#ff lit

So, as SapphicAThon quickly approaches (AT LAST!!!) I’m sorta revamping some of my reading plans and figuring out priority reading order~

It has come to my attention (thank you, Twitter) that Seafarer’s Kiss by Julia Ember has some seriously problematic enby rep, and with my mental health already being wibbly of lately, I’m going to avoid it for the time being. If you’re curious about the problematic rep, this rep by Dax goes into depth - fey also were one whose tweet I saw warning about that book needing a CW for enby rep. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1990759466

So, I went to the library and found SO. MANY. F/F books and now I wanna try and include them because originally I was mostly planning to stick with things on my kindle. This way I can read one thing on my kindle/phone while “working” and read library books during breaks and the like.

ASH and HUNTRESS by Malinda Lo are at the top of my SapphicAThon TBR, and these books fulfill QWOC MC square (ASH) and BOTH WOC square (HUNTRESS).

GIRLS MADE OF SNOW AND GLASS by Melissa Bashardoust is next in physical books, which fulfills FAIRY TALE RETELLING square.

On Kindle, CHAMELEON MOON by RoAnna Sylver is priority and fulfills TRANS MC square. This is a book I’ve been wanting to read for AGES but keep getting sidetracked. I’m finishing up STAKE SAUCE by the same author and RoAnna is amazing at sensitive character writing and their friendships are soooooo beautiful.

Also priority on Kindle is EELGRASS by Tori Curtis, which fulfills the SF/F square.

Third kindle priority is EITAN’S CHORD by Shira Glassman, which fulfills JEWISH MC square. I’m especially excited to read this one bc it’s a Hanukkah story and, hey, perfect time to read it because SapphicAThon starts on second day of Hanukkah.

Oh, also on kindle is VILLAINS DON’T DATE HEROES! by Mia Archer, which will fulfill HATE TO LOVE square.

Although I definitely will not be awake when it starts (pesky adult responsibilities and all that), I’m already making plans for the first day.

As I’ve mentioned a few times (maybe only on twitter??), I like to read several books simultaneously - separate physical, digital, and audio. It makes me feel like I’m getting more reading done while still accomplishing responsibilities.

My plans for the first day are: Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust on Audible (took a poll on Twitter to make a choice on first audio book, lol.), Ash by Malinda Lo physical, and Villains Don’t Date Heroes! by Mia Archer on Kindle. These fulfill the RETELLING square, WOC MC square, and HATE TO LOVE square on the bingo board 😁

I’m nearing the end of my day so gunna update everyone on where I’m at after day 1 😊

This morning I started EITAN’S CHORD by Shira Glassman and finished it. I wrote a review you can find here: https://t.co/kzBTpleVJW It was a cute read and I enjoyed the idea of it, but the story itself was only okay for me.

I started listening to GIRLS MADE OF SNOW AND GLASS by Melissa Bashardoust as well, and the narrator does a lot of weird pauses that make it sound like it should be a scene shift or chapter end, but is only the end of a sentence. The narration aside, the story is way interesting and the writing flow is beautiful. Only got 8% through so far, and no f/f elements yet, but definitely loving it so far.

At work, I started ASH by Malinda Lo and got to page 32, 12% through the book. Still a little up in the air about it, but the flow of it and the story is definitely intriguing me.

Finally, I started VILLAINS DON’T DATE HEROES! by Mia Archer and, while I’m having it fulfill my HATE TO LOVE bingo square, it seems to also fulfill MC REALISES THEY’RE QUEER square because Night Terror, MC/narrator keeps making comments about how she’s never been interested or attracted to women the same way she’s attracted to Fialux. I’m enjoying it, but there is a severe shortage of commas going on that interrupts my reading flow. I’m about 22% through so far, and going strong.