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Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski

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5.0

mal à l'aise by Jenna Lyn Albert

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emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

simply incredible no notes ✨
Everything Is Fine Here by Iryn Tushabe

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emotional inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

my 3 phrase pitch for this book is sisterhood, religious trauma, and queer joy. As someone who does not have a sister I am obsessed with sister stories!! Happy queer relationships!! I want to have the kind of beautiful queer relationship shown in this book & others like it. So happy to be reading more books about queer joy than queer trauma ⭐️
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Coming Home by Brittney Griner, Michelle Burford

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emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.75

Abolish all prisons!! Opened my eyes to how many people are detained and kept hostage internationally. Scary stuff & also a beautiful story of all the people who played a role in getting Brittney home so quickly (10 months is such a long time but so quick compared to others who are detained in Russia and elsewhere).
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Tits Up: What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts by Sarah Thornton

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.
I don't like how the author represents things & got through half the book and she still hadnt spoken to anyone who was fat or had big boobs and liked it. feels like this was an author who used research to reaffirm her own beliefs rather than learn or teach anything new idk. 
Shut Up You're Pretty by Téa Mutonji

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challenging emotional fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

I BLEW through this. Loved it. Lots of sex and assault which sometimes worked really well and sometimes felt gratuitous. Many disturbing and shocking points where I gasped out loud. 
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How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

sUCH a beautiful and affirming book. I'm so glad I came across it. 
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Whoever You Are, Honey by Olivia Gatwood

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dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.25

I love it when poets write novels! This book is beautiful and weird and there’s a lot of sex in it. Think poetic queer AI Frankenstein? 
From Here to the Great Unknown by Lisa Marie Presley

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emotional sad fast-paced

4.75

A really good audiobook listening experience! Julia roberts as lisa marie, riley keough as herself, and audio clips of the real lisa marie before her death. A really sad and beautiful story to read following priscilla's memoir as like a study in generational trauma. It's really lovely and devastating how much lisa marie loved being a mother. 
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First Love by Gwendoline Riley

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dark sad tense slow-paced

2.5

I found this book really triggering tbh. Do not recommend if you've been abused by one or more narcisistic/insecure & projecting men 👍. The dialogue was good/realistic though. I think it would be a good book for a reader who is not me. 
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