mage4mage

I'm Nate, a 21 year old gay transgender man living in the Pacific Northwest. I left Goodreads for this website after they insisted that transphobia doesn't count as bigotry. (Yes, I'm very bitter.)

My main interest is LGBT literature, especially specifically transgender literature, especially specifically gay/M4M transgender man literature. I also love linguistics and translation studies, historical fiction and SFF, especially if it involves LGBT romance (though I'm very tired of tragic trans/gay romance, and LGBT work written by non-LGBT authors), and I love non-fiction about history, biology and animals, and mental health studies. I'm a novice knitter and have been into reading the history of fiber craft lately.

Today

March

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A Room with a View

E.M. Forster

The Force Awakens (Star Wars)

Alan Dean Foster

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk

Women in the Language and Society of Japan: The Linguistic Roots of Bias

Naoko Takemaru

March2016

12

March2016

09

updated shelf:

Faust Parts One and Two - George Madison Priest, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - Ina Rilke, Sijie Dai

March2016

08

The Fall of Language in the Age of English

If you are at all interested in: translation studies, linguistics, the history of Japanese language, the history of English language imperialism, the long-lasting effect the ...

The Fall of Language in the Age of English - Minae Mizumura, Mari Yoshihara, Juliet Winters Carpenter

finished reading:

The Fall of Language in the Age of English - Minae Mizumura, Mari Yoshihara, Juliet Winters Carpenter

The Fall of Language in the Age of English Minae Mizumura, Mari Yoshihara, Juliet Winters Carpenter

March2016

4

finished reading:

Red Mask - Jessica May Lin

Red Mask Jessica May Lin

March2016

02

The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain (Mandarin Chinese and English Edition)

I couldn't get through this. the translated poems were beyond dry. there was absolutely no attempt to retain any flow or rhythm or any imagery. this is going to be one of the ...

The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain (Mandarin Chinese and English Edition) - Cold Mountain (Han Shan)

February2016

24

Station Eleven

I wish we got more of Clark and his life before the flu. Everything was Arthur and his parade of ex-wives 24/7, I want to hear about the only gay character in the entire god-d...

Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel

finished reading:

Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel

Station Eleven Emily St. John Mandel

February2016

22

Transposes

Love it. I love everything about trans men loving other men, and the last story with the trans men who met and became life-long partners made me so happy.It wasn't really anyt...

Transposes - Dylan Edwards

finished reading:

Transposes - Dylan Edwards

Transposes Dylan Edwards

February2016

09

While England Sleeps

I understand there was an apparent plagiarism issue with this book but I can't find a lot about it online so I'm just not going to focus on it in the review. I am going to loo...

While England Sleeps - David Leavitt

finished reading:

While England Sleeps - David Leavitt

While England Sleeps David Leavitt

February2016

06

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

I actually read this years ago in early high school but a friend reminded me of how awful, misogynistic, racist and ableist it is. Note to teachers: if your student opens abou...

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey

January2016

31

Authority: A Novel

Not as into this as the first book. Not at all. I understand the tone change, but I guess the shift after the wonderful first book is just an unavoidable let-down. I like Cont...

Authority: A Novel - Jeff VanderMeer

finished reading:

Authority: A Novel - Jeff VanderMeer

Authority: A Novel Jeff VanderMeer

January2016

21

Annihilation

This book was so wonderfully written and constructed. I didn't know what to expect beyond what was given in the blurb on the cover, and it just exceeded all expectations. It'...

Annihilation - Jeff VanderMeer

finished reading:

Annihilation - Jeff VanderMeer

Annihilation Jeff VanderMeer

January2016

13

Brendan Wolf

This is certainly a book about people not being altogether good or altogether bad, and making an endless list of mistakes. I like that it isn't "everyone is really bad at hear...

Brendan Wolf - Brian Malloy

finished reading:

Brendan Wolf - Brian Malloy

Brendan Wolf Brian Malloy

December2015

14

Ancillary Justice

I do not have the energy to properly write a review, but I am so grateful for this book and how it explores gender. From the perspective of someone who is very into linguistic...

Ancillary Justice - Ann Leckie

finished reading:

Ancillary Justice - Ann Leckie

Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie

December2015

11

finished reading:

Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue - Leslie Feinberg

Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue Leslie Feinberg

November2015

20

Candle Lightin' Time

These poems were really good. I love finding English poems written in dialects, and this is all in dialect spoken by African Americans of the antebellum south during the late ...

Candle Lightin' Time - Paul Laurence Dunbar

finished reading:

Candle Lightin' Time - Paul Laurence Dunbar

Candle Lightin' Time Paul Laurence Dunbar

November2015

07

Beloved Pilgrim

DNF 55%This is too hetero for me. Better review later.ETA:I was very excited to read this book. Knowing that the author came out as a gay trans man after writing it as a lesbi...

Beloved Pilgrim - Christopher Hawthorne Moss

finished reading:

Beloved Pilgrim - Christopher Hawthorne Moss

Beloved Pilgrim Christopher Hawthorne Moss

Currently reading

A Room with a View by E.M. Forster

The Force Awakens (Star Wars) by Alan Dean Foster

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

Women in the Language and Society of Japan: The Linguistic Roots of Bias by Naoko Takemaru

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