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“that’s it, isn’t it? when you stop, everything continues like you never existed.” —little victories, page 83

thank you all for the sweet messages and checking in on me! life has been kicking my ass but I’m feeling great and better every day.

haven’t been reading much to prioritize my mental and physical health, but we’re so back 🫶🏼

will have an update on my book, life, and all that shit on YT later this week by @dylanpours

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2 months ago

since yall keep saying you don’t recognize me on ur feed anymore, I figured it’s time for a reintroduction lol

subscribe on yt @dylanjosephreads!

#bookstagram #queer #books taken in Portland, Oregon by @dylanpours

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5 months ago

🍊🪰 this one’s for lovers of messy, complicated queer stories

@joshsilverauthor ate dooooown with FRUIT FLY and I can’t wait to read his other books

arc received via @netgalley and read on my @kobobooks!

#queer #book #review booktok, books, book review, literary fiction, suspense, thriller, rf kuang, yellowface by @dylanpours

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5 months ago

really excited about my may hopefuls 🫶🏼

Will i get to all of these? idk, but that’s why they’re hopefuls lmao

#tbr #books #queer tbr queer books literary fiction book recs book list taken in Portland, Oregon by @dylanpours

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6 months ago

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6 months ago

sad gay coming-of-age is my specialty at this point

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The Heart’s Invisible Furies - John Boyne
Tramps Like Us - Joe Westermoreland @mcdbooks
In The Middle of a Better World - @grantcpoetry
All Down Darkness Wide - @seanehewitt @penguinpress
Swimming in the Dark - Tomasz Jedrowski @williammorrowbooks
The End of Eddy - @elouis7580 @picador @picadorbooks
Maurice - EM Forster @faberbooks @faberbooks.us
Young Mungo - @douglas_stuart @groveatlantic
Boy Erased - Garrard Conley @riverheadbooks

#booktok #books #queer taken in Portland, Oregon by @dylanpours

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6 months ago

“you only read books about gays being sad”

… yeah pretty much!

saw @wlmbooks post for this trend and naturally I had to copy him 😌

🏷️ I hate your taste in books, books, literary fiction, queer, bookstagram, taken in Portland, Oregon by @dylanpours

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3 months ago

found a new favorite bookstore @selectedstoriesbooks

#bookstagram #books #bookhaul taken in Portland, Oregon by @dylanpours

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6 months ago

2026 releases I’m most excited for (part one) 📚

made a list on @fable I’ll continually update so you can add them to your tbr!!

I cannot WAIT to get my greedy lil hands on all of these books omggggg

🦦 books mentioned
the disappointment - @scottjbroker @catapult
contrapposto - Dave eggers @aaknopf
Whidbey - t Kira madden @marinerbooks
dad had a bad day - ashton politanoff @astrahousebooks
yesteryear - caro claire Burke @aaknopf
Lucien - jr Thornton @harperperennial
Hexes of the deadwood forest - agnieszka szpila @pantheonbooks
Body double - Hanna Johansson @catapult
All them dogs - djamel white @riverheadbooks
The open era - @edwardschmit @berkleypub
We want so much to be ourselves - Stephen o’Connor @bellevueliterarypress
Hovel - Alisa Ross @strangelightbooks
She made herself a monster - anna kovatcheva @marinerbooks
American fantasy - Emma straub @riverheadbooks
Vilhelms Room - tove ditlevsen @macmillanusa
Close relationships with strangers - Krista diamond @simonandschuster

#books #reading #tbr tbr, book recs, lit fic taken in Portland, Oregon by @dylanpours

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7 months ago

big big thank you to @groveatlantic for sending me this HIGHLY sought after and anticipated arc 🫶🏼

you guys should know by now that Douglas Stuart is an all-time favorite author, but this book has cemented him in that position.

John of John is a masterpiece.

#bookrecs #books #bookstagram book review, review, shuggie Bain, young mungo, queer lit, literary fiction, Irish lit, Scottish lit, sad books taken in Portland, Oregon by @dylanpours

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7 months ago

march tbr is looking SO sexy omg

🐟 book recs booktok lit fic literary fiction taken in Portland, Oregon by @dylanpours

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8 months ago

new back tat is healed, new kobo screensaver, sweating in @barrys classes, and reading my most anticipated 2026 read? we’re SOO back

books mentioned:
John of John - Douglas Stuart (ARC read, out 5/5/26!)

#bookstagram #books #tattoo bookstagram books tattoo kobo kindle aesthetic Pinterest taken in Portland, Oregon by @dylanpours

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