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Such a good read! The characters are delightful, the trio's friendship spawns plenty of laugh-out-loud moments, and the world is very fun. Maybe it's just that I love stories with holiday worlds and magic, especially magic born from joy. This will definitely be a top read of the year for me. #LGBTQIA #Holidays

John Boyne's book The Elements which compiles his 4 books: Water; Earth; Fire; Air into one volume "representing a different perspective on the enabler, the accomplice, the perpetrator, and the victim." I am looking forward to reading it. However I pulled from my shelves The Hearts Invisible Furies to read in the meantime. I have been waiting for a special moment to read it and now is the time.

This book broke me. And again. And again. And again. I do get sad while reading books, but it's unusual that I can't read the text anymore because there are tears in my eyes. Constantly. I couldn't read 4 pages without the urge to just break into tears. I didn't want to continue, but I wanted to continue. I also wanted to give it six stars on GoodReads, but I was only allowed to give five. Which is not enough. This book needs more. 1912 forever.

YA, dystopian, sapphic, cli-fi(?). It was just ok, the ending was blah, but there's obviously going to be a sequel. YA doesn't hit for me like it used to. Which I suppose makes sense, since I'm not the target demographic.

#CoffeeAndABook ☕️?

#Falling ༄˖°.?☕️.ೃ࿔*:･

#BookNerd ???

167th book: Legends & Lattes & Wed WIP: Luffy

Done with all the books from our @tbrgirlies_bookclub Sept Sweater Weather 🎧📖🔖

#legendsandlattes #travisbaldree #audiobook #bookworm #bookstagram #goodreadsreadingchallenge #goodreads #crossstitch #monkeydluffy #luffy #totefairie

The Phoenix Keeper, by S.A. Maclean (2024)
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Premise: A young zoologist specializing in the conservation of magical creatures and living with severe anxiety must learn to cope with human and not just animal interaction when her zoo has the opportunity to revive its dormant phoenix breeding program. ⬇️

I like volume 2 even more than volume 1! We get a deeper look into the family personalities and discover a second secret ally. I really enjoyed the horror game chapter 😂 The mom also had a lot of moments of reflection and growth as she noticed happenings in the world around her and realized ways they might impact her son. #LGBTQIA #Manga #Motherhood

Soft pick. I liked the characters and how they developed. Especially, funny enough, the fathers. Some 🌶️ but I didn't really care for that. It was fun and entertaining, but also kind of forgettable. Perfect background noise to listen to while doing something else.

#queerbc @PuddleJumper

This was such an engaging and unique cozy sci-fi mystery. When Dorothy Gentleman wakes up in a body that is not her own and finds report of a death on the ship, she must investigate if the two events are related. I loved the world building here - memories being stored in a library so you can continue life after your body gives out. The characters introduced were so interesting, I can't wait for more adventures
#SeriesLove2025