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• Mars Reviews “My Mother Says Drums Are For Boys: True Stories for Gender...

  In this short autobiographical essay and poetry collection, Rae Theodore offers a frank and panoramic perspective on growing up butch. The titular term "gender... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2018 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Danika Reviews The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde

  

  I almost wrote this book off after the first chapter. I'm nearly 30 and not a drinker, so reading about a teenage rock star getting incredibly drunk and then... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2018 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Link Round Up: August 16 – 29

  

  This is the Lesbrary bi-weekly feature where we take a look at all the lesbian and bi women book news and reviews happening on the rest of the internet! ... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2018 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Danika Reviews Heavy Vinyl, Volume 1 by Carly Usdin and Nina Vakueva

  

  What a fun, quick read! Chris is a teenager who has just started working at the local record store. (It's the 90s.) All her coworkers seem impossibly cool, and... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2018 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Quinn Jean Reviews All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens...

  

  [This review contains very vague spoilers (no specific plot points, though) and mentions of violence] This exceptional short story collection, edited by... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2018 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Rebecca Reviews Back to the Start by Monica McCallan

  

  Monica McCallan's Back to the Start is an okay read featuring the trope of rekindling first love. Although the book has a wonderful love interest and interestin... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2018 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Anna Marie Reviews Grrrls On The Side by Carrie Pack

  

  I was so excited to read this queer Young Adult novel, but unfortunately it was a big disappointment. Before I get into my criticism, let me explain the premise... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2018 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Tierney Reviews Who Is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie Knecht

  

  Who Is Vera Kelly? is a thoughtful, twisty spy thriller, whose eponymous protagonist is a queer American spy in 1960s Argentina. Vera's life unfolds in fragment... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2018 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Genevra Littlejohn Reviews Hocus Pocus and the All-New Sequel by A. W. Jantha

  

  First things first, to get it out of the way: a delight in certain sorts of campy horror is in me at the bone-marrow level. My mother went into labor with me... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2018 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Shira Glassman Recommends F/F Sci Fi You Can Buy Outside of Amazon

  

  A few weeks ago, I wrote a post full of links to f/f fantasy books I personally recommend, populated with buy links other than Amazon for any of you who don't... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2018 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Megan Casey Reviews She Died Twice by Jessica Lauren

  

  This is another winner for New Victoria, made even more impressive by the fact that the author was only 25 when she wrote it. On the surface, it tells the... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2018 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Sponsored Review: Danika Reviews A Lake of Feathers and Moonbeams by Dax Murray

  

  A Lake of Feathers and Moonbeams is a queer Swan Lake retelling, and honestly, it just had to live up to that premise to win me over. I may not be incredibly... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2018 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Alexa Reviews Learning Curves by Ceillie Simkiss

  

  Learning Curves is a 70-page novella with little conflict and a fluffy love story between two women at college. One of them is a Puerto Rican lesbian studying... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2018 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Marthese Reviews My Summer of Love by Helen Cross

  

  ''Something within me sighed in relief and slotted into place like a bridge completes'' My Summer of Love by Helen Cross was nothing like I expected. This was... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2018 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Mallory Lass Interviews Elle Spencer

  

  Elle Spencer is finally living her dream job as a romance novelist. She is the author of the best-selling, Goldie-nominated Casting Lacey.Her next release is... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2018 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Susan Reviews The Scorpion by Gerri Hill

  

  The Scorpion is a standalone mystery from Gerri Hill. It follows an investigative reporter, Marty Edwards, who is looking into a suspicious cold case, and... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2018 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Mary Springer Reviews And Playing the Role of Herself by K.E. Lane

  

  Caid has landed a lead role on the hit TV show, 9th Precinct, which is a spinoff of another show that stars Robyn Ward. Caid sometimes costars with Robyn and... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2018 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• July Wrap Up

  

  Did you know that in addition to the Lesbrary and the Bi and Lesbian Literature tumblr, I (Danika) also have a booktube channel? It's not 100% queer women books... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2018 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• The Lesbrary Has Been Selected to Be Included in the Library of Congress Web...

  

  Yesterday, I received a very exciting email from the Library of Congress. It begins: The United States Library of Congress has selected your website for... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2018 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Mars Reviews Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

  

  It's hard to boil this one down. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic is a complex portrait of a complex family. Let no one tell you that graphic novels cannot be... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2018 BOOKS, LGBTQ