Happy Appreciate a Dragon Day to all who celebrate! And if you love dragon books, you really should be celebrating. If you're familiar with my books, you probably know that I love dragons and dragon books, both writing and reading them. I've always loved fantasy and romance and dragons—I still have the copy of Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C Wrede I bought at the Scholastic Book Fair in elementary school, so you know this goes back a while—and I'm always watching for more dragon books and adding them to by massive TBR. I think To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose is up next for me, but we'll see (I'm such a mood reader!). I thought I would share some book recs today. These are generally all romances, some with dragon shifters as the love interest and some just with dragons in the story.
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I'm sneaking in time between baking batches of cookies to write a quick holiday romance rec post, as has become my tradition. Last year, I did several posts broken up by sub-genre, this year, I just did not have the time. So, just one list time, filled with some favorites that I'm sure I've recommended before and others I might not have. I hope you find something to curl up with.
 Happy Thanksgiving (a little early) to everyone celebrating! I've done recommendations of Thanksgiving romances in the past and I don't think I've read any new ones since my last rec post, but I still thought I would share some in case you're looking for a seasonally appropriate book to escape into for the long weekend and you didn't catch my posts in past years. And if you need something on the cozier side (which some of these are but not all) because of the holidays or *waves hands around at the world* all this, check out the cozy books recs I shared a couple of weeks ago. Today's list includes a variety of lengths and sub-genres and pairings, so I hope you can find something you enjoy. When I started thinking about this post, I wanted to write something about comfort reads, maybe list a few of my own. Post-election here in the US, I (and so many people I know) are scared and horrified about what's happening and about to happen, and I think a lot of us are turning to books for comfort, as readers so often do. But comfort reading is an extremely subjective thing. It can be old favorites or angst-free fluff or horror or escapes into other worlds or anything that gives comfort to that particular person. I'll probably still write about my comfort reads at some point, but for now, I thought I would recommend some cozy books. Stories that wrap you up in a soft blanket and hand you a mug of your favorite beverage. That immerse you in warmth and hope and found family vibes. Or just cozy vibes, like a soft warm sweater! As always, I had a difficult time narrowing it down to a few books to list here—and while doing it, I found a bunch on my mountainous TBR that I think it's time I move up to the top of the list.  Happy Halloween, my darlings! If you don't know me well yet, I'm going to be completely upfront and tell you that I don't like super scary stuff. I don't spend this time of year (or any time of year) watching horror movies (I'm much more likely to watch Hocus Pocus or Practical Magic). But, I do love books that immerse me in autumn atmosphere and the paranormal and sometimes are a bit spooky too. Here are a few favorites:  A Little Familiar by R Cooper (M/M cozy witch romance) A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (M/F paranormal romance) Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (YA Trans M/cis M paranormal romance) Hainted by Jordan L Hawk (M/M paranormal romance) Darke Passion by Rosanna Leo (M/F paranormal romance) Vespers by Irene Preston and Liv Rancourt (M/M vampire romance) Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper (F/F witch romance) Once Upon a Haunted Moor by Harper Fox (M/M paranormal romance) The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling (M/F witch romance) What are some of your favorite books for spooky season?
Happy Ace Week! I'm sharing some ace spec book recs to mark the occasion, and as usual, it was really difficult to narrow down the list. I've tried to recommend books I haven't before, but I might have repeated a favorite anyway. If you'd like to know about my books with ace spec characters, you can find more about them in this post.  Breeze Spells and Bridegrooms by Sarah Wallace and SO Callahan (M/M historical fantasy romance) Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson (Fantasy) A Gentleman's Position by KJ Charles (M/M historical romance) Not Dead Yet series by Jenn Burke (M/M paranormal romance) Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger (YA fantasy/paranormal) Protector of the Small series by Tamora Pierce (YA fantasy) Do you have any favorite ace spec books? I've chosen a few books to rec (though narrowing down the list is always difficult!), and as a bonus, I'm sharing a few books from by ridiculously long TBR...  Spellbound by Allie Therin (MM historical fantasy romance) What the Hex by Alexis Daria (MF paranormal romance) The Sunbearer Duology by Aiden Thomas (YA fantasy) Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova (YA fantasy) Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anna-Marie McLemore (Trans MM YA historical romance) Mangos & Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera (FF contemporary romance) Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Historical fantasy) Give a Witch a Chance by Colette Rivera (Bisexual MF paranormal romance) Witch of Wild Things by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland (MF fantasy romance) What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez (MF historical fantasy romance) Bindle Punk Bruja by Desideria Mesa (Historical fantasy)  Happy Bi Visibility Day! I'm marking the day by doing what readers love to do—share book recs. These are just a few books I've enjoyed that have bisexual main characters. Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper (FF paranormal romance) The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite (FF historical romance) A Duke in Disguise by Cat Sebastian (MF historical romance) Widdershins by Jordan L Hawk (MM historical paranormal romance) A Prince on Paper by Alyssa Cole (MF contemporary romance) Hold Me by Courtney Milan (MF contemporary romance) Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore (Fantasy) Ash by Malinda Lo (Fantasy) And some of my books also have bi main characters: The Artist's Masquerade (Cathal) The Sorcerer's Guardian (Loriot and Savarin) The Dragon's Devotion (Bastian and Corentin) The Merchant's Love (Maxen) The Spymaster's Secret (Marcus) The Envoy's Honor (Griffen and Kirill) A Dance of Water and Air (Arden) A Harmony of Fire and Earth (Rhys and Arden) To Love the Dragon King (Lysander) What are some of your favorite books with bi main characters? Last year, I did a few book rec posts, separating favorite books by genre, during Pride Month—because there are so many fantastic books and I want to tell you about all of them! I had planned to do the same this year, but everything has gotten away from me and I just wasn't able to manage it. However, I still wanted to do a book rec post this year even though I can't manage as much as I did last year. As always, I had a terrible time narrowing this down (and I will absolutely think of more I should've added as soon as I hit post), which probably means I have to do some more book rec posts soon! For now, here's a list of some queer books I've enjoyed:
This year's Trans Rights Readathon runs this week (from March 22nd to 29th). It's a decentralized fundraiser in which the book community is asked to read/review/support books by and/or about trans and nonbinary people and donate to organizations supporting trans people. You can learn more about it here. I'm going to try to read some books that fit the criteria this week, if my brain cooperates. And I thought I'd give you a few recommendations if you're planning to participate too. (And, yes, I do have a couple of books with trans characters, but I am not trans/nonbinary, so I'm not listing those here.) There are a bunch of fantastic books I could have listed (and a bunch more on my own TBR), so it was tough but I picked out a handful to share:
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