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Kill Your Darlings
Rory Ireland
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Kill Your Darlings
Peter Swanson
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Julie Chan Is Dead
Liann Zhang
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Julie Chan Is Dead
Liann Zhang
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What I liked most about this is that it isn't the prepackaged, expected queer experience. The book explores queerness in a way that's as realistic as it is fantastical, the struggles and euphorias surrounding gender identity, and does so in a powerful way. There's grit and ugliness among the beauty. It doesn't sugarcoat, it doesn't hide. It shows the selfish things people do to protect their identities, even if they're in denial. It shows the ways queer folks stick together despite their differences. There's such a range in the experiences explored in this book, and I am so glad for that. There are moments of humor and of sadness. I would definitely recommend picking it up and giving it a try, especially for pride month.
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Stag Dance: A Novel & Stories
Torrey Peters
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I can definitely see how this might be prepper propaganda, but overall, I enjoyed this one. Lauren is someone I think a lot of us imagine we would be in a crisis, and she took it even further to start developing her own society amid the chaos of the world. When you see how many things were predicted in the early 1990s, it just goes to show that nothing has changed from the time this was written to now. Instead, thankfully the timeline was a little slower, but we are still creeping toward the same ends. Definitely recommend giving this one a read.
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Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Octavia E. Butler
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I'm gonna be honest, this was just a cheesy version of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
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Great Big Beautiful Life
Emily Henry
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Great Big Beautiful Life
Emily Henry
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If you loved Confessions by Kanae Minato, you're going to love this one. The twists are just as convoluted but they come together perfectly in the end. The addition of the sketches and drawings being crucial to each story adds to the fun, and the story goes down paths that I never expected but that just work. Every story is linked, and the overall picture is WILD. Definitely give this one a go if you love suspense, murders, mystery, and cartoon sketches.
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Strange Pictures
Uketsu
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Eat the Ones You Love
Sarah Maria Griffin
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The Starving Saints
Caitlin Starling
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Saturnalia
Stephanie Feldman
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Saturnalia
Stephanie Feldman