Who knows why that particular kid asked about gay representation in that book. Maybe he’s gay or questioning, maybe he knows someone who’s gay, or who knows, maybe he just cares about gay people. In any case, he deserves better than being told he’s asking for rainbow sprinkles. Queer people exist, and we’re not optionalRead More
Rachel reviews If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan
Young Adult author Sara Farizan adds a fresh and necessary story with her debut novel If You Could Be Mine. In Iran, female teenager Sahar has known from a young age that she wants to marry her best friend, Nasrin. But although her feelings are reciprocated, the two cannot marry because they are both girls.Read More
Link Round Up: October 19 – 25
Did you know there are more than a hundred lesbian vampire books? We basically invented the genre. But that’s not where the queer women horror books end. In fact, there are dozens of queer women horror books, zombie books, werewolf books, and even ghost stories. Here are just a few of my favourites, for whenRead More
Megan Casey Reviews 1222 by Anne Holt
The first interesting thing I want to mention is that Anne Holt’s series is listed as The Hanne Wilhelmsen Novels. Not The Hanne Wilhelmsen Mysteries or The Hanne Wilhelmsen Adventures. The publisher—a traditional mainstream press—wants us to view these books as literary. In other words, something above the more lightly taken mystery genre, and certainlyRead More
Link Round Up: October 12 – 18
Autostraddle posted Lez Liberty Lit #82: It’s Never Too Soon To Reread. Queer Romance Month posted (among many others) Afloat, One Girl: Forging a Queer Identity by Liz From Legal to Legit, or what does all this marriage stuff mean for the writers of THE GHEY? by Andi Marquette Writing F/FRead More
Marthese reviews Aces by Kathryn Burns
‘I did not adult well’ Aces is a short book on the relationship between Astrid and Hollis, two very creative women living in Seattle. They both work in retail but have a shared passion for writing. The story is told from Astrid’s perspective. This story feels real, is not that cliché and is very diverseRead More
Link Round Up: October 4 – 11
AfterEllen posted The history behind “Carmilla,” the story of a 19th century lesbian vampire. Gay YA posted How To Make Your Library a Safe Space for Queer Teens. Lambda Literary posted Remembering Nene Adams,1966-2015 Chinelo Okparanta: On Her New Novel ‘Under The Udala Trees’ and Being a Champion of Love New in October:Read More
Danika reviews Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
Under the Udala Trees is set in Nigeria during and in the aftermath of the civil war. Ijeoma is sent to live in a safer area of the country with people she’s never meant. She acts as a servant to earn her keep. When she befriends a girl from another ethnic group–in fact, from theRead More
Audrey reviews Warm November by Kathleen Knowles
After a really fun experience with In Every Cloud by Tina Michele, also published by Bold Strokes Books, I downloaded Warm November. Hayley and Merle are both older lesbians, but Hayley’s newly out of the closet, while Merle’s just out of a long-term relationship. The last sentence of the synopsis is, “Can they overcome theirRead More
Elinor reviews Olive Oil and White Bread by Georgia Beers
Olive Oil and White Bread is an unusual romance in that it doesn’t focus on the process of falling in love. Instead, it charts more than two decades between a couple, both their highs and lows. Jillian and Angie check each other out at a New York state softball game in the late 1980s andRead More
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