@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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A 247-year-old demi-god chronicles the birth and death of Bisnaga, a city she created and …
Spanning over 200 years, this is a long story, with characters coming and going. It's not very addictive, but still quite enjoyable, with a distinct kind of humour.
A 247-year-old demi-god chronicles the birth and death of Bisnaga, a city she created and …
[commenting on the battle] ‘And my husband?’ Tirumalamba Devi cried. ‘What about the king?’ Pampa Kampana fell silent and put her hands up her face. ‘The king?’ Tirumalamba Devi shouted. ‘Pampa Kampana, what news?’ ‘Alas, the king is old,' Pampa Kampana wailed. ‘He is old and the battle is long. He has been up on that elephant a long time.’ ‘What has happened?’ Tirumalamba Devi cried. ‘Tell me at once!’ ‘Alas for us all, my queen,’ Pampa Kampana wept through sightless eyes. ‘The king... the king... needed to piss.’ ‘To piss? Pampa Kampana, you speak of piss?’
— Victory City by Salman Rushdie (Page 364)
Pee pee poo poo on the battlefield.
From Hafsah Faizal, New York Times–bestselling author of We Hunt the Flame, comes the first …
Despite the name, the main theme of the book seems to be not tea, but coconuts O_O
Un homme d'affaires douteux projette de transformer le portail spirituel, situé au cœur de la …
Naturellement, j'aime la relation entre Korra et Asami. Mais Tokuga n'a aucun pas de sens.
A 247-year-old demi-god chronicles the birth and death of Bisnaga, a city she created and …
‘It is said that any man who enters here will be transformed into a woman at once.’ [...] Then Grandmaster Li said, [...] ‘I will go with you into the forest of Aranyani, come what may.' [...] Haleya Kote thought for a moment. ‘Okay,’ he said at last. ‘Fuck it. I'll stay.’ [with you and enter]
— Victory City by Salman Rushdie (Page 134 - 135)
insert trans flag
A 247-year-old demi-god chronicles the birth and death of Bisnaga, a city she created and …
[On the second encounter, Nunes and Kampana see into each others eyes and immediately recognize the mutual love. Kampana tries to get soft words and terms of endearment, while Nunes rambles about fireworks and gunpowder] ‘What's a gun?’ Pampa Kampana asked. ‘It's a weapon that will change the world,’ Domingo Nunes said. ‘And I can build it for you if you want.’ ‘They make love differently in Portugal,’ said Pampa Kampana. ‘I see that now.’
— Victory City by Salman Rushdie (Page 43)
What kind of kink is that?
A 247-year-old demi-god chronicles the birth and death of Bisnaga, a city she created and …
‘Sire,’ he said, ‘among Europeans, the savagery of the French is exceeded only by the cruelty of the Dutch. The English are at present a backward race, but it is my guess, though many of my countrymen would disagree with me, that they may end up being the worst of the whole bunch, and the map of half the world may be coloured pink’
— Victory City by Salman Rushdie (Page 38)
anyone wants to be offended?
Elise Beaumont is cursed. With every touch, she experiences exactly how her loved ones will …
Relationships between vampires and mortals will always be weird to me. Girl, you're five times her age, why are you dating a human teenager??
Elise Beaumont is cursed. With every touch, she experiences exactly how her loved ones will …
The bells toll, and I slide a copy of Some Girls Do back into its place
— Coldest Touch by Isabel Sterling (Page 122)
Jennifer Dugan reference spotted :-)
... aber statt anderen Geschenke zu besorgen, erledigst du ihren Mord für sie - und dafür kümmert sich jemand anderes um deinen. Und so gerätst du niemals in Verdacht, weil Motiv und Gelegenheit nie übereinstimmen. Was kann da nur schieflaufen? Jedenfalls war es verdammt schwer, dieses Buch zwischendurch auch mal aus der Hand zu legen um zu schlafen...
»Ich würde zu gern bei dir an der Kasse stehen und so tun, als wäre ich eine Kundin aus der Hölle. Nach Grünkohlchips fragen.«
— The Kill Club by Wendy Heard (Page 176)
Die Hölle!
Natalya Fox has twenty-four hours to make the biggest choice of her life: stay home …
This is a funny concept: The chapters play in two parallel timelines - one where Natalya stays in New York, and one where she goes to Los Angeles for the summer. The subtitle is "There's more than one path to happily ever after", and that's exactly what the book represents. However, both timelines are a little too straightforward, and seen individually, they wouldn't make an interesting story. It really is this multi-timeline-drifting approach that makes it an entertaining book.
Natalya Fox has twenty-four hours to make the biggest choice of her life: stay home …
I can't believe you have art of Coven here. [...] dark fantasy graphic novels [...]
— Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler (Page 189)
Jennifer Dugan reference spotted!! Now that I've found this, and the one to Miel Moreland, I wonder how many more book references I've missed so far :o
Natalya Fox has twenty-four hours to make the biggest choice of her life: stay home …
Then, when everything went on hiatus during Covid [...]
— Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler (Page 165)
I think this is the first time I see Covid-19 mentioned in a fiction book! I'm so surprised that I opened a new list. Feel free to add more books to it!
Natalya Fox has twenty-four hours to make the biggest choice of her life: stay home …
She points to a door covered with an autographed poster from the Moonlight Overthrow reunion show [...]
— Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler (Page 167)
Confirmed: This plays in the same universe as "It goes like this" by Miel Moreland. Wow!
