AfterEllen posted Life’s Little Lesbian Mysteries: The good ol’ days.

Autostraddle posted Katchoo and Francine are Back in “Strangers in Paradise XXV”.

Book Riot posted 3 Standalone Comics Featuring Queer Women (and Happy Endings!)

Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian posted The Best (Mostly Queer) Books I Read in 2017.

LGBTQ Reads posted Guest Recs from Erin Ptah: Webcomics About Soft Pastel Lesbians!

Queership posted 2018 Queer YA SFF Releases and What queer webcomics should you be reading?

Women and Words updated their Hot off the Press and Coming Attractions page.

“A Black & Queer Booklist For The Year” was posted at To Be Black and Loved.

“‘It was an electric time to be gay’: Sarah Waters on 20 years of Tipping the Velvet” was posted at The Guardian.

“20 Years of L.G.B.T.Q. Lit: A Timeline” was posted at The New York Times.

Reintegration by Eden S. French was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

Any Other Way: How Toronto Got Queer edited by John Lorinc was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado was reviewed at Book Riot.

The Ada Decades by Paula Martinac was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

Lyric Sexology Vol 1 by Trish Salah was reviewed by Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian.

Heartland by Ana Simo was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

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Book Riot posted

• Our Most Anticipated LGBTQ Books of 2018
• The Book Squad: How Books Give Me A Way to Love Women
• Lesbian Poetry: Because It Didn’t End with Sappho (I wrote this!)

Curve posted Bi The Book: Our Top 10 Bisexual Woman Authors.

DIVA posted LGBT literature was my saviour.

Lambda Literary posted New in January: Ana Simo, Joseph Osmundson, Barrie Jean Borich, and Carl Phillips.

LGBTQ Reads posted Webcomics About Magical Lesbians!

Niamh Murphy posted 11 Gorgeous Adaptations for Lesbians and Queer Girls who Love Fairy Tales! (Including 2 FREE books!)

“This LGBTQ Bookstore Is Amplifying Voices In the Queer South” was posted at Bitch Media.

“9 Books About Being Southern and Queer as Hell” was posted at Electric Lit.

The Big Book of Bisexual Trials and Errors by Elizabeth Beier was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

No Telephone To Heaven by Michelle Cliff was reviewed at Black Lesbian Literary Collective.

Afterparty by Daryl Gregory was reviewed at Bibliosapphic.

Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

A Line In the Dark by Malinda Lo was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

Not Otherwise Specified by Hannah Moskowitz was reviewed at A Bookish Bi.

America Vol 1: The Life and Times of America Chavez by Gabby Rivera was reviewed at Autostraddle.

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon was reviewed at Black Lesbian Literary Collective.

Chameleon Moon by RoAnna Sylver was reviewed at A Bookish Bi.

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December was a hectic month in my offline life (working retail in December is no joke!), so I let myself take a bit of a vacation online. That means I have a whole month of links to catch up on! Luckily, it was a little quieter on the rest of the internet, too. Here are some of the highlights.

ALA GLBT Reviews posted Somos Aqui: Writings on LGBT Latino and Hispanic Identities and Cultures.

Autostraddle posted

• Emily Danforth Is Drawn Back to Montana and We’re Drawn Back to “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” (the Movie!)
• Sci-Fi Romance Webcomic “Always Human” Is Sweeter Than A Basket of Kittens
• 8 Soft Femme Memoirs for Your Femme But Not Too Femmey Needs
• The Top 10 Queer and Feminist Books of 2017
• Drawn to Comics: Kick Off 2018 With These 11 Queer Comics
• 65 Queer and Feminist Books To Read In 2018

BiblioSapphic posted Perceptions of Sapphic Media by Young and New Adults and 2017 Wrap Up || Favorite Sapphic Reads.

Lambda Literary posted New in December: James Han Mattson, Annie Harper, Claire McNab & Katherine V. Forrest.

The Lesfic Bard Awards are looking for judges! (Want to be sent ~40 lesbian books throughout the year to judge?)

LGBTQ Reads posted

• LGBTQ Superhero Recs
• 2017 Good News Roundup of LGBTQ Reads (award-winning 2017 LGBTQ books)
• LGBTQA MG/YA in Translation
• New Releases: January 2018

Okazu posted Top Ten Yuri Manga of 2017.

Jae (the author) is hosting Lesbian Book Bingo in 2018! Also check out Riptide Publishing’s recommendations for some of the categories!

“Our Most Highly Anticipated LGBTQA YA of 2018” was posted at Barnes & Noble Teen.

“2017 Sapphic Releases Masterpost” was posted at Green Tea & Paperbacks.

“How the American Sappho Published the First American Book of Lesbian Love Poetry” was posted at The Daily Beast.

The Big Book of Bisexual Trials and Errors by Elizabeth Beier was reviewed at The Bleeding Cool.

Bingo Love by‎ Tee Franklin, Jenn St. Onge,‎ Joy San, and‎ Genevieve FT was reviewed at Okazu.

Mean by Myriam Gurba was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

A&B by J.C. Lillis was reviewed at Cats and Paperbacks.

Fall On Your Knees by Ann Marie MacDonald was discussed by Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian.

Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore was reviewed at Cats and Paperbacks.

Crossplay by Niki Smith was reviewed at Autostraddle.

A Crown of Violets by Renée Vivien, translated by Samantha Pious was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

Swearing Off Stars by Danielle M. Wong was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

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Autostraddle posted Holigay Gift Guide: You’re Just Really Into Books.

Bibliosapphic posted Sapphicathon || Bingo and rec list and Sapphic Graphic Novels.

Lambda Literary posted New in November: Arch Brown, Andrea Lawlor, Myriam Gurba, and Alan Bennett.

LGBTQ Reads posted Books We’re Thankful For.

Women and Words updated their Hot off the Press and Coming Attractions page.

Yuricon posted How Fandom Made Queer Manga Possible.

“In young-adult novels, queer love stories have begun to feel mainstream” [excuse the exaggerating title] was posted at Washington Post.

“Finding Refuge in a Queer Vampire Novella” was posted at LitHub.

“We Should All Live by ‘The Gospel According to Shug Avery’” was posted at The Grapevine.

“Mombian 2017 Gift Guide To Books for LGBTQ Families” was posted at Windy City Times.

A Fairytale of Possibilities by Kiki Archer was reviewed at Lesbian Reading Room.

Tarry This Night by Kristyn Dunnion was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

Meanwhile Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers edited by Cat Fitzpatrick & Casey Plett was reviewed by Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian.

The Off Season by Amy Hoffman was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

Body Music by Julie Maroh was reviewed at Gears of Biz.

Fury’s Choice by Brey Willows was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

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Autostraddle posted 8 Queer Speculative Short Story Collections.

Bibliosapphic posted Light Sapphic Reads || a rec list.

Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian posted Four Amazing Queer Canadian Short Story Collections You Must Read.

“Reading Audre Lorde’s ‘Sister Outsider’ After Charlottesville” was posted at Los Angeles Review of Books.’

“California just approved 10 LGBT-inclusive textbooks for elementary & middle school” was posted at LGBTQ Nation.

“The Bloomsbury Group wasn’t ‘unconventional’. It was bisexual.” was posted at Varsity.

Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Capetta was reviewed at Seven Days.

Annie On My Mind by Nancy Garden was reviewed at Just Love: Queer Book Reviews.

Does Your Mama Know? An Anthology of Black Lesbian Coming Out Stories edited by Lisa C. Moore was reviewed at Black Lesbian Literary Collective.

Sugar Town by Hazel Newlevant was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

All the Ways to Here by Emily O’Beirne was reviewed at Trish Talks Texts.

The Book of Love and Hate by Lauren Sanders was reviewed at The Village Voice.

The Abyss Series by Emily Skrutskie was reviewed at Okazu.

Edge of Glory by Rachel Spangler was reviewed at Frivolous Views.

Sidebar by Carsen Taite was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

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Autostraddle posted

• Our Sex Is Good: Kink Writing in the 1980s–1990s
• “The Carmilla Movie” Is Everything We Wanted It To Be (And So Much More)
• 25 LGBT History Books to Add to Your Epic Queer History Reading List
• Thank You Jeanne Córdova, Love Autostraddle Dot Com

Book Riot posted I Only Read Queer Romance and I Feel Great About It.

Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian posted Five Queer Canadian Audiobooks for Your Ear-Reading Pleasure.

I Heart Lesfic posted Is Romance What Lesfic Is All About?

Women and Words updated their Hot off the Press and Coming Attractions page.

Ylva posted How Libraries Turn LGBTQ+ Readers into Ghosts.

Something Better than Home by Leona Beasley was reviewed at Black Lesbian Literary Collective.

The Big Book of Bisexual Trials and Errors by Elizabeth Beier was reviewed at Comicsverse.

Hanging on Our Own Bones by Judy Grahn was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend by Emily Horner was reviewed at LGBTQ Reads.

Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore was reviewed at Rich In Color.

Afterglow by Eileen Myles was reviewed at the New Yorker.

Sugar Town by Hazel Newlevant was reviewed at Okazu.

The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O’Neill was reviewed at Autostraddle and Just Love: Queer Book Reviews.

Murder Under the Fig Tree by Kate Jessica Raphael was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

Red As Blue by Ji Strangeway was reviewed at Okazu.

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Autostraddle posted BREAKING: Natalie Barney and Liane de Pougy Break Up Because Amour Is A Lie and “Professor Marston and the Wonder Women” Gives Us Comics History, Kink and a Queer Poly Marriage.

The Black Lesbian Literary Collective posted The BLLC Review Fall Recap.

Book Riot recognized National Coming Out Day with all queer content, including my post on An Introduction to the Queer Bookternet, as well as:

• 5 Fantastic Comics About Queer Women
• Where Are the LGBT Food Memoirs?
• 5 Books About Bisexual Women of Color

Lambda Literary posted New in October: Armistead Maupin, Ross Raisin, Malinda Lo, and Carmen Maria Machado.

Queership posted Rainbow Briefs: Queer Time Travel.

Malinda Lo posted LGBTQ YA by the Numbers: 2015-16.

“The Real-Life Importance of Happy Endings for Queer Characters” was posted at The Mary Sue.

Field Theories by Samiya Bashir was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars Part One by Michael Dante DiMartino and Irene Koh (illustrations) was reviewed at Rich In Color.

Apparition Alley by Katherine V. Forrest was reviewed at Okazu.

Dates II: An Anthology of Queer Historical Fiction Stories edited by Zora Gilbert & Cat Parra was reviewed at Okazu.

Perfect Rhythm by Jae was reviewed at Lesbian Reading Room.

Her Body and Other Stories by Carmen Maria Machado was reviewed at Lithub, NPR, The Muse, and Bitch Media.

The Case of the Not-So-Nice Nurse by Mabel Maney (audiobook) was reviewed at Omnivore Bibliosaur.

Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore was reviewed at Bustle.

Starshine & Clay by Kamilah Aisha Moon was reviewed at Black Lesbian Literary Collective.

Kase-san and Shortcake by Hiromi Takashima was reviewed at Okazu.

Beauty and the Boss by Ali Vali was reviewed at Lesbian Reading Room.

The Power of Mercy by Fiona Zedde was reviewed at Curve Magazine.

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Autostraddle posted

• Drawn to Comics: Molly Ostertag’s Smut Comic “Alleycat” Will Tickle Your Furry Bone
• 8 Books About Queer Friendships to Snuggle Up With This Fall
• Read These Queer Banned Books Right Now
• The Bisexual Character in My YA Novel Isn’t “Perfect” — Which Is Perfect

BiblioSapphic posted 10 New Sapphic Books – Sept/Oct.

Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian posted Connecting with LGBTQ+ Librarians, Authors, Book Bloggers, and Other Queer Bookish Folks on Social Media and 5 Spooky Queer Women’s Halloween Reads.

Queership posted Banned books are not a goal. They are an obstacle.

Women and Words updated their New Releases & Coming Up page.

“The 19th century was full of incredible lesbian artwork, and here’s the proof” was posted at Pink News. See more images in Autostraddle’s NSFW Sunday Has Vintage Lesbian Smut Just For You.

“16 Great 2017 YAs that Celebrate Bi Visibility” was posted at Barnes & Noble Teen Blog.

“Feminist, lesbian, warrior, poet: rediscovering the work of Audre Lorde” was posted at New Statesman.

Sovereign by April Daniels was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

Head Off & Split by Nikky Finney was reviewed at Black Lesbian Literary Collective.

Bend by Nancy J. Hedin was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

Steam Clean by Laura Ķeniņš was reviewed by Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian.

Wild Mountain by Nancy Hayes Kilgore was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore was reviewed at Just Love: Queer Book Reviews.

Visiting Hours by Tagan Shepard was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

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