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• Megan Casey Reviews The End of April by Penny Sumner

  

  Tor Cross is a special kind of private Investigator: one who is trained to authenticate and preserve documents. Her great aunt—an Oxford professor—hires Tor... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Link Round Up: April 6 – 12

  

  Lambda Literary posted New in April: Larry Kramer, Mark Doty, Roz Kaveney, Sassafras Lowrey, and Dale Peck.The Lesbian Review posted 10 Best Lesbian Books.Over... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Audrey Reviews Ash by Malinda Lo

  

  Oh, wow! I’ve finally gotten to my first Malinda Lo book. It will not be the last. Ash is a retelling of Cinderella. It’s twisty, it has a fair amount of the... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Casey Reviews A Cup of Water Under My Bed by Daisy Hernandez

  

  2014: what a year for bisexual memoirs by people of colour!  Among the fabulous Lambda award nominees fitting this category—including Fire Shut Up in My Bones b... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Amanda Clay Reviews Everything Leads To You by Nina LaCour

  

  Sometimes falling in love is easy.Emi knows a lot about love. She loves movies, she loves her job as a set designer. She loves her brother and her best friend... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Elinor Reviews Bodymap by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

  

  I loved poetry as a teenager, but post-college I’ve hardly read any. As an adult, I read novels largely for escape and relaxation, and nonfiction for informatio... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Kalyanii Reviewed Fly and Other Stories by Anneliese Poelsma

  

  Among our most memorable literary experiences, can any truly compare to the excitement of discovering a new voice, most notably one that is capable of... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Danika Reviews M+O 4EVR by Tonya Cherie Hegamin

  

  This book was not what I thought it was going to be. It’s a young adult novel, and it’s only 165 pages long, but it’s not a light read. Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Link Round Up: March 30 – April 5

  

  Autostraddle posted Lez Liberty Lit #69: Feminism In Alphabetical Order.Lambda Literary posted Lambda Literary Award Finalist Readings and Victoria A. Brownwort... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Danika Reviews Colonize This!: Young Women of Color On Today’s Feminism Edited b...

  

  Colonize This! is a collection of personal essays by women of colour about feminism, womanism, and related topics. This is a collection that covers a wide... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Link Round Up: March 23 -29

  

  AfterEllen posted 5 Lesbian and Bi YA Titles We’re Excited About This Year.CBC Diversity posted Heather Has Two Mommies: A Pretty Typical Family. Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Why We Need Queer Escapist Lit

  When asking a reader why they spend so much time reading, the most common response seem to be some version of “to escape”: to entertain themselves, to distract... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Rachel Reviews Taming the Wolff by Del Robertson

  

  In this debut novel by Del Robertson, Taming The Wolff is a story of piracy, adventure, and love. Kris Wolff is a female pirate captain of The Wolfsbane who... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Link Round Up: March 16 – 22

  

  AfterEllen posted “The Chanticleer” Brings Lesbian Pulp to Life.Autostraddle posted Lez Liberty Lit #68: Read While You Still Can.Canadian Lesfic posted... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Danika Reviews Kashimashi (Girl Meets Girl) Omnibus Collection 1 by Satoru...

  

  Kashimashi is a yuri manga about Hazumu, a boy who is turned into a girl by aliens. Lesbian hijinks ensue? I’m torn on how to talk about this book, because of... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Megan Casey Writes About The Top 20 Lesbian Mystery Novels

  

  Did you know that there are over 1000 lesbian mystery titles? Or that there are over 250 authors of lesbian mysteries, more than 95 percent of whom are still... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Literary LesBian Starter Kit: LesBian Teen Edition

  

  This guide is not enough.I’ve always thought that coming out should be received with, at the least, a gift basket. We’re inundated with straight cis norms,... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Marthese Recommends Lesbian Witch Books!

  

  I am currently reading Witches of Echo Park by Amber Benson which so far seems great, but I am only mid-way and the action is just starting. Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Link Round Up: March 9 – 15

  

  Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian posted Happy International Women’s Day! Here are Five Queer Women of Colour Authors You Should Read.Lambda Literary posted The... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Audrey Reviews Desire Lines by Jack Gantos

  

  Desire Lines is a slim little outlier volume from Jack Gantos. He’s known for his Joey Pigza middle-grade novels and his quasi-autobiographical middle-to-teen... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2015 BOOKS, LGBTQ