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Queer Books | Edmund Pearson

I've been organizing my storygraph challenges this weekend and decided to make one to track my reads for #QueerBC
If anyone else participating wants to join, here's the link:
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/eaaf6dca-2dd1-4218-887e-1df2e9c...

I've got all the authors since we started last May and will try to keep it updated as we add more ☺️
@PuddleJumper

lil1inblue This is awesome! Thank you! 🥰 1mo

PuddleJumper That's brilliant! Thank you 1mo

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OndinetheSea

Monopoly, the Story Behind the World's Best-selling Game | Rod Kennedy, Jim Waltzer

#BookishMonopoly #BookishMonopolyBoard

Book Monopoly sounded fun so I made a board with my friend.
I don't know when I'm going to start it, but I'm really excited about it!

@AkashaVampie

JamieArc This is a fun way to do a book challenge! 1mo

TheBookHippie This is so cute!!! 1mo

AkashaVampie Wow sweetie. I love the board. I hope u enjoy ur journey with ##BookishMonopoly. Remember to make it work for u. Don't make it seem like a chore. Have fun. Can't wait to see ur rolls. 1mo

AkashaVampie @JamieArc hun... feel free to join us. Everyone is welcome at anytime. 1mo

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AileenRR

Everything I Need I Get from You: How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It | Kaitlyn Tiffany

so-so

Might be appreciated by One Direction fans?

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Librarybelle

60 Songs That Explain the '90s | Rob Harvilla

This was my first 5-star read (not including reread books) for the year. Granted, this is a very niche book, so it‘s not for everyone, but it pulled my ‘90s girl heartstring hard. A fun reminiscence of songs, a few of which I either forgot about or did not know. I‘m not a big podcast listener, but it made me get so close to listening to Harvilla‘s episodes. #12BooksOf2024

Andrew65

JenReadsAlot Oh that was a fun one! 1mo

Librarybelle @JenReadsAlot 😁 1mo

Andrew65 An intriguing title. 1mo

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Ruthiella The podcast is fun, if you ever end up checking it out. He often goes on tangents far from the featured songs or performers. 1mo

Librarybelle Good to know, @Ruthiella ! 1mo

dabbe Wonder if they have one for the 80s? 🤔 1mo

Librarybelle Good question, @dabbe ! I‘m sure there is something comparable! 1mo

monalyisha I love this podcast, even though I‘m not a podcast person. I listen to it when I‘m between audiobooks! His and Katherine May‘s are the only ones I tune into with any semblance of regularity (and it‘s for sure a semblance, at best). 2w

Librarybelle Good to know the podcast is a good listen even for those of us who are not podcast people, @monalyisha ! Maybe one of these days I‘ll give it a listen. 2w

monalyisha @Librarybelle I‘m curious about how much of the book is taken from the podcast episodes and if there‘s new content. I need to look into it! I just listened to an episode about Chumbawumba, and I learned that they were an anarchist collective. Whaaat? So fascinating! 2w

Librarybelle @monalyisha Oh yes! One of the biggest laughs I have looking back at my teenage years was that my parents bought me the Chumbawumba album I asked to get but were skeptical about the Leo DiCaprio/Clare Danes Romeo + Juliet movie. 😂 If they only knew! Not that I agreed with the collective‘s politics, mind you, but I think they would have thought twice about the album if they knew the full picture. 2w

monalyisha @Librarybelle Amazing. That R+J soundtrack is still in regular rotation for me, btw. So good. 2w

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majkia

Rollerderby: The Book | Lisa Carver

Here's my 2025 Roll100. Ready to go!

@PuddleJumper

PuddleJumper ❤️❤️ So organized! 2mo

majkia @PuddleJumper says the woman who posted spreadsheets and pdfs. 😅 2mo

PuddleJumper @majkia None of them are filled in! 🤣 2mo

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BoldCityBooks

Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians | Ian Frisch

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Good book. Fast and enjoyable. I learned a lot.

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booklover3258

The Amplified Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana | Michael Azerrad

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Great narration of the book and a very interesting story about Kurt and the band.

For the rest of my review, visit my Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/HoZTsMY9yZU

Enjoy!

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Chelsea.Poole

Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me | Aisha Harris

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I love an essay collection! Bonus points when the author is a millennial and close to my age—the case here. All about 90s pop culture like Disney movies and the Spice Girls, I found this so relatable, entertaining, and informative all at once. My only quibble: can we stop being (perhaps unintentionally?) judgy and condescending about choosing to have or not have children? 3rd book in a row that I encountered this, so maybe it‘s a me-thing.

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