pickI borrowed this audio from Queer Liberation Library!
This is a pretty effective zombie novella with strong themes of queer acceptance and righteous anger. A void in the cosmos is causing straight people to become irrational and violent towards queer folk for one night a year. A group of friends attempt to escape to Joshua Tree to wait it the event. It doesn't go well. Heavy COVID allegories, as straights refuse the vaccine and ignore precautions
Done with work! My long weekend begins now with Panera and a book before a haircut 💇♀️
Today I visited the localish bookstore, all afire to give her some money, but I didn‘t find ANYTHING. I was so sad I went all the way back to my favourite bookstore and bought two things I passed on the other day. It‘s important to grab Melissa Scott and Fumi Yoshinaga when you see them (though this Scott/Barnett series IS still in print, digitally, with much nicer covers).
pickOne's first love will always be special, rarely lasts, never completely leaves ,and all subsequent relationships are colored by this one. Beautifully written novel.
A lot of what I write for Book Riot is fun list posts. Not so much today. Check it out:
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pick5🌟/5🌟
Parts of this book hurt my heart. Parts of this book made me so very angry. What I do know is that Ma-Nee is a very strong, resilient person that I have a lot of respect for. Even though this book is full of trigger warnings, I believe it's a very important read that all of us can learn from.
"If you are a trans girl who knows many other trans girls, you go to church a lot, because church is where they hold the funerals."
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