I was intrigued as soon as I heard about the premise of Shadow Swans: a reclusive young woman who lives in an abandoned building filled with handmade wire hummingbirds falls in love with another young woman who lives in the subway tunnels. Together, they explore the tunnels beneath the city. If I had read the descriptionRead More
Casey reviews Odd Girl Out by Ann Bannon
Ann Bannon’s pulp novel Odd Girl Out (the first of the famous Beebo Brinker series) is the first, and so far only, 1950s lesbian pulp novel I’ve read. I knew vaguely going into this that things didn’t usually work out so well for the lesbians in these books—publishers usually insisted on a distinct lack ofRead More
Guest Lesbrarian Shanna Shadoan reviews Wildthorn by Jane Eagland
I just read an awesome YA novel. It’s set in Victorian England, and features a young woman who was committed to an asylum for “moral insanity”. Basically, she wasn’t behaving in a properly feminine way. She falls in love with one of the attendants there, so it is a sweet lesbian love story, which isRead More
Lesbrary Link Round Up: August 8-15
The Advocate posted 21 LGBT Biographies or Memoirs You Should Read Now. AfterEllen posted Batwoman and Batgirl team up for an epic battle of epicness in “Batgirl #12”. Autostraddle posted Read a F*cking Book: 20 Best Young Adult Novels For Queer Girls. Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian posted Montreal’s Queer Between the Covers Bookfair (August 18): Fun Times for Queer Nerds.Read More
Mfred Reviews Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
Well, I finally read Rubyfruit Jungle. I’m not entirely sure what to think of it. Is it well written, tightly plotted, compelling, and interesting? Not really. One meandering story runs into the next, sometimes without pause. It is very picaresque in that sense; so perhaps Brown purposefully sacrificed plot in order to maintain that genre’s style. IRead More
Alyssa reviews The Superheroes Union: Dynama by Ruth Diaz
The Superheroes Union: Dynama by Ruth Diaz is a superhero romance novel about two women and two children, and protecting and creating family in a world with metahuman powers and supervillains. The story focuses on TJ Gutierrez, single mother and incognito superhero—once Dynama, now Hidden Hand—and Annmarie Smith, non-powered nanny from superhero origins. The storyRead More
Danika reviews Tierra Del Fuego: Parting Shots
I haven’t read a lot of sci fi, and to be honest, I was little hesitant to start Parting Shots. I was pleasantly surprised! This is a complex book. Theoretically, the main character is Trevathan Evans, an officer and experienced space traveller. She has a tragic romantic past with a lover who was taken backRead More
Lesbrary Link Round Up: August 2-7
Arsenal Pulp Press will be at the Montreal Queer Bookfair (August 18). Elisa posted UK GLBT Fiction Meet and Queer History: Brigid Brophy, Lady Levey (June 12, 1929 – August 7, 1995). Good Lesbian Books posted Young Adult: Genre Overview Sci-Fi/Fantasy: Genre Overview Yuri Manga: Genre Overview Lambda Literary posted a mini link round up and Kathleen DeBold NamedRead More
Danika reviews The Last Nude by Ellis Avery
This book is so good. Like emily m danforth, Ellis Avery has managed to shoot near the top of my list of authors to watch out for after only reading one book of hers. The Last Nude is a beautiful, evocative story of a bittersweet romance between a painter and a model during 1920s Paris. I sayRead More
Casey reviews Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson
I finished Jeanette Winterson’s 2011 memoir, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? completely stunned. I don’t think I’ve ever read anything so emotionally raw and affecting, yet so beautifully expressed and wise. It’s the kind of book you need to read with a pen in hand, either to underline your favourite parts, orRead More
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