More horrific than I was anticipating when I picked it up—leans more towards the punk side of hopepunk for sure, but a riveting story. Read it in one sitting (two if you count moving inside when I got cold)
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7) The Hockey Ever After series by Ashlyn Kane and Morgan James. Queer hockey romances, super fun and quick reads, always put a smile on my face.

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6) A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers. I also reread Psalm for the Wild-Built. The duology is a wonderful sci-fi novella series about a monk who meets a robot and how they help each other. About taking breaks and leaning on people.

4) Not the End of the World by Hannah Ritchie. Non fiction looking at what we can do about climate change. Very much optimistic, which I feel is so needed. We need to be able to imagine a future where things are okay we can strive for.

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3) The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune. Wonderful story of a man sent to check in on a home for kids with special powers. Utterly queer and moving.

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2) A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. Another gorgeously written story, this time about a count sentenced to house arrest in a hotel in 1922 Russia. Over the course of the next decades he sees the changes in the country. Audiobook is fantastic.

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CW for this one as it was written in the 1980s and very much is of its time re: characters and colonisation. Still, a gorgeous read. Ibbotson always writes beautifully.

(2/2) the rhubarb! #gardeningsky