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Hey #QueerBC peeps, May is almost over so here are some discussion questions for our author Neon Yang! (Formerly known as JY Yang.) Answer any or all if you're so inclined!

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Kitta I‘m still waiting for the book from Libby! I decided to read Black Tides of Heaven and will come back to this discussion when I‘m done! 5d

PuddleJumper I started Black Tides of Heaven and then got distracted. I want to finish Her Majesty's Coven and then I'll go back to it 5d

BookmarkTavern I read Brighter Than Scale, Swifter Than Wind which was fantasy. And I always love the powerful amount of world building Yang manages to push into a novella. I had also read the Tensorate series before, and I particularly enjoy the queer normative societies they create. I‘m putting The Genesis of Misery on my TBR! 5d

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lil1inblue I read The Black Tides of Heaven.
1. I enjoy both genres, as well as blends of the two. This one was classified as fantasy, but I think it has sci-fi elements as well.
2. The major themes in this novella involved power and resistance. I found it very timely. I also like the sibling relationship and how it related to the major themes.
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lil1inblue 3. The book had an interesting gender system in which children are essentially non-binary and eventually choose their own gender, which I think is directly related to Yang's identity. I can also see how Singapore's history as a colonized nation may have influenced the political structure in the book, as well.
4. I definitely enjoyed this novella. I bought an edition with the whole series, and I'm excited to read the other 3 novellas. 5d

willaful @BookmarkTavern Oooo, queer normative society is a prompt for @Faranae's #URC if you're playing... 5d

BookmarkTavern @willaful How cool! I didn‘t know about that! 5d

Butterfinger I hope it's okay to answer one by one so I can go back and see the questions. I'm in the third novella of the Tensorate series and I have really enjoyed the world building they created. Like @lil1inblue I see it as a blend of fantasy (Naga riders) and sci-fi (new technology-dream recordings). I lean more toward fantasty. 4d

Butterfinger 2 - definitely revolution toward a dictator. Sibling love. Overcoming grief. 4d

Butterfinger 3- yes, children confirm their genders at any time they wish. One character, Rider, confirms but decides not to go through the process of change so they remain fluid in their life. The whole society is that way. No discrimination at all. How freeing!!! Wait a moment. When Akeha confirms as a male, his mother, who is the dictator, calls him a waste. 4d

Butterfinger 4 I do enjoy being in this world. I would like to read some nonfiction. The LGBTQ+community has fought so much, and through so much abuse, I want to learn more history. 4d

Butterfinger Wonderful, reflective questions @willaful @PuddleJumper thank you. 4d

willaful @Butterfinger I suspect even in a SF setting, Yang tends to incorporate fantasy elements. Perhaps speculative fiction would be the best category. Thank you for your thoughtful answers! (edited) 4d

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Paladin's Strength | T Kingfisher

I liked this even more than Paladin's Grace, because the characters are such delightful gentle giants.

More at my blog: https://willaful.wordpress.com/2025/05/22/tbr-challenge-paladins-strength-by-t-k...

#SeriesLove2025
#URC rodent on cover. (The main one -- this is an alternate.)

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TheSpineView Fantastic! 2w

Faranae The failure of the new covers to feature the White Rat is a sin and a shame. I also didn't like that they went with “fantasy“ covers, so none of the couples look at each other, but none of the secondary characters are depicted. Earstripe is too important in Paladin's Hope to leave out if you aren't going to have Piper and Galen all over each other (but then I don't like the way Piper is drawn anyway...). 2w

willaful @Faranae Yeah, aesthetically this sucks and doesn't really give a sense of the books, but I did like seeing Clara drawn large. 2w

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Faranae @willaful It's definitely nice to see Clara drawn right! Istvhan isn't as big as I imagined in my head, so I'm sticking to my own imagination and not letting this cover override it. 2w

willaful @Faranae 👍

(And people don't get why I don't want to see the Murderbot show....) 2w

Andrew65 Excellent 🎉🎉🎉 1w

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The Librarianist: A Novel | Patrick DeWitt

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A quiet book about a quiet man. Bookended by a year in his old age, we examine different eras of Bob's life. I think Patrick deWitt is one of the finest modern authors, so I really enjoyed reading this novel, but I think I lost the thread when it flashed back to Bob's runaway. Still, Bob is probably one of my favorite main characters I've read about in a while.

TheBookHippie I read this as an ARC, I agree. It lost the thread a bit. 3w

willaful I'm probably going to read this for the #URC “library related cover“ prompt. 3w

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Someone You Can Build a Nest In | John Wiswell

Such an intriguing book, and an intriguing theory. A good time to be reading books that help me understand monsters of the human variety.

This was the #QueerBC book from, what, October? Also my choice for “featuring a cryptid“ for @Faranae's #URC. I can't imagine a more interesting cryptid!

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Untitled | Untitled

I made this bingo card for people doing @Faranae's #URC. This is *only* prompts related to the title and cover, to make it easy to check for them. (I had to leave out the “rhyming in title“ prompt to make the board even.)

Faranae This is amazing! Next year I should make sure there's only 16 title and cover prompts so they fit perfectly. 😂 You misspelled my name (Maybe I should switch to HarpGriffin here too?) but I follow you so I saw it anyway~ 5mo

willaful @Faranae whoops, sorry. I had to get up super early and am not at my best today. 5mo

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Here We Go Again: A Novel | Alison Cochrun

I wish I'd read this last year, because it's exactly what I had in mind for @Farnae's #URC prompt for a book set where being queer is dangerous. Books where, despite everything, queer people are everywhere.

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Something Human | A J Demas

Two soldiers on opposite sides save and succor each other, in an effort to find “something human“ in an ugly war. The friendship they develop as they share their lives could lead to lasting love... and peace. A sweet, slow-moving romance which is surprisingly warm and comforting despite the circumstances.

#URC “A book from a country that doesn‘t exist anymore“ (fictionalized.) #ChristmasAtoZ letter D #Adventathon #Winter Games Team #XmasChaCha

BookmarkTavern, Texreader, StayCurious, Faranae

BookmarkTavern 👏🏻👏🏻 6mo

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Reading Challenge | Lesley Yates

I've signed up for three 2025 #readingchallenges already, and it's not even December! #WickedWords is a given of course if it's running, #ISpyBingo I very much enjoy, and I like the look of the prompts for #booklistqueenchallenge25 too. And I'll be running Four Fours again, hashtagged #fourfoursin25 this time.

What are you thinking of signing up for? Or running?

#readingchallenge #2025readingchallenges

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Lauredhel Oh and we totally should do Pantone again #Pantone2025 @PuddleJumper @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @IndoorDame @Eggs @mariaku21 @Enchanted_Bibliophile @Itchyfeetreader @AmyG @peanutnine @BookwormAHN @OriginalCyn620 @Librariana @EmilyCGreene @julieclair 6mo

OriginalCyn620 I totally dropped the ball with this year‘s Pantone challenge, but if it comes back for 2025, I will do better! 🤪 6mo

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PuddleJumper I completely forgot about the Pantone challenge. #Roll100 #GottaCatchemAll #QueerBC will continue in 2025. I've also got a prompt maze #FrozenSick which is a whenever thing and #ReadYourDamnDanmei I think that's all 6mo

Lauredhel @OriginalCyn620 I've just starting yoinking colours for a #pantone2025 colour chart, so if no one else steps up to do it, it will still be happening! 6mo

Lauredhel @PuddleJumper OMG so many to explore! 6mo

Jas16 I think that 2025 is going to be a challenge free year for me. 6mo

Lauredhel @Jas16 enjoy your reading! 6mo

AmyG I am only doing a challenge that requires books I own. It‘s out of control over here. 🤣 So….Bookspin, Author-a-Month if I have the author, TBR Tarot. My only exception to my rule is the Sunday Buddy Read. 6mo

Enchanted_Bibliophile Another one on my 2025 list 🤩 6mo

Born.A.Reader @AmyG that's the one I need to do. My owned TBR is soo out of control 😅 6mo

thebacklistbook I'm doing a few challenges. For next year I'm still plugging away at read the world, the owls, #fictionaltraveler , and #tbronly2025, I am still deciding about #frozensick . I am of course running my #yuletidereads starting December 21. 6mo

willaful Definitely doing BookSpin , QueerBC, and adding Roll100 this year. I love Four Fours! Will continue #BacklistReadathon and #TBRTarot if they're on. And finishing up #192025!

@Jas16 Do what makes you happy! 6mo

willaful Oh, I forgot @Faranae's #URC. 6mo

Faranae @willaful 😭How could you forget my URC? (😆) 6mo

willaful @Faranae I know! I've got a list a mile long of possible prompts! 6mo

mariaku21 I'm always game to do Pantone reading @Lauredhel amongst any others but I'm not thinking about 2025. I still have books this year 😭🤣 6mo

BookwormAHN I'm not sure how many challenges I'm doing now. I host #StarWarsBuddyRead and I've joined #BookSpin with #ReadOrDonate plus #TBRTarot #LosersClub #AuthorAMonth and a few others however I'd Iike to Pantone again since I usually can match the books I'm already reading and don't usually have to look to hard for them. 6mo

Lauredhel @Enchanted_Bibliophile Cool, I haven't seen many others doing Booklist Queen's challenge on Litsy!

  @TheBacklistBook Just added #FictionalTraveler to my list. The more the merrier, I can always trim later if I'm not managing.

  @willaful #URC I have not heard of before *scuttles off to join* @Faranae   

@mariaku21 @BookwormAHN I'll be organising #Pantone2025 over the next week or so. Stay tuned   6mo

TheAromaofBooks Lots of fun challenges in this thread!! I'm already entangling myself in way too many buddy reads as usual 😂 I'm especially excited about once again trying to read all of Agatha Christie's books in published order, this time lead by @Librarybelle I'm also finishing her #192025 challenge. #ISpyBingo will be back, and I also do my personal challenges of trying to read the USA and read at least one book from every year of the last 100 years. ⬇ 6mo

TheAromaofBooks I'm also joining @julieclair 's challenge for #FictionalTraveler as well as whichever #GottaCatchEmAll region @PuddleJumper chooses - plus #Roll100 !! I'm interested in the Pantone Challenge which I did in 2023 but not last year, so I'll keep my eye out for that one as well!! 6mo

Lauredhel @TheAromaofBooks I'll add you to the pantone tag list 6mo

julieclair @lauredhel I‘ll add you to the #FictionalTraveler tag list! Glad you‘re joining us! 6mo

julieclair I‘m doing too many, but I can‘t resist! Several of the ones already mentioned here, as well as #LiteraryCrew with @Librarybelle , #BookedInTime with @Cuilin , #LittensLoveRomance with @StayCurious , and #RandomClassics with @TheAromaofBooks . 6mo

julieclair I‘ll be hosting #FictionalTraveler , #ThematicCozies (will post about that soon) , and continuing #ReadOrDonate for 2025. 6mo

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M Is for Monster | Talia Dutton

An alternate universe “Frankenstein“ story. A dedicated scientist tries to bring her sister back to life but another spirit inhabits the body, desperately afraid of being driven out or further experimented on. A poignant story about identity and found family.

#HalloweenAtoZReadathon Letter D

#Spookoween #31By#31 book 6

Works for #URC prompt, book by an Asian author. Also for nonbinary/genderqueer prompts.

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TheSpineView Fantastic! 8mo

Texreader Great!! 8mo

Catsandbooks 👏🏼👻🧡 8mo

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