#tbr stack

[gemisreading]

The December TBR stack 📚

The festive season needs a festive book stack photo, and here it is. I don’t usually post stack photos of the books from the TBR’s but, this one was fun and… I might keep the book stack photos going in the new year… maybe…

[fox-stuck]

You gotta read Big Girl by Meg Elison.!This book!!!! A short collection of (soft?) sci-fi stories, a novella, and an interview that feature a critical fat politic!!! Not only does she write so considerately about the cruelty experienced when you are fat but she gives permission to feel spiteful and safe in our bodies. There’s a part where two fatties make love and she describes them lifting their bellies and pressing them together. She writes diligently of the torture of child parent relationships when fatness (or the fear of fatness) shadows every interaction. I feel like the fat me from every age they’ve ever been was so carefully understood. The cruelty of living in a world that wishes you did not exist is acknowledged and never made into a joke and that's a rarity lately.

(content warning: book critically examines fatphobia and methods of eugenics so engage as such)

Excerpt from The Pill:

For my fellow fatties, excerpt from The Pill:

[a-ramblinrose]

JOMP BPC || May 18 || Book Gradient: Pulled from my TBR attempting to make a different gradient from my last couple.

[bookishfreedom]

kay, someone really needs to confiscate my library card at this point. I’m admitting i have a problem

but can you blame me?? look how pretty this stack is!!

[calming-chaos]

[samireads]

New physical tbr! I bought all of these at independent bookstores in Canberra this weekend 😇

[bigdreamsandwildthings]

Afraid I must report that this TBR stack has only gotten taller since I took this picture 😅

[pigeonflavouredcake]

Happy Pride Month

here's a look at my current queer bookshelf🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

It's super small atm but it's slowly growing, most of them are either transition related or wlw related. Here's a list of all the books and their Goodreads links from top to bottom.

Gideon The Ninth - Tamsyn Muir. Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space. I am kind of obsessed. I currently only have an e-book version but I liked it so much I'm looking to continue the series as physical books (I'm holding out hope for the books as a birthday present). Also butch rep. I am rabid for butch rep.

One Last Stop - Casey McQuinston. On my TBR pile. A romance that starts on a NYC subway but the love interest is trapped in the past.

The Girls are Never Gone - Sarah Glenn Marsh. On my TBR pile. Girl runs a paranormal investigation podcast and starts investigating a mysterious death from 30 years ago. The most recent book I bought that I'm looking forward to reading when I finish Children of Time.

The Lost Girls - Sonia Hartl. Holly gets revenge on her vampire ex by killing him and stealing his new girlfriend. I read this last year and I don't normally enjoy vampires but this book took me by surprise, lots of funny jokes about immortality and some empathetic discussions about emotional neglect and grooming that did make me cry a little.

Growing Older as a Trans and/or Nonbinary Person - Jennie Kermode. On My TBR pile. Insight and advice on being trans later in life in the UK. Reviewers have mentioned that it's mostly specific to the transfeminine experience but I still thought this book might be nice to look at.

Spectrums - Maxfield Sparrow. A collection of personal anecdotes from autistic trans people. Some bits are poetry some are more essay based, it was very heart-warming and affirming.

It Came From The Closet - Joe Vallese. On my TBR pile. A collection of essays on queer representation in the horror genre.