cw 🌷 (not really here)さんのイラストまとめ

friends who love Ghibli, whimsy, slice-of-life fantasy and water dragons and witches: LISTEN UP 👀

i think you'll love TIDESONG by Wendy Xu!!
about a young witch who stays with her grand-aunt to learn magic... but accidentally intertwines her magic with a water dragon. 🌊✨

okay this made my day 🥺 but SERIOUSLY!!

READ THE EPIC CRUSH OF GENIE LO by F.C. Yee!! 🍑🐒☁️ one of my fave series of all time! https://t.co/2UMvH1KIEl

pondathon fact #3:
yes, you will be able to customise characters again!

but rather than wielding swords, shields, and magical staffs, we'll all be wielding spades, shovels, and watering cans. 🥰

here's last year's premade characters. i'll be adding more accessories and animals!

I read LAST GAMER STANDING by Katie Zhao and - YAY! a book about gaming that *gets* gaming! 🎮✨

- about a Chinese-American 12 y/o girl who completes in an amateur tournament... using a male avatar
- explores sexism in gaming
- so much fun! A+ action! Chinese mythology refs! 🥰

FOOLS IN LOVE edited by Ashley Herring Blake and Rebecca Podos
- short story anthology about romance tropes 👀✨
- super queer and diverse, with a range of genres!!
- i'm halfway but i'm loving all the stories so far!
https://t.co/eIUZttZSTQ

i'm back home from my holiday (🥺😭) but i read so many good books!!

🏀 here to stay by sara farizan
🌊 flowers for the sea by zin e. rocklyn
🌷 dawn by octavia butler
💕 fools in love anthology edited by ashley herring clarke & rebecca podos

A CLASH OF STEEL by C.B. Lee is an Asian and sapphic retelling of Treasure Island that will sweep you off your feet with its swashbuckling adventure, found family, the legacy of piracy, and finding yourself at sea. 🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈

Read my spoiler-free review here: https://t.co/EToWlb4afA

JOSEPHINE AGAINST THE SEA by Shakirah Bourne is a fun MG adventure, about a Barbadian girl who suspects her beloved father's new girlfriend might be a sea creature from Carribean mythology. 😨🌴

I share 5 reasons why you should read this delightful book: https://t.co/rnOM7FOMQZ

friends, ELATSOE by Darcie Little Badger is utterly captivating and i'm in love. 🥺

- about ace Lipan Apache teen, Elatsoe or Ellie
- warm but spooky mystery/horror!
- in a world where supernatural and mythical beings are known to humans
- a love letter to storytelling ✨

i'm reading LOVE & OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS by Misa Suguira and i'm loving the ✨awkward disaster queer✨ vibes.

+ @katharrine's spectacular narration made me burst out laughing while walking in a crowded street so congrats to me i too am now an awkward disaster queer 😌