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The Diverse Baseline: Recommendations #5-6
I decided to combine May and June for this one, since I was late with my post for May and didn’t read as many books in June as other months. So here are all the books I read for The Diverse Baseline 2025 in the past two months. Read more about The Diverse Baseline challenge…
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May Reading Journal
I genuinely don’t know what happened to June, but clearly I got incredibly behind on my blog posts. I was in a big PEM crash in early June, and was told by my doctor to rest more halfway through the month, so I suppose that’s why. Anyway, here is my very late May wrap up,…
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Review: This Moth Saw Brightness
In This Moth Saw Brightness, seventeen year old ‘Wayne (the D is invisible) accepts an invitation to participate in a medical study. When it starts to seem like there might be something more to this study than meets the eye, ‘Wayne, together with his best friend Kermit and fellow study participant Jane, tries to figure…
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The Diverse Baseline 2025: Recommendations #4
This post got delayed because I had a migraine attack and then I completely forgot about it… But here it is finally! I didn’t read as many books for the Diverse Baseline in April as I did previous months. Still read five good books though! I hope to be able to catch up once I’ve…
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April Reading Journal
April was quieter than usual in some ways, busier in others. It’s my grandmother’s birthday month, and we were going through her things and planning her funeral. (Or whatever you call a party to celebrate her life several months after her death.) I’ve been going in and out of PEM and to top it all…
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Review: Sage
Sage is a poetry collection of deep hurt and erasure, as well as determination and glimmers of joy. Thanks to Meraj Publishing for providing a digital review copy of this book. Sage by Yaffa Sage is a poetry collection that acknowledges all transphobia is systemic but the pain of everyday interpersonal violence is still felt…
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Review: A Different Hurricane
I received a digital review copy of this book through NetGalley. A Different Hurricane by H. Nigel Thomas Two gay men with a lifetime of secrets face their insular, homophobic island’s rancour. Growing up in neighbouring villages on the tiny island nation of St Vincent, teenage best friends Gordon and Allen are secret lovers until they…
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The Diverse Baseline 2025: Recommendations #3
Another month of reading done, another month of Diverse Baseline book recs! Learn more about The Diverse Baseline 2025 here. Before we get into it, a little note on how I choose prompts. I try to make sure the prompt I use for each book I read is accurate, allowing for some stretching when it…
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March Reading Journal
Flowers are beginning to bloom on my balcony, fresh green leaves are sprouting, spring is finally returning. It’s been a bleak winter. Time to create something new. Stats and Challenges Books finished: 12 Pages: 2701 Hours: 25.72 Daily reading streak: 22 Favourite reads: Dutch book De cartograaf en de wereld by Mark Boog (historical fiction),…
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Trans Rights Readathon TBR
The Trans Rights Readathon starts today! March 21-31, ten days of reading trans books, advocating for trans rights and donating to trans orgs and fundraisers. I’m not in a financial position to donate right now, but I do want to highlight some trans people’s fundraisers and mutual aid requests. I’ve put together a TBR for…
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