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Bless the Blood: A Cancer Memoir by Walela Nehanda

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challenging emotional reflective tense fast-paced

4.5

poetic, raw, unapologetic. i had to take a couple breaks bc of the content, but it was worth reading, and walela’s voice is so necessary and one of a kind
Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler

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challenging hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder

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challenging emotional inspiring slow-paced

4.0

The Freezer Door by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

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challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

I can’t say i understood everything, but i did genuinely enjoy this entire book so that must mean something
Dirty River: A Queer Femme of Color Dreaming Her Way Home by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

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adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions by Larry Mitchell

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hopeful inspiring fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy

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adventurous emotional hopeful tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

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emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Transland: Consent, Kink, and Pleasure by Mx. Sly

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dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

i read this in one day bc i simply couldn’t put it down, and that alone deserves 5 stars. there’s NOTHING like ownvoices trans & autistic horror. i def understand some of the critiques i’ve seen of this book but i needed something like this and im glad i read it.