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Review: Pageboy by Elliot Page Rating: 3/5

This was a brutal read and not just in the ways I was expecting. I was prepared for Elliot Page to talk about the queerphobia and misogyny that he experienced growing up and going through Hollywood. But I wasn't ready for the brutal mistreatment he faced almost everywhere he turned. He doesn't pull punches as he describes it, or the mental health struggles that he experienced as a result. It was hard to read. 

I also struggled a lot with the structure of the memoir. I found it hard to figure out what events happened in what order, where Page was at emotionally. And the tangents into aspects of local history weren't always especially interesting. But Page does write with a simple, straight-forward voice that makes wading through this emotional book a little easier. Even though the subject matter is sometimes hard to swallow, the writing never is.

If you've ever been interested in Elliot Page's career or his journey as a queer person, you'll find something to enjoy here, just please heed the content warnings because light reading this is not.

#pageboy #elliot page #lgbt books #transbooks365 #booklr #bookblr #trcc original #reviews #3 star reads #nonfiction

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guess whose TBR just slipped under 200 books for the first time in 10 years 🥰

#trcc original #2024

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JOMP BPC - February 4th - Cover Lust

it must be nice to keep winning the cover lottery the way Erica Waters does 😂

#the river has teeth #the restless dark #all that consumes us #erica waters #justonemorepage #jompbpc #booklr #bookblr #trcc original #portraits

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JOMP BPC - December 28th - This Month's Favourite

can't go past Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo, despite the number of wonderful books I read this month

#last night at the telegraph club #malinda lo #justonemorepage #jompbpc #booklr #bookblr #trcc original #portraits #lgbt books #wlw reads #authors of colour

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Welcome to Booklr Reads Australian 2023!

In 2019, I challenged booklrs everywhere to pick up some Australian novels in August to try and help people discover the wonderful books being published Down Under. Now, in 2023, we’re going to give it another go!

all you have to do is read as many Australian novels as you want to during the month of August. you could read 1, you could read 20, it’s entirely up to you. all that matters is that you give it a fair go.

the only structured part of the challenge will be the Saturday check-ins, where I’ll just put up a little post for us all to come together and talk about what we’ve picked up that week. those will be on August 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th this year.

apart from that, how you mark the challenge is up to you. last time people took photos, wrote reviews, made recommendations, and even hosted discussions to get conversations going

just make sure to tag any posts you make with “#Booklr Reads Australian” so that everyone can find your posts. that will also be the tag I’ll check to reblog things and to make any announcements during the course of the challenge. “#Read Australian” is a good tag to use for any Australian book and “#LoveOzYA” is for YA books.

if you have any questions, please send me an ask rather than replying to or reblogging this post so that I can post answers in the challenge tag. and be sure to reblog this post so as many people can join in as possible!

I can’t wait for the challenge to start - here’s to reading Australian!

#booklr #bookblr #book community #reading challenge #booklr reads australian #trcc original #2023

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JOMP BPC - May 18th - Book Gradient

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#alice oseman #tj klune #laura sebastian #justonemorepage #jompbpc #booklr #bookblr #trcc original #portraits

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JOMP BPC - December 3rd - Too Pure For This World

dear sweet Benji from Hell Followed With Us 🩵

#hell followed with us #andrew joseph white #justonemorepage #jompbpc #booklr #bookblr #trcc original #portraits #lgbt books #trans #transbooks365

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When I heard about Dracula Daily, I was impressed by the concept of it but wasn’t interested in participating because I read Dracula on audiobook in February and didn’t think I needed to start reading it again in May. I figured I’d just follow along with everyone’s little jokes and chuckle to myself and that would be it.

I signed up after 3 days.

Because even if you were familiar with the book before, Dracula Daily has been a whole ‘nother animal. It’s been a cultural moment that, even if Matt decides to run this again next year, won’t be repeatable. I was lucky to realise that early on, so that I could be a part of it, because I know I’d be regretting it now if I hadn’t.

There’s a quote in the epilogue that stuck out to me:

“It was almost impossible to believe that the things which we had seen with our own eyes and heard with our own ears were living truths.”

Our good friend, Jonathan Harker, might as well be writing about us. No matter how many people do Dracula Daily again, no matter how many of us revisit the book or the films or the story in any form in the future, what we’ve had here on tumblr is singular. No one would believe the things we have seen, even though we have the proofs of our wild story.

So here’s to reading a 125-year-old novel a little bit at a time, and making truly hilarious jokes about the most nonsensical parts of it. Dracula Daily has been tumblr at its best and for that I am truly grateful.

#dracula daily #dracula #2022 #trcc original

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JOMP BPC - November 16th - Graphic Novels

all the graphic novels I've got on my TBR 💕 I might dedicate some time to reading them in the new year

#tillie walden #art spiegelman #alison bechdel #justonemorepage #jompbpc #booklr #bookblr #trcc original #portraits #graphic novels

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JOMP BPC - October 20th - Close Up

I love the detail on the cover of The Siren, the Song and the Spy by Maggie Tokuda-Hall 💚

#the siren the song and the spy #the mermaid the witch and the sea #maggie tokuda hall #jompbpc #justonemorepage #trcc original #booklr #lgbt books #bookblr #authors of colour #portraits

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JOMP BPC - October 19th - Favourite Animal Companion

the demon-infested chicken from Nettle and Bone has my heart 😌

#nettle and bone #t kingfisher #justonemorepage #jompbpc #booklr #bookblr #trcc original #portraits

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JOMP BPC - October 18th - Witches

can't wait to try The Witches of Thistle Grove series the next time I'm in a paranormal mood 💜

#the witches of thistle grove #lana harper #payback's a witch #from bad to cursed #back in a spell #in charm's way #justonemorepage #jompbpc #booklr #bookblr #trcc original #portraits

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JOMP BPC - December 12th - Transgender Character

Silas, my beloved 💜 from The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

#the spirit bares its teeth #andrew joseph white #justonemorepage #jompbpc #booklr #bookblr #trcc original #portraits #lgbt books #trans #transbooks365

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JOMP BPC - January 31st - Read in January

I had sort of an underwhelming reading month, despite reading a lot of books that were quite good. I just didn't really feel strongly about any of them - but hopefully February will be better 💕

#read in january #read last month #january wrap up #justonemorepage #jompbpc #booklr #bookblr #trcc original #portraits #2024

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JOMP BPC - October 3rd - Faceless

feat. Even Though I Knew the End by CL Polk

#even though i knew the end #cl polk #justonemorepage #jompbpc #booklr #bookblr #trcc original #portraits

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JOMP BPC - September 12th - Ombre

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#justonemorepage #jompbpc #booklr #bookblr #trcc original #portraits