Alice & Jean by Lily Hammond is a sensitive and beautiful historical romance novel centering on two women in love. It’s 1946 in New Zealand, in the aftermath of World War II. Alice Holden is a mother of two young children, widowed by the devastating war, and struggling to make ends meet. Jean Reardon, aRead More
Susan reviews We Go Around In The Night And Are Consumed By Fire by Jules Grant
We Go Around In The Night And Are Consumed by Fire by Jules Grant is wonderful. It revolves around a group of lesbian gangsters in Manchester, which is the perfect intersection of two of my interests and my hometown in ways that I didn’t even know I wanted. Donna and Carla lead the Bronte CloseRead More
Link Round Up: December 1-14
Autostraddle posted Drawn to Comics: Queer and Trans Women and Non-Binary Creators To Support This Holigay Season Holigay Gift Guide 2016: (More) Books for the Queer Academic Lez Liberty Lit: The Premise for Empathy Drawn to Comics: Gifts to Impress Your Queer Comics Crush 8 Queer High Fantasy Books For YourRead More
Julie Thompson reviews Secret Diaries Past and Present by Helena Whitbread and Natasha Holme
In 2013, British writer and academic Helena Whitbread and diarist Natasha Holme (a pseudonym), met to discuss a subject of mutual interest: diaries written by lesbians in original code. Aside from investigating the connection between two diarists, as stated in the title, highlights include early and adult sexuality, preservation and publication, and obsessive writing. TheRead More
Lauren reviews The Melody of You and Me by M. Hollis
Meet Chris Morrison, a young music lover who works at a bookstore and takes life in as it happens. When Josie— an attractive, high-spirited and easy-going ballerina— is hired at the bookstore, Chris falls head over heels, often losing her wits in the awkward butterfly moments. This leaves Chris caught in the middle of aRead More
Stephanie reviews Don't Explain by Jewelle Gomez
Don’t Explain is a collection of short stories by Black lesbian author, activist, and philanthropist Jewelle Gomez. Most widely known for her Black lesbian vampire novel The Gilda Stories, Gomez’s Don’t Explain is a collection of nine stories that employ rich, sensual, language to introduce readers to several carefully constructed characters whose stories setRead More
Link Round Up: November 12 – 30
Autostraddle posted Chloe Grace Moretz And Sasha Lane Are Playing Gay In The Movie Adaptation Of “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” Gabby Rivera Will Write “America,” Marvel’s New Queer Latina Comic Book, And We’re Flipping Out Well Hot Damn, Limerence Press is Republishing Colleen Coover’s “Small Favors: The Definitive GirlyRead More
Kalyanii reviews Pansy by Andrea Gibson
There are literary influences whose work has a way of taking us back to a time when we were enlivened, emboldened and perpetually inspired. Then, there are those who nudge—or rather kick—our ass forward, encouraging us to seize the opportunity to wake up, give back and believe in something greater than that for whichRead More
Marthese reviews Mermaid in Chelsea Creek by Michelle Tea
Mermaid in Chelsea Creek is yet another book I have been meaning to get into and the hype did not disappoint. This young adult fantasy book is set in Chelsea, Massachusetts and follows Sophia a teenage girl with Polish ancestry. Sophia and her best friend Ella like to play the pass-out game because it’s the onlyRead More
Tierney reviews The Second Wave by Jean Copeland
When Alice gets a call out of the blue that Leslie, her first love, has had a stroke and is in a coma, she immediately rushes to her hospital bedside – even though she hasn’t seen Leslie in years. They fell in love in the 1970s: their story is pieced together through flashbacks, from their initialRead More
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