billy frog thorton

i officially cannot buy anymore books because i literally have no more room on my shelves

Six books on a tan counter [listed from left to right[ Top row: 1. Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano 2. Bat Eater by Kylie Lee Baker 3. Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith Bottom row: 1. You Dreamed of Empires by Alvaro Enrigue 2. Claimed! by Gertrude Barrows Bennett 3. Walking Practice by Dolki Min

🎶 book mail, book mail!
book mail, book mail! 🎶

absolutely! i also tend to open books without expectation so it takes ~really~ bad writing for me to not enjoy a book but even then, that just means it wasn’t for me.

and none of that’s to say there aren’t legitimately bad/problematic books out there but that’s really not what i’m referencing

and it sucks because a dumb dumbs negative review could be the reason someone who *is* capable of understanding the text doesn’t pick up that book.

i’m remembering why i stopped paying mind to people who review books.

you either like a book or you don’t and that’s all that needs to be said.

i think the idea of book reviews are dumb. not everyone is going to like every book and the bulk of negative reviews i see are boiled down to someone’s lack of comprehension. it’s not the authors/books fault you lack the skill to understand what you’re reading.

i find new books to read strictly via rabbit holes on online book shops. fuck the “must reads” page, those “you might also like” lists are where it’s at.

Fruiting Bodies by Kathryn Harlan “In stories that beckon and haunt, Fruiting Bodies ranges confidently from the fantastical to the gothic to the uncanny as it follows characters—mostly queer, mostly women—on the precipice of change. Echoes of timeless myth and folklore reverberate through urgent narratives of discovery, appetite, and coming-of-age in a time of crisis. Audacious, striking, and wholly original, Fruiting Bodies offers stories about knowledge in a world on the verge of collapse, knowledge that alternately empowers or devastates. Pulling beautifully and brazenly from a variety of literary traditions, Kathryn Harlan firmly establishes herself as a thrilling new voice in fiction.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

anthologies

romance

fantasy

horror/thriller

sci-fi