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i'm meeg! she/they. i read a lot.

here are some of my favorite genres:

fiction: science-fiction, fantasy, speculative fiction, dystopia & utopia

nonfiction: history, political science + theory, philosophy, anarchism & anti authoritarianism, LGBTQ+, sociology, environment, economics

others: poetry, graphic novels, zines!

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Ursula K. Le Guin: The Left Hand of Darkness (Paperback, 2010, Ace Books)

On the planet Winter, there is no gender. The Gethenians can become male or female …

Review of 'The Left Hand of Darkness' on 'Goodreads'

I found this book a bit difficult to follow, perhaps that's because I listened to the audiobook, but loved it nonetheless.

Alan Watts: The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety (Paperback, 1968, Vintage)

Review of 'The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety' on 'Goodreads'

“But you cannot understand life and its mysteries as long as you try to grasp it. Indeed, you cannot grasp it, just as you cannot walk off with a river in a bucket. If you try to capture running water in a bucket, it is clear that you do not understand it and that you will always be disappointed, for in the bucket the water does not run. To “have” running water you must let go of it and let it run.”

TJ Klune: The House in the Cerulean Sea (Paperback, 2021, Tor Books)

A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret.

Linus Baker leads a quiet, …

Review of 'The House in the Cerulean Sea' on 'Goodreads'

Heartwarming and heartfelt- fell in love with (nearly) each and every character. Highly recommend the audiobook, it's read beautifully by Daniel Henning.

reviewed The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon (The Witch King, #1)

H.E. Edgmon: The Witch King (Hardcover, 2021, Inkyard Press)

To save a fae kingdom, a trans witch must face his traumatic past and the …

Review of 'The Witch King' on 'Goodreads'

Loved loved loved this book- the queerness, the antifascism, the humor, the focus on complex trauma, relationships, healing, anger- I loved it all and cannot WAIT for the next book!

Ashley Audrain: The Push (Hardcover, 2021, Pamela Dorman Books)

Review of 'The Push' on 'Goodreads'

I couldn't read this book in any less than 100-page sittings, it held my attention in a vice. It's been a while since I put a book down and counted down until I had time to pick it back up again. Disturbing plot, painful focus on where familial abuse/ legacies of trauma meet mental illness meet the rollercoaster of motherhood, wanted and not.