Adina Greenberg is taking a small break from her life as a grad student to spend a night watching movies starring her biggest Hollywood crush: Rose Hamilton. Rose Hamilton was a star in the 1950’s, and is definitely dead. Yet, she somehow also manages to step right out of Adina’s television set and into herRead More
Lesbian & Bi Book News and Reviews: March 1 – 14
Autostraddle posted 8 Feel-Good, Comfort Reads Featuring Lesbians of Color. Book Riot posted Marketing Queer Stories to Straight People and Where To Started with Bi & Lesbian YA. Lambda Literary posted 30th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announcedand New in March: Uzodinma Iweala, Ashley Woodfolk, and Alan Hollinghurst. LGBTQ Reads posted New Releases: March 2018 and Sci-Fi Webcomics With Same-Sex Couples. Read More
Susan reviews Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear
Elizabeth Bear’s Karen Memory is a steampunk alternate universe set in Seattle during the Gold Rush, following a prostitute named Karen Memery (“like memory but with an e”) as she and her colleagues investigate the murders of streetwalkers, attempt to help rescue of women who have been trafficked, and also have to deal with aRead More
Julie Thompson reviews Heart of the Game by Rachel Spangler
Sports journalist Sarah Duke lives for the crack of a bat and a deep hit caught at the wall. After years busting her chops reporting college baseball games on up, dealing with sexist locker rooms, fans, and colleagues, Duke finally scores her dream job: covering the St. Louis Cardinals. At the season opener, she meetsRead More
Danika reviews Kim Reaper: Grim Beginnings by Sarah Graley
Part-time Grim Reaper. Full-time cutie. WELL. If this isn’t one of the cutest things I’ve ever read. Becka is an art school student who is crushing hard on Kim, a gothic girl in her class. Little does she know, Kim is a part-time Grim Reaper, and instead of heading off to the pub after class withRead More
Sponsored Review: Vignettes by Lola Andrews
Normally I wouldn’t start a review right off the bat with a content warning, but in this case I think it’s necessary. Vignettes includes several subjects that could be deal-breakers for many readers, so better to get those out in the open first. For one thing, one of the stories (“Eliza and Violet (and Sandy)”) describes (thoughRead More
Marthese reviews Dragon Horse War: The Calling by D. Jackson Leigh
‘’I am this animal because they need me and my warriors to protect their reign of peace’’ I made a yearly resolution to read more fantasy, especially series since those are the kind of books that I end up enjoying the most. I did some research and found this series which is centered around queerRead More
Kelley O’Brien reviews Take Your Medicine by Hannah Carmack
I first heard of Hannah Carmack’s new book, Take Your Medicine, when I was browsing Nine Star Press’ upcoming books. The cover of Carmack’s book was gorgeous (fancy script and lovely pink roses – totally up my alley) so I took a chance and clicked on it. After reading the synopsis, my jaw dropped. NotRead More
Link Round Up: February 15 – 28
Autostraddle posted Queers at the End of the World: An Interview with Queer Feminist Fabulist Carmen Maria Machado and Desiree Akhavan on Sex Scenes, Spectatorship, and Shooting ‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’: The Autostraddle Interview. Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian posted The Ten Queer Black Books I’m Most Excited to Read in 2018. LGBTQ Reads posted Around the Blogosqueer:Read More
Tierney reviews The Necessary Hunger by Nina Revoyr
Published in 1997, The Necessary Hunger is one of those novels that should be on the required reading list for queer women: it so perfectly depicts its protagonist’s emotional journey, impeccably capturing the essence of adolescent passion, basketball, unrequited love, and this particular moment in time in 1980s Los Angeles. The novel is told from Nancy’s pointRead More
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