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The History of Sexuality: An introduction by Michel Foucault
Did not finish book. Stopped at 4%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 4%.
Another college class book that I didn’t have time to finish, but I really loved the (very short) part I read! This was from last fall; I was really sure I’d read it this past summer but I ended up wanting a reading break so I’ve finally decided to mark it as DNF and read it a different time.
Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I really don’t know what to say about this one except that it genuinely changed my life and me as a person and it made me feel every single emotion ever and it made me cry and the ending wasn’t even an ending and I wanted a real ending so badly and I honestly think this might be my favorite book of all time.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Grief, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Sexual assault
Moderate content about the HIV/AIDS epidemic
Avi Cantor Has Six Months To Live by Sacha Lamb
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
If you’re looking for fairytale vibes, as it’s marketed, this is definitely not the book for you. I didn’t enjoy it as much as most people seemed to and I definitely did not get the fairytale vibes I was looking for. I guess one could argue it was a dark fairytale but it still didn’t hit that mark for me. It was decent, and I enjoyed the rep, but solidly okay, not great.
**Please don’t rely on my content warnings!! I read this all in one night two months ago and didn’t write the review until now; I’m confident I missed a few.**
**Please don’t rely on my content warnings!! I read this all in one night two months ago and didn’t write the review until now; I’m confident I missed a few.**
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, and Transphobia
An Introduction to American Law (Paperback) by David G. Litt, Daniel Rosen, Gerald Paul McAlinn, Bruce Aronson, John P. Stern
Did not finish book. Stopped at 68%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 68%.
Technically I was supposed to read all of this for class last semester but I ran out of time to do the readings for the last few classes and I simply do not care enough to go back and finish it. I’ll be taking lots of law classes. I’m not missing anything I won’t hear a hundred more times.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Abortion
If you couldn’t tell..this is a law textbook. It’s nothing graphic or major plot points; there are legal cases revolving around these issues, since legal cases address legal injustices. I don’t even know why I’m bothering adding CWs. Just for fun I guess 😂
Transmogrify! by g. haron davis
Did not finish book. Stopped at 8%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 8%.
This is definitely a “temporarily set aside,” not a “I’m not going to read this.” I just didn’t have the time/energy/concentration to finish it when I first started and I’ve read a small enough amount that I think it would be easier and more logical to just start over whenever I get to it again.
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.
read for school, didn’t like nearly enough to read it all. I actually read a lot more than this but it wasn’t in order so it’s not really possible to track.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Abortion, and Classism
Minor: Ableism
I put most content warnings under “graphic” but I’m not sure how to categorize them. It’s not graphic in the sense of detailed descriptions of specific occurrences of each topic necessarily, but there are extensive discussions about these topics as a whole. Also, the chapters are fairly independent so not all CWs appear in all or even many chapters.
Sabrina the Teenage Witch by Kelly Thompson
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
Living a Feminist Life by Sara Ahmed
Did not finish book. Stopped at 5%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 5%.
read some of this for school and HATED it. I def read more than 16 pages but we skipped around so it’s hard to track.
The Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit
Did not finish book. Stopped at 11%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 11%.
read some of this for school, didn’t like it enough to finish it. I read more than 20 pages but it wasn’t in order.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe
Did not finish book. Stopped at 31%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 31%.
This is another one I read part of for school and didn’t enjoy enough to finish. I know a lot of people loved this one and I’ve seen a lot of people say it’s “groundbreaking” or that it adds something new to the trans literary canon and frankly I disagree with that. I feel like this is a very common queer narrative - a trans person who has always known they were “different” but didn’t know that meant queer, and they have an accepting family and friends and ample access to queer resources. This is in no way a critique on Maia Kobabe’s life. Eir life is eir life; there’s no arguing with eir lived experiences. Nor is it a critique of eir choice to write this book, especially knowing why e did. I’m just saying that as a narrative, I don’t think it adds much and it’s not a story I am personally interested in reading.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content