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Iron Widow | Xiran Jay Zhao

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May's Reads!

My favorites:
Iron Widow - all the feminine rage 🔥 Chinese fantasy with robots
Time and time again - queer ya time loop romance with disability rep 🏳️‍🌈💕
A Caribbean Heiress in Paris - historical romance with strong female characters, 🇩🇴Dominican FMC, Scottish MMC

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willaful Looks like a pretty good month! 17h

PuddleJumper Iron Widow is great. I've got the next one on hold at the library 3h

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Untitled | Anonymous

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Lavash at First Sight | Taleen Voskuni

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Lavash at First Sight - Taleen Voskuni

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Content Warnings: homophobia, sexual content, emotional abuse, religious bigotry, genocide, alcohol content, body shaming

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Lavash at First Sight | Taleen Voskuni

so-so

Ellie needs therapy, not a new relationship. The romance was the least interesting part of this book.

I really enjoyed the food, family, and cultural dynamics. The romance was tepid -cute and fast paced but nothing interesting.

The writing was very bland for me. I kept zoning out as I was reading.

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PuddleJumper @Catsandbooks It got me reading new things which is never a bad thing 2d

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Disability Reader: Social Science Perspectives | Tom Shakespeare

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Lavash at First Sight | Taleen Voskuni

#RiseUpReads June 2025

Lavash at First Sight - Taleen Voskuni

Read at your own pace. There will be a discussion posted on Litsy at the end of the month.

Please tag me in your posts & use #riseupreads
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Content Warnings: homophobia, sexual content, emotional abuse, religious bigotry, genocide, alcohol content, body shaming

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Laughterhp Oh I‘m looking forward to this one. I forgot to read last months book. 5d

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Librarybelle My library has it on audio, so I‘m hoping I can actually finish this one before the discussion! 😂 5d

ElizaMarie I put a hold on the Audio and the Kindle hold should be released in a week, so I should be able to finish this one. I am not the best at reading on the Kindle, but.. hopefully this grabs me! 4d

Julsmarshall This looks like so much fun! Put it in hold, says 3 weeks so we‘ll see 🤞 4d

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The God and the Gumiho (Fate's Thread #1) | Sophie Kim

Story was an ode to K-dramas

Rise and popularity of K-dramas

Have you seen any? The only one I've seen that is close is XO, Kitty on Netflix

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Top right is more artwork from the FairyLoot special edition

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Melismatic I‘ve watched a few dramas bc they often have idol pop stars from music groups I like in them. Very velveeta cheesey but usually very fun. 6d

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peanutnine I've actually never really watched any k dramas 6d

willaful I started one that a friend recommended and I did enjoy it, but I'm really bad about watching things with subtitles. I don't remember what it was called but each episode was a different period in the life of the hero/heroine (started when she was a little girl, IIRC) and they were played by different people each time, which was a little hard to get used to! I think loss of memory was involved. 6d

PuddleJumper Anyone that likes the book would probably enjoy Korean Odyssey, I could see a lot of similarities with reading.

My absolute faves that I rewatch are Semantic Error, university enemies to lovers, and Kingdom, historical political drama with zombies.
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PuddleJumper Other supernatural themed romance dramas I would recommend are Tale of the Nine Tailed Fox, Guardian: The Lonely and Great God, and Alchemy of Souls.

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PuddleJumper @willaful Find Me in Your Memory? Popular drama from 2020 I think 6d

willaful This would have been before 2020. 6d

IriDas I haven‘t watched any k-dramas. I don‘t have cable and my only subscription service is Crunchyroll. :D But the book was still good without having watched any. :) 4d

TheBookHippie My friend loved Korean dramas this reminded me of that. She would have loved this on audio I think. 2d

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The God and the Gumiho (Fate's Thread #1) | Sophie Kim

Did you have this author's note in the version you read?

Loved all the Korean mythological creatures

https://www.90daykorean.com/korean-myths/

https://warsandhistory.com/korean-mythology/

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peanutnine Helpful links, thanks! The author's note was actually included in the audiobook, which I was surprised at as that is not always the case. It is interesting to see what parts were interpreted! I loved all the creatures mentioned but sometimes I wasn't sure how to picture them 6d

PuddleJumper I never read author notes 😅 6d

IriDas The audio had the author‘s note. I don‘t know anything about Korean myths but I had assumed it would be like retelling of Greek myths that folks do these days. Where they change some things for the sake of the story. 4d

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The God and the Gumiho (Fate's Thread #1) | Sophie Kim

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#RiseUpReads May

Overall thoughts? Any favorite parts?

I loved the banter between Seokga and Hani! Definitely looking forward to the sequel!

Above is artwork from the FairyLoot special edition

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Melismatic The banter was my favorite part - very k-drama! 6d

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peanutnine Oooo gorgeous art! I did love the banter. And I loved the world building! How all the creatures lived among the humans and interacted with the gods was interesting 6d

PuddleJumper I found it very shallow and the main characters intensely irritating. I enjoyed the mythology and wanted more of that and world building and less of the main characters 🤣 6d

AnnCrystal That artwork 🤩🎨🖌️💝. 6d

IriDas I enjoyed it. It reminded me a little of the gods portions of the Iliad. I liked the way the main characters ended up making each other better “people” by the end. 4d

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We Are All So Good at Smiling | Amber McBride

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Read last month for #riseupreads @Catsandbooks
I really liked the lyricism of this story and how the folklore tales were used as metaphors for dealing with mental health struggles. Just a beautiful book!
This was also my #doublespin for April @TheAromaofBooks

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Catsandbooks Wonderful! ✊🏼💜 6d

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