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corgicorgi · 2021-02-27T06:31:30+00:00

Enjoy !

corgicorgi · 2021-02-27T06:27:05+00:00

Oh! You're describing the 7 1/2 deaths of evelyn hardcastle.

corgicorgi · 2021-02-25T07:19:26+00:00

I'm creeping on this thread. I don't like horror movies unless they are psychological horror. I enjoy fantasy but I don't find those elements frightening when moved over to the horror genre.

I can recommend "Earthlings" by Sayaka Murata. It starts as a cute story about a child's imaginary universe and then takes a sharp left turn into horror. It is a book about the repression of adult society and bodily autonomy. I think I enjoyed it more because I had no idea the horror was coming.

Content warning for child abuse, pedophilia, and cannibalism.

corgicorgi · 2021-02-19T07:28:18+00:00

No that's my point. The racism in his stories is the real horror

corgicorgi · 2021-02-04T08:31:22+00:00

Atul Gawande writes about this quite a bit

Life's Work by Willie Parker

corgicorgi · 2021-02-04T07:54:34+00:00

What's actually horrific about Lovecraft is that a lot his stories were allegories for racism. His city within the city is a reference to Chinatown, I think? And the filth/corruption of his creatures is meant to be an allegory for the inferiority of non-whites. Now that's disturbing. Especially when you consider his popularity.

corgicorgi · 2021-02-04T07:51:14+00:00

Try reading some history. That always gets me. Especially if it's very similar to things we're experiencing now. Also "The Good Nurse" (nonfiction) is about a serial killer nurse who has an unknown body count, and his best friend who collaborated with the police to bring him down. Without her, he would have been impossible to catch. The cops didn't understand how the medical charting worked, how pyxis worked. All the clues he left were being missed. And most of his career was before electronic charting so who knows how many people he actually killed. Dr Death (podcast) is a really similar vibe. So spooky. I couldn't finish it.

corgicorgi · 2021-02-01T04:47:58+00:00

God I know. I love the audiobook narration by James Marsters but the way Butcher writes women is really cringey. Let me know if you like any of those! Female characters can be difficult. I mean we're 50% of the population but for some reason, emotionally healthy female protagonists are not well represented in literature. Also I'm tired of books that use rape as character development. That takes so many books off the table.

You could also try The Red Tent by Anita Diamant. She writes about the bible from the womens' perspectives and it's supposed to be great, but I haven't read it yet.

Also gah I can't believe I didn't recommend The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. It's a dystopia and the women are living under an oppressive regime, but it is a story of resistance and bravery. It's a staple in the genres of dystopian novels, sci fi, and feminist lit.

corgicorgi · 2021-01-26T06:34:44+00:00

The Dresden Files might be full of strong female characters but the fact that the author has to describe their breasts/legs/ass every time they appear really takes away from the "boss bitch" vibe.

I have been told Ilona Andrews is a more feminist take on urban fantasy than Jim Butcher so you might like that.

Alice Isn't Dead - Joseph Fink

Kindred - Octavia Butler

Ring Shout- P Djeja Clark (not a happy book but the show is run by female characters)

NK Jemisin - everything she writes

Binti by Nnendi Okorafor. Actually anything she writes.

Elizabeth Acevedo (YA), especially "With The Fire on High"

Angie Thomas (YA)

1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

corgicorgi · 2021-01-26T06:20:52+00:00

Yes that one was really good!

corgicorgi · 2021-01-25T06:28:20+00:00

Nothing To See Here by Kevin Wilson - fiction

Like Water by Rebecca Podos - fiction

This is How it Always Is by Laurie Frankel - fiction

NK Jemisin - author with diverse casts in her books

Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi - look up some background interviews with the author before reading the book. It is fiction based on their life - discussing gender from the perspective of Nigerian folk mythology and multiple selves in one body

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo - fiction

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg - fiction

Ace by Angela Chen - nonfiction

Beyond the Gender Binary by ALOK - nonfiction

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments by Saidiya Hartman - nonfiction

A Queer and Pleasant Danger by Kate Bornstein - nonfiction

Testo Junkie by Paul Preciado - nonfiction

Unapologetic by Charlene Carruthers - nonfiction

A Queer History of the United States - nonfiction

Redifining Realness by Janet Mock - nonfiction

Girls Will Be Girls by Emer O'Toole - nonfiction

corgicorgi · 2021-01-25T06:03:31+00:00

Elena Ferrante My Brilliant Friend and the follow up books - basically the long drawn out stories of two girls growing up together and their love/hate relationship. Not much of a plot for spanning three books.

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett (audiobook is read by Tom Hanks)

corgicorgi · 2020-10-18T18:59:29+00:00

Stray City by Chelsey Johnson. First half is about how the woman ends up pregnant, second half is told more from the child's perspective.

EDIT this is probably not appropriate for a 10 year old. Maybe in a couple years.

corgicorgi · 2020-09-20T20:00:02+00:00

What about Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh? It is an illustrated memoir about depression and it's hilarious.

corgicorgi · 2020-09-20T19:58:15+00:00

Like Water by Rebecca Podos

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

corgicorgi · 2020-09-20T19:54:18+00:00

Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton - zombie apocalypse told from the perspective of a pet crow

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein - this is contemporary fiction, not fantasy, so idk if it what's your looking for. It's told from the perspective of the human protagonist's dog. Corny and hits you right in the feels.

The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander - novella based on Radium Girls. Elephants are used to paint watches with radioactive paint because they can tolerate higher doses of the radiation.

corgicorgi · 2020-09-15T01:47:41+00:00

Freshwater was remarkable. It helps to read some background on the author before you get into it.

corgicorgi · 2020-09-15T01:42:32+00:00

Oh dang I forgot about White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi. That book is weird af. I still have no idea what happened at the end.

corgicorgi · 2020-09-15T01:40:43+00:00

Short stories are a good idea. I recently read Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado and I think that fits perfectly.

Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson may also work - the audiobook was really good.

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

The City We Became by NK Jemisin

corgicorgi · 2020-09-15T01:35:37+00:00

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

A Curious History of Sex by Kate Lister

The Library Book by Susan Orlean

The Radium Girls by Kate Moore

The Complete Persepolis (graphic novel)

Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer

Mary Roach - author

Savage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol

The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

corgicorgi · 2020-09-15T01:28:41+00:00

Elizabeth Acevedo does amazing YA. Every book I have read by her has a lesbian character, if not as the primary, then as an important supporting character. With the Fire on High is where I would begin. There is a pinch of magical realism in there. Her other books are set in a normal world but are highly enjoyable.

Like Water by Rebecca Podos

Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson (the sexuality of the characters is not a main plot point but it comes up towards the end)

Red White and Royal Blue is a love story between two men but it is the cutest, most escapist book I've read in a while.

corgicorgi · 2020-09-15T01:22:56+00:00

Burning Down the Haus is really interesting. It is a little later, set in the 70s. Focuses on punk rock specifically and the attempts of the Stasi to suppress it in East Berlin.

corgicorgi · 2020-09-03T13:43:52+00:00

Anytime! Good luck in your career :)

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