Writing About A Child Rapist Did Not Make Vladimir Nabokov A Child Rapist.

*finishes reading a full book in 3 hours* who am i

do you have any wlw books that star women of colour?

i do!

girls of paper and fire by natasha ngan

girl serpent thorn by melissa bashardoust

take a hint, dani brown by talia hibbert

the bone shard daughter by andrea stewart

the space between worlds by micaiah johnson

the true queen by zen cho

empress of forever by max gladstone

falling into place by sheryn munir

waiting on a bright moon by jy yang

the avant-guards by carly usdin & noah hayes

that could be enough by alyssa cole

abbott by saladin ahmed

a dead djinn in cairo by p djeli clark

the stars and the blackness between them by junauda petrus

the henna wars by adiba jaigirdar

you should see me in a crown by leah johnson

burning roses by s l huang

yellow rose by yoshiya nobuko

don’t date rosa santos by nina moreno

clap when you land by elizabeth acevedo

shatter the sky by rebecca kim wells

the good luck girls by charlotte nicole davis

in the vanishers’ palace by aliette de bodard

once ghosted, twice shy by alyssa cole

afterlove by tanya byrne

buuza!! by shazleen khan

motor crush by brenden fletcher

not for use in navigation by iona datt sharma

ninefox gambit by yoon ha lee

a blade so black by l l mckinney

mangos and mistletoe by adrianna herrera

patsy by nicole dennis benn

escaping exodus by nicky drayden

we set the dark on fire by tehlor kay mejia

the weight of the stars by k ancrum

SEASONS GREETINGS

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ok so crying over a book is one of the most prominent sign of compassion for humanity. you’re crying over someone who isn’t really there, doesn’t really exist, but you still feel for them as if you've known them your entire life.

Yes, why can't life be just as simple as this?

“Why can’t people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?”

— The Camel Club by David Baldacci

Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what we already know.

Alberto Manguel, Canadian translator and essayist

This is helpful advice!

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Our lives would've been much better this way.

i just feel like i should’ve been whisked away to a fantasy world full of magic and adventure when i was an adolescent idk i just think it’s what i deserved.

I mean, a fictional widowed lawyer who reads a lot and advocates for racial justice is sexy as hell

atticus finch is a dilf

chillin’ 🌿✨