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haveyoureadthisqueerbook · 26 days

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#the city beautiful #aden polydoros

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the-dust-jacket · 7 months

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#The Alchemy of Moonlight #The City Beautiful #The Diviners #David Ferraro #Aden Polydoros #Libba Bray #Love That? Read This!

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namedafterflowerstournament · 7 months

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Botanic Tournament : Near Misses Bracket !

Round 0 Poll 4

#botanic tournament #tournament polls #near misses bracket #alter rosen #the city beautiful #ensu seo #no rose without thorns

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trutletruffle · 1 year

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so i read The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros a while ago and if i’m being real honest i can’t remember what the book was about so much as how i made me feel but i do know that it was very good and it made me feel hollow and you should read it because it’s fantastic

#on todays episode of i read a book and now need to wordvomit about it #queer books #queer horror #kinda?#the city beautiful #the city beautiful aden polydoros #jewish books

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adamparrishapologist · 2 years

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Coming back on here to rank all the books in may (I'm excluding my fifth reread if if we were villains, I'm only ranking my new books):

9. So this is ever after

8. All that's left in the world

7. Das Deutsche Krokodil

6. Blood to Poison

5. Criers war

4. The City beautiful

3. Us against You

2. The Priory of the Orange Tree

1. Beartown

For more in depth explanation, just ask :)

#books #queer books #chaotic academia #dark acamedia #lgbtq #beartown #us against you #the priory of the orange tree #the city beautiful #criers war #blood to poison #das deutsche Krokodil #all thats left in the world #so this is ever after #fredrik backman #iwwv #if we were villains #may reads

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thisisdefinitelyausername · 1 year

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The City Beautiful deserves some more love.

#the city beautiful #playlist #I don't post anything original but I can't find any other playlists for this very good book!#People should have some silly playlists for this book

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writer-mags · 1 year

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Aaaand a little late for Spooky Season, but there’s never a bad time to read these books.

#maggie's musings #spooky books #spooky season #Elatsoe #Now Entering Addamsville #What We Devour #The City Beautiful #Gallant #Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village #The Scorpio Races #Wayward Children #Ghost Wood Song #The Book of Living Secrets

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aurorawest · 2 years

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Reading update:

YA graphic novel about werewolves. I was kind of meh on it. The artists switched off each chapter and I preferred the style of one of the a lot more.

Military fake dating romance. I like Annabeth Albert a lot so I enjoyed this, though it’s not my favorite thing I’ve read of hers. I was rooting for the two dumbasses to just admit they love each other. My major problem with this one was that I didn’t feel the barrier to them being together was...a thing. Like, once they realized they both had feelings for each other, which they did basically immediately, there was no reason for them to not just...get together for real.

I have the sequel to this one in my TBR pile as well, but it focuses on a character I found extremely annoying in this one. Then again I also didn’t like the side characters in Conventionally Yours, but I ended up enjoying Out of Character more.

I really wanted to like this one, and it was fine. But I didn’t love it? Maybe I just don’t really care for the rich businessman trope. Or the grumpy/sunshine trope? I also have the second book in this series in my TBR pile so we’ll see if I like that one better.

I was also pretty meh on this. idk? I liked the main character but I didn’t really care about the love interest. And it kind of felt like they only got together because the MC got his heart broken by the guy he spent most of the book pining for.

I loved this one! I love KJ Charles, and I seem to be a sucker for post WWI and post WWII mlm romances. Also I loved the fact that the love interest is shady and double-crossing but genuinely cares about the MC. *chef’s kiss* I had to order the other two in the series after I finished this one.

It’s weird to read basically all queer books and then to read a book that...isn’t queer. I picked this one up because it’s sci-fi, set in Minnesota, and by a Minnesotan author. It was pretty good, and I think the first in a series? It’s about how a small town in the Boundary Waters experiences a huge boom because meteorites containing this crazy metal hit there. Features Superpowers From Space (Stan Lee is thanked in the acknowledgements), an idealistic woman cop, and military experimentation.

Very good book that’s inspired by the HH Holmes murders during the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair (The Devil in the White City is a nonfiction book about the subject, if you’re familiar with that). The story centers on a Jewish teen who more or less gets possessed by the spirit of the young man he loves, who is murdered by a serial killer who appears to be targeting young Jewish men. I love World’s Fair settings, and I haven’t read many books with a Jewish cast of characters, particularly not queer Jewish characters, so that was very cool. I recommend this one.

This has been sitting in my TBR pile for like 5 years, and I finally read it. It was a WWII book? idk. I know people love it but it was a solid 3 stars for me. Easy read, though, so despite its length, I got through it fast.

And currently reading:

Why have my last three reads had red covers? I didn’t do that on purpose. Anyway I’m almost halfway through this one and it’s good...but idk if I’ll continue with the series because I read a review that mentioned the endgame romance is a polyship, and I find polyships very squicky (no shade if you like them, they’re just not for me). The world is interesting and I like the main character, and the character who presumably will be his love interest down the line. I’ll have to see how I feel once I finish it.

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gaybookcoven · 2 years

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#the city beautiful #aden polydoros #book quotes #favorite quotes

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thegothiclibrary · 2 years

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LGBTQ Reading Recs

I know we’re heading toward the end of Pride Month, but it’s never too late to expand your reading to include more books with LGBTQ representation! In this post, I’ll be giving you some recommendations of books that feature characters across the spectrum of queer identities, based on the literary works, genres, and tropes you already know you like: (more…)

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#A Dowry of Blood #base notes #book recommendations #Cemetery boys #gay #lesbian #LGBTQ #Maplecroft #pride month #queer #sapphic #The City Beautiful #The Lawrence Browne Affair #The Wife in the Attic #Widdershins

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dixt · 1 year

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utrecht, the netherlands ⋅ ph. utrechtalive

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augustswife · 20 days

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jt.

#black girl aesthetic #black beauty #melanin #black girl moodboard #black tumblr #jt city girls #jt #city girls #city cinderella #pretty face #pretty #rich black girls #carefree black girl

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zegalba · 2 months

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Fiona Apple in a suit of armor on a NYC subway photography by Joe McNally (1997)

#Fiona Apple #Joe McNally #beauty #music #armor #silver #nyc #new york city #photography #1997

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stardustandrockets · 10 months

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Anyone else have a favorite serial killer, or just me?

The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros is inspired by the United States' first recorded serial killer, H.H. Holmes. He built a murder hotel for the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. Holmes was a con artist and serial killer who swindled people out of their life insurance money and then murdered them. I find the whole story fascinating.

This book, like most featured in RC boxes, is on my tbr. 😅 So many books, so little time, right?

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reminis8e · 2 months

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gouda city, netherlands

#netherlands #foggy #city #nature #sunset #aesthetic #adventure #photography #sky #travel #travelling #explore #aestethic #naturecore #beauty of nature #photoshoot

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noco3n-com · 5 months

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「 Winter illumination in Tokyo 」

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