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Let’s review! Discussion of what I thought of the books I read.

Review Cover: The Hollow Half by Sarah Aziza

Review: The Hollow Half: A Memoir of Bodies and Borders by Sarah Aziza

Sage Elliott, 26 June 202525 June 2025

The Hollow Half is the story of Aziza’s experience with anorexia & how it echoes her family’s experience of being displaced from their home.

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Review Cover: The Reckless Kind by Carley Heath

Review: The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath

Sage Elliott, 24 June 202524 June 2025

I went into The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath expecting to love it. A queer platonic relationship? An asexual character? A gay couple? Disability rep? Yes please. But was Heath’s novel really all I hoped it would be?

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Review Cover: How to be Ace

Review: How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual

Sage Elliott, 17 June 202516 June 2025

Because it’s Pride Month, I wanted to make sure I read something with asexual representation. Rebecca Burgess’ graphic memoir, How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual caught my attention and I’m so glad I picked it up.Ā 

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Review Cover: Psychosis Diagnosis by Nikki Minty

Review: Psychosis Diagnosis by Nikki Minty

Sage Elliott, 3 June 20252 June 2025

I was intrigued by the description of Psychosis Diagnosis. I was looking forward to an audiobook that explored mental health & featured supernatural elements. Did it live up to my expectations?

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Review Cover: Six of Crows

Review: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Sage Elliott, 20 May 202517 May 2025

Meet Kaz and his group of outcasts. Can they pull off an impossible heist that will give them a life-changing amount of money?

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Review Cover: Magica Riot by Kara Buchanan

Review: Magica Riot by Kara Buchanan

Sage Elliott, 8 April 202516 June 2025

Queer magical girls save Portland in Magica Riot, a self-published debut novel by trans author Kara Buchanan.Ā 

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Review Cover: Human Acts by Han Kang

Review: Human Acts by Han Kang

Sage Elliott, 25 March 202518 March 2025

Human Acts is the brutal story of the Gwangju uprising. More notably, how the uprising impacted those involved.

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Review Cover: The Mad Women's Ball by Victoria Mas

Review: The Mad Women’s Ball by Victoria Mas

Sage Elliott, 18 March 202518 March 2025

Paris, 1880s: inconvenient women are sent to the SalpĆŖtriĆØre asylum. Paris residents enjoy watching hypnotisms and attending the yearly ball.

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Review The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service

Review: The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Abortion Service by Laura Kaplan

Sage Elliott, 11 March 202518 March 2025

Meet “Jane,” an underground provider of abortions in the Chicago area in the years leading up to Roe v. Wade. Will similar groups rise again?

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Review Cover: The Confessions of Frannie Langton

Review: The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins

Sage Elliott, 4 March 20255 March 2025

Collins’ novel tells the story of a former slave who is charged with the murder of her master/mistress. What’s her side of the story?

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