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• Link Round Up: November 24 – 30

  

  The Advocate posted Transgender Pioneer and Stone Butch Blues Author Leslie Feinberg Has Died (an obituary by Leslie’s partner, Minnie Bruce Platt). Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2014 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Danika Reviews Tributaries (Eikasia Book One) by Illise Montoya

  

  I am conflicted about Tributaries. It’s one of those books where some aspects I absolutely loved, and some I didn’t like at all. First of all, I have to point... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2014 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Danika Reviews Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley

  

  This is a powerful book. Lies We Tell Ourselves is about Sarah, one of the first black kids to integrate into a formally all-white school in Virginia, 1959. Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2014 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Danika Reviews Don’t Bang the Barista! by Leigh Matthews

  

  Kate is a twenty-something lesbian in Vancouver, still recovering from her last break up (which happened a year ago), and hopelessly crushing on her barista. Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2014 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Rachel Reviews Annie On My Mind by Nancy Garden

  

  Fans of lesbian young adult literature should really pick up Annie On My Mind, by Nancy Garden. First published in 1982, Annie was one of the first lesbian... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2014 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Link Round Up: November 13 – 23

  

  AfterEllen posted “Stone Butch Blues” author Leslie Feinberg passes away.Autostraddle posted Lez Liberty Lit #59: Luminous Misandry and Jacqueline Woodson,... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2014 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Danika Reviews Domestication Handbook by Kristen Stone

  

  I’m not sure exactly how to review Domestication Handbook, because I’m not sure I fully understand what it is. It seems to blend together fiction, memoir, and... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2014 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Danika Reviews Hero Worship by Rebekah Matthews

  

  I don’t think I’ve ever had a book that was simultaneously so good and so painful to read, which is appropriate for Hero Worship. Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2014 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Krait Reviews Winged Things: A Lesbian YA Short Story Collection by Sarah Diemer

  

  WINGED THINGS is a bewitching collection of young adult short stories, ranging from paranormal to fantasy, all featuring a lesbian heroine. Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2014 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Marthese Reviews The Girl on the Stairs by Louise Welsh

  

  This book was my first thriller in a while if not ever and this affected how I saw this book. I had some reservations when I started reading this, due to the... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2014 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Danika Reviews The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters

  

  Sarah Waters is my favourite author, with Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith tied as my all-time favourite books. When I discovered her books, she had already... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2014 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Danielle Ferriola Reviews Kicked Out Edited by Sassafras Lowrey

  

  “When I was kicked out for the final time at seventeen, the first thing I did –after finding somewhere to sleep for a few days –was to go to the library. Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2014 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Danika Reviews Being Emily by Rachel Gold

  

  I feel very conflicted about this book. When I first heard about it, I was really excited to read it, because it is the first young adult book with a trans... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2014 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Danika Reviews Twixt by Sarah Diemer

  

  Sarah Diemer is an author that I am pretty familiar with from her online presence, but I’ve only read one book by her, The Dark Wife. Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2014 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Elinor Reviews Down On the Other Street by Jennifer Cie

  

  This short story collection focuses primarily on bisexual characters, and all but one of the stories star a bisexual woman. Bi and pansexual women often get... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2014 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Link Round Up: Oct 30 – Nov 12

  

  AfterEllen posted 8 Lesbian Romance Novels That Will Get You Hooked on the Genre.Autostraddle posted Lez Liberty Lit #58: We Have Always Lived In The Bookshelf. Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2014 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Danika Reviews The Story of Ruth and Eliza // Self/help/work/book by Kristen...

  

  The Story of Ruth and Eliza // self/help/work/book by Kristen Stone is a double-sided chapbook, with one side being the novella The Story of Ruth and Eliza and... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2014 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Jess Reviews Carry the Sky by Kate Gray

  

  If you enjoy being drawn into a story, so that every breathe you breath is in time with the characters, then Carry The Sky by Kate Gray is a must-read. Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2014 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Audrey Reviews Get Me Through the Night by Emily Ryan

  

  Joss, Caroline, and Izzy were best friends. At nine, Caroline was abducted. At 17, Izzy was murdered. At 31, Joss is a tough-as-nails waitress at a bar in... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2014 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Anna M. Reviews Never Too Late by Julie Blair

  

  Never Too Late is the first book from Bold Strokes Books author Julie Blair.After they attend a Melissa Etheridge concert together, a one-night stand in... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2014 BOOKS, LGBTQ