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@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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3% complete! Enum & Valerie has read 1 of 30 books.
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Alex, First Son of Masturbatory Historical Readings,
The phrase "see attached bibliography" is the single sexiest thing you have ever written to me.
— Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (Page 241)
Or his senior year, when he got drunk and made out with Liam in his twin bed for an hour, and he didn't have a sexual crisis about it - that had to mean he was straight, right?
— Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (Page 111)
a famously totally straight thing to do
Enum & Valerie reviewed Rani Choudhury Must Die by Adiba Jaigirdar
Cute light read
3 stars
... as always with Adiba Jaigirdar's books. I like her writing style and can consume book after book of hers.
However, I just really dislike mono people's obsession with "cheating" and the entire drama and demonization about it. I don't get it, really, not at all. Yup, some guys are absolute jerks, and I love stories where the girls just team up and date each other instead. But is Zak's bigest flaw really that he had some dates with someone else?
Also, since when is app coding the top notch discipline of science? And usually spyware is an instrument of shitty dudes, not against them.
... as always with Adiba Jaigirdar's books. I like her writing style and can consume book after book of hers.
However, I just really dislike mono people's obsession with "cheating" and the entire drama and demonization about it. I don't get it, really, not at all. Yup, some guys are absolute jerks, and I love stories where the girls just team up and date each other instead. But is Zak's bigest flaw really that he had some dates with someone else?
Also, since when is app coding the top notch discipline of science? And usually spyware is an instrument of shitty dudes, not against them.
Enum & Valerie reviewed Playing for Keeps by Jennifer Dugan
Nice read
3 stars
Though I didn't really like the plot structure. In romance novels, I like extensive, well-engineered falling-in-love-montages, and this one didn't really have any. Instead, it's all about the first conflict, which isn't really that deep, and could've been solved within 10 minutes of just talking to each other. Honestly, why?
Though I didn't really like the plot structure. In romance novels, I like extensive, well-engineered falling-in-love-montages, and this one didn't really have any. Instead, it's all about the first conflict, which isn't really that deep, and could've been solved within 10 minutes of just talking to each other. Honestly, why?
Enum & Valerie quoted Playing for Keeps by Jennifer Dugan
I've been avoiding Snap like the plague, although I guess given how our country fared during COVID, maybe that's not really an accurate saying anymore.
— Playing for Keeps by Jennifer Dugan (Page 233)
covid acknowledged!
Enum & Valerie quoted Hidden rituals and public performances by Anna-Leena Siikala (Studia fennica. Folkloristica -- 19)
Women could not step into the area of question, because women may not walk over a man or his clothes. A young man explained the reason: “Since it can happen that a woman can be over a man, things will turn out badly for him.” Town houses might be a problem. Our friend, a Khanty, told us in Muzhi that he has a good apartment: “There is only one imperfection in it. A woman lives in the second floor, above me. It is a real nuisance. Everyday she treads on me. Śohma! But of course there are iron and wires and lines here [in the floor between the apartments], and — I have also something else [a magic protection]. Maybe nothing comes of that. The iron does not let through anything impure. Iron is pure.”
— Hidden rituals and public performances by Anna-Leena Siikala (Studia fennica. Folkloristica -- 19) (Page 65)
I'm sure the sex must be fun. /s
I'm sure the sex must be fun. /s
Enum & Valerie finished reading Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia
Enum & Valerie quoted Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia
Tall and redheaded, Maeve was what men really thought they wanted.
— Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia (Page 64)
I can absolutely relate to desiring tall redheads 🥰 @internet_memme@books.theunseen.city
Magical world full of good vibes
4 stars
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.
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.
Enum & Valerie reviewed Hearts That Cut by Kika Hatzopoulou
She cuts the thread and the world ends.
5 stars
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!
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!
Their job is to make sure the sleeping customers don't go around taking off their pyjamas. They chase after any naked customers, carrying a hundred dressing gowns on their shoulders. Their oversized paws, their claws, which are long enough to hang on to several dressing gowns at once, and their warm, furry bodies all make the job a good fit for them. The irony is that they don't wear anything either, but on second thought, Penny thinks the naked customers would feel more comfortable being chased by equally naked furry creatures than by well-dressed humans.
— The Dallergut Dream Department Store by Lee Miye (Page 4)
Undress to get chased by naked furries UwU
Enum & Valerie reviewed Laylayland by Christian Vogt (Wasteland, #2)
So schön trashig
4 stars
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...
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...
Enum & Valerie quoted Laylayland by Christian Vogt (Wasteland, #2)
»Ich täusche einfach vor zu überleben«, sagte er und streichelte meinen Hinterkopf. »Vielleicht kannst du mir Tipps geben, wie ich das in Realität verwandle.« »Das ist ganz einfach: Sobald du tot bist, streich das e.« »Das eh?« »Streich das e aus dead.«
— Laylayland by Christian Vogt, Judith Vogt (Wasteland, #2) (Page 320)
Enum & Valerie quoted Laylayland by Christian Vogt (Wasteland, #2)
[Erzähler zum Leser:] Vorausgesetzt, du stehst auf ihn - aber vermutlich tust du das.
— Laylayland by Christian Vogt, Judith Vogt (Wasteland, #2) (Page 217)
Bold guess, aber probably not wrong :D
















