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JR

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Joined 9 months, 3 weeks ago

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Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha: Dirty River: A Queer Femme of Color Dreaming Her Way Home (2015, Arsenal Pulp Press) 5 stars

An Atypical Memoir/Survivor Manifesto

5 stars

I love this to pieces. So much is relatable to me (maybe I'll add some quotes). I may even buy a physical for my collection (I was reading a library copy).

If you're a weirdo looking for an aytpical incest/survivor memoir that follows its own beat and in turn has some great book recommendations, check it out.

reviewed The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin (The Broken Earth, #1)

N. K. Jemisin: The Fifth Season (Paperback, 2015, Orbit) 4 stars

A SEASON OF ENDINGS HAS BEGUN.

IT STARTS WITH THE GREAT RED RIFT across the …

Solid

3 stars

Not my favorite book but well crafted and continuing on with the series. A big part is I didn't really love the viewpoint characters, the side characters tend to be more interesting to me.