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jaye‘s second poetry collection delivers some really good stuff but a few of them missed the mark for me. Maybe it‘s cause I‘m reading on the subway and it‘s hard to take it all in while reading on a phone. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I do think it‘s important to read more queer, indigenous voices and jaye‘s description of their relationship with their body as a 2 spirit indigiqueer person is really moving.

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First Quarter Romance #ReadingBracket2025
The majority of my reads in March were romance, so it was tough to narrow down. But these two I read for the #TransRightsReadathon and really enjoyed them both. The tagged is moving on as my favorite for the quarter. (The bonus pick is The Dandelion and the Thistle btw, it's hard to read so tiny)

Sitting in the sun, Pot Noodle, Cheddars and pop for dinner, listening to Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan albums, just started Juno Dawson's HMRC 🧙‍♀️ #TransRightsReadathon 🏳️‍⚧️
Perfect day off 💖😌💖

My third and last book for #transrightsreadathon and an unexpected find in our library. They still had the older version of the book, but I like that they changed the title.

A wonderful and heartfelt story that tells children how it feels to be trans. Actually, this is the way all trans children should find out about themselves and how they should grow up to be who they really are 🏳️‍⚧️🫶

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Not as good as the power but an interesting read!

Science fiction/Speculative Fiction/Dystopian

Started out a little slow, but it builds. Some plot twists I guessed at, others I was genuinely surprised by.

And crochet blanket I finished today as the background!

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What an eye opener! These essays are sometimes hard to read, but I've learnt so much. It's so important to change one's perspective every now and then and starting to see the world through the eyes of someone else. Mika writes about their experience as a queer person with several disabilities and PTSD.

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#TransRightsReadathon
“Digital Book Burnings in Trump's America:
Attacks on marginalised groups are likely an early indication of rising authoritarianism. A century ago, the Nazi party of Germany targeted transgender people & the scientists who were pioneers of sexual research, raiding Magnus Hirschfeld‘s Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, one of the world‘s first centres dedicated to the study and care of queer and trans people. The Nazi Party ⬇️

I didn't get to all the books I wanted to read for the #TransRightsReadathon but I've got a few more I hope to read / finish in April.

Miners are dying in the mountain. & as Bennie tried to investigate, a mysterious woman is pulled from the heart of the mountain. A witch, who knows that the mountain is waking up, & it is angry.

Wow wow wow. Industry vs nature, & the rural communities caught between the 2. Fascinating characters, queer representation, wonderfully creepy magic, & a fantastic grasp of the scene of Appalachia. An author to watch for damn sure.🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗

This was the first book I finished for the #Transrightsreadathon 2025 and might as well be my Book of the Month March. The title can be translated as The Missing Words of our Hearts. And the title fits the book perfectly. So much heart, so much soul went into this story and it shows on every page. Seen and unseen struggles, communication, transphobia, racism. It's all there, but it still is a beautifully told love story.