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Round up of book's read 📚
Finished Unwell woman by Elinor Cleghorn 5 🌟
Rainbow history class by Hannah McElhinney 5 🌟
A year of magical thinking by Joan Didion 4 🌟
Currently reading The madmans hotel by Niall Breslin

I've been off work sick today so me and the cat's are resting getting a good amount of reading in.

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Thank you for the tip @ChaoticMissAdventures ! None of my libraries had a copy but I was really pleased to see my local brick and mortar Barnes and Nobel had a stack of copies. 👍 #BlameitonLitsy

A beautiful book!

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I have mixed feelings on this book (mostly, I had a hard time figuring out what character was which) I did find the thought of anyone having a high level of testosterone in this world, would cause you to also turn into a killing machine. Horrifying, as someone with PCOS. The story of just trying to survive the world while trying to navigate forces and a virus that‘s threatening you. Pretty intense. Good for a one read.

New favorite author need I say more? This is a beautiful story of love, friendship and acceptance. Following Waterloo Viola is presumed dead and takes the chance to transition to the woman she is. But when her best friends depression following her “death” reaches a breaking point, she can‘t help but go to him

Listened to the audiobook narrated by the author. We meet Maria, a 20 something trans woman who is finding out she likes her freedom more than being with her gf. The 2nd part of this book is Maria meeting James in Nevada, a trans person who doesn‘t know theyre trans, yet. This book is quite a peek into the mind of a trans person. I hate the ending but love that the author uses such exact language to express every thought and feeling. A pick!

August 2025 Theme: Trans Fantasy

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It seems like I‘ve had this book forever, so I‘m making it my #readordonate pick for July.

Nice book but only 3.5 stars. I like the idea, but it seemed that the child felt too much pressure to “choose” their pronouns & words for the day. A better way the adults could have dealt with it is explained that the child was still valid even if they couldn‘t find their “words” for the day. Still, a good book for introducing children to the concept of pronouns. ⬇️
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Happy Pride Month! Last weekend I did classic, classics of Pride - which because they are older skewed very male. This weekend I want to do some ladies with Modern Classics (published after 1980)
All of these are FANTASTIC and worth the read.
Stone Butch Blues was written by a trans author it is novel about a lesbian that is heartfelt, sad, and for many an informative look at what being Butch in the 50-60s was like. Please check TW
5 ⭐