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Lilith

lilith@books.theunseen.city

Joined 3 years, 4 months ago

🏳️‍⚧️ (she/her; sie/ihr) avid reader ⁂

i'm interested in: * fantasy/science fiction * queer literature * little dabbles into philosophy/spirituality

i may read books in a different language (especially the german translation) than i have listed them here, usually i select the prettiest entry

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This book was extremely disgusting and repulsive

Some of the stories in this book are permanently etched into my mind, I think back on them and shudder Every story published in this anthology has some unique way to freak me out I have never read much of Horror before but this book has sealed the deal for me, I love it

Susanna Clarke: Piranesi (2020, Bloomsbury Publishing)

From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, an …

I left this book for five months because the beginning was too much of a drag for me. Regret! Regret! Once I read past page sixty, I devoured this book in the span of two days because it would not let me go.

Terry Pratchett: Monstrous Regiment (Discworld) (Paperback, 2007, Corgi)

In the twenty-eighth Discworld novel the Discworld goes to war.It began as a sudden strange …

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