After I read Tipping the Velvet, the debut novel by Sarah Waters, I was hooked on her writing. She published Fingersmith in 2002 and it was shortlisted for the Orange Prize and the Man Booker Prize. It won the CWA Ellis Peters Dagger award for Historical Crime Fiction. The descriptions in Tipping the Velvet wowed me. What dazzled me in Fingersmith wasRead More
Link Round Up: November 14 – 20
AfterEllen posted Exclusive: Alison Bechdel on the Bechdel Test and the new “Fun Home” musical and New “Batwoman” writer promises to keep things superheroic and super gay. Autostraddle posted “Fun Home” is Relatable, Brilliant and Paving the Way for Women Musical Theatre Writers Autostraddle Book Club #7: We’re Reading “Blue Is The Warmest Color” Drawn to Comics: As The CrowRead More
Sponsored Review: Danika reviews A Very Civil Wedding by V. T. Davy
What an interesting book. A Very Civil Wedding follows the announcement that the Princess of Wales has gotten engaged… to her girlfriend. (This is set in 2014.) Following this is the media frenzy, the backlash, and the planning involved. The book is structured in all kinds of different snippets, arranged chronologically. These includes descriptions of a meetingRead More
Sponsored Review: Danika reviews the Courage of Outliers by Elizabeth Samit
The Courage of Outliers by Elizabeth Samit is a collection of ten mystery short stories, all with some gay or lesbian content, usually with a lesbian protagonist. I don’t read a lot of mysteries: I tend to be terrible at spotting clues, and usually I end up not only surprised but confused by the bigRead More
Link Round Up: November 7 – 13
Autostraddle posted Masters of Homosex: 9 Vintage Books That Lied About Lesbians and Blue Is The Warmest Color: The Male Gaze Reigns Supreme. LadyLike Book Club posted Episode 20 – Taken, with Lesbians. Lambda Literary posted New in November: Nicola Griffith, Richard Blanco, Hilton Als, and Christopher Hennessy. Queer Books Please posted Episode 42 – Yes I Am Blushing. The Rainbow Project posted Complete 2014Read More
Tag reviews A Distant Footstep On the Plain by Stephanie Byrd
A Distant Footstep on the Plain is a collection of poetry at its finest, its most ragged and painful, and its most hopeful. The primary focus is on things that personally affect Byrd: racism, classism, poverty, and relationships with women. Byrd doesn’t hold back at all whether she’s writing about the experience of racism (“so IRead More
Anna M. reviews Homestead by Radclyffe
Radclyffe’s Homestead is a departure from the romances featuring doctors and first responders and so on that usually characterize her books. It’s a sequel of sorts to 2007’s When Dreams Tremble (which I don’t think I’ve read–sometimes it’s hard to tell them all apart), exploring the same upstate New York setting and featuring that coupleRead More
Link Round Up: October 31st – November 6th
AfterEllen posted AfterEllen.com Book Club: November in Canada The AfterEllen.com November Book Club Selection Is… AfterEllen.com Book Club: Malinda Lo answers questions about “Inheritance” Autostraddle posted Lez Liberty Lit #32: Turning The Screw. Lambda Literary posted Translating ‘Fun Home’ and The Revival: Queer Woman Poetry. Queer Books Please posted Episode 41 – Wild Dogs, Over You, Confidence! UK Lesfic posted Halloween Q&A. Jennifer & Sarah DiemerRead More
Lena reviews Out of Time by Lesley Dimmock
Strangely enough, the title of Lesley Dimmock’s new novel, Out of Time, not only describes the plot, but also the general feeling of the book. Dimmock’s created a nice story and compelling characters, but the narrative still feels hasty and rushed, The book opens with Queen Elizabeth the first on horseback bickering with her courtiers.Read More
Casey reviews She Rises by Kate Worsley
I’m not sure how to begin this review. I have two options: 1) I can tell you I loved this book and urge you to get your hands on it right away; 2) I can warn you that it’s very difficult for me to discuss this book in any depth without revealing GIANT SPOILERS. YouRead More
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