Okay, fine, I’m re-reading them.
I last read them as a senior in high school. Very curious what I’ll get out of them with another 15-ish years of wisdom and the current state of things…
“Those who read the Hunger Games books and watch the movies only for the grisly deaths, the glamorous parades, and the swoonworthy love triangle end up ignoring what Collins is actually trying to communicate about war theory.”
This essay just made me want to re-read The Hunger Games, and dig into the other books:
https://www.polygon.com/analysis/547538/hunger-games-suzanne-collins-explained-meaning
My first two reads for #TransRightsReadathon! One fiction and one nonfic (I always read different books at different times of the day).
Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas is the first YA book I have decided to read in AGES. The world and the concept sounded very cool.
Our Lives, Our Words is a collection of life stories from aravani (hijra) women from Tamil Nadu, compiled by one of them. It is touching read.
#bookstodon #AmReading #lgbtq #queer #image #books #transgender #nonfiction #YAfiction
R.C. Dickens, author of Crown of Blooms #YAfiction
http://wakingwriter.com/2025/03/19/r-c-dickens-author-of-crown-of-blooms/
My name is Nick, and I just saved the world. In the last chapter, I beheaded the final demon and sent him back to hell. But my boyfriend got hurt in the chaos, and now he’s not moving.
https://buff.ly/4hVqpLg
Has anyone ever walked toward you while slow-clapping? Eyes locked on your face, mouth smiling deviously, hands thudding together in a steady rhythm?
https://buff.ly/4bcrqMt
Todd and I watched Ned walk through the crowd, talking to anyone who would listen, warning them about demons. He got a lot of raised eyebrows and cold shoulders.
https://buff.ly/4gSwerl