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• Carmella Reviews LOTE by Shola Von Reinhold

  

  I first discovered the Bright Young Things at an exhibition of Cecile Beaton's photography. His pictures capture the dazzling, decadent world of these young... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Shana Reviews The Deep by Rivers Solomon

  

  is the most beautiful book that I've read this year. It's a lyrical novella based on a Hugo Award-nominated science-fiction song by clipping, a hip-hop group.... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Danika Reviews Kimiko Does Cancer: A Graphic Memoir by Kimiko Tobimatsu,...

  

  Kimiko Does Cancer is about about a queer, mixed-race woman getting breast cancer. This is a short book, only 106 pages, and it moves quickly: the first page... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Lesbrary Links: Queer Bookish TikTok, Medieval Lesbian Lit, and Books Like “The...

  

  I follow hundreds of queer book blogs to scout out the best sapphic book news and reviews! Many of them get posted on Tumblr and Twitter as I discover them,... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• 10 Queer Roller Derby Books for When You Miss the Track

  

  It seems ridiculous to try to explain why roller derby appeals to queer women. A woman-centric sport? People with different body types playing a hardcore sport... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• The Life and Times of Butch Dykes by Eloisa Aquino

  

  The Life and Times of Butch Dykes was originally a series of zines, now collected in a highly illustrated hardcover. I was on board from the title page, where... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Danika Reviews Love After the End Edited by Joshua Whitehead

  

  Love after the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction edited by Joshua Whitehead is a collection of science fiction and fantasy... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Shannon Reviews I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee

  

  If you're looking for something to make you smile just as much as it makes you think, Lyla Lee's debut I'll Be the One is the perfect book for you. It's... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Bringing the Lesbian Vampire Home: Carmen Maria Machado’s Reclamation of CARMILLA

  

  is a lesbian vampire story that predates by decades. It's a story I've come back to over and over, in the same conflicted way that I am drawn to lesbian pulp.... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Danika Reviews Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

  

  This is an F/M romance with a bisexual main character. Unsurprisingly, I don't read a lot of M/F romance. Truthfully, I don't even read a lot of F/F... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Sinclair Reviews The Solstice Gift by Avery Cassell

  

  by Avery Cassell is a queer love story in the best sense of the words. It doesn't follow the traditional, heterosexual tropes of how the two characters meet... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Zoe Reviews Beyond II: The Queer Post-Apocalyptic & Urban Fantasy Comic Antholog...

  

  Beyond II: The Queer Post-Apocalyptic Urban Fantasy Comic Anthology edited by Sfe R. Monster and Taneka Stotts is the second of its series, following Beyond:... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• 81 Bi and Lesbian Books Out This Month!

  

  Would you believe that more than 80 sapphic books come out this month? It's true! Unfortunately, it's not always easy to find out which books have queer... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Emily Reviews The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

  

  The Priory of the Orange Tree is an epic fantasy standalone that features characters across the world struggling with the re-emergence of a thousand-year-old... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Rachel Reviews Queen of Coin and Whispers by Helen Corcoran

  

  A lesbian fantasy with intrigue, murder, spymasters, and royal obligations? I'm in from the word go. Helen Corcoran's Irish fantasy novel, Queen of Coin and... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Danika Reviews Throwaway Girls by Andrea Contos

  

  This book was a real rollercoaster of a read: I was intrigued by the beginning, felt the middle dragged, and then I was completely on board again by the end.... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Thais Reviews The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite

  

  I hadn't been super into romance before I had Olivia Waite's Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics. I sought sapphic representation when I chose books, but I was... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Kayla Bell Reviews The Tea Machine by Gill McKnight

  

  I think I would have likedThe Tea Machine a lot more if I had read it back in 2015, when it came out. That was the height of the craze (and the height of my lov... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Danika Reviews Be Gay, Do Comics!: Queer History, Memoir, and Satire from the Nib

  

  Be Gay, Do Comics is an anthology with more than 30 contributors, all discussing some aspect of queer life. This was a refreshingly diverse and thought-provokin... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Mo Springer Reviews You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

  

  Liz Lighty has a lot to deal with. Her mother is dead, dad left long ago, and her brother has sickle cell. She doesn't have wealth like the other rich kids she... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ