Welcome to Litsy!

Finished this book in the bath last night! Delightfully weird, dark but not cynical, sexy, and very queer. Thornton's writing is often strikingly perceptive and beautiful. Stories include the titular one, about a queer artsy high school girl whose comics become haunted by a cult comics artist her ex-girlfriend loves, a girl who falls in love with a life size anatomical skeleton, a woman who runs a very unique hotel, and more. I loved this!

Her writing is so brilliant!

"They had a wide Oriental rug, all beige and purple and gold, its fibers an ideal consistency between solid and liquid, and it would ooze up around the bare toes that walked across it like ten tiny, formal hugs."

#QueerBooks #LGBTQBooks #LGBTQ #TransBooks

I have an "especially-excited-about" shelf on my Goodreads where, sadly, too many books have languished for years. I finally went through the list last week, deleted a bunch that no longer seemed that appealing, and then requested a bunch from my library. I was pleasantly surprised especially that The Black Emerald was available. It's a speculative short story collection by a trans woman author, published by a small indie press 3 years ago.

I didn't get tagged, but I like making lists, so here are my #10authorrecommendations. I especially recommend Jeanne Thornton's The Black Emerald. I've thought about it every day since reading it two years ago. Off the top of my head, of my mutuals I haven't seen in the tag, I'm most curious about recommendations from @mrozzz, @charl08, @TheGhastlyGrimoire, and @CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian. My apologies if any of you have already been tagged.☺