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This book kinda hit deep for this gay country mouse. Mimosa is a GN about 4 very super queer people dealing with different issues as they‘re in their 30s. Which in queer world means they feel like they have also become invisible. The thing that hurt the most was seeing a 5 page montage of their friendship as it has grown only for them to grow in different directions realizing that their friendships no longer served them. Which, is sometimes 👇🏼

"So, I‘m standing there, trapped in one of my favorite nightmares, discussing gender euphoria with the demon who lives rent-free in my head."

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

This one is already shaping up to be interesting!

Oh, hey, I forgot to tell y‘all how much I loved MOST ARDENTLY! It dove straight into my heart and tugged, tugged, tugged. It‘s also the second Remixed Classic I‘ve adored, after INTO THE BRIGHT OPEN by Cherie Dimaline, so clearly I need to seek out more of them.

I finished it while I started this book nook. I‘m now fairly far into it, thanks to stints with a couple other audiobooks. #audiocrafting #AuldLangSpine2025

I‘ve got my first book hangover of the year thanks to Idlewild. Once I started it I really never wanted to put it down. The passion and yearning of high school/ teen life, even when you aren‘t sure what the huge yearning feeling is for exactly, combined with such deeply considered characters.

While the ending felt right and very realistic, I did hope for something slightly different.

Best book of the year so far 😆. I did love this.
(Pic-Igor)

I‘m only 3/4 through, but I can feel this one is likely to make my best of list for the year. It‘s kind of exciting to say that this early in January!

I‘m pleased with this month‘s #bookspin picks 🙂📚. Thanks @TheAromaofBooks !

I listened to this audiobook back in August for The Sealey Challenge, and I feel like this collection of poetry fundamentally changed me as a person. I immediately bought a physical copy, and it will be a regular reread for me for years to come.

#12BooksOf2024 @Andrew65

This is a case of wanting to start all of these books right now, thank you Holly! I love that they are all from small publishers, and the oddities one doesn‘t even have any Litsy reviews yet so it‘ll be fun posting the first. I‘ll enjoy coloring the tea towels, what a cool project. And the bag did make me laugh, I used to love the little miss books from school book fairs. Pretty sure she was never featured 😆. Merry Christmas! 💚❤️💚

I listened to this memoir of transition while wrapping presents. Olympia helped 😼(by clawing all the ribbons and biting the paper!)
This was on my radar and moved it up when it made the #NYTTop10 of 2024. This memoir covers Lucy‘s origin story, her parents, and alternates between past and present, describing her feelings when using photo filter apps. Gender identity is tangled up in all of Santes other identities: writer, partner.