Christina Orlando

@cxorlando

reactor mag's resident book nerd. they/them 🇵🇷🏳️‍🌈 nyc

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Christina Orlando@cxorlando· 12d

come hang out with meeeee @laworldcon.bsky.social

this is my worldcon 2026 schedule! I'm playing D&D on Friday night and taking about dark academia on Sunday because of course I am

Christina Orlando@cxorlando· 17d

Dreamweaving by O.O. Sangoyomi (10.15, Page Street YA) Forged in FIYAH ed. Davaun Sanders (9.29, Tordotcom) A Dangerous Bargain by Erin Cotter (9.22, S&S BYR) The Heart Trials by J. Elle (9.01, Putnam BYR)

Christina Orlando@cxorlando· 17d

A Curse Carved in Ink by Tzeyi Koay (1.26.2027, Atria) Cursed by the Dawn by Logan Karlie (8.04, Christy Ottaviano Books) Harbinger by Geneva Lee (9.22, Entangled) Massif by Garth Nix (9.08, Harper Voyager)

Christina Orlando@cxorlando· 17d

inbox!! Mortal Things by Marie Lu (10.27, FSG BYR) As We Fall Through Time by Claire North (10.13, Orbit) Quaint Folk by Bitter Karella (10.06, Run For It) The Shadows That Listen by Louisa Carmody (8.18, Orbit)

The Shadows That Listen by Louisa Carmody

Christina Orlando@cxorlando· 24d

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness YEAH I SAID IT. SUE ME.

stiles & derek from teen wolf WHATEVER I'LL LOVE THEM FOREVER

Christina Orlando@cxorlando· 25d

Unfortunately it is gonna take me forever to read this because the characters are so distinct I am reading it out loud to myself and doing all the voices

Christina Orlando@cxorlando· Jul 7

tfw you're taking your whole room apart in search of a title and then only later realize you can look it up in your spreadsheet

Christina Orlando@cxorlando· Jun 27

LETS FKN GOOOOOOOO

Christina Orlando@cxorlando· Jun 14

i'm really proud of how this makeup look came out for brooklyn pride today and i just need everyone to see it okay thank you 💜💙💖

glitter tears ft half magic face gems and r.e.m. beauty's starlet lustrous liquid eyeshadow in labcoat

Christina Orlando@cxorlando· Jun 5

i am the #1 book influencer among boys i used to date who don't text me about anything else anymore

a text exchange
me: you know what fucking slaps though?
him: ok perfect that'll be my inflight reading on the way back from london

a text exchange
him: i've got bookstore money burning a hole in my pocket and would love your wisdom if you care to share
me: okay two questions, 1) what sort of thing are you in the mood for
(the second question is cut off cuz i was a bit mean to him, but in fairness he broke my heart in a big way so who cares)

Christina Orlando@cxorlando· Jun 2

The Shadows of Tomorrow by Noëlle Michel (8.04, S&S) Lethal Kiss, Taylor Grothe (10.20, Nightfire)

Christina Orlando@cxorlando· Jun 2

The Passing of the Dragon by Ken Liu (9.08, Saga) All the Beastly Things by Eilish Quin (11.17, Atria) Where You'll Find Us by Jen St. Jude (6.02, Bloomsbury YA) Written in Starlight by Sloane Brooks (10.13, Atria)

Where You'll Find Us by Jen St. Jude (6.02, Bloomsbury YA)

Written in Starlight by Sloane Brooks (10.13, Atria)

Christina Orlando@cxorlando· Jun 2

As You Wake, Break the Shell by Becky Chambers (10.13, Harper Voyager) Ode to the Half-Broken by Suzanne Palmer (Out now, DAW) Public Access Afterworld by Jane Schoenbrun (10.27, Hogarth) Blacktail by Scott Hawkins (9.01, Crown)

Public Access Afterworld by Jane Schoenbrun (10.27, Hogarth)

Blacktail by Scott Hawkins (9.01, Crown)

Christina Orlando@cxorlando· Jun 2

letter of recommendation: two slices of cake and a new @gamechanger.dropout.tv episode

the new episode of gamechanger which is rulette 2, and cake from little cupcake bakeshop in brooklyn, which i am having in bed because fuck you

Christina Orlando@cxorlando· May 30

rarely post about my other hobby on here but since i'm mostly covered, i got to do some spinnies cosplaying as ilya rozanov today

Christina Orlando@cxorlando· May 29

do yall think i can do this all this weekend

a stack of books, pages out cuz i'm being sneaky about what im reading. there are 30ish in this picture and a bazillion more on my ereader that i have to get through. i chose this life.

Christina Orlando@cxorlando· May 27

Occasionally I have a thought like, "one day I'll get to all these!" - this is just 6 piles that were on my floor. Like that's not even the half of it.

This is just stacks and stacks of fantasy and sci-fi (mostly) books that were on my floor and are now on my bed because that's the only place I have to spread them out and organize them. In the photo they're neat with spines/titles facing out but immediately after it became a mess. Send help???

Christina Orlando@cxorlando· May 23

Christina Orlando@cxorlando· May 22

New Orleans book haul! Didn't have room to take home many but the second hand shops in the quarter are treasure troves for mass market paperbacks! So many beauties to behold.

Gorgeous second hand copies of The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin (mmpb), Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler (hardcover), Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence (paperback) and a new copy of The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by Anne Rice

Christina Orlando@cxorlando· May 21

the man has TASTE

hudson williams posted this on ig stories - it's a picture of kaveh akbar's MARTYR! with the caption"Dazzzzzling 👏 Kaveh is a genius. for anyone who's (sic) felt like a dilletante artist or for biracial people who feel disconnected from their culture(s). Also for agnostic theists." and he is correct.

Christina Orlando@cxorlando· May 11

is it. or have i been given too much power.

Christina Orlando@cxorlando· May 11

okay i havent yet figured out a good way to share the WHOLE thing publicly but this is just this week's releases

Christina Orlando@cxorlando· May 10

The Unhaunting by Micaiah Johnson (9.29, Putnam) Milkteeth by Caitlin Starling (10.20, St Martins) The Ballad of Falling Dragons by Sarah A. Parker (5.19, Avon)

The Ballad of Falling Dragons by Sarah A. Parker (5.19, Avon)

Christina Orlando@cxorlando· May 10

Exit Party by Emily St John Mandel (9.15, Knopf) Bromantasy by Máire Roche (5/26, Putnam) No One Leaves the Manor by Kelly McWilliams (7.14, Little Brown) Firstborn by M.J. Hastings (9.1, Stonefruit/Sourcebooks)

No One Leaves the Manor by Kelly McWilliams (7.14, Little Brown)

Firstborn by M.J. Hastings (9.1, Stonefruit/Sourcebooks)

Christina Orlando@cxorlando· May 7

has anyone ever looked sexier in a film

Christina Orlando@cxorlando· Apr 30

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! *deep breath* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

this is a photo of a subway ad for AI that says YOUR NEXT EMPLOYEE ISNT HUMAN - it shows an identification card for a fake woman who is - you guessed it - white and thin and hot.

Christina Orlando@cxorlando· Apr 26

NYC book friends! Just a friendly reminder that on 5/2 I'm gonna be talking about my favorite subgenre, DARK ACADEMIA, with some literary icons — Naomi Novik (Scholomance series), Mónica Ojeda (Jawbone), and Elizabeth Thomas (Catherine House) Get your ticket at: worldvoices.pen.org/event/in-the...

Join us on 5/2 for In the Shadow of Ivory Towers. In Naomi Novik’s #Scholomance series, magically gifted students fight not to become prey to the monsters that lurk in the school’s shadows. In Mónica Ojeda’s #Jawbone (tr. Sarah Booker), it is the students themselves who are the monsters, and a school for the daughters of Ecuador’s elite becomes a breeding ground for cultish violence. And in Elisabeth Thomas’s #CatherineHouse, it just might be the prestigious institution itself that poses the biggest threat.

Join these authors in conversation with writer and editor Christina Orlando as they unpack what drew them, and what draws us, again and again, to the evergreen genre of dark academia.

Get your ticket at: https://worldvoices.pen.org/event/in-the-shadow-of-ivory-towers-the-enduring-appeal-of-dark-academia/

Christina Orlando@cxorlando· Apr 20

3/3 Reap & Sow by Charlotte B. Plumb (10.06, Berkley XO) She Haunts Me Still by De Elizabeth (08.11, Dutton) Fury Bound by Sable Sorensen (05.05, Requited)

Fury Bound by Sable Sorensen (05.05, Requited)

Christina Orlando@cxorlando· Apr 20

2/3 Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep by Paul Tremblay (06.30, William Morrow) The Unheld by Luke Larkin (08.25, Hyperion Ave) I Hope This Email Finds You in Hell by Mackenzie Reed (09.01, Berkley) The Gods Will Sing Our Song by Autumn Krause (09.01, Delacorte)

I Hope This Email Finds You in Hell by Mackenzie Reed (09.01, Berkley)

The Gods Will Sing Our Song by Autumn Krause (09.01, Delacorte)

Christina Orlando@cxorlando· Apr 20

book inbox! (1/3) The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones by Lex Croucher (06.02, Harper Voyager) Rottenheart by Kat Dunn (10.13, Zando) Habits of the Sea by Shea Ernshaw (07.07, Atria) Needlemouth by K-Ming Chang (10.20, S&S)