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Transitions: a mother's journey by Élodie Durand

challenging emotional hopeful informative

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

幽灵客栈 by 蔡骏
Did not finish book. Stopped at 54%.

It pisses me off how badly written this is. These are the sort of books that make me think cis str8 men should be BANNED from writing romance

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious

5.0

10/5 stars

i ABSOLUTELY adored this

Radical Intimacy by Sophie K. Rosa

hopeful informative inspiring reflective

5.0

Effective political action towards a better world requires us to build meaningful constellations of non-biological kinship, too.

Another banger book from Pluto Press. Absolutely essential reading

A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar

challenging emotional funny sad

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

“Don’t you ever, ever, in your life, umrik, ever, ever… ever forget us.”

I will never emotionally recover from this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Sexual violence, War

Minor: Child death, Pedophilia

许三观卖血记 by Yu Hua, 余华

dark emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

4.0

amazingly written. The misogyny & shaming feel uncalled for but also understandable given the era the story was set in. A hell of a story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Blood

Moderate: Body shaming, Violence

为奴十二年 by Solomon Northup
Did not finish book. Stopped at 2%.

I'm all for translators taking liberty while translating to make sure the text flows in a very different language but it really bothers me when a translation isn't even accurate or when the translator ADDS things that are simply uncalled for.

这个翻译不行。下一本

Tales of Juha: Classic Arab Folk Humor by Salma Khadra Jayyusi

funny

3.0

Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett

adventurous funny lighthearted

3.75

Loved Dayna and her gang. The story dragged on at times but I didn't mind it so much thanks to the narration. One of the funniest books I've read and actually made me laugh out loud multiple times. 

The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics by The Kao, Min Christensen, David Daneman

challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective

5.0

an anthology of short comics with gorgeous art, pure gender nonconforming joy (mostly) and thoughtful reflections on the limitations and, in some cases, deep harm caused by rigid gender roles & expectations and cisheteronormativity. The day when people understand trans choose different gender identities for no one but themselves and they just want to believe happily will be a truly joyous day.