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Our Queerest Shelves: My Weekly LGBTQ Newsletter

July 1, 2021 by Danika Ellis

As you may or may not know, I now work full time at Book Riot, where I have been writing for years. It’s truly a dream come true! One of the things I do there is write Our Queerest Shelves, a weekly newsletter about queer books that just launched in June! It’s kind of aRead More

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Marieke reviews The Confessions Of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins

July 1, 2021 by Lesbrarians

Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link This is not a happy book. It tells you that in the title already: the ‘confessions’ refer to Frannie’s written musings that she notes down while she is on trial for the murder of her employer and his wife–the latter of whom she happened to be in aRead More

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Crystal’s House of Queers by Brooke Skipstone is 99¢ June 26 – July 2!

June 26, 2021 by Danika Ellis

This is a sponsored post. See Advertise with the Lesbrary for more details. Get Crystal’s House of Queers by Brooke Skipstone for 99¢ June 26 – July 2! Three senior girls in rural Alaska escape their abusive pasts by raising their dyke flag for themselves and their community. Crystal Rose woke up at three in theRead More

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My Latest Sapphic Book Riot Posts

June 23, 2021 by Danika Ellis

As you may or may not know, I work for Book Riot now! I’ve been writing for them for many years, but now I’m an Associate Editor! It’s basically my dream job, and it’s left me a lot of time for writing. And of course, a lot of that time I’m writing about sapphic books.Read More

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New Bi and Lesbian Books Out This Week, June 22nd!

June 22, 2021 by Danika Ellis

Here are the sapphic books out this week! I’m most excited for Sky Falling, because I loved her previous novel, The Summer We Got Free! (Here’s my review.) Last week was mostly romance, but this week is sapphic SFF’s time to shine. For more new sapphic releases, also check out 58 Bi and Lesbian BooksRead More

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Meagan Kimberly reviews The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka

June 22, 2021 by Danika Ellis

Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Detective Roxane Weary is hired to prove a man’s innocence before his death sentence is completed for a crime he’s been claiming he didn’t commit. As she investigates what seems like an open and shut case, she starts to unravel a web of crimes that have gone undetectedRead More

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Lesbrary Links: 50+ Years of LGBTQ Lit, Asian Queer Reads, and Reparative YA Reading

June 21, 2021 by Danika Ellis

I follow hundreds of queer book blogs to scout out the best sapphic book news and reviews! Many of them get posted on Tumblr and Twitter as I discover them, but my favourites get saved for these link compilations. Here are some of the posts I’ve found interesting in the last few weeks. This Pride month, take a lookRead More

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Maggie reviews The Forever Sea by Joshua Phillip Johnson

June 21, 2021 by Danika Ellis

Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link The Forever Sea by Joshua Phillip Johnson is a very interesting new fantasy book that features pirates, the high seas, magical fires, girlfriends, exciting world-building, and pitched battles–over a lack of water. The seas the characters sail over, fight on, and struggle with are grass, not water, and theRead More

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Danika reviews The Legend of Auntie Po by Shing Yin Khor

June 18, 2021 by Danika Ellis

Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link This is a quiet, almost slice-of-life graphic novel about a 13-year-old queer Chinese American girl’s life at a logging camp. Mei is the daughter of the camp cook, and she helps out in the kitchen and spends her free time spinning yarns for the other children in camp–especiallyRead More

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Sapphic YA with Complicated Families

June 16, 2021 by Danika Ellis

Here’s a trope I didn’t realize I loved in a YA novel: complicated families. Whether it’s an unusual family configuration, strained parent relationships, or long-lost siblings, I love seeing queer stories that explore all the different ways biological families can look. I come from a very loving and supportive but also fairly complicated family, soRead More

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The Lesbrary is a sapphic book blog that started in 2010. It's run by Danika Ellis, and we have about a dozen reviewers from around the world recommending sapphic books in every genre. Check out the top navigation bar for more about the Lesbrary as well as options to browse by genre, age category, rating, and more.

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