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Elise

throatmuppet@ramblingreaders.org

Joined 1 year, 4 months ago

She/Her. 20s. Most of my reading is trying to keep up with my book club. On my own I like SF/F, trans lit and sapphic romance, as well as some non-fiction about topics I find fascinating, like dance music, videogames, psychoactive substances, computers and the occult. I also try to read theory, classics and more academic works, though I've struggled with that since I was younger. I track my manga reading seperately. My main fedi is currently @throatmuppet@xyzzy.link.

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commented on How to Fall in Love in a Time of Unnamable Disaster by Muriel Leung

Muriel Leung: How to Fall in Love in a Time of Unnamable Disaster (2024, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.) No rating

A dark and tender debut set against a writhing backdrop of postapocalyptic New York City. …

Here's hoping, after this one, this is the last story I'll read featuring new york as a key aspect of the plot for a while. New York as a refuge for young queers; as a place those young queers need to get away from; as a place old socialites need to get away from; as the backdrop for a cartographic drama; as safe harbor for immigrants from Tehran; and now as a big applesauce post-apocalypse. All worthwhile creative endeavors, some even worth reading- the only problem is I'm @$#%?&! sick of it!

reviewed Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

Torrey Peters: Detransition, Baby (Hardcover, 2021, One World) 5 stars

A whipsmart debut about three women--transgender and cisgender--whose lives collide after an unexpected pregnancy forces …

dumbfounding, gutwrenching

4 stars

Yet another time that I struggle to think of anything that could explain the many-fold modes and emotions this book put me through. I am much gladder to have read it than I ever thought I would be, starting out. I encourage all my queer siblings to sit with this, if they are on stable ground to do so. A titan to wrestle with and embrace in turns, in heart and mind. Will probably have to return to this at a later time.

reviewed Mate of Her Own by Elena Abbott

Elena Abbott: Mate of Her Own (2023, Bold Strokes Books) 4 stars

Heather McKenna has no idea how to be a werewolf. Her wolf might be free …

What I needed.

4 stars

This month is looking to be remarkably exhausting. this book helped. I liked it a bit less than the first. Is that the fault of the book or my circumstances? who can tell. Abbot delivers exactly what I need.