After reading Ace of Spades, I started to wonder… could Pretty Little Liars be considered dark academia?

Pride badges aren't just for June—we’re reading queer stories all year with a list of six unforgettable books that span sapphic horror, family drama, epic myths, and more. Here’s what’s on the docket:

Bone of My Bone by Johanna van Veen delivers sapphic folk horror set in 1635 Bavaria, where two women embark on a haunting journey of survival, devotion, and desire.

A powerful family drama about legacy, home, and what we fight to protect. Long After We Are Gone by Terah Shelton Harris follows a family fighting to preserve their ancestral land—and the bonds that hold them together.

Rosie Hewlett’s Sweetbitter Song takes us to ancient Ithaca for a mythic, moving story of two women caught in the shadows of war, bound by sisterhood, survival, and a forbidden love that could cost them everything.

A little spooky, a little tender, and full of heart. The Most Unusual Haunting of Edgar Lovejoy details the kind of romance that proves the past doesn’t have to keep haunting your future.

A royal romance with serious sparkle. The Princess Trap by Talia Hibbert brings the swoon with a whirlwind fake engagement, an overwhelmed prince, and a heroine who refuses to be anything less than herself (this is a MF romance book with a bi MMC).

Summer camp has never been this chaotic. A Murder Most Camp by Nicolas DiDomizio dives into rustic cabins, a painfully hot lifeguard, and one very inconvenient murder mystery.

Life has been busy (bold, underline, highlight… BUSY). Tell me something that’s happened in the last few weeks (good, bad, dramatic, exciting, sad, idk I just wanna hear from you guys)🥹🥺

and not like, how many books you want to read this year or actual quests you're currently working through (tho those are really fun too, so lmk those too if you want) but like what are some personal reading goals/quests/ideas you have at the moment? now I'm finishing up with the semester I'm thinking about reading seriously again (but maybe a bit too soon cos im not quite done yet hahahaha)

For me, some of them are:

• I really want to read all the Lord of the Rings books (I was read the Hobbit when I was a kid but mostly forgot everything hahaha)
• and also all of Agatha Christie's work (I've read a couple and I have the Mysterious Affair at Styles out from the library rn)
• I actually do want to read through one of the quests hahaha but I haven't decided which one yet cos a sidequest seems easier but i know there might be books I don't want to read so completionist badges might be off the table for a bunch of them (smut is a hard no from me so let me know if you have recs 😁)(im thinking one of the fantasy ones???)
• also, the readalong books, as well as Dark Wild Shore which is our unofficial southern hemisphere winter readalong book
• also with the Southern Hemisphere books, more local stuff (New Zealand and more generally SH stuff)
• I've been wanting to read the "classics", but like, both literal greek/roman stuff and whatever the "classics" are. maybe a list or quest for that 😆
• I've been wanting to get into comics for a while, and I just read Batman: Year One which I enjoyed, so more of those!! (I've been following this list)
• After John Flanagan died earlier this year, I've been wanting to reread all of his Ranger's Apprentice universe books
• also, Redwall
• Mistborn. and then, the entire universe
• maybe a little non fiction? I was recced some classical history books by @eleanors in this forum post
• trying to keep up with the 500 books i randomly impulse requested from the library
• i dont buy a lot of books, but ive a few on my shelf i need to read 😭 so also those
• and i want to reread the hunger games books before the new movie
• and not reading specifically, but I said i was going to review more books this year, and so far,,, ive reviewed zero. so more book reviews!!

So I have definitely got way too much going on, but what about you guys??