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novel recommendations 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ queer romance + fantasy she/her • >30 • queer • white • in Austria • 🍉, BLM #booksky 📚💙🌶️ #romancereads
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Queer faes, but not traditional fairies 🤔 (A series starting with the book „Breeze Spells and Bridegrooms“ 💕)
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Zum Blutbild: Es gibt in Wien Labore, die machen auch Hausbesuche - nur für die Blutabnahmen. (Habe ich ganz zufällig mal wo erfahren.) Vielleicht gibt es das ja in Berlin so/so ähnlich auch irgendwie? (Was ja auch günstiger wäre, als Ärzt*innen nur dafür Hausbesuche machen zu lassen?)
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Totally! At first I wasn’t the biggest fan of the chapters that go back in time - but even that became so interesting.
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young women want to get jobs in space exploration and as a pilot . Flags: progressive pride flag with disability flag, sapphic, lesbian
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well researched representation: the historical ‘50s drag kings butch and lipstick lesbians nightclubs for lesbians being Chinese American Miss Chinatown beauty contests war literature of the ‘50s
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Text on the picture: recommendation: historical lesbian slow burn Cover of „last night at the telegraph club“ by Malinda Lo . young adult romance in 1950’s Chinatown, San Francisco intersectional
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That cover looks nice!
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Oh no … that sucks 😕 May the people in your future/present be honest!
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Also: how would the editor have found the plagiarized passage? The author knows what they did themself … (Do all editors use a software for it?)
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Imagine the original author stepping in and saying: „well actually … it‘s also MY words on the other screenshot - so I wanna sue as well!“ 😂 I would love it if it backfires for the author who plagiarized. Is it really illegal to post a picture of one passage/page of a book? (WITH the source?!)
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“‘I thought I could write my way out of the orbit of my destiny, and I thought I was writing my future, but I didn't realise that that future pointed to prison,‘ Sijindejin wrote in her social media post.“
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The phrase "offshore fishing" was censored last week on social media platforms in China, including Weibo and WeChat.“ Haitang, the website popular with fans of boys love fiction, has also been suspended until July 8.“
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“On Chinese social media, people have accused police of "offshore fishing" — a phrase that refers to local police who have allegedly summoned suspects from other parts of the country for questioning for financial gain.
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Some quotes: “Three lawyers, representing some of the writers, also posted about the crackdown, noting the scale of action has been widespread, with estimates that at least 100 writers have been affected.“
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Thank you!!
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What are the title and author of the book? (Don’t use threads.)
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🫣 people. But thanks for the profile recommendation 😉
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This really looks like a beautiful angel! This isn’t ok, Lil Nas X going to hell after told so isn’t ok, loving whoever you want isn’t ok even tough their idol did just that … Most Christians are weird and contradicting so often.
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Oh - the person is also on bluesky! bsky.app/profile/emer... this is the book :)
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Haha ok if she‘s a cool person - fine :) Do you maybe want to have a suggestion for a beta-read for a sapphic book? - with different representation: neurodivergent, latinx, aro/ace, … starts now, about a month time. (Would link you the Instagram-Post tomorrow, just don’t have the app on my phone 😅)
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The most pessimistic „it’s probably going to be fine“ I heard in a while 🫣 I guess I wouldn’t do it 🤔
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All the best for it!
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I think around or a little more than 15. and I‘m really proud I didn’t just go through with them :)
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I like snippets of other people’s (online) dating life so much!
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The series „fae & human relations“ by Sarah Wallace and S.O. Callahan The series „meddle and mend“ by Sarah Wallace
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Already made this post: bsky.app/profile/cozy... I really enjoyed it.
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“The Dating Disaster“ by Saxon James - achillean, demi MC “Never Kiss a Villain“ by Andreas Dutter - german, achillean “Puck Drills & Quick Thrills“ by Eden Finley & Saxon James - achillean “The Bodyguard“ by Katherine Center - hetero
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“You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty“ by Akwaeke Emezi - hetero storyline “The Music of What Happens“ by Bill Konigsberg - achillean [a favourite of the month] “And I Liked It - Caspar“ by Lisa F. Olsen - german, achillean “Playing Games“ by Riley Hart - achillean
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“If We Were a Movie“ by Zakiya N. Jamal - sapphic [a favourite of the month] @zakiyanjamal.bsky.social “Count Your Lucky Stars“ by Alexandria Bellefleur - sapphic “The Education of Pip“ by Sarah Wallace - achillean, cozy fantasy [a favourite of the month] @sarahwallacewriter.bsky.social
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… and IF I‘d do „just the ones I like“: trans* people represent some of the nicest people I know. Seriously: some of the best authors, some of the nicest people helping you at an event … I don’t get it how to leave THAT one letter out.
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And it’s not: a discussion after you just woke up from a nap in the train or after you were just brought out of a wonderful novel 😭
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@sarahwallacewriter.bsky.social & @socallahanauthor.bsky.social with ‚the fae & human relations‘ series -> wonderful queernormative cozy fantasy (gonna count them as 1 ;) ) @kayworx.bsky.social the ‚leads to this‘ series -> great queer stories about kind people
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Oh now I got it - thanks. :)
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along with straight women telling lesbians that "they had it easy” because they weren’t dating men.”
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About being aromantic / not dating: “Somehow, people always assumed that if you didn’t date, you had no life problems at all. It was one of those terrible sentences that went into the ‘oh hell no’ list,
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“All three of them loved and enjoyed moments like these, of closeness and comfort.” “He could hear in her voice how she was genuinely curious to know, to learn how his heart worked.”
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conditioned to think it was okay to be constantly hurting and struggling in silence. […] Apparently it could also cause anxiety and depression, which was not that much of a surprise."
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About PCOS: “When Emma first learned about all the symptoms, she thought they were not a big deal, until she realized how they made her daily life difficult, and how she had been
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“Again, she thought of home, and more specifically of Noah. One of his comforting hugs would make her feel better right now. Even just hearing his voice would, actually.”
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Quotes on following pictures: “She hesitated a moment. ‘Noah?’ ‘Yes?’ ‘Thank you for being you.’ He tightened his hold on her, his face nuzzling into her hair. ‘Thank you for being you, too.’"
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Representation: PCOS (= polycystic ovary syndrome) aromance (aroallo male MC) bisexuality autism Flags: progressice pride flag with disability flag included, bisexuality, aromance, neurodivergent “’I’m not sure where our relationship is headed, but I think we’re growing.’”
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Picture 1: A cute and thoughtful novelette recommendation cover of novel “pillow forts and hurricanes” by R.J. Margaret new adult slice-of-life novelette discussing the potential of a queerplatonic relationship