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annafromuni · 4 months

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Ruta Sepetys Does it Again in I Must Betray You

I am writing this months after having read I Must Betray You which only proves that Ruta Sepetys’s work is so profound and rich and haunting that I am able to speak of it with such clarity after so long. I Must Betray You is an absolute gem of a book. It is a living and breathing tome of palpable description, gripping internal and external conflicts, jaw-dropping betrayals and plot twists that…

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#book review #contemporary historical fiction #favourite author #Historical Fiction #historical fiction book recommendation #historical fiction book recs #I Must Betray You #Romanian Revolution 1989 #ruta sepetys #ya fiction

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haveyoureadthispoll · 4 months

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A sweeping and lyrical novel that follows a young Palestinian refugee as she slowly becomes radicalized while searching for a better life for her family throughout the Middle East, for readers of international literary bestsellers including Washington Black, My Sister, The Serial Killer, and Her Body and Other Parties. As Nahr sits, locked away in solitary confinement, she spends her days reflecting on the dramatic events that landed her in prison in a country she barely knows. Born in Kuwait in the 70s to Palestinian refugees, she dreamed of falling in love with the perfect man, raising children, and possibly opening her own beauty salon. Instead, the man she thinks she loves jilts her after a brief marriage, her family teeters on the brink of poverty, she’s forced to prostitute herself, and the US invasion of Iraq makes her a refugee, as her parents had been. After trekking through another temporary home in Jordan, she lands in Palestine, where she finally makes a home, falls in love, and her destiny unfolds under Israeli occupation.

#book: against the loveless world #author: susan abulhawa #genre: historical fiction #genre: literary #genre: contemporary #genre: palestinian literature #year: 2010s

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sassafrasmoonshine · 3 months

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Let the Children March • Frank Morrison, illustrator • (American, b. 1971) • Author, Monica Clark-Robinson • Clarion Books, publisher • 2018

In 1963 Birmingham, Alabama, thousands of African American children volunteered to march for their rights after hearing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak. They protested the laws that kept black people separate from white people. Facing fear, hate, and danger, these children used their voices to change the world.

#illustration #art #illustrator #artwork #oil painting #contemporary illustration #african american artist #painting #children's literature #non-fiction children's literature #historical book for children #book illustration #kid lit #black american artist #sassafras and moonshine blog #black history #civil rights movement

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femmesandhoney · 10 months

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anyone wanna rec me lesbian fantasy or sci fi or horror/paranormal books bc i fucking hate contemporary unless its well done (and it never is)

#me just wanting anything but contemporary really #but i dont like historical fiction or similar okie thanks gyns #lesbians #lesbians plz help me #book recs??#idk what tags to use lmao i just need EYES ON THIS!!

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drinkthemlock · 3 months

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just showed the first small draft of my br regency story to my teacher and he said: “well i think you need to reforce how problematic slavery is more often”. hello???? one would think the reader knows that slavery and sexism and racism and ableism are bad without the author having to tell them again and again! omg

#(have to specify it’s brazilian regency bc of the anglos…..)#also something about the gay experience not being realistic….. girl the is a lower class black gay man in 1830s brazil. i can’t possibly-#use modern understandings of sexuality with him hello!!!#this is the problem w writing historical fiction while your advisor (is that the right word?) knows shit about history tbh #basically he wants me to write a contemporary novel with contemporary characters (w contemporary ideas) that just coincidentally takes-#-place in the 1830s. the bridgertonification of it all #(something something it’s impossible that all the (usually wealthy) characters in your historical novel have perfect progressive opinions-#that never offend contemporary sensibilities. that would be like someone 200 years from now writing a book in which everyone is a radical-#-communist. it just doesn’t make sense. brazil was reactionaryland in the 1830s. you’d get called a jacobin for being a constitutionalist)

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sonder-writes · 26 days

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my original novel

In between writing my fanfictions, I've also been working on an original book! Which, fun fact, was inspired by my fanfic 'To Love Someone Who's Never Met You' (but it diverged a lot). The novel has been sent to publishers so we're close to my very first book being released!

Looking for relatable queer stories? Psychologically-accurate stories that include mental health issues? Click the read more to find out more about my novel

Alexander is a miner who lives in 1850s Ballarat, Australia, but he hates his job because it's too overstimulating (he's autistic and doesn't know it). Nevertheless, he tries his hardest to maintain himself as a friendly, God-fearing man with a wife and a baby on the way.

Then Josh unexpectedly turns up while in the middle of drug withdrawal. Josh is from 2023 and has no idea how he got to 1855; he had just been looking for drug money. But at least there's a hot guy here who seems willing to help him.

Alexander doesn't realise he's in love with a man until it all, agonisingly, falls into place. Then he accidentally time-travels to 2022 all on his own, and can only find a Josh who has no idea who he is.

Gay love? Asexuality? Trauma? Autism? Meth and heroin addiction? BPD? Suicidal ideation? We've got all of it and more in my up and coming novel!

Stay tuned for updates on its publication journey :]

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sosotiredsos · 1 month

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The Mercies, Kiran Millwood Hargrave

“Something in her is tied to this land, as tied as she is trapped.”

★★★★★; a masterpiece of grief and hope, a tragedy of hate and love.

“The whale has come to her less and less, but now she sees it sprawled on the toothed jags, its sides heaving.”

ᯓ★ Wlw/ Sapphic, historical fiction, contemporary, historical romance. 341 pages, available as an audiobook!

#wlw #wlw books #sapphic #sapphic romance #historical fiction #historical romance #book review #audio book #book recommendations #book quotes #spoiler free #sad books #witch trials #tw violence in book #contemporary literature #book aesthetic #blue aesthetic #aesthetic

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just0nemorepage · 2 months

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The Smell of Other People's Houses || Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock || 240 pages Top 3 Genres: Young Adult / Historical Fiction / Contemporary

Synopsis: Alaska: Growing up here isn’t like growing up anywhere else.

Ruth has a secret that she can’t hide forever. Dora wonders if she can ever truly escape where she comes from, even when good luck suddenly comes her way. Alyce is trying to reconcile her desire to dance with the life she’s always known on her family’s fishing boat. Hank and his brothers decide it’s safer to run away than to stay home—until one of them ends up in terrible danger.

Four very different lives are about to become entangled. This is a book about people who try to save each other—and how sometimes, when they least expect it, they succeed.

Publication Date: February 2016. / Average Rating: 3.94. / Number of Ratings: ~15,980.

#tbr tuesday #I haven't read this yet!#the smell of other peoples houses #bonnie sue hitchcock #200-299 pages #young adult #historical fiction #contemporary #jomp original

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lakecountylibrary · 3 months

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Read -> Reading -> To-Read

Here's what's been in Beth's TBR pile lately!

✅ Just Finished:

The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods

This magical novel is a love letter to books, readers, authors, libraries and bookshops. Traveling between 1922 and a modern timeline, Woods captivates the reader by weaving magic with reality. She builds extremely strong, passionate and complex women in Opaline, Martha and Madame Bowden while keeping in line with the events evolving around them. Small but special appearances by James Joyce and Ernest Hemingway will delight readers, as will locations in France, England and Ireland.

Last Call at the Local by Sarah Grunder Ruiz

A charming rom-com, especially perfect for March (set in Cobh)! Raine and Jack's charisma and connection will have readers chuckling and cheering. Jack has OCD and runs the LOCAL pub. Raine has recently dropped out of medical school, copes with ADHD and travels the world playing music. Full of lovable characters, readers will breeze through this novel and feel full-hearted after.

♾️ Currently Listening: Factory Girls by Michelle Gallen

Perfect match for viewers of series Derry Girls. Maeve Murray and her friends work in the local factory as they await the results of their exams and what they hope will be the start of their new lives—away from their small town and The Troubles.

🔮 To Read: We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland by Fintan O'Toole

I'm looking forward to reading this author's viewpoints on growing up in a changing Ireland. The prelude indicates a promising journey through his experiences.

See more of Beth's recs

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annafromuni · 5 months

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A Dark Academia Favourite That Everyone Should Read

Dead Poets Society, written by N.H. Kleinbaum, based on the Tom Schulman film starring the beloved Robin Williams, is the epitome of academia in book form. I know its based on a film which would then bring up the debate of whether its place is in film or books, but I would say that it should be accepted as a multi-media entity of complete brilliance. Dead Poets Society is a short read at only…

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#academic fiction #book review #contemporary historical fiction #dark academia #dark academia books #dead poets society #light academia #literary fiction #N.H. Kleinbaum #prep school aesthetic #Tom Schulman

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haveyoureadthispoll · 3 months

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Palestine, 1990. Seventeen-year-old Isra prefers reading books to entertaining the suitors her father has chosen for her. Over the course of a week, the naïve and dreamy girl finds herself quickly betrothed and married, and is soon living in Brooklyn. There Isra struggles to adapt to the expectations of her oppressive mother-in-law Fareeda and strange new husband Adam, a pressure that intensifies as she begins to have children—four daughters instead of the sons Fareeda tells Isra she must bear. Brooklyn, 2008. Eighteen-year-old Deya, Isra’s oldest daughter, must meet with potential husbands at her grandmother Fareeda’s insistence, though her only desire is to go to college. Deya can’t help but wonder if her options would have been different had her parents survived the car crash that killed them when Deya was only eight. But her grandmother is firm on the matter: the only way to secure a worthy future for Deya is through marriage to the right man. But fate has a will of its own, and soon Deya will find herself on an unexpected path that leads her to shocking truths about her family—knowledge that will force her to question everything she thought she knew about her parents, the past, and her own future.

#book: a woman is no man #author: etaf rum #genre: literary #genre: contemporary #genre: historical fiction #year: 2010s

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desdasiwrites · 1 year

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#book quote of the day #rebecca makkai #the great believers #aids epidemic #aids crisis #historical fiction #lgbtq literature #1980s #lgbtqia+#contemporary literature #Stonewall Book Award winner #Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction winner #award winning books #gay fiction #book quotes #booklr

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ailishsinclair · 6 months

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Serenity and Snowberries

The sun is low as we approach the end of the year; the loch, serene. The snowberries, also known as ghostberries or waxberries, are out in the woods like little lights in the dark. Skies are dramatic at the beach but, again, somehow serene. And that’s what I wish for us all in December and on into 2024. Serenity. Peace. Joy. The good things. And lots of them. A New Review of Fireflies and…

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#books #contemporary romance #historical fiction #romantic suspense #Scotland

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jenni3penny · 3 months

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JANUARY 2024: READING LIST

The Lover, Silvia Moreno-Garcia: 4.0/5.0, Short Stories & Fantasy, 43pgs

Mysteries of Thorn Manor, Margaret Rogerson: 3.75/5.0, Young Adult & Fantasy, 186pgs

The Air Raid Book Club, Annie Lyons: 3.5/5.0, Historical & LGBTQIA+, 336pgs

The Wicked Wit of Oscar Wilde, Oscar Wilde & Maria Leach: 3.0/5.0, Literary & Collection, 192pgs

The Storied Life of A.J. Fiery, Gabrielle Zevin: 4.25/5.0, Literary & Contemporary, 260pgs

Artemis, Andy Weir: 4.25/5.0, Science Fiction & Adventure, 305pgs

Vespertine, Margaret Rogerson: 3.5/5.0, Young Adult & Fantasy, 400pgs

Heartstopper, Alice Oseman: 4.0/5.0, Graphic Novel & LGBTQIA+, 263pgs

The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water, Zen Cho: 3.25/5.0, Fantasy & LGBTQIA+, 160pgs

Drift, Adrienne Young: 3.5/5.0, Young Adult & Fantasy, 192pgs

Fable, Adrienne Young: 3.75/5.0, Young Adult & Fantasy, 386pgs

Namesake, Adrienne Young: 3.50/5.0, Young Adult & Fantasy, 448pgs

Stone Blind, Natalie Haynes: 3.50/5.0, Folklore & Fantasy, 371pgs

Masters of Death, Olivie Blake: 4.75/5.0, Fantasy & LGBTQIA+, 349pgs

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MOST ENTERTAINING: Masters of Death & Artemis

LEAST ENTERTAINING: The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water

PAGES PER JANUARY: 3,891

PAGES YTD: 3,891

#reading list #read it #reading #fiction #young adult #fantasy #lgbtqia fiction #lgbt fiction #contemporary fiction #literary fiction #science fiction #book list #book list 2024 #jenni3penny #historical fiction #folklore #jenni reads

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greenconverses · 1 year

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Recently read: Looks like shades of green was the theme for a chunk of my books this week! I visited my family early for the holidays, so I had some time to get through some of the pile.

Invisible Women: Data Bias In A World Designed For Men by Caroline Criado Perez will likely be my last audiobook for the year. Super interesting and full of fun facts to disturb you about living in world designed around the average cis white man. Each chapter/section could probably be (or have been!) a book all on their own. (★★★★)

Enraptured by Candace Camp was delightful. Definitely should’ve grabbed the second book in the series when I had the chance! I’ll be on the lookout to finish this trilogy off. (★★★.5)

Decided to give one of Katee Roberts’ other series a try. Dark Villains is essentially erotica inspired by Disney villains and heroes, so as you can probably guess, The Beast is a BatB-inspired mfm threesome involving the Belle, Gaston, and Beast characters. As usual, the erotica was fab, with the world building and overall story kinda meh. Don’t know if I’ll try any others in this series -- depends on what the library makes available! (★★★)

I absolutely adored The Siren of Sussex by Mimi Matthews. It was a closed door romance (no boning), which was a bit of a letdown, and I wish we’d gotten a bit more development of the romance from the hero’s end, but overall I liked the characters and Matthews’ writing, so I for sure have the next book on my list! (★★★★)

Ashley Herring Blake did it again! Hot sapphic contemp romance with characters I absolutely adore. I wanted Astrid’s story as soon as she was introduced in Delilah Green, and I’m so happy with how it turned out in Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail. This book didn’t hit me as hard in the emotions as Delilah’s did, but it was still very very good on all levels. Can Herring Blake write all the romance books ever please? (★★★★★)

#currently reading #books of 2022 #romance novels #contemporary romance #historical romance #books #non-fiction

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notadryseatinthehouse · 11 months

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LISTEN TUMBLR

There was only ONE GOOD SUBREDDIT in ALL OF REDDIT and it was r/RomanceBooks, so I’m here to talk about historical romance, contemporary romance, dark romance, fantasy and science fiction romance, monster fuckers, and alien smut. No judgment, no beating around the bush (unless you like that kind of thing 👉👈), and no holds barred.

#romance books #romantasy #contemporary romance #historical romance #dark romance #romance #r/romancebooks #monster fucker #alien smut #fantasy romance #science fiction romance

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