I was a little late to the #bookspin game this year until I stumbled on a way to do it that wouldn‘t make me lose my mind managing it. 🤪
I just pick ten books, and for 2026 I will roll over to the next month whatever I don‘t read. It‘s a mix of library books and ones from my own shelf.
Wait just a second. I‘m halfway through this book - a book that received the Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction - and I just realized this is not an autobiography. It‘s fiction. Just like they said. Now I don‘t know how I feel about the book or about myself. 🤷🏻♀️
pick12-29-25: My 80th finished book of 2025! Randy Rainbow, his real name, is hilarious. If you haven‘t watched his parodies online you are missing out. This memoir was wonderful and really showcased his humor but also his love for his mother, grandmother and musical theater which endeared me to him even more. For someone who created his own niche of comedy, I marvel at how quick witted and on the nose he is! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️📖#️⃣8️⃣0️⃣
New day. New book.
Foot is still healing.
pickI liked this but have reservations. Drew does not get the loot he wants from his guild after defeating a monster in Heroes of Legend, this online game he plays. He quits that guild and joins a new one where there is this healer named Solace, who presents as this elven beauty. Drew falls in deep like but then finds out Solace is also a guy. He has never had dates with guys before. Meets up with Solace/Kit and realizes, hey I also like guys. 👇🏼
so-soVivid, gruesome, explicit & thought-provoking, but sags in the middle. When men become literal beasts-raping & eating women & children, cis women form a ruthless army, and trans survivors are vilified, targeted & murdered. Some clever twists, like a rich girl's bunker world, didn't quite make up for the middle of the book digressing into erotica. Ends strong. Trigger warning: gang rape.
pick#OffMyShelf “current issue”
Really interesting memoir about growing up nonbinary and asexual. I read for a variety of reasons but one is to experience what is outside of my own microcosm and this book certainly does that. I can also imagine this book being a lifeline for anyone who is questioning their own gender. It‘s so important that works like this remain accessible for everyone.
