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Join my MM romance reading challenge on Storygraph

I recently shared a few posts with names of queer male authors who write MM romance. I figured let’s take it a step further and read their books!

There are 51 prompts, and each has an option to pick from two authors.

Why 51? Well, I originally had 50, but I miscounted while creating the prompts and ended up with 49. So I added the last one, then realized where I had miscounted and decided to keep the extra prompt. Whoops!

There is a time limit of this of 5 years, so you have plenty of time.

Enjoy!

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/ca8d1635-6366-4e24-aa78-a809cb9ce63e?redirect=true

QOTD: What will you read first?

MM romance | queer romance | gay romance | reading challenge | own voices authors by @syntax.and.spice

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14 days ago

Writing an Identity Not Your Own by Alex Temblador

This’ll be the first nonfiction book I’ll have read in a *VERY* long time.

But it’ll be worth it to be a better writer. Let’s sit in the discomfort together.

QOTD: what book made you a better writer? If you’re not a writer, what book changed your perspective on something?

#nonfiction #nonfictionbooks #writing #writer #writersofinstagram

Writing | writer | author | write diversely | diversity | non-fiction | creative writing | nonfiction | writing advice | writing tips by @syntax.and.spice

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30 minutes ago

I glittered the dress!

While bedazzling Out of This World by Ari Wright (@ari.wrights.romance ) I decided to try glitter for the dress and it come out so good!!! I love it!

I need more things to glitter because seeing things made shiny makes me so happy.

QOTD: what do you think? Do you like the way it turned out?

#bedazzling #bedazzlingkit #bedazzled #omegaverse #craft by @syntax.and.spice

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a day ago

Audiobook speed game part 2

We go from listening to the audiobook at 1.6x to 2x, and then back down to 1x just for fun to compare the two extremes we have so far.

Where was too fast for you? Or were you still following by the end?

Two times is my average listening speed.

Bonus question: Did you ever play red rover? Do kids even play it anymore?

#audiobook #audiobooks #audiobookstagram #audiobooksarereading #audiobooklover by @syntax.and.spice

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2 days ago

A new audiobook has dropped!

When a new audiobook has finally been released and you kinda look forward to sitting in traffic to listen 😂

The audiobook this time?

Love Beneath the Guillotine by W. H. Lockwood
@w.h.lockwood.books

QOTD: what do you listen to in your car while sitting in traffic?

Blurb:
‘Desperate men have no morals...’

Léon Lyon: beautiful, beloved, broken. As premier executioner of Reims, he’s desired and feared in equal measure, a celebrity of the most dangerous kind, a symbol of justice and good citizenship in the explosive era of the French Revolution. But Léon has a secret. Each head he takes brings him one day closer to escape. He’s been saving every centime he’s ever earned, and any day now, he’ll leave town and rescue his little brother Émile from the same gruesome fate that has befallen him.

But all Léon’s plans are thrown into disarray when Émile is kidnapped by the dashing, dangerous, and despicable Henri De Villiers. At the mercy of a cruel and calculating (if handsome) blackmailer, Léon’s only chance to save his brother is to play the man’s wicked game.

Yet, as Léon is drawn deeper into Henri’s world, he begins to see a different side of him. Idealistic, passionate, willing to kill or die for those he loves, Henri might just be the escape Léon’s been searching for all these years.

But can Léon ever forgive Henri for what he’s done? And can either of them survive the mysterious supernatural force that seems to haunt their every move.

#mmromance #historicalromance #audiobook #audiobooks #gayromance

MM romance | historical fantasy romance | gay romance by @syntax.and.spice

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3 days ago

How fast can you listen to this audiobook?

I have about a minute and a half of an audiobook in the public domain (not free use 😅 heh my bad), and I up the speed from 1x to 1.5x every ten second or so.

Lemme know when is too fast or if you’re still with me by the end!

QOTD: how fast do you listen to audiobooks normally? Were you able to keep up to the end of the clip?

#audiobooks #audiobook #audiobookstagram #audiobooksarereading #iloveaudiobooks by @syntax.and.spice

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4 days ago

Books I read 10/4-10/10

Sunday:
Iced Out Mate by Max Walker 278p

Monday:
A Saga of Wielders and Hunters by Jordan Lee 7h 51m

Tuesday:
About to Bloom by Ash Jackson 351p
A Ruin of Shattered Secrets by Max Walker 4h 11m

Wednesday:
A Dagger of Twisted Starlight by Max Walker 3h 42m

Thursday:
White Trash Warlock by David R. Slayton 4h 39m

Friday:
Dude, I Think We’re Werewolves by N. Slater 104p
Brake Me by Athena Bliss and Marluxia Bliss 160p

Saturday:
Taste by E. M. Lindsey and Cora Rose 6h 45m
Cubs & Campfires by Dylan Drakes 3h 19m

893p
4 books
30h 27m
5 audiobooks

QOTD: What are you planning to read week?

#bookrecs #bookrecommendations #mmromance #mmromancebooks #audiobooks

MM romance | paranormal romance | fantasy romance | monster romance by @syntax.and.spice

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5 days ago

Witchy October post
@bookasaurusbex

I joined a witchy reading challenge, and here’s my addition to our weekly challenge—a witchy book stack.

W-Whisked Away by Enola M. Douglas
I-Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
T-Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig
C-Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
H-His Mortal Demise by Vanessa Le
Y-Young King Arthur and the Round Table Knights by Cara Aisling

Plus two extra witchy books
Practical Rules for Cursed Witches by Kayla Cottingham
What Doesn’t Break by Cassandra Khaw and Critical Role

QOTD: what is your favorite witchy read?

#paranormalromance #witchvibes #witchybooks #romancebooks #bookstack

Paranormal romance | witchy books | book stack | reading challenge by @syntax.and.spice

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5 days ago

Devil’s Mark by Lark Taylor @larktaylorauthor
From @faecrate

This was the first book I read of Lark’s in the fictional world she created. So many books came after this, and I am so throughly invested in the stories in this world.

I love this series that follows the lives of the sons of Lucifer and how they fall in love and fight to keep their freedom.

Blurb:
Cal

I’ve never wanted a relationship—especially not with a human. With my father demanding my return to Hell and a demon leaving dead bodies in my bookshop, now is not the time to lose my heart. But one look in Oscar’s broken eyes, and I know I’m in trouble. Oscar’s been hurt before, and everything in me screams to keep him safe. How can I do that when I know being with me will only put him in more danger?

More importantly, am I strong enough to walk away from him?

Oscar

After escaping my last relationship with broken bones and an anxiety disorder, I’m tired of living half a life. My world revolves around my classroom, flat, and best friend. When fate throws Cal in my path, he seems too good to be true. He looks like he’s been pulled from my fantasies, and my baggage doesn’t scare him. Ok, so there’s the tiny issue of him being a demon, but I’ve dealt with far scarier.

I’ve been broken once before, and I don’t think I’d survive it again. Can I let down my barriers enough to let Cal in?

#bookrecs #mmromance #paranormalromance #fatedmates #mmromancebooks

Book recommendations | book recs | MM romance | paranormal romance | romance books by @syntax.and.spice

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5 days ago

My Omegaverse TBR

Eighteen books on my omegaverse TBR in no particular order:

Lock Step by C. T. Whistle
@c.t.whistle
One Flew Over the Omega’s Nest part 3 and Saving the Knotty Mafia Princess by Jessica Winters @jessicawintersromance
Speechless by Devyn Sinclair
@devyn_sinclair
Knot her Ranchers by Lexie Quinn
@lexiequinnauthor
Tangled Up in Knots by Ari Wright @ari.wrights.romance
Den of Paradise by Eryn Hawk
@authorerynhawk
Shear Instinct by M. K. Michelle
@mkmichelle_author
Safe and Sound by Melissa Huxley @melissahuxleyauthor
Knot in Doubt by Ember L. Nicole
@embernicole.author
Dream Mates & Dream Pack by Jane Handler @janehandlerauthor
Pack of Crooks by Rory Miles
@rorymilesauthor
Talk About Secrets by Jarica James
@jaricawrites
Pucking Feral by Lenore Rosewood
@lenorerosewood
Knot a Highland Romance by Sarah Blue @sarahblueauthor
Goalie Knots by Daisy Ray
@daisyrayauthor
Wolf It Down, Knot Me Up by Harley Knight @harleyknightbooks

QOTD: Have you read any of these? Which one should I read first??

#omegaverse #omegaverseromance #whychoose #omegaversebooks #fatedmates

Omegaverse romance | why choose romance | fated mates | TBR | book recommendations by @syntax.and.spice

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8 days ago

MateHub: Legend by Marie Reynard @marie__reynard
From That One Boy book box @thatoneboy.bookbox

Soooo talking about collecting all the editions of this book—I got another one!!

I had to censor the naked hardcover, and how could I not use the art print of all of Marie’s characters?

I love how the fan forum is on the back of the dust jacket. I also love how the cover looks like a webpage. That’s so clever. Those little details make special editions extra special.

QOTD: what is the most recent book mail you received?

#mmromance #paranormalromance #fatedmates #shifterromance #specialedition

MM romance | paranormal romance | fated mates | knotting | shifters | wolf shifters | gay romance by @syntax.and.spice

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9 days ago

September reads

I read 33 books in September. Here are my favorites:

Welcome to Seaman’s Cove part two by Thea Masen and Clover Holloway
Grave Situation by Louisa Masters
Conflict Conclusion by DC Emerson
Dark Destiny: The Turning of the Loom by I. T. Lucas
Full Moon Face Off by Max Walker
Zero Chill for the Vamp King by J. F. Miev

QOTD: What was your favorite September read?

#bookrecs #romancebooks #mmromance #septemberreads #omegaverse

Omegaverse | book recs | book recommendations | reading wrap up | audiobooks | kindle unlimited by @syntax.and.spice

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