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Eeeeeeeeek!!!
It's FINALLY official!!!
#rwrb #caseymcquiston #historyhuh #sequel #movieadaption
pickA concept reminiscent of existential therapy; death, meaning, isolation, and freedom, with prose that dives between the dissonance of reality and unreality and that heady sense that the past is the future, Klune explores the philosophical/scientific debate of nature vs. nurture with an evocative twist, thus inbuing the story in subtext; memory, introspection, testimony, and reason while balancing the social benefits of knowledge vs. autonomy.
Giovanni‘s Room by James Baldwin!
I've been pining for this book to be adapted into a movie ever since I first read it. The knowledge of a secret screenplay squirrelled away somewhere in a London flat penned by Baldwin himself only made the notion more desirous.
Forever holding out hope!
pickA tale of human endurance, madness, fervent self-observation and redemption, with a Whitman-congruent dichotomy plucking at the prose, comes an MLM romance set against a post-apocalyptic backdrop, switching between present tense and hallucinatory insanity that the past is the future with a kind of staccato, frantic ease, blurring the edges between reality and unreality. Mind-bendingly cinematic, and without doubt, Klune's greatest work to date.
pickGay dystopian fiction. Frantic, almost delirious prose. Characters that are all insane. A man who only goes by the name of Cavalo. A mute cannibal. A loyal dog. A robot succumbing to insanity. The bees inside Cavalo's head invent voices for his canine companion and the aphonic cannibal. Ghosts haunt his mind. What's real? The scrape of a knife and a kiss. Despite every attempt he makes, Cavalo can not ignore his feelings for the cannibal for long.
Nope, nope, nope.
Real world = people.
Fictional world = fictional people.
The introvert in me can *spoiler alert* only handle the latter.
*snatches book back*
Reminds me of one of my favourite book couples, Gus and Casey 🖤🩶🤍💜.
#asexuality #lgbtqia #acerep #tjklune #pride
pickSilver truly upped the ante in this thrilling, evocative sequel to HappyHead. I consumed it in a mere three days. The stakes are higher than ever as a group of teenagers seek those coveted nonpareils: happiness, affirmation, resilience, though a series of increasingly dangerous, morality diminishing tasks, teaching obedience and epicaricacy to the most desperate to please. Blind faith in a twisted system leads into even murkier waters. Incredible.
In all seriousness, I can't be the only one who does this 🫣.
Did I pre-order Casey McQuiston's new book without reading the synopsis? Why, yes. Yes, I did.
The. Ultimate. Ick!
pickMy first foray into the genius that is Stephen King, and he had me gasping, grimacing, recoiling; a whole phantom locomotive of emotions. The palpable pity for Paul Sheldon was consuming. The descriptive writing was stomach-churning and oh-so good. Palahnuick's use of the word "rubbernecking" springs the mind; the inability to look away from a road traffic accident, though in this case, one can't look away from the page despite its grisliness.
pickDarkly satirical, macho, and dogmatic comes anarchy personified, Tyler Durden, raging against consumer culture and class stratification with napoleonic savagery. Mindless, respectable drones become mutinous guerillas amongst sardonic undertones and hypnotic prose. I had zero expectations when I chose this book, having not seen the film, and was promptly knocked off my feet. Mind blown. Excuse me while I collect my jaw off the floor. Incredible!
pickPerfect for fans of the Squid Games & Adam Silvera's More Happy Than Not universe comes the 'answer' to the unhappiness epidemic: Happyhead. A warped idealogy centred around the prevalent wellness culture, a clever simulation with dark & twisted undertones. A hypothetical universe of a wellness system becoming something unhealthy in the blind hope for life's most coveted nonpareil: ultimate happiness. Edge-of-your-seat enjoyable & oh-so thrilling.
pickMy infinity star read. This book is the equivalent of a comfy pair of pyjamas, something I slip back into whenever I'm ill or anxious or possibly both. What's not love about an asexual stoner hipster and an idiosyncratic curmudgeon living platonically ever after together? It has all the feels, laugh out loud moments, and harbours the only miscommunication trope that I've ever enjoyed. I've basically read (and reread) all of Klune's books now!
I love TJ Klune! 🖤🩶🤍💜
pickA nostalgic reread treasured for the much needed comfort it brings. Soto captures the deeply eloquent, vulnerable inner life of her characters perfectly, penning a novella built on the foundation of enduring affection & a no-frills storyline where my favourite couple take a vacation to NYC, face childhood ghosts, shady art dealers & eat a great deal of food. A novella that, for me, feels like that small contented sigh breathed right before sleep.
bailedI'm certainly in the vast minority of people who did not enjoy this book - I even opted to #hailthebail with little under a hundred pages to go as I found myself skimming whole paragraphs. I found the constant ping-pong of trump cards between the characters tiresome, all of whom I found obnoxious and unlikeable to the point of being exasperated by them. (1/?)
pickA spy novella without the usual espionage & histrionics, replacing melodrama with a chaste love story between a demisexual analyst & insoluble asexual secret agent who vanishes on a covert op, leaving an almost empty apartment & a library full of Arthurian-obsessed children in his wake. Short & wholesome, with characters that carve a forever place in your heart. With so little ace representation out there, this story will always be special to me.
pickThis American Life (my latest obsession) was my first introduction to Dan Savage, and I quickly purchased his book. Witty and intelligent, full of big feelings and hilarious surprises, comes Savage's debate and heartfelt ode to his family. I laughed out loud more than once and tucked away excerpts in my arsenal of retorts for the inevitable run-in with a disgruntled right-winger and/or religious troll ("powers of gay marriage activate!").
pickA follow-up that pulls out all the stops for one helluva wild ride! Hussey pens his second crime novel with a showman's flair, a natural storyteller spinning a macabre tale of murder & revenge. Jericho investigates a series of gruesome murders inflicted upon physics, puzzled by the killers inattentive MO. Edge-of-your-seat. Addictive. Deliciously dark. A complicated labyrinth of a plot. The addition of the aro-ace detective was much appreciated!
My current problem!
Jericho's Dead by William Hussey is AWESOME!
pickA new kind of detective to stir up crime fiction; former CID Traveller Detective, Scott Jericho, is brought back from the brink by a series of gruesome murders. A gothic cat-and-mouse chase between a brooding ex-convict with an edacious drive for justice and a faceless killer recreating an ancestral tragedy unfolds. Jericho's narrative is encapsulating until its tendrils have pulled you beneath the murky waters of this twisted mystery. Phenomenal.
bailedTruly puzzled of the adoration this novel receives. The purple prose diminishes any appreciation for a talented wordsmith. The philosophical spiel feels unbearably trifling. The springboard for colourful debate is undermined by the upper-class plight one can not muster sympathy for, until the whole novel feels nauseatingly indulgent, with a cast of interchangeable, shallow characters. Another writer churning out insipid, frivolous pieces of lit.
pickGlitterland is a romance with a twist. Rather than focusing on the fuzzy feelings associated with the genre, Hall explores the "ugly" parts of the human psyche; the miserly, the selfish, the egotism, the self-sabotage, penning painfully human, imperfect characters. A novel so accurate to the experiences of a person with mental health issues, that it's impossible not to see yourself, scattered & eloquent, across the pages. Heartbreaking & healing.
1: Strangers/All of Us Strangers - my all-time favourite film, which is one of the few I can say, without experiencing that niggling book-blasphemy feeling, is better than the book.
2: Stardust - I loved the book so much, but the film has a totally different vibe, which I preferred.
3: Good Omens - technically not a film in this case, but an incredible series that is far superior to the book, I think.
(Couldn't screenshot, so had to improvise).
I am stealing "optimistically challenged," for the next time I'm called some synonym for curmudgeon!
I felt this 😔.
#glitterland #alexishall #mentalhealth #depression #anxiety #bipolar #mlm #romance #fiction #mentalhealthawareness #mensmentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #quotes #representationmatters
#henrygeorgeedwardjamesfoxmountchristenwindsor #alexclaremontdiaz #caseymcquiston #redwhiteandroyalblue #rwrb #historyhuh #romance #lgbtq #mlm #firstson #princehenry #quotes #princeofwales #gay #bisexual #firstprince #carryon #books #booknerd #bookworm #reading #bookish #bibliophile #lgbtqbooks #alaxandhenry #princehenryofwales #book
bailedI slammed my head into the pages of this book so many times out of pure frustration, and that was the incentive I needed to #hailthebail. The first instalment had pacing issues - everything was happening too damn quickly - which irked me, so it's like a cruel twist of irony that the opposite is true for the sequel - the sloth-like pace was mind-numbing. And the main characters brother - I hate him, I hate him, I hate him! (1/3)
The bookish/history nerd NEED to gain the ability to time travel is strong!
[new insomnia obsession unlocked: Jacobean history, King James VI reign, letters between King James & the Earl of Buckingham]
#kingjamesVI #georgevilliers #history #16thcentury #earlofbuckingham #jacobean #historynerd #historyobsessed #booknerd #theophiledeviau #historical #lahistoria #old #historylovers #bookish #timetravel #scotland #england #royality
so-soPerfect for fans of TJ Klune's, The Extraordinaries, and X-Men (with more LBGTQ+ rep), Infinity Son is an urban fantasy with lots of moral peril and magical creatures! It's a little predictable, and unfortunately reads more like a Wattpad story, though my biggest complaint is that the pacing issues had a tendency to pull you out of the action as everything was happening too damn quickly. I just wanted to scream, WAIT, WHAT? so many times. (1/3)
I found the poem Henry was reciting to Alex in the V&A, and I'm obsessed with it!
"It rhymes in French." - Henry ?
#rwrb #henrygeorgeedwardjamesfoxmountchristenwindsor #poetryera #georgevilliers #17thcentury #apollo #dukeofbuckingham #queerhistory #historyhuh #theophiledeviau #aumarquisduboukinquan #hyacinthus #amyntas #jamesVI #poem #french #poet
pickBoy Erased is a heart-wrenching memoir about nineteen year old Garrard Conley's experience after he is outed by his rapist in college to his Baptist parents and subsequently enrolled in a Southern Arkansas conversion therapy program called Love in Action where he is introduced to damaging methods and idealogy to "cure" him of his sexual orientation. How a parent could inflict this on their child is beyond me. (1/?)
1: Anything by TJ Klune, Casey McQuiston, Andrew Joseph White, Aiden Thomas, William Hussey, Alice Oseman, and Adam Silvera!
2: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston! ❤️🤍👑💙
3: Between TJ Klune, The Greencreek Series, and William Hussey, the Scott Jericho detective series! Gay werewolves vs. haunted detective - what a combination!
Thanks for the tag, @peanutnine, and great game, @Eggs (I couldn't screenshot, so had the improvise!) 🌻🩷
I have officially entered my poetry era! Focusing on LGBTQ+ feminist and/or political poetry; a bleary-eyed insomnia-fuelled Internet search inspired a vast love for Zoe Leonard, who penned I Want a President in 1992 for an LGBTQ+ magazine when - queer activist & poet - Eileen Myles announced that she was running for the presidency of the US as an independent candidate against Bush & Clinton.
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My favourite, and I love the ambiguity over the interpretation (I rarely agree with historians when it comes to most topics on literature and poetry, and this time is no different) 🤍🤎.
#waltwhitman #poetry #charlesbukowski #leavesofgrass #marktwain #bukowski #jackkerouac #literature #pabloneruda #books #quotes #whitman #shakespeare #poesia #poetrycommunity #love #ernesthemingway #poem #albertcamus #aldoushuxley #booklover #nature #book #art
pickA dream-bending, riotously queer fantasy that is glorious in every way. I'm here for all of it; evil sorceress drag queen, tropes glore, YA nostalgia deftly wielded into something both familiar and innovative, LGBTQ romance, villainous monologues, dream-logic! I mean, what's not to love? I just want to throw confetti at it and recommend it to everyone within shouting distance! Exploring the subconscious with a super relatable protag! Love it! 🌈🎉
*my daily excuse* 🦄
*almost always thinking sad and poetic thoughts*
#dreams #ya #fantasy #debut #ryanlasala #reverie #unreality #quotes #lgbtq #books #dragqueen #rainbows #magic #fiction #dreamworld #wacky #bizarre #witty #bookish #playful #currentread #queer #sparkles #jazzhands #monsters #nightmares #dreamlike
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