@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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"Ohhhh noooo, look at my poor exposed and vulnerable arteries, wouldn't it be absolutely tragic if someone were to come along and slurp them?"
— I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston (Page 263)
Despite absolutely no sex happening, this book is so full of horny power play and teasing and distracting each other just to lower each other's school grades (they're mortal enemies after all), it's absolutely amazing. Who needs porn when you can have this.
"Chloe, we're gay, We can't do math." "Okay, next time I'll come and make a spreadsheet." "This is why we need you," Georgia says. "Once in a generation, there is born a bisexual who can do math. You're the chosen one."
— I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston (Page 103)
"Call me old-fashioned, but a man's place is in the basement, preparing vocal exercises for his more talented wife."
— I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston (Page 35 - 36)
Rory blurts out, "I kissed Shara." Smith [Shara's boyfriend] freezes. Rory freezes. Untipped cows on the edge of town freeze. When Smith speaks again, his voice is low. "What?" "I mean, uh," Rory says. It's almost funny, the way all his class-cutting, shoe-gazing edginess shrinks into nothing. Boys are so embarrassing. "She, uh - before she left, we, um -" "He kissed Shara. And so did I," Chloe says, stepping up like the Spartacus of people who kissed Smith Parker's girlfriend. "I mean, she kissed me, if we're being specific. But I kissed her back." Smith stares at her face, then at Rory's, then Chloe's again. "Y'all think this is funny?" he asks. "Because it's not." "It's a little funny," Chloe notes.
— I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston (Page 19)
Liz Lighty has always believed she's too black, too poor, too awkward to shine in …
It's really messed up, how in the US people can't study without a scholarship or a lifelong credit. For fuck's sake, build a better education system. Anyway, Liz really needs that Prom Queen scholarship. And heck, does she conquer that crown, despite being black and bi on a very white, very heteronormative school. Of course she also conquers a girl's heart in the process.
Six fun facts about Penny and Tate: 1. They've known each other their whole lives. …
A lot of trauma processing happens here, and it's affecting P. & T. a lot. Some are coping in more healthy ways, others in less. But what I find fascinating is that everybody in this book has the most wonderful people in their back who're regularly dropping everything to be there for them. Well and after all it's a wlw romance and they both get the girl.
CN for the book: parental death, parental abuse, PTSD
Six fun facts about Penny and Tate: 1. They've known each other their whole lives. …
I have to bite my tongue to keep from shrieking. Gran is soft-footed and values the element of surprise, and because of that, I've been on edge my entire life. She'll appear out of nowhere like the grim reaper - but one who gives you cookies and teaches you how to hot-wire a car instead of dragging you off to the great beyond.
— Six Times We Almost Kissed by Tess Sharpe (Page 11)
dream granny
Silvester. Der geheime Zauberrat Beelzebub Irrwitzer und seine Tante, die Geldhexe Tyrannja Vamperl, haben ein …
von einem Kater und einem Raben, die es mit vereinten Kräften schaffen, einem bösen Laborzauberer und einer Geldhexe das Handwerk zu legen und dabei Frieden, Gesundheit und Wohlfahrt für die ganze Welt zu schaffen. Alle vier Hauptcharaktere wachsen einem dabei ans Herz, auch die beiden Bösen, sodass ihr Schicksal fast schon traurig ist. Der Humor ist 1a und wholesome, gerne wieder.
Silvester. Der geheime Zauberrat Beelzebub Irrwitzer und seine Tante, die Geldhexe Tyrannja Vamperl, haben ein …
»Was?!«, kreischte der Rabe. »Jetzt haut's mir aber doch gleich den Stopsel hinaus! Wer is' hier ordinär? Das is' doch kein Spaß nicht, wenn einer in meinem Zustand durch Nacht und Sturm flattert, um seine Chefin anzumelden, und dann kommt er grad zum Abendessen recht, aber nicht, wo er kelber was zum Schnabeln kriegt, sondern wo er selber auf der Speisekarte steht. Da möcht ich schon recht hörbar fragen, wer hier vielleicht ordinär is'.«
— Der satanarchäolügenialkohöllische Wunschpunsch by Michael Ende (Page 48)
Endlich gutes Deutsch <3
Silvester. Der geheime Zauberrat Beelzebub Irrwitzer und seine Tante, die Geldhexe Tyrannja Vamperl, haben ein …
Kindheitserinnerungen \o/ Damals lief das immer als Fernsehserie auf Kika, und die Titelmelodie war so catchy, ich warte noch darauf dass das wer fürn Popsong klaut :D
An electric romance set against a rebel art scene sparks lethal danger for two girls …
It's been a while since I read this book, but every time I see it on the shelf, I still think about it. And I think this is a sign of quality. Of course, it features a wlw romance plot, and yes, the girls do get each other.
It's still not a light-hearted fun story. Main char gets evicted from her home. People are killed. People commit actions they really damn regret. “She's a girl on the edge”, heck yes she is.
Content warnings before you start reading: homicide, stalking, parental abuse
Saoirse doesn’t believe in love at first sight or happy endings. If they were real, …
... be prepared to make a checklist, because The Falling in Love Montage is full of references to all of them! Some explicit, some not, but certainly all on purpose. And I love the humour, and specifically Saoirse's "mortal enemies" - Oliver the Sex God who always misses his own parties; Beth the Evil Queen who steals Saoirse's father's heart (and mine); and Super Barbara, with her emergency sewing toolbelt, and her heroic entrance with smoke and background music.
Well, on the other hand, it's not entirely light-hearted: the other big topic in the book is early-onset dementia - both in family members, but also in the main chars own future. A topic to be confronted.
Saoirse doesn’t believe in love at first sight or happy endings. If they were real, …
Somehow the coolest people in this book are the ones the main character hates 🧐 Girl, get a grip and choose the right friends!
Saoirse doesn’t believe in love at first sight or happy endings. If they were real, …
"You want to have meaningful eye contact with me now?" "Sure." "Shouldn't it be, I dunno, more natural?" "You're OK with a list of dates and a prearranged breakup but we can't schedule meaningful eye contact?"
— Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth (Page 119)
Saoirse doesn’t believe in love at first sight or happy endings. If they were real, …
"Dogs are boys, cats are girls," I said witheringly. "Everyone knows that."
— Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth (Page 23)
Makes total sense.
