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i will be honest! i won't be taking lgbt+ fantasy book recs from anyone unfamiliar with the nightrunner series.

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"Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition."

James Baldwin "Giovanni’s Room"

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Palazzo Corner della Ca Grande (1907) by John Singer Sargent

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"You know how some folks are," Jules said with a sigh. "They're more attached to things than they are to breathing."

-Wyoming Winterkill, Jon Sharpe

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"Maybe everything bad that happens to you makes you weaker," said Giovanni, as though he had not heard me, “and so you can stand less and less."

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How to get access to queer lit for freeeee

Our Summer Reading Challenge fundraiser for LGBTQ+ youth is ON - you can see our full queer summer reading list here.

"But It Gets Better, how do I get access to all these amazing queer books without having to buy them all?" you ask?

🟣 First, check your school’s library, or your town/county’s local public library. Many have an LGBTQ+ specific section! Ask them how to apply for a free library card, and how to access their digital collection - they may require proof of address, like a school I.D., driver's license, or piece of mail addressed to you.

🟣 Many public libraries give you access to platforms like Libby and Hoopla for free with your library card, which allow you to download even more books that may not be physically on your library’s shelves!

🟣 If your town has an LGBTQ+ center, ask if they have an LGBTQ+ library with books that you can borrow. You can find your closest center with the directory from Center Link.

🟣 BooksUnbanned.com can help get you free e-cards from multiple libraries around the country, so you can access their online collections even if you don’t live in the area. Most cards are available for people ages 13-26! It was started by Brooklyn Public Library, and you can also get free cards for Boston Public Library, LA County Library, Seattle Public Library, and San Diego Public Library.

Once you’ve got your books, you can join the challenge here!

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My go-to when I'm behind in my pages goal is just to re-read Summer Sons but I already did that and then missed a couple of days of reading. But then my friend said he'll buddy read AFTG with me so it's fine.

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honestly so much of the conflict in aftg could’ve been averted if riko had had a hobby. like imagine if he played the piano or did crosswords. but no all he knew how to do was torture and stickball. all for the game and waterboarding

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Had this idea…forgot how long the roast actually was, but i was too far in to stop. Proceeded to spend three days on it. Happy with how it turned out tho :)

also idk why it’s kinda blurry until you click on it?

"You know, I get it. Being raised as a superstar must be really, really difficult for you. Always a commodity, never a human being, not a single person in your family thinking you’re worth a damn off the court— yeah, sounds rough. Kevin and I talk about your intricate and endless daddy issues all the time. I know it’s not entirely your fault that you are mentally unbalanced and infected with these delusions of grandeur, and I know you’re physically incapable of holding a decent conversation with anyone like every other normal human being can, but I don’t think any of us should have to put up with this much of your bullshit. Pity only gets you so many concessions, and you used yours up about six insults ago. So please, please, just shut the fuck up and leave us alone." -Neil Josten, The Foxhole Court

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My 2 fav book genres are: what the fuck richard and what the fuck andrew

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british fantasy name: wicklebort smee

american fantasy name: aethiraimia “mia” windfeeler

chinese fantasy name: zhang youming (minimum two pages of in-text etymology about why they’re called this)

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Whenever and wherever men have engaged in the mindless slaughter of animals (including other men), they have often attempted to justify their acts by attributing the most vicious or revolting qualities to those they would destroy; and the less reason there is for the slaughter, the greater the campaign of vilification.

- Never Cry Wolf, Farley Mowat

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also "quay" is pronounced "key" and not "kway"

i have heard it pronounced this way so many times on booktok so booklr I need you to know that Circe is pronounced “Keerkee” and not “Sersie” or “Sirse”

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the infuriating thing is that there is genuinely so much good queer literature out there, contemporary and not, but there is also a sizeable chunk of readers who think that a book only "counts" as good queer literature if it's a) unproblematic, b) contains romance as its central focus, and c) has the characters state their orientation and/or gender identity directly to the audience using socially acceptable 21st-century terms (as opposed to resorting to cowardly tactics such as Subtext and Themes)

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List of LGBT+ books that aren’t romance

(romance may be incidental but not the main focus)

Nightrunner (series) - Lynn Flewelling Fantasy

The Bayou - Arden Powell Historical | Horror

Obsidian Island - Arden Powell Fantasy

All For the Game (series) - Nora Sakavic Contemporary | Sports

Boy Underground - Catherine Ryan Hyde Historical | YA

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong Contemporary | Literary

This is How it Always is - Laurie Frankel Contemporary | Literary

The Radiant Emperor (Duology) - Shelley Parker Chan Fantasy | Historical

The Color Purple - Alice Walker Classics | Historical, Literary

The Vampire Chronicles (series) - Anne Rice Fantasy | Horror

What Lies in the Woods - Kate Alice Marshall Mystery | Thriller

These Fleeting Shadows - Kate Alice Marshall Horror | Mystery | YA

The Edge - Lucy Goacher Thriller

Unbury the Bones - Coyote JM Edwards Fantasy | Mystery

Nimona - ND Stevenson Fantasy | Graphic Novel | YA

The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson Classics | Horror | Literary

The Luminous Dead - Caitlin Starling Horror | Science Fiction

Feed them Silence - Lee Mandelo Science Fiction

Summer Sons - Lee Mandelo Fantasy | Horror

Camp Damascus - Chuck Tingle Horror

American Hippo (River of Teeth+Taste of Marrow) - Sarah Gailey Fantasy | Historical | Speculative Fiction

Nightingale & Courtney (series) - Katie Daysh Fiction | Historical

Local Woman Missing - Mary Kubica Thriller

This Town Sleeps - Dennis E. Staples Contemporary

Prophet - Sin Blanché, Helen Macdonald Literary | Science Fiction | Thriller

The Unworthy - Agustina Bazterrica Dystopian | Horror | Literary

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I have so many Louis L'Amour books (someone got them for me randomly at a garage sale) and I've only read one of them. Is anyone on Tumblr a fan and if so which of his books should I read first?

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