Reader, writer, cookie biter. 30 or 40 years old, bi & queer.
Literary Fiction
I can hardly believe that these words that had sunk deep inside me are surfacing and coming out through my own lips rather than resting heavily all the way to my grave. — Mother, Concerning My Daughter Recently I’ve been very taken with My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan
Essays
The world very likely does not need another essay about Hades — its perfect gameplay loop, its well-judged narrative pacing and the tools it hands you to make your own luck in this shifting maze of chambers and stories — and yet here I am writing another one, because. Well. In short,
Mystery/Thriller
I couldn't imagine one day where I might be happy, or even sad in an ordinary way. I'd run away, but I couldn't seem to forget. — Dovie, That Green Eyed Girl That Green Eyed Girl tells two stories: one set in 1955, the other
Reviews
From my Pride Reads list 2022, here’s Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake, #1 in the Bright Falls series! I listened to the audiobook, narrated by Kristen DiMercurio, which I very much enjoyed. In this sapphic rom-com featuring a lesbian and a bi woman as
Reviews
Unpacking, dev. Witchbeam, available on Nintendo Switch, macOS, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5 A game about a life told through the act of unpacking it — and about queer joy. When you play Unpacking, the game is telling you its story without words — well, except for the caption
Reviews
The “Couldn’t put this down even for a sip of water” Award for June goes to: The Other Black Girl, by Zakiya Dalila Harris. This medium-paced thriller in three acts has the perfect suspense arc from start to finish — it never lets up. The mystery and the terror are
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“Well… I think we should resume our ‘mutually beneficial exchange of energy…’ on an exclusive basis.” — Astrid, Something Like Love From my Pride Reads list 2022, here’s Something Like Love by Christina C. Jones, #6 in the Serendipitous Love series! I listened to the audiobook, narrated by Sean Crisden
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Quick review Absolutely loved it — the format of fake interviews to piece together the strange and magnetic oral history of a fictional 70s rock band was just what I needed to get me back into reading after being too busy (or feeling too busy, at least) to really sit down
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Kim Jiyoung… is a girl born to a mother whose in-laws wanted a boy. Kim Jiyoung… is a wife who gives up her career and independence for a life of domesticity. Kim Jiyoung… has started acting strangely. Kim Jiyoung… is her own woman. Kim Jiyoung… is every woman. While offenders
Queer Lit
“Self-Analysis: Darcy Phillips Is not set in stone.” — Sophie Gonzales, Perfect on Paper Darcy Phillips has a secret. It’s not that she’s smart, kind, stubborn, generous, impulsive, or occasionally jealous. Her secret… is Locker 89. A prestigious private school’s favourite agony aunt, scholarship student and teacher’s
Reviews
I've been watching a ton of Korean dramas this spring — so many of the classics have been on German Netflix for a while, and they're now also adding shows produced in 2020 and 2021, so I have a looong list still to go. Here's
Essays
Or, why this mission is my favourite If you'd rather watch this as a video, then I've got you covered: Every now and again I get asked what’s my favourite Dishonored mission, and every time I come back to the Flooded District. I love the