Happy #InternationalDayOfTransgenderVisibility! Today I'm reading "Jesse's Girl" by Reese Morrison, a romance novella detailing trans representation and identity.
I'm aiming to be more intentional about reading diversely, so this will be the first of many books featuring trans characters and/or written by trans authors.
If you have any recs, please let me know. Thank you!
Two years ago last week, I shifted my reading preferences to #RomanceBooks.
In that time, I started 498 books, finishing 473 (~95%). Most were audiobooks, for ~4200 hours.
I rated ~11% at 5/5⭐️.
~90% were queer, which, on average, I rated ~½⭐️ higher than straight romances. About half of those queer books were written by authors who explicitly identify as queer.
@bookstodon
I don't think there was anything in particular I didn't love about this book. The characters are absolutely endearing and have a way of making you smile with their cute little quirks. I also really enjoyed seeing Viv open up and forge friendships with others who were generally known to be disliked, or awkward...
#WhatchaReading ? I was up all night 🥱 finishing You Should Be So Lucky. Amazingly, it's somehow not a letdown after the gorgeousness of We Could Be So Good.
The themes are around living an authentic life in a highly closeted time, and it's complex and believable. There are tropes too but not obnoxiously or pointlessly. And really well drawn, relatable characters. And pretty swoony romance too. 😂
"Firefighter Love" has one of the nicest comments I've ever received in an Audible review:
"I usually don’t really get how much of a turn-on people say a woman’s breathy voice can be, but after listening to Eden’s performance right after Maddie takes off her dress, I think I get it now."
I was chatting with a friend about how lovely and nurturing the men of romance novels can be. It's fascinating to me that that is the ultimate fantasy for many women: a nurturing man. (Men who date women, take note!)
"Saved by The Mountain Man" has one of the most caring & nurturing steamy scenes I've ever narrated. I warmly recommend it.
Went to a medieval faire last weekend, haven't been for ages 😅
It was great and nice wearing my medieval clothes again!
Though now I fell down a deeeeep gay #viking romance novel shaped hole 😬 #bookstodon#romancebooks#historicalfiction
Of Love and Libraries is a sweet second chance romcom which smells like books, cinnamon and apple cider. It is the story of two women who reconnect after decades.
Been offline for a week after eye surgery so picked up my knitting after a couple of days.
Wasn't happy with original idea for granddaughter's shawl so started & finished a different design. Going to undo the other and use this pattern instead.
Though the other was too 'heavy/old' for them.
Need to block this and add tassels to 2 corners.
Anyhow - back to editing...
I definitely read the entire thing in a southern accent! Something I really enjoy is seeing authors compare different types of love in their books; love that isn't really sincere or healthy vs. love that's more genuine and true, and this book does that. Though, I will say this book won't be everyone's cup of tea...
Friends, #WhatchaReading ? I read Mrs. Milner Gets a Kitchen by Jane Hadley. Ping @SuperWendy -- it's a 1950s historical set in a "from the old country" American neighborhood!
A divorced mother dealing with a lot of social pressure & stigma falls for the sweet and sexy contractor installing her gloriously 1950s kitchen.