## she's a 10, but ...

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### your friend really, really needs to read these books …

drop your messiest book rec down below. 👀 she’s a 10, but she likes reading about …  
📚 books mentioned:  
- Our Sister’s Keeper by Jasmine Holmes  
- Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado  
- Delicate Condition by Danielle Valentine  
- Girls Who Play Dead by Joelle Wellington  
- Canon by Paige Lewis  
- You Should Have Been Nicer to My Mom by Vincent Tirado  
- Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz  
- The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar  
- Open Throat by Henry Hoke  
- Singer Distance by Ethan Chatagnier  
- Until the Clock Strikes Midnight by Alechia Dow  
- Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson  
- Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino  
- The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter  
- Fury by Shirley Marr

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- shirt is from Hill House Home  
- eyeshadow is The Lord of the Rings Middle Earth Palette from Glamlite and In A Trance from Colourpop  
- eyeliner is Vegan Longwear Eyeliner (Ocean) from Pacifica  Beauty  
- shimmer is a single (Enchanted) from Adriana Nichole Cosmetics  
- mascara is Clean Volume from Merit  
- lip combo is Suede Matte Lip Liner (Moonwalk) from NYX Cosmetics and Wonder Blading Top Gloss (Holographic) from Wonderskin

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### here are some mind reader queer book recs for pride!

📚 books mentioned:  
- Pet by Akwaeke Emezi  
- Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White  
- Fawn’s Blood by Hal Schrieve  
- The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson  
- Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir  
- Station Six by S.J. Klapecki  
- An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon  
- The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez  
- Somadina by Akwaeke Emezi  
- Dauntless by Elisa A. Bonnin  
- On Sundays She Picked Flowers by Yah-Yah Scholfield  
- This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone  
- In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado  
- The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez  
- Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino  
- Blood Orange by Yaffa As  
- Bless the Blood: A Cancer Memoir by Walela Nehanda  
- Death’s Country by R.M. Romero  
- Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart: And Other Stories by GennaRose Nethercott  
- Transmogrify!: 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic: An LGBTQ+ Young Adult Fantasy Anthology of Unforgettable Adventures edited by g. haron davis  
- Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction edited by Joshua Whitehead

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### let's talk about folk horror (round two)!

superstitions, isolation, rituals, folkloric creatures and myths and legends … i love it all.

📚 books mentioned:  
- The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw  
- Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark  
- Salt Bones by Jennifer Givhan

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### ready to make a SPLASH into some sinister mermaid stories?

📚 books mentioned:  
- Chlorine by Jade Song  
- Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant  
- The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

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- Book covers from Celestial

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