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Hello, 2020 and its 50 (or more books)
1. Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
Category:
M/F
AO3 Tags:
Convent for female assassins; Gratuitous mention of womanly charms, Enemies to Lovers who need to collaborate, Grumpy males who aren't jerks & apologizes, Very good depiction of Religion, Real OTP is female agency
Category:
M/F
AO3 Tags:
Convent for female assassins; Gratuitous mention of womanly charms, Enemies to Lovers who need to collaborate, Grumpy males who aren't jerks & apologizes, Very good depiction of Religion, Real OTP is female agency
2. Just Three Words by Melissa Brayden
Category:
F/F
AO3 Tags:
Friends to Lovers, Roommates, And they were... ROOMMATES, Keleg nemen, Although dialogue is meh, Love Wins
Category:
F/F
AO3 Tags:
Friends to Lovers, Roommates, And they were... ROOMMATES, Keleg nemen, Although dialogue is meh, Love Wins
3. Banana Heart Summer by Merlinda Bobis
Category:
General Audience
AO3 Tags:
Filipino food, Volcanic eruptions, Slice of probinsiya life, Social class differences, 2 guavas & wishing that St. Joseph was dead, These references were savage, Beautiful & lyrical writing
Category:
General Audience
AO3 Tags:
Filipino food, Volcanic eruptions, Slice of probinsiya life, Social class differences, 2 guavas & wishing that St. Joseph was dead, These references were savage, Beautiful & lyrical writing
4. The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Category:
Mature Audience
AO3 Tags:
Brrr, Imagined Frost & Vasya as my space OTP, Lam niyo na 'yun, Patriarchy still remains our enemy, MANY MALE DOUCHEBAGS, the heroine is AMAZING, Got so frustrated my stomach ached though
Category:
Mature Audience
AO3 Tags:
Brrr, Imagined Frost & Vasya as my space OTP, Lam niyo na 'yun, Patriarchy still remains our enemy, MANY MALE DOUCHEBAGS, the heroine is AMAZING, Got so frustrated my stomach ached though
5. Southeast Asian Independent Cinema
by Tilman Baumgartel (Editor)
Category:
General Audience
AO3 Tags:
Indie films as political resistance, Sad that stated problems are still present, male-male-male-OHH FEMALE filmmakers, Almost opened Canva to create a PPT presentation
by Tilman Baumgartel (Editor)
Category:
General Audience
AO3 Tags:
Indie films as political resistance, Sad that stated problems are still present, male-male-male-OHH FEMALE filmmakers, Almost opened Canva to create a PPT presentation
6. Apple and Knife by Intan Paramaditha
Category:
Mature Audience
AO3 Tags:
Plights and victories of disobedient women, Horror, Dark themes that are darker than night mode, Favorite collection of short stories, Sumabog na pero wala pa ring... mga words
Category:
Mature Audience
AO3 Tags:
Plights and victories of disobedient women, Horror, Dark themes that are darker than night mode, Favorite collection of short stories, Sumabog na pero wala pa ring... mga words
7. Expletives Deleted: Selected Writings by Angela Carter
Category:
Mature Audience
AO3 Tags:
Exactly what it says on the title, Reviewing other's works with brutality & class, Also the potato was called earth testicle, The more we know
Category:
Mature Audience
AO3 Tags:
Exactly what it says on the title, Reviewing other's works with brutality & class, Also the potato was called earth testicle, The more we know
8. Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean edited by Kirsty Murray, Payal Dhar, & Anita Roy
Category:
General Audience
AO3 Tags:
Feminism & Sci-Fi, I'm so happy I gave this book a chance bc it's magic, I'd make this a required reading if I'm an instructor,
Category:
General Audience
AO3 Tags:
Feminism & Sci-Fi, I'm so happy I gave this book a chance bc it's magic, I'd make this a required reading if I'm an instructor,
9. The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
Category:
Mature Audience
AO3 Tags:
Still Brr, Provincial to city life, Females disguising as boy soldiers bc patriarchy still SUCKS, Sequels are the best, This book is sinigang that means it's amazing
Category:
Mature Audience
AO3 Tags:
Still Brr, Provincial to city life, Females disguising as boy soldiers bc patriarchy still SUCKS, Sequels are the best, This book is sinigang that means it's amazing
10. The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
Category:
Mature Audience
AO3 Tags:
From Winter to Summer, Lots of Fire, Folk Catholicism, Vasya is still awesome, The best finale book in a trilogy i read, This book is sinigang AND adobo
Category:
Mature Audience
AO3 Tags:
From Winter to Summer, Lots of Fire, Folk Catholicism, Vasya is still awesome, The best finale book in a trilogy i read, This book is sinigang AND adobo
11. House of Earth and Blood: Crescent City by Sarah J. Maas
Category:
Explicit
AO3 Tags:
Social commentaries, Murders, Discussion of Tropes, Comedy, AND THEY WERE ROOMMATES, Gratuitous mention of F*ck, OMG, Pegasus-Unicorn Plushy, Mareng Sarah didn't disappoint
Category:
Explicit
AO3 Tags:
Social commentaries, Murders, Discussion of Tropes, Comedy, AND THEY WERE ROOMMATES, Gratuitous mention of F*ck, OMG, Pegasus-Unicorn Plushy, Mareng Sarah didn't disappoint
12. The Wolf of Oren-Yaro by K.S Villoso
Category:
Mature
AO3 Tags:
Ang Filipina lumalaban kasama ang isaw atbp., Southeast Asian Representation in Fantasy, Double standards, Political Maneuvers, Regionalism, Poverty, Pwedeng teleserye basta wala sanang theme song ni G*ry V
Category:
Mature
AO3 Tags:
Ang Filipina lumalaban kasama ang isaw atbp., Southeast Asian Representation in Fantasy, Double standards, Political Maneuvers, Regionalism, Poverty, Pwedeng teleserye basta wala sanang theme song ni G*ry V
13. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Category:
Teen & Up Audiences
AO3 Tags:
Soft spot for sequel books, Sensible love triangle, Rebellion, Significance of Humanities, Quite frankly the material that pushed me in this discipline, Nene Gurl Wonder to Quasi-Adult Appreciation
Category:
Teen & Up Audiences
AO3 Tags:
Soft spot for sequel books, Sensible love triangle, Rebellion, Significance of Humanities, Quite frankly the material that pushed me in this discipline, Nene Gurl Wonder to Quasi-Adult Appreciation
14. A Thousand Endings and Beginnings edited by Ellen Oh & Elsie Chapman
Category:
General Audience
AO3 Tags:
Retellings of Asian Myths, Majority of w/c were given feminist flavors, Some already are empowering so yey, Asian-American pov, So there's that, SA WAKAS TAPOS KO NA
Category:
General Audience
AO3 Tags:
Retellings of Asian Myths, Majority of w/c were given feminist flavors, Some already are empowering so yey, Asian-American pov, So there's that, SA WAKAS TAPOS KO NA
15. Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan
Category:
F/F
*TW: Animal Cruelty & Sexual Assault
AO3 Tags:
Fantasy, Social Injustices, Superstition, Good thing I watched Beastars, Gurl I read this for only two nights, No regrets (yet), Pasabog writing award
Category:
F/F
*TW: Animal Cruelty & Sexual Assault
AO3 Tags:
Fantasy, Social Injustices, Superstition, Good thing I watched Beastars, Gurl I read this for only two nights, No regrets (yet), Pasabog writing award
16. In the Vanishers' Palace by Aliette de Bodard
Category:
F/F
AO3 Tags:
Widespread sickness, Quarantine, Incompetent Leaders, SOUNDS FAMILIAR RIGHT, Familial Duty, That moment when you fall in love with a dragon whose also the mother of the children you tutor, Kakaibang keleg
Category:
F/F
AO3 Tags:
Widespread sickness, Quarantine, Incompetent Leaders, SOUNDS FAMILIAR RIGHT, Familial Duty, That moment when you fall in love with a dragon whose also the mother of the children you tutor, Kakaibang keleg
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