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Fantasy, Science Fiction, Gay and Lesbian

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Hello, I read a lot. I love books in all their forms: spoken, written and drawn. However, I've not written any books myself -- my 'author' status is for narrating other people's books, mostly at LibriVox. :)

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Here's how my reading rating system currently works:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - I adore this book and will recommend it at any opportunity

⭐⭐⭐⭐ - this is a great read and worth your time unless your book taste is miles different to mine

⭐⭐⭐ - this is a solid read, didn't send me to the giddy heights of more stars, but each to their own

⭐⭐ - I had a problem with this book, it really wasn't for me

⭐ - I seriously disliked this book and the author is dead,
OR I disliked this book so completely that I'm going to override m ...more

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Average rating: 3.72 · 575 ratings · 136 reviews · 62 distinct works

	Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, David Muncaster (Narrator), mb (Narrator) 3.74 avg rating — 2,895,437 ratings — published 1590 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Cori Samuel (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.92 avg rating — 2,010,665 ratings — published 1818 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Cori Samuel (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 4.09 avg rating — 964,924 ratings — published 1843 — 9474 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Persuasion by Jane Austen, Tina Tilney (Narrator), Kara Shallenberg (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 4.15 avg rating — 812,280 ratings — published 1817 — 4634 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Cori Samuel (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.44 avg rating — 943,525 ratings — published 1850 — 1752 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, Kara Shallenberg (Goodreads Author) (Narrator), Patricia Oakley (Narrator) 3.85 avg rating — 473,100 ratings — published 1817 — 1968 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, Stephan Möbius (Narrator), Katy Preston (Narrator) 3.88 avg rating — 438,562 ratings — published 1838 — 6882 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, Cori Samuel (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.83 avg rating — 362,848 ratings — published 1898 — 5520 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, Cori Samuel (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 4.01 avg rating — 304,192 ratings — published 1877 — 2812 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf, Cori Samuel (Goodreads Author) (narrator) 4.22 avg rating — 283,259 ratings — published 1929	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Cori Samuel rated a book liked it VALOUR: A romantasy retelling of Shackleton's Antarctic expedition (Beasts of the Hidden Wilds Book 1) by Amber Maren (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Romantasy Antarctic exploration, what a fun setting! And though it wasn't entirely for me as it turns out, it was pretty good and will fit a lot of other readers to a T. We follow two women as they set out on an Antarctic expedition, one the funder. C ...more
Oct 02, 2026 11:09AM · 3 likes · like · see review
Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it The Hearth Witch's Guide to Spite & Spellwork (Deluxe Edition) (The Hemlock Saga, 2) by Kiri Callaghan (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Book 2 in the Hemlock Saga (don't start here; it probably could stand alone, but The Hearth Witch's Guide to Magic and Murder was great so why do that?) wherein Avery and Saga are negotiating the changes arising from Book 1, along with getting stuck ...more
Oct 01, 2026 12:26PM · 3 likes · like · see review
Cori Samuel rated a book liked it Mothsblood by Lynn D. Jung (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
If you're here for an unlikeable FMC and extremely moody Parisian dark academia vibes, without too many boring bits sitting around in classrooms and libraries -- have at it (and skip the rest of this review.) Personally, I wasn't expecting the unlikea ...more
Oct 01, 2026 12:20PM · 3 likes · like · see review
Cori Samuel rated a book liked it Romance and the Gentle Art of Rocket Racing: A Sapphic Space Opera Adventure by Rena Rocford (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I may be being over-literal: I was all-in for that title, but after reading, I wanted much more romance and a fair bit more rocket racing. I liked the main character, and the Scarlet Pimpernel framing (appears to be a buffoon, actually a mastermind) ...more
Oct 01, 2026 12:07PM · 2 likes · like · see review
Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it A Nest of Maple & Mist (Maple Falls #1) by Michelle Love (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Lovely smutty cosy why-choose Omegaverse, wherein three bonded men meet their perfect scent matched woman. Much bonking. The plot is mostly "how will our FMC be romanced into bed by each of these adorable males", (especially the one who Acted Heinousl ...more
Sep 20, 2026 10:54AM · 2 likes · like · see review
Cori Samuel rated a book it was amazing Don’t Bite the Sun (Four-BEE, #1) by Tanith Lee	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
No idea why I read the sequel in 2022, but waited this long to go back to the first book; anyway, here we are. Aside from a little period-typical fatphobia, which I deeply wish wasn't there, this is a very enjoyable coming-of-age in a utopian setting. ...more
Sep 20, 2026 10:33AM · 4 likes · like · see review
Cori Samuel rated a book liked it Fangs with Benefits by Kath Richards (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
If you're an ex- (or, I guess, current) Twilight lover, then I think this will land for you pretty well -- this story is grounded in that fandom and is very affectionate about it. I am not, no shade at all, just wasn't my vibe at the time it was hot. ...more
Sep 20, 2026 10:10AM · 3 likes · like · see review
Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it Smoke, Mirrors, & Misdemeanours (Mystic Misfits Book 1) by Enola M. Douglas (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Cute cosy fantasy with two MCs, Cassia and Varil, who have grown-up jobs and friends, and who develop grown-up feelings via a fake dating scenario. This has lovely food descriptions, and an interesting setting, light-touch but broad and well-developed ...more
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Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it The Slantwise Histories: Collected Stories by Alix E. Harrow (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
So, I don't think about book titles a lot, because not infrequently I have no idea what they mean, and it's 'obviously' super-profound and I'm just over here having a stupid. Absolutely not the case here -- I was promised Slantwise Histories, I can p ...more
Sep 07, 2026 11:29AM · 4 likes · like · see review
Cori Samuel rated a book liked it The Library of Botanical Witchcraft by Jasmine Wigham (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
An introvert heroine, Thalia, gets a job at the library of a magical university, in order to get access to the books that might be able to save her cursed twin sister, Hebe. There's a lot of cosy elements here: the sisters' cottage, the library, the s ...more
Aug 30, 2026 12:16PM · 3 likes · like · see review

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Cori’s Quotes

“Little houses, bigger ones, scrolled and capacious porches, dark windows, leaves of trees already rich with May, homes of rooms which chambered sleep as honey is cherished, drifted past their slow walking and were left behind, and not a light in any home.”
― James Agee, A Death in the Family

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“Close, close all night
the lovers keep.
They turn together
in their sleep,

Close as two pages
in a book
that read each other
in the dark.

Each knows all
the other knows,
learned by heart
from head to toes.”
― Elizabeth Bishop, Edgar Allan Poe & The Juke-Box: Uncollected Poems, Drafts, and Fragments

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“So what's a nurse? [...]
Basically someone who does all the work of helping people without any of the credit.”
― Zack Schoppen, The Midwizard of Cosconia

tags: nurses, nursing

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“Artificial or not, the knowledge of existing borders delineates the world. They are a social technology that creates emotional reality, that creates physical reality.”
― Isabel J. Kim, Sublimation

tags: borders, immigration

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