raisin' hell all over town

It is possible to find both sapphic SFF and M/M fantasy. It is significantly harder to find, say, aro urban fantasy. Or trans romantic suspense. Or intersex mystery.

A lot of the advice above only really works for trad published or popular books and for identities/subgenres/content that aren't too niche.

So here's some advice if the advice above isn't working for you (either because you can't find books with what you want or because the books you are finding don't end up being the vibe you want), from someone who reads a few hundred books a year:

Find websites or lists dedicated to the specific thing you are looking for. They will generally have more variety and will post you to examples that don't show up in regular rec lists. (ex: aro book recs, ace book recs, intersex #ownvoices database, sapphic books). Goodreads lists can (sometimes) also be your friend.

Get comfortable reading self-published and small press books. Trad publishing has its blind spots.

Check Reddit for recommendations

Start figuring out what it is specifically that you like and then start making your searches more specific. This can be subgenre (if you want urban fantasy, you're rarely going to find it just searching "fantasy"), tropes, plot devices, vibes, etc.

Look at the "readers also bought" on Goodreads/Amazon, similar books on Storygraph, etc. if you read a book you like. Even if you don't end up reading the one you click on, it can show you similar authors (similar to looking at the blurb on a cover), especially because far fewer books have blurbs now.

New chapter is out ! Connor with Hank, Connor with cats, Connor with Amanda.

Sorry no illustration for now but I’ll post it tomorrow.

Chapters: 5/? Fandom: Detroit: Become Human (Video Game) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Connor (Detroit: Become Human)/Original Female Character(s), Hank Anderson & Connor Characters: Original Female Character(s), Original Female Human Character(s), Connor (Detroit: Become Human), Hank Anderson, Amanda (Detroit: Become Human), Gavin Reed, Sumo (Detroit: Become Human), Elijah Kamski, diverse OCs, Madeline Graves (OC) Additional Tags: Slow Burn, Attempted Sexual Assault, Hurt/Comfort, Trauma, Grief/Mourning, Psychological Angst, Police Procedural, Self-Worth Issues, Developing Relationship, Asexuality Spectrum, Eventual Smut, Existential Angst, Minor Character Death, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Hank Anderson & Connor Friendship, Angst, Fluff and Angst, Possessive Connor (Detroit: Become Human), Hank Anderson and Connor are Family, exploring human/android relationship, asexual spectrum relationship, With Extra Spice Summary:

Connor is struggling with this case as the witness doesn’t want to speak, a deviant android is missing and a dead man is left in a rain-soaked alley.

Madeline Graves has a pretty good idea of what happens to a deviant android who murdered a human and she’s not about to help the police find him.

Connor doesn’t need her confession to build a timeline. He has footage, data, patterns. What he doesn’t have is an explanation for the way she protects an android like a person, and destroys herself for the sake of it.

Detroit is cruel for the ones that are not meant to be, somehow both of them need to find their way to become someone.

they couldn't do an aspirate but they did blood work and he's doing much better in some areas and the blood shows it's probably nothing to be worried about

we'll still have the internist do another sample and send it out to a lab bc it's very weird how it got so much bigger in a short amount of time

British actor Anthony Head, best known for his roles in TV shows including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ted Lasso, Merlin and Little Britain, has died at the age of 72. Head found international fame as Rupert Giles in hit supernatural teen show Buffy in the late 1990s. He went on to have a recurring role in sketch show Little Britain, play king Uther Pendragon in the BBC's Merlin, and appear as former football club owner Rupert Mannion in Ted Lasso. "He passed away peacefully of complications due to pneumonia, surrounded by his family," his daughters Emily and Daisy said. His daughters' statement said "it is with heavy hearts that we announce the death of our extraordinary father". They added: "It has been, and forever will be, an honour and a privilege to be his daughters, and to have witnessed firsthand the impact both he and his work have had on so many." They also said they knew "how dearly he will be missed by friends, colleagues and fans of the show he was in", adding that he "loved his job very much" and "always considered himself incredibly lucky". His family acknowledged that "his legacy will live on" and said they considered themselves "lucky" to have watched him doing what he loved throughout his career. Head's other credits included The Iron Lady, Persuasion, The Inbetweeners and Manchild.

This homeless person is making me uncomfortable. Should I call [a man with a gun]?

My neighbor is having a loud party. Should I get [a man with a gun] involved?

There are some teenagers skateboarding. Do you think [a man with a gun] would get rid of them for me?