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Show more Get the Bindery app * * * Posts about this title from sunny thoughts [sunny thoughts\\ \\ Sunny\\ \\ • Jan 15 2024](https://sunnythoughts.binderybooks.com/) [ranking my favorite books & honorable mentions of 2023](https://sunnythoughts.binderybooks.com/item/dzLrSIqAwC01u5DtNG6Y/) fave books part 1: https://youtu.be/bBZEuSYjIvk?si=l7TzM6mGsmboebYK fave books part 2: https://youtu.be/QsX2jOKMs-Y?si=thWJ2x43tyu9i\_03 Renaissance's review of Dykette: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5749008545?book\_show\_action=false my review of post-traumatic in comparison to another book about trauma: https://open.substack.com/pub/thelavendermenace/p/3-women-writers-3-book-reviews?utm\_campaign=post&utm\_medium=web The Lavender Menace podcast episode wrapping up 2023 media: upcoming Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6KoWHeYT8M0svZhvTsOUgt?si=LzGU-55zSOmbanf7-vlTMg&dl\_branch=1 Apple Podcasts: https://t.co/agmaoiRQRy?amp=1 Patreon, for exclusive bonus episodes & early access: https://www.patreon.com/TheLavenderMenace The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ujU1cXx4eZV7njNXIYokmO-bDei84tfn/view?usp=sharing Timestamps: 00:00-02:47 intro 02:47-03:53 #16 03:53-04:33 #15 04:33-05:53 #14 05:53-07:06 #13 07:06-08:59 #12 08:59-10:18 #11 10:18-11:55 #10 11:55-13:17 #9 13:17-14:24 #8 14:24-15:42 #7 15:42-17:29 #6 17:29-19:10 #5 19:10-21:18 #4 21:18-23:10 #3 23:10-25:10 #1 & #2 25:10-26:50 lesbian 2023 reflections 26:50-35:00 honorable mentions * * * 25 books 3 [2](https://sunnythoughts.binderybooks.com/item/dzLrSIqAwC01u5DtNG6Y/#comments) [sunny thoughts\\ \\ Sunny\\ \\ • Dec 31 2023](https://sunnythoughts.binderybooks.com/) [favorite books I've read in 2023](https://sunnythoughts.binderybooks.com/item/2MUmP3GstBW6JBbL4EqS/) lesbian non-fiction & lit-fic & fantasy reads I've loved in the past year!! Please ignore the fact that I’m wearing pajama pants in this video Timestamps: 0:00-1:30 intro. 1:30-4:10 The Persistent Desire, a Femme-Butch Reader. Edited by Joan Nestle 4:10-08:11 Stone Butch Blues. Leslie Feinberg 08:11-10:25 Knocking Myself Up: A Memoir of My (In)fertility. Michelle Tea 10:25-15:17 Things To Do When You’re Goth in The Country. Chavisa Woods 15:17-20:48 Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal. Christopher Moore 20:48-23:25 The Very Nice Box. Laura Blackett, Eve Gleischman 23:25-26:32 Tress of The Emerald Sea. Brandon Sanderson 26:32-29:40 Dykette. Jenny Fran Davis 29:40-35:01 Black Wave. Michelle Tea 35:01-37:47 Post-traumatic. Chantal V. 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(another disclaimer-- I meant to get this video up yesterday but like it's fine! lol) My letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sunnyinstlouis/ Find me: Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/asunnybooknook (I don't update my Storygraph profile, sorry!! only upload my goodreads data there once a year for data purposes :( too hard to keep up with 2 tracking apps and I'm more familiar with Goodreads at this point) Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sunnyboxhouse Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/asunnybooknook Business contact - asunnybooknook@gmail.com 🍑🍊🕊🌸🍓🍒🍇 Listen to me and my best friend's lesbian comedy media & pop culture commentary podcast, The Lavender Menace! Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6KoWHeYT8M0svZhvTsOUgt?si=LzGU-55zSOmbanf7-vlTMg&dl\_branch=1 Apple Podcasts: https://t.co/agmaoiRQRy?amp=1 https://www.patreon.com/TheLavenderMenace Us, elsewhere: Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheLavenderPod Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thelavendermenacepod/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiuLKSL75Tcd5Zu7DMnC5vQ Letterboxd - https://letterboxd.com/thelavenderpod/ Substack - https://thelavendermenace.substack.com/ Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thelavendermenacepod?\_t=8V5Ee2joahq&\_r=1 * * * 11 books [sunny thoughts\\ \\ Sunny\\ \\ • Feb 7 2023](https://sunnythoughts.binderybooks.com/) [January reading wrap up part 1](https://sunnythoughts.binderybooks.com/item/0BQYaVCh9DEaNP8FZv2D/) 10 book reviews of my first half of January reads!! including some 5 star books hehehe Find me: Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/asunnybooknook Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/asunnybooknook Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/asunnybooknook Business email - asunnybooknook@gmail.com * * * 11 books [sunny thoughts\\ \\ Sunny\\ \\ • Jan 29 2023](https://sunnythoughts.binderybooks.com/) [tackling my physical TBR: reading vlog #1 of 2023](https://sunnythoughts.binderybooks.com/item/oKiDVCuURriC4X1BrwN4/) my January of reading books on my TBR shelf before I leave for Boston!! * * * 11 books Posts about this book from across Bindery [sunny thoughts\\ \\ Sunny\\ \\ • Jan 15 2024](https://sunnythoughts.binderybooks.com/) \\ \\ Upgrade for $5 or login](https://sunnythoughts.binderybooks.com/item/dzLrSIqAwC01u5DtNG6Y/) [ranking my favorite books & honorable mentions of 2023](https://sunnythoughts.binderybooks.com/item/dzLrSIqAwC01u5DtNG6Y/) fave books part 1: https://youtu.be/bBZEuSYjIvk?si=l7TzM6mGsmboebYK fave books part 2: https://youtu.be/QsX2jOKMs-Y?si=thWJ2x43tyu9i\_03 Renaissance's review of Dykette: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5749008545?book\_show\_action=false The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ujU1cXx4eZV7njNXIYokmO-bDei84tfn/view?usp=sharing * * * 25 books 3 [2](https://sunnythoughts.binderybooks.com/item/dzLrSIqAwC01u5DtNG6Y/#comments) [sunny thoughts\\ \\ Sunny\\ \\ • Dec 31 2023](https://sunnythoughts.binderybooks.com/) [favorite books I've read in 2023](https://sunnythoughts.binderybooks.com/item/2MUmP3GstBW6JBbL4EqS/) lesbian non-fiction & lit-fic & fantasy reads I've loved in the past year!! Please ignore the fact that I’m wearing pajama pants in this video * * * 10 books [sunny thoughts\\ \\ Sunny\\ \\ • Jul 11 2023](https://sunnythoughts.binderybooks.com/) [mid-year book freakout tag](https://sunnythoughts.binderybooks.com/item/pmlSKknbghBSyO3XoJUG/) (another disclaimer-- I meant to get this video up yesterday but like it's fine! lol) My letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sunnyinstlouis/ * * * 11 books [sunny thoughts\\ \\ Sunny\\ \\ • Feb 7 2023](https://sunnythoughts.binderybooks.com/) [January reading wrap up part 1](https://sunnythoughts.binderybooks.com/item/0BQYaVCh9DEaNP8FZv2D/) 10 book reviews of my first half of January reads!! including some 5 star books hehehe * * * 11 books [sunny thoughts\\ \\ Sunny\\ \\ • Jan 29 2023](https://sunnythoughts.binderybooks.com/) [tackling my physical TBR: reading vlog #1 of 2023](https://sunnythoughts.binderybooks.com/item/oKiDVCuURriC4X1BrwN4/) my January of reading books on my TBR shelf before I leave for Boston!! * * * 11 books