Wrap-up: August 2022

We’ve finally hit the end of (the northern hemisphere’s) summer (and hopefully the heat!) and it’s time to start thinking about curling up in the cold with a blanket and a book! In the meantime, though, here’s a little wrap up, courtesy of the one working laptop we have between us. So, if any of Anna’s entries are a little incomplete, I do apologise.

P.S. if you’re able and willing to help Anna out a bit with their computer repairs, their ko-fi can be found here.

What we read

Anna

Reforged by Seth Haddon (gay mc, poc gay li) – 3 🌈 [review to come] tw blood, violence, murder

Charlotte

Lark and Kasim Start a Revolution by Kacen Callender (Black neurodivergent (probably autism & ADHD) bi/pan nonbinary mc, Black bi/pan trans li with depression, polyamory, Black nonbinary side characters) – 2 🌈 [review] cw past suicidal ideation, discussions of racism, ableism, bullying
Rain by Joe Hill & David M. Booher (lesbian mc, Black lesbian li) – 3 🌈 cw gore, violence, homophobia, mentions of suicide
Real Bad Things by Kelly J. Ford (lesbian mc) – 2 🌈 [review] cw domestic abuse, lesbophobia, implied sexual abuse, sexual assault, overdose
Selección de mis versos by Carlos Bousoño (poetry) – 3 🌈
Evohe by Cristina Peri Rossi (poetry) – 4 🌈

Rogue by Eden Finley (Mexican American gay mc, gay mc) – 1 🌈 cw violence
Guapa by Saleem Haddad (Arab cast & setting, gay mc, gay side characters, lesbian side character) – 4 🌈 cw police brutality, homophobia
Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo (East/Southeast Asian inspired cast & setting, nonbinary mc, achillean & sapphic characters, polyamory) – 4 🌈 [review to come]
Middletown by Sarah Moon (gnc lesbian mc, Indian American sapphic li, Puerto Rican American gay side character) – 2 🌈 cw alcohol abuse, child neglect, implied sexual harassment
Any Place But Here by Sarah Van Name (bi mc, bi side character, lesbian side character) – 2 🌈 cw toxic relationship

Enemigo íntimo by Antonio Gala (poetry) – 4 🌈
🔥 Know Not Why by Hannah Johnson (gay mc and li, bi side character) – 4 🌈
Poemas de amor by Antonio Gala (poetry) – 4 🌈
Tragic by Dana Mele & Valentina Pinti (bi mc, sapphic li with depression) – 3 🌈
Little Fish by Casey Plett (trans sapphic mc, Puerto Rican lesbian trans side character, Métis trans side character, trans side character, trans lesbian side character) – 2.5 🌈 cw misgendering, transphobia, sexual assault, sexual harassment, suicidal ideation, suicide

Dragonoak, Vol. 1: The Complete History of Kastelir by Sam Farren (dyslexic lesbian mc, lesbian li) – 2 🌈
The Single Dad by Raleigh Ruebins (bi mc, gay mc) – 1 🌈
Harkworth Hall by L. S. Johnson (lesbian mc & li) – 3 🌈 cw gore, attempted assault
The Foghorn Echoes by Danny Ramadan (Syrian gay mc, Syrian gay mc with PTSD) – 5 🌈 [review to come] cw drug use, homophobia, controlling relationship, internalised homophobia, implied torture, rape/dubious consent, overdose
Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie (nonbinary worldbuilding, sapphic characters) – 4 🌈

Quarantine by Rahul Mehta (Indian American gay mcs, sapphic side characters, Black gay side character) – 4 🌈
Timberdark by Darren Charlton (gay mc & li, sapphic side character) – 2 🌈 [review]
Silverglass by J. F. Rivkin (bi mcs) – 4 🌈
Truth Be Told by Sue Divin (lesbian mc) – 4 🌈 cw suicide, gun violence, religious homophobia, outing, attempted suicide, mention of past torture
Hideaway by Rachel Lacey (lesbian mcs) – 2 🌈

Not Good for Maidens by Tori Bovalino (bi mc, sapphic li, ace mc, pan side character) – 2 🌈
Thieves by Lucie Bryon (bi/pan mc, sapphic mc) – 4 🌈 [review to come]
Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco (East & Southeast Asian-coded characters, bi nonbinary mc, bi mcs, polyamory, sapphic side character) – 4 🌈 [review to come] cw implied child abuse, implied rape, past adult-minor relationship, gore, violence
The Winged Histories by Sofia Samatar (sapphic mcs) – 2.5 🌈
Grounded for All Eternity by Darcy Marks (bi mc) – 2.5 🌈

Wake the Bones by Elizabeth Kilcoyne (gay mcs) – 2.5 🌈 cw child abuse, homophobia
The Second Death of Edie and Violet Bond by Amanda Glaze (sapphic side characters) – 3 🌈 [review to come]
The Bladed Faith by David Dalglish (bi mc(?), lesbian mc, gay side character) – 3 🌈 cw gore, violence, homophobia, transphobic violence, misgendering
In Memoriam by Alice Winn (gay mc, Jewish gay mc) – 4.5 🌈 [review to come] cw gore, violence, period typical homophobia, internalised homophobia
An Archive of Brightness by Kelsey Socha (achillean & sapphic characters) – 3 🌈

What we watched (and listened to)

Anna

The Sandman (S1), cr. Neil Gaiman, David S. Goyer & Allan Heinberg (pan character, sapphic character, achillean and sapphic side characters) tw violence, extreme gore, blood, eye & body horror, abuse, mentions of pedophilia