Dane 🍉 (they/them)
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neurospicy, disabled, educator, queer, poet, secular humanist Jew, leftist, acab, blm, Jew for a Free Palastine, science is real, fuck the patriarchy, PROTECT TRANS KIDS
System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7) by Martha Wells Murderbot has been through so much and yet again finds itself in situations where it must save more humans, investigate new threats all while trying not to get itself killed or worst of all leak fluids.
August 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7) by Martha Wells Murderbot has been through so much and yet again finds itself in situations where it must save more humans, investigate new threats all while trying not to get itself killed or worst of all leak fluids.
Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6) by Martha Wells is a murder mystery in with the regular science fiction adventure plot. Murderoot's snarky narration (liberally scattered with parenthetical remarks, which I love because l'm-obviously-partial to them myself) is one of the highlights.
August 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6) by Martha Wells is a murder mystery in with the regular science fiction adventure plot. Murderoot's snarky narration (liberally scattered with parenthetical remarks, which I love because l'm-obviously-partial to them myself) is one of the highlights.
The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown. I loved this contemporary fantasy-thriller that combines low fantasy and time travel with a magical system based in books. Mind boggling plotting!
August 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown. I loved this contemporary fantasy-thriller that combines low fantasy and time travel with a magical system based in books. Mind boggling plotting!
Calling a Wolf a Wolf by Kaveh Akbar was a compelling book of poetry. I was enthralled by the imagery and deftness with language. The title poem is by far my favorite but every poem offers something compelling or strange or unknowable and always beautiful.
August 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Calling a Wolf a Wolf by Kaveh Akbar was a compelling book of poetry. I was enthralled by the imagery and deftness with language. The title poem is by far my favorite but every poem offers something compelling or strange or unknowable and always beautiful.
The Bobiverse series by Dennis E. Taylor has an engaging blend of humor, science, and philosophical themes. Think, Murderbot, The Expanse and The Ship who Sings had a sarcastic baby that was obsessed with Star Trek. I enjoyed the first and third the most and the fourth was my least favorite.
August 11, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The Bobiverse series by Dennis E. Taylor has an engaging blend of humor, science, and philosophical themes. Think, Murderbot, The Expanse and The Ship who Sings had a sarcastic baby that was obsessed with Star Trek. I enjoyed the first and third the most and the fourth was my least favorite.
The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry by C.M. Waggoner was a romp! A steampunk half-troll lesbian falling in love with a fire witch from the gutter was a grand, cosy thriller.
July 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry by C.M. Waggoner was a romp! A steampunk half-troll lesbian falling in love with a fire witch from the gutter was a grand, cosy thriller.
The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong strikes that delicate balance of being warm and fuzzy but isn’t boring or overly saccharine, it weaves in social themes without becoming bleak, this book is a story of identity, fighting prejudice, and found family, wrapped in a charming, DnD campaign.
July 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong strikes that delicate balance of being warm and fuzzy but isn’t boring or overly saccharine, it weaves in social themes without becoming bleak, this book is a story of identity, fighting prejudice, and found family, wrapped in a charming, DnD campaign.
Last Chance to Save the World ( #3) by Beth Revis takes our mcs to earth the planet they are trying to save from an evil corporation trying to profit off of climate change. The flirting, the tech, the intrigue, and the snarky shady MC made this a satisfying read.
July 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Last Chance to Save the World ( #3) by Beth Revis takes our mcs to earth the planet they are trying to save from an evil corporation trying to profit off of climate change. The flirting, the tech, the intrigue, and the snarky shady MC made this a satisfying read.
How to Steal a Galaxy by Beth Revis is #2 in this series and it hits the ground running with our chaotic lovable thief going undercover at a space version of the Met Gala. Not as much of the love interest in this one, but it wasn’t needed, this soap opera in space delivered.
July 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
How to Steal a Galaxy by Beth Revis is #2 in this series and it hits the ground running with our chaotic lovable thief going undercover at a space version of the Met Gala. Not as much of the love interest in this one, but it wasn’t needed, this soap opera in space delivered.
Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis was like if serious sci fi, cozy adventure, and buddy cop heist genres had a baby. The characters were compelling and the adventure grabbed my attention.
July 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis was like if serious sci fi, cozy adventure, and buddy cop heist genres had a baby. The characters were compelling and the adventure grabbed my attention.
Cursed Cocktails by S.L. Rowland is a light read and was perfect mim great fantasy world with blood mages and the like, but was just heartwarming and wholesome.
July 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Cursed Cocktails by S.L. Rowland is a light read and was perfect mim great fantasy world with blood mages and the like, but was just heartwarming and wholesome.
Shoes Last Longer in LA by Matt Schatz was a funny, sarcastic, extremely LA collection of poems that encapsulates the experience of being an Angelelino.
July 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Shoes Last Longer in LA by Matt Schatz was a funny, sarcastic, extremely LA collection of poems that encapsulates the experience of being an Angelelino.
The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta was so cozy and so queer!!! Everyone is so kind, even in difficult moments, consistently check the genderfluid characters pronouns & are comfy with the fact that the main character doesn’t have a gender, but does have magical baking powers. This was a fun romp!
July 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta was so cozy and so queer!!! Everyone is so kind, even in difficult moments, consistently check the genderfluid characters pronouns & are comfy with the fact that the main character doesn’t have a gender, but does have magical baking powers. This was a fun romp!
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab I was so looking forward to it, and it didn’t disappoint. Lesbian vampires full of want, fury, contradictions and a yearning for freedom, selfhood, safety, rage and sometimes revenge. And the freedom to love who they love.
July 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab I was so looking forward to it, and it didn’t disappoint. Lesbian vampires full of want, fury, contradictions and a yearning for freedom, selfhood, safety, rage and sometimes revenge. And the freedom to love who they love.
The Baby Dragon Café by Aamna Qureshi, A.T. Qureshi made me wonder where I can get a baby dragons. In this modern cozy fantasy dragons are like pure bred dogs, you can have them if you’re rich or connected. It wasn’t deep but it was cutesy and I really wanted to live in this gentle world.
July 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The Baby Dragon Café by Aamna Qureshi, A.T. Qureshi made me wonder where I can get a baby dragons. In this modern cozy fantasy dragons are like pure bred dogs, you can have them if you’re rich or connected. It wasn’t deep but it was cutesy and I really wanted to live in this gentle world.
I think I missed a month, but here are June’s books:
Fable for the End of the World: A Sapphic Dystopian Survival Story by Ava Reid is an a brutal world to set a sapphic romance that is chilling, unsettling and finely crafted.
Fable for the End of the World: A Sapphic Dystopian Survival Story by Ava Reid is an a brutal world to set a sapphic romance that is chilling, unsettling and finely crafted.
July 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I think I missed a month, but here are June’s books:
Fable for the End of the World: A Sapphic Dystopian Survival Story by Ava Reid is an a brutal world to set a sapphic romance that is chilling, unsettling and finely crafted.
Fable for the End of the World: A Sapphic Dystopian Survival Story by Ava Reid is an a brutal world to set a sapphic romance that is chilling, unsettling and finely crafted.
The Ruinous Love Trilogy by Brynne Weaver all of these books are about murderers who fall in love. They got progressively worse.
I really don’t know why I read all three of these.
I really don’t know why I read all three of these.
May 2, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The Ruinous Love Trilogy by Brynne Weaver all of these books are about murderers who fall in love. They got progressively worse.
I really don’t know why I read all three of these.
I really don’t know why I read all three of these.
The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins was nothing groundbreaking, but had some great reminders to focus on yourself and what you can control. I didn’t like the later chapters where she teaches how to use her “theory” to manipulate others to change.
May 2, 2025 at 12:36 AM
The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins was nothing groundbreaking, but had some great reminders to focus on yourself and what you can control. I didn’t like the later chapters where she teaches how to use her “theory” to manipulate others to change.
Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett is a lovely conclusion to this trilogy. Just enough cozy and high stakes this book takes on a more anxious, melancholy tone as Emily and Wendell explore a darker world. This series is a must read for bibliophiles and fae lovers alike
May 2, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett is a lovely conclusion to this trilogy. Just enough cozy and high stakes this book takes on a more anxious, melancholy tone as Emily and Wendell explore a darker world. This series is a must read for bibliophiles and fae lovers alike
Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods by Suzanne Collins was wildly entertaining, this boy just keeps on being wise and funny and I loved it.
May 2, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods by Suzanne Collins was wildly entertaining, this boy just keeps on being wise and funny and I loved it.
Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane by Suzanne Collins is much darker and gorier than book one, with real moral and ethical dilemmas, characters still wrestling with their grief from the previous book, and a reluctant hero.
May 2, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane by Suzanne Collins is much darker and gorier than book one, with real moral and ethical dilemmas, characters still wrestling with their grief from the previous book, and a reluctant hero.
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins was an absolute banger of a middle grade book. Adventure down laundry shoots, hidden worlds and talking rats, bats, and cockroaches. So much fun!
May 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins was an absolute banger of a middle grade book. Adventure down laundry shoots, hidden worlds and talking rats, bats, and cockroaches. So much fun!
I forgot to do any of this in April-so here goes Everything is Tuberculous by John Green is the John Greeniest of books, personal connection, teaching, and tuberculous.
May 2, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I forgot to do any of this in April-so here goes Everything is Tuberculous by John Green is the John Greeniest of books, personal connection, teaching, and tuberculous.
Good Woman by Lucille Clifton is and incredible and vast collection of her poems along with a skinny little memoir. The memoir is short, but it is super rich and evocative, the poetry was stunning.
April 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Good Woman by Lucille Clifton is and incredible and vast collection of her poems along with a skinny little memoir. The memoir is short, but it is super rich and evocative, the poetry was stunning.
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T Kingfisher is delightfully ridiculous. A 14 yo MC with a minor magical ability with baking makes sentient sourdough starter (Bob), animates gingerbread men and now she’s the only wizard around to safe her city from invaders. Super silly, but totally lovable.
April 2, 2025 at 1:08 PM
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T Kingfisher is delightfully ridiculous. A 14 yo MC with a minor magical ability with baking makes sentient sourdough starter (Bob), animates gingerbread men and now she’s the only wizard around to safe her city from invaders. Super silly, but totally lovable.