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Gem is on page 20 of 240 of Ponyboy
20 pages in and I am already being stuck with a dagger between the ribs. also SOPHIE won’t stop playing in my head but I assume that’s an intended part of the experience
Jul 05, 2025 11:17PM Add a comment
Ponyboy

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Gem is starting Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl
Time to start my yearly Paul reread!! I hope that it brings new perspective to my Gender Issues^TM this time (though it has before!). I also hope it gives me a boost of self confidence. I want to walk and talk like Paul while retaining my compassion and sensitivity. Can those things coexist? Yet to be determined.
Jun 22, 2025 03:54PM Add a comment
Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl

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Gem is on page 201 of 320 of And They Were Roommates
“‘Fantastic!’ Jasper pulls me into a side hug, squishing our shoulders together. ‘I can feel our teamwork blossoming even more.’”

A Tamaki-style character was OBVIOUSLY missing from Borrow a Boyfriend Club and I had a feeling that Powars was saving him for Roommates. I was riiiiiiight B)
Jun 19, 2025 01:15PM Add a comment
And They Were Roommates

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Gem is on page 53 of 128 of Pregnant Butch: Nine Long Months Spent in Drag
Noooo not a transphobic rant in the middle of the dyke comic!!! This is not what I wanted!!!

In the few interviews I found where Summers touched on the topic, she defends it as an exploration of her own personal gender identity as opposed to a commentary on trans men and trans identity however that is… not what’s in the memoir so… Anyways. I’m still going to finish and appreciate the history I guess.
Jun 07, 2025 07:52PM Add a comment
Pregnant Butch: Nine Long Months Spent in Drag

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Gem is on page 117 of 216 of Exit Zero: Family and Class in Postindustrial Chicago
I adore the way in which Walley takes a socioeconomic and anthropological issue and shares it with us in the form of an autobiographical confession. I feel like every person views the world around them through the lens of their own journey and history, but very few are able to admit it because it might imply bias in their work. Walley uses it as a weapon instead of hiding from it.
Apr 27, 2025 02:17PM Add a comment
Exit Zero: Family and Class in Postindustrial Chicago

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Gem is on page 117 of 216 of Exit Zero: Family and Class in Postindustrial Chicago
Just finished chapter 3 and I only wish I had brought a highlighter with me on this read. Walley turns herself into a character that is easy to empathize with, and her writing style feels like a college lecture with only 6 students; she answers every question you could ask and anticipates the arguments that the guy in the back row is going to make.
Apr 20, 2025 07:06PM Add a comment
Exit Zero: Family and Class in Postindustrial Chicago

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Gem is 61% done with Gwen & Art Are Not in Love
LESBIANS WITH SWORDS LET’S GOOOO!! The homoeroticism of two lesbians with swords is breathtaking
Apr 17, 2024 03:53PM Add a comment
Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

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Gem is 74% done with Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #2)
I kind of hate that this book has a “none pizza left beef” reference
Jan 04, 2024 07:04PM Add a comment
Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #2)

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Gem is 44% done with Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix
Just cried at a description of the queer club in the flower shop: “Everyone here had a generous air to them- like we’d all come out of the rain together.” The feeling of being around queer folks (especially after a tough closeted Thanksgiving with family) is so magical and I felt touched by this phrasing of it.
Nov 30, 2023 11:43AM Add a comment
Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix

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Gem is 24% done with Girls Like Girls
Fell off my reading grind for a little but I was waiting in the Libby hold line for 8 WEEKS!!! Once it came through I had to get to it ASAP. How cute! Kiyoko is so funny and I love the temperament of the two main characters.
Jul 17, 2023 01:55PM Add a comment
Girls Like Girls

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Gem is on page 66 of 209 of This Is How You Lose the Time War
finally reading this after owning it for years, thank you bigolas dickolas wolfwood

also I’m having to google references and vocabulary every other page, this is so exciting to me and reminds me of what reading felt like as a child. exciting, experimental, and ROMANTIC?!
May 10, 2023 03:29PM Add a comment
This Is How You Lose the Time War

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Gem is on page 29 of 257 of Girl Flesh
two women and the smell of rotting flesh; what a beautiful way to start your morning
Mar 21, 2023 05:50PM Add a comment
Girl Flesh

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Gem is 34% done with How to Keep House While Drowning
why and how was I crying 13 mins into this book? (the answer is trauma)
Mar 21, 2023 05:19PM Add a comment
How to Keep House While Drowning

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Gem is 72% done with Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
holy shit books for adults go craaaaaazy
Feb 25, 2023 08:33PM Add a comment
Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)

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Gem is 72% done with Ophelia After All
these are the sweetest baby characters ever, they read so much younger than the other protags I’ve been reading
Feb 14, 2023 08:08AM Add a comment
Ophelia After All

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Gem is 44% done with Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1)
about to make this my entire personality
Jan 21, 2023 09:06PM Add a comment
Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1)

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