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we are aphantastic and slow readers, usually reading a bunch of books in parallel. we mostly read about anarchism, bread, neurodiversity, sci-fi, and cosy fantasy. our pronouns are it / they (plural). (Avatar: reading fox emoji, from Volpeon's Neofox emoji set)

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Kazu Kibuishi: The Stonekeeper's Curse (Paperback, 2009, Scholastic)

Emily and Navin's mother is still in a coma from the arachnopod's poison, and there's …

finished the book that it began reading some-when in August. (after we discovered this book from someone we follow on bookwyrm) ~gem 🩵

Robin Pine: Thistlewood House (EBook, 2025)

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Was a very charming, easy to pick up read. The main characters are very relatable to me – one of the main characters is trans and autistic, both have quite some insecurities and relatable ways of thinking. At a lot of placed I had to laugh; those two shy guys are so cute,, 😆

I guess it's worth mentioning that the book contains some hot, horny, sexually explicit scenes :3

~Moss

Robin Pine: Thistlewood House (EBook, 2025)

it bought this ebook for its headmate that expressed interest in this story. He usually likes M-M romance stories if there's (at least one) trans-masc main character involved.

robinpine.itch.io/thistlewood-house

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commented on Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy (Daughters of the Empty Throne, #1)

Margaret Killjoy: Sapling Cage (Paperback, 2024, Feminist Press at The City University of New York)

In the gripping first novel in the Daughters of the Empty Throne trilogy, author Margaret …

omg I'm glad that I read chapter Fourteen at a safe place*. It was brutal at some points.

(* that safe space is my favourite spot on the local cemetery. yeah, call me a goth girl who reads witch stories on cemeteries, if y'all so desire...)

~Gem

Die verdrängte Pandemie (Paperback, German language, 2025, Unrast Verlag) No rating

Seit der Aufhebung der staatlichen Schutzmaßnahmen macht sich in allen politischen Lagern ein Pandemierevisionismus breit. …

One of the authors asked on Mastodon what he could do to make the (printed) book more "accessible" to the intended audience, much of which are affected by disabilities. I replied and mentioned the elephant in the room: make an e-book version available, preferably cheaper or gratis, since (1) e-books are more accessible "ability-wise" for many people, and (2) many of the disabled people in the alleged target audience are poor. Apparently gratis wouldn't work (because "publishers need to live from something"), and we haven't seen any digital version of it sold in digital bookshops.

I'm really not sure what to expect from a book that mentions "leftism" in the title. As a person with multiple disabilities, we've been betrayed by self-proclaimed "leftists" and "anarchists" alike.

I'm still interested in having a glimpse into the book; maybe we could ask a local library to get a copy of …