Usually if I don’t already know an author, I try to not read about them until I know how their work stands on its own. Once I’m done, I’ll decide if I’m interested in the rest of the writer’s work, and find out about them as a person on the way. The more critically IRead More
Marcia reviews Born Wicked: The Cahill Witch Chronicles, Book One, by Jessica Spotswood
Quick note: This review does not discuss in-novel lesbianism at length, as I consider the hints and reveal to be a pretty significant spoiler. You’ll just have to trust me. Lesbians are here. The year is 1896, the place is New England — but it is not the New England we know, not even theRead More
Jordan reviews Fairy Tales for Princesses who love Dames by Rene von Bonaparte
Where ever I go fairy tales always follow me. Although, particularly I’ve been scavenging for fairy tales of the queer variety lately, which means I’ve picked up quite a bit of Sarah Diemer’s work, and I’ve done some reviews on some older ones like Kissing the Witch. But I wanted to try something more recentRead More
Link Round Up: June 13 – 20
AfterEllen posted Kate and Maggie make out and beat up bad guys together in “Batwoman #21”. Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian posted Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian Recommends… Danika Leigh Ellis (that’s me!) posted Lesbian Summer Reads! housequeer posted MORE Queer Young Adult Fiction To Curl Up With: My To-Read Edition. Lambda Literary posted Notes on Teaching Kate Bornstein. LGBT@NYPLRead More
Jill Guccini reviews If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan
Sara Farizan’s If You Could Be Mine tells a story that I don’t think has ever been told in Young Adult fiction before, and it’s an important one. Set in contemporary Iran, it’s told from the point of view of 17-year-old Sahar, who has been in love with her best friend Nasrin for almost asRead More
Katie reviews Twixt by Sarah Diemer
Sarah Diemer’s Twixt drew me in from the first sentence, sunk its claws into me, and didn’t let go until the last page. The novel is named after the world it resides in – Twixt – and the world is a strange, frightening, utterly fascinating one. People wake up in Abeo City with no memories, and they’reRead More
Karelia Stetz-Waters reviews Bella Key by Scarlet Chastain
Somewhere in Manhattan there is a think tank wherein scientists have spent the last ten years perfecting an instrument that will allow them to measure a book’s suitability for beach reading. On the Beach Readability Index (BRI) the novella Bella Key, by Scarlet Chastain, scores a perfect ten. The first point in Bella Key’s BRIRead More
Link Round Up: June 5 – 12
Arsenal Pulp Press posted Blue Is the Warmest Color: a book, a film, a Palme d’Or, and no shortage of controversy. Bold Strokes Book Festival, UK posted Amy Dunne: LGBTQ Books Made Me Realise I Wasn’t Alone and Rebecca S. Buck posted about the origins of the festival. Danika Leigh Ellis (that’s me!) posted my intro videoRead More
Tag reviews Dear John, I Love Jane edited by Candace Walsh and Laura Andre
When I chose Dear John, I Love Jane to review, I knew I wouldn’t be breaking any new ground, and it’s yet again a topic entirely out of my realm of experience. I mean, I knew from a young age that I’m lesbian, and I haven’t been married to a man or in committed, heterosexualRead More
Danika reviews Freak of Nurture by Kelli Dunham
I picked up Freak of Nurture, a collection of essays and autobiographical stories by comedian Kelli Dunham, because Dunham seemed to have a sense of humour I enjoy, the writing sounded strong, and so far nothing published by Topside Press has steered me wrong. And Dunham is funny! I wasn’t wrong about that. What IRead More
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