Everyone—gay, straight, or otherwise—has heard the old adage: once the honeymoon is over, no one has sex much anymore. After all, we have jobs, kids, and mortgages to worry about—who has time for wild sex at all hours of the day and night? Psychologists write about the “post-honeymoon” phase (the honeymoon is said to lastRead More
Casey reviews Dear John, I Love Jane: Women Write About Leaving Men for Women edited by Candace Walsh and Laura Andre
I had heard a lot of praise for Dear John, I Love Jane: Women Write About Leaving Men for Women (edited by Candace Walsh and Laura Andre) by the time I finally picked it up. So, I was expecting good things. This book, however, managed to actually exceed my expectations. It was so refreshing toRead More
Anna M. reviews The Blush Factor by Gun Brooke
Gun Brooke’s The Blush Factor, released this month by Bold Strokes Books, features a May-December romance between a savvy businesswoman and an entrepreneurial YouTube sensation. Eleanor Ashcroft has kept her distance from most people in her years as a corporate shark, but something about Addison Garry’s self-made celebrity catches her attention. Addison, also known asRead More
Link Round Up: January 30 – February 5
AfterEllen posted The AfterEllen.com Book Club Selection for February Is… Babbling About Books posted The Importance of Lesbians in Young Adult Fiction From Harmony Ink Press and 2014 Lesbian Fiction Appreciation Event Overview. Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian posted 2014 Queer Canadian Books to Be Excited About. Curve Magazine posted The Rise and Rise of Lesbian Fiction. Elisa posted THE RAINBOWRead More
Danika reviews Living as a Lesbian by Cheryl Clarke
Living as a Lesbian is a poetry collection that was first published in 1986, and has been recently republished with notes, reviews, a preface and introduction. I feel like there are several ways to read this book. It comes with notes at the end that reference certain poems, so you can flip back andRead More
Lena reviews A Dying Place by Emma Johnson-Rivard
There’s an almost theatrical quality to A Dying Place, Emma Johnson-Rivard’s rather bleak fantasy story. In terms of setting and structure, the novel functions as a play and it speaks to Johnson-Rivard’s strengths as a writer that she’s able to let the characters sing through that format. The book opens with Ama’u, a veteran ofRead More
Guest Post: Mala Kumar on Her Upcoming Book, The Circumstance of Marriage
The brilliant thing about storytelling is that one person, one view, one tiny microcosm of the world can be portrayed in-depth out of the infinite combinations of people, experiences, and contexts that have ever existed in the universe. Depending on how the story is told, what the trials and tribulations the characters face, what consumersRead More
Link Round Up: January 23 – 29
AfterEllen posted “Batwoman #27″ review: Kate and Maggie’s relationship suffers a pint-sized new hurdle and AfterEllen.com Book Club: “Bodies of Water”. Autostraddle posted Lez Liberty Lit #38: My Handwriting Is Worse Than Yours. Babbling About Books has been continuing to host the 2014 Lesbian Fiction Appreciation Post, including: Why I Write Lesbian Fiction by Harper Bliss Lipstick Lesbian Reviews Interviews T.B. MarkinsonRead More
Rachel reviews I Can’t Think Straight by Shamim Sarif
Different cultures are explored, and two different women come together in I Can’t Think Straight by Shamim Sarif, the director of the movie of the same name. Going back and forth from Amman, Jordan to London, the lives of two young women trying to make their mark on the world entwine in a funny, poetic,Read More
TB reviews Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
Tipping the Velvet, published in 1998, by Sarah Waters is a historical novel set in Victorian England during the 1890s. Waters, a Welsh author, has written several historical fiction books. Tipping the Velvet was her first novel and after reading it, I have to say bravo. Not many writers settle into their craft so easily. TheRead More
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