This past weekend, on August 9th, was the International Day of Indigenous Peoples. While I put up a post on that day, I'd like to go more into some of my recent Indigenous reads and make a commitment to try and read more widely when it comes to Indigenous topics, as most of my reads come from the US/Canada. I will be talking about two books, the first of which I got from NetGalley,

This weekend was pretty productive when it came to reading. I'm working on some Indigenous fantasy as well as a few different longer fantasy books. I also managed to get some studying done and get ahead on reviews. Summary Strange Bedfellows is an engaging comic about the nature of reality and fantasy. The main conflict that our protagonist Oberon has is whether or not he wants to take the easy way out and live in a fantasy or face up to the real world after having a mental breakdown and help himself and possibly others.

I hope everyone’s week has gone well. I’ve not gotten a chance to read as much as I’d like but I plan to catch up this weekend. I’m finally getting back into the swing of things now that I’m out of school. I’m going on a trip out to Utah in September, so I’m preparing for that. I’m also studying for my next class later in the year as well.

I'm glad to be finishing up July on a high note. I'm feeling a good bit better and getting back to reading productively. I thought I'd do a review today for North of Tomboy by Julie A. Swanson. I'd like to thank NetGalley for providing me with this arc to read. Synopsis Perfect for fans of Kacen Callender, Lin Thompson, and Kyle Lukoff.

I finally got hit by my annual summer reading slowdown. I've been trying to avoid it as much as possible. Trying to read every day from a least a couple of books. However, it came and got me anyway. To be fair, it wasn't entirely my fault. I had lots to do this month. So much that I put off doing D&D for a month to deal with things.

What is the most interesting fantasy you’ve read recently? I’ve read many good ones, but one of my favorites so far this year has been Rebecca Roanhorse’s Black Sun. The book is the first in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy. It is also the first Indigenous fantasy that I've read. I love the way Roanhorse integrates Pre-Columbian mythology and ideas into this sweeping fantasy.

Happy Wednesday! Hope everyone's week is going well. Pride month for the LGBTQ community might be over, but I love reading about gender and people's own unique experiences with it every month of the year. The comic focuses on writer Rhea Ewing, she started this project in the early 2010s when they had question about what gender meant to different people.

July came up on me very quickly. This month has proved pretty busy and that has limited my reading to an extent. I'm hoping to catch some of that up on the back end of July, though, because I'll have to stay in bed for a few days after surgery. My number one goal this month is to finish Black Sun…

I know I'm getting this month in review up late. But July has been super busy for me and continues to be so. Thankfully in the next week or so it should slow down a bit. Did you guys have a productive June when it came to reading?I read about my average of twelve to thirteen books. I also managed to get a lot of my arcs done.

Did Pride month go well for all of you? I'm still finishing up some of my reads for the month. But I think I did a pretty good job when it came to reading. One of my favorite books from the month was The Stars Too Fondly by Emily Hamilton. This book is a sapphic space adventure that delivers the perfect mix of serious and fun.

Hope everyone has had a good weekend no matter if you celebrate America's birthday or not. I'm not a huge fan of the celebrations myself, for various reasons. The fireworks also scare my many cats so I'm honestly glad it is all over. I spent most of the weekend cleaning and reading. I received both of these books through NetGalley. These books were…

I hope everyone had a good Pride Month. I didn't get as much reading done as I would have liked due to school. But I finished at least a couple LGBTQ books and will be reviewing them in the next week or so. One of the books I read was particularly interesting. It was My Journey to Her by Yuna Hirasawa.

Synopsis I don't know about you but I really enjoy folklore. Though I enjoy all types, I particularly enjoy Irish folklore. This folklore has a place in the book I just finished "Cry Out Loud" by Tara O'Conner. The books deals with families, mistreatment and the price of following tradition. "Cry Out Loud" follows teenager Nell O'Brien, she's been suspended for a semester.