helena (she/they)
@helenaeoftroy.bsky.social
Read The Room (https://bsky.app/profile/readtheroommag.bsky.social) co-editor. Former TV maker/short film producer. Indie bookseller. Napper extraordinaire. Probably distracted. Queer. 30+. #BlackLivesMatter #FreePalestine
📍 NYC
📍 NYC
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November 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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October 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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28. August 2025 - 30 Seconds from Gaza: Diary of Genocide by Mohammad Saba'aneh
Beautiful, powerful art that has stuck with me.
Beautiful, powerful art that has stuck with me.
September 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
28. August 2025 - 30 Seconds from Gaza: Diary of Genocide by Mohammad Saba'aneh
Beautiful, powerful art that has stuck with me.
Beautiful, powerful art that has stuck with me.
27. August 2025 - Semi-well-adjusted Despite Literally Everything by Alyson Stoner
Another audiobook listen! I love hearing authors read their memoirs. This left me feeling a lot of feelings.
Another audiobook listen! I love hearing authors read their memoirs. This left me feeling a lot of feelings.
September 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
27. August 2025 - Semi-well-adjusted Despite Literally Everything by Alyson Stoner
Another audiobook listen! I love hearing authors read their memoirs. This left me feeling a lot of feelings.
Another audiobook listen! I love hearing authors read their memoirs. This left me feeling a lot of feelings.
26. August 2025 - Saga, Vol. 5 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
Slowly making my way through this series! 5 down, [redacted] to go.
Slowly making my way through this series! 5 down, [redacted] to go.
August 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
26. August 2025 - Saga, Vol. 5 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
Slowly making my way through this series! 5 down, [redacted] to go.
Slowly making my way through this series! 5 down, [redacted] to go.
25. July 2025 - Actress of a Certain Age: My Twenty Year Trail to Overnight Success by Jeff Hiller
I listened to the audiobook of this one! A fun listen!
I listened to the audiobook of this one! A fun listen!
August 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
25. July 2025 - Actress of a Certain Age: My Twenty Year Trail to Overnight Success by Jeff Hiller
I listened to the audiobook of this one! A fun listen!
I listened to the audiobook of this one! A fun listen!
24. July 2025 - Absolutely Everything by Damian Alexander
Middle grade graphic novel that’s a beautiful and accurate depiction of being a young girl with ADHD. I related so much to Marcella! I hope this book finds every young person whose brain works differently.
Middle grade graphic novel that’s a beautiful and accurate depiction of being a young girl with ADHD. I related so much to Marcella! I hope this book finds every young person whose brain works differently.
August 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
24. July 2025 - Absolutely Everything by Damian Alexander
Middle grade graphic novel that’s a beautiful and accurate depiction of being a young girl with ADHD. I related so much to Marcella! I hope this book finds every young person whose brain works differently.
Middle grade graphic novel that’s a beautiful and accurate depiction of being a young girl with ADHD. I related so much to Marcella! I hope this book finds every young person whose brain works differently.
23. July 2025 - Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa, translated by Polly Barton
A 90 page exploration of life - its mundanity and its existence-shifting - from a perspective I hadn’t read before. Would definitely recommend.
A 90 page exploration of life - its mundanity and its existence-shifting - from a perspective I hadn’t read before. Would definitely recommend.
August 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
23. July 2025 - Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa, translated by Polly Barton
A 90 page exploration of life - its mundanity and its existence-shifting - from a perspective I hadn’t read before. Would definitely recommend.
A 90 page exploration of life - its mundanity and its existence-shifting - from a perspective I hadn’t read before. Would definitely recommend.
22. July 2025 - Raging Clouds by Yudori
I didn't like this graphic novel as much as I wanted to, but I also admittedly read it very quickly and didn't spend as much time with it as maybe I should have. It wasn't quite my thing, though I appreciated the message and what it was trying to do.
I didn't like this graphic novel as much as I wanted to, but I also admittedly read it very quickly and didn't spend as much time with it as maybe I should have. It wasn't quite my thing, though I appreciated the message and what it was trying to do.
July 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
22. July 2025 - Raging Clouds by Yudori
I didn't like this graphic novel as much as I wanted to, but I also admittedly read it very quickly and didn't spend as much time with it as maybe I should have. It wasn't quite my thing, though I appreciated the message and what it was trying to do.
I didn't like this graphic novel as much as I wanted to, but I also admittedly read it very quickly and didn't spend as much time with it as maybe I should have. It wasn't quite my thing, though I appreciated the message and what it was trying to do.
21. July 2025 - Mixed-Up by Kami Garcia, illustrated by Brittney Williams
A middle grade graphic novel that handles neurodivergence, school and friendship so authentically and compassionately. I saw so much of myself in Stella. This healed something in me tbh. This book is for everyone.
A middle grade graphic novel that handles neurodivergence, school and friendship so authentically and compassionately. I saw so much of myself in Stella. This healed something in me tbh. This book is for everyone.
July 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
21. July 2025 - Mixed-Up by Kami Garcia, illustrated by Brittney Williams
A middle grade graphic novel that handles neurodivergence, school and friendship so authentically and compassionately. I saw so much of myself in Stella. This healed something in me tbh. This book is for everyone.
A middle grade graphic novel that handles neurodivergence, school and friendship so authentically and compassionately. I saw so much of myself in Stella. This healed something in me tbh. This book is for everyone.
20. July 2025 - Elsie Tries a Triad: A Unicorn Book for Grownups by Eileen Blake, illustrated by Rachel Ivanyi
A short story about Elsie the poly unicorn who is learning to know what she wants and ask for what she needs. It made all my bookstore colleagues tear up. PROTECT ELSIE AT ALL COSTS!
A short story about Elsie the poly unicorn who is learning to know what she wants and ask for what she needs. It made all my bookstore colleagues tear up. PROTECT ELSIE AT ALL COSTS!
July 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
20. July 2025 - Elsie Tries a Triad: A Unicorn Book for Grownups by Eileen Blake, illustrated by Rachel Ivanyi
A short story about Elsie the poly unicorn who is learning to know what she wants and ask for what she needs. It made all my bookstore colleagues tear up. PROTECT ELSIE AT ALL COSTS!
A short story about Elsie the poly unicorn who is learning to know what she wants and ask for what she needs. It made all my bookstore colleagues tear up. PROTECT ELSIE AT ALL COSTS!
19. July 2025 - Ecstasy by Ivy Pochoda
I want to just tear this apart with my teeth. A lush, dark, feral, hedonistic, feminist feast of a book. I’ll be thinking about it for awhile.
I want to just tear this apart with my teeth. A lush, dark, feral, hedonistic, feminist feast of a book. I’ll be thinking about it for awhile.
July 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
19. July 2025 - Ecstasy by Ivy Pochoda
I want to just tear this apart with my teeth. A lush, dark, feral, hedonistic, feminist feast of a book. I’ll be thinking about it for awhile.
I want to just tear this apart with my teeth. A lush, dark, feral, hedonistic, feminist feast of a book. I’ll be thinking about it for awhile.
18. July 2025 - The Orange and other poems by Wendy Cope
July 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
18. July 2025 - The Orange and other poems by Wendy Cope
17. July 2025 - motherlover by Lindsay Ishihiro
Another fave of the year. A gorgeous, grounded, and beautifully queer friends-to-lovers story about family and coming into yourself.
Another fave of the year. A gorgeous, grounded, and beautifully queer friends-to-lovers story about family and coming into yourself.
July 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
17. July 2025 - motherlover by Lindsay Ishihiro
Another fave of the year. A gorgeous, grounded, and beautifully queer friends-to-lovers story about family and coming into yourself.
Another fave of the year. A gorgeous, grounded, and beautifully queer friends-to-lovers story about family and coming into yourself.
16. July 2025 - I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Absolutely fantastic. I listened to her read it and I think I’m going to go buy the physical copy. Deserves all the hype it got.
(big cw for eating disorders, parental abuse, alcoholism)
Absolutely fantastic. I listened to her read it and I think I’m going to go buy the physical copy. Deserves all the hype it got.
(big cw for eating disorders, parental abuse, alcoholism)
July 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
16. July 2025 - I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Absolutely fantastic. I listened to her read it and I think I’m going to go buy the physical copy. Deserves all the hype it got.
(big cw for eating disorders, parental abuse, alcoholism)
Absolutely fantastic. I listened to her read it and I think I’m going to go buy the physical copy. Deserves all the hype it got.
(big cw for eating disorders, parental abuse, alcoholism)
15. June 2025 - I Can Fix Her by Rae Wilde
145 pages of sapphic longing, disaster lesbians, surrealism and minor monster gore. I honestly loved it.
145 pages of sapphic longing, disaster lesbians, surrealism and minor monster gore. I honestly loved it.
July 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
15. June 2025 - I Can Fix Her by Rae Wilde
145 pages of sapphic longing, disaster lesbians, surrealism and minor monster gore. I honestly loved it.
145 pages of sapphic longing, disaster lesbians, surrealism and minor monster gore. I honestly loved it.
14. June 2025 - West Hollywood Monster Squad by Sina Grace
A fun, queer, trans, YA graphic novel about friendship, capitalism, and identity.
A fun, queer, trans, YA graphic novel about friendship, capitalism, and identity.
June 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
14. June 2025 - West Hollywood Monster Squad by Sina Grace
A fun, queer, trans, YA graphic novel about friendship, capitalism, and identity.
A fun, queer, trans, YA graphic novel about friendship, capitalism, and identity.
13. June 2025 - Come Home to My Heart by Riley Redgate
Another favorite of the year so far. I fell in love with Gloria and Xia’s found family. A really special, important book.
Another favorite of the year so far. I fell in love with Gloria and Xia’s found family. A really special, important book.
June 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
13. June 2025 - Come Home to My Heart by Riley Redgate
Another favorite of the year so far. I fell in love with Gloria and Xia’s found family. A really special, important book.
Another favorite of the year so far. I fell in love with Gloria and Xia’s found family. A really special, important book.
12. June 2025 - Love in Focus by Lyla Lee
Read this in 24 hours! It was a great way to start Pride month. 💕 A fun, hot, sweet sapphic romcom that leans into romance tropes while still feeling grounded.
Read this in 24 hours! It was a great way to start Pride month. 💕 A fun, hot, sweet sapphic romcom that leans into romance tropes while still feeling grounded.
June 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
12. June 2025 - Love in Focus by Lyla Lee
Read this in 24 hours! It was a great way to start Pride month. 💕 A fun, hot, sweet sapphic romcom that leans into romance tropes while still feeling grounded.
Read this in 24 hours! It was a great way to start Pride month. 💕 A fun, hot, sweet sapphic romcom that leans into romance tropes while still feeling grounded.
11. June 2025 - Death at the White Heart by Chris Chibnall
The man knows how to tell a story. Read this one so fast and I want moooore.
This comes out in the U.S. on June 10!
The man knows how to tell a story. Read this one so fast and I want moooore.
This comes out in the U.S. on June 10!
June 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
11. June 2025 - Death at the White Heart by Chris Chibnall
The man knows how to tell a story. Read this one so fast and I want moooore.
This comes out in the U.S. on June 10!
The man knows how to tell a story. Read this one so fast and I want moooore.
This comes out in the U.S. on June 10!
10. May 2025 - Woman World by Aminder Dhaliwal
A graphic novel set around the premise of men going extinct. It’s silly in a good way with some profundities and reflections mixed in.
A graphic novel set around the premise of men going extinct. It’s silly in a good way with some profundities and reflections mixed in.
June 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
10. May 2025 - Woman World by Aminder Dhaliwal
A graphic novel set around the premise of men going extinct. It’s silly in a good way with some profundities and reflections mixed in.
A graphic novel set around the premise of men going extinct. It’s silly in a good way with some profundities and reflections mixed in.
9. May 2025 - Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn
I waited a year to read this AND FOR WHAT REASON?! I’m not generally an Arthurian girlie but Tracy Deonn has me in her clutches. I loved the first book and this one was no different. It’s so good. So good.
I waited a year to read this AND FOR WHAT REASON?! I’m not generally an Arthurian girlie but Tracy Deonn has me in her clutches. I loved the first book and this one was no different. It’s so good. So good.
June 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
9. May 2025 - Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn
I waited a year to read this AND FOR WHAT REASON?! I’m not generally an Arthurian girlie but Tracy Deonn has me in her clutches. I loved the first book and this one was no different. It’s so good. So good.
I waited a year to read this AND FOR WHAT REASON?! I’m not generally an Arthurian girlie but Tracy Deonn has me in her clutches. I loved the first book and this one was no different. It’s so good. So good.
8. May 2025 - Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green
Listened to this one and it was like a 5 hour vlogbrothers video in the BEST way. Everything really IS tuberculosis, because everything is capitalism, because everything is racism. Def would recommend.
Listened to this one and it was like a 5 hour vlogbrothers video in the BEST way. Everything really IS tuberculosis, because everything is capitalism, because everything is racism. Def would recommend.
June 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
8. May 2025 - Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green
Listened to this one and it was like a 5 hour vlogbrothers video in the BEST way. Everything really IS tuberculosis, because everything is capitalism, because everything is racism. Def would recommend.
Listened to this one and it was like a 5 hour vlogbrothers video in the BEST way. Everything really IS tuberculosis, because everything is capitalism, because everything is racism. Def would recommend.
7. April 2025 - Sweetener by Marissa Higgins
Don’t think I “got” this one either, but I devoured it nonetheless. Disaster lesbians abound! Gay people can be bad people too xoxoxo
Pub date: Aug 19 2025
Don’t think I “got” this one either, but I devoured it nonetheless. Disaster lesbians abound! Gay people can be bad people too xoxoxo
Pub date: Aug 19 2025
June 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
7. April 2025 - Sweetener by Marissa Higgins
Don’t think I “got” this one either, but I devoured it nonetheless. Disaster lesbians abound! Gay people can be bad people too xoxoxo
Pub date: Aug 19 2025
Don’t think I “got” this one either, but I devoured it nonetheless. Disaster lesbians abound! Gay people can be bad people too xoxoxo
Pub date: Aug 19 2025
6. April 2025 - Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob The Drag Queen
Another favorite this year. Do yourself the favor and enjoy this book (and the accompanying song). I read it as an ebook but the audio book (read by Bob herself) is undoubtedly great.
Another favorite this year. Do yourself the favor and enjoy this book (and the accompanying song). I read it as an ebook but the audio book (read by Bob herself) is undoubtedly great.
June 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
6. April 2025 - Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob The Drag Queen
Another favorite this year. Do yourself the favor and enjoy this book (and the accompanying song). I read it as an ebook but the audio book (read by Bob herself) is undoubtedly great.
Another favorite this year. Do yourself the favor and enjoy this book (and the accompanying song). I read it as an ebook but the audio book (read by Bob herself) is undoubtedly great.