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Book number 1 for #TransRightsReadathon
Hoping I can get 3 read this week 🤞🏼

I spent the first half of this novella trying to figure out the rules of the world: a place where weavers fashion cloth from sand or bone; where a carpet woven from songs can transform a person's body into their true self. Apparently there are short stories set in the same world that provide background. (Note to self: track 'em down.) But the second half is the payoff, and it pays well. Recommended.

This was my June #BookSpin
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As richly woven as the magical tapestries threaded through, this epic queer novella stars two elderly trans characters on a journey of hope, identity, grief, love, and anti-authoritarianism. While brief, this book can be a bit dense and, as it takes place in the Birdverse where other stories have been written, it can be a little confusing at times and repetitive at others, but this is a unique and important story that I‘m really glad I read.

I'm surprised at how emotional the end of this book made me - I enjoyed the worldbuilding (I'll be tracking down the other Birdverse stuff), but the nature of the writing kept me at a bit of a remove. But! I cried! The climax and after worked for me. Some things can't be fixed, but hope will always exist.