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BookmarkTavern
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Pickpick

For Razia, growing up is complicated by being Pakistani in 1980s NYC, highly religious parents, & her developing feelings for a fellow classmate @ her new high school.

Oh, but this broke my heart. My parents weren‘t as religious as Razia‘s, but her complicated friendships w/ the girls in her community, academic pressure, the feeling that you need to follow your parents‘ plan, & the fear you‘ll disappoint them, all felt familiar to me.🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

BookmarkTavern #QueerBC @PuddleJumper #LGBTQIA2025 @Kenyazero A sapphic book, CW 👇🏻 (edited) 2w
BookmarkTavern General warning for Islamophobia, homophobia, references to child molestation; Goodwill, brief violence against a child; Wild Roses, domestic violence 2w
Butterfinger I related to this book, too. 2w
Kenyazero I just started this one for QueerBC but I have plans to take it slow since it seems like it might be pretty tense/sad! 1w
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Butterfinger
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Pickpick

I adored this book. It is so funny/strange that two girls from different neighborhoods- I grew up in a rural area, Razia in Corona, Queens, from different cultures-I grew up in a southern Independent Baptist home, Razia in a Pakistani Muslim home had the same experiences growing up in the 80s. We both had the very controlling mother and the hyper zealousness of our religions. Reading this book reminded me of how my childhood friends saved me.

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Zuhkeeyah
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Pickpick

A beautifully written book about tradition and what happens when it clashes with a new generation's expectations. The author explored the contradictions without diminishing the values of the community that raised Razia.

#queerbc @PuddleJumper

Butterfinger I am currently reading it and love it so much. 3w
PuddleJumper ❤️❤️ 3w
Zuhkeeyah Forgot to note this was my May #doublespin @TheAromaofBooks 3d
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 2d
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Jari-chan
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Pickpick

I heard the audio book read the by author herself, and I was deeply impressed. I loved the insights into Razias life and how she grows up. How she finds herself between two cultures that both are a part of her. It feels to me like it deepened my understanding of Pakistani and Islam culture, at least I really hope so. But oh, the book was over way to soon! I just sat there and thought: “Oh... no... not now!“

#queerbc @PuddleJumper

PuddleJumper That's cool that the author read it 4w
Jari-chan @PuddleJumper It is. I found it really fitting. 4w
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peanutnine
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Realized I never posted my March Bookspin picks
#Bookspin is any #roll100 book and #doublespin is the tagged audiobook for #QueerBC
@TheAromaofBooks @PuddleJumper

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 1mo
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Cheryl_Russell
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“The boy in the bed was just fifteen years old.”

@ShyBookOwl
#FirstLineFridays

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BookmarkTavern
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Mehso-so

A fascinating work exploring the queens of Medieval England from Matilda of Flanders through to Elizabeth of York.

Very interesting! Dense, and I would have appreciated it more dipping in and out instead of reading it straight through. The best part though is the conclusion which examines the historical queens through the fictional lenses of Beowulf and Mallory‘s Arthurian saga. 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑

AnnCrystal Your kitty cat blends into your blanket 🤩💕😻🐾💝. 3mo
Ruthiella Yes, it‘s hard to tell where the cat ends and the blanket begins! 😻😹 3mo
PuddleJumper 😻😻 3mo
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erinem
May I Bring a Friend? | Beatrice Schenk de Regniers

“'No, no! My friends want you, instead. To come and visit them.' I said.“ This is a fun part of the book to stop and ask students what they think may come next. Throughout the story the character has brought animals to the King and Queen's castle so it will be interesting to hear what the students think will come next.

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erinem
May I Bring a Friend? | Beatrice Schenk de Regniers

The colors and images in this book are very detailed and help tell the story that is left out of the writing.

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erinem
May I Bring a Friend? | Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
Mehso-so

May I Bring A Friend? by Beatrice Schenk De Regniers, 1965. A Caldecott Award Winning Book. This book deals with rhyming and includes bright colorful illustrations that keep children of any age engaged. Students will enjoy the rhymes as well as the detailed illustrations that add to the writing.