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typewriter-worries · 2 years

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let me be lonely, but not invisible

#webweaving #web weaving #web-weaving #parallels #dark academia #light academia #classic academia #on loneliness #poetry #oil painting #the perks of being a wallflower #vincent van gogh #morgan rogers #honey girl

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lgbtqreads · 11 days

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Fave Five: Queer Astronomy Fiction

How to Become a Planet by Nicole Melleby (Contemporary MG) The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum (Speculative YA Romance) The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer (YA Sci-Fi Romance) Shoot the Moon by Isa Arsén (Historical Fiction) The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite (Historical Romance) Bonus: While less about Astronomy itself, Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers stars a PhD in…

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#Eliot Schrefer #Eric Cervini #Honey Girl #How to Become a Planet #Isa Arsen #K. Ancrum #Morgan Rogers #Nicole Melleby #Shoot the Moon #The Darkness Outside Us #The Deviant&039;s War #The Lady&039;s Guide to Celestial Mechanics #The Weight of the Stars

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pridepages · 1 year

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“Everybody say: Love!” 🏳️‍🌈 Celebrating with a few queer love stories with happy endings!

❤️💛🧡💚💙💜

#rwrb #red white and royal blue #ols #one last stop #iksw #i kissed shara wheeler #casey mcquiston #delilah green doesn't care #dgdc #ashley herring blake #honey girl #morgan rogers #in deeper waters #ft lukens #loveless #alice oseman #lgbt reads #queer lit

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aurorawest · 11 months

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Reading update

The Restless Dark by Erica Waters - 4.25/5 stars

Genuinely good YA thriller.

The Stagsblood Prince by Gideon E Wood - 4.25/5 stars

This one ripped my heart out and I am going to be PISSED if there isn't a happy ending in the third book in the trilogy.

You First by JC Lillis - 4.25/5 stars

You'd think a book that is essentially an Incredibles AU would be lighthearted, right? You wouldn't think you'd practically be sobbing by the end? Haha! You thought wrong!

Wranglestone by Darren Charlton - 4.25/5 stars

I initially rated this 4.25 stars but honestly I might bump it up to 4.5. It's a zombie story but it was really well done, and I ordered the second book in the series the minute I finished this one.

The Falcon and the Foe by AJ Truman - 3.75/5 stars

Felix Silver, Teaspoons, & Witches by Harry Cook - DNF

This one was too Middle Grade for me.

Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers - 3.5/5 stars

So I won my local indie bookstore's trivia in March and the first place prize was a bunch of books that I never would have picked up on my own, including this one. I bumped it to the front of my TBR pile because I thought it would make a good comp for the manuscript I'm editing - it's about a woman who meets and drunkenly marries a stranger in Vegas, then falls in love with her afterwards. The book is really not a romance though, and is actually about burnout. I might have rated it higher if it didn't sell itself as a romance.

All the Better Part of Me by Molly Ringle - 4.25/5 stars

The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley - 5/5 stars

"What if France won the Napoleonic Wars because of time travelers" shouldn't have shattered me the way this book did, but of course it's a Natasha Pulley novel so it absolutely did. There isn't a single one of her books that don't live in my mind rent free for apparently the rest of time after I read them, but man. I'm not sure if this one hurt as much as The Lost Future of Pepperharrow, but it's pretty close. Missouri Kite is the most Gay Little Man™. And Joe, poor Joe. The PINING. The YEARNING. When the reveal happens, I had to go back and read prior sections of the book and good god do they hit different. Different and SADDER. AKDJF;AKDJFKDAFJ;D JUST PLEASE READ IT PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.

A Destiny of Dragons by TJ Klune - DNF

Not only did I DNF this, I removed the rest of the series from my TBR pile and will be offloading them at my local indie bookstore's next book buy-back. I think the worst part of this one was that he dedicated it to his eighth grade English teacher, who apparently told him his stories would never amount to anything. And like. What an awful thing for a teacher to tell a kid (sidebar, my eighth grade English teacher is one of the reasons I started to really take writing seriously, she was amazingly supportive - thank you, Mrs. Brzezinski!). But reading this series is like...you know, she might have had a point. I KID I KID WE ALL KNOW KLUNE ACTUALLY CAN WRITE but holy shit again, this series is so bad. The writing was a little better than The Lightning-Struck Heart but the characters are so fucking annoying. The term Mary Sue gets thrown around a lot and I'm generally not a fan of its application (since usually it's used to tear down teenage girls) but Sam of Wilds is such a fucking Mary Sue (or Gary Stu, I guess, but down with the gender binary, let's just have one word). Everyone wants to have sex with him and while it may have been sort of funny at first (it wasn't), by book 2, the joke has worn extremely thin. Also there's a prophecy about him, because of course there is. And he's the most powerful wizard ever. And yeah, I've read a lot of books where there's a prophecy about the MC and they're the Most Powerful Magic Person Ever, but they're usually not this annoying.

Chainbreaker by Tara Sim - 5/5 stars

This is book 2 of a really interesting and original fantasy/steampunk series. I really enjoyed the first one but this one was even better. It takes place in a world where time running correctly is controlled by clock towers. The main character is a clock mechanic (obviously an important job) who falls in love with the clock spirit of the town of Enfield (delightful, since my wife is from Enfield and it's not a place you often see mentioned in fiction). This book raises the stakes of the first one and takes place largely in India. Highly recommend.

Stormhaven by Jordan L Hawk - 4.25/5 stars

Game Changer by Rachel Reid - 4/5 stars

Is this the OG m/m hockey book? There was something very quaint about it haha.

The Best Man's Problem by Sera Taíno - DNF

I'm beginning to realize that I don't really like books where the family is given equal importance to the romance.

Arctic Wild by Annabeth Albert - 4/5 stars

Hummingbird Heartbreak by Max Walker - 2.75/5 stars

I found Dusty's reaction to the reveal of Brandon's past to be over-the-top and unreasonable (like, unreasonable within the context of the story - obviously characters can react unreasonably to things, but it still needs to make sense for them!). I probably would have rated this 3 stars if not for that, because it's a sweet enough love story.

The World We Make by NJ Jemisin - 2.5/5 stars

NK Jemisin, please do not read this. Jemisin has been open about how difficult this book was to write, and about the fact that she couldn't handle the trilogy she'd planned and took it down to a duology, and…unfortunately, it shows. I loved the first book but this one was a disappointing finale. The pacing was uneven and the character development stalled. Plot threads were introduced and either vanished (Bronca's new girlfriend) or were resolved in a way that felt unearned (the mayoral race, Manny's true identity, honestly the whole big conflict). Aislyn was an interesting character who ultimately felt underutilized. I actually, physically cringed at a couple points during this book—the coda was really just one long cringe, and the other moment was when Brooklyn calls...Beyonce. Who is an old friend. But then Beyonce is never brought up again and I couldn't tell you what the purpose of her inclusion in the book was. I'm sure some people love that kind of stuff but I can't stand it.

I did really love the other cities though! If Jemisin ever returned to this universe, I'd read a book about Faiyum in a heartbeat. His snark and his gay little crocodile earring were chef's kiss.

Jemisin is a fabulous writer and all my issues with this book feel like the result of an author forcing herself to write something she wasn't feeling and just wanted to be done with. Disappointing all the same since I had really been looking forward to this one.

The Sugared Game by KJ Charles - 5/5 stars

It is not possible to go wrong with an AJ Charles book and this one is no exception. I love Kim and Will so much, and I really really hope the third book builds on the trust they established in this one.

Sixteen Souls by Rose Talbot - 3.75/5 stars

I liked this book but I did find myself, at the climax, wondering why on earth living people would sacrifice themselves to save ghosts from...being more dead? Like. They're...already dead.

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bigcats-birds-and-books · 1 year

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ALSO internet please witness this chain of books on my TBR because i'm Very Proud Of It:

1. just finished THE WANDERERS, which was about space and isolation and reality/simulation and family (winning at driscoll vibes), leads into:

2. HONEY GIRL, which counts because it's also contemporary/real world based and the MC just got her PhD in astronomy, which is Also Space, but it's about the existential crisis of ~navigating the messiness of adulthood~ (can i get a hell yes for more driscoll vibes), which will then take me to:

3. EARTHLINGS, which is about a girl who feels like she's been dropped into her family from an alien planet, mentions the word asexual on the back, and is gonna smudge dreamlike and contemporary, while also sticking with my space theme (can i get another hell yeah for driscoll vibes please), and when i'm done with that hopefully i'll have:

4. WALKING PRACTICE in hand, which is an actual alien but also c'mon literally it's eating people and pretending to be human and it's WALKING, so yes it also counts for driscoll vibes!!

anyway i'm doing a great job daisychaining my space books AAAND making them driscoll relevant over here!! will report back on how i like everything (wanderers was mostly very good!!)

#text #personal #books #in btw #driscoll #reading #the wanderers #meg howrey #honey girl #morgan rogers #earthlings #sayaka murata #walking practice #...heck please hold i dont have that one on hand yet i gotta check the author and i dont wanna lose my post #dolki min #!!#anyway i love picking books in a flow and im still trying to stick to driscoll adjacent and im having a lot of fun with it!!#i needed a break from rough horror lol #TELL ME IM WORTHLESS is up soon but. i couldnt do it right after SISTER MAIDEN MONSTER lolsob

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sapphic-book-tournament · 9 months

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Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

With her newly completed PhD in astronomy in hand, twenty-eight-year-old Grace Porter goes on a girls’ trip to Vegas to celebrate. She is not the kind of person who goes to Vegas and gets drunkenly married to a woman whose name she doesn’t know…until she does exactly that.

This one moment of departure from her stern ex-military father’s plans for her life has Grace wondering why she doesn’t feel more fulfilled from completing her degree. Staggering under the weight of her father’s expectations, a struggling job market and feelings of burnout, Grace flees her home in Portland for a summer in New York with the wife she barely knows.

When reality comes crashing in, Grace must face what she’s been running from all along—the fears that make us human, the family scars that need to heal and the longing for connection, especially when navigating the messiness of adulthood.

The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi

Sylah dreams of days growing up in the resistance, being told she would spark a revolution that would free the empire from the red-blooded ruling classes’ tyranny. That spark was extinguished the day she watched her family murdered before her eyes.

Anoor has been told she’s nothing, no one, a disappointment, by the only person who matters: her mother, the most powerful ruler in the empire. But when Sylah and Anoor meet, a fire burns between them that could consume the kingdom—and their hearts.

Hassa moves through the world unseen by upper classes, so she knows what it means to be invisible. But invisibility has its uses: It can hide the most dangerous of secrets, secrets that can reignite a revolution. And when she joins forces with Sylah and Anoor, together these grains of sand will become a storm.

As the empire begins a set of trials of combat and skill designed to find its new leaders, the stage is set for blood to flow, power to shift, and cities to burn.

#sapphic books #sapphic book tournament #lesbian #lesbian books #sapphic #lgbt books #lgbt #sapphic fiction #lgbt characters #lesbian romance #saara el arifi #the final strife #honey girl #morgan rogers

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desdasiwrites · 1 year

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– Morgan Rogers, Honey Girl

#book quote of the day #morgan rogers #honey girl #Valentine's day reading recs #wlw #sapphic #queer author #mental health themes #contemporary fiction #Vegas #las vegas #book quotes

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queer-books-bracket · 1 year

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#shades of magic #a darker shade of magic #ve schwab #honey girl #morgan rogers #books #lgbt books #polls

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library-love-affair · 2 years

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“You are made up of stars and the black glittering universe… but you are still just a human -just a small thing that has to find it’s way like everyone else in this enormous world. It will not be simple Grace Porter, and it will not be easy. You may have to make a lot of noise, and the universe’s silence can be oppressive and thick. But you want them to hear you and they will. So do not -not even for a second- stop making noise. And if they don’t listen… don’t give them the choice.”

- Morgan Rogers (Honey Girl)

#book quotes #Morgan Rogers #Honey Girl #bookblr #book blog #bookish #bookworm #booklr #booknerd #bookaholic #books #books and literature #literature #make some noise

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femme-faerie · 2 years

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Enjoy these varied screenshots from my most recent read, Honey Girl. This is now one of my favorite books ever… it’s a bit of a window through my soul. A nonwhite Virgo lesbian with anxiety??? Hello??? I definitely rambled to my therapist about this, lol.

#mine #me #faerie rambles #faerie reads #books #wlw books #queer books #sapphic books #lesbian books #lgbt books #lgbt reads #book recs #honey girl #Morgan Rogers #lesbian #lgbt #we need diverse books

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lgbtqreads · 24 days

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Fave Five: Queer Fiction About Women in STEM

How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow (YA) Hold Me by Courtney Milan (NA) Chemistry Lessons by Jae Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite

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#Astronomy #Chemistry #Chemistry Lessons #Courtney Milan #Hold Me #Honey Girl #How to Excavate a Heart #Jae #Jake Maia Arlow #Morgan Rogers #Olivia Waite #Paleoichthyology #The Lady&039;s Guide to Celestial Mechanics

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biggayenergypod · 1 year

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This month for Big Gay Book Club, we’re talking about Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

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#honey girl #morgan rogers #book club #book discussion #lgbtq media #LGTBQ book #big gay energy

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dracereads · 2 years

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"Are you there? Is Anyone Listening?"

Honey Girl is a book I struggled with for all of the right reasons. Rich, wonderful. evocative. Brimming with the emotional trauma that presses in all of the painful places and leaves me streaming hot tears of equal parts anguish and empathy. A book that teaches me I probably shouldn't read before I go to work anymore; otherwise I'm going to be balling my eyes out inconsolably as I change into the work costume.

I think what impacted me the most is the fact that. [This Book] it's about loneliness and. Realizing that you're truly not alone ever. because there is always someone else is going through the same pain as you, and they can recognize and see it in you too. It's heavy and beautiful. 5.5 stars

#Morgan Rogers #Honey Girl #sapphicwork #thegays #genre: romance #genre: contemporary #uplifting #sad #blackauthors #blackfiction #queer authors club #lifereformation #Taglinemode #leadinglady

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bigcats-birds-and-books · 1 year

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Books of 2023: HONEY GIRL by Morgan Rogers.

#books of 2023 #books #book photography #honey girl #morgan rogers #flowers #magnolia #i wish i had something to Say but i don't lolsob #that uuuh doesn't bode well for how tonight's attempted word session will go huh

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sapphic-book-tournament · 10 months

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Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins

Millie Quint is devastated when she discovers that her sort-of-best friend/sort-of-girlfriend has been kissing someone else. And because Millie cannot stand the thought of confronting her ex every day, she decides to apply for scholarships to boarding schools . . . the farther from Houston the better.

Millie can't believe her luck when she's accepted into one of the world's most exclusive schools, located in the rolling highlands of Scotland. Everything about Scotland is different: the country is misty and green; the school is gorgeous, and the students think Americans are cute.

The only problem: Mille's roommate Flora is a total princess.

She's also an actual princess. Of Scotland.

At first, the girls can barely stand each other--Flora is both high-class and high-key--but before Millie knows it, she has another sort-of-best-friend/sort-of-girlfriend. Even though Princess Flora could be a new chapter in her love life, Millie knows the chances of happily ever afters are slim . . . after all, real life isn't a fairy tale . . . or is it?

Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers-

With her newly completed PhD in astronomy in hand, twenty-eight-year-old Grace Porter goes on a girls’ trip to Vegas to celebrate. She is not the kind of person who goes to Vegas and gets drunkenly married to a woman whose name she doesn’t know…until she does exactly that.

This one moment of departure from her stern ex-military father’s plans for her life has Grace wondering why she doesn’t feel more fulfilled from completing her degree. Staggering under the weight of her father’s expectations, a struggling job market and feelings of burnout, Grace flees her home in Portland for a summer in New York with the wife she barely knows.

When reality comes crashing in, Grace must face what she’s been running from all along—the fears that make us human, the family scars that need to heal and the longing for connection, especially when navigating the messiness of adulthood.

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savesappho · 1 year

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Honey Girl (2021)

New review: HONEY GIRL (2021) 6 of 10 self-critical violets. (Rating out of 10 violets, with 1 being the least and 10 being the most painful)⁠ ⁠SAVE SAPPHO–my new blog dedicated to ranking queer media on a pain scale so you can decide whether (or how badly) you want to be traumatized.

Author: Morgan Rogers Content Warnings: Self-harm Genre: New Adult Sapphic Romance With her newly completed PhD in astronomy in hand, twenty-eight-year-old Grace Porter goes on a girls’ trip to Vegas to celebrate. She is not the kind of person who goes to Vegas and gets drunkenly married to a woman whose name she doesn’t know…until she does exactly that.This one moment of departure from her…

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#Books #happy ending #HEA #Honey Girl #lesbian #LGBTQ #Morgan Rogers #Novel #Sapphic #Sappho #Save Sappho #UHauling #wlw

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