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Butch/Femme fiction books currently in pre-order status on Amazon as of 08/05/25.
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My latest read: "Colossus with a Poison Tongue" by Coy Hall - See my Goodreads review for details but if you're a fan of far-future post-apocalyptic sci-fi stories oozing with vivid depictions of horror and the occult, this one's for you!

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7804641794

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Today at the Blog, @Princejvstin asks Ballad of the Bone Road author @acwise about her Six Books
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/02/six-books-with-ac-wise.html

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Another instance of an event I cannot attend because I don't live in the UK. But yes, 150 years of illustrations for Austen books? Yes, please!

https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/jane-austens-illustrators-celebrated-new-anniversary-exhibition

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Book Review: Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram
A tale of two men pulled off the ledge.
@spanishspy.bsky.social has our review at the NOAF blog
Content warning: this piece deals with both suicide in fiction and disclosure of a real suicide attempt

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2025/08/book-review-coup-de-grace-by-sofia-ajram.html

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Okay, I've read Les Miserables so I feel that I'm now entiteled to know what else Victor Hugo got up to 😁

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I'm doing a new thing. This is my current WIP. Want to read the first chapter for free? https://www.patreon.com/posts/immortal-blood-1-146725634?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

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Sapphic Book Bingo beginning 08/07/25: Set on an island.
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I'm at a point in life where I crave stories that lack dramatic conflict.

I'm tired of fighting and of struggle. I'm extremely tired of violence and dystopia. And I want to rest in moments of escape and solitude within books and movies to where I can just exist and hold that existence without fear or anxiety.

I want the lofi of a book or movie.

There aren't many examples of that.

Becky Chambers' Monk and Robot Duology is one such example of low to no conflict stories and is a favorite of mine.

Chef (2014) comes close to where all the strife, such as it is, is at the beginning and the rest of the movie is the main character living life and growing closer to those he loves.

There are others. The New World (2005) though showing conflict throughout has a quiet beauty and approach to the story as to be atmospherically aware with a deep stillness.

Tonight I had the wonderful opportunity to watch the movie Perfect Days (2023). Its a moment in time of a man living his life. He has very normal experiences going to work and interacting with the people around him. There is sadness and pain some times. But so much joy and acceptance and stillness.

It is mundane. (How I long for the mundane.)

If you get a chance to watch it, do so. It's available on Kanopy for free with your library card. Its also on other streaming services.

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https://www.kanopy.com/video/14800624

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📖 **The ONE Thing All Great Authors Share (It's Not What You Think**

#Video length: thirty-eight minutes and thirty-six seconds.

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDYqyhILfsE.

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I've finished: Gund of the Dawn by Adrian Tchaikovsky

At this point I'd read anything by Tchaikovsky. But Guns of the Dawn is the Tchaikovsky novel most likely to disappoint his fans.

It is mostly British nobles tying themselves up in knots pride and prejudice style. I get frustrated and just want to slap them and yell and them to snap out of it and allow themselves to be happy.

Strange animals are hinted at but never explored. There is combat, but I found the portrayal of musket combat to be lacking. Muskets in a swamp, and checking if the powder is dry is mentioned only when back home in "England". No bayonets? Most shots are accurate and fatal. It seems that narrative necessity overruled Tchaikovsky's usual diligent portrayal of weapons and combat. (See shadow of the apt).

However, the characters are compelling, and the anti war sentiment is pervasive and I appreciate it very much.

Despite its flaws, it is a good novel and I read it from start to finish without switching to other works. It was a grate companion during a stressful week when I found it hard to give all my attention to the audiobook.

Emma Newman was a great choice as narrator.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/238d98e0-c326-4d13-bb77-1a4c981ae160

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This week's #NewBooks at the library: Three more books I bought during my employer's January sale of overstock:
- Saurian: A Field Guide to Hell Creek (@Tomozaurus, @mojoceratops),
- Extinctions: Living and Dying in the Margin of Error
- and Rock, Bone, and Ruin: An Optimist's Guide to the Historical Sciences from @themitpress

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My latest read: "A Bleak Remedy" by DS LaLonde - See my Goodreads review for details but if you're looking for a meaty horror novel with a fresh take on vampires, this one's sure to satisfy!

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7815169569

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I do all of these, which one I use seems to motly depend on the quality of the book 🤔

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Recent butch/femme fiction new releases through August 10, 2025.
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I don't know if this is true, but I want to believe that it is so that's what I'm going to do 😁

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The Immortal Gifts Podcast: Episode 8 https://www.katherinevillyard.com/2026/03/16/the-immortal-gifts-podcast-episode-8/ #fantasy #bookstodon @bookstodon #audio #audiobook #ImmortalGifts #podcast

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One of these is better than the others... you know the one I mean 😁

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I just finished The Last Dragonslayer series by Jasper Fforde.

The internal logic was sometimes a bit lacking but the fun and interesting ideas were not, and that's just as good 😁

I was a little disapointed in the fantasy writer whose best idea for the big bad was galactic domination 😂

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All good choices, but one is clearly better than the others 😁

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If you're looking to discover new authors without committing your wallet's contents just yet, check out this collection of free fantasy reads!
https://bf.authorjm.com/fantasticrealms-feb/xwn9jhxa4l

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Kate Beaton is a comic artist who had a semi-regular web series called Hark! A Vagrant! (http://www.harkavagrant.com/). She's ended the series, but her archives are a wonderful backlog of her poking fun at history.

Her spins on the Brontës and Austen never fail to amuse me.

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My favorite reads of 2025 (so far.)

Follow the authors:
@aptshadow
@garethlpowell
@DSLaLonde
@stevestred

See my reviews:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/71384024-michael-shotter

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Are you going to @SeattleWorldcon2025 @seattlein2025 ? Come hear Broad Universe read!

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