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sumptuousbooks

Joined June 2017

diverse book blogger | bookish activist | intersectional feminist | queer | they/them sumptuousbooks.wordpress.com instagram.com/sumptuousbooks
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I really loved this #ownvoices book about 3 women of colour - friends for decades. It's about how their life changed, what happens now that they're old, what will happen in the future. 5/5 ⭐️

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Milk and Honey | Rupi Kaur
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How I love this poetry collection. It lets you think about your own life - the good and the bad things.

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Milk and Honey | Rupi Kaur
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I got all the feels 💚

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That Andreil kiss killed me. My heart. I'm shipping them so hart 😍😍

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Even more fluff. All the cute couples 😍

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How I love those books. They basically need a trigger warning for everything because all the characters had horrible stuff to deal with. But they're all so cute and need to be protected at all costs. Shipping Andreil forever

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Happy 20th anniversary to this lovely book.

#harrypotter #harrypotter20

bwaworga Such a lovely collection 😀🤗 7y
sumptuousbooks @bwaworga thanks 💙 7y
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Happy 20th anniversary to this marvellous book

#harrypotter #harrypotter20

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Happy 20th anniversary to this beautiful book

#harrypotter #harrypotter20

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New York 2140 | Kim Stanley Robinson
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I'm also reading this book right now. So far I have mixed feelings about it. It has 7 MCs and some are really getting on my nerves and you can see that this book was written by a white allocishet male author 🙄

Sha0102 What is MC? Thanks 7y
sumptuousbooks @Sha0102 main character 7y
Sha0102 @sumptuousbooks thanks for teaching me. And wow 7 MC... 7y
Spiderfelt I just started listening to the audiobook. The same thought about the author's male perspective occurred to me. I'm only 13% in, which seems too soon to jump ship, unless it doesn't improve. 6y
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I'm currently reading this lovely book. As always it's quite funny and my dad Apollo is just as annoying as always

#thedarkprophecy #rickriordan #apollo

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Hey. Again I'm hosting a diverse book photography challenge on Instagram. This time it's all about intersectionality. Just post on the days you want and use the hashtag #DiverseBookJul You can also participate here on Litsy or on other social media platforms like twitter or your blogs.

#bookchallenge #bookstagram

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What a cute love story. I ship Daniel and Natasha forever. It's ownvoices for Latinx rep. 5/5 ⭐️

#thesunisalsoastar #nicolayoon #ownvoices

VicariousBookworm I loved this one! The ending wasn't what I was expecting, but it was still beautiful. 💖 7y
sumptuousbooks @VicariousBookworm yes same. I never thought it would end that way but yes I liked it too ☺️ 7y
Chemically_bookish Such a wonderful love story 💕 7y
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A Little Life: A Novel | Hanya Yanagihara
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What a book. I got all the feels. And so diverse with intersectional rep. You need to read this. A masterpiece. But beware of all the triggers. I have a list on one of my IG accounts instagram.com/bookaestheticsss

inked.delights I still have to read this one.. I read a few pages into the first chapter last year but it didn't quite catch me, you know? I think I should give it another go, everybody is so enthusiastic about it 😄 7y
sumptuousbooks @inked.delights yes the start was a bit slow but it gets way better. Hope you'll enjoy it the next time you're trying to read it ☺️ 7y
inked.delights @sumptuousbooks Okay, good to know! Thanks 😄 I'll put it on my summer tbr list (I'm afraid summer needs to add a few extra months in order to finish that huge list 🙄) 7y
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sumptuousbooks @inked.delights same. so many books - so little time 😂🙈 7y
anniekslibrary I loved this book so much! I read it last summer (before I started bookstagram) and it immediately became one of my all time favorites. I hope to reread it soon! 7y
sumptuousbooks @anniekslibrary Enjoy your reread 💚 7y
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Juliet Takes a Breath | Gabby Rivera
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I received an arc of this lovely book and it was so good. It talks about intersectional feminism, calls out white feminism and white privilege and the MC is a Puerto-Rican lesbian. This book is ownvoices for lesbian and latinx rep. But it was also called out for being hurtful to indigenous people. The author apologised and I think there will be a revised copy.

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If I Was Your Girl | Meredith Russo
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What a cute read. This ownvoices book is about a love story between a trans girl and a guy featuring flashbacks to when Amanda transitioned. 5/5 ⭐️

romiewedeservelove I'm still not over this book 🙊 7y
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The Proof of Love | Catherine Hall
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So bad. Really homophobic in so many ways. Also a lot of ableist language, sexism and misogyny. DO NOT PICK UP THIS BOOK WHEN YOU ARE MARGINALISED !!! And shame on every non-marginalised reader picking up this trash of a book.

blissfullifeproject Thanks for being honest! 7y
romiewedeservelove Guess I'll stay away from this book 7y
illicitsighs ^^ same 7y
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A couple of friends and I decided to host a readathon to tackle our tbr and arc piles. It's centred on Instagram but you can also participate on other social media platforms like tumblr, twitter or your blog. Just use the hashtag #sumtbreadathon for your posts and you're good to go. Hope I'll see many of you participate. (More infos on the bookstagram pages of the hosts)

#bookchallenge #readathon #tbr #toberead

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Dear Martin | Nic Stone
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I received an arc via Netgalley. Ownvoices for PoC rep.

What a book. So important for the BLM movement. It deals with gun violence, police brutality and social injustice. This book should be an obligatory read for everybody.

#dearmartin #nicstone #blm #blacklivesmatter

Chemically_bookish I'm on the waiting list for my library for this one! I cannot wait to read it 7y
ReadWithMae I also got an ARC, I requested it because of you haha 7y
sumptuousbooks @ReadWithMae yay. Enjoy the read ☺️ 7y
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Boy Meets Boy | David Levithan
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What a cute love story between 2 guys. I have all the feels. I really recommend this book. 4/5 ⭐️

#boymeetsboy #davidlevithan #gay

VicariousBookworm This one looks so cute! 7y
sumptuousbooks It really is ☺️ 7y
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American War | Omar El Akkad
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This book is set during the second American civil war starting in 2074. The idea was really good. Shows that civil wars like the one in Syria nowadays can happen in the US too but it was a bit problematic: queerbating, stereotypical descriptions of characters of colours, ableist language, sloppy realisation of the book's idea, centred around Christianity. No mention of Islam even so the author is Muslim. Gave it a 2,5/5 ⭐️