Reading romance novels is bad for you. I read that in graduate school. Actually, I read a whole book to that effect. (Don’t worry. I love the genre. This isn’t a polemic.) To be fair, the study I read looked at heterosexual women. Nonetheless, one can draw some comparisons. The classic romance novel pairs twoRead More
Link Round Up: April 30 – May 8
Autostraddle posted Lez Liberty Lit #19: Strong Coffee, Stronger Bourbon and Mariel Cove: A Masturbation Month One-Handed-Read Review and Interview. Bonjour, Cass! posted Queer Library: New Additions. Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian posted Rachel Rose’s Song & Spectacle Wins the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry; Also, Feelings about Alison Bechdel and Jeanettte Winterson.Read More
Karelia Stetz-Waters reviews Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson
I was somewhat disappointed to learn that my all-time favorite lesbian writer had released a new memoir. That’s not my usual reaction to book releases. It’s just that Jeanette Winterson’s Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal promised to cover approximately the same time period as her first memoir, Oranges Are Not the OnlyRead More
Danika reviews Body Geographic by Barrie Jean Borich
This is a very smart book. Sometimes I open a book and immediately realize that this has been carefully crafted and very well-written, which, oddly, can also mean that it may be a less instantly enjoyable book: it may take some time and energy to read as well as to write. Body Geographic is definitely oneRead More
Lena reviews Occasions of Sin by Elena Graf
Occasions of Sin, Elena Graf’s historical romance, presents an engaging and entertaining journey through the convents and hospitals of Weimar Germany. The novel opens with Margarethe von Stahle, a German countess arriving at the convent her family has patronized for several centuries. We quickly learn that in addition to being a countess, Margarethe is alsoRead More
Karelia Stetz-Waters reviews And Playing the Role of Herself by K. E. Lane
Romance is my favorite genre. It’s my comfort food. And, like bread pudding, romances are easy to find and rarely awful. The catch is it’s hard to find ones that are noticeably better than the rest. It’s harder still to find ones that are really great. In the world of lesbian romance, I’d give AndRead More
Casey reviews Licking the Spoon by Candace Walsh
Candace Walsh’s book, Licking the Spoon: A Memoir of Food, Family, and Identity, had me from the very first page, which features a sensual description of making seafood-mushroom risotto in a steamy, cramped New York apartment kitchen. Right off the bat, Walsh displays her talent for evoking rich, palpable settings, and she continues to doRead More
Anna M. reviews Deep Deception by Cathy Pegau
Deep Deception is the third book in Cathy Pegau’s science fiction/romance series set on the chilly mining colony of Nevarro, after Rulebreaker and Caught in Amber. The latter features a m/f couple, and the former, which I reviewed here at the Lesbrary, was one of my favorite books of 2011. Deep Deception is scheduled forRead More
Link Round Up: April 24-30
Autostraddle posted I Went To Brooklyn Zine Fest, Had Feelings, Found Three More Zines You Should Read and More Than Words: Dyke Pt. 1 — Baby Dykes. Bold Strokes Books updated their list of releases up to December. Elisa posted LGBT Ebook and Print Releases, April 2013. The Publishing Triangle posted Winners Announced for 2012’s Best LesbianRead More
Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon 2013!
As promised, here are my readathon updated condensed into one post! (With non-lesbian books redacted.) It was a lot of fun, and I definitely want to do it again next time! Let me know if you participated or want to next time! Hour 1: Currently reading: The Body Geographic by Barrie Jean Borich And how is it? It’s good!Read More
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