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• Mo Springer Reviews The Dawn of Nia by L. Cherelle

  

  This review contains minor spoilers. Nia's life and self have been shaped by her friendship with her mentor Pat and is grief stricken when she dies. At the... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Danika Reviews Late to the Party by Kelly Quindlen

  

  Codi is in a rut. She has two best friends, Maritza and JaKory, and they've been doing the same things since they became friends in the 6th grade. Now she's... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Carolina Reviews The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

  

  "People who say change is impossible are usually pretty happy with things just as they are." In today's world, amidst the ongoing tensions caused by the fight... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Meagan Kimberly Reviews Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn

  

  Some minor spoilers toward the end! Nicole Dennis-Benn delivers a heart wrenching gut punch with Here Comes the Sun. The story follows two sisters as they... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Danika Reviews Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde

  

  Images of women flaming like torches adorn and define the borders of my journey, stand like dykes between me and the chaos. It is the images of women, kind and... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Landice Reviews Remember Me, Synthetica by K. Aten

  

  "I care about you, Alex. [...] Part of me says you're too good to be true, but the greater part of me says that if I give you a chance, you'll be worth it."... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Maggie Reviews Treasure by Rebekah Weatherspoon

  

  In these trying times, the romance stories I am drawn to most right now involve two characters taking one look at each other and going "Oh." Enemies to lovers o... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Advertise with the Lesbrary!

  

  If you're a publisher or author of queer women books, why not advertise where the entire audience is readers of queer women books? The Lesbrary has 10,000... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Carmella Reviews Love Frankie by Jacqueline Wilson

  

  Jacqueline Wilson was one of my favourite authors growing up. Something about her battalions of weird, bookish, tomboy protagonists and their intense friendship... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• The Lesbrary is Looking for More Reviewers!

  

  Do you love reading queer women books? Feel like talking about them at least once a month? Want to be buried in an insurmountable pile of free bi lesbian... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Sapphic Summer Reads: 21 Bi & Lesbian Books Perfect for the Beach!

  Everyone seems to have a slightly different perspective of what a beach read or summer read is. To me, it's a book that is absorbing, but not too emotionally... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Susan Reviews The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite

  

  Olivia Waite's The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics is a historical romance that revolves around two queer women creating a space for themselves in art and... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• 42 Bi & Lesbian Books Out in July!

  

  Young Adult: For fans of Leah on the Offbeat and Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, Anna Birch's I Kissed Alice is a romantic comedy about enemies, lovers,... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Sheila Laroque Reviews The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus

  

  I couldn't believe that this novel, The Stars and the Blackness Between Them, was a debut work! It was so poetic and lyrically written, and Petrus painted such ... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Emily Joy Reviews Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence by Rosemary Curb and Nancy...

  

  Growing up in a Catholic family and Catholic environment as a lesbian had its challenges. As a young girl, I thought that I would become a religious sister... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• The Lesbrary’s Pride Month Wrap Up: 30 Days of Sapphic Lit

  

  This Pride, I wanted to put out a post every day celebrating bi and lesbian books: some of them new, some old favourites, and some updated versions of posts I'v... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Mo Springer Reviews A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian...

  

  Trigger Warning: This book graphic depictions of physical and sexual assault My kokum explained that two-spirit people were once loved and respected within... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Black Sapphic 2020 Releases

  

  Black authors and anti-racist books have recently began to get possibly more attention than ever before, despite the recent protests being only the latest in a... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Coming Out Later In Life: Books About Coming Out as Bi Or Lesbian at 30+

  

  According to most representation across books, TV, and movies, queer people all seem to come out as teenagers. That's definitely true for some of us, but for... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Lesbian Poetry: Because It Didn’t End with Sappho

  

  I've been researching the history of lesbian literature (as you do), and one of the things that I've learned is that lesbian poetry has been at the foundation o... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ