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I personally don't like readathons or participate in them, but for the occasion I figured I'd share some recommendations for the Trans Rights Readathon, which lasts from March 21 to March 31 this year in support of Trans Day of Visibility on March 31. Trans rights are human rights and there is no LGB without the T, so I wanted to do this small thing to support trans folks. I've read all of these and I tried to prioritize trans, nonbinary, and gender queer authors in this list. I hope you'll find something to your liking.

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Disclaimer: I am in no way trying to judge others for their reading habits, you do you. This is just me reflecting on my personal reading habits, my own reasons for reading, and how these are no longer in alignment. We are all different types of readers, and if none of this applies to you or your reasons, that’s okay.

Another recycled Substack post, but here we are.

When I look at my reading habits of 2024, I can’t help but feel unsatisfied. I’ve read some good and enjoyable books (see My favourites of 2024), so that’s not it. I also don’t mind the books I’ve read that I gave less than 3.5 star ratings. They might have been on my TBR for ages, they might have been an experiment in trying something different, or they just piqued my curiosity in some way. They were still worth reading, otherwise, I wouldn’t have finished them. I have no qualms dropping books that are not to worth it to me, because life’s too short.

So why am I unsatisfied?

I’ve read 73 text-based books. I’m excluding manga and the one graphic novel from this number; not because they aren’t “real books” (because they are!), but they feel like an entirely different reading experience to me personally. I do include short stories and novellas in that number. So, 73 books. A significant amount of books, not extreme. Still, it’s just an arbitrary number that doesn’t say much.

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