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Queer Books | Edmund Pearson

#lgbtqia2025 @Kenyazero

Just need a Latinx author or rep to complete the card!

Any recommendations Litsy??

I enjoy mostly science fiction and literary fiction, things I don‘t enjoy are young adult and romance - but find queer books with it more tolerable 😛.

ChaoticMissAdventures If you like YA I highly recommend anything by Aiden Thomas. I have enjoyed all his books Cemetery Boys might be my favorite. I have been meaning to read The Town of Babylon that a friend keeps recommending. Or I loved this one

Cantoras: A Novel

Kitta @ChaoticMissAdventures oh my friend just recommended Cemetery boys and the Sunbearer Trials to me! Haha great minds. 1d

ChaoticMissAdventures @Kitta he is awesome! He lives in my hometown and I see him often at book events, just the nicest person 😍. But his books are very YA so just depends on your reading preferences. 1d

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monalyisha If you do audiobooks, I absolutely loved this one!

Clap When You Land

monalyisha Another option (which I read in print).

Juliet Takes a Breath

Kitta @ChaoticMissAdventures oh that‘s so cool! I‘m leaning towards Sunbearer trials, I‘m not a huge YA fan though so I‘ll have a look around at what else is out there as well. 1d

Kitta @monalyisha I don‘t deal well with audio but I‘ll look into the other one! Thanks! 1d

Kitta @monalyisha oh I own a copy of the Poet x. Maybe I should read that? 1d

monalyisha That would work! The Poet X is my second favorite of hers (and it was my introduction to her writing). 💖 1d

monalyisha I don‘t know how MUCH lgbtq rep there is, and I don‘t remember it being the focus, but it‘s not absent. 1d

willaful I like a lot of Anna-Marie McLemore's books, especially When the Moon Was Ours.

When the Moon Was Ours

monalyisha Her other title that I mentioned exists in print, too. I just prefer her books as audio because she reads them herself. Clap When You Land has an additional narrator, as well, and The Poet X features spoken word poetry so it‘s cool to hear it as it was meant to be performed. But that‘s not to say that they wouldn‘t be enjoyable as hard copies! 1d

lil1inblue I loved this.

The Sunbearer Trials

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BookmarkTavern Chiming in to also recommend Aiden Thomas! Cemetery Boys and Lost in the Never Woods we‘re both great! 14h

Liz_M Carmen Maria Machado? I loved In the Dream House. Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis was also good.
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BOOK CURSES. | ELEANOR. BAKER

A recent bookplate book curse, from a 1928 first edition of Bells: Their History, Legends, Making, and Uses offered in a recent issue of our monthly rare book newsletter at UndergroundBooks.net 🔔📖🤬

thegirlwiththelibrarybag Into the stocks with them! 2w

underground_bks @Dilara 😉 2w

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underground_bks

BOOK CURSES. | ELEANOR. BAKER

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As a rare bookseller, I‘ve encountered book curses, mostly in kids‘ scrawls and bookplates, and we even tried to deter a bout of theft by posting some in our open shop! This charmingly packaged, if unillustrated, collection of anti-theft book curses spans across history, from ancient Babylon to Medieval manuscripts to 20th-century America—offering a unique perspective on the history of the book and its (sometimes overzealous) ownership.

Dilara I love this, what a fantastic idea for a book! 😂 😂 Shame it's not illustrated... Do you think you could share a couple of curses with us? 😋 2w

underground_bks @Dilara this is a great starter: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medieval-library-book-curses 2w

Dilara @underground_bks Thank you! 2w

iread2much That is adorable and I love you. Thanks so much for sharing it! 1w

underground_bks @iread2much we hate the idea of “smile, you‘re on camera” and signs and all that—I may be delusional but I think the book curses helped 🤣 1w

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TheEllieMo

Something New at the Borrow a Bookshop: A warm-hearted, romantic and uplifting read | Kiley Dunbar

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I am enjoying this series. There a nice mix of serious issues alongside romance and humour, with a nice mix of likeable characters.

Book 35/60, Page 11,419/18,000 #Read2025 @DieAReader
#SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Excellent! ❤️📚❤️ 2mo

DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 2mo

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Chelseabillups30

The Book of the Month: Sixty Years of Books in American Life | Al Silverman

Sometimes I wonder why I spend the money on these book boxes with the rising costs of everything these days especially and usually not reading through all five books each month before the next box comes, but then I remember that when I‘ve had a month like the one I‘ve had and learn that I can‘t trust people to care about me or protect me, I can trust books and they haven‘t failed me or let me down yet.

Any book box twins this month?

📚💙👯‍♀️

StaceGhost I felt that in my civil rights and yes I got silver elite too and an old pick but they got rained on and now I‘m sad 2mo

ShelleyBooksie Lovely pic! Love the tattoo artistry on the top book. 2mo

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MaleficentBookDragon

The Book of the Month: Sixty Years of Books in American Life | Al Silverman

I cracked and got the North as my #BOTM because I REALLY wanted the add-ons.
Plus I had a lot of FOMO that I didn‘t grab Wild Dark Shore earlier. And everyone I‘ve talked to about it loved it. With my #aardvarkbookclub picks that‘s 6 books bought today. I need to slow down. 📚

Avanders 🫢 I know the feeling… haven‘t yet figured out how to slow down… 🤔 3mo

janeycanuck If you figure out the slow down thing, let me know! 3mo

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AnneCecilie

The Book Lover's Almanac: A Year of Literary Events, Letters, Scandals and Plot Twists | Alex Johnson

Still important today

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kspenmoll

The Book Lover's Almanac: A Year of Literary Events, Letters, Scandals and Plot Twists | Alex Johnson

Today‘s fun fact.

Lcsmcat, AnneCecilie

Lcsmcat 😂 He should have worried more about

The Trumpet of the Swan

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AnneCecilie I must confess that I‘ve never read any E. B. White and I hadn‘t even heard of him before Litsy. 4mo

kspenmoll @Lcsmcat My son‘s elementary class listened while their teacher read aloud

Trumpet of the Swan

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kspenmoll @Lcsmcat Now I must check out those worries! (edited) 4mo

kspenmoll @AnneCecilie He also co authored a classic book on writing

Elements of Style

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kspenmoll https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elements_of_Style 4mo

Lcsmcat Yes, I was aware of his role in Elements. I don‘t think you need worry about Trumpeter. My kids liked it even as they thought it was too weird (and my husband and I speculated on just what drugs White was taking when he wrote it!) 4mo

kspenmoll @Lcsmcat 😂😂😂😂😂 4mo

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The Book Lover's Almanac: A Year of Literary Events, Letters, Scandals and Plot Twists | Alex Johnson