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Danika Reviews Strawberry Panic by Sakuraki Kimino, Art by Takuminamuchi
I have to preface this review by saying that I haven’t read much manga in general, nevermind yuri in particular, so I don’t have a lot of knowledge to draw... Read more
Posted on 25 February 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
SPONSORED REVIEW: Danika Reviews Apprentice Queen by Nel Havas
Mitti is only ten when she’s taken from her family to be trained as an apprentice to the queen of Egypt. Her parents, having grown up in this political world an... Read more
Posted on 24 February 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Danika Reviews The House You Pass On the Way by Jacqueline Woodson
You may have heard of Jacqueline Woodson from her recent win of the National Book Award for Brown Girl Dreaming, but you might not know about some of her older... Read more
Posted on 24 February 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Rachel Reviews Scars by Cheryl Rainfield
[trigger warning for cover: cutting, blood]Lesbian author Cheryl Rainfield presents a gripping and compassionate novel about a teenage girl trying to move on... Read more
Posted on 23 February 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Link Round Up: February 9 – 22
Autostraddle posted Drawn to Comics: Lumberjanes #10 is a Great Way to Kick Off the Second Series! The Speakeasy Book Club #2: Come Talk About “Borderlands/La... Read more
Posted on 22 February 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Krait Reviews Love’s Perfect Vintage by Elizabeth Andre
Would you let your mother find your next girlfriend? Beautiful thirty-two year old African-American Aisha Watson works hard all week as a budget analyst and... Read more
Posted on 21 February 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Marthese Reviews The Princess Affair by Nell Stark
“You deserve a princess, Kerry, but a princess who will hold your hand in public” – HarrisI admit that I am not much of a romance book reader, but this summer... Read more
Posted on 20 February 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Danika Reviews Kiss & Tell: A Romantic Resume, Ages 0 to 22 by MariNaomi
Right off the bat I have to let you know that this isn’t a lesbian book. MariNaomi seems to be attracted to more than one gender, but the vast majority of this... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Danika Reviews Black Girl Love by Anondra Williams
Black Girl Love is a collection of short stories and poems about, unsurprisingly, love between black women. Each story is very short, usually just a tiny snippe... Read more
Posted on 17 February 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Audrey Reviews The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim by E.K. Johnston
“It’s literally about corporate dragon slaying.” The book was put into my hands. Because I have sent many, many books home with this young person, I took this... Read more
Posted on 14 February 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Danika Reviews Better Off Red by Rebekah Weatherspoon
I don’t read a lot of romance or erotica, but I figured that this month, in honor of Valentine’s Day, I would give the genre another shot. I was immediately... Read more
Posted on 13 February 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Ashley Reviews Forgive Me If I’ve Told You This Before by Karelia Stetz-Waters
Forgive me if I am entirely naïve, but before reading this book, I did not give much thought to the fact that Oregon was once cruel and unwelcoming to its... Read more
Posted on 13 February 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Elinor Reviews The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
Like basically every other queer lady bookworm my age, Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith matter to me. Until recently, though, I hadn’t tried Sarah Waters’... Read more
Posted on 11 February 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Link Round Up: February 2 – 8
AfterEllen posted Alison Bechdel illustrates her experience watching “Fun Home: The Musical”.Autostraddle posted Lez Liberty Lit #65: Books In Boxes. Read more
Posted on 08 February 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Casey Reviews Miss Timmins’ School for Girls by Nayana Currimbhoy
Miss Timmins’ School for Girls, by Nayana Currimbhoy, might be described as a mystery, a classic whodunit murder story. But it can also equally be called a... Read more
Posted on 06 February 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Anna M. Reviews The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
Sarah Waters, having brought us classics of lesbian historical fiction like Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith, has done it again with her new release The Payin... Read more
Posted on 05 February 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Amanda Clay Reviews Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld
This book is all about the flipside.Two interlocking stories, Darcy Patel, YA wunderkind, whose NaNoWriMo romance has catapulted her into a whole new world,... Read more
Posted on 04 February 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Kalyanii Reviews The First Person and Other Stories by Ali Smith
My journey through The First Person and Other Stories, a collection by British writer Ali Smith, manifested as a perpetual pendulum swing between rapt... Read more
Posted on 03 February 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Danika Reviews Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan
I have to start out by saying that I love this title (and the cover is nice as well). Every time I would glance over at the title I’d think Right? What a great... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ -
Link Round Up: January 26 – February 1
AfterEllen posted Michelle Tea on “How to Grow Up” and life advice with Nicole Georges.Afterwritten posted Top Ten Books I’d Love to Read with My Book Club (If ... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ