I just read the best graphic novel on gender, ever. And I do try to read all of them. Maybe because this is presented in story form, and because it's modeled on a real family, but the struggle of a parent to accept her child's transition is so thoughtfully, emotionally presented. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ @bookstodon@lgbtqbookstodon#trans#bookhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5808305557
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Non fiction
Field of Blood - Freeman
Thunder at the Gates - Egerton
America on Fire - Hinton
Silencing the Past - Trouillot
How the South Won the Civil War - Cox Richardson
Pedagogy of the Oppressed - Freire
The Second Founding - Foner
Barrio America - Sandoval-Strausz
The Broken Heart of America - Johnson
Fiction
Rama Revealed - Clarke and Lee
The Fifth Season - Jemisin
Thrawn - Zahn
Ahsoka - Johnston
@philip_cardella@bookstodon I was thinking we should add an option to list 13 authors to get to know me, but then I have at least 200 favorite authors. 😃
Join in #13Books to know me because getting to know people by the books they hold close to their heart is great,
The Tombs of Atuan - Le Guin
Frankenstein - Shelley
Hunger Games - Collins
Last Unicorn - Beagle
The House of Spirits - Allende
The Handmaid's Tale - Atwood
The Left Hand of Darkness - Le Guin
Annihilation - VanderMeer
Three Times Lucky - Turnage
Good Omens - Pratchett Gaiman
Jane Eyre - Brontë
Pet Sematary - King
Howl's Moving Castle - Wynne Jones
@jillrhudy@franciscawrites@bookstodon My take is that I'm glad Tor takes so many chances, but some of their stuff just isn't up to par. They probably won't care if you pan them. If I were a blogger, librarian, or professional, they wouldn't have gotten so miffed at me. 😁
Notable New Book Releases in the US for August 29-30, 2023. My subjective star ratings only on ones I've read.
Happiness Falls, Angie Kim. 𝘾𝙖𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙁𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙈𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙀𝙭𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙉𝙚𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮. ⭐⭐⭐½ (Don't let the rating dissuade you; all my reader friends loved it.)
Every Drop is a Man's Nightmare, Megan Kamalei Kakimoto. 𝙁𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙅𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙃𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙠𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙝. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Funny Things: A Comic Biography of Charles M. Schulz, Luca Debus, Francesco Matteuzzi. (Graphic novel) 𝙏𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙚 𝘽𝙞𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙮, 𝙖 𝘾𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙍𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙖 𝘿𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝘿𝙞𝙫𝙚. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Hills of Estrella Roja, Ashley Robin Franklin. 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙮 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙚𝙧 𝙔𝘼 𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙧 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙞𝙘 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡
Anno Domini 1000, Thomas Gilbert. (graphic novel) 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙨. (𝙀𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩). ⭐⭐⭐½
Carole: What We Leave Behind, Clément C. Fabre. (graphic novel) 𝙏𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
@bookstodon have Y'all taken the Bookfinity Quiz? It's illuminating. My results were: Serial Reader, Bookworm, and Leading Lady (strong female leads). https://bookfinity.com
A friend of mine has just gotten into reading, telling me that "This Neil Gaiman guy and that Stephen Graham Jones dude are really good." She's asked me for rec's. Ha! She has no idea what she's gotten herself into. I'm gonna have to rein myself in from overwhelming her! ❤📚❤
@bookstodon Y'all like a time-loop novel with a fresh premise? I just read The Never-ending End of the World, by Ann Christy, and this novel does just that. Instead of being in a time-loop herself, the main character discovers that just about everyone else is stuck in their own little time loops. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Maybe you will too. #TimeLoop#Books#IAmReading#BooksWorthReading
I recommend purchasing used books from the library, especially if they sell donated books, and not just library discards. I picked up all of these for a cool five bucks. @bookstodon
@snooze_cat@bookstodon that must have been amazing! I have to comb through the daily donations carefully to find the treasures. It's also satisfying to see my own donations sold.
"They say human brains have the storage capacity to hold everything on the internet, the equivalent of 4.7 billion books."
So, you don't have to worry! Unless you achieve immortality, no matter how many fun facts you learn, or books you read, your brain will never run out of disk space.
I loved SCARLET so much that I read it last night in one sitting then came to work today and grabbed another Cogman, THE INVISIBLE LIBRARY. I didn't know I needed a Scarlet Pimpernel retelling with vampires, but this novel is oodles better than it sounds! What a ripping yarn! @bookstodon#bookstodon#sff#fantasy
