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FINALLY got this book after waiting weeks at the library

This was a blind date with a book I picked up in Yakima!

Absolutely insane

Of course I’ve been waiting for this book at the library for months and then when I finally get it I only start reading it when there are two days left on my loan 😭 v typical of me but to be fair I’m on vacation

I miss the Emily Wilde universe 😢

First story was amazing!! Also love that people ask “is your mother running away?” when someone looks like their mom. I wish people had been asking ME that my entire life 😭😭

Barely started this and I can already tell that it’s gone gonna be as good as Poppy War or Babel. The writing is just not at the same level

This lends itself to a graphic novel very well bc of the black and white gradually turning into color and I’m v exited for this I love this book so much

I love the way James Baldwin writes jesus

“Everyone needs a place. Don’t reject the space you gravitate toward just because the windows aren’t stained glass and the congregation isn’t saved.”

Getting near the end and I don't want to but also I need to bc I don't remember the last time I finished a book lol

why do I keep tearing up send help

Amazing

I’ve been reading so much poetry lately that fiction like this sounds like nails on a chalkboard to me

She has got to stop naming all of these Northern California town bro it keeps throwing me off stop @ing me

Oh my GOD

If someone told me to my face that bisexuals don’t exist I’d start swinging. Vera can do whatever she wants rn and she’d be right

It really is insane what religion can do to queer ppl bc I keep thinking "how could you ever think that" but the entire point is that religion trains you to react in a very specific way that only benefits the people with power

I do think it's kind of insane how much Dana and Kevin are going along w staying in the past for a long time, but other than that, great book so far

I've finished 5 poems, everyone should be proud. I probably would have an easier time reading poems that weren't over 100 years old, but alas. Hindsight.

I love this book but I HATE her family and Wind

Reading this for the first time. Jesus.

Process for reading these poems:

1. Listen to the poem
2. Read and annotate (focusing on words I don't know)
3. Read it again
4. Listen to it again

I would read it aloud, but I am at work I guess