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Enum & Valerie

enumeration@kirja.casa

Joined 3 years, 7 months ago

@vivavaleria@eldritch.cafe on the mammooth site. Reading mostly wlw rom-coms, with the occasional exceptions. I try to rotate languages, but it isn't really easy to find queer romance books in other languages than English. Reviews and comments usually in the same language as the book.

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Farrah Penn: Cancelled (Hardcover, 2024, Viking Books (Penguin Random House))

Not to brag, but Brynn Whittaker is basically killing her senior year. She’s got the …

Spannend und relevant

Kurz mal nicht aufgepasst, immer ins patriarchale Bild zu passen? Zack, gecancellt und mit großer misogyner Scheiße konfrontiert. Ich liebe es, wie Brynn und ihre Freund*innen es dagegen schaffen, den Wind zu drehen, aufzuarbeiten was da abgeht, ein Klima feministischer Befreiung zu schaffen, und schließlich auch Flachwichsern aufs Maul zu geben.

Einziges Manko ist, dass es mir manchmal nicht weit genug geht mit der Reflektion der gesellschaftlichen Normen (auch bis zum Ende wird der Blowjob immer noch als Unrecht dargestellt? L. übernimmt keine Verantwortung für ihr ganzes Austeilen und Macker supporten? Meanwhile ist's so schwer K. zu vergeben, obwohl die sich wenigstens Mühe gibt?)

Caroline O'Donoghue: Skipshock (Hardcover, 2025, Walker Books)

Margo is on a train to a new boarding school when she slips into another …

Loved it

I found this book randomly in a shop, without reading anything about it before, and turns out it was a real lucky grab!

This book is full of good ideas, imagination and good implementation. There's several parallels to current political topics (migration/freedom of movement, global injustice, Roma discrimination, sex work) and it's still really capturing and nice to read.

Tamsyn Muir: Gideon the Ninth (EBook, 2019, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)

"The Emperor needs necromancers.

The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman.

Gideon has a sword, some …

Schön bescheuert

Lesbische Nekromantinnen und Schwertkämpferinnen in Space, die in Leichen verknallt sind und selbstregenerierende Knochenmonster aufeinander hetzen. Leute sterben mehr als einmal und sind trotzdem noch da. Wunderbar bescheuert.

Tamsyn Muir: Gideon the Ninth (EBook, 2019, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)

"The Emperor needs necromancers.

The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman.

Gideon has a sword, some …

“Hello, I'm the woman who helped Harrowhark Nonagesimus's fascist rise to power,” said Gideon to nobody in particular. “Yes, the universe sucks now. I knew this going in. Also, she betrayed me afterward and now my body has been shot into the sun.”

Gideon the Ninth by  (Page 41)

Ashley Herring Blake: Dream On, Ramona Riley (Paperback, Penguin LLC US)

A small-town waitress and a Hollywood star’s worlds collide in this new romance by Ashley …

Well hello Dolly

I really did like Ramona and Dylan and their stories. This book was so lovely to read.

But why on earth would you use this plot arc, where they needlessly hide shit from each other, then hear about it in the wrong moment and jump to conclusions? Whyyyyy? It's lazy and everybody hates arcs like that.