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Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

Gothic | LGBT | Historical Fiction

Our story begins in 1902, at The Brookhants School for Girls. Flo and Clara, two impressionable students, are obsessed with each other and with a daring young writer named Mary MacLane, the author of a scandalous bestselling memoir. To show their devotion to Mary, the girls establish their own private club and call it The Plain Bad Heroine Society. They meet in secret in a nearby apple orchard, the setting of their wildest happiness and, ultimately, of their macabre deaths. This is where their bodies are later discovered with a copy of Mary’s book splayed beside them, the victims of a swarm of stinging, angry yellow jackets. Less than five years later, The Brookhants School for Girls closes its doors forever—but not before three more people mysteriously die on the property, each in a most troubling way. Over a century later, the now abandoned and crumbling Brookhants is back in the news when wunderkind writer, Merritt Emmons, publishes a breakout book celebrating the queer, feminist history surrounding the “haunted and cursed” Gilded-Age institution. Her bestselling book inspires a controversial horror film adaptation starring celebrity actor and lesbian it girl Harper Harper playing the ill-fated heroine Flo, opposite B-list actress and former child star Audrey Wells as Clara. But as Brookhants opens its gates once again, and our three modern heroines arrive on set to begin filming, past and present become grimly entangled—or perhaps just grimly exploited—and soon it’s impossible to tell where the curse leaves off and Hollywood begins.

#plain bad heroines #emily m. danforth #books

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“Don’t find yourself regretting this. You’re much too young to haunt your own life.”

- Emily M. Danforth (Plain Bad Heroines)

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Christmas & Birthday Book Haul

My 2022 Christmas and Birthday Book Haul

As always, I combine these two lists because my birthday is two days after Christmas. They are in no particular order The Letters of Virginia Woolf, Volume Four, 1929-1931, edited by Nigel Nicholson & Joanne Trautmann Volume four of Virginia Wolff focuses on Wolff’s correspondence with Ethel Smyth and the book The Waves. The Circus Train by Amita Parikh Lena Papadopoulos has never found her…

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#Adrienne Young #America #Amita Parikh #Anne Boleyn #Anthony Doerr #Belle da Costa Greene #Book Haul #Books #Catherine de Medici #Elizabeth I #Emily M. Danforth #Estelle Paranque #Fantasy #Fiction #France #French History #Heidi Ardizzone #Historical Fiction #History #Joan of Arc #Juno Dawson #Katherine J. Chen #Letters #Magical Realism #Natalie Grueninger #New York City #Nonfiction #Tudor Era #Virginia Woolf #Witchcraft

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Title: The Miseductation of Cameron Post

Author: Emily M. Danforth

Page length: 485

Synopsis: When Cameron Post's parents die suddenly in a car crash, her shocking first thought is relief. Relief they'll never know that, hours earlier, she had been kissing a girl. But that relief doesn't last, and Cam is soon forced to move in with her conservative aunt Ruth and her well-intentioned but hopelessly old-fashioned grandmother. She knows that from this point on, her life will forever be different. Survival in Miles City, Montana, means blending in and leaving well enough alone (as her grandmother might say), and Cam becomes an expert at both. Then Coley Taylor moves to town. Beautiful, pickup-driving Coley is a perfect cowgirl with the perfect boyfriend to match. She and Cam forge an unexpected and intense friendship--one that seems to leave room for something more to emerge. But just as that starts to seem like a real possibility, ultrareligious Aunt Ruth takes drastic action to "fix" her niece, bringing Cam face-to-face with the cost of denying her true self--even if she's not exactly sure who that is.

#lgbtq #young adult #contemporary #coming of age #emily m. danforth #the miseducation of cameron post #not my photo #book aesthetic #book recommendations #aesthetic #moodboard #bookblr #booklr

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Plain Bad Heroines Summary:

Set during 1902, students at a boarding school meet their untimely deaths. Set during modern day, the (presumed haunted) boarding school is the scene of a film production.

Giovanni's Room Summary:

David, a young American in 1950s Paris, is waiting for his fiancée to return from vacation in Spain. But when he meets Giovanni, a handsome Italian barman, the two men are drawn into an intense affair. After three months David's fiancée returns and, denying his true nature, he rejects Giovanni for a 'safe' future as a married man. His decision eventually brings tragedy.

#plain bad heroines #emily m. danforth #giovanni's room #james baldwin #lgbt books #lgbt literature #queer books #queer literature #lgbtqia #poll #bookblr #booklr #books #literature #queer lit

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Becoming

Alice Oseman, Radio Silence // David Almond, The Tightrope Walkers // Will Wood, Marsha Thankk You for the Dialectics but I Need You to Leave // Dionne Brand, What We All Long For // Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea // Jeff VanderMeer, Acceptance // Emily M. Danforth, The Miseducation of Cameron Post

#onlyech0es #alice oseman #radio silence #david almond #will wood #dionne brand #erin morgenstern #the starless sea #jeff vandermeer #emily m danforth #the miseducation of cameron post #web weaving #book quotes #becoming #adulthood #growing up #self discovery

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"i want to love something without having to apologise for it" - queerness, shame, desire

nelly arcan // richard siken // hozier // rené magritte // emily m danforth // richard siken // hala alyan

#webweaving #richard siken #hozier #shame #queerness #desire #tw homophobia #rené magritte #emily m danforth #hala alyan #this one i dont love #like its more what i was thinking about than something fully cohesive #but oh well

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#plain bad heroines #emily m danforth #book poll #have you read this book poll #polls

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Books to Read if You want to Look/Feel like a Literary Snob

AKA dark academia and literary novels that’ll make you look smart but are also enjoyable (in my option).

Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Edited by Carmen Maria Machado

This is the OG vampire novel and also the OG toxic queer romance novel. Published in 1872, this book predates Bram Stoker’s Dracula by 25 years. The story follows Carmilla and her increasingly possessive relationship with the protanganist, Laura, following a carraige incedent. So, yes, this is a classic, and I know these arn’t always the easiest to read. But is it less than 150 pages, it is queer, and Carmen Maria Machado’s commentary is hilarious and also helps with the reading process.

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

I feel like everyone knows this book, and it is for sure popular—and for that reason alone, I debated not adding it to this list—but I’m not sure if I would consider it overrated. It is one of the prettiest books I have ever read and it is objectivly good. It is a retelling of the Trojan War told from Patroclus’ point-of-veiw and focuses on his relationship with Achilles. And for sure, if you get one of the pretty editions, you will look like a snob. 

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

This is the most pretenious novel I have ever read. It has its issues, don’t get me wrong, and its preteniouness is one of them. Regardless, it is quite the compelling novel with an interesting cast of characters and a solid twist at the end. TAS is about a group of six young adults who are in the process of becoming part of a secret society that protects the suposidly burned contents of the library of Alexandria. Their intiation process consists of eleminating one of the chosen six. 

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

This 600+ page book is not nearly as prentious as it appears, but I imagine if you’re just wanting to look like you’re into literary horror, this is the book for you. It follows two different timelines and is a bit trippy to think about. It is a book about a book that is in the process of being made into a movie based on real-life events. It is mildly creepy, very well written, and gloriously feminist and queer. 

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom

I havn’t read many feminist books written by men, but this one does a solid job, and I’m kind of mad about it. This wonderfully atmostspheric tale takes place in 1666 Conneticuit. It is full of magic, witchcraft, demons, and staight white bible-thumpers getting what they deserve. Also, yes, we are all into the goat man. It’s okay.

These Violent delights by Micah Nemerever

Listen, it's bleak, but in a way that's fascinating and intriguing, and you don't want to put it down. It's about two boys who are the smartest people in the room—one alienated, grieving, and awkward, the other popular, personable, and easy-going. Their friendship turns towards an intense relationship where their toxic sensibilities take a turn for the violent. The question: can they get away with it?

These are not peak snob, but they are the ones I have read/listened to that I would recommend if you're in the mood for something a bit pretentious.

#carmilla #j sheridan le fanu #carmen maria machado #the song of achilles #soa #madeline miller #the atlas six #olivie blake #plain bad heroines #emily m danforth #slewfoot #slewfoot: a tale of bewitchery #brom #these violent delights #micah nemerever #books #queer books

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And so I cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed Just to get it all out what's in my head And I, I'm feeling a little peculiar And so I wake in the morning and I step outside And I take a deep breath and I get real high And I scream from the top of my lungs "What's going on?"

#cameron post #the miseducation of cameron post #2018 movies #2018 film #4 non blondes #emily m danforth

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“…isn’t that what the swell of a crush is, after all? Recognizing the flush of truth in all the love cliches?”

- Emily M. Danforth (Plain Bad Heroines)

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JOMP BPC - May 15th - Time Period

I’m not a big fan of historical fiction but I love reading books set in the 1990s, especially about queer kids living in the 90s, because it helps me contextualise some of my experiences growing up as a queer kid in the 2000s and 2010s. I’d highly recommend these three 💖

#tucker shaw #andy mientus #emily m danforth #justonemorepage #jompbpc #booklr #bookblr #trcc original #portraits #when you call my name #fraternity #the miseducation of cameron post #lgbt books #gay #lesbian #bisexual

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End of Year Book Tag

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Plain Bad Heroines Summary:

Set during 1902, students at a boarding school meet their untimely deaths. Set during modern day, the (presumed haunted) boarding school is the scene of a film production.

Vagabonds! Summary:

A series of interconnected vignettes tracing the lives of queers in Lagos, with magical elements throughout.

#plain bad heroines #emily m. danforth #vagabonds! #vagabonds #eloghosa osunde #lgbt books #lgbt literature #queer books #queer literature #lgbtqia #poll

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Plain Bad Heroines || Emily M. Danforth

My bright smile haunts no one. I shoot no opaque glances from my eyes, which are not like the sea by any means. I have never eaten any viands, and my appetite for what I do eat is most excellent. And my voice has never yet, to my knowledge, been full of tears. No, I am not a heroine.

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