#summer sons

[weltonboys]

i don’t know why i bite

unknown / tusk - fleetwood mac / gods country - ethel cain / foreword to homer’s odyssey - emily wilson / isles of dogs (2018) / summer sons - lee mandelo / the dream thieves - maggie steifvater/ bite the hand - boygenius

[squash1]

ok book club <3 what are we reading that’s actually good and would maybe fill the trc shaped hole in my soul???? and don’t say reread. unless you say reread the dreamer trilogy because i’m so close to giving into the urge.

please. please. give me your suggestions.

as a frame of reference here are non-trc books i love & would recommend (different content, same soul):

watch over me by nina lacour

in memoriam by alice winn

under the whispering door by tj klune

these violent delights by micah nemerever

the anthropocene reviewed by john green

summer sons by lee mandelo

a tale for the time being by ruth ozeki

i need an actual book club but tumblr took away my group chats :(

anyway love you please give me suggestions!!!!!

[kitausu]

what's the genre name for books about "toxic queer friend groups doing crimes and being shitty but also being the most lovable people you've ever wanted to slap who probably have had at least one fist fight behind a Wendy's at some point in their lives," because that's my favorite genre of book.

[bb-8]

okay so I've read If We Were Villains, These Violent Delights (gay), Summer Sons, In Memoriam, The Wicker King, The Secret History, As Meat Loves Salt, and The Dove in the Belly... now what? where do I find my homoeroticism and co-dependent gays?

[andruwminyrd]

books read in 2023. summer sons by lee mandelo.

i don't wanna share not even with a dead man.

[lets-throw-bacchanal]

I can’t stop thinking about those tragic little gay men. They consume my every waking thought.

[dearly-befuddled]

That's all folks

[foxesjostens]

twin sized mattress - the front bottoms / summer sons - lee mandelo

[cryinglookingatsoulages]

do i have an unhealthy obsession with buzzcut boys my whole life? maybe. maybe i do. and so what. if anything, it’s very logical. the buzzcut is a litmus paper that tells you if the boy is truly pretty or is it just. you know. the hair. remove the hair and what will be left? either The True God-like Beauty or nothing at all.

[stardustandrockets]

Do you have a favorite book with disability rep? Drop it below! (Title and author, please.)

July got away from me and I didn't get this disability rep post finished before the month ended.

The rep listed is by no means a comprehensive list, but what I could remember. I know there are a lot of other lists out there with several of these books on them, but some I hadn't seen and wanted to include.

• Photo 2: Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert (OCD), Turtles All the Way Down by John Green (OCD), The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun (anxiety, depression, and OCD)

• Photo 3: Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson (anxiety), Icebreaker by A.L. Graziadei (anxiety and depression), Teacher of the Year by M.A. Wardell (anxiety and ADHD)

• Photo 4: Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas (anxiety and PTSD), The Infinite Noise by Lauren Shippen (anxiety and depression), Heartstopper (anxiety, depression, and anorexia)

• Photo 5: A Neon Darkness by Lauren Shippen (depression and PTSD), The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon (depression and PTSD), Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo (depression)

• Photo 6: Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan by Gaku Kaze (depression), Perfect World by Rie Aruga (spinal cord injury), Vicious by V.E. Schwab (chronic pain)

• Photo 7: A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab (blindness), The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater (partial deafness), The Whispering Dark by Kelly Andrew (deafness)

• Photo 8: I Hear the Sunspot by Yuki Fumino (deafness), A Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara Barnard (deafness and select mutism), Everything You Never Said by Jordon Greene (mutism)

• Photo 9: Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (dyslexia), Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade (dyslexia), All the Feels by Olivia Dade (ADHD)

[weltonboys]

what is a ghost?

ghost eaters - clay mcleod chapman / stranger in the alps (2017) / war of the foxes - richard siken / summer sons - lee mandelo / yellowjackets (2021) / right where you left me - taylor swift / ghost eaters - clay mcleod chapman / ghost (1990) / haunting of hill house (2018)

[spaceprincessem]

Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo

"He's dead, Sam."

"I know that. He's not gone, though. Look at us right this minute. Half the conversations we have, he's in them. I was going to fuck you wearing his ring on your wedding finger."

[franticvampirereads]

I am…unwell over this book. This was just fucking fantastic and I’m honestly at a loss for words for this review. Summer Sons is one of the absolute best books that I think I’ve ever read and I just want to scream about it. It’s this mix of dark academia, paranormal hauntings, and queer longing that had me hooked from the very beginning. Everything about this book was feral and unhinged and tinged with the sticky restlessness of a southern summer. And I could read about Andrew and Sam and Riley endlessly. This book is one that will haunt my dreams for a long time to come and I can’t recommend it enough. This is the easiest five stars I think I’ve ever given a book. I’m just gonna excuse myself now and go scream about it into the void…

[have-agoodone]

andrew/eddie - summer sons by lee mandelo

[zalaznyart]

come home...

[cakegatedisaster]

Reread Summer Sons today and I just.

The inherent tragedy in realizing that someone loved you more than anything else only after they're gone?

The realization that you loved them back and were just too stupid to see it?

Holding on and refusing to let go because you're trying to make up for everything you missed when it was all right in front of you??

Finally seeing a better way and letting go?

While feeling like you're betraying the love of your life just by daring to be happy in a world without them????

Lee Mandelo who hurt you. I want to hurt you. Do you see you hurt me??????