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Enum & Valerie

enumeration@kirja.casa

Joined 3 years, 3 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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Lee Miye: The Dallergut Dream Department Store (Paperback, 2020)

Magical world full of good vibes

Ever wondered where your mind wanders when you're asleep, and where the dreams come from? There's a whole world of dreammakers and supply chains who can deliver you exactly what you need. The book is full of little stories about different dreamers and dreammakers and life in the shop, and it's all a feel-good atmosphere.

Kika Hatzopoulou: Hearts That Cut (2024, Penguin Young Readers Group)

She cuts the thread and the world ends.

I absolutely loved Threads That Bind, so I was very excited for this sequel. And it was so good! She really managed to find a continuation and an ending that is actually satisfying! Oh also, I didn't really like the "love is fate" stuff in the first book, but this sequel finally gets over it!

reviewed Laylayland by Christian Vogt (Wasteland, #2)

Christian Vogt, Judith Vogt: Laylayland (Paperback, deutsch language, Plan9-Verlag)

Laylay und Zeeto reisen durch das Ödland auf der Suche nach einer Möglichkeit, Zeetos Leben …

So schön trashig

Und so schön viel linke Kultur darin. Was ich weniger appreciate ist dass allen ernstes irgendsoeine Universal-KI die Rettung sein soll die mal eben alles löst. Come on...

Amalia Zeichnerin: Regency Park (German language)

Der Schauspieler Leo beginnt einen Job als Kleindarsteller in dem historischen Themenpark „Regency Park” und …

Leider etwas flache Plots

Pluspunkt allerdings für »sier« bei einem der Hauptcharaktere. Ansonsten liest es sich wie ein früher Entwurf zu einem Buch, das noch ein paarmal durch Lektorat und Revisionen gehen muss.

Becky Albertalli: Imogen, Obviously (2023, HarperCollins Publishers Limited)

Imogen Scott has questions…

Imogen Scott may be hopelessly heterosexual, but she’s got the World’s …

Amazing, obviously

Okay, maybe not obviously. In fact, this is the first Albertalli book that I actually like. But it is amazing, and I've read it in just two days.

Oh, btw, from the beginning it looks like this is a cheap girl-stumbles-into-the-wrong-conversation-and-jumps-to-conclusions-and-throws-away-everything plot - don't worry, it's not. It's really not :3

I also loved all the references to other sapphic authors. Casey McQuiston is named explicitely many times, and Imogen has three copies of One Last Stop in her bookshelf. The teacher is called Ms Dugan. And the book is dedicated to Sophie Gonzales. I love stuff like this, it's so cute. It's what I usually read the Acknowledgements chapters for (which I love).

Lydia Schmölzl: Everything Under the Sun (Paperback, 2024)

Kat mixt erst die Drinks und anschließend die Männer. Als Barkeeperin ist die Nacht ihr …

Na hömma, vergiss Kitchen Tables, dat hier is Ommas-Schrebergarten-Polyamorie!

Ich shippe heimlich schon Rafael und Jonas, die wären schon cute zusammen... Und das ganze Ruhrpott-Setting fühlt sich einfach gut an, genau wie Lydias humoristischer Schreibstil. Auch du verdienst alles unter dieser Sonne.

Jennifer Dugan, Kit Seaton: Coven (G.P. Putnam's Sons Books For Young Readers)

Emsy has always lived in sunny California, and she’d much rather spend her days surfing …

Cute graphic novel about a teenage witch

... and found family. It's not really deep though, and the witch categorization is pretty similar to the one in Isabel Sterling's novels (no surprise, given that the authors are friends).

Bridget Morrissey: That Summer Feeling (2023, Penguin Books, Limited)

When Garland Moore's husband gifts her divorce papers on Valentine's Day, it feels like she'll …

That Summer Feeling

Cute bisexual lovestory. However, this is one of those books where the main arc passes pretty fast, but then there's still sooo many more chapters. So many more chapters that you begin to suspect a "person walks into wrong situation and jumps to conclusions" plot twist (which are the worst). Well that's not what happens, but still, at ~60% the plot is basically over.

June CL Tan: Darker by Four (2024, HarperCollins Publishers)

A vengeful girl. A hollow boy. A missing god.

Rui has one goal in mind-honing …

Very very enjoyable

This book is so full of cute absurdities, it's amazing. Hell's selection mechanism is AI driven? Homoerotic flirting between a human and a zombie? HELL YES! And even if the main romance arc is wlm, the entire book is so fucking gay.

Misa Sugiura: It's Not Like It's a Secret (Paperback, 2018, HarperTeen)

Sixteen-year-old Sana Kiyohara has too many secrets. Some are small, like how it bothers her …

cute but not outstanding

What's frustrating to me, is that all of the time, different poems are mentioned, are their meanings referenced, but they're not printed. Also, the main character says some shitty racist stuff at some point (and gets punished for it), but doesn't really make up for it later.