reddyxxxjustnotmynam

Fantasy (ya and sometimes adult) and ya (mostly) horror lover. I do enjoy a lot of classics too. Premium observer of 📯 ᴰⁱᵛⁱⁿᵉ ᶜᵒᵐᵉᵈʸ ʳᵉᵃᵈ⁻ᵃˡᵒⁿᵍ 📯

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Monthly Roundup Post: May

With the end of May fast approaching (how?!), it’s time for the monthly roundup post! What was everyone’s favorite May reads? What are you most looking forward to read in June?

I had a really good reading month in May. My favorite reads were Caliban’s War and This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me with runner-ups being Good People and Crying in H Mart. In June, I’m looking forward to The Raven Scholar and Abaddon’s Gate!

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The Waves

Virginia Woolf

Set on the coast of England against the vivid background of the sea, The Waves introduces six characters—three men and three women—who are grappling with the death of a beloved friend, Percival. Instead of describing their outward expressions of grief, Virginia Woolf draws her characters from the inside, revealing them through their thoughts and interior soliloquies. As their understanding of nature’s trials grows, the chorus of narrative voices blends together in miraculous harmony, remarking not only on the inevitable death of individuals but on the eternal connection of everyone. The novel that most epitomizes Virginia Woolf’s theories of fiction in the working form, The Waves is an amazing book very much ahead of its time. It is a poetic dreamscape, visual, experimental, and thrilling.

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The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World

Noam Chomsky

From one of the world’s most prominent thinkers comes an urgent warning of the threat that US power poses to humanity’s futureThe land of the free. The home of the brave. But what has America achieved in the aim of “spreading democracy” — except wreak havoc in country after country and establish a reckless foreign policy that served the interest of few and endangered all too many? Without, ironically, making Americans any safer. In this timely book, Noam Chomsky, one of the most widely known intellectuals of all time, and his fellow political commentator Nathan J. Robinson vividly trace America’s pursuit of global domination, offering an incisive critique of the self-serving myths they continue to push.Offering penetrating accounts of Washington’s relationship with the Global South, its role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, they argue, they are now driving us closer to wars with Russia and China that imperil humanity’s future. At once thorough and devastating, urgent and provocative, The Myth of American Idealism offers a highly readable entry to the conclusions Noam Chomsky has come to after a lifetime of thought and activism.

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Clockwork Boys (Clocktaur War, #1)

T. Kingfisher

A paladin, an assassin, a forger, and a scholar ride out of town. It’s not the start of a joke, but rather an espionage mission with deadly serious stakes. T. Kingfisher’s new novel begins the tale of a murderous band of criminals (and a scholar), thrown together in an attempt to unravel the secret of the Clockwork Boys, mechanical soldiers from a neighboring kingdom that promise ruin to the Dowager’s city. If they succeed, rewards and pardons await, but that requires a long journey through enemy territory, directly into the capital. It also requires them to refrain from killing each other along the way! At turns darkly comic and touching, Clockwork Boys puts together a broken group of people trying to make the most of the rest of their lives as they drive forward on their suicide mission.

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Italian-highschool English literature textbook

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Ever wondered what books of your nation are taught in other countries? Well, I always do. This is what we study in English literature (by any English speaking country) here in Italian highschools.

I only study English, so I can only do it for this language. If any Italian highschooler wants to add books mentioned by their text that I didn't have, or books their teachers made them study in class, they are welcome to do so.

Hope someone is interested.

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🧚 Emoji of the Day Books (21/5/26)

Is it just me or are today’s books all fire? Am I shallow for falling for all these pretty covers and titles?

For my own sanity (and wallet) I think I’ll have to refrain from going through them all.

If you’ve read these books or are a fae connoisseur, which would you recommend from the list? Do you have a book you think deserves the spotlight more?

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Heart of Iron (CaFae Latte #1)

C.M. Alongi

Supernatural meets Two Broke Girls in the start of a new urban fantasy series, based off of the TikTok series CaFae Latte. Jennifer Charles (JC) has sort of figured out their life. They’re two months out of prison, clean, and sober, and just got a job at a CaFae Latte, owned by the mysterious and powerful fairy who goes by Violet. They’re getting along with their knife-happy coworker and have even started dating one of the regulars who practices witchcraft. But JC is not the only one with a dark past. When Violet’s Fae Realm enemies come for revenge, they frame JC for their crimes, putting their new life in jeopardy. With Violet missing and everyone blaming the ex-con, JC will have to face their own checkered past, Confederate vampires, and shapeshifting fairies to save their boss and themself. Meanwhile, Violet would like to remind the Fae why they call her the Iron Witch.

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Monsterland: A Journey Around the World’s Dark Imagination

Nicholas Jubber

Monsters, in all their terrifying glory, have preoccupied humans since we began telling stories. But where did these stories come from? In Monsterland, award-winning author Nicholas Jubber goes on a journey to discover more about the monsters we’ve invented, lurking in the dark and the wild places of the earth — giants, dragons, ogres, zombies, ghosts, demons — all with one thing in their ability to terrify. His far-ranging adventure takes him across the world. He sits on the thrones of giants in Cornwall, visits the shrine of a beheaded ogre near Kyoto, travels to an eighteenth-century Balkan vampire’s forest dwelling, and paddles among the shapeshifters of the Louisiana bayous. On his travels, he discovers that the stories of the people and places that birthed them are just as fascinating as the creatures themselves. Artfully written, Monsterland is a fascinating interrogation into why we need these monsters and what they can tell us about ourselves — how they bind communities together as much as they cruelly cast away outsiders.

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Uncanny Valley Girls: Essays on Horror, Survival, and Love

Zefyr Lisowski

“A poignant, innovative, and urgent blend of memoir and criticism that has replenished my belief in how art and love can save your life.”—Torrey Peters “I'm in awe—this collection is an absolute sensation.”—Jeanne Thornton A sharply personal and expansive essay collection dedicated to the strange and absurd beauty of horror films, exploring the complications of gender, the insidiousness of class ascension, and the latent violence hidden in our own uncanny reflections. This is how it first I loved them, and then I loved myself. At twenty-seven, poet Zefyr Lisowski found herself in the place she feared a locked psych ward. While inside, she turned to horror movies—her deepest, most constant comfort. Rather than disturb, scary movies have always provided solace and connection for Lisowski, as they do many others—offering a vision of a world filled equally with beauty and pain, and a reason to reach out to others and hold them tight. After all, as Lisowski argues, what terrifies us most about these movies is our own uncanny reflection—and at the root of that fear, a desperate desire to love and be loved. In these wide-ranging essays, Lisowski weaves theory and memoir into nuanced critiques of films such as The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Saint Maud. From fears about sickness and disability, to trans narratives and the predator/victim complex, to the struggle to live in a world that wants you dead, she explores horror’s reciprocal impact on our culture and—by extension—our lives. Through it all, Lisowski lays bare her own complex biography—spanning from a trans childhood in the South to the sweaty dancefloors of Brooklyn—and the family, friends, and lovers that have bloomed with her into the present. Deeply felt, blood-spattered, and brimming with care and wonder, Uncanny Valley Girls thrusts this seasoned poet to centerstage.

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is it just me or is this kinda boring lmao i know i'm only at 13% but i find myself not caring about any of the characters at all

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Question of the Day!

Good Morning Bookaholics!!!

Today is my birthday so I my question is a very simple one 🤔

What book would you recommend to me?

This can be something of a genre you read, or something based on my book taste/read books this year, or something completely out of the blue (the more chaotic the better 😎)!

....If anyone sees my Interested shelf go up after today, no you didnt 😉

... and neither did my TBR 😉

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Wednesday Would You Rather (Pt. 12)

Cozy Fantasy Edition ☕🌿

This week we’re trading murder mysteries for enchanted bookstores, magical cottages, talking creatures, and the kind of adventures that come with warm soup and emotional healing.

You know the rules! Pick your side, defend your choice, and tell me why 👇

Would you rather ...

☕ Run a tiny café that secretly serves magical creatures OR 📚 Own a bookstore where the books whisper to customers?

🐉 Befriend a grumpy little dragon who hoards teacups OR 🦊 Travel with a sarcastic fox spirit who gives terrible advice?

🌲 Live in a cozy forest cottage surrounded by enchantment OR 🏰 Stay in a bustling castle full of eccentric mages?

🧁 Bake pastries that can heal emotions OR 🌙 Brew potions that let people relive happy memories?

🗺️ Go on a low-stakes quest to deliver an important letter OR 🚞 Travel across the realm on a magical overnight train?

🪴 Grow a garden filled with sentient plants OR 🕯️ Work in an ancient candle shop where every flame tells a story?

📖 Discover a hidden magical library beneath your town OR 🗝️ Find a mysterious key that appears in your pocket once a year?

🍂 Spend autumn in a village preparing for a harvest festival OR ❄️ Spend winter snowed into an enchanted inn with strangers?

🦉 Have an owl companion who is wise but judgmental OR 🐈 Have a cat companion who may actually be a retired wizard?

🎻 Hear music drifting through the woods that only you can hear OR ✨ See tiny bits of magic appearing around town that no one else notices?

Choose carefully, because in cozy fantasy, the biggest danger is getting emotionally attached to fictional woodland creatures 😌

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The Undetectables (The Undetectables, #1)

Courtney Smyth

Be gay, solve crime, take naps—A witty and quirky fantasy murder mystery if a folkloric world of witches, faeires, vampires, trolls and ghosts, for fans of Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey and T. J. Klune's Under the Whispering Door. A magical serial killer is stalking the Occult town of Wrackton. Hypnotic whistling causes victims to chew their own tongues off, leading to the killer being dubbed the Whistler (original, right?). But outside the lack of taste buds and the strange magical carvings on the victims’ torsos, the murderer leaves no evidence. No obvious clues. No reason – or so it seems. Enter the Undetectables, a detective agency run by three witches and a ghost in a cat costume (don’t ask). They are hired to investigate the murders, but with their only case so far left unsolved, will they be up to the task? Mallory, the forensic science expert, is struggling with pain and fatigue from her recently diagnosed fibromyalgia. Cornelia, the team member most likely to go rogue and punch a police officer, is suddenly stirring all sorts of feelings in Mallory. Diana, the social butterfly of the group, is hitting up all of her ex-girlfriends for information. And not forgetting ghostly Theodore – deceased, dramatic, and also the agency’s first dead body and unsolved murder case. With bodies stacking up and the case leading them to mysteries at the very heart of magical society, can the Undetectables find the Whistler before they become the killer’s next victims?

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Omg im so bored. Will I be able to finish?? Time will tell.

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Best book of the year so far

This book does not get nearly enough recognition. Only 3 comments in the forum and 60 reviews is a crime. It's my favourite read of this year, one of my favourite books ever. I don't remember who recommended it to me, but it was someone on this app, and I hope they see this post and understand how much I love them for making me buy this book.

Dancyger is perfect. Her essays read like stories. I love how personal and autobiographical they are. The style is on point.

The last sentence, hell, I will not say it, or reveal anything about it, for everyone's good, because it is something you should get to experience. In one sentence this whole collection had a new meaning. In one sentence she ruined my life and I still think about it. In one sentence I basically had to hold back tears because I was in the car right next to my dad. I almost never cry for books, so it's a big deal.

Non fiction lovers, fiction lovers, memoir lovers. Everybody can find a piece to enjoy in this, though I recommend reading it all. While some essays hit harder than others, I was very interested in all of them.

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A Soul to Guide (Duskwalker Brides, #4)

Opal Reyne

All Raewyn ever wanted was to go home. After accidentally creating a portal to another realm, Raewyn finds herself trapped in a world she’s struggling to navigate. Desperate to find those with magic who can help her, she sets out on a dangerous journey to another town. Unfortunately, on her travels, she learns there are bigger and scarier monsters than the Demons she knows of – and one of them won’t let her get away. All Merikh ever wanted was to escape. For a hundred and eighty years, Merikh has been hunting for a way off Earth. He doesn’t care who he has to eat, kill, or maim to get what he wants. So, when his prey ends up being a lost Elf, he realises this is his opportunity. She’s prettier than any creature he’s ever seen, and so damn perfect that it’s impossible to resist her otherworldly lure. But Merikh destroys everything he touches. Will he be able to overcome years of hatred and anger to allow himself to get close to her, or will he lose her in the process?

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A Broken Blade (The Halfling Saga, #1)

Melissa Blair

Keera is a killer. As the King’s Blade, she is the most talented spy in the kingdom. And the King’s favored assassin. When a mysterious figure called the Shadow starts making moves against the Crown, Keera is forced to hunt the masked menace down. She crosses into the magical lands of the Fae, trying to discern if her enemy is Mortal, Elf, or a Halfling like her. But the Faeland is not what it seems, and neither is the Shadow. Keera is shocked by what she discovers and can’t help but wonder who her enemy truly is… The King that destroyed her people? The Prince that tortures them? Or the Shadow that threatens her place at court? As she searches for answers, Keera is haunted by a promise she made long ago. A promise not only to save herself but an entire kingdom.

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