#RunningCloseToTheWind
My one piece of advice:

Don't wait for it to make sense.
Your brain will eventually catch up with your laughing muscles.

It's ridiculous.
Ridiculous, how it all comes together.

It totally made sense in its silliness for me.

Seriously, though,
#RunningCloseToTheWind NEEDS more loud appreciation!

Please, do yourself a favour 🌈🦜

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Little more exposure for my
@tearexmama.bsky.social approved funky description of #RunningCloseToTheWind -

THE queer as fuck, horny, hugger-mugger pirate experience you never knew you needed. 🌈 Desperately.

Praise where praise is due,
@alexandrarowland.bsky.social !
👏👏👏👏👏

I'm still mentally howling with that chaotic pirate crew of #RunningCloseToTheWind
while tenderly heaping lots of love over our caring Arasht power couple in #ATasteOfGoldAndIron ♡

... I'd hate for them to clash but it would be 💥

Chapter 15 of #ATasteOfGoldAndIron

Yearning and wanting and touching yet always holding back.

Exquisite introspection in #ATasteOfGoldAndIron -
We even get a therapy session in.

I'm completely enraptured with this tale of devotion. 💞

It's also quite the juxtaposition to #RunningCloseToTheWind, being its antithesis and adversary 💫

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#RunningCloseToTheWind Ch.27 Finale

'Science as foreplay' 😏

I'd be down.
And I hope Julian will be soon as well.

Let's liberate The Seas! 🌊
Fucking luck, Avra... 🤌

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#RunningCloseToTheWind Ch.24

'DOWN with institutional power'

- or at the VERY least, let Julian fuck like the gods intended him to!

I have tears of joy running down my face 🤣😂😈

Brilliant narration by Casey Jones, who brings this madly entertaining pirate nonsense to life!!

#RunningCloseToTheWind Ch. 14

The highest stakes of jump rope I have ever seen!

- Besides that #Hwarang 2D1N nonsense 🤣

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#RunningCloseToTheWind Ch. 14

Thruple therapy and still no action for Avra -
but plenty of lusting and bonding with his favourite Pirate Captain over celibate Julian (who I just call Eunwoo in my mind, for being the most beautiful, scholarly creature this side of the serpent shallows)

+ Blue dogs

It's on audible and spotify premium, if you wanna listen to a delightfully versatile narrator.
I'm sure other platforms have it, too.

Reading, of course, is also an option whereas I have the GREATEST fun listening to absolutely bonkers shit read out loud with fervour! 😁
#RunningCloseToTheWind

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#RunningCloseToTheWind Ch. 13

Fucking sea serpents meet bored, skilled sailor dames who are fangirling over charming and disarming Avra just as I am. 😂

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Avra,
my beloved, luck-cursed man-whore is giving me side stitches 🤣😂
I'm wheezing!

On Ch. 12 of #RunningCloseToTheWind and no closer to sleep than getting tickled to death.

Running Close To The Wind - A queer pirate fantasy adventure full of magic and mayhem by Alexandra Rowland.

Back to my regular, scheduled giggling fits before bed 🤣

#RunningCloseToTheWind does NOT help with sleeping, I can tell you THAT! 😂

Very entertaining, queer nonsense about fantasy pirates 🤣 with #OurFlagMeansDeath level hysterics

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#booksky #runningclosetothewind
#alexandrarowland

Lots of humor. Humorous one might say.

It's Moist Month... 2! We're setting sail with @alexandrarowland.bsky.social 's piratical fantasy-comedy #RunningCloseToTheWind 🏴‍☠️🍰⚓

Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1wEiCnSoh9oygpBiVe8lVt
For transcripts, closed captions, and more, visitplanarprod.com/the-hidden-bookcase/

A graphic in a similar style to the last titled: “Moist Month II” Text in the centre reads: “August 11th: Running Close to the Wind” Beside the text is the cover of Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland, which is subtitled “Magic, monsters & mayhem on the High Seas,’ and features a line drawing of a golden ship on a red background, with tentacles and floral designs encroaching from the edge of the book.

Then, for August, we’re bringing back a fan favourite theme, drumroll please… 🥁 That’s right, it’s #MoistMonth… 2! And what better book to begin with than #AlexandraRowland’s piratical fantasy-comedy #RunningCloseToTheWind? ⚓️💦🐍 #iykyk [6/8]

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

18/20

#booksky
#bookchallenge
#20bookchallenge
#runningclosetothewind

What is your favorite thing you read this year? Mine was Running Close to the Wind by @alexandrarowland.bsky.social #FavoriteRead #BestBooks #ReadingGoals #BookLovers #RunningCloseToTheWind #BookRecommendation #2024Reads

Giving me #RunningCloseToTheWind feels

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📚💙 #queeradultSFF 📖

If you need to fill a Terry Pratchett or OFMD hole in your heart, this book might just fit.