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Shira Glassman Reviews Roller Girl by Vanessa North
To me, Roller Girl by Vanessa North is a roller derby book that includes a lesbian romance, rather than being a roller derby romance; there was a lot more... Read more
Posted on 19 November 2016 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Shira Glassman Reviews Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee
I'm surprised by how slowly the indie SFF world seems to be responding to fandom's current preference for superheroes. Maybe that's because superheroes... Read more
Posted on 18 November 2016 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Megan Casey Reviews The Other Side of Silence by Joan Drury
Tyler Jones is not the most social person in the world, so when she wins the Pulitzer Prize for journalism for a feature story about spousal abuse committed by... Read more
Posted on 16 November 2016 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Whitney D.R. Reviews Goslyn County by AM McKnight
This was a labor, and not one particularly of love. I really wanted to read this because it was two black women, one a detective, the other an FBI agent-both... Read more
Posted on 14 November 2016 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Lauren Reviews The Little Sisters of The Holy Vessel by Vincent Cross
The Little Sisters of The Holy Vessel is a short story about an order of nuns that administer exorcisms. In particular, readers are introduced to Sister... Read more
Posted on 13 November 2016 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Link Round Up: October 10 – November 11
Autostraddle posted posted So Now What? The Post-Coming Out Story in LGBTQ YA Fiction and How to Build a Safe Space for LGBTQIA+ Teens via Books . posted Ne... Read more
Posted on 11 November 2016 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Julie Thompson Reviews A Thin Bright Line by Lucy Jane Bledsoe
"There is so much we don't know, can't know, in doing historical research. Emma Donoghue writes, in the afterword of her collection , 'when you work in the... Read more
Posted on 08 November 2016 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Cara Reviews The Bone Palace by Amanda Downum
is the kind of story I've always wanted, centering around female, queer, and trans characters without making the story about those identities. Beyond that, it... Read more
Posted on 06 November 2016 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Shira Glassman Reviews Swan’s Braid and Other Tales of Terizan by Tanya Huff
Fantasy literature is rife with 'clever thief' protagonists for the vicarious entertainment of the virtuous, like Bilbo Baggins, but most of them are not even... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2016 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Marthese Reviews Silhouette of a Sparrow by Molly Beth Griffin
"Isabella was joy and excitement and adventure and everything else seemed dull in comparison" Silhouette of a Sparrow is set in 1920s America and follows the... Read more
Posted on 27 October 2016 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Tierney Reviews The Butch and the Beautiful by Kris Ripper
Jaq meets Hannah at her ex's wedding and is instantly smitten - despite the fact that Jaq has been forewarned that Hannah is "batshit crazy" and in the middle o... Read more
Posted on 26 October 2016 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Kalyanii Reviews Harley Loco: A Memoir of Hard Living, Hair, and Post-Punk,...
After stumbling upon the announcement of Elizabeth Gilbert's coming out last month, l thought I'd key a quick Google search in order to become acquainted with... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2016 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Bessie Reviews Modern Lovers by Emma Straub
I really enjoyed this novel. I like comfortable domestic novels, but far too often they're overwhelmingly straight. This was not. It's about two families who... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2016 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Megan Casey Reviews Chicken Run by Alma Fritchley
Letty Campbell, ex insurance agent, becomes the owner of a small chicken farm in the small town of Calderton, a half hour outside Manchester, U.K. . When the... Read more
Posted on 19 October 2016 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Rachel Reviews The Beast at the Door by Althea Blue
A new lesbian novel has just been released, The Beast at the Door by Althea Blue . It is a historical romance with a few elements from Beauty and the Beast,... Read more
Posted on 17 October 2016 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
JJ Taylor Reviews The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie
In a future where pirates rule the open seas, the fleets the shore are kept at bay by genetically engineered giant sea creatures bonded to their ships and guide... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2016 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Aoife Reviews Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee
Jessica Tran is almost seventeen, bisexual, Vietnamese-American, a 'high school nobody', average student - and haver of no superpowers. Not that she hasn't... Read more
Posted on 15 October 2016 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Stephanie Reviews The Dawn of Nia
I'm always hesitant to read books by people that I know personally, because I know at some point they'll ask me what I thought, and I know that if I don't love... Read more
Posted on 13 October 2016 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Susan Reviews Stranger on Lesbos by Valerie Taylor
Valerie Taylor's Stranger on Lesbos is an example of classic pulp lesbian fiction. It was published in 1960, at the midpoint of the genre, and it seems like a... Read more
Posted on 13 October 2016 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Julie Thompson Reviews Flinging It by G. Benson
mixes pleasure and pain, levity and heartache, discomfort and freedom, as the protagonists, Cora and Frazer, fumble their way forward (and backward). The... Read more
Posted on 11 October 2016 BOOKS, LGBTQ