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Lunar Boy by Cin Wibowo, Jes Wibowo

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adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Pure (queer) joy!
Koolaids: The Art of War by Rabih Alameddine

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challenging dark emotional funny informative sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Thought this book would be impossible to read with its constant jumping of narratives, voices and prose-style. And yet I devoured it in just a few days. Published in 1998, it felt desperately timely and urgently important.
I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

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funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

How I wish this book had existed when I was a teenager.
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

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challenging dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

I'm pretty sure this book changed something in my DNA. Dark and deliberate and yet also ambiguous and both alarming and alluring. I also think it will take a while for my stomach to settle too. Please go gently reading it, but read it you must.
Hook Shot by Kennedy Ryan

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4.0

Teacher of the Year by M.A. Wardell

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4.0

Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls by Kai Cheng Thom

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective

5.0

Everybody should read this to see the soul of a trans femme, yes, but to also have a glimpse at their own.

Also the chapter addressed to "My Boyfriend Jesus Christ" is one of the best things I've read all year and had me howling with laughter.
Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

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challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Business Casual by B.K. Borison

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funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Five Brothers by Penelope Douglas

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3.75