kimlockhartga ,
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Since I can't sleep, let's do a June reading recap. @bookstodon What did you read in June that you are excited to recommend to others?

These were the most affecting stories I read in June (all graphic format):

Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story, Sarah Myer (touching memoir)

Bad Dream: A Dreamer Story, Nicole Maines, Rye Hickman (origin story of the first trans superhero)

The Waiting, Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, Janet Hong (Heartbreaking story of a divided Korea, and families separated)

RanaldClouston ,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon I read The Prestige by Christopher Priest, which was a lot of fun, and much stranger and more eerie than the movie.

kimlockhartga OP ,
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@RanaldClouston @bookstodon You had me at strange and eerie!

lunalein ,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon feeling you on the insomnia.
Clear, by Carys Davies: a Scottish minister is sent to evict the last resident of a remote island, but winds up injured and in his care. Wildly evocative and surprisingly sweet.

kimlockhartga OP ,
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@lunalein @bookstodon Ah, I picked that up but didn't have time to read it. I will try to borrow it again. Thank you.

lunalein ,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon joe do you feel about mom/baby stuff? if you’re yo for that subject matter, Soldier, Sailor by Claire Kilroy is very good

lunalein ,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon how do you feel about mom/baby stuff? if you’re yo for that subject matter, Soldier, Sailor by Claire Kilroy is very good

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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon

Monstrous sounds really interesting, putting it on my to-read.

June reads I'd love to spread around:

Still Life with Bones: Field Notes on Forensics and Loss, Alexa Hagerty (memoir about the impact of recovering bodies from mass graves after human rights violations and war)

Of Cattle and Men, Ana Paula Maia (dark translated fiction set in a slaughter house)

Restart After Coming Back Home, Cocomi (sweet manga about two men falling in love in a rural setting)

PS: Wishing you a good sleep soon. 🌙

kimlockhartga OP ,
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@reading_recluse @bookstodon These sound like excellent reads!

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