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As 2023 comes to close, I am spending these last few days reading through my manuscript and compiling everything I need for the third draft. My entire dining room table has been consumed with my own work and that makes me tremendously proud.

Yuko Shimizu’s book covers for Penguin Vintage’s series of 5 Japanese classics: 

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki

Out by Natsuo Kirino

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa

ascdgvjahbk do i have any lgbtq+ recs

DUH!

Here are some that come to mind, though most of them also contain some angst (figured it's okay, since carry one is also quite angsty at times) - most of these are ya tho, since both books that u mention are ya:

cemetery boys - aiden thomas

people notice the rain - cindy paul

the gentleman's guide to vice and virtue* - mackenzi lee

in deeper waters* - f.t. lukens

the raven cycle series - maggie stiefvater

the six of crows duology - leigh bardugo

simon vs. the homo sapiens agenda - becky albertalli

red, white & royal blue - casey mcquiston (new adult)

one last stop* - casey mcquiston (new adult)

here the whole time* - vitor martins

i'll give you the sun* - jandy nelson

i was born for this - alice oseman

*wasn't my fave, but it you just might like it:)

And these are on my tbr and/or have been recced to me:

nick and charlie - alice oseman

heartstopper: become human - alice oseman

conventionally yours - annabeth albert

the abyss surrounds us - emily skrutskie

they both die at the end - adam silvera

the binding - bridget collins

an absolutely remarkable thing - hank green

the darkness outside us - eliot schrefer

the gilded wolves - roshani chokshi

iron widow - xiran jay zhao (new adult)

icebreaker - a.l. graziadei (comes out next week)

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