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 the other side the poem self/help/work/book. The poem is eight pages and has to do with abusive relationships. It’s fragmented, and it’s unclear which segments are connected, but theyRead More
Jess van Netten 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. I was immediately entranced with the skilful beauty of Gray’s poetic sentence structure. Her freedom from traditional prose constraints allows the independent expressions to grabRead More
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 Chewelah, Washington, and she lives across the trailer park from her mom. Joss is not given to introspection, and the joking banter she engages in at workRead More
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 Atlanta between Jamie Hammond and a woman named Carly leaves both women profoundly affected. However, Jamie wakes up the next morning to find her companion gone with only aRead More
Nicole reviews The Melody of Light by M. L. Rice
In which I review another book from Bold Strokes Publishing. This YA drama enters around a girl names Riley, whose childhood has been traumatic – double orphaned and abused by her aunt and uncle, her and her brother Aiden grow up in a foster home where she gets yet more abuse from Mean Girls. As sheRead More
Kalyanii reviews Tangerine Twist by Suzie Carr
I’ll admit that I’ve never quite understood the draw of a character who one “loves to hate,” and I’m even more baffled by a character who one “hates to hate” as I did the protagonist of Tangerine Twist. Willing to give virtually anyone a pass for their idiosyncrasies, poor judgement or blatant stupidity, I foundRead More
Link Round Up: Oct 23 – 29
Autostraddle posted Drawn to Comics: Lumberjanes’ Penultimate Issue! (Just For the First Storyline) and The Speakeasy Book Club #1: Let’s Talk About “Sister Outsider”. Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian posted Queer Scare: LBQ Women’s Halloween Reads. Gay YA posted How About NO? Queer Romance Month posted Messy Happy Endings by Shira Glassman. Lambda Literary posted Lesbian Mysteries for Fall. Read More
Danika reviews Demon Glass (Hex Hall #2) by Rachel Hawkins
Hex Hall is a paranormal teen series with a straight main character. In fact, a lot of the personal drama of the book is a love triangle of her trying to choose between two guys. So why am I reviewing it at the Lesbrary? Because I loved her best friend Jenna too much not toRead More
Rachel reviews Dare Truth or Promise by Paula Boock
In this 1997 novel by Paula Boock, Dare, Truth, or Promise explores the lives of two New Zealand teenage girls, and their budding romance. Louise “Louie” Angelo is a confident girl preparing to become a lawyer. She meets Willa, a quiet new girl at her school who wants to be a chef. From the beginning,Read More
Danika reviews White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
I’m not sure I know how to summarize White is for Witching. It’s a bit of a haunted house story, sort of postmodern, Gothic-esque, definitely unsettling. It follows the story of Miranda, who at the beginning of the novel has disappeared. Her twin brother and the house she grew up in narrate the events that leadRead More
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