I saw this listed in The Book List, which is a free publication at the library, under "best reads" or "hot books coming out (no pun intended) in 2025" or whatever...and at no point in the summary did it mention it was a trans man. It just said something vague about a guy who finds himself back in the past after entering the bookstore. Now I'm wondering if any librarians are going to get an earful about the subject matter from a, ah, more conservative reader.
There could be a number of reasons why they wouldn't mention it that belong on the political board, unfortunately...but I hope librarians don't get that earful. I do think the marketing avoided mentioning it so it might be for that, but I found the book through a recommendation of a writer I follow on Bluesky.
The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks (Re-read) (B) I read this eighth grade, and I remembered liking it then, despite not being a genre I usually like, and then I read his Running with the Demon series in high school/college…and later found out they somehow are connected to Shannara now…been meaning to read the whole thing, so when I found them at a library used book sale for free, I took advantage! I don’t think I liked it as much as in eighth grade, but I did appreciate the metaphors far more this time. The plot is basically Lord of the Rings (which I have read and hated), but easier to read.
Funny...I read the entire Sword of Shannara series when I was about the same age as when you read them, and I loved them. And then I all but forgot about them. Perhaps I'll leave the books in the past...
I only read the first one (plus the trilogy that got retconned to be the origin story), but I'm going to suffer and read all of them unless they get atrociously bad...but as long as I'm somewhat entertained I'll continue.
But sometimes books *are* better left in the past...can't say I blame you :)
