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I had, for me, a relatively light reading week. Mostly because of a dumb game on my phone I've been playing a lot, and because sick!brain has been struggling to focus on words.

1. What are you currently reading?

only my continuing, slow plod through 盗墓笔记 vol. 2. I'm almost halfway!

2. What have you recently finished reading?

I had an extremely rare (for me) DNF - I think the first DNF since I started doing these weekly check-ins. It was Apothecary Diaries vol. 5 by Natsu Hyuuga. I was struggling to maintain my interest anyway, and then the last chapter I read was just so unpleasant that I decided no future chapter would possibly be engaging enough to make up for it, and I put it down, returned it to the library, and I'm done. I've tried so hard to enjoy this series, and to figure out why everyone else seems to like it so much, but I'm just baffled. It's not for me. Oh well. That was last night so I haven't started a new novel yet.
The Beauty's Blade by Feng Ren Zuo Shu: it kinda picked up the last 100 pages? And then the pacing fell off a cliff the last ten pages. Oh well. That sure was a book.
Yona of the Dawn vol. 28 by Mizuho Kusanagi
Daybreak vol. 2 by Moosopp: this was exactly as fluffy, sweet, and lowstakes as I'd hoped it would be.
A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation manga vol. 5 by Misaki: yeah I love them.
Yellow omnibus vol. 1 and 2 by Makoto Tateno: holy early oughts yaoi tropes batman.
Dan of Green Gables by Rey Terceiro: speaking of pacing in the end of things fall off a cliff, what a terrible last few pages of an otherwise good book.
Just Like Mona Lisa vol. 3 by Tsumiji Yoshimura
Kaiju No. 8 vol. 15 by Naoya Matsumoto: KAIJU ORIGIN STORY WUT??? This volume was so good omg. I want the next right now

3. What will you be reading next?

Novels: Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell

Physical graphic novels from the library: Pizza Witch by Sarah Graley and Stef Purenins

E-Book graphics novels via Libby: nothing I have is due in the next 7 days so idk, whatever I feel like I guess.

Four decorative golden frames on a light blue wall. In the middle frame, on a rainbow background there's a text that reads Queer Art We Love for World Art Day. Another frame shows Frida Kahlo's painting "Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird". Two other frames show colorful abstract art.

Happy World Art Day! Our rec lists tend to be a bit book-centric, so we thought this’d be a great chance to share some artists and artworks we love. Note that because we don’t intentionally assemble these lists – they’re simply based on what our reccers choose to suggest – they can end up unbalanced. We’re aware this list skewed toward male artists as a result. We encourage you to find more artists, such as from this List of LGBTQ artists on Wikipedia. The contributors to the list are: Rascal Hartley, Shannon, Nina Waters, Evangeline Giaconia, Shea Sullivan, Lucy K.R., Neo Scarlett, and theirprofoundbond.

We have made the intentional choice not to include artworks that aren’t in the public domain as images on this post. We strongly encourage you to follow the links to view the works!

Electric Fan (Feel It Motherfuckers): Only Unclaimed Item from the Stephen Earabino Estate by John S. Boskovich

“Untitled” (Portrait of Ross in L.A.) by Félix González-Torres

Two Men Dancing by Robert Mapplethorpe

Study for I Am in the Air You Breathe by Kent Monkman

Compositional Study for They Walk Softly on This Earth by Kent Monkman

They Knew Everything They Needed to Live by Kent Monkman

Sir Michael Gambon in Rehearsal by Maggi Hambling

True Westerners for One Strange Hour by Yowshien Kuo

National Coming Out Day by Keith Haring

Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird by Frida Kahlo

Interwoven Socks by J. C. Leyendecker

Works of Anthony Hurd