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ononiwu kaishan, p. (2025). forest euphoria: the abounding queerness of nature. spiegel & grau.

#QueerEcology #QueerReads #ForestEuphoria

#52booksin52weeks - A Three syllable word in the title - Sorcery and Small Magics by Maiga Doocy #queerfantasy #queerreads #queerromance #grumpysunshine #oppositesattract #enemiestolovers #learntotrust #curses #lovespell #bookstagram #booktok #booksky #gamemastersbookclub #ttrpgpodcast

consume the worst Dec 1

#DecRecs Day 1 - Let's start easy with some QTBIPOC books I enjoyed this year:

All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews - realistic fiction about a young Indian lesbian starting a suspicious consulting job and just trying to get over her shitty self while navigating family and friendship
Gods of Want by K-Ming Chang - excellent series of Taiwanese diasporic short stories full of intergenerational angst and ghosts that haunt us, be it from the margins or right up in our faces
Roar of the Lambs by Jamison Shea - yet another excellent YA novel starring a duo intertwined by events set forth in their families decades before, a Black seer who just wants to get to get out of this town and a mixed nonbinary teen who always stands up for what is right - both of whom only ever face doubt and distrust by others
Sister Snake by Amanda Lee Koe - an homage to chinese folklore brought into the modern lore, two sisters, both of whom can take forms of both human or snake, fall back into one another's lives. one raging in their chaos, another just trying to fit in.

#books #reading #bookstodon #libby #QTBIPOC #queerReads

Wendy Palmer Sep 24

🏳️‍🌈 📖 October Queer Romance Club - seeking suggestions 📖 🏳️‍🌈

October’s theme is paranormal/Halloween reads. I’ll put the vote out over the weekend.

I have a few ideas already:

All of Us Murderers by KJ Charles (m/m, historical, Gothic, something unnatural lurks…)

The Most Unusual Haunting of Edgar Lovejoy by Roan Parrish (transmasc they/cis he, ghosts, cosy)

Feast While You Can by Julia Armfield and Eliza Clark (f/f, sounds like actual horror though, so might not be to everyone’s tastes)

But Not Too Bold By Hache Pueyo (sapphic gothic fantasy monster romance novella, possibly still more down the horror end)

The Lavender Blade by EL Deards (I’m not sure if this is a romance actually, but it sounds great ;) established m/m relationship, a case of possession)

Other suggestions much appreciated!

(We’ve already had two ghost stories this year, Roland Rogers Isn’t Dead Yet by Samantha Allen and The Keeper of Lonely Spirits by EM Anderson. Must be something in the air 😊)

ETA: more info about QRC:
https://mastodon.au/@wendypalmer/113144943004145104

@queerromanceclub #QueerRomanceClub #books #bookClub #reading #bookstodon #paranormal #queerReads #HalloweenReads

Wendy Palmer (@[email protected])

I am the current coordinator of the Queer Romance Club (QRC), the FediBookClub for readers of queer romance. Boost this post to be notified-on-Edit of each month's vote & pick, or find it pinned on my profile. New group at @[email protected] (remember to follow the group and add it to a list or click on the bell for notifications). The gup.pe groups no longer work. Seeking suggestions for December https://mastodon.au/@wendypalmer/115592591666326526 QRC is open to all, read at your own pace over the month and post about it under the #QueerRomanceClub tag and @[email protected] group, and/or add some commentary on Bookwyrm. No rules: let’s hear reactions, theories, reviews, favourite quotes etc, any time throughout the month or indeed whenever you happen to read it 😊 CW for spoilers if going into details but general observations can be open. Note we’re also open to free choice selections, so if you’d rather post comments about a different book you’re reading as well or instead, feel free to use the tags for those too. We’re all about the queer romance book love, and love to hear about titles we may have missed! 2025 Schedule (subject to change/open to suggestions): Dec: winter/holiday vibes Nov: classics/old favourites Oct: paranormal/Halloween — All of Us Murderers by KJ Charles Sept: mystery/suspense — Mise en Death by Nikki Woolfolk Aug: Lambda shortlist — Loser of the Year by Carrie Byrd July: cosy — Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend (More Than a Best Friend) by Emma Alban June: pride month — Navigational Entanglements by Aliette de Bodard May: fantasy — The Keeper of Lonely Spirits by EM Anderson April: science fiction — Ocean’s Echo by Everina Maxwell March: historical — I Shall Never Fall In Love by Hari Conner Feb: BIPOC — Leather, Lace and Locs by Anne Shade Jan: contemporary — Roland Rogers Isn’t Dead Yet by Samantha Allen #QueerRomance #books #BookClub #LGBTQBooks #romanceReads

Mastodon Australia

assiba Jul 27, 2025

Dieses Jahr habe ich mir vorgenommen, Bücher von der Hotlist unabhängiger Verlage zu lesen. Im Urlaub habe ich nun zwei Titel beendet 🇮🇹📚
Einmal „Wunder Punkt“ von Sara Paretsky, übersetzt und herausgegeben von Else Laudan: Dieser fast 500 Seiten starke Hardboiled-Krimi gehört einem Genre an, das ich sonst selten belese. Detektivin Warshawski deckt in Lawrence/Kansas ein Netz aus Hassverbrechen, verdrängter Geschichte und gesellschaftlicher Gewalt auf. Alles verwoben mit aktuellen Thematiken von Vergangenheitsbewältigung bis Kryptoinvestment. Queere Figuren spielen hier nur eine Nebenrolle, sind aber dennoch Teil der Welt, die Paretsky entwirft, was mir wegen der Unaufgeregtheit und selbstverständlichen Repräsentation besonders gut gefällt, da ich nicht mit queeren Figuren gerechnet hatte.
Victor Heringers „Die Liebe vereinzelter Männer“, übersetzt von Maria Hummitzsch:
Dieser Roman ist eine heftige Coming-of-Age-Geschichte aus Brasilien. Heringer erzählt von Schuld und erster Liebe, von Behinderung und am Rande von der Militärdiktatur. Hier steht schwules Begehren im Mittelpunkt, fein verwoben mit der gesellschaftlichen Dimension.
Beide Romane kreisen um Verbrechen und Gewalt und haben mir auf ihre ganz eigene Art gefallen.
🏞️Jetzt freue ich mich auf weitere Urlaubstage am Bergsee, auf viele Runden im Wasser und natürlich auf das BiNe-Frauen*Treffen am nächsten Wochenende 👩🏽‍🌾💕💜💙.

#Hotlist2025 #IndieBooks #SaraParetsky #VictorHeringer #WunderPunkt #DieLiebeVereinzelterMänner #ComingOfAge #Hardboiled #QueerReads #Urlaubslektüre #ItalienUrlaub #lesen #bookstodon

Tinkabelle Jun 12, 2025

Queere Romane geben queeren Menschen eine Stimme – und zeigen, wie universell der Wunsch nach Glück ist.

#OwnVoices #QueerReads #LesenVerbindet #Queer #Bücher #QueereRomane #LGBTQIA

Wendy Palmer Mar 23, 2025

Voting for the Queen Romance Club April selection (SF theme)

More about the bookclub here:
https://mastodon.au/@wendypalmer/113144943004145104

Choices:

Ocean’s Echo by Everina Maxwell — m/m, telepathy/mind control
https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/ocean-s-echo-2

In the Shadow of the Ship by Aliette de Bodard — f/f, xuya universe (sentient spaceships in a Viet-inspired galactic empire, ongoing world but stand-alone story)
https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/in-the-shadow-of-the-ship

This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone — f/f, time travel
https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/this-is-how-you-lose-the-time-war-2

Mars House by Natasha Pulley — m/nb, Mars colony
https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/the-mars-house-1

#QueerRomanceClub @queerromanceclub #QueerReads #bookclub #books #LGBTQBooks @bookstodon #bookstodon

Ocean’s Echo

33.3%

In the Shadow of the Ship

25%

This is How You Lose the Time War

33.3%

Mars House

8.3%

Poll ended at Mar 26, 2025 at 2:24am.

Wendy Palmer (@[email protected])

I am the current coordinator of the Queer Romance Club (QRC), the FediBookClub for readers of queer romance. Boost this post to be notified-on-Edit of each month's vote & pick, or find it pinned on my profile. New group at @[email protected] (remember to follow the group and add it to a list or click on the bell for notifications). The gup.pe groups no longer work. Seeking suggestions for December https://mastodon.au/@wendypalmer/115592591666326526 QRC is open to all, read at your own pace over the month and post about it under the #QueerRomanceClub tag and @[email protected] group, and/or add some commentary on Bookwyrm. No rules: let’s hear reactions, theories, reviews, favourite quotes etc, any time throughout the month or indeed whenever you happen to read it 😊 CW for spoilers if going into details but general observations can be open. Note we’re also open to free choice selections, so if you’d rather post comments about a different book you’re reading as well or instead, feel free to use the tags for those too. We’re all about the queer romance book love, and love to hear about titles we may have missed! 2025 Schedule (subject to change/open to suggestions): Dec: winter/holiday vibes Nov: classics/old favourites Oct: paranormal/Halloween — All of Us Murderers by KJ Charles Sept: mystery/suspense — Mise en Death by Nikki Woolfolk Aug: Lambda shortlist — Loser of the Year by Carrie Byrd July: cosy — Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend (More Than a Best Friend) by Emma Alban June: pride month — Navigational Entanglements by Aliette de Bodard May: fantasy — The Keeper of Lonely Spirits by EM Anderson April: science fiction — Ocean’s Echo by Everina Maxwell March: historical — I Shall Never Fall In Love by Hari Conner Feb: BIPOC — Leather, Lace and Locs by Anne Shade Jan: contemporary — Roland Rogers Isn’t Dead Yet by Samantha Allen #QueerRomance #books #BookClub #LGBTQBooks #romanceReads

Mastodon Australia

Le Rayon L Mar 9, 2025

📖 Delilah Green Doesn't Care – Ashley Herring Blake
📚 Genre : Romance Contemporaine
💞 Tropes : Small Town | One bed
⭐ Note : 4 / 5
🌶🌶🌶
Questions about the spicy rating? Check out my story → Lexique

🇫🇷 Disponible en FR

✍ Critique en VF dans les images
🇬🇧 English review below

"Delilah Green Doesn’t Care" was exactly what I hoped for—a great rom-com! The characters are fantastic, and I have a soft spot for Iris, which makes me even more excited to read the third book.
It was a really enjoyable read that I highly recommend. It's funny, engaging, and never boring. Plus, there are some lovely moments, especially when it comes to family relationships.
📌 #SapphicRomance #SapphicBooks #WLWBooks #livrewlw #romanlesbien #QueerBookstagram #Lesbiennes #RomanceFF #BrightFalls #AshleyHerringBlake #DelilahGreen #QueerReads