An update of my #litsyreadingchallenge. Since my last update I've added:
#LRC10 #multiplePOVs - First Comes Love
#LRC8 #over400pages - Voyager
#LRC21 #TBRnomore - The Handmaid's Tale
#LRC19 #LGBTQlove - Aristotle & Dante
#LRC22 #recommendedby - Outlander
#LRC23 #over150yearsago - Dragonfly in Amber
Was able to fit my new Outlander obsession into the challenge. Yay!!! And thank goodness for audiobooks!
pickFinished my first book for the #springcleaningreadathon and I loved it! A birthday present from @bookish_wookish it's a retelling of The Little Mermaid, the original bloody HCA story, as a modern magical realism story involving opera, composers, singers & Ireland. It was beautifully told & I found myself tearing through the last few chapters to find out the ending, which was perfect! For lovers of mermaids, Garden Spells & Practical Magic.⚓️🐳🐚
My next read is this modern retelling of The Little Mermaid (the original dark version by HCA) which was a birthday gift from @bookish_wookish Kathleen is a soprano who's been plagued by stabbing pains in her feet, which only seawater helps soothe since she was a child. After a breakdown, her girlfriend Harry takes her to Ireland to investigate her family history for a cure. My #LRC19 #LGBTQlove book for #LitsyReadingChallenge
pickI picked this book up just to flip through, but the bizarre world shrinking made me wonder how it ended. It is not a book I would normally choose, but once reading it I realized it would check off a few more challenge tasks for which I had not yet chosen a book (LGBTQ relationship and YA by LGBTQ author).
* This is a mature YA with diverse characters that also deserves trigger warnings.
#LitsyReadingChallenge #LRC19 #ReadHarder #YA
pickIf you want to read a detective story where all the characters are neat and tidy, do not read this book. If you want to read a story with characters that read true from all walks of life dealing with the reality of hopes and dreams (past and present), read this book. #lrc19 #LBGTQrelationship The LBGTQ relationship in her books just are part of the community; healthy, loving and beautiful; but is more poignant in her first book, Still Life.
found this while reading Sundance movie reviews. it was getting raves so i read the book for #LRC19 (LGBTQ relationship). coming of age/summer romance set in Italy. not what I expected. Intelligent/passionate/obsessive, a very universal first love kind of story. uniquely poetic/somewhat explicit at times. Vanity Fair calls it a gay modern classic :) the movie has Armie Hammer and i'm really looking forward to it 😍#DiverseLoveStories #feistyfeb
Looking for ideas for this category in the #litsyreadingchallenge!
What's the best book you've read with an LGBTQ relationship? My fave would have to be Fingersmith, although Song of Achilles is up there too.
#LGBTQlove #LRC19
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