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Hook-up to Holidate by Rose Santoriello
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
"Her body is so warm and safe, I want to burrow away and live in it forever. My sister Iris, when we were teenagers, wrote this fanfiction about two characters who developed a mating bond. It was a predestined thread-of-fate type of thing, where their magical connection clicked in their brain. I always thought it was ridiculous and teased her way too much for it, but I get it."
This queer monster holiday romance was gut-punchingly sweet, adorably cheesy and more than a little steamy!
Hook-up To Holidate is pure ✨️V I B E S✨️
Dick sandwiches, Christmas carolers, Muscle Mommy's, familiars, diverse characters, magic, a snow globe theme park, Gratefulness Dinners (because fuck colonizer holidays!) and holidating.
I bloody adored it!
Indie & Vega 4EVER!
"I think the problem I have with people like Mrs. Watson is that Indigo and Iris don’t need to find love. I want them to, especially Indigo, if that’s what they want, but it’s not required. You can live a full life without romance. Without sex. Everyone’s needs and desires are different, and it’s weird of her to push her personal expectations onto her daughters."
CW: Anxiety, complicated parental issues, trauma, dating your boss.
This queer monster holiday romance was gut-punchingly sweet, adorably cheesy and more than a little steamy!
Hook-up To Holidate is pure ✨️V I B E S✨️
Dick sandwiches, Christmas carolers, Muscle Mommy's, familiars, diverse characters, magic, a snow globe theme park, Gratefulness Dinners (because fuck colonizer holidays!) and holidating.
I bloody adored it!
Indie & Vega 4EVER!
"I think the problem I have with people like Mrs. Watson is that Indigo and Iris don’t need to find love. I want them to, especially Indigo, if that’s what they want, but it’s not required. You can live a full life without romance. Without sex. Everyone’s needs and desires are different, and it’s weird of her to push her personal expectations onto her daughters."
CW: Anxiety, complicated parental issues, trauma, dating your boss.
The 12 Screams of Christmas by R.L. Stine
adventurous
dark
mysterious
relaxing
4.0
"I can see ghosts."
Compulsively readable! It's the perfect time of year for this cozy, dripped-in-nostalgia Christmas Stine!
Everything Is Temporary by Jon Cohn
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
3.0
"You see, everything is temporary. I try to help people celebrate the time they have, rather than feel sorrow over what they’re missing.”
Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza by Mosab Abu Toha
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
"A book that doesn’t mention my language or my country, and has maps of every place except for my birthplace, as if I were an illegitimate child on Mother Earth.
Borders are those invented lines drawn with ash on maps and sewn into the ground by bullets."
Brutal. Haunting. Tragic. A lived experience of profound loss in Gaza.
Mosab Abu Toha is the founder of the Edward Said Public Library, Gaza's first English library. He was recently captured and beaten by IDF. Thankfully, he was released. Now, along with his young family, he has had to leave his home in Gaza because of the genocide taking place and is currently attempting to get to the US (his youngest son is a US citizen).
Borders are those invented lines drawn with ash on maps and sewn into the ground by bullets."
Brutal. Haunting. Tragic. A lived experience of profound loss in Gaza.
Mosab Abu Toha is the founder of the Edward Said Public Library, Gaza's first English library. He was recently captured and beaten by IDF. Thankfully, he was released. Now, along with his young family, he has had to leave his home in Gaza because of the genocide taking place and is currently attempting to get to the US (his youngest son is a US citizen).
Lucky Girl: How I Became A Horror Writer: A Krampus Story by M. Rickert
2.5
"We weren't really friends, just people who had formed a union out of loneliness."