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Enum & Valerie

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@enum@chaos.social on the mammooth site. Reading mostly wlw rom-coms, with the occasional exceptions. I try to rotate languages, but it isn't really easy to find queer romance books in other languages than English. Reviews and comments usually in the same language as the book.

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Enum & Valerie's books

To Read (View all 24)

Tarquin Hall: Vish Puri ja nauruun kuolleen miehen tapaus (Hardcover, Finnish language, Gummerus)

Rachael Lippincott: Pride and Prejudice and the City (Paperback, 2023, Simon & Schuster, Limited)

Casey McQuiston: Red, White & Royal Blue (Paperback, 2019, St. Martin's Griffin)

Currently Reading

Taru Luojola: Ei kaikki pinnat kireällä (Finnish language, 2018)

Zoe Hana Mikuta: Off with Their Heads (2024, Disney Press)

Alison Cochrun: Here We Go Again (2024, Atria Books)

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Natasha Ngan: Girls of storm and shadow (2019, JIMMY Patterson Books, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.)

Effie Calvin: The Queen of Rhodia (2019, NineStar Press)

Effie Calvin: The Empress of Xytae (Paperback, 2019, NineStar Press)

2024 Reading Goal

40% complete! Enum & Valerie has read 20 of 50 books.

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Enum & Valerie quoted Off with Their Heads by Zoe Hana Mikuta

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In a world where Saints are monsters and Wonderland is the dark forest where they …

But truly, dear readers, if by this point in the story you are still seeking comfort, enough so that you are picturing our darling, gruesome champions engaged in habits so domestic and casual as the pursuit of higher education, even toting around a god such as Carnage, then a concerned narrator must ask after you - are you very much all right?

— Off with Their Heads by Zoe Hana Mikuta (Page 255)

certainly not, thanks for asking though

Enum & Valerie quoted Off with Their Heads by Zoe Hana Mikuta

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In a world where Saints are monsters and Wonderland is the dark forest where they …

Content warning spiders, blood

The courts liked to gossip, and they liked to titter about how terrifying the Queen was, with the same air as children daring each other to inch closer and closer to a very large and fanged spider hung on the wall, thrilled with their own rising heartbeats. The spider was safe either way - either such children wouldn't dare squashing it, or one would be brave enough to raise their chubby kiddy fist, and then the spider would lunge, and there would be blood everywhere, and as much as some of the courtfolk liked to preen, they also knew the thing about the everywhereness-quality of the blood.

— Off with Their Heads by Zoe Hana Mikuta (Page 50 - 51)

Ah yes, how it usually goes with spiders O.O

Enum & Valerie quoted Off with Their Heads by Zoe Hana Mikuta

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In a world where Saints are monsters and Wonderland is the dark forest where they …

Well, since you're already here, dear readers, past the middle of this sentence, at its frayed end...

— Off with Their Heads by Zoe Hana Mikuta (Page 1)

i feel called out D:

Enum & Valerie reviewed Die Lunte brennt. by Tuula Kallioniemi

Tuula Kallioniemi: Die Lunte brennt. (Paperback, Carlsen)

Die Lunte brennt - und das nicht nur auf ihrer Freizeit, die nach ein paar …

Lanka palaa

3 stars

Nachwirkungen eines abgebrochenen Ferienlagers. Alle Charaktere sind super simpel gestrickt, aber der Zufall macht daraus trotzdem wieder unterhaltsame Wendungen. Und ich dachte, Novellen seien ausgestorben.

Enum & Valerie reviewed Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler

Dahlia Adler: Under the Lights (Paperback, 2015, Spencer Hill Press)

Josh Chester loves being a Hollywood bad boy, coasting on his good looks, his parties, …

A sequel thet doesn't feel like a sequel

4 stars

Both Josh and Van really are good characters from Behind the Scenes that desperately needed their own stories. Whenever a romance story is told from two alternating points of view, you automatically assume they're the couple. You're in for a surprise then...

Enum & Valerie reviewed Behind the Scenes by Dahlia Adler

High school senior Ally Duncan's best friend may be the Vanessa Park - star of …

Not overwhelming, but enjoyable

3 stars

I am a bit disappointed how it all boiled down to "oops we didn't communicate" again. Same applies to "Cool for the summer" btw. None of Dahlia's books have a really elaborate creative plot, but they're still fun to read and hard to put to the side.

Enum & Valerie reviewed Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler

Dahlia Adler: Cool for the Summer (2021, Wednesday Books)

Lara's had eyes for exactly one person throughout her three years of high school: Chase …

Go tell your mother. Kiss one another.

4 stars

If you don't have an earworm right from the start, you'll have one afterwards. Trust me. Also, this book was good enough to finish in 24h and keep me up all night.

Enum & Valerie reviewed Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal

Hafsah Faizal: Tempest of Tea (2024, Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

From Hafsah Faizal, New York Times–bestselling author of We Hunt the Flame, comes the first …

Read if you like coconuts

4 stars

The largest part of the book is about an elaborate heist, so if you like heists, knock yourself out. However, it's embedded into a larger major story, which doesn't really need that heist - it would work just as fine without it. Then again, the Spindrift Tearoom & Bloodhouse concept is pretty cool. And: coconuts!

Enum & Valerie quoted Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal

From Hafsah Faizal, New York Times–bestselling author of We Hunt the Flame, comes the first …

Why save the world when you can have tea?

— Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal (Page 304)

Enum & Valerie quoted Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal

From Hafsah Faizal, New York Times–bestselling author of We Hunt the Flame, comes the first …

"Bang up the elephant, I almost didn't recognize you!"

— Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal (Page 204)

new favourite expression just dropped

Enum & Valerie reviewed Victory City by Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie: Victory City (2023, Random House Publishing Group)

A 247-year-old demi-god chronicles the birth and death of Bisnaga, a city she created and …

Full history of Bisnaga

3 stars

Spanning over 200 years, this is a long story, with characters coming and going. It's not very addictive, but still quite enjoyable, with a distinct kind of humour.

Enum & Valerie quoted Victory City by Salman Rushdie

A 247-year-old demi-god chronicles the birth and death of Bisnaga, a city she created and …

[commenting on the battle] ‘And my husband?’ Tirumalamba Devi cried. ‘What about the king?’ Pampa Kampana fell silent and put her hands up her face. ‘The king?’ Tirumalamba Devi shouted. ‘Pampa Kampana, what news?’ ‘Alas, the king is old,' Pampa Kampana wailed. ‘He is old and the battle is long. He has been up on that elephant a long time.’ ‘What has happened?’ Tirumalamba Devi cried. ‘Tell me at once!’ ‘Alas for us all, my queen,’ Pampa Kampana wept through sightless eyes. ‘The king... the king... needed to piss.’ ‘To piss? Pampa Kampana, you speak of piss?’

— Victory City by Salman Rushdie (Page 364)

Pee pee poo poo on the battlefield.

Enum & Valerie commented on Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal

From Hafsah Faizal, New York Times–bestselling author of We Hunt the Flame, comes the first …

Despite the name, the main theme of the book seems to be not tea, but coconuts O_O

Enum & Valerie reviewed La Légende de Korra: 1. Guerres de territoires by Michael Dante DiMartino

Michael Dante DiMartino: La Légende de Korra: 1. Guerres de territoires (Hardcover, French language, Hachette)

Un homme d'affaires douteux projette de transformer le portail spirituel, situé au cœur de la …

Continuation de la série TV

3 stars

Naturellement, j'aime la relation entre Korra et Asami. Mais Tokuga n'a aucun pas de sens.

Enum & Valerie quoted Victory City by Salman Rushdie

A 247-year-old demi-god chronicles the birth and death of Bisnaga, a city she created and …

‘It is said that any man who enters here will be transformed into a woman at once.’ [...] Then Grandmaster Li said, [...] ‘I will go with you into the forest of Aranyani, come what may.' [...] Haleya Kote thought for a moment. ‘Okay,’ he said at last. ‘Fuck it. I'll stay.’ [with you and enter]

— Victory City by Salman Rushdie (Page 134 - 135)

insert trans flag