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Theo@theokane· 19d

88th read: There Will Be Phlogiston (Prosperityverse #5) by Alexis Hall Hall immediately sucked me in with style & pacing. My only quibble is that it was too short & I didn't read the previous books (on me). These 3 really need each other to make a life & live it. 4/5 stars #Booksky #Romantasy

Book cover for There Will Be Phlogiston (Prosperityverse #5) by Alexis Hall

Cover is an illustration of two white men in an embrace where both of their shirts are pulled down over their shoulders. In the background is a white woman riding a steampunk zombie horse.

Theo@theokane· 20d

87th read: Smut Peddler Presents: Sex Machine, edited by Amanda Lafrenais Weaker than other volumes of this series. The only banger comic was "Love Triangulation" by Blue Delliquanti & Jon Cairns as it was inventive. I’m just not enamored by sex with humanoid AI bots. 3/5 stars #Booksky #Comics

Book cover for Smut Peddler Presents: Sex Machine, edited by Amanda Lafrenais

Cover features a giant red robot whose parts are showing. The head is a TV screen that says the book title.

Theo@theokane· 21d

86th read: Mini Minority Monsters by Tab A. Kimpton This is a very cute explainer comic book about different terms in the queer community. Probably best for tweens and up. The fantasy elements were fun and gave a lightheartedness to learning. 4/5 stars #Booksky #LGBTQBooks

Book cover for Mini Minority Monsters by Tab A. Kimpton

Features an illustration of a bright and cheery fantasy land. There is an all-pink cottage labeled "Ace Cakes" with a pink path going to it. Walking on that path is a purple unicorn with a top hat, tail bow, hoof tux covers, and a mustache that is smoking a pipe that has bubbles coming out of it.

There is a red dragon holding up a sign with the book title. A red castle is in the background of a forest. In the sky, there is a moon rising with two griffins in love. There is a rainbow waterfall going into a river and two demon/fae humanoids having a picnic on a blanket nearby.

Theo@theokane· 25d

85th read: To Kidnap A Princess (Dangerous Tides #4) by Katee Robert Unfortunately, Juliette & Maura were too similar. It wasn’t until the hunter came for revenge (too late) that it heated up. Maura talked a big game, but we didn’t see any pirate moves until the end. 2/5 stars #Romantasy #Booksky

Book cover for To Kidnap A Princess (Dangerous Tides #4) by Katee Robert

Features a woman underwater emerging from a mirror and manipulating the water with her hand.

Theo@theokane· 25d

84th read: The Witch King (Witch King #1) by H.E. Edgmon This book was a romp, but it relied on Wyatt being very sheltered & not asking too many questions. His tight POV leaves major questions about the world & other characters' motivations. I hope book two deepens. 4/5 stars #Booksky #Fantasy

Book cover for The Witch King (Witch King #1) by H.E. Edgmon

Features Wyatt stepping toward the reader, a white teenage boy in a black hood, jeans, and gray boots. On his left is a Native American teenage girl. She is curvy, with long black hair tipped green, and she wears a blue dress. On his right is a black teenage demon boy with curly ram's horns and bat-like wings, wearing a white crop top, many necklaces, and purple shorts with a green design.

Theo@theokane· 26d

83rd read: Paper Planes by Jennie Wood, Dozerdraws, & Micah Myers Loved this. Dylan & Leighton as queer teens navigating complex social dynamics really worked. The art was fantastic. An excellent, tightly executed book with rich nuance that deepens your empathy. 5/5 stars #Booksky #Comics

Book cover for Paper Planes by Jennie Wood, Dozerdraws, and Micah Myers

Features an illustration of two teens sitting back-to-back on the floor, knees up. On the left is Dylan, a white nonbinary teen, wearing a purple T-shirt and tan pants with black and white canvas sneakers. Next to Dylan is a gray cat. On the right is Leighton, a teen girl with tan skin, wearing a white crop top and black athletic shorts with white sneakers. In front of her is a tennis trophy. There are tons of paper airplanes on the floor.

Theo@theokane· 27d

82nd read: The (Most Unusual) Haunting of Edgar Lovejoy by Roan Parrish I wanted to love this book. But it overflowed with little depth or focus. Edgar has severe mental health issues. This is the 5th Parrish book I’ve read where mental health's solved by love. 🙁 3/5 stars #Booksky #Romancelandia

Book cover for The (Most Unusual) Haunting of Edgar Lovejoy by Roan Parrish

The cover is an illustration of a blue Victorian-style home surrounded by a gold fence. There is a ghost rising from the house, a pride flag on the house's side, cobwebs covering the porch, and a skull sitting by the front door. Framing the book's sides are swampy trees that look haunted. Outside of the gate sits a skull and crossbones.

Theo@theokane· 27d

81st read: Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt As disgusting as advertised. Sometimes, the shock overwhelmed the emotional beat. But maybe Rumfitt was right to extrapolate the horror into something wilder as we're so num to CSA & transphobic violence. When's enough for change? 4/5 stars #Booksky #Horror

Book cover for Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt

Cover is an illustration of a white woman's head. She's buried in a pile of pink worms, and some are crawling into her open mouth.

Theo@theokane· 27d

80th read of 2026: Feast (Polyamory Comics Anthology #1), edited by Tab A. Kimpton and Sfé R. Monster This takes the opportunity of all-ages comics to explore polyamorous relationship. We have heartbreak, relationship changes, etc., overlaid on fantastical worlds. 4/5 stars #Booksky #Comics

Book cover for Feast (Polyamory Comics Anthology #1), edited by Tab A. Kimpton and Sfé R. Monster

Features a group of three human-like beings clearly in a relationship with one another. One appears to be human, another a demon with red skin and horns, and a third an elf with pinkish purple skin. They hold hands and share food at a round wooden table in some sort of great hall. They also carry a sword, shield, and arrows.

Theo@theokane· Jul 11

79th read: Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo This book kept slightly missing for me. The setup took longer than expected before the critique. At one point, I said, "Andrew just needs to suck a dick & get over it," & sure enough, it got more interesting after that happened. 3/5 stars #Booksky #Horror

Cover for Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo

Features a photorealistic white hand reaching toward a skeleton hand. They're connected by green vines, with some dead ones around the dead hand.

Theo@theokane· Jul 10

78th read: All of Us Murderers by KJ Charles I just gobbled this up. I love a bunch of bad rich people stuck in a bananas house & a “who done it?” Gideon & Zeb work together so well, in a way that people who’ve never had true mutual love can never understand. 5/5 stars #Booksky #Romancelandia

Book cover for All of Us Murderers by KJ Charles

Features an illustration of a kind of gothic weirdo McMansion with two white men in Edwardian-era suits running out of it and into the moors.

Theo@theokane· Jul 10

77th read: Darkhearts by James L. Sutter A gay rockstar romance between a bandmate and the one who dropped out before fame. It was cute. What I enjoyed most was the South Seattle setting! Unfortunately, the emotionality never captured me & depth was left on the table. 3/5 stars #Booksky #YABooks

Book cover for Darkhearts by James L. Sutter

Features an illustration of two Asian American teen boys who are about to kiss. One has a bird tattoo on his cheek. They're drawn in black and red, with a red heart behind them, contrasted with the cover's bright teal blank space.

Theo@theokane· Jul 10

76th read: Repression Queen: A Memoir About Gender Transformation Erotica by Harper O'Neill The erotica isn't here to titillate, but to mark O'Neill's gender journey. She expertly builds the pressure. Self-realization is the orgasm she has been edging you to all along. 4/5 stars #Booksky #Memoir

Book cover for Repression Queen: A Memoir About Gender Transformation Erotica by Harper O'Neill

Features a sketch-like drawing of a person curled up around themself with their face scratched out. Around them are little doodles like you might put on your math homework in high school. The book's title is in the trans flag colors.

Theo@theokane· Jul 9

75th read: The Marauders' Island by Tristan J. Tarwater Overall, an enjoyable, fantastical romp about a teen mage reunited with her pirate mom. She triumphs, faulters, & learns. The world-building was strong. However, the opening prose wasn’t as shining as the other 75%. 3/5 stars #Booksky #YA

Book cover for The Marauders' Island by Tristan J. Tarwater

The cover illustration is a cutout, like a mirror, featuring Azria, ready with her mage powers, standing next to her pirate mom, who looks ready to cut someone with a sword.

Theo@theokane· Jul 9

Finally was able to fully capture the beautiful ombre on the Epiphyllum bloom. #BloomScrolling #RedWed #Houseplants

Red and orange ombre blossoms next to a trans pride flag with a bedroom in the background

Theo@theokane· Jul 7

74th read: The Wonder by Emma Donoghue Why childhood religious indoctrination is bad, compounded by the societal devaluing of AFAB children. Traumatized Anna was betrayed by every adult (and institutions), so she turned to God and disordered eating for mercy. 4/5 stars #Booksky #HistoricalFiction

Book cover for The Wonder by Emma Donoghue

Cover is blue with a photograph of a young white girl who is overexposed in a way that makes her look like a holy figure or ghost.

Theo@theokane· Jul 3

73rd read: Space for More (Spire Station #2) by Emily Antoinette A fun & tightly written sci-fi romance. Edin gets in over her head with two alien love interests. Overall, enjoyable & sexy, with characters who needed a little more confidence in themselves, not just each other. 4/5 stars #Booksky

Book cover for Space for More (Spire Station #2) by Emily Antoinette

Features three people in a row next to each other, sitting or standing against a bar. L-R: a white human woman who is sitting on a stool and wearing a purple bodysuit; a pink alien woman with 4 arms in a white bodysuit and matching tall boots; and a lighter pink alien man, also with 4 arms, dressed in black pants and a black sleeveless shirt.

Theo@theokane· Jun 30

72nd read: The Wallflower Wager (Girl Meets Duke #3) by Tessa Dare Dare knows the job. I loved Penelope and her menagerie of rescued animals she cares for, loves, and takes in because others wouldn't. Gabriel chooses her. Love Penelope; love her animals. 4/5 stars #Booksky #Romancelandia

Book cover for The Wallflower Wager (Girl Meets Duke #3) by Tessa Dare

The cover is a photo of a white man lying on top of a white woman on a bed, like they're going to kiss. He's shirtless with black pants. She's wearing a pink dress and has long blonde hair.

Theo@theokane· Jun 26

71st read of 2026: The Order: Inside America's Racist Underground by Kevin Flynn & Gary Gerhardt I’ve found myself facing transphobia & seeing violence by Order member Merki's son, which led me to this. While The Order's violence was scary, these assholes were absolute clowns. 3/5 stars #Booksky

Book cover for The Order: Inside America's Racist Underground by Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt

Features a red toned photo of The Order's leader with a bunch of followers and some flags in the background.

Theo@theokane· Jun 19

70th read of 2026: The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice A reread of a formative middle school read from 30 yrs ago. Rice influenced the queer trans masc person I am today. Despite the years, it rushed back. By the end, I was locked in & considered QotD sitting on a shelf. #Booksky #VampireLestat #IWTV

Book cover for The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice

The title is in block-y goth style letters with some dripping blood on the E in Lestat.

Theo@theokane· Jun 18

69th read: Entranced by the Basilisks (Monstrous Matches #3) by Lillian Lark Lark perfectly balanced this triad's different vectors. This is a fated mate romance among all three, with a second chance and a boss/employee trope. The plot stalled in the middle. 3/5 stars #Booksky #MonsterRomance

Book cover for Entranced by the Basilisks (Monstrous Matches #3) by Lillian Lark

Lark paints her own covers! This one features a Middle Eastern man wearing a white shirt who is a red snake from the waist down and also his arms. He's wrapped around two people. There is a Latina with long black hair in his arms, with closed eyes and a pleasure-filled look on her face. The snake man's hand is on her throat and her back leans against him. She's in a heart-shaped top black dress. A white man with brown hair leans his face against her stomach and has his hand on her hip. Her hand is on his.

Theo@theokane· Jun 16

68th read: Post-Traumatic by Chantal V. Johnson This book is supposed to be darkly humorous. Some of it was funny. But not enough for me. An ED as a personality was a little much. Maybe I already know that “success” is often a façade. 3/5 stars #Booksky

Book cover for Post-Traumatic by Chantal V. Johnson

Features black and white photo of a woman leaning over a small ledge (maybe a bathtub or a railing). She smokes a joint and has a white towel wrapped around her hair.

Theo@theokane· Jun 15

67th read: How Simi Got Her Groom Back by Sonali Dev The sister relationship is the heart. Rupi gets fake-engaged to Simi’s fiancé, Prem, as family expectations & immigration trauma. The greatest magic trick Dev pulls is keeping Prem’s family full of good people as they deepen. 4/5 stars #Booksky

Book cover for How Simi Got Her Groom Back by Sonali Dev

Cover is illustrated and features a red convertible driving away from the reader. Prem drives the car and the 2 sisters are in the back.

Theo@theokane· Jun 13

66th read: The Boyfriend Project (The Boyfriend Project #1) by Farrah Rochon Daniel ruined the ending & brought an otherwise 4-star book down. He betrayed Samiah; because of the Justice System & him as a “good guy,” he's forgiven & it betrays the romance format. 3/5 stars #Booksky #Romancelandia

Book cover for The Boyfriend Project (The Boyfriend Project #1) by Farrah Rochon

The illustrated cover features a Black man and woman standing side by side, with her back to his side. He's wearing a white dress shirt and gray pants. She's in a red blouse with a pinky Peter Pan collar and a rolled-up sleeve underside, and her high heels match the collar. Her knee-length skirt is navy with a gold belt.

Theo@theokane· Jun 8

65th read: They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, & Harmony Becker Covers the horrors of Takei’s childhood in a US Japanese internment camp during WWII. He weaves together his memories, his parents’, & history. The art's deceptively simple. 5/5 stars #Booksky #Memoir

Book cover for They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker

Cover features an illustration of a young George Takei standing in a long line of Japanese people heading into an internment camp with a white US soldier with a gun ready to stop anyone trying to resist.

Theo@theokane· Jun 5

64th read: Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz Newitz plays with different metaphors for the robots (immigrants, minorities without full rights, GNC people), & some work better than others. What hooked me was the relationships among the robots & their self-definition. 5/5 stars #Booksky #SciFi

Book cover for Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

Cover is an illustration of a robot hand digging into biang biang noodles with chopsticks. They're in a bowl that has the Golden Gate Bridge on it. Three other robots are miniaturized and sitting around.

Theo@theokane· Jun 5

63rd read: She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran When Jade bargains with her estranged father to live with him for 6 weeks, she finds herself not only confronting all her childhood trauma, but also generational trauma in a haunted colonial house in Vietnam. 4/5 stars #Booksky #YABooks #Horror

Book cover for She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran

Cover features a young Vietnamese women with long dark hair and band. There are flower bugs coming out of her mouth and she is crying. She wears a white shirt with a stand collar that has embroidery on the collar.

Theo@theokane· Jun 5

62nd read: Cautionary Fables and Fairytales #2: Tamamo the Fox Maiden and Other Asian Stories, edited by Kel McDonald Overall, a nicely edited and selected set of stories that represent a wide swath of Asian folklore and cultures. It ended on the perfect note. 4/5 stars #Booksky #Folklore

Book cover for Cautionary Fables and Fairytales #2: Tamamo the Fox Maiden and Other Asian Stories, edited by Kel McDonald

Features illustrations of a woman in kabuki makeup taking off a fox mask, a monkey sitting cross-legged and meditating, and a bird carrying a package. A snake also climbs over them all.

Theo@theokane· Jun 4

61st read: Poison Ivy, Vol. 3: Mourning Sickness by G. Willow Wilson, Marcio Takara, Luana Vecchio, etc. Full of body horror, as zombies come to Gotham for Ivy. The combination of the end cliffhanger and Batman’s lecture gives this book a little bit of a hopeless tone. 4/5 stars #Booksky #Comics

Book cover for Poison Ivy, Vol. 3: Mourning Sickness (Poison Ivy (2022) #13-18) by G. Willow Wilson, Marcio Takara, Arif Prianto, Guillem March, Kelley Jones, A.L. Kaplan, José Villarrubia, Luana Vecchio, and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

Cover features an illustration of Poison Ivy wearing a bra top. She is very pregnant with wooden/green hands going toward her stomach. You cannot see her face.

Theo@theokane· May 30

60th read of 2026: Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo A beautiful coming of age story about Lily, a Chinese American teen in 1950s SF who discovers she’s a lesbian. Lily moves through complex issues intersecting her life to gain a greater sense of self. 5/5 stars #Booksky #YABooks