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Terran @terranstorm.bsky.social · 19d

Excellent! I enjoyed Hell Followed With Us, still planning to dig into the others

Terran @terranstorm.bsky.social · 20d

And the dialogue is SO entertaining! Particularly loved the out-of-time trio, Graham (1847), Maggie (1665) and Arthur (1916). Such an entertaining dynamic between them and the POV character. I liked how it resolved, and what was left open-ended... Definitely would recommend!

Terran @terranstorm.bsky.social · 20d

Ministry of Time was great! 4.25⭐️ I do think it helps that I enjoy many genres? At times this had me hooked by my love of historical fiction (and historical romance) probably at least as much as my love of sci fi. The specificity of the historical account really shone through.

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Terran @terranstorm.bsky.social · 20d

I expand on ALL the great *sapphic* reads I found this month here in this thread. Enjoy!

Terran @terranstorm.bsky.social · 22d

Happy #SapphicSeptember! I’ve read some fantastic FF books this month, allow me to highlight some new favorites #AmReading #BookSky #QueerReads

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cover of Metal from Heaven by August Clarke

cover of The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling

cover of Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

Terran @terranstorm.bsky.social · 20d

My top 5 reads for September:

1. In Universes by Emet North (F/F)
2. Metal from Heaven by August Clarke (F/F)
3. The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling (F/F)
4. The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas
5. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

September reading summary: 29 books, 9.25k pages. Most read genres: LGBTQ+ books, Fantasy, Romance, Historical, Horror

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

Terran @terranstorm.bsky.social · 20d

Here are my September Reads! #AmReading #BookSky #QueerReads #SapphicSeptember

Covers for 29 recent reads: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones, In Universes by Emet North, Run Away With Me by Brian Selznick, Little Sip of Sin by Clio Evans, Deep as the Sky Red as the Sea by Rita Chang-Eppig, In the Absence of Men by Philippe Besson, Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey, Founder's Mercy by Owen Lach, How to Bite Your Neighbor & Win A Wager by DN Bryn, Metal from Heaven by August Clarke, Salt Bones by Jennifer Givhan, They Hate Each Other by Amanda Woody, Yield Under Great Persuasion by Alexandra Rowland, Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett, The Scottish Boy by Alex de Campi, The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas, The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw, The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley, Pumpkin Spice and Poltergeist by Ali K Mulford & K Elle Morrison, Chlorine by Jade Song, The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig, Lady Dragon by AM Strickland, Cosmoknights (Book Two) by Hannah Templer, Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo, House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson, The Sugared Game by KJ Charles, Subtle Blood by KJ Charles, The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

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Terran @terranstorm.bsky.social · 22d

I also enjoyed:
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (4.25⭐️), and Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett (3.75⭐️),
… both of which had (quite minor) sapphic subplots.

We stan 1665 Margaret Kemble and her quest to find lady love in the 21st century LMAO. Maggie, the woman that you are!

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A time travel romance, a speculative spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingeniously constru...

Pumpkin Spice and Poltergeist by Ali K. Mulford, K. Elle Morrison

Terran @terranstorm.bsky.social · 22d

Pumpkin Spice and Poltergeist by Ali K Mulford & K Elle Morrison (3.5⭐️), a sweet, cozy romance with a side dish of murder mystery…

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Get ready for a bewitching tale of love, laughter, and supernatural shenanigans in the heart of ...

In the vein of The Pisces and The Vegetarian, Chlorine is a debut novel that blurs the line betwe...

Terran @terranstorm.bsky.social · 22d

Chlorine by Jade Song (4⭐️), a literary coming-of-age horror story about growing up in a pressure cooker (student athlete, asian daughter, racialized other, queer youth) and doing something drastic about it…
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Chlorine by Jade Song

Salt Bones by Jennifer Givhan

Terran @terranstorm.bsky.social · 22d

Salt Bones (4⭐️), Latine new release magical realism horror-thriller that tells a powerful and disturbing story about family secrets and how they stay buried…

(🧵9/12)

Three women in one twisted family race for answers in this "stunning" mystery set in the Mexicali...

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

Terran @terranstorm.bsky.social · 22d

Now for some Sapphic honorable mentions:

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey (4.25⭐️), novella about a humble wagon train of (suspiciously sapphic) Librarians fleeing bandits and helping vulnerable queer women out of fascist territory…

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In Upright Women Wanted, award-winning author Sarah Gailey reinvents the pulp Western with an exp...

Review by terranstorm - Cosmoknights: Book One

Terran @terranstorm.bsky.social · 22d

Cosmoknights by Hannah Templer
(book one: 5⭐️, book two: 4.5⭐️)

Book 1 left me speechless last month, so book 2 had a LOT to live up to. Verdict: nailed it!

Sapphic gladiator team smashing the patriarchy? Yes please! The incredible art style, the butch rep, the HEART? What a feast.

(🧵7/12)

Speechless! This was fantastic, exceeding all expectations. Sapphic gladiator team smashing th...

Review by terranstorm - Lady Dragon

Terran @terranstorm.bsky.social · 22d

Lady Dragon by AM Strickland (4.5⭐️)

I had a great time with this one! A sapphic YA fantasy romp with a big heart. The grumpy/sunshine pairing landed well for me, especially with the sort of ND-coded, highly literal dragon princess navigating messy interspecies diplomatic relations…

(🧵6/12)

I had a great time with this one! A sapphic YA fantasy romp with a big heart.The grumpy/sunshi...

Review by terranstorm - Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Terran @terranstorm.bsky.social · 22d

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo (4.5⭐️)

Fantastic. A swoony YA romance, a moving coming-of-age tale, and a heart-wrenching portrait of 1950s America for Chinese Americans, for lesbians, and especially for someone who is both…

(🧵5/12)

Fantastic. A swoony YA romance, a moving coming-of-age tale, and a heart-wrenching portrait of...

Review by terranstorm - The Starving Saints

Terran @terranstorm.bsky.social · 22d

The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling (4.5⭐️)

I’ve been craving something daring from the queer horror space, and C. Starling delivered! A desperate Medieval siege leads to a bacchanalian fever dream of “salvation” that is a worse horror by far…

(🧵4/12)

I’ve been craving something daring from the queer horror space, something truly wonderful and ...

Review by terranstorm - Metal from Heaven

Terran @terranstorm.bsky.social · 22d

Metal from Heaven by August Clarke (5⭐️)

This book is insane. That is a compliment.

What a wild, hallucinogenic, self-indulgent fantasy adventure, one that is somehow made so specifically to my taste…

(🧵3/12)

This book is insane. That is a compliment. It will not be for everyone. Many will rightly dec...

Review by terranstorm - In Universes

Terran @terranstorm.bsky.social · 22d

In Universes by Emet North (5⭐️)

This landed like a punch, and a much-needed one. “A mind-bending tour across parallel worlds”—All true, but you could have warned me this would alter my brain chemistry!

For fans of Everything Everywhere All At Once, weird and poignant and hopeful…

(🧵2/12)

This landed like a punch, and a much-needed one. “A mind-bending tour across parallel worlds, ...

Terran @terranstorm.bsky.social · 22d

Happy #SapphicSeptember! I’ve read some fantastic FF books this month, allow me to highlight some new favorites #AmReading #BookSky #QueerReads

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Terran @terranstorm.bsky.social · Sep 1

On my list so far: House of Hunger, The Starving Saints, The Lamb, Overgrowth (sci fi-horror), Old Wounds, Voice Like a Hyacinth, Chlorine, Girl Dinner?? and I preordered Vampires at Sea

Terran @terranstorm.bsky.social · Sep 1

And though it has mostly been *queer* horror hitting that sweet spot for me, I'm currently reading Buffalo Hunter Hunter and eating it UP. I loved Vampires of El Norte and will auto-buy Isabel Cañas from now on incl her latest. And I'm basically always here for sci fi-horror like Annihilation✨

Terran @terranstorm.bsky.social · Sep 1

Some faves this year: Sorrowland, Monstrilio, Woods All Black, The Honeys (YA), Our Wives Under the Sea, Don't Let the Forest In (YA), Summer Sons, realistically anything by Lee Mandelo or Ryan La Sala and probably CG Drews...