Happy end of the year! I may not be the big, annually anticipated book list, but at least I’m consistent in recommending great creative nonfiction! It felt especially pertinent to read lots of work by other queer and trans authors in 2025, given the war that’s been waged against us. My (big gay) book, NoContinue reading “My Top 12 CNF Reads of 2025”
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My 2024 in Books
Switching it up (just slightly) to bring you my 9 favorite memoirs I read in 2024 in no particular order cause wow, they were all so good. Plus a bonus of my 3 favorite works of fiction I read this year. As usual, each book is accompanied by my favorite line from it. Re-visiting theseContinue reading “My 2024 in Books”
The Top 10 Books I Read in 2023
Happy end of year round-up! As usual, I didn’t read as much as I should have this year cause…life. BUT, the books I did read were phenomenal. Lots of beautiful queer stories, more fiction than usual (!), and finally completed the Kiese Laymon holy trinity. Sharing my countdown here, as well as my favorite lineContinue reading “The Top 10 Books I Read in 2023”
The Top 10 Books I Read in 2022
I didn’t read quite as much as I’d have liked to this year, but why fixate on not meeting a goal when I can spend time celebrating the beautiful words I did read instead? Right? Right?! Another year, another round of Canva-made images feat. my favorite lines from my favorite books. May your 2023 beContinue reading “The Top 10 Books I Read in 2022”
The Top 12 Books I Read in 2021
I could write another recap similar to last year’s…about how this year was a dumpster fire and how I was too lazy to write out a full review for each and every book…BUT, let’s just skip over that and jump right into my favorite lines from my favorite books I read in 2021. I amContinue reading “The Top 12 Books I Read in 2021”