Biblio Obscura
My Fav 15 Dark & Weird Books of 2020 π€ [CC]
updated
(* = LGBT+ content)
0:00 Honorable Mentions
0:30 Book #8 (2022, he/him, England, English)
1:38 Book #7 (2021, he/him, US, English)
2:55 Book #6 (2019, many Inuit authors, Canada, English)
3:47 Book #5 (2022, she/her, US, English)
5:13 Book #4 (2023, NBi/they/she, US?, English)*
6:18 Book #3 (2022, she/her, England, English)*
7:30 Book #2 (2020Sp/2022En, she/her, Spain, Spanish)*
9:05 Book #1 (2023, he/him, Mexico-US, English)*
11:34 Outro
π€ About π€
Name: Kat
Location - Australia (from the US)
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
(* = LGBT+ content)
0:00 Intro
1:13 Honorable Mentions
1:38 #8 (she/her, US, English)*
2:48 #7 (unknown, unknown, English)*
3:53 #6 (she/her & she/her, Poland, English)*
6:02 #5 (she/her, US, English)*
6:59 #4 (they/them, US, English)*
9:32 #3 (she/her, US, English)*
11:33 #2 (she/her & she/her, Poland, English)*
13:31 #1 (she/her, unknown, English)*
15:09 Outro
π€ Mentioned π€
Captive Prince Dupes: youtube.com/watch?v=XLUSaHH9neQ
π€ About π€
Name: Kat
Location - Australia (from the US)
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
(* = LGBT+ content)
0:00 Intro
1:17 My Name (2021 TV Series, Korean)
Trailer: youtube.com/watch?v=ZOl7iOrD31Q
3:46 Alchemy of Souls (2022 TV Series, Korean)
Trailer: youtube.com/watch?v=50kLmhGpt1s
5:58 Somebody* (2022 TV Series, Korean)
Trailer: youtube.com/watch?v=4V_NrQIHLKI
8:25 The Glory (2022 TV Series, Korean)
Trailer: youtube.com/watch?v=tqVVrTvrI8U
10:56 Kill Bongsoon (2023 Movie, Korean)
Trailer: youtube.com/watch?v=70e5RjgkHjU&pp=ygUOa2lsbCBib25nc29vbiA%3D
13:11 Night in Paradise (2020 Movie, Korean)
Trailer: youtube.com/watch?v=_Sm6_FK51VA
15:21 Outro
π€ About π€
Name: Kat
Location - Australia (from the US)
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
(* = LGBT+ content)
0:00 Intro
0:56 (he/him, England, English)*
3:44 (he/him, Wales, English)
6:23 (they/she, US?, English)*
10:38 (he/him, Mexico, English)*
13:59 (she/her, US, English)
15:44 Outro
π€ About π€
Name: Kat
Location - Australia (from the US)
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
π€ Video Links π€
0:00 Intro
1:19 Recommended 2x
4:12 Recommended 3x
7:02 Recommended 4x
10:00 Recommended 5x
11:15 Outro
π€ Booktubers Mentioned π€
@haileyhughes
@PrettyInPapercuts
@BooksandLala
@AmyNoelleReads
@mandysmorgueofhorror
@katrinabrown
@ashleyslittlelibrary
@NightmareMaven
@superblomper
@BooksandBao
@jack_edwards
@ReadingWithMeg
@BooksWaffles
π€ About π€
Name: Kat
Location - Australia (from the US)
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
* = LGBT+ content
0:00 Honorable Mentions
0:53 Angel of Blood - Hayley Briana (she/her, US, March 3)
1:53 Monstrilio* - Gerardo Samano Cordova (he/him, US, March 7)
3:34 The Trees Grew Because I Bled There* - Eric LaRocca (he/they, US, March 7)
4:24 Pinata - Leopoldo Gout (he/him, Mexico-US, March 14)
5:32 Feed Them Silence* - Lee Mandelo (he/they, US, March 14)
7:24 Nothing but the Rain - Naomi Salman (she/her, France, March 14)
8:39 Blue Hunger* - Viola Di Grado (she/her, Italy, March 14)
10:16 Y/N - Esther Yi (she/her, Korea-Germany, March 21)
11:36 The Last Catastrophe - Allegra Hyde (she/her, US, March 28)
12:46 Cutting Your Teeth* - Caylan MacRae (they/she, US, March 31)
π€ About π€
Name - Kat
Location - Australia
From - US
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Contact - katadactyl@gmail.com (but I don't check it often)
* = LGBT+ content
0:00 Intro
0:42 The Merry Dredgers* - Jeremy C. Shipp (he/him, US, April 25, 2023)
3:05 Pure Silence* - K.L. Hiers (they/them, US, 2022)
8:00 The Trees Grew Because I Bled There* - Eric LaRocca (he/they, US, March 7, 2023)
10:49 Primal* - K.A. Merikan (she/her, Poland, 2022)
15:30 Venomous Lumpsucker - Ned Beauman (he/him, England, 2022)
π€ About π€
Name - Kat
Location - Australia
From - US
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Contact - katadactyl@gmail.com (but I don't check it often)
* = LGBT+ content
the OG series
author - C.S. Pacat (she/her/he/him)
book 1 - Captive Prince* (Australia, 2015)
book 2 - Prince's Gambit* (Australia, 2015)
book 3 - Kings Rising* (Australia, 2016)
Captive Prince dupe quest video: youtube.com/watch?v=AXh9V0AQoS0&t=475s
0:00 intro
0:42 Zercy* - Kora Knight (she/her, US, English, 2017)
5:27 Under His Heel* (#1-4) - Adara Wolf (she/her, unknown country, English, 2018-2020)
11:21 A Knife and a Blade* - Adelaide Blaike (she/her, Australia, English, 2022)
15:16 Just a Bit Ruthless* - Alessandra Hazard (she/her, unknown country, English, 2016)
19:48 Just a Bit Heartless* - Alessandra Hazard (she/her, unknown country, English, 2022)
π€ About π€
Name - Kat
Location - Australia
From - US
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Contact - katadactyl@gmail.com (but I don't check it often)
0:00 intro
1:07 The Raven and the Banshee* - Carolyn Elizabeth (she/her, Canada, English)
3:18 Our Bloody Pearl* - D. N. Bryn (they/them, US, English)
6:10 The Route of Ice and Salt* - Jose Luis Zarate, transl by David Bowles (he/him, Mexico, Spanish)
7:45 Kidnapped by the Pirate* - Keira Andrews (she/her, Canada, English)
10:26 The Abyss Surrounds Us* - Emily Skrutskie (she/her, US, English)
π€ About π€
Name - Kat
Location - Australia
From - US
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Contact - katadactyl@gmail.com (but I don't check it often)
0:00 intro
0:30 Sam (she/they) @superblomper
2:19 Samantha (she/her) @expertbooksmuggler
3:58 Coral (she/her) @PrettyInPapercuts
5:29 Erin (she/her) @ErinMegan
6:58 Rachel (she/her) @TheShadesofOrange
9:19 tell me your fav dark book booktubers!
π€ About π€
Name - Kat
Location - Australia
From - US
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Contact - katadactyl@gmail.com (but I don't check it often)
Most-Anticipated Recent Releases - youtube.com/watch?v=lWNOQWzYk0g
Finding 50+ Captive Prince Dupes - youtube.com/watch?v=AXh9V0AQoS0&t=2s
* = LGBT+ content
0:00 intro
Don't Recommend
0:16 (2023, England, English)
3:30 (2022, Australia, English)
Recommend
6:03 (2022, England, English)
8:55 (2019, Canada, English)
10:52 (2022, US, English)*
14:00 (2022, US, English)
16:22 currently reading
π€ About π€
Name - Kat
Location - Australia
From - US
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Contact - katadactyl@gmail.com (but I don't check it often)
* = LGBT+ content
0:00 intro
0:56 (2017, transl 2018, France, French)
2:18 (1995, transl 2021, Taiwan, Chinese)*
4:20 (2019, US, English)*
5:49 (2016, US, English)*
7:32 (2021, US, English)
9:52 (2010, transl 2011, Mexico, Spanish)
11:25 (1982, US, English)
13:09 (1988, transl 2004, Peru, Spanish)
15:19 outro
π€ About π€
Name: Kat
Location: Australia
From: US
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Contact: katadactyl@gmail.com (but I don't check it often)
Why I Wear Wigs - bit.ly/2VQfzNn
Wig - LaceFronts Australia's "Missy"
* = LGBT+ content
0:00 intro
0:46 Jan 17 (US, English, 2023)
1:48 Jan 27* (UK, English, 2023)
4:11 Feb 7* (US, English, 2023)
5:40 Feb 14 (Bosnia, Croatian, 2023)
7:00 Feb 21 (US, English, 2023)
8:42 Feb 28 (US, English, 2023)
10:06 Jan 10 (Canada, English, 2023)
11:00 Feb 21* (US, English, 2023)
11:50 outro
π€ About π€
Name: Kat
Location: Australia
From: US
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Contact: katadactyl@gmail.com (but I don't check it often)
Why I Wear Wigs - bit.ly/2VQfzNn
Wig - LaceFronts Australia's "Missy"
1:00 book 1 (US, English, 2021)
4:17 book 2 (England, English, 2022)
5:33 books 3* & 4* (Japan, Japanese, 2019 & 2021)
9:00 book 5 (Mexico, Spanish, 2022)
11:44 book 6 (US, English, 2015)
15:20 currently reading
rachel: @TheShadesofOrange
0:00 intro
0:44 book 1 (England, English)
1:40 book 2 (Poland-Czech Rep-Sweden, Swedish)
2:41 book 3 (Austria, German)
3:47 book 4 (England, English)
4:58 book 5* (Chile, Spanish)
6:58 book 6* (Germany, German)
8:12 book 7 (Australia, English)
9:50 book 8 (England, English)
10:50 book 9 (Mexico, Spanish)
12:59 book 10 (Germany, German)
14:18 outro
author - C.S. Pacat (she/her/he/him)
book 1 - Captive Prince (Australia, 2015)
book 2 - Prince's Gambit (Australia, 2015)
book 3 - Kings Rising (Australia, 2016)
0:00 aid me in my quest
2:03 part 1 - 4 must-have elements
3:42 part 1 - 4 bonus elements
5:26 part 2 - 34 potential CP dupes (fantasy)
14:28 part 2 - 3 potential CP dupes (sci-fi)
15:10 part 2 - 7 potential CP dupes (historical)
16:58 part 2 - 7 potential CP dupes (contemporary)
18:47 opinions plz :)
* = LGBT+ content
0:00 intro
0:20 book 1* (Japan, Japanese)
3:50 book 2* (US, English)
7:30 book 3 (Canada, English)
10:37 book 4 (Sweden-Czech Rep-Poland, Swedish)
15:30 outro
this video
0:00 intro
0:46 book 1
2:15 book 2
3:58 book 3
6:27 book 4
7:55 book 5
10:28 outro
jan & feb 2023 releases
0:00 intro
0:13 Jan 9
1:23 Jan 10
2:25 Jan 12
3:14 Jan 17
5:01 Feb 7
7:44 Feb 21
9:45 Feb 23
10:28 Feb 28
12:48 outro
(* = LGBT+ rep)
0:00 book 1
4:09 book 2*
7:21 book 3*
11:08 book 4
0:30 #8
1:38 #7
2:15 #6
4:00 #5
6:26 #4
8:05 #3
10:04 #2
13:13 #1
0:40 rereads
1:30 #8
3:05 #7
4:10 #6
5:58 #5
7:24 #4
9:13 #3
10:50 #2
12:26 #1
16:16 outro
0:49 #4
2:20 #3
4:48 #2
7:27 #1
9:58 outro
Part 1 of this video: youtube.com/watch?v=rxJxOa4dEOI
0:00 Intro
0:11 #5* (manga series)
2:59 #4* (duet)
5:25 #3 (series)
7:00 #2* (series)
9:25 #1 (standalone)
11:55 Outro
π€ About π€
Name: Kat
Location: Australia
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Where I Request ARCs: NetGalley
Where I Buy Books: Abebooks
Contact: katadactyl@gmail.com
Why I Wear Wigs - bit.ly/2VQfzNn
Wig - LaceFronts Australia's "Missy"
0:00 Intro
0:39 Hades Hangmen series - Tillie Cole (England)
1:27 Kingdom of Walls trilogy - Tanya Bird (Australia)
3:01 A Soul to Keep - Opal Reyne (Australia)
5:18 Teeth* - Hannah Moskowitz (US)
6:41 Mars manga series - Fuyumi Soryo (Japan, Japanese)
8:41 Warning
9:05 Drawing Blood* - Poppy Z Brite (US)
10:40 The Foxhole Court trilogy* - Nora Sakavic (US)
13:02 As Meat Loves Salt* - Maria McCann (England)
14:32 Evenfall duology* - Ais & Santino Hassell (US)
16:32 Captive Prince trilogy* - C.S. Pacat (Australia)
π€ About π€
Name: Kat
Location: Australia
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Where I Request ARCs: NetGalley
Where I Buy Books: Abebooks
Contact: katadactyl@gmail.com
Why I Wear Wigs - bit.ly/2VQfzNn
Wig - LaceFronts Australia's "Missy"
0:00 Intro
0:58 Bad Girls* - Camila Sosa Villada (Argentina, Spanish)
2:07 Not Good for Maidens* - Tori Bovalino (US)
2:42 Misrule (#2)* - Heather Walter (US)
3:57 The Servant and the Gentleman (#2)* - Annabelle Greene (Italy)
5:53 These Prisoning Hills - Christopher Rowe (England)
6:53 Hell Followed with Us* - Andrew Joseph White (US)
7:50 From Below - Darcy Coates (Australia)
9:02 Odder Still* - D.N. Bryn (US)
10:44 Boys, Beasts & Men* - Sam J. Miller (US)
11:27 The Petting Zoos - K.S. Covert (Canada)
12:08 A Crown of Hopes and Sorrows (#2)* - Nicole Bailey (unknown)
13:00 We Can Never Leave This Place* - Eric LaRocca (Canada)
14:02 Outro
π€ About π€
Name: Kat
Location: Australia
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Where I Request ARCs: NetGalley
Where I Buy Books: Abebooks
Contact: katadactyl@gmail.com
Why I Wear Wigs - bit.ly/2VQfzNn
Wig - LaceFronts Australia's "Missy"
Real vs. Fake BDSM Romances (@TheBookRefuge): youtube.com/watch?v=AqIXUouKahI&t=1515s
0:00 Intro
0:30 A Soul to Keep (#1) - Opal Reyne (Australia)
4:17 Luxuria (#1) - Colette Rhodes (New Zealand)
5:39 Morning Glory Milking Farm (#1) - C.M. Nascosta (US)
7:47 Heart-Shaped Box - Joe Hill (US)
10:05 Fake vs. Real BDSM Romances
11:54 Kinked Up* - M.C. Roth (Canada)
13:23 For Real* - Alexis Hall (England)
16:57 A Lady for a Duke* - Alexis Hall (England)
18:14 Bought (#1) - Lauren Landish & Willow Winters (US)
π€ About π€
Name: Kat
Location: Australia
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Where I Request ARCs: NetGalley
Where I Buy Books: Abebooks
Contact: katadactyl@gmail.com
Why I Wear Wigs - bit.ly/2VQfzNn
Wig - LaceFronts Australia's "Missy"
Other 5 Super-Specific Book Recs
Cultish: youtube.com/watch?v=Yt8cMkJP6nY
Female Killers: youtube.com/watch?v=BkzAUHEsSv8
0:00 Intro
0:45 Kin - Kealan Patrick Burke (Ireland)
2:15 A Modest Proposal - Jonathan Swift (Ireland)
3:20 The Wolf Road - Beth Lewis (England)
4:57 Moon of the Crusted Snow - Waubgeshig Rice (Canada)
6:13 Exquisite Corpse* - Poppy Z. Brite (US)
8:31 Outro
π€ About π€
Name: Kat
Location: Australia
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Where I Request ARCs: NetGalley
Where I Buy Books: Abebooks
Contact: katadactyl@gmail.com
Why I Wear Wigs - bit.ly/2VQfzNn
Wig - LaceFronts Australia's "Missy"
@pastorytime2683 - youtube.com/watch?v=-WaEz-693cU&t=1s@UCBP28f-_pM9tsUwdQWgAbCQ
@TooManyHeathers - youtube.com/watch?v=DpkJ7mYWrnY&t=1s
Challenge PDF - drive.google.com/file/d/1e5sX_aiDyu6g6W1nR3xf02RpmNdKWknj/view
π€ Links (* = LGBT+ rep)π€
0:00 Shorty September Readathon
1:00 The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-ExupΓ©ry (France, French)
1:37 Lie with Me* - Philippe Besson (France, French)
2:11 What Moves the Dead - T. Kingfisher (US)
3:42 Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories - many (Arctic)
4:48 Dogs of Summer* - Andrea Abreu (Italy, Italian)
5:49 The Harpy - Megan Hunter (England)
6:42 The Blood of Angels - Johanna Sinisalo (Finland, Finnish)
7:50 Rosemary's Baby - Ira Levin (US)
8:37 Our Wives Under the Sea* - Julia Armfield (England)
9:43 The Memory Theater - Karin Tidbeck (Sweden)
11:48 Call Me by Your Name* - Andre Aciman (Egypt-US)
12:37 A Certain Hunger - Chelsea G. Summers (US)
π€ About π€
Name: Kat (she/her)
Location: Australia
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Where I Request ARCs: NetGalley
Where I Buy Books: Abebooks
Contact: katadactyl@gmail.com
Why I Wear Wigs - bit.ly/2VQfzNn
Wig - LaceFronts Australia's "Missy"
0:00 Catch Up (DNFs, Didn't Likes, 3-4 stars)
2:05 Parenthood the Swedish Way - Dr. Chrapkowska & Dr. Wold (Sweden, Swedish)
2:49 The Island* - Lisa Henry (Australia)
4:00 Evil Omega* - S. Rodman (?)
5:30 The Servant and the Gentleman* (#3) - Annabelle Greene (Italy)
7:03 Defender of Crowns (#3) - Tanya Bird (Australia)
8:26 Moth* (#5) - Lily Mayne (UK)
10:45 A Veil of Gods and Kings* (#1) - Nicole Bailey (?)
13:01 Captive Prince*, Prince's Gambit*, Kings Rising* (#1-3) - C.S. Pacat (Australia)
π€ About π€
Name: Kat (she/her)
Location: Australia
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Where I Request ARCs: NetGalley
Where I Buy Books: Abebooks
Contact: katadactyl@gmail.com
Why I Wear Wigs - bit.ly/2VQfzNn
Wig - LaceFronts Australia's "Missy"
Translated Treasure Trove: youtube.com/watch?v=AD1kZNKBW0g&t=81s
Where I Find Books:
@tornightfire (Insta, publisher)
@tordotcompub (Insta, publisher)
@readwithbex (Insta, Becca, she/her)
@lesbrarycard (Insta, Mallory, she/her)
@readingacres (Insta, Emily, she/her)
@_hex_libris (Insta, Ekho, they/xir)
@Jen Campbell (Youtube, Jen, she/her)
@Books and Bao (Youtube, Willow, they/them)
0:00 Intro
1:15 (3/31) Prince of the Sorrows* - Kellen Graves (βqueer agender forest demonβ/they/she/he) (US)
2:37 (4/1) The Half-Orcβs Maiden Bride - Ruby Dixon (US)
3:21 (4/5) Young Mungo* - Douglas Stuart (Scotland)
4:12 (4/5) My Dearest Darkest* - Kayla Cottingham (US)
5:17 (4/7) I, Bionic - Jess K Hardy (US)
6:26 Intermission
6:57 (4/7) The Girls are Pretty Crocodiles - Angela Readman (England)
7:50 (4/12) And Then I Woke Up - Malcolm Devlin (Australia)
8:42 (4/14) Violets* - Shin Kyung-Sook (South Korea, Korean)
9:32 (4/14) Concerning My Daughter* - Kim Hye-Jin (South Korea, Korean)
10:49 (4/19) The Crocodile Bride - Ashleigh Bell Pedersen (US)
12:22 (4/26) Wasps In the Ice Cream - Tim McGregor (Canada)
13:33 (4/26) Every Word You Never Said* - Jordon Greene (US)
14:23 (4/26) The Children On the Hill - Jennifer McMahon (US)
15:58 (4/27) A Veil of Gods and Kings (#1)* - Nicole Bailey (US)
17:35 (4/30) Mad Man (#5)* - Onley James (US)
19:06 Outro
Honorable Mentions
(4/5) The Dolphin House - Audrey Schulman (England)
(4/5) Nothing Burns as Bright as You* - Ashley Woodfolk (US)
(4/5) The Candy House - Jennifer Egan (US)
(4/5) The Bladed Faith* - David Dalglish (US)
(4/12) At the Edge of the Woods - Masatsugu Ono (Japan, Japanese)
(4/12) Sanctuary* - Andi C. Buchanan (they/them) (New Zealand)
(4/12) Woman, Eating - Claire Kohda (England)
(4/19) I Am the Ghost in Your House* - Maria Romasco-Moore (US)
(4/19) Sofi and the Bone Song* - Adrienne Tooley (US)
(4/19) Convulsive* - Joe Koch (he/they) (US)
(4/19) Passersthrough - Peter Rock (US)
(4/26) The Damning Stone (#5)* - TJ Klune (US)
(4/26) Nettle & Bone - T. Kingfisher (US)
(4/28) Young Beasts At Play - Davide Longo (Italy, Italian)
π€ About π€
Name: Kat (she/her)
Location: Australia
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Where I Request ARCs: NetGalley
Where I Buy Books: Abebooks
Contact: katadactyl@gmail.com
Why I Wear Wigs - bit.ly/2VQfzNn
Wig - LaceFronts Australia's "Missy"
Sounds Like a Cult (podcast): soundslikeacult.com
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism (book): goodreads.com/en/book/show/55338982
0:00 Intro
0:41 #5
1:59 #4
3:12 #3
5:37 #2
7:23 #1
8:55 Outro
π€ About π€
Name: Kat
Location: Australia
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Where I Request ARCs: NetGalley
Where I Buy Books: Abebooks
Contact: katadactyl@gmail.com
Why I Wear Wigs - bit.ly/2VQfzNn
Wig - LaceFronts Australia's "Missy"
TREASURE TROVE
Goodreads Booker Intl Prize 2022 Eligible Books: goodreads.com/list/show/153063.International_Booker_Prize_2022_Eligible_Books?page=1
OTHER
Judging the Sh!t Out of the Booker Intl Prize: youtube.com/watch?v=SjxJJncUq3o&t=5s
5 Super-Specific Recs - Female Killers: youtube.com/watch?v=BkzAUHEsSv8&t=205s
Top 5 Most-Hated Tropes: youtube.com/watch?v=G5BUF5aHwzM
VIDEO
0:00 Intro
1:09 Brickmakers* - Selva Almada, Annie McDermott (Argentina)
1:44 Bolla* - Pajtim Statovci, David Hackston (Finland)
2:35 Violets* - Shin Kyung-Sook, Anton Hur (South Korea, out April 14, 2022)
3:28 Jawbone* - Monica Ojeda, Sarah Booker (Spain)
4:16 Oxygen - Sacha Naspini, Clarissa Botsford (Italy)
5:02 The Country Will Bring Us No Peace - Matthieu Simard, Pablo Strauss (Canada)
5:40 Concerning My Daughter* - Kim Hye-Jin, Jamie Chang (South Korea, out April 14, 2022)
6:49 Milk Teeth - Helene Bukowski, Jennifer Calleja (Germany)
7:41 Stranger to the Moon - Evelio Rosero, Anne McLean & Victor Meadowcroft (Columbia)
8:09 The Dolls - Ursula Scavenius, Jennifer Russell (Denmark)
8:45 The Liquid Land - Raphaela Edelbauer, Jennifer Calleja (Germany)
9:37 The Melting - Lize Spit, Kristen Gehrman (Belgium)
10:21 No Touching - Ketty Rouf, Tina Kover (France)
11:02 The Old Woman with the Knife - Gu Byeong-Mo, Chi-Young Kim (South Korea)
11:41 To the Warm Horizon* - Jin-Young Choi, Soje (South Korea)
12:32 At the Edge of the Woods - Masatsugu Ono, Juliet Winters Carpenter (Japan, out April 12, 2022)
13:25 Tender - Ariana Harwicz, Annie McDermott & Carolina Orloff (Argentina)
14:22 Outro
π€ About π€
Name: Kat
Location: Australia
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Where I Request ARCs: NetGalley
Where I Buy Books: Abebooks
Contact: katadactyl@gmail.com
Why I Wear Wigs - bit.ly/2VQfzNn
Wig - LaceFronts Australia's "Missy"
0:00 Intro
1:08 Goddess of Filth - V. Castro (US)
2:44 The Valkyrie's Daughter*/The Helheim Princess* - Tiana Warner (Canada, out July 26)
4:59 Malice* - Heather Walter (US)
8:07 Little Bird - Tiffany Meuret (US, pub June 7)
9:08 Mrs. Caliban - Rachel Ingalls (US-England)
11:00 God of Death* - Z.S. Storm (Fiji)
14:39 "The Lottery" - Shirley Jackson (US)
15:17 "Skin" - Roald Dahl (England)
15:44 Cursed Bunny - Bora Chung (South Korea, Korean)
18:11 Outro
π€ About π€
Name: Kat
Location: Australia
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Where I Request ARCs: NetGalley
Where I Buy Books: Abebooks
Contact: katadactyl@gmail.com
Why I Wear Wigs - bit.ly/2VQfzNn
Wig - LaceFronts Australia's "Missy"
0:00 Intro
1:20 #5
3:00 #4
4:10 #3
5:35 #2
7:41 #1
10:03 Outro
π€ About π€
Name: Kat
Location: Australia
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Where I Request ARCs: NetGalley
Where I Buy Books: Abebooks
Contact: katadactyl@gmail.com
Why I Wear Wigs - bit.ly/2VQfzNn
Wig - LaceFronts Australia's "Missy"
Best LGBT+ Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=3dqCVGSZWi0
Best LGBT+ Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=46AF9EN_1sM
Best Weird Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=sB51VhFmBm0&t=1s
Best Weird Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=brcLTR3OOjA&t=604s
Best Dark Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=Vvv7Ig5Ikfg&t=465s
Best Dark Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=ZZqy9YN4ee8&t=740s
Most Disappointing Books of 2021: youtube.com/watch?v=j3tT1q9KVTU&t=125s
Top 10 Books of 2021: youtu.be/ZTqAmObgteI
Worst Books of 2021: youtube.com/watch?v=Uv7Cw34VYoQ
π€ Links (* = LGBT+ rep)π€
2022 International Booker Prize: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/international/2022
Willow (they/them): @WillowTalksBooks
Willow's Reaction: youtube.com/watch?v=PCvmi-9tenc
0:00 Intro
1:08 Absolutely Not
A New Name: Septology VI-II - Jon Fosse, translated by Damion Searls (Norway, Norwegian)
The Books of Jacob - Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Jennifer Croft (Poland, Polish)
Elena Knows - Claudia Pineiro, translated by Frances Riddle (Spain, Spanish)
The Book of Mother - Violaine Huisman, translated by Leslie Camhi (France, French)
Tomb of Sand* - Geetanjali Shree, translated by Daisy Rockwell (India, Hindi)
5:12 Probably Not
Phenotypes - Paulo Scott, translated by Daniel Hahn (Brazil, Portuguese)
More Than I Love My Life - David Grossman, translated by Jessica Cohen (Israel, Hebrew)
7:06 Probably Yes
Paradais - Fernanda Melchor, translated by Sophie Hughes (Mexico, Spanish)
Happy Stories, Mostly* - Norman Erikson Pasaribu, translated by Tiffany Tsao (Indonesia, Indonesian)
9:08 Absolutely Yes
Heaven - Mieko Kawakami, translated by Sam Bett & David Boyd (Japan, Japanese)
After the Sun* - Jonas Eika, translated by Sherilyn Nicolette Hellberg (Denmark, Danish)
Love in the Big City* - Sang Young Park, translated by Anton Hur (South Korea, Korean)
Cursed Bunny - Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur (South Korea, Korean)
13:07 Outro
π€ About π€
Name: Kat
Location: Australia
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Where I Request ARCs: NetGalley
Where I Buy Books: Abebooks
Contact: katadactyl@gmail.com
Why I Wear Wigs - bit.ly/2VQfzNn
Wig - LaceFronts Australia's "Missy"
Best LGBT+ Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=3dqCVGSZWi0
Best LGBT+ Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=46AF9EN_1sM
Best Weird Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=sB51VhFmBm0&t=1s
Best Weird Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=brcLTR3OOjA&t=604s
Best Dark Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=Vvv7Ig5Ikfg&t=465s
Best Dark Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=ZZqy9YN4ee8&t=740s
Most Disappointing Books of 2021: youtube.com/watch?v=j3tT1q9KVTU&t=125s
Top 10 Books of 2021: youtu.be/ZTqAmObgteI
Worst Books of 2021: youtube.com/watch?v=Uv7Cw34VYoQ
π€ Links (* = LGBT+ rep)π€
0:00 Intro
0:26 Tides - Sara Freeman (she/her) (Canada-US, by Grove Press)
2:37 The Raven and the Banshee* - Carolyn Elizabeth (she/her) (Canada, by Bella Books)
6:26 Rules of Arrangement - Maren Mackenzie (she/her) (US, by Marmack Books)
9:41 Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke* - Eric LaRocca (he/they) (US, by Weirdpunk Books)
11:59 Imani's Undersea Adventure - T.M. Jackson (she/her) (US, by Onyx Prose Publishing)
14:52 The Seduction of Scandal - Cathy Maxwell (she/her) (US, by Avon)
15:52 The Sex Lives of African Women* - Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah (she/her) (Ghana, by Astra House)
18:27 Manhunt* - Gretchen Felker-Martin (she/her) (US, by Tor Nightfire)
24:13 Outro
π€ About π€
Name: Kat
Location: Australia
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Where I Request ARCs: NetGalley
Where I Buy Books: Abebooks
Contact: katadactyl@gmail.com
Why I Wear Wigs - bit.ly/2VQfzNn
Wig - LaceFronts Australia's "Missy"
Best LGBT+ Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=3dqCVGSZWi0
Best LGBT+ Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=46AF9EN_1sM
Best Weird Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=sB51VhFmBm0&t=1s
Best Weird Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=brcLTR3OOjA&t=604s
Best Dark Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=Vvv7Ig5Ikfg&t=465s
Best Dark Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=ZZqy9YN4ee8&t=740s
Most Disappointing Books of 2021: youtube.com/watch?v=j3tT1q9KVTU&t=125s
Top 10 Books of 2021: youtu.be/ZTqAmObgteI
Worst Books of 2021: youtube.com/watch?v=Uv7Cw34VYoQ
π€ Links (* = LGBT+ rep)π€
0:00 Intro
0:07 (3/1) The Doloriad - Missouri Williams (England, by MCDxFSG Originals)
0:19 (3/8) The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories* - Yu Chen & Regina Kanya Wang (editors) (China, Chinese, by Tordotcom)
0:30 (3/1) Girl in Ice - Erica Ferencik (US, by Gallery/Scout Press)
1:40 (3/1) Scattered All Over the Earth - Yoko Tawada (Japan, Japanese, by New Directions)
2:48 (3/1) Sundial - Catriona Ward (US, by Tor Nightfire)
3:54 (3/3) Our Wives Under the Sea* - Julia Armfield (England, by Picador)
4:56 (3/3) The Clockwork Girl - Anna Mazzola (England, by Orion Publishing)
6:06 (3/8) Daughter - Kate McLaughlin (Canada, by Wednesday Books)
6:39 (3/15) The Kaiju Preservation Society - John Scalzi (US, by Tor Books)
7:47 (3/22) What We Harvest - Ann Fraistat (US, by Delacorte)
9:23 (3/22) Remember Me Gone - Stacy Stokes (US, by Viking Books for Young Readers)
10:43 (3/22) Curfew - Jayne Cowie (England, by Berkley)
12:02 (3/22) The Bone Orchard - Sara. A. Mueller (US, by Tor Books)
13:02 (3/29) So This Is Ever After* - F. T. Lukens (they/them) (US, by Margaret K. McElderry Books)
14:15 Outro
Honorable Mentions
(3/?) Palimpsest - Caitlin Marceau (Canada)
(3/1) The Sex Lives of African Women* - Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah (Ghana)
(3/1) Tell Me an Ending - Jo Harkin (England)
(3/1) The Love of My Life - Rosie Walsh (England)
(3/1) Vagina Obscura - Rachel E. Gross (US)
(3/1) Ready When You Are* - Gary Lonesborough (Australia)
(3/1) A Thousand Steps into Night - Traci Chee (US)
(3/8) A Far Wilder Magic - Allison Saft (US)
(3/8) All Thatβs Left in the World* - Erik J. Brown (US)
(3/15) Lead Me Astray* - Sondi Warner (US)
(3/15) The War of Two Queens (#4) - Jennifer L. Armentrout (US)
(3/22) We Are the Ones Possessed - Adrian Ernesto Cepeda (US)
(3/22) A Magic Steeped in Poison - July I. Lin (Taiwan-Canada)
(3/29) The Book of Queer Saints* - Mae Murray (editor) (many)
(3/29) My Dearest Darkest* - Kayla Cottingham (US)
(3/29) Below - Laurel Hightower (US)
(3/29) The Resting Place - Camilla Sten (Sweden, Swedish)
(3/29) This Is Why They Hate Us* - Aaron H. Aceves (US)
π€ About π€
Name: Kat
Location: Australia
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Where I Request ARCs: NetGalley
Where I Buy Books: Abebooks
Contact: katadactyl@gmail.com
Why I Wear Wigs - bit.ly/2VQfzNn
Wig - LaceFronts Australia's "Missy"
Best LGBT+ Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=3dqCVGSZWi0
Best LGBT+ Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=46AF9EN_1sM
Best Weird Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=sB51VhFmBm0&t=1s
Best Weird Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=brcLTR3OOjA&t=604s
Best Dark Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=Vvv7Ig5Ikfg&t=465s
Best Dark Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=ZZqy9YN4ee8&t=740s
Most Disappointing Books of 2021: youtube.com/watch?v=j3tT1q9KVTU&t=125s
Top 10 Books of 2021: youtu.be/ZTqAmObgteI
Worst Books of 2021: youtube.com/watch?v=Uv7Cw34VYoQ
π€ Links (* = LGBT+ rep)π€
0:00 Intro
0:26 Trope #1
1:30 Trope #2
The Wicker King* - K. Ancrum (US)
The Weight of the Stars* - K. Ancrum (US)
3:09 Trope #3
4:15 Trope #4
I Am Still Alive - Kate Alice Marshall (US)
Dog Boy - Eva Hornung (Australia)
5:41 Trope #5
My Absolute Darling - Gabriel Tallente (US)
The Mindf*ck series - S. T. Abby (US)
Sick Fux - Tillie Cole (England)
8:07 Outro
π€ About π€
Name: Kat
Location: Australia
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Where I Request ARCs: NetGalley
Where I Buy Books: Abebooks
Contact: katadactyl@gmail.com
Why I Wear Wigs - bit.ly/2VQfzNn
Wig - LaceFronts Australia's "Missy"
Best LGBT+ Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=3dqCVGSZWi0
Best LGBT+ Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=46AF9EN_1sM
Best Weird Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=sB51VhFmBm0&t=1s
Best Weird Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=brcLTR3OOjA&t=604s
Best Dark Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=Vvv7Ig5Ikfg&t=465s
Best Dark Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=ZZqy9YN4ee8&t=740s
Most Disappointing Books of 2021: youtube.com/watch?v=j3tT1q9KVTU&t=125s
Top 10 Books of 2021: youtu.be/ZTqAmObgteI
Worst Books of 2021: youtube.com/watch?v=Uv7Cw34VYoQ
π€ Links (* = LGBT+ rep)π€
0:00 Intro
0:45 They Never Learn* - Layne Fargo (US)
2:29 Skin of the Sea - Natasha Bowen (England)
3:21 The Dare - Harley LaRoux (US)
5:45 The Other Brother* - Jax Calder (New Zealand)
8:00 Playing at Home (#2)* - Jax Calder (New Zealand)
9:00 Playing Offside (#1)* - Jax Calder (New Zealand)
9:57 The Inappropriate Date* - Jax Calder (New Zealand)
10:32 Dad's Omega Best Friend* - Anna Wineheart (Unknown)
11:58 Birthday Girl - Penelope Douglas (US)
13:32 Outro
π€ About π€
Name: Kat
Location: Australia
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Where I Request ARCs: NetGalley
Where I Buy Books: Abebooks
Contact: katadactyl@gmail.com
Why I Wear Wigs - bit.ly/2VQfzNn
Wig - LaceFronts Australia's "Missy"
Best LGBT+ Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=3dqCVGSZWi0
Best LGBT+ Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=46AF9EN_1sM
Best Weird Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=sB51VhFmBm0&t=1s
Best Weird Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=brcLTR3OOjA&t=604s
Best Dark Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=Vvv7Ig5Ikfg&t=465s
Best Dark Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=ZZqy9YN4ee8&t=740s
Most Disappointing Books of 2021: youtube.com/watch?v=j3tT1q9KVTU&t=125s
Top 10 Books of 2021: youtu.be/ZTqAmObgteI
Worst Books of 2021: youtube.com/watch?v=Uv7Cw34VYoQ
π€ Links (* = LGBT+ rep)π€
0:00 Intro
0:21 On My Shelves
Birthday & Holiday Haul: youtube.com/watch?v=gM2nXxB8N3M&t=42s
1) A Certain Hunger - Chelsea G. Summers (USA)
2) The Blood of Angels - Johanna Sinisalo (Finland, Finnish)
3) Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke* - Eric LaRocca (USA)
4) Boy Parts - Eliza Clark (England)
5) Cursed Bunny - Bora Chung (South Korea, Korean)
6) Compass Rose (#1)* - Anna Burke (USA)
7) Call Me By Your Name* - Andre Aciman (Egypt/Italy/USA)
1:23 Aren't Out Yet
8) Our Wives Under the Sea* - Julia Armfield (England, p March 3)
9) These Prisoning Hills - Christopher Rowe (England, p May 31)
4:00 On Kindle
10) The Push - Ashley Audrain (Canada)
11) The God of Death* - Z. S. Storm (Fiji)
12) They Never Learn* - Layne Fargo (USA)
13) Mother for Dinner - Shalom Auslander (USA)
14) Mrs. Caliban - Rachel Ingalls (USA)
15) The Harpy - Megan Hunter (England)
9:27 At My Library
16) Things From the Flood - Simon Stalenhag (Sweden, Swedish)
17) The Labyrinth - Simon Stalenhag (Sweden, Swedish)
18) Chouette* - Claire Oshetsky (USA)
19) Suffer the Children - Craig DiLouie (Canada)
20) Beautiful Darkness - Fabien Vehlmann (France, French)
21) The Twenty Days of Turin - Giorgio De Maria (Italy, Italian)
22) The Animals in That Country - Laura Jean McKay (Australia)
16:27 Outro
π€ About π€
Name: Kat
Location: Australia
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Where I Request ARCs: NetGalley
Where I Buy Books: Abebooks
Why I Wear Wigs - bit.ly/2VQfzNn
Wig - LaceFronts Australia's "Missy"
Best LGBT+ Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=3dqCVGSZWi0
Best LGBT+ Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=46AF9EN_1sM
Best Weird Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=sB51VhFmBm0&t=1s
Best Weird Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=brcLTR3OOjA&t=604s
Best Dark Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=Vvv7Ig5Ikfg&t=465s
Best Dark Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=ZZqy9YN4ee8&t=740s
Most Disappointing Books of 2021: youtube.com/watch?v=j3tT1q9KVTU&t=125s
Top 10 Books of 2021: youtu.be/ZTqAmObgteI
Worst Books of 2021: youtube.com/watch?v=Uv7Cw34VYoQ
π€ Links (* = LGBT+ rep)π€
0:00 Intro
0:20 Feb 1 / Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century - Kim Fu (Canada-US)
1:16 Feb 1 / The Employees - Olga Ravn (Denmark, Danish)
Willow's Review (@WillowTalksBooks): youtube.com/watch?v=O3WcsAlIWuk
2:29 Feb 8 / The Book of the Most Precious Substance - Sara Gran (US)
3:36 Feb 15 / Bitter (#0.5)* - Akwaeke Emezi (Nigeria)
4:45 Feb 17 / Parallel Hells* - Leon Craig (England)
6:04 Feb 17 / The Leviathan - Rosie Andrews (England)
7:39 Feb 22 / Manhunt* - Gretchen Felker-Martin (US)
8:55 Feb 22 / Only a Monster - Vanessa Len (Australia)
10:20 Outro
Honorable Mentions
Feb 1 / Shadows in the Deep - Helena V. Paris (England)
Feb 1 / Castles in Their Bones* - Laura Sebastian (US)
Feb 1 / In the Serpentβs Wake - Rachel Hartman (Canada)
Feb 2 / Rules of Arrangement - Maren Mackenzie (US)
Feb 8 / A Hundred Lovers: Poems* - Richie Hofmann (US)
Feb 8 / Bluebird* - Ciel Pierlot (US)
Feb 8 / Red Thread of Fate - Lyn Liao Butler (Taiwan-US)
Feb 8 / Across a Field of Starlight* - Blue Delliquanti (US)
Feb 15 / The Boy with a Bird in His Chest* - Emme Lund (US)
Feb 15 / A River Enchanted - Rebecca Ross (US)
Feb 15 / Second Star to the Left - Megan Van Dyke (US)
Feb 15 / Dark Breakers - C.S.E. Cooney (US)
Feb 15 / Tender - Ariana Harwicz (Argentina)
Feb 22 / This Might Hurt - Stephanie Wrobel (US)
Feb 22 / The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea - Axie Oh (US)
Feb 22 / Extasia* - Claire Legrand (US)
Feb 22 / League of Liars - Astrid Scholte (Australia)
π€ About π€
Name: Kat
Location: Australia
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Where I Request ARCs: NetGalley
Where I Buy Books: Abebooks
Why I Wear Wigs - bit.ly/2VQfzNn
Wig - LaceFronts Australia's "Missy"
Best LGBT+ Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=3dqCVGSZWi0
Best LGBT+ Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=46AF9EN_1sM
Best Weird Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=sB51VhFmBm0&t=1s
Best Weird Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=brcLTR3OOjA&t=604s
Best Dark Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=Vvv7Ig5Ikfg&t=465s
Best Dark Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=ZZqy9YN4ee8&t=740s
Most Disappointing Books of 2021: youtube.com/watch?v=j3tT1q9KVTU&t=125s
Top 10 Books of 2021: youtu.be/ZTqAmObgteI
Worst Books of 2021: youtube.com/watch?v=Uv7Cw34VYoQ
π€ Links (* = LGBT+ rep)π€
0:00 Intro
0:39 Lost Souls* - Poppy Z. Brite (US)
1:48 Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke* - Eric LaRocca (US)
2:54 Compass Rose (#1)* - Anne Burke (US)
4:12 The Blood of Angels - Johanna Sinisalo (Finland, Finnish)
6:15 Boy Parts* - Eliza Clark (England)
7:14 Cursed Bunny - Bora Chung (Korea, Korean)
7:57 A Certain Hunger - Chelsea G. Summers (US)
8:57 Outro
π€ About π€
Name: Kat
Location: Australia
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Where I Request ARCs: NetGalley
Where I Buy Books: Abebooks
Why I Wear Wigs - bit.ly/2VQfzNn
Wig - LaceFronts Australia's "Missy"
Best LGBT+ Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=3dqCVGSZWi0
Best LGBT+ Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=46AF9EN_1sM
Best Weird Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=sB51VhFmBm0&t=1s
Best Weird Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=brcLTR3OOjA&t=604s
Best Dark Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=Vvv7Ig5Ikfg&t=465s
Best Dark Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=ZZqy9YN4ee8&t=740s
Most Disappointing Books of 2021: last video
Top 10 Books of 2021: this video
Worst Books of 2021: youtube.com/watch?v=Uv7Cw34VYoQ
π€ Links (* = LGBT+ rep)π€
0:00 Intro
0:23 Honorable Mentions
Beside the Sea - Veronique Olmi (France, French)
Comfort Me with Apples - Catherynne M. Valente (US, English)
Fever Dream - Samanta Schweblin (Argentina, Spanish)
Star Eater* - Kerstin Hall (South Africa, English)
The Hunted - Gabriel Bergmoser (Australia, English)
The Gracekeepers* - Kirsty Logan (Scotaland, English)
Strange Beasts of China - Yan Ge (China, Chinese)
Our Bloody Pearl* - D. N. Bryn (US, English)
Ice Massacre* - Tiana Warner (Canada, English)
The Space Between Worlds* - Micaiah Johnson (US, English)
Skyward Inn - Aliya Whiteley (England, English)
The Weight of the Stars* - K. Ancrum (US, English)
Eartheater - Dolores Reyes (Argentina, Spanish)
Tin Man* - Sarah Winman (England, English)
Lonely Castle in the Mirror - Mizuki Tsujimura (Japan, Japanese)
A Winter's Earl* - Annabelle Greene (Italy, English)
He Made Me Do It* - Zee Shine Storm (Fiji, English)
Defender of Walls - Tanya Bird (Australia, English)
Defender of Hearts - Tanya Bird (Australia, English)
Consent - Vanessa Springora (France, French)
Sky Burial - Xinran (Tibet/China, Chinese)
2:10 Hybrid Child* - Mariko Ohara (Japan, Japanese)
3:27 Pet* - Akwaeke Emezi (Nigeria, English)
4:38 The Dangers of Smoking in Bed - Mariana Enriquez (Argentina, Spanish)
5:52 The Tangleroot Palace* - Marjorie Liu (US, English)
7:45 The Membranes* - Chi Ta-Wei (Taiwan, Chinese)
9:51 Fragile Remedy* - Maria Ingrande Mora (US, English)
12:12 The Past Is Red - Catherynne M. Valente (US, English)
13:35 Soul Eater* & Edin* & The Rycke* & Gloam* - Lily Mayne (England, English)
16:21 I'm Not Scared - Niccolo Ammaniti (Italy, Italian)
17:54 The Offset* - Calder Szewczak (England, English)
20:28 Outro
π€ About π€
Name: Kat
Location: Australia
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Where I Request ARCs: NetGalley
Where I Buy Books: Abebooks
Why I Wear Wigs - bit.ly/2VQfzNn
Wig - LaceFronts Australia's "Missy"
Best LGBT+ Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=3dqCVGSZWi0
Best LGBT+ Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=46AF9EN_1sM
Best Weird Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=sB51VhFmBm0&t=1s
Best Weird Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=brcLTR3OOjA&t=604s
Best Dark Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=Vvv7Ig5Ikfg&t=465s
Best Dark Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=ZZqy9YN4ee8&t=740s
Most Disappointing Books of 2021: this video
Top 10 Books of 2021: next video
Worst Books of 2021: youtube.com/watch?v=Uv7Cw34VYoQ
π€ Links (* = LGBT+ rep)π€
0:00 Intro
0:45 Mouthful of Birds - Samanta Schweblin (Argentina, Spanish)
1:13 Noor & Remote Control - Nnedi Okorafor (Nigeria, English)
4:17 Redder Days - Sue Rainsford (Ireland, English)
5:50 The Mermaid of Black Conch - Monique Roffey (Trinidad, English)
8:28 Outro
π€ About π€
Name: Kat
Location: Australia
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Where I Request ARCs: NetGalley
Where I Buy Books: Abebooks
Why I Wear Wigs - bit.ly/2VQfzNn
Wig - LaceFronts Australia's "Missy"
Best LGBT+ Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=3dqCVGSZWi0
Best LGBT+ Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=46AF9EN_1sM
Best Weird Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=sB51VhFmBm0&t=1s
Best Weird Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=brcLTR3OOjA&t=604s
Best Dark Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=Vvv7Ig5Ikfg&t=465s
Best Dark Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=ZZqy9YN4ee8&t=740s
Worst Books of 2021: youtube.com/watch?v=Uv7Cw34VYoQ
π€ Links (* = LGBT+ rep)π€
0:00 Intro
0:38 He Made Me Do It* - Zee Shine Storm (Fiji, English)
2:33 A Winter's Earl* - Annabelle Greene (Italy, English)
5:02 Pet* - Akwaeke Emezi (Nigeria, English)
6:19 Soul Eater* & Edin* & The Rycke* & Gloam* - Lily Mayne (England, English)
10:37 The Offset* - Calder Szewczak (England, English)
13:26 Outro
π€ About π€
Name: Kat
Location: Australia
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Where I Request ARCs: NetGalley
Where I Buy Books: Abebooks
Why I Wear Wigs - bit.ly/2VQfzNn
Wig - LaceFronts Australia's "Missy"
Best Weird Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=sB51VhFmBm0&t=1s
Best Dark Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=Vvv7Ig5Ikfg&t=465s
Best Dark Books of 2021 (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=ZZqy9YN4ee8&t=740s
Worst Books of 2021: youtube.com/watch?v=Uv7Cw34VYoQ
π€ Links (* = LGBT+ rep)π€
0:00 Intro
0:19 Eartheater - Dolores Reyes (Argentina, Spanish)
2:25 From the Neck Up* - Aliya Whiteley (England, English)
4:09 Fever Dream - Samanta Schweblin (Argentina, Spanish)
5:42 The Dangers of Smoking in Bed - Mariana Enriquez (Argentina, Spanish)
7:16 Hybrid Child* - Mariko Ohara (Japan, Japanese)
9:35 The Past Is Red - Catherynne M. Valente (US, English)
12:26 Outro
π€ About π€
Name: Kat
Location: Australia
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Where I Request ARCs: NetGalley
Where I Buy Books: Abebooks
Why I Wear Wigs - bit.ly/2VQfzNn
Wig - LaceFronts Australia's "Missy"
0:00 Intro
0:19 Earthflown* - Frances Wren & Mallory Litarnes (New Zealand) out in Jan
1:50 The Helheim Princess* - Tiana Warner (Canada) out May 3 (pushed back from Jan 4)
3:06 The Other Brother* - Jax Calder (New Zealand) out Jan 12
3:38 Headcase (#4)* - Onley James (US) out Jan 31 (pushed back from Jan 15)
4:53 The Raven and the Banshee* - Carolyn Elizabeth (Canada) out Jan 18
6:21 Anatomy: A Love Story - Dana Schwartz (US) out Jan 18
8:02 Shattered Cyborg - Nellie C. Lind (Poland) out Jan 31
9:48 Outro
Honorable Mentions
The School for Good Mothers - Jessamine Chan (US) out Jan 4
The Kindred* - Alechia Dow (US) out Jan 4
Always* - Kris Bryant (US) out Jan 11
Such a Pretty Smile - Kristi DeMeester (US) out Jan 18
The Beholden - Cassandra Rose Clarke (US) out Jan 18
π€ About π€
Name: Kat
Location: Australia
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Where I Request ARCs: NetGalley
Where I Buy Books: Abebooks
Why I Wear Wigs - bit.ly/2VQfzNn
Wig - LaceFronts Australia's "Missy"
Best Dark Books of 2021 (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=Vvv7Ig5Ikfg&t=465s
0:00 Intro
0:20 Defender of Walls (#1) & Defender of Hearts (#2) - Tanya Bird (Australia, English)
2:10 Comfort Me With Apples - Catherynne M. Valente (US, English)
3:25 Pet* - Akwaeke Emezi (Nigeria, English)
4:39 Fragile Remedy* - Maria Ingrande Mora (US, English)
6:48 Soul Eater (#1)* & Edin (#2)* & The Rycke (#3)* & Gloam (#4)* - Lily Mayne (England, English)
10:18 I'm Not Scared - Niccolo Ammaniti (Italy, Italian)
11:34 The Offset* - Calder Szewczak (England, English)
14:35 Outro
π€ About π€
Name: Kat
Location: Australia
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Where I Request ARCs: NetGalley
Where I Buy Books: Abebooks
Why I Wear Wigs - bit.ly/2VQfzNn
Wig - LaceFronts Australia's "Missy"
0:00 Intro
0:47 Didn't Attempt (4)
Monster - Frank Peretti (US, English)
Last Will - Bryn Greenwood (US, English)
The Hunger - Alma Katsu (US, English)
Call Me By Your Name - Andre Aciman (Egypt, English)
1:28 Currently Reading (2)
Romantic Outlaws - Charlotte Gordon (US, English)
The Forest of Hours - Kerstin Ekman (Sweden, Swedish)
2:52 Read & Ranked (15)
Ocean Sea - Alessandro Baricco (Italy, Italian)
A Luminous Republic - Andres Barba (Spain, Spanish)
Eileen* - Ottessa Moshfegh (US, English)
When I Was Ten - Fiona Cummins (England, English)
The Sound of Stars* - Alechia Dow (US, English)
The Discomfort of Evening - Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (Netherlands, Dutch)
Soft Science* - Franny Choi (US, English)
Hybrid Child* - Mariko Ohara (Japan, Japanese)
The Binding* - Bridget Collins (US, English)
The Stars and the Blackness Between Them* - Junauda Petrus (Trinidad, English)
Ice Massacre* - Tiana Warner (Canada, English)
The Gracekeepers* - Kirsty Logan (Scotland, English)
The Hunted - Gabriel Bergmoser (Australia, English)
The Weight of the Stars* - K. Ancrum (US, English)
I'm Not Scared - Niccolo Ammaniti (Italy, Italian)
19:00 Outro
π€ About π€
Name: Kat
Location: Australia
Goodreads - bit.ly/3jJT0aI
Where I Request ARCs: NetGalley
Where I Buy Books: Abebooks
Why I Wear Wigs - bit.ly/2VQfzNn
Wig - LaceFronts Australia's "Missy"