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Runner Owen by Vincent Lore was fascinating! It's an epistolary gothic series (2 short stories out so far).

The writing style is wonderful. The setting isn't our world: for instance, there are three moons. Friend of the Damned is a ghost story, Honoria is a vampire story.

The protagonist is an achillean trans man, in love with his nemesis. For more LGBT Quick Reads, check out my rec list.

The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses by Malka Older was amazing! It's the third The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti book – this time, a novel rather than a novella, I think.

The author made an interesting choice: Mossa suffers from depression, so Pleiti (the Jovian Watson to Mossa's Holmes) starts the investigation on her own.

Extra points for an invented sport (I remain an All for the Game fan, no matter what genre I read): cling-rail is played in a magnetic orb where skaters go after a ball.

There's major f/f, as well as minor non-binary characters (ta/ta/ta's). For more LGBT Quick Reads, check out my rec list.

I've found an interesting YouTube channel, EBS Documentary/다큐, to replace the cultural channel that disappeared from KOR TV a while ago.

What's super practical with the fact that it's on YouTube is that I can slow down the videos to 75% of their original speed, which fits my oral comprehension level so much better.

Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology was fascinating! It's a set of short stories establishing a science fantasy world open to all authors from Africa and the African diaspora.

The stories appear in chronological order, always with a short introduction providing some context about the mythology or the actual history of this world. The book includes about 25 pictures (illustrations of the invented solar system, drawings of the characters...), as well as a glossary.

Most stories have no romance. There's achillean rep, an enby and a trans male protagonist. Two tales casually mention non-binary people.

Nunca es suficiente by M.C. Andrews was a lot of fun! Marina falls in love with Rafferty, but he needs more. Then, they meet James.

This is m/m/f erotica, with the relationships being the only plot, so not what I usually go for. But the m/f was enjoyable from the start, and once the m/m started, it got awesome!

The Incandescent by Emily Tesh (Silver in the Wood) was a lot of fun! Dr Saffy Walden is the Director of Magic at Chetwood School and teaches demonic invocation to sixth-formers.

I love that the school has a mobile phone policy because imps tend to possess technology. XD The focus of the novel is on the teachers and the other adults working at the school, like my beloved achillean series Branches of Past and Future by MN Bennet.

Saffy is bisexual and there's occasional f/f and m/f. For more HP-like LGBT Books, check out my rec list.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day was mind-blowing! It's my new favourite Spidey movie for sure.

If you're a fan of Marvel like me, go for it before the spoilers hit the Internet. There are more crossovers than I expected from the trailer.

There's 1 post-credits scene.

Netflix's movie Heartstopper Forever adapts the end of the story instead of a full Season 4. Consequently, it focuses on Nick and Charlie and doesn't dedicate much time to the f/nb, trans female and aroace rep.

Apart from that, it was good, of course. Alice Oseman is a great writer. I especially liked Elle's scene about the current state of trans rights in the UK.

Netflix's k-movie Husbands in Action was fun and a little slashable. When Si-nae gets kidnapped, her former husband and her current husband team up to get her back.

At first, they spoke too fast and I couldn't understand them, but after a while, either they slowed down or I got used to it, because I started understanding better.

The graphic novel Girl Haven written by Lilah Sturges and illustrated by Meaghan Carter was a lot of fun! :D Ash and a few friends are transported to Koretris, a girl-only world, in order to save Queen Cassandra. What does it mean about Ash's gender?

I loved how this concept was dealt with. It tackles forced feminisation (Ash would like something to happen so that the decision is not hers to make), but the story has her answer her own questions. Junebug is another questioning character, testing they/them pronouns at the end of the book. There's also sapphic representation. For more LGBT Quick Reads, check out my rec list.

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Netflix's Enola Holmes 3 was great, as always.

I enjoyed the investigation, the anti-colonialism, and of course the fourth-wall breaking.