What We Left Behind | 
pickThis was overall, a really good, amazingly written, educational story about two people who love each other. I really liked reading how Gretchen & T grow as characters and how they evolve as people. They are definitely flawed humans, as we all are, and I think other readers may view that as problematic but I don‘t. I really liked the side characters expect for Carroll who was really transphobic & Gretchen‘s friendship with him really frustrated me.
pickThis was a sometimes intense, beyond real, funny, heartbreaking look at coming out and college life with a side super-helping of gender identity and gender politics. I loved every page.
Oh, this. So much this. I'm really loving that this book is, so far, not shying away from complicated discussions of gender and sexuality. And I'm amazed at how aware high school and college kids are now. It's only been a few years since I've really truly understood that sexuality and gender don't have to exist on a fixed binary. I wish I were as enlightened as these kids are here.
I spent most of today teaching myself a new knitting party trick (two at a time socks, one inside the other). Now it's time to indulge for the first time this vacation: a little late night reading and my first book of 2017.
A question for the #LitsyReadingChallenge: do we have to read a different book for each square, or can we use one book in two categories?
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TFW your friend's literary accomplishments take up half a shelf at Barnes & Noble! Go, Robin Talley! ❤️
Just some of my October TBRs; I'm unofficially participating in #TheLiteraryOthers, a month long reading event focusing on glbt authors and characters. Of course I can't decide what to start with, and I'm also still working on Born to Run. I'll probably spend more time trying to pick something than actually reading!
pickThis was such and good and well written book! It hit home in a lot of aspects for me and was thus a little hard to read. 4/5 stars
pickI just have to put this out there.
"What We Left Behind" is one of the best books I've read in recent memory, and I really mean that. When. Books speaks to you from the very first page, you know it's good. This one did exactly that and so much more.
