"As I write this book in the spring of 2019, it has become something of a truism among my community of queer people of colour that the end of the world is nigh."
#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl
pickAudio. So I do think I missed some plot device, whereas the story is incredibly written. But it made me so mad how the church was treating people. It was very engaging, and not as scary to keep me from waiting to know what was happening.
The implication of the church in utilizing demons to scare people into not being gay, a conversion therapy camp, was really well put. Writing was disjointed at times, yet almost always engaging
pickAudio books that aren‘t too heavy with characters that I love and root for seem to be what my brain and heart want. That and any excuse to organize something. I bought new hangers after a friend told me about the slimmer velvet cover ones. Spent some time today switching them in with the old plastic ones out.
Loved this one. When Greta tells about Val listening to I‘m Not in Love after getting his heart broken I‘m thinking been there, done that.
? Book with Late-Winter Evening Half-Moon ???
The first essay in this collection of nonfiction and poetry is a critique of "the leftist social justice community" by a writer who identifies with that community, while acknowledging its problems.
An encouraging start ?
Attractive, expressive art is the highlight of this Regency romance graphic novel. The characters really come to life and I especially love how George, a trans man, is drawn, always completely himself even when forced to wear a skirt. (There's a wonderful section at the end in which the characters themselves explain the historical basis for the black and queer characters in the story.) cont.
My January reading.The tagged was fantastic, and reviews are hilariously divided between trans-mascs giving it a 5/5 and everyone else giving it 1-3. Two trans men be gay and do crime with one brain cell between them. Explicit on-page sex, though completely different from Adversary's. No hate reads this month, though some I definitely bounced off. And I finally finished Balefire! It's good, I just struggled for no reason.
Looks like this is my #bookspin choice for the month! Which is timely: if I leave it much longer before I get round to reading this, I'll have forgotten everything about the first book.
In setting up my list, I included a couple of books I already read in February/am partway through, since I'm thinking I'll set up a #bookspinbingo card too. Just need to try not to become obsessive about it, either in creating it or trying to stick to it. 😅
I read 13 books (12 physical, 1 audio) in January—I ran out of free spaces after I completed 2 bingos! I usually read a lot in January, but our major snow/ice storm allowed even more reading time. Got a good start on my library‘s book challenge.
pick4.5/5
On the interstellar ship, the Fairweather, death is temporary when a new body can be created and your memories restored from a copy in the library, But when detective Dorothy Gentleman wakes up in a body that isn't hers and to news that there's just been a murder, it's clear that someone's figured out how to make a murder stick, and this new body might have something to do with it.
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