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book reading has taken a rather large dive of a cliff for the next while, Raphael fanfic has got me deep

27. Anyone’s Ghost by August Thompson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Absolutely gorgeous queer coming of age that explores that very specific queer experience of desire - “do I want them or do I want to be them”

26. Vanishing World by Sayaka Murata ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sayaka Murata sure does know how to write a book that will leave you utterly speechless at the ending.

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25. Sky Daddy by Kate Folk ⭐️⭐️.5 The pitch is far more interesting than this book. The bit got old so fast.

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24. The Will of the Many by James Islington ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 Okay I get the hype over that ending. What a way to finish a book!!!

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23. The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Unfortunately found this one pretty underwhelming! Am I over cult books?! But extra points for the glorious lesbian love story, who wouldn’t upend everything they know for a beautiful woman

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22. Stinkbug by Sinead Stubbins ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 Very fun examination of modern corporate culture and it is truly hell that several moments of this literal *gothic* book have genuinely happened to me or people I know in corporate

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21. Bat Eater by Kylie Lee Baker ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This book deserves all the stars. One of the most harrowing and brutal books I’ve ever read. Absolutely exceptional horror.

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20. Assassin’s Quest by Robin Hobb ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Finally finished trilogy 1! Look this was obviously epic but my god only Robin Hobb could make me sit through those first 400 pages.

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Rach @anxiousnachos.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

19. Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah Johnson ⭐️⭐️⭐️ A lot of mixed feelings on how this book interacts with the characters of book 1 (which is one of my favourite scifi books of all time).

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I’m not obsessed No you didn’t just hear me listen to “Raphael’s Final Act” on repeat on Spotify for an hour

Rach @anxiousnachos.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

now fully in my Raphael fanfic era after doing house of hope for the first time

Rach @anxiousnachos.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

on my fourth bg3 character and I am finally actually going to finish the whole game and I just did house of hope for the first time and HOW are we supposed to ever move on from how epic that entire sequence was?!

Rach @anxiousnachos.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

I am currently sick and feeling sorry for myself so clearly the only sensible thing to do is start rewatching Glee

Rach @anxiousnachos.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

oh my god I think I would just perish on the spot 😂

Rach @anxiousnachos.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

I got an A+ at my physio today. Not for having healed (still fucked) but for my “body awareness” 🥹 One day I should probably examine how happy I am when health professionals give me praise (hello my psych calling me “a delight”) but NOT TODAY

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Rach @anxiousnachos.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

16, 17 & 18. The Captive Prince trilogy by C. S. Pacat ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A colleague asked me where he should start with C.S. Pacat and explaining all of the options made me want to immediately reread one of my favourite series. So I did.

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Alexandra Rowland @alexandrarowland.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

YIELD UNDER GREAT PERSUASION has been out for six months! If you are looking for a cozy, queer romantasy that will make you cry and hug your tired, bruised heart, this is the book for you!

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Rach @anxiousnachos.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

9 years in Australia, and today I finally had my first encounter with a huntsmen. pretty sure that means my citizenship should be here any day, this is a definite “levelled up in Australian”

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Rach @anxiousnachos.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

15. One Day Everyone Will Have Been Against This by Omar El Akkad ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I’ve never wanted to highlight a book more. Devastatingly astute in its rending of the West. Commentary on way language is weaponised by media + behaviour of arts orgs felt particularly relevant (hello Creative Australia).

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Rach @anxiousnachos.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

14. The Lamb by Lucy Rose ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 11/10. Incredible. Gut-wrenchingly good queer cannibalism novel about the ways mothers and daughters need and love and destroy each other. Had me sobbing in my bed at midnight when I finished.

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Rach @anxiousnachos.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

oh noooo I’ve started a new stardew valley farm

Rach @anxiousnachos.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

well this sounds EXCEPTIONAL

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Rach @anxiousnachos.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

If you know me even a little, I am sure you are not shocked in the slightest that The Lamb was a 5 star read for me

Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

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hey i know we're in a period of using the speculative to tell heartwarming and cozy stories right now but i'm really excited for books that use the speculative to do really fucked up weird shit

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Rach @anxiousnachos.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

13. Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This book is a scream of trans rage. Thoroughly researched and with a fascinating portrayal of the Greek pantheon, an utterly wrathful reimagining of Achilles’ myth.

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Rach @anxiousnachos.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

12. Leech by Hiron Ennes ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This book was absolutely made for me. Every single word felt so delicately and intentionally chosen to create this atmosphere that was horrific and gross and beautiful and intense and disorienting all at once. One of my favourite horror books, hands down.

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Rach @anxiousnachos.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Sometimes you start a book and you’re just like holy fuck this is incredible and wild and gross and brilliant and you can’t stop reading. Anyway the book is LEECH by Hiron Ennes

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Rach @anxiousnachos.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

11. The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 I don’t think anyone does book-ending cliffhangers the way Juno Dawson does!! Can’t wait for the finale in a few months.

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Rach @anxiousnachos.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Have spent the past few weeks breaking down about the world and how to keep going. But after the most incredible trans book festival last weekend, and Australia wide rallies for trans rights, I’m feeling more hopeful, motivated and so connected to community ❤️ This is the feeling to focus on.

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Rach @anxiousnachos.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Sascha’s books are brilliant and I need everyone who ever raved about Gideon the Ninth to READ THEM 🙏🔥

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Rach @anxiousnachos.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

10. Bellies by Nicola Dinan ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Well this was absolutely beautiful. It brought me close to tears several times. Such an intimate and tender portrait of grief and loneliness, of transitioning and love. Going to be thinking (and *feeling*) this one for a while.

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Wendy Rouse @wendylrouse.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

There is no LGB without the TQIA+ We stand together or we fall together. 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

You know who does nothing for Australians? You Peter Dutton. You divide us/sow fear & bigotry. We are not Americans, your Kmart Trumo antics won’t work here. We all make this country great, from Indigenous people to multicultural Australians. You have no plan to help any of us

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Rach @anxiousnachos.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Is a single advocacy group going to talk about how this announcement right after the QLD healthcare news and the last two weeks of US policy is actually rather worrying??? Have we forgotten so soon the so-called “independent” Cass Review in the UK?? amp.abc.net.au/article/1048...

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Federal government orders review of treatment guidelines for trans and gender diverse children - ABC News

Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

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I hate that we've gotta constantly be like "after trans people they'll come for you, you know" to get cis people to care like ... after trans people after we're what

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Rach @anxiousnachos.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

9. The Sunforge by Sascha Stronach ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Boggles the mind this series hasn’t been eaten up by Gideon fans yet. This one ramped up the horror even more, the biotech, gods & world was expanded which was very cool. Also scarier than book 1 - stark reflection of current horrifying situation in the US.

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Stephen Graham Jones @stephengrahamjones.com · 28/01/2025

one of the coolest covers I've been lucky enough to get. coming July 15th, from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Killer...

one-style flip-book, meaning: two novels in one, bother oriented opposite the other, so their ends meet in the middle. make sense? it's The Babysitter Lives, finally IN PRINT, and Killer on the Road, a new one. Babysitter has a giant spider crawling from a tear in the cover bisecting the house, and that tear crosses the spine over onto Killer, where it's revealed it's a small CAR making that gash in the paper. On the Killer side, it's revealing that the girl's face has a skull underneath. pretty cool stuff.

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Rach @anxiousnachos.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Time for Australians to show that we will not tolerate the political subjugation and removal of rights of trans people - gender affirming care is life-saving. It takes 5 mins to email the QLD Health Minister and say so.

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Rach @anxiousnachos.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

ah yes, waking up to the dulcet tones of ridiculously loud drilling from the apartment below, an entire hour before my alarm. that’s what you need as a midweek pick me up 🙃