Great books:

In this May 16, 2025 booktube episode I talk about 8 books I’ve read recently—5 of them with queer content—as well as books for Asian Heritage Month, Misery May & the Spoonies readathon

00:00 intro: Garden update, themed reading, Praiseworthy readalong

05:06 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🎧 The Antidote by Karen Russell; audiobook read by a cast of 8 narrators; published by Books on Tape

11:57 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦🎧 The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar; audiobook read by Gem Carmella; with music performed by Amal and her sister Dounya El-Mohtar, with flute, harp and vocals; published by Macmillan Audio

15:17 🇺🇸🎧 Pronoun Trouble: The Story of Us in Seven Little Words by John McWhorter; audiobook read by the author; published by Books on Tape

17:42 Spoonies disabilities readathon

18:05 🏳️‍🌈🇰🇷 Walking Practice by Dolki Min; translated from Korean by Victoria Caudle; published by HarperVia

21:09 🏳️‍🌈🇰🇷🇨🇦 I Cut My Tongue on a Broken Country: Poems by Kyo Lee; published by Arsenal Pulp

24:21 🏳️‍🌈🇻🇨🇨🇦 West of West Indian by Linzey Corrigan; published by Mawenzi House

27:54 🇨🇦 Fishflies by Jeff Lemire; published by Image

29:49 🇺🇸🎧 Audition by Katie Kitamura; audiobook read by Traci Kato-Kiriyama; published by Books on Tape

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Other mentions:

Scott ‪@GunpowderFictionPlot‬ (Misery May)

Gemma ‪@GemofBooks‬ (Misery May)

Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright

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Emily ‪@novellenovels‬ Spoonies readathon announcement    • Spoonies 2025 Readathon Announcement  

Cat ‪@BrewsandReviews‬ (Spoonies readathon)
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Bibliophobia by Sarah Chihaya