March and April Reads

A graphic with ebook and audiobook covers captioned March and April. Books listed are: Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite. Don't Sleep with the Dead by Nghi Vo. Soul Eater by Lily Mayne. Edin by Lily Mayne. The Rycke by Lily Mayne. Gloam by Lily Mayne. Wyn by Lily Mayne. False Comeback by Lily Mayne. The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by KJ Charles. Shroom for Improvement by Jemma Croft. Under the Dragon Moon by Mawce Hanlin.

Murder mysteries, monsters, magical mushroom houses that look suspiciously like … well. Don’t forget the rival wrestlers, and bug loving baronet quarreling with his smuggler prince.

I’ve read the entire Monstrous series already in ebook form, but the audiobooks are new to me and recently hit Hoopla (okay I’ve listened to the first one twice) and I finally got a paperback of Soul Eater so I read and annotated that. And this is actually my second listen (this year) of Secret Lives of Country Gentleman. The rest are new to me though, and I highly enjoyed them all.

SA Awareness Month

April is SA Awareness Month, and I wanted to feature characters who have survived and healed from their traumas. There are a few here that are incredibly dear to me, and a few more recommended to me by friends.

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance, and The Last Sun, are especially close to my heart.

Trans Chaos

It’s still Trans Rights Readathon time! Hitting you with books I haven’t recommended before, or not nearly enough. A hearty mix of trans characters and/or authors, with a wide range of genres. Hence, the chaos.

Book Stack

A stack of books beside a bookshelf with a puzzle on the wall. Top to bottom books are:
Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo.
Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender.
Cutting Your Teeth by Caylan McRae.
From Me to You edited by A.E. Bratchford.
An Outstretched Hand curated by Write Here Right Queer.
A Queer and Cozy Winter curated by Rainbow Crate.
The Voice of Wild Places by Noah Hawthorne.
Prince of Sorrows by Kellen Graves.
Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco.
The Rebel Foxes by Noah Hawthorne. Phantoms and Rook by Aelina Isaacs.
The Forgotten Lyric by Carolina Cruz.
A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows.
A Taste of gold and iron by Alexandra  Rowland.
Initiation by Alethea Faust.
Dead Cowpokes Don't Wrangle curated by Mars Adler and H.s. Wolfe.
Finding Echoes by Foz Meadows.
Brave Boy World edited by Lee Mandelo.
Dudes Rock curated by Romanus and Candra.
Iron Widow by Xiran Zhao.
Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki.
Full Metal Indigiqueer by Joshua Whitehead.
Galaxy by Jadzia Axelrod.
Nimona by N.D. Stevenson.
The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach.
Love After the end by Joshua Whitehead.

Tomorrow is the first day of Trans Rights Readathon ! 🏳️‍⚧️📚

When I decided to make a stack I didn’t think I had that many books with gender fckry characters and/or authors, but apparently I was wrong. There’s a handful here I haven’t read or am working my way through, and am hoping the readathon will help me get through my TBR a little bit.

Have you read any of these?