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Interesting to read back to back books that mix fiction and nonfiction in different ways. The Mobius Book did so with memoir and this one includes surprisingly large chunks of Gay history, specifically marriage. As an absolute lover of nonfiction I found it enhanced my listening experience, but I wonder how others feel. The “gayest love story ever told” is a good one, but perhaps took a backseat to all the facts?

“An erasure of history was an erasure of personhood.” This is one of those books that just takes your breath away. The story is loosely based on real transgender people living in Germany during WWII. It wasn‘t a lighthearted book since it dealt with the many atrocities that trans people faced (trigger warnings about assault & Dachau). Learned that the Allied forces after WWII were rounding up & imprisoning trans persons. Eye opening book about

TW: s€xual absue, r@pe
Please mind the trigger warnings!

This story shows us clearly what it means to live in a r@pe culture. What it means to live in a female body and how society treats those born in those bodies. It also shows the affects an assault has on the victim's life(s). Yes, this book is a road trip, but it's not a fun one.
I just wished the author would've explained more clearly, why the girls couldn't go and ask for help.

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Chimney - locked room mystery

True crime podcaster Liza and her corporate financier wife Hanna want to spend Easter in a luxury hotel in the Scottish Highlands. Hanna planned it to rescue their marriage. It soon turns into a Murder Mystery Weekend with real victims.

Very Christie-esque, with chapter headings reminiscent of Cluedo.

Day 4 of #37by37

I adore anything Emily Austin writes. These poems were excellent.

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When bureaucracy is taken to an extreme, you start feeling sorry for the Antichrist, and there‘s *very, very* special magical orphanage on a unique island that exists. And also 🌈. *contented sigh* 💙🥰🥹
#recentlyread #LGBTQ #magic #lovedit #nospoilers

Soft pick because I've struggled with the writing style and how the book skips around. But that does actually fit the author and her life. It's a rough memoir, an open one. It must have taken a lot of courage, energy and heart to write all this down. An eye-opener, for sure, and a important voice to listen to.

@TheAromaOfBooks #DoubleSpin

Two 16 y.o. have a brief flirty meeting in a NY post office and then try to track each other down again.

It had its moments but with the chapters alternating between the two main characters' pov, they need to be more distinguishable and their respective side characters need to stand out more. I kept having to backtrack to remember which was Arthur and which was Ben, whose head I was supposed to be in, and who the different side characters were.

With a title like that, I had to read it! Recommend highly🩷

Like any short story collection, some stories were more enjoyable than others. I definitely had fun reading this and getting to know or re-experience so many wonderful authors, and I love a good collection with trans and nonbinary characters. My favorites might be the one with the storm lighthouse and the one narrated by the magic school. #LGBTQIA #Magic #ShortStories