queerbookswap

Hi fellow littens! After talking with @lemonlime799 @Soubhiville & @bookishkris this evening, we are starting a #queerbookswap to support fellow bibliophiles who may not have access to queer books. This may be because of limited library selections, lack of resources and/or the need to hide queer books from friends/roommates/family members. Many of us know what it's like to not have access to those important and diverse stories. (Cont. 👇🏽)

Yamich49 And we want to support those who want/need to read these books and don't have access to them. I have started a Google doc/spreadsheet where we can input books we have and are willing to share with others. Let's see how it goes and we can modify it as needed. Please reply to this post with your email OR email me at rezgirlreads@gmail.com if you are interested in either sharing or borrowing books. I will send you the link so you have access to it! 8y

Yamich49 Once you have access you can share it with others who might be interested. I'm doing it invite-only so we can keep random people who may not be allies off of the doc. 8y

Yamich49 If any of you notice anything that needs to be added/changed, please let me know! 8y

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BookishFeminist Happy to share or give the ones I own. 💓 s.flourance at gmail dot com 8y

Yamich49 @BookishFeminist I knew you would be down Sarah! Just sent you the link - thanks lady! I've added only about five of mine so far, it'll take a while to put them all up but it will be a work in progress! 😆😆 8y

LeahBergen What a nice (and important) thing to do. 👍🏼👍🏼 8y

theshrinkette I would love to do this, but don't have the funds to do it right now, nor access to a lot of queer books to send to people. This is such a good idea though! Good luck! 8y

BookishFeminist @Yamich49 I have to sort through my stacks and find the ones I have too 😬 and that's why it's a spreadsheet! Lol. Glad this is a thing now though. Let me know if you want me to repost to my page since I have a wider follower reach. 😊 Thanks for organizing this- woo book activism!! 💓 (edited) 8y

Bibliogeekery I would love to be added! alisauer at Gmail dot com. Shipping books internationally from Canada is very expensive so I'd also be happy to buy books for folks through Amazon and have them sent directly to them. I usually avoid Amazon like the plague but would make an exception for queer readers in need of books! 8y

Bibliogeekery Great initiative!! 😘😍😘😍 #queerbooks 8y

Soubhiville I will work on adding books and repost this after work tonight! Thanks for organizing, I feel really good about this! 8y

TheBrockUEnglishMajor This makes me so happy! 8y

rachellayown Great idea! Emailing you now. 8y

queerbookreader This is so amazing 😭 8y

bookishkai I have to go looking and see what's accessible on my bookshelves; I still have some stuff in storage. And, like @Bibliogeekery I'm also willing to purchase and ship from Amazon or another retailer. And, if anyone is wanting to read ebooks, I can work out sharing of some of the ones I have. 8y

readordierachel Just emailed you! 8y

Yamich49 @LeahBergen @theshrinkette Thanks ladies - please send anyone over here or have them email me if you think they might be in need of queer books. ❤️ 8y

Yamich49 @BookishFeminist of course - please repost my dear! We can reach more with your life 50,000 followers or whatever. 😉 8y

Yamich49 @Bibliogeekery Awesome! I'll add you to the spreadsheet so you have access and I think I'll add a tab for people who are willing to purchase a book online and have it sent. The response we are getting is to awesome - Littens really are the best! ❤️ 8y

Yamich49 @Soubhiville Great! And I added the suggestion you made, thanks for reminding me - I don't know how I left that off! I will be slowing adding books over the next few days too. 8y

Yamich49 @TheBrockUEnglishMajor ❤️ 8y

Yamich49 @rachellayown Great! I will add you and you should get an email link soon! 8y

Yamich49 @lemonlime799 💗💗💗There are lots of us out here that care about and support you - try to remember that even on the days when it may not feel like it! ❤️ 8y

Yamich49 @bookishkris fantastic! Good idea about the ebooks - I was thinking about that last night and wondering how we could share those. I'll take a look at mine too. I'm also gonna make a page for littens who are willing to buy and ship online for someone! 8y

Yamich49 @ReadOrDieRachel Awesome!! You should get an email link to the document soon! 8y

BexCW @Yamich49 pop me on, please! Bexiferfox at the usual gmail stuff! 8y

Yamich49 @BexCW awesome! Just sent you the link! 8y

BexCW Brilliant, thanks! I'll have to take some of these titles to my partner. She works with LGBTQA+ Youth :) 8y

Yamich49 @BookishFeminist @Bibliogeekery @rachellayown @lemonlime799 @bookishkris @ReadOrDieRachel @BexCW Okay I sent the link to everyone who requested so far so please let me know if you didn't receive it! I'm also wondering about opening this up to more folks - what do you all think? I was thinking we could reach more books and people who need them if we shared it with others on Twitter, etc... Maybe we could find a way to not use full names, etc... 8y

Yamich49 @BexCW That's great! Please let me know if any of them want/need access to the list. We could give your partner access and she could request stuff on behalf of any youth that may be in need of queer books. Or something like that. I was just thinking earlier that I'm going to get a lot of good recs for more queer books to read for myself lol. 8y

Bibliogeekery thanks! I will fill this out later! I think it's a great idea to broaden the reach of this list - that being said I don't want my name or email address going out to a lot of people. I already have trouble with lots of spam and random weirdness because of my therapy business. 😘 8y

Yamich49 @Bibliogeekery haha yeah I figured most people would feel like that. I'm toying with ideas where I (and maybe a few others) can be moderators through which people request books. I was also looking at maybe a Wordpress blog thingy that would be easier to access/manage lists of books and requests. I'll let you know when I come up with a solution that protects people's info but allows us to reach queer youth and others who need it. 8y

bookishkai @Yamich49 I don't think you can share ebooks from Amazon, but you can share certain ones from Barnes and noble, and I buy a LOT from indie publishers, mostly Riptide Publishing and Interlude Press. Those I can figure something out. 8y

Broke_Girl_Reads Just emailed! 8y

Soubhiville I added a stack of books this evening, but I'm realizing I have at least 4 more to add 😳 I'll get them up when I can. 8y

ApoptyGina69 @Yamich49 georgiagross194@gmail.com. I gave a pile of books years ago to a woman who hadn't read them. I said to her, "these are important texts, I'm surprised you haven't..." Her retort: "I guess I was too busy BEING a lesbian instead of reading about it." Point taken! 8y

Yamich49 @ApoptyGina69 😆 Good point! I guess everyone doesn't feel the need to read voraciously about everything - including their identities. 8y

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