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sunny thoughts\ \ Sunny\ \ • Jan 15 2024

ranking my favorite books & honorable mentions of 2023

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

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sunny thoughts\ \ Sunny\ \ • Jan 4 2024

best books of 2023! (part 2)

part one of my favorite books of the year video: https://youtu.be/bBZEuSYjIvk?si=FIgt5N4WiVgFsQbG

Timestamps: 0:00-1:20 hello! 1:20-08:57 The Vaster Wilds, Lauren Groff 08:57 - 11:56 Liarmouth, John Waters 11:56 - 20:04 Kill for love, Laura Picklesiemer 20:04 - 26:08 Exalted, Anna Dorn 26:08 - 30:35 The Dead Take the A Train, Cassandra Khaw & Richard Kadrey 30:35 - 35:50 Desert creatures, Kay Chorister 35:50 - 38:50 look details & reflections

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6 books

sunny thoughts\ \ Sunny\ \ • Dec 22 2023

Reading wrap up fall-winter: fiction books part 1

catching you up on all the (fiction) books I've read in the last few months!! Including some lesbian classics, fantasies, a romance novel, and feminist historical fiction.

Hirbawi: https://www.kufiya.org

Timestamps 0:00 - 01:20 intro 01:20 - 05:10 Royal Assassin, Robin Hobb 05:10 - 06:01 Assassin's Quest Robin Hobb 06:01- 07:53 Rouge, Mona Awad 07:53 - 12:35 Kings of the Wyld (The Band, #1), Nicholas Eames 12:35 - 16:01 star-rating catch up 16:01 - 16:40 Bloody Rose (The Band, #2), Nicholas Eames 16:40 - 17:07 beauty break 17:07 - 20:57 kufiyah 20:57 - 26:06 The Vaster Wilds, Lauren Groff 26:06 - 30:05 The Unreal and the Real vol 2, Ursula le Guin27:01 The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas, Gertrude Stein 30:05 - 30:47 City of Incurable Women, Maud Casey 30:47 - 33:55 Liarmouth, John Waters 33:55 - 34:47 Galatea, Madeline Miller 34:47 - 37:36 Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date, Ashley Herring Blake 37:36 - 38:01 Where the Wild Ladies Are, Aoko Matsuda 38:01 - 39:28 Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf 39:28 - 41:42 The Dead Take The A Train, Cassandra Khaw & Richard Kadrey

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14 books

sunny thoughts\ \ Sunny\ \ • Dec 9 2023

very belatedly reacting to the Goodreads Choice Award nominations & winners of 2023

back from my hiatus! To comment and bitch about the people's reading taste of course.

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last year's vid: https://youtu.be/VBSOGbDJloM?si=XSDL\_LNyMF2sMoSf

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sunny thoughts\ \ Sunny\ \ • Jan 15 2024

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ranking my favorite books & honorable mentions of 2023