i do NOT dole out 5 stars willy nilly. trust me on these.
One of my staple surrealist fiction magical realism stories with hypnotic, poetic prose
The Book of X by Sarah Rose Etter, Paperback
incredible. philips conveys this unsettling and insidious vibe throughout the book in a subtle way..creepy moments linger…a really timely novel, given the current circumstances of the world.. technology and/vs humanity and despite everything etc
Hum by Helen Phillips
“i am a creep. My bowels don't work and maybe there are other things inside me that are dead, but there is so much life around me-- tomatoes that beat the bugs and the rot, waiting to be held by a hand.”
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“God is not for women. He is for the frui...
Luster by Raven Leilani
interconnected short stories are hard to pull off, but Ma weaves an intricate and elegant narrative. favorites: G, tomorrow, returning
a longer read but worth it. such a compelling story and beautiful moments of prose
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez
Huang did a great job at conveying this sort of unnerving, unsettling undertone throughout the story. There were some really creepy and gross moments that made my skin crawl. I also think that the first and second half of the book are deliberately ju...
Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang
I think a lot of people focus too much on *why* the senseless violence and brutality is happening in this book's fucked-up world, but in my opinion we aren't supposed to know. Harpman dgaf about these plot holes; this book should be approached as a m...
this book had me sobbing my eyes out on a boat in the middle of pennsylvania
Chouette by Claire Oshetsky
my copy of this book is stuffed to the max with post it notes . i’d give it 6 stars if i could
Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith
180 pages of sapphic anguish and agony. good book for anyone who has ever loved someone so deeply and desperately that they want to rip them open and crawl under their skin
Nightwood
a graphic novel. one of my absolute favorite graphic novels ever, mainly bc i see myself in the MC and can relate to her hardships on an (unfortunately) intimate level
My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness - Kabi, Nagata
