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Can everyone help me put together a reading/watching list of decent stuff where all/most of the main characters are queer? like, not necessarily in an ‘everybody’s dating’ way but more in a ‘do cisgender heterosexuals even exist’ way ( Read more... )

Today I came across a post about how Lev Grossman's The Magicians is a flawless allegory for grad school. Not having been to grad school, I couldn't tell you one way or the other whether this is correct, but I can definitely say I don't want to read that book or anything like it again to check.

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Portland: surprisingly reminiscent of Kyoto! As far as I've seen on today's short walk, at least. I suppose it's not really that much like Kyoto, but it makes me think of areas like Arashiyama and some of the neighborhoods on the edge of that city. Absolutely gorgeous, loads of plants (everybody gardens, it seems like) nice little shops. I thought ( Read more... )

Is there a Helmet of Horror fandom? Is that a thing which exists?

This post brought to you by the fact that, although after this latest reread I feel I understand the novel in question quite well, it is entirely impossible to explain it to anyone else, since the book itself is the explanation. There is no way to remove the events from their ( Read more... )

So I have finally read another novel: Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone. And I am starting to wonder if I am doing something wrong, because I know several people who really liked this book, but (as with Cinder, as with very nearly every novel I've tried to read lately) I kind of hated it ( Read more... )

I've been putting off talking about Marissa Meyer's Cinder for a while because it makes me unreasonably angry. The bare-bones plot points are great -- Cyborg Asian Cinderella! partially inspired by Sailor Moon! What's not to like?

( When it comes to the execution? ...everything, it turns out. )

Eek, I have already fallen behind on my (already postponed) December memeage! Lately all I've been doing is hiding in my room & knitting, idk.

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Since I have started reading novels again, it's time for some good old-fashioned booklogging! First up, Robin McKinley's Spindle's EndI love this book. I read it years and years ago, and then just last week something reminded me of it and I dug it out to read again ( Read more... )

I have been re-reading Keturah and Lord Death (a good book that I like probably rather more than it deserves) and I cannot stop imagining Death as being played by Sinqua Walls. He's probably too muscley for the role, but WHO CARES.

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