I see all these book lists about new YA realises but i never see lists that are adult realises that are not just adult romance novels, does anybody know a blog or anything like that dedicated to books that are for adults but for different genres?

(In)decision(s)

This is the second installment of my 2021 poem book, Inner Child. Click here -> #inner child to read more from this poem book! .

Warning: Suicidal ideation, implied child abuse by parents

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There used to be an inner child in the deepest rungs of my brain But that child grew up in breakneck speed, just like the rest of me I can take on the whole world, I’m mature! I have a million plans for the future! A future beyond homework and school!

I can make my own decisions…

I’m on summer vacation and I’m killing myself. I dyed my hair rainbow I’m literally a baby and I’m married to the love of my life. I’m eight years old and I’m waiting for my parents to love me, I want to curl up and cry. I want to run away, and be told what to do, Sure, I may be held hostage, but at least I’m being held!

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Links to my other poems under the cut:

My general poetry tag

My projects

My newest poem books:

Beyond Human (2021)

Inner Child (2021)

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If you want to read my old poem books:

Closure (2017)

Brace Yourselves, it’s Cripple Punk (2017 - 2018)

Eisoptrophobia/Reincarnation (2017 - 2019)

Singularian Singularity (2019)

A Love Story at the End of the World

Guest Post from Brianna Bourne, Author of You & Me at the End of the World

When I started writing You & Me at the End of the World, I just wanted to tell a swoony, opposites-attract love story. But then I decided to zoom in on Hannah and Leo’s developing relationship by making them the last two people in the world (and the only two characters in the book), and suddenly I had so many new layers to explore—and an end of the world to build.

I knew very early on that their end of the world wouldn’t look like what you see in zombie movies, or in those apocalypse movies where the main character hijacks an airplane to get to a bunker. 

One day Hannah and Leo are living their normal, separate lives, and the next day they wake up a few blocks away from each other in the middle of downtown Houston and everyone else is just gone.

Their end of the world is complete silence. Empty highways. Grocery store doors that whoosh open on brightly lit aisles and fully stocked shelves, not another soul in sight. The unshakeable feeling that something’s deeply wrong.

(Empty Houston Highway, Reuters, Carlos Barria)

And then, a few months after signing my publishing contract, the Covid-19 pandemic hit.

It was unnerving to watch events unfold and see the empty streets in the pages of my book become reality. The deeper undercurrents of Hannah and Leo’s story were startlingly in tune with the predominant feelings of 2020–2021. Loneliness. Fear. Boredom. The strangeness of floating untethered through time, with no answers and no real end in sight. Grieving for a way of life we thought we’d always have.

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Hannah and Leo confront all of these things as they explore their empty city. They’ve had huge parts of their lives suddenly stripped away, just like all of us have had in the past year. Hopefully, seeing Hannah and Leo find their way through will resonate with you—and it might even feel a little bit therapeutic.

But all of these things are tucked into the undercurrents of the novel. You & Me at the End of the World is still very much that butterflies-in-your-stomach, slow-burn love story I set out to tell. Hannah and Leo get to do some fun things in their empty city too: have an echoing museum all to themselves, face the there’s-only-one-bed trope, play around in an abandoned amusement park. I hope it gives you a few hours of what-if escapism.

Ultimately, it’s a story about finding connection in a time of intense isolation—and that’s something we can all relate to.

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Start reading You & Me at the End of the World here!

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Twisted Veil Cover Art by Christena Rose

Lawful drug 3 is so good. I can not believe they never continued after that

How I imagine the planning for Lawful Drug volume 3 went:

„so ladies, the boys finally need to talk about their feelings. So we create an all male school. And everyone is gay.“

„So like gakuen heaven?“

„Yeah but with more sexual consent. And magic.“

my paperback beach read moment + my seashell collection :) 🌊

lawful drug banging pots against each other: „CONSENT! GET SOME FUCKING SEXUAL CONSENT! RESPECT THE BOUNDARIES OF OTHER PEOPLE! BEING NAKED IS NOT AN INVENTION! CONSENT!“

If You Fail Your Writing Goal

If You Fail Your Writing Goal

So, you failed your writing goal. What now? With less than two days to go in Nanowrimo, I thought this would be an appropriate subject to go over. Did you fall short? Continue reading

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Rebirth in Acadi - Editorial Review

Rebirth in Acadi – Editorial Review

  Author: Susan Swanson Title: Rebirth in Acadi Genre: Contemporary / Literary / Historical Fiction   Rebirth in Acadi tells the story of two women—Louise Dennis, an African-American who leaves her racial identity and family connections behind in hopes of enjoying a prejudice-free life, and Margaret Bohr, an older woman whose husband’s job has taken her from everything familiar to a new home in…

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qotd: “‘It was worth it, Lia,’ he said. ‘Every mile, every day. I’d do it all again. I’d chase you across three continents if that’s what it took to be with you.’” — Mary E. Pearson

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𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

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Holy cow! “The Heart of Betrayal” does not suffer from second book syndrome in the slightest! In fact, the second book in “The Remnant Chronicles” blew its predecessor, “The Kiss of Deception,” out of the water!

One of my favorite aspects of “The Heart of Betrayal” was being able to explore the Kingdom of Venda. Venda itself was very complex and Pearson did a great job developing the clans within the kingdom, the government system, the language, the history, and the culture. The government system was well thought out with a Komizar (dictator), Rahtan (band of assassins), Chievdars (chiefs/generals), and Govenors. The cultural elements that were included were intriguing in and of themselves. The small details like saying the blessing before dinner, collecting bones leftover from meals and fastening to them the hip, and wearing dresses made from scraps sewn together made Venda seem all the more real. Details such as these paired with the wonderful imagery helped set the tone for the dreary kingdom.

In addition to visiting Venda, I really enjoyed the inclusion of Pauline’s perspective in the novel. Pauline’s perspective helped the reader stay connected to the Kingdom of Morrighan.

I also felt like I got a better sense of the conflict in this novel and enjoyed how fast-paced it was. There were a lot of fun twists and turns I did not see coming! It was great to be thrown right into the action!

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Review cross-posted to: Instagram | Goodreads

Currently Reading | 8.3.2021

Currently Reading | 8.3.2021

Hello, book lovers! 💕 So today I thought I’d share the book(s) that I’m currently reading. I’ll probably be reading these for the next couple weeks if I’m being honest. I’ve mentioned this before, but it’s been taking me a long time to get through books, mainly because I’ve been working a full time job and just haven’t had the time to sit down and read, unless it’s listening to an audiobook…

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New Blog 📚

Good Morning (or evening or afternoon or strange timeless dusk in some shadowed pit). 

I’ve started a new blog that is specifically dedicated to my writing. At the moment, I am editing the first draft of my first “real” novel They Are But a Breath. It is literary soft-science fiction and revolves around three brothers dealing with the abuses of their father and the crumbling of the world around them. Also forgotten flesh-eating deities, drunken priests inked with bioluminescent tattoos, long dried-out seas with coral skeletons rising from the dust, and beetles. Lots of beetles. 

So if that interests you at all or if you know someone who might find it intriguing, please reblog and follow. I’ll be sharing excerpts, cover mock-ups, concept art, and maybe character sheets, or whatever else. I’m excited to share my story with the world someday and I figure this is a good start. 

Thank you and have a wonderful day! 

Link: https://ivorjerome.tumblr.com/

You deserve

To be with

someone

who searches

for the beautiful

things in you

•Pierre Alex Jeanty•

I've been very patiently irritated for like a month now lmfao bc I've been mentally writing a script for the video I'm going to make to promote this book & author when I get an ARC but this publisher likes to disappear off Edelweiss for 6 months at a time so it hasn't been accepted yet (along with like 20 other books) and I'm just!! I could be getting you so much hype right now!!!!!

Covers That Made Want to Buy the Book | Top Ten Tuesday

Covers That Made Want to Buy the Book | Top Ten Tuesday

The topic this week is Titles or Covers That Made Want to Buy/Read the Book! I try to avoid judging books by the covers TOO much because ultimately it’s the story inside that I’m going to enjoy. However, like most book lovers sometimes the cover is just too pretty to resist. Everyone wants their bookshelves to be full of the most beautiful books, so on occasion I have added books to my TBR just…

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