A couple books from #Boskone this year Moongather us from Duck Prints Press and OKPsyche I bought from Moon Books. #queereads
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A couple books from #Boskone this year Moongather us from Duck Prints Press and OKPsyche I bought from Moon Books. #queereads
so-soThe upside/downside of an organization like the NYT highlighting the best books of the year is that it brings those books to wider attention, but seriously increases expectations. I thought this memoir of transitioning late in life would blow my socks off and it just didn‘t. I‘m so glad it exists and hope to see more trans stories being told, but it just didn‘t meet my expectations.
'"how could you do this to me?" said the Sun to the Moon
"how could you steal my light?"
a tear rolled down her pale cheek.
"i just wanted to be seen," said the Moon'
- siblings ☀️?️⚧️?
panAs personal as this was, Shraya is not telling me something that I, like many women already are aware. I respect the author for writing this, I do, but there are certain moments that I had issues with.
I feel like there is a lot missing context at different points that could have helped explain and add reflection to different moments of the book l because there's moments where it feels that Shraya is misogynistic herself towards all genders.
"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
? 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 ?
Continuing the countdown of my books, from 1st to 25th, THE JACKAL‘S MISTRESS. Today it‘s my 7th novel, a transgender love story about a teacher, a professor, a public radio station G.M., and a very wise college student.
My StoryGraph January cover collage! I love that StoryGraph does this now!
Idlewild was definitely the best of the month. Second place to Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear.
