Having read this book at the end of July, I was happy to remember that I had written a couple sentences about it to my fiancee, because I was having fun. In looking back, it was more than a few. Here’s the initial raw impression: “I was completely delighted to go to NetGalley (on theRead More
Elinor reviews Searching for Celia by Elizabeth Ridley
Searching for Celia by Elizabeth Ridley is a fast-paced mystery about identity. It starts with our American narrator, Dayle, on a plane to visit London and deliver a keynote speech at a writing conference, and more importantly, to visit her lifelong friend and one-time girlfriend, Celia. Dayle and Celia meet as young teenagers when Celia’sRead More
Danika reviews the Summer We Got Free by Mia McKenzie
The overwhelming image I get when trying to describe The Summer We Got Free is the moments just before a summer thunderstorm: the charged anticipation, the humid heat, the claustrophobia of it. It also reminded me of Toni Morrison’s Beloved in that this is a story about a family and a house haunted by their past. The storyRead More
Danika reviews Hayate X Blade Omnibus 1 (Volumes 1-3) by Shizuru Hayashiya
I’ve only read a handful of manga, but every time I do I find them completely engrossing. So of course I’ve been trying to make my way through the yuri manga that is available in English. I know, though, that there is context to manga in general as an art form and yuri in particularRead More
Danika reviews Bodymap by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
I don’t typically read poetry, and this was a collection that made me realize what a mistake that is. Bodymap is about Piepzna-Samarasinha’s life as a queer disabled femme of colour. It’s political, but it’s politics rooted in everyday experiences of injustice and survival, not abstract theorizing. Although her poetry experiments with style, they all are accessible andRead More
Link Round Up: August 24 – 30
Alison Bechdel‘s Fun Home was included on a summer reading list at Duke University and several students refused to read it for “moral reasons”. The original article is at The Duke Chronicle and several other outlets have covered it, including Slate, Jezebel and Book Riot. About a Girl by Sarah McCarry was reviewedRead More
Rachel reviews Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
Published in 1985 by Jeanette Winterson, the classic novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit hits home on a young girl coming of age and beginning to question her sexuality. The protagonist, Jeanette, has been adopted by stringent Pentecostal evangelists. As she grows up, she is expected to one day be a missionary. Her motherRead More
Link Round Up: August 17 – 23
Autostraddle posted Lez Liberty Lit #79: Books on Books on Books. Lambda Literary posted Watch the Trailer for ‘Carol’ the Film Adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s ‘The Price of Salt’. “At the Verses Festival of Words, Tomboy Survival Guide [with Ivan Coyote] pushes gender norms” was discussed at The Georgia Straight. The InfiniteRead More
Megan Casey reviews Wanted by T.I. Alvarado
Bird Blacker—who has one of the oddest names in lesbian mystery fiction—is an ex-police officer now working as a bounty hunter, probably the first bounty hunter in the genre. Comparisons beg to be made between Bird and Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum, and there are a few. Both women are tenacious and funny, both haveRead More
Link Round Up: August 10 – 16
Daughters of Frankenstein: Lesbian Mad Scientists edited by Steve Berman was reviewed at QUEERcentric Books. Mohawk Trail by Beth Brant was reviewed by Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian. What It Feels Like for a Girl by Jennica Harper was reviewed at Autostraddle. About a Girl by Sarah McCarry was reviewed at thingsRead More
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