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A Safe Girl to Love by Casey Plett
Eleven unique short stories that stretch from a rural Canadian Mennonite town to a hipster gay bar in Brooklyn, featuring …
Gay crow, I h8 cops, not a girl
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Eleven unique short stories that stretch from a rural Canadian Mennonite town to a hipster gay bar in Brooklyn, featuring …
Okay so apparently this book is the third in a series, and I only figured that out when I literally turned to the Acknowledgements page after finishing the entire book. A couple of the side characters which appear in this novel are coupled up in previous entries in the series, and I suppose that would make the whole thing a bit more impactful. BUT I still enjoyed it.
The cozy-queer small-business-owner-core vibes can be a little overwhelming, and the main character's anxiety feels a little cliche. The fake dating trope falls a little flat — to the point that I think it could be removed entirely and the core of the novel would be unchanged.
But all that said, it's still very cute, and I enjoyed it, despite not really being a regular romance reader. I probably won't be recommending it to people, but that doesn't mean I didn't have …
Okay so apparently this book is the third in a series, and I only figured that out when I literally turned to the Acknowledgements page after finishing the entire book. A couple of the side characters which appear in this novel are coupled up in previous entries in the series, and I suppose that would make the whole thing a bit more impactful. BUT I still enjoyed it.
The cozy-queer small-business-owner-core vibes can be a little overwhelming, and the main character's anxiety feels a little cliche. The fake dating trope falls a little flat — to the point that I think it could be removed entirely and the core of the novel would be unchanged.
But all that said, it's still very cute, and I enjoyed it, despite not really being a regular romance reader. I probably won't be recommending it to people, but that doesn't mean I didn't have fun with it.
Content warning Trivial spoilers. Back-of-the book level stuff.
Any Other City isn't one of those books that's a thrilling ride, but it sat with me and filled me with appreciation for its world and my world and kissing transgender women on the lips.
It's built out of two disjoint halves of the main characters life, both of which see her visiting a city an ocean away from her home, each time caught up in some sort of life stuff. The majority of the book is spent watching her work through that stuff, through vignettes of her life in the city and memories of her past.
The story unfolds through a patchwork of idle thoughts, flashbacks both rosy and scary, new people, nooks and crannies, all woven together with threads of commonality.
It feels little like a daydream?
Content warning Chapter 50 spoilers
@sashanoraa It took 50 chapters to get to the yuri???

Any Other City is a two-sided fictional memoir by Tracy St. Cyr, who helms the beloved indie rock band Static …
Pretty good! I'm not writing home about it or anything, but it's a lovely fantasy and competently explores the feelings of trespass, uncertainty, and finally understanding that we work through in the process of realizing we're trans.
It's not a long read, so if you're on the fence about it and you can get it for free from your library or Anna's Archive, I'd say give it a shot! I had a good time and you may well too!
Recommended to all the trans lesbians who feel stuck and lost. This book gave me dysphoria so bad it hurt. It made me cry and hide in my room. It was beautiful and my life is richer for having read it
Recommended for everyone sick of Omalases and everyone yearning to imagine a world worth fighting for.

Bitter is thrilled to have been chosen to attend Eucalyptus, a special school where she can focus on her painting …