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Danika Reviews Word Hot by Mary Meriam
Word Hot is comprised of 22 short poems, each less than a page long. The book is divided into two sections: To Lillian and Muse of Two, though I couldn’t quite... Read more
Posted on 09 August 2013 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Karelia Stetz-Waters Reviews Ice by Lyn Gardner
Remember high school English class? Your teacher said there were three kinds of conflicts in literature: man vs. man, man vs. nature, and man vs. self. Recently... Read more
Posted on 08 August 2013 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Danika Reviews Lies About My Family: A Memoir by Amy Hoffman
Perhaps it’s unfair to read a book that you know you’re not in the mood for. Lies About My Family got positive reviews by Alison Bechdel and Anita Diamant, and ... Read more
Posted on 06 August 2013 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Marcia Reviews Stumptown Vol. 2, by Greg Rucka, Illustrated by Matthew Southworth
It is only in certain circles that one hears Greg Rucka’s name added to the discussion about not-necessarily-heterosexual women in fiction. Read more
Posted on 05 August 2013 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Lena Reviews Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi
We learn in elementary school not to judge a book by its cover, but it might be worth it for Jacqueline Koyanagi’s debut novel. Read more
Posted on 04 August 2013 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Danika Reviews Queers Dig Time Lords Edited by Sigrid Ellis and Michael Damian...
I feel like, really, if this book is for you, it probably already had you by the title. This is a collection of essays by queer Doctor Who fans about how their... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2013 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Anna M. Reviews Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule
I became aware of the movie Desert Hearts (1985) when I (like the protagonist of the film It’s in the Water) was scouring my local video stores for movies with... Read more
Posted on 01 August 2013 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Link Round Up: July 20-29
AfterEllen posted AfterEllen.com Book Club: Choices for August.Autostraddle posted Read a F*cking Zine: 50 Zines by Queer People of Color and Liberty Lit #25:... Read more
Posted on 31 July 2013 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Sponsored Review: Danika Reviews Walking the Labyrinth by Lois Cloarec Hart
Walking the Labyrinth is definitely not the typical formula for a lesbian romance novel. It begins one year after Lee’s wife dies. Lee is deeply in mourning, an... Read more
Posted on 30 July 2013 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Kristi Reviews Ascension: A Tangled Axon Novel by Jacqueline Koyanagi
Alana Quick has always dreamed of going to the stars, not being stuck on her planet fixing starships for (barely) a living. So when a crew from the Tangled... Read more
Posted on 25 July 2013 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Casey Reviews The Chronology of Water by Lidia Yuknavitch
I heard many, many good things about Lidia Yuknavitch’s memoir before I picked it up. On the one hand, many readers who are also great writers (Ivan E Coyote... Read more
Posted on 22 July 2013 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Link Round Up: July 10-20
AfterEllen posted Your July Book Club Selection Is…Autostraddle posted Liberty Lit #24: Let’s All Crush On Imogen Binnie.Lambda Literary posted Jasmine... Read more
Posted on 21 July 2013 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Katie Reviews Miserere by Caren J. Werlinger
Miserere by Caren J. Werlinger was an utterly engaging read. I was captivated from the first page and could scarcely put it down. Read more
Posted on 21 July 2013 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Guest Lesbrarian Spencer Reviews Lady Knight by L-J Baker
At first I was really getting into Lady Knight. I liked that it was medieval, with knights and epic battles. I was getting this whole Game of Thrones feel... Read more
Posted on 19 July 2013 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Kit Reviews For Want of a Fiend by Barbara Ann Wright
For Want of a Fiend / Barbara Ann Wright Bold Strokes Books, May 2013. ebook. Princess Katya Nar Umbriel’s uncle Roland rose from the grave, kidnapped her... Read more
Posted on 18 July 2013 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Erica Gillingham Reviews She Loves You, She Loves You Not… by Julie Anne Peters
She shoves the tray between us and cuts through. The name on her badge reads FINN. I watch her dump the tray, load up the hot plates along her arm, then... Read more
Posted on 17 July 2013 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Jill Guccini Reviews Beautiful Wreck: Sex, Lies & Suicide by Stephanie Schroeder
Stephanie Schroeder is a triple suicide survivor. Read that sentence again: triple – suicide – survivor. That is three more than anybody should have to deal... Read more
Posted on 15 July 2013 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Hannah Interviews Ke Payne
British author Ke Payne has kindly agreed to answer some questions for this blog.Ke Payne, can you introduce yourself in a few words/lines?I’m a British YA... Read more
Posted on 14 July 2013 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Carol Reviews Bella Key by Scarlet Chastain
Bella Key by Scarlet ChastainPublisher: Evernight PublishingGenre: Erotic RomanceNovellaOverview from Barnes Noble:Maddie Jacobs must be crazy. At least that’... Read more
Posted on 14 July 2013 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Lena Reviews The Third Kind of Horse by Michelle Auerbach
Lyssa, the insecure and deeply sensitive narrator of “The Third Kind of Horse,” reminds the reader several times that her story is not a love story. Read more
Posted on 12 July 2013 BOOKS, LGBTQ