Tag Archives: LGBTQIA

The Transgender Child, by Stephanie Brill and Rachel Pepper

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Thistle

This is a handbook/parenting guide with regards to transgender and gender-fluid children, with special emphasis on the various concerns (medical, legal, educational, etc) involved in raising gender-variant children. Gender is and has always been a very fluid thing in my … Continue reading →

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Beyond Binary, by Multiple Authors

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Thistle

Subtitled: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction Edited by: Brit Mandelo Okay. I’ve never been good at reviewing short story collections, so I’ll just start out by saying why I chose to read this book. For the past few months, … Continue reading →

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Choose Your Own Autobiography, by Neil Patrick Harris

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Thistle

When I was a kid, I loved Choose Your Own Adventure novels. There’s one in particular, The Magic of the Unicorn, that I read over and over and over. Having always been a pragmatic, logical kind of person, I took … Continue reading →

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Firstborn, by Lorie Ann Grover

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Thistle

Tiadone is a firstborn female, and by law, not allowed to live unless her parents declare her male. They do so, and Tiadone grows up knowing that though her body is female, she is male, and must conform to all … Continue reading →

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Afterworlds, by Scott Westerfeld

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Thistle

Eighteen-year-old Darcy Patel can’t believe the dream is really happening to her. Her novel has been picked up by an agent, and a publisher. She’s received a huge two-book-deal advance. She’s moving to NYC. She’s going to be a real … Continue reading →

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The Dream Thieves, by Maggie Stiefvater (audio)

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Thistle

This review will necessarily contain spoilers for the first book in the series, The Raven Boys. It will unnecessarily contain minor spoilers from The Dream Thieves. Ronan Lynch has a secret. He can remove things from his dreams, taking them … Continue reading →

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The Silkworm, by Robert Galbraith

Posted on September 16, 2014 by Thistle

In this second Cormoran Strike novel, Strike takes on a case to find a missing husband. Owen Quine is an eccentric two-bit author whose latest work was rejected right before he disappeared. His wife believes he’s gone off in a … Continue reading →

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Tales of the City, by Armistead Maupin

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Thistle

When Mary Anne Singleton visits San Francisco, she decides to stay there permanently, leaving her more traditional life back in Cleveland. She finds a place to live at 28 Barbary Lane, where the occupants of the various apartments operate much … Continue reading →

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Oddly Normal, by John Schwartz (audio)

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Thistle

Subtitled: One Family’s Struggle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms with His Sexuality. This is a memoir about the author’s gay son, his suicide attempt at age thirteen, and the general troubles that gay people – especially gay … Continue reading →

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Bang, by Lisa McMann

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Thistle

It’s Sawyer’s turn for visions, and Jules (and her brother Trey, and later her sister Ro) have to help him prevent a disaster: a anti-gay school shooting at a nearby university. Not much to say about this book. I liked … Continue reading →

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