the bittersweet power of food // food and its relationship with memory, culture, identity, family, and love

Nonfiction that makes me think of The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir.

disclaimer: I haven’t read and so can’t necessarily vouch for all of these!

I think the author is using books as a character and social commentary. I’ve added one film poster & one play reference because they were originally written stories. I wonder if I have missed any.

(Cry Havoc is a wry, compelling, and funnier than expected, mystery at an all girls boarding school in 1980’s UK. Everyone has a secret and everything is going wrong. There’s a strange contagion taking place. A very satisfying read).

warning: do not attempt at home

Disability Pride Month is celebrated annually in July to commemorate the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on July 26, 1990.

fiction books taking place after death

Nonfiction books about parenting

Nonfiction books about sexuality and kink!

I made a separate list for disability and sexuality because that intersection is especially important to me 🫶 check it out

Trippy, weird, surreal, psychedelic, otherworldly graphic novels blending horror, speculative fiction, fantasy and more. Art and storytelling that will melt your brain.

this is the order i plan to read Octavia’s books, based on overall vibe. i have read Kindred but plan to reread it when the time comes.

From cozy to a little less than cozy…some with a romantic subplot and some without…

Books to begin to understand Ancient Rome, from the beginnings to the end.

Books Tessa reads in Building 903 by Lois Lowry.

It's not quite epic. It's not quite cozy. It's somewhere in between—and usually hilarious!

Fantasy books that are too dark/exciting to be cozy, but too lighthearted to be fully epic.

A collection of acclaimed classic and contemporary Francophone literature. I chose to classify as Francophone rather than French in order to include authors who wrote in French but were/are not of French nationality, especially authors from colonised countries. Non-exhaustive as I'm not an expert I am keeping this list to one book per author but suggestions very welcome! :)

dystopia fiction / near-future speculative fiction that hasn't hit huge bestseller lists, gone viral, etc. (for this list I'm focusing on dystopia without a heavy romance line)