TBR!!

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