My next roll in the #BookishMonopoly lead me to the Treasure Chest. I did not really think about what this one would look like, but I went on and just scribbled all my planned books for 2024 on little notes and created a small Treasure Chest. @VaniBarelyReads then drew one of those and of course it had to be the Flamingo (little inside joke between us). So the Flamingo it is.
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pickSuperb. The eminently frustrating part of reading an author with such a way with words is not being able to convey your admiration in as worthy terms! The characters are searingly alive, yet subtle portraits of struggle, their stories, strains making up the minor chorus, are a mix of heartbreaking and hopeful, joyful, clear testaments, analogues of the realities of Indigenous experience in what is called Canada. 1/?
“...to insist on a form of gender that wasn't a natural disaster but rather a sprawling field where nothing was a coffin someone could fall into.“
DAMN. Again, the way Belcourt uses words leaves me stunned wordless in appreciation.
Belcourt, man. 👏🏻 He says such relatable things in such an eloquent and original fashion. You recognize it as a thought pulled from your brain, but know you'd never have the words to say it the way he does. 🤌🏻
pickThis was a cute (quick) coming-of-age queer YA. I enjoyed it. I initially got this as an audio, but I had to download the Kindle version (it read much better in print). I love how the MC understood that the most important thing was for him to be him and the fans can either love/hate him. All that stress, poor guy. But well done book! #QueerBC @PuddleJumper
Squater in my #BirdBuddy (older picture)
SWORD DANCE is one of those books that gets better and better as it rolls along. A.J. Demas ups the spy plot and the emotional stakes in all the right places. I ended up stretching each reading session out way longer than planned, and in the end, I had no choice but to stay up late to finish it. Hurray! I needed this after a spate of things that were really good but not exactly propulsive. #gaymay
pickWelp, that‘s it for May, because no other book I‘ve read so far this month can even remotely come close to this absolute GEM. If anyone needs me, I‘ll be here nursing a major book hangover for the rest of the month….. 😍😍😍😍
