allison
@jstmalicious.bsky.social
my little mentally ill lesbian journal. anime, LOTS of reading, yankees, knicks, video games, lots of things unfortunately
santa enthusiast
buyer for a bookstore but extremely unprofessional about it
santa enthusiast
buyer for a bookstore but extremely unprofessional about it
Look at my son's first full season in the majors
September 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Look at my son's first full season in the majors
TALL IS HER BODY by Robert de la Chevotiere
Such a viscerally emotional read, right from the first chapter. Never really lets up. Kind of reminiscent of Vivek Oji for me, in its grappling with violence and family and found family and identity.
Such a viscerally emotional read, right from the first chapter. Never really lets up. Kind of reminiscent of Vivek Oji for me, in its grappling with violence and family and found family and identity.
September 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
TALL IS HER BODY by Robert de la Chevotiere
Such a viscerally emotional read, right from the first chapter. Never really lets up. Kind of reminiscent of Vivek Oji for me, in its grappling with violence and family and found family and identity.
Such a viscerally emotional read, right from the first chapter. Never really lets up. Kind of reminiscent of Vivek Oji for me, in its grappling with violence and family and found family and identity.
(re-read - kind of) ELRIC OF MELNIBONE AND OTHER STORIES by Michael Moorcock
Yeah yeah I dipped into yet another "author's definitive collection" for Moorcock,,,,, I can't help it.
Loved the accompanying essays in this one and the script for the Elric comic Moorcock did with Simonson
Yeah yeah I dipped into yet another "author's definitive collection" for Moorcock,,,,, I can't help it.
Loved the accompanying essays in this one and the script for the Elric comic Moorcock did with Simonson
September 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
(re-read - kind of) ELRIC OF MELNIBONE AND OTHER STORIES by Michael Moorcock
Yeah yeah I dipped into yet another "author's definitive collection" for Moorcock,,,,, I can't help it.
Loved the accompanying essays in this one and the script for the Elric comic Moorcock did with Simonson
Yeah yeah I dipped into yet another "author's definitive collection" for Moorcock,,,,, I can't help it.
Loved the accompanying essays in this one and the script for the Elric comic Moorcock did with Simonson
HONEYSUCKLE by Bar Fridman-Tell
A bit saggy in the middle but still a really weird and unsettling, entirely off-putting (positive) re-imagining of Blodeuwedd (which is already fucked up)
ACTUALLY a slap in the face a lot of people need re: the meaning of real and explicit and implied consent
A bit saggy in the middle but still a really weird and unsettling, entirely off-putting (positive) re-imagining of Blodeuwedd (which is already fucked up)
ACTUALLY a slap in the face a lot of people need re: the meaning of real and explicit and implied consent
September 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
HONEYSUCKLE by Bar Fridman-Tell
A bit saggy in the middle but still a really weird and unsettling, entirely off-putting (positive) re-imagining of Blodeuwedd (which is already fucked up)
ACTUALLY a slap in the face a lot of people need re: the meaning of real and explicit and implied consent
A bit saggy in the middle but still a really weird and unsettling, entirely off-putting (positive) re-imagining of Blodeuwedd (which is already fucked up)
ACTUALLY a slap in the face a lot of people need re: the meaning of real and explicit and implied consent
I AM YOU by Victoria Redel
Absolutely insane. One of the more astounding things I read this year. Maria van Oosterwijk and Geertje Pieters, complicated little lesbians. Just a terrific book. Needs more marketing!
Absolutely insane. One of the more astounding things I read this year. Maria van Oosterwijk and Geertje Pieters, complicated little lesbians. Just a terrific book. Needs more marketing!
September 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I AM YOU by Victoria Redel
Absolutely insane. One of the more astounding things I read this year. Maria van Oosterwijk and Geertje Pieters, complicated little lesbians. Just a terrific book. Needs more marketing!
Absolutely insane. One of the more astounding things I read this year. Maria van Oosterwijk and Geertje Pieters, complicated little lesbians. Just a terrific book. Needs more marketing!
REVELATION SPACE by Alastair Reynolds
WISH SOMEONE HAD TOLD ME ABOUT THE ILIA AND ANA PLOTLINES BC I WOULD HAVE READ THIS AGES AGO
also found out there are 3?? ilia/ana fics out there so someone feels me on that aspect too
WISH SOMEONE HAD TOLD ME ABOUT THE ILIA AND ANA PLOTLINES BC I WOULD HAVE READ THIS AGES AGO
also found out there are 3?? ilia/ana fics out there so someone feels me on that aspect too
September 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
REVELATION SPACE by Alastair Reynolds
WISH SOMEONE HAD TOLD ME ABOUT THE ILIA AND ANA PLOTLINES BC I WOULD HAVE READ THIS AGES AGO
also found out there are 3?? ilia/ana fics out there so someone feels me on that aspect too
WISH SOMEONE HAD TOLD ME ABOUT THE ILIA AND ANA PLOTLINES BC I WOULD HAVE READ THIS AGES AGO
also found out there are 3?? ilia/ana fics out there so someone feels me on that aspect too
SONG FOR THE BASILISK by Patricia A McKillip
- one of hers I hadn't read yet, not a favorite but still It's A McKillip novel so
- one of hers I hadn't read yet, not a favorite but still It's A McKillip novel so
September 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
SONG FOR THE BASILISK by Patricia A McKillip
- one of hers I hadn't read yet, not a favorite but still It's A McKillip novel so
- one of hers I hadn't read yet, not a favorite but still It's A McKillip novel so
MAKING HISTORY by KJ Parker
- fun. FUN! After reading so many of his older novels this year it was kinda nice to read something zippier with his usual charm
- fun. FUN! After reading so many of his older novels this year it was kinda nice to read something zippier with his usual charm
September 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
MAKING HISTORY by KJ Parker
- fun. FUN! After reading so many of his older novels this year it was kinda nice to read something zippier with his usual charm
- fun. FUN! After reading so many of his older novels this year it was kinda nice to read something zippier with his usual charm
my impressions are fuzzier now so less zippy blurbs to accompany them ,, but finally updating this thread w everything I've read since
THE WAX CHILD by Olga Ravn
unsettling, queer (in all senses), i HAVE to read fewer depressing witch trial books
THE WAX CHILD by Olga Ravn
unsettling, queer (in all senses), i HAVE to read fewer depressing witch trial books
September 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
my impressions are fuzzier now so less zippy blurbs to accompany them ,, but finally updating this thread w everything I've read since
THE WAX CHILD by Olga Ravn
unsettling, queer (in all senses), i HAVE to read fewer depressing witch trial books
THE WAX CHILD by Olga Ravn
unsettling, queer (in all senses), i HAVE to read fewer depressing witch trial books
A BLOOD AS BRIGHT AS THE MOON by Andrea Morstabilini
Is TIMELESS-GOTHIC a thing? Really fresh take on vampires/vampire lore/anatomy. What if there was a mostly-sequestered vampire moon cult centered on the Mad King of Bavaria? Really loved the ways Ludwig was woven into this.
Agata!
Is TIMELESS-GOTHIC a thing? Really fresh take on vampires/vampire lore/anatomy. What if there was a mostly-sequestered vampire moon cult centered on the Mad King of Bavaria? Really loved the ways Ludwig was woven into this.
Agata!
June 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
A BLOOD AS BRIGHT AS THE MOON by Andrea Morstabilini
Is TIMELESS-GOTHIC a thing? Really fresh take on vampires/vampire lore/anatomy. What if there was a mostly-sequestered vampire moon cult centered on the Mad King of Bavaria? Really loved the ways Ludwig was woven into this.
Agata!
Is TIMELESS-GOTHIC a thing? Really fresh take on vampires/vampire lore/anatomy. What if there was a mostly-sequestered vampire moon cult centered on the Mad King of Bavaria? Really loved the ways Ludwig was woven into this.
Agata!
Re-read THE LEOPARD by K.V. Johansen
First of a duology nestled in her larger series
- introduces Yeh-Lin!!!! Somehow even with Moth right there, my fave wizard-possessed-by-a-demon in this series
First of a duology nestled in her larger series
- introduces Yeh-Lin!!!! Somehow even with Moth right there, my fave wizard-possessed-by-a-demon in this series
June 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Re-read THE LEOPARD by K.V. Johansen
First of a duology nestled in her larger series
- introduces Yeh-Lin!!!! Somehow even with Moth right there, my fave wizard-possessed-by-a-demon in this series
First of a duology nestled in her larger series
- introduces Yeh-Lin!!!! Somehow even with Moth right there, my fave wizard-possessed-by-a-demon in this series
My 2-novellas-in-24-hours "oh shit I need to read more" panic
FATE'S BANE by CL Clark
CINDER HOUSE by Freya Marske
Both good
FATE'S BANE by CL Clark
CINDER HOUSE by Freya Marske
Both good
June 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
My 2-novellas-in-24-hours "oh shit I need to read more" panic
FATE'S BANE by CL Clark
CINDER HOUSE by Freya Marske
Both good
FATE'S BANE by CL Clark
CINDER HOUSE by Freya Marske
Both good
(Re-read) THE BLUE PLACE by Nicola Griffith
- lesbian Jack Reacher but much cooler
- from '98 but holds up really well
- 😭😭😭😭😭
- lesbian Jack Reacher but much cooler
- from '98 but holds up really well
- 😭😭😭😭😭
June 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
(Re-read) THE BLUE PLACE by Nicola Griffith
- lesbian Jack Reacher but much cooler
- from '98 but holds up really well
- 😭😭😭😭😭
- lesbian Jack Reacher but much cooler
- from '98 but holds up really well
- 😭😭😭😭😭
Haven't updated this in ages on here oh my goodness
THE PROOF HOUSE by K.J. Parker
- didn't like it QUITE as much as the first two books but it somehow has twice the malignant energy
- iseutz 😔
THE PROOF HOUSE by K.J. Parker
- didn't like it QUITE as much as the first two books but it somehow has twice the malignant energy
- iseutz 😔
June 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Haven't updated this in ages on here oh my goodness
THE PROOF HOUSE by K.J. Parker
- didn't like it QUITE as much as the first two books but it somehow has twice the malignant energy
- iseutz 😔
THE PROOF HOUSE by K.J. Parker
- didn't like it QUITE as much as the first two books but it somehow has twice the malignant energy
- iseutz 😔
Max showed hole this weekend tho so it has all been worth it
May 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Max showed hole this weekend tho so it has all been worth it
THE BELLY OF THE BOW by K.J. Parker
Would have read this immediately after the first one but hadn't bought it 😔
Even better and absolutely devastating.
The last book is BASED AROUND ARMOR PROOFING???
Would have read this immediately after the first one but hadn't bought it 😔
Even better and absolutely devastating.
The last book is BASED AROUND ARMOR PROOFING???
May 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
THE BELLY OF THE BOW by K.J. Parker
Would have read this immediately after the first one but hadn't bought it 😔
Even better and absolutely devastating.
The last book is BASED AROUND ARMOR PROOFING???
Would have read this immediately after the first one but hadn't bought it 😔
Even better and absolutely devastating.
The last book is BASED AROUND ARMOR PROOFING???
Wait totally forgot to post this last week but
THERE IS NO ANTIMEMETICS DIVISION by qntm
- so surprisingly up my alley
- admittedly wasn't expecting much but it's exactly the kind of horror that freaks me out and I was also in some emotional peril so
- just a really good scifi novel too
THERE IS NO ANTIMEMETICS DIVISION by qntm
- so surprisingly up my alley
- admittedly wasn't expecting much but it's exactly the kind of horror that freaks me out and I was also in some emotional peril so
- just a really good scifi novel too
May 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Wait totally forgot to post this last week but
THERE IS NO ANTIMEMETICS DIVISION by qntm
- so surprisingly up my alley
- admittedly wasn't expecting much but it's exactly the kind of horror that freaks me out and I was also in some emotional peril so
- just a really good scifi novel too
THERE IS NO ANTIMEMETICS DIVISION by qntm
- so surprisingly up my alley
- admittedly wasn't expecting much but it's exactly the kind of horror that freaks me out and I was also in some emotional peril so
- just a really good scifi novel too
THE NIGHT IS NOT FOR YOU by Eman Quotah
- SOOOOOO good
- I wish Run For It books were more consistent so far but this was stellar
- Umm al-Duwais!!
- SOOOOOO good
- I wish Run For It books were more consistent so far but this was stellar
- Umm al-Duwais!!
May 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
THE NIGHT IS NOT FOR YOU by Eman Quotah
- SOOOOOO good
- I wish Run For It books were more consistent so far but this was stellar
- Umm al-Duwais!!
- SOOOOOO good
- I wish Run For It books were more consistent so far but this was stellar
- Umm al-Duwais!!
The way I have nothing nice to say
May 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The way I have nothing nice to say
THE BOOK OF I by David Greig
Randomly read this whole thing on my flight yesterday bc I didnt realize it was a novella
- brutal, funny, and very surprisingly moving
- a monk, a viking, and a mead brewess rebuilding an abbey and their lives in the wake of a massacre
Randomly read this whole thing on my flight yesterday bc I didnt realize it was a novella
- brutal, funny, and very surprisingly moving
- a monk, a viking, and a mead brewess rebuilding an abbey and their lives in the wake of a massacre
May 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
THE BOOK OF I by David Greig
Randomly read this whole thing on my flight yesterday bc I didnt realize it was a novella
- brutal, funny, and very surprisingly moving
- a monk, a viking, and a mead brewess rebuilding an abbey and their lives in the wake of a massacre
Randomly read this whole thing on my flight yesterday bc I didnt realize it was a novella
- brutal, funny, and very surprisingly moving
- a monk, a viking, and a mead brewess rebuilding an abbey and their lives in the wake of a massacre
COLOURS IN THE STEEL by KJ Parker
- have read quite a bit but somehow not enough Parker
- won't call it "bleak" but he has a way of writing violence so dispassionately that it's even more impactful
- also if u love learning how a trebuchet is made & 6-page descriptions of the stationers' district
- have read quite a bit but somehow not enough Parker
- won't call it "bleak" but he has a way of writing violence so dispassionately that it's even more impactful
- also if u love learning how a trebuchet is made & 6-page descriptions of the stationers' district
May 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
COLOURS IN THE STEEL by KJ Parker
- have read quite a bit but somehow not enough Parker
- won't call it "bleak" but he has a way of writing violence so dispassionately that it's even more impactful
- also if u love learning how a trebuchet is made & 6-page descriptions of the stationers' district
- have read quite a bit but somehow not enough Parker
- won't call it "bleak" but he has a way of writing violence so dispassionately that it's even more impactful
- also if u love learning how a trebuchet is made & 6-page descriptions of the stationers' district
Saw a tweet asking how fun football can be without "pep disciples"
May 7, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Saw a tweet asking how fun football can be without "pep disciples"
THE MERCY MAKERS by Tessa Gratton
- not as over-written as her previous adult books (good) - I think she's trying to do more interesting things prose-wise than many many current sff writers but this is the first time it has (mostly) worked for me
- v cool science/architecture-magic stuff going on
- not as over-written as her previous adult books (good) - I think she's trying to do more interesting things prose-wise than many many current sff writers but this is the first time it has (mostly) worked for me
- v cool science/architecture-magic stuff going on
May 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
THE MERCY MAKERS by Tessa Gratton
- not as over-written as her previous adult books (good) - I think she's trying to do more interesting things prose-wise than many many current sff writers but this is the first time it has (mostly) worked for me
- v cool science/architecture-magic stuff going on
- not as over-written as her previous adult books (good) - I think she's trying to do more interesting things prose-wise than many many current sff writers but this is the first time it has (mostly) worked for me
- v cool science/architecture-magic stuff going on
(re-read) BLACKDOG by KV Johansen
would u believe I STILL haven't read THE LAST ROAD bc i refuse to let this series end but finally taking the plunge and re-reading the series so I can do just that
still one of my absolute favorite fantasy novels (I think the series gets stronger later too!)
would u believe I STILL haven't read THE LAST ROAD bc i refuse to let this series end but finally taking the plunge and re-reading the series so I can do just that
still one of my absolute favorite fantasy novels (I think the series gets stronger later too!)
May 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
(re-read) BLACKDOG by KV Johansen
would u believe I STILL haven't read THE LAST ROAD bc i refuse to let this series end but finally taking the plunge and re-reading the series so I can do just that
still one of my absolute favorite fantasy novels (I think the series gets stronger later too!)
would u believe I STILL haven't read THE LAST ROAD bc i refuse to let this series end but finally taking the plunge and re-reading the series so I can do just that
still one of my absolute favorite fantasy novels (I think the series gets stronger later too!)