Category: TBR Lists

Queer Sci-Fi and Horror Books on My TBR

Queer Sci-Fi and Horror Books on My TBR
Posted July 15, 2021
Books, TBR Lists

Hi friends 👋🏻 It’s not a secret that I have been on a huge horror kick recently, but I’m a huge fan of any kind of book that doesn’t take place in an entirely realistic setting. I always do make an effort to read more diversely in other genres and find books that treat diversity as a normal thing, which I think should be expected of fantasy and sci-fi books. I did try to find fantasy books for this list but it turns out that I’m not a big fantasy reader 🤷‍♀️ Sci-fi and horror are my go-to genres after all, so all of the books here are from those two genres. Also, some of these books may not be considered Queer by other people, but this is my list and my definition of a Queer book may differ from yours. (also, I’m aware that the header image says ‘spec-fic’ but it turns out that I was using the term incorrectly and very few of these books are spec-fic.) also, if you know what movie the gif is from, we are now best friends. A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers – I finally read The Long Way to a […]

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My Spring 2021 TBR

My Spring 2021 TBR
Posted March 16, 2021
Books, TBR Lists, Top 10 Tuesday

Hi friends 👋🏻 Spring is almost here and we are almost into one of my least favourite times of the year (I am Squidward in the gif below). I don’t try to make it a secret that I don’t enjoy warmer weather because it makes me grumpy and depressed and it makes my eyes sting so the way I can stop myself from feeling too down in the dumps is by reading. Recently I’ve been really into dark things and I’ve been in a total horror mood since October thanks to 31 Days of Horror. I want to pull myself out of that a little but how successfully I’ve planned to do that is up for debate 😅 The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe – I haven’t read any YA mysteries or thrillers in a long time and I want to get back into the genre, so I figured what better way to do that than by reading one that is a recent release? Also, I believe this book is queer so that is also a big plus. The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers – I’ve seen a lot of love for Becky Chambers’ books, […]

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10 Books I Am Determined to Finally Read in 2021

10 Books I Am Determined to Finally Read in 2021
Posted January 12, 2021
Books, TBR Lists, Top 10 Tuesday

Happy Tuesday friends! 👋🏻 It is no secret that I am a terrible procrastinator. I procrastinated my way through school, sixth form, and university, and still got top marks. I procrastinate, sleeping, eating, drinking water, all sorts of things. And I definitely procrastinate reading certain books. I think we all do this to some degree; it’s not a common book blogger thing to say that your TBR will never shrink for no reason. We all get really excited for new releases and then completely forget about them for months or even years if you’re like me. I have a few reasons for procrastinating certain books: the hype is too intense, I’m not in the right mood for it, it’s very intimidating, or I just plain forgot that it even existed. If there is a reason, I will have cited it at one point or another. For this list, I’ve separated it into 5 YA books, and 5 classics because the YA titles are ones that I either forgot about or just keep pushing back, and the classics are books that I purposely put off reading because classics are intimidating and I’m not the pretentious teenager that I used to be. […]

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My Sci-Fi Month TBR (aka the rest of my autumn TBR)

My Sci-Fi Month TBR (aka the rest of my autumn TBR)
Posted November 3, 2020
Books, Sci-Fi Month, TBR Lists

Happy November, friends! Sci-Fi Month officially started on Sunday but I took a couple of days to blog hop since I don’t post on Sundays or Mondays so today I am here to share my TBR for this month! Instead of buying new books, I decided to focus more on reading books that I already own since I am still planning to purge my bookshelves at some point. Also, my order of Supernova hasn’t arrived yet so I’ll save it for later. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells I am a firm believer that a nice special physical copy can make the driest of classics more fun to read. Am I saying that The War of the Worlds is dry? Maybe I am, but I wouldn’t know whether it is or not because I haven’t read it yet. The most experience I have of it is the Jeff Wayne musical version that my dad would play in the car all the time, but the most I remember is that one song where the woman sings “no, Nathaniel” constantly. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick I put this book on my TBR for November every single year but I still haven’t […]

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(Part of) My Autumn 2020 TBR

(Part of) My Autumn 2020 TBR
Posted September 22, 2020
Books, Memes, TBR Lists, Top 10 Tuesday

Hi friends! 👋🏻 Today is the real first day of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere so I’m excited to share a part of my autumn TBR with you all! I say “part” of my TBR because I have two themed TBRs in autumn and I tend to go a little overboard. In October I read more horror, paranormal, and thriller books, while in November I read sci-fi. This part of my TBR is mostly my October TBR because there are a lot of things that I want to read in October and since this is Top 10 Tuesday, I’ve limited myself to 10 for the time being. Also, I don’t really know what I want to read in November yet, oops. The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey – Yes! I am finally going to read the book that I named my blog after! Yes I am aware that naming my blog after a book that I haven’t read is a little silly, but it sounded cool, okay? Ring by Koji Suzuki – I haven’t read very much Japanese horror outside of manga so I’m very excited to finally read thing one and also watch the movie adaptation. The Japanese one, of course, not the American remake. Mexican […]

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