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I chose Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H to fulfill the “book recommended by a friend/bookseller/librarian” category of the Trans Rights Readathon. It is the second book I have read for the 2026 Trans Rights Readathon. I’ve been saving the memoir for this purpose since hearing about it in a video by Alex on Pucks and Paperbacks.

I love memoirs so this one was an easy sell to me. I appreciated how the memoir weaves between childhood and adulthood and between the memoirist life and the life of figures in the Quran. As with most memoirs I read I chose to listen to the audiobook of Hijab Butch Blues. It is a well preformed audiobook and was legible at the various speeds I listened to it at (1x to 1.5x).

The memoirist ventures into queerness are tender and vulnerable. The various family of birth and found family members round out a cast of dynamic personalities. To meet my goal for the March period of the readathon I need to finish one more book.

Thanks to Alex for an excellent recommendation! Happy reading everyone!