This book is a gift to the world. As I read it I imagined wrapping it up in pretty colored paper and giving it to someone I love, to imagine them discovering it for the first time. Mermaid in Chelsea Creek is everything I’ve ever wanted from a Young Adult, “Chosen One” fantasy novel. I began thisRead More
Anna M reviews Kiss the Girl by Melissa Brayden
Kiss the Girl is Melissa Brayden’s fourth book, after How Sweet It Is, and contains similar strands of enduring friendship and sweetness mixed with serious themes. Brooklyn Campbell co-founded a small but successful advertising agency with her three lesbian best friends from college. She’s a fast-driving, energetic whirlwind who follows one rule: never get tooRead More
Ashley reviews Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
I heard a lot about this book before its release in May, so I made sure to place my hold on it as early as possible and eagerly anticipated its arrival. Having not read Hold Still or The Disenchantments, I was not sure what to expect from Nina LaCour – but I’m happy to say that Everything Leads toRead More
Ally Blumenfeld reviews Learning to Kiss Girls by Elizabeth Andre
Writing a short story is kind of a tall order. Thirty pages into a full-length novel, it’s safe to say a reader’s interest has either been piqued or squelched. For first-time writer Elizabeth Andre, thirty pages was all she wrote (pun intended).Learning to Kiss Girls is an unexpected pleasure. Its cover art features the bodyRead More
Nicole reviews Sigil Fire by Erzabet Bishop
Sometimes, though the spirit is willing, the flesh is weak. And sometimes a novel idea that sounds great in the planning stages just doesn’t work in the execution. As John Updike says in the his 6 Rules for Constructive Criticism, “Try to understand what the author wished to do, and do not blame him forRead More
Casey reviews My Education by Susan Choi [with spoilers]
I’ve been on a bit of a bisexual book binge lately, so after the Lambda Literary awards were announced and Susan Choi’s third novel My Education was declared the winner in the category of bisexual fiction, I thought I should pick it up. I have a healthy amount of skepticism about the decision making atRead More
Link Round Up: June 26 – July 2
AfterEllen posted The AfterEllen.com Book Club for July: “Annie On My Mind” and ACT NOW: Keep “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” on summer reading lists. Autostraddle posted Lez Liberty Lit #49: Spend More Than 19 Minutes Reading. Diversity in YA posted First Second Acquires KISS NUMBER EIGHT, a Graphic Novel About Growing Up Queer in a ConservativeRead More
Kalyanii reviews Owl Eyes by Georgie Watts
Typically and perhaps ideally, when the exchange of ideas and the sharing of experience take place between a writer and her reader, the inherent value of both roles within the creative process is affirmed. The story would not exist without the writer, and it would have no reason to exist if not for the reader.Read More
Abigail reviews Miss McGhee by Bett Norris
The setting is the Southern USA during the span of time from 1948 – 1965. The title character is sent to the small town of Myrtlewood, Alabama, to work as a secretary for Tommie Dubose. Mary McGhee soon realizes, however, that she is not really working for Tommie, but instead her employer is the beautifulRead More
TB reviews DRIVE by J. L. Gaynor
Kate and Susan were best of friends. Then things progressed, yet they tried to keep their relationship a secret from friends and family. And they both promised that they would always be together. Aw, first loves and the hopes we place on them. When their secret is discovered, things start to unravel, including their relationship.Read More
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