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Hello, and welcome to a book haul. Before I go into the books, I want to back up and give you some context. This past weekend, I went out of town. I was gone Friday to Tuesday, and I did a lot of traveling back and forth. It wasn’t exactly planned, but that’s what happened. I didn’t really film anything the whole weekend just because one, I was busy. And two, I didn’t really feel like it. Friday, I went down to Seattle, arriving in the afternoon. A group of friends and I went to see the Mariners game. It was Star Wars day, so that was fun. Saturday, I went with two friends to help at their booth for Deafopia in Vancouver, WA. That was very interesting. After Deafopia (it was an all-day event), we came back to Seattle, and relaxed. We were tired and didn’t feel like doing much else. Sunday, I took the bus down to Portland, visiting a friend who’s a PSU student, and explored Portland for a couple days. I got back home on Tuesday night.
Now, for the book haul. I think some of you may have already guessed why. If you are a book lover, and you go to Portland, you have to go to Powell’s. It’s an unspoken rule. You have to. The friend I was visiting is also a book lover, so he had no problem going to Powell’s for a few hours. So… I came home with a big paper bag full of books. Now, before you think I went and bought 15 books, blowing my money, I didn’t! I bought a few, and the rest are from my friend. He had two bags of books he was planning to give away. Perfect. I looked through and took what books I wanted. Of course, I had to get a map of Powell’s. It has a really cool poster on the back. And of course, the bookmarks. I didn’t get every single one, but the ones that I did get: LGBTQ+, Local Literature, Women Writers, Latinx, African-American, Banned Books. A lot of good book recommendations in those. I think I’m set on adding to my TBR for a while.
That long intro with no books out of the way, I will start with the books I bought.
Dead Feminists: Historical Heroines in Living Color. This is illustrated, so that’s cool. I’m really excited to read this.
drifting toward love: black, brown, gay, and coming of age on the streets of new york. I’ve been wanting to try and read more diverse perspectives, I have been doing that pretty well, I think. When I saw this, I immediately decided to take this.
Transgender History. I’ve been wanting to learn more about trans history, and this will start in the mid-twentieth century to today. So that should be interesting. And that gives me a perfect transition (ha!) into the next book, Gender Outlaws. This focuses on the current trans community. I’m really excited to read this. I’ve seen quite a few good things about it.
Those were the five books I bought from Powell’s. Now to the books I got from my friend! I actually don’t even remember anything about these books, I just read the synopsis, thought “looks good, I’ll take it.” So it’s just going to be a list.
- The Love of a Good Woman
- Two Boys Kissing
- Vintage Murakami
- Their Eyes Were Watching God
- Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?
- Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination
- Anil’s Ghost
- Siblings and Other Disappointments
- Ancient, Ancient
- Short Cuts
- Hiroshima in the Morning
- Milk and Honey
- The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
The last book for today, I’m actually borrowing from my friend, Mean Little Deaf Queer. I’ve been seeing this pop up a lot lately, so okay, I want to read this and just see.
So that’s my book haul. I came home with 5 books I bought, 13 books from my friend, and 1 borrowed from my friend–thank you, Ross!–for a total of 19 new books. It may be a while before I read any of these, because I have a whole box of books still that I’ve mentioned several times. So… I’m hoping to actually get through several of these this month/next month. Let me know, have you read any of these or are interested in any of them?
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