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The Heights and Depths of Queer Trans Nostalgia: A/S/L by Jeanne Thornton Review

March 28, 2025 by Danika Ellis

When Lilith, Sash, and Abraxa were teenagers in the late 90s, they ran a video game corporation together. They never actually sold a video game, but they worked on an incredibly ambitious text-based (ASCII) game together. Sash was the leader, the idea person who held everyone else to exacting standards. Lilith struggled to design gameRead More

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Rachel reviews Real Easy by Marie Rutkoski

February 8, 2022 by Lesbrarians

Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Readers might know Marie Rutkoski’s work from her young adult Winner’s Curse trilogy (2014-2016) or her more recent f/f fantasy series, Forgotten Gods. However, Rutkoski’s first novel for adults, Real Easy, is a departure from her usual fantasy fiction while still including queer female characters at the centerRead More

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Danika reviews Heavy Vinyl, Volume 1 by Carly Usdin and Nina Vakueva

August 29, 2018 by Danika Ellis

What a fun, quick read! Chris is a teenager who has just started working at the local record store. (It’s the 90s.) All her coworkers seem impossibly cool, and she immediately starts crushing on one of them. As the cover would suggest, though, it’s not just music that this group of girls is passionate about.Read More

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Anna Marie reviews Grrrls On The Side by Carrie Pack

August 23, 2018 by Danika Ellis

I was so excited to read this queer Young Adult novel, but unfortunately it was a big disappointment. Before I get into my criticism, let me explain the premise, and why I was so excited to read it. Set in 1994, Grrrls on the Side is about Tabitha, a fat white girl who feels like anRead More

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Megan G reviews Sodom Road Exit by Amber Dawn

July 19, 2018 by Danika Ellis

Buried under a mountain of debt, Starla Martin is forced to say goodbye to her life in Toronto and return to her hometown of Crystal Beach. To help her with her debt, her mother offers to find her a job with her at the local library, but Starla knows that just living with her motherRead More

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Megan G reviews Grrrls on the Side by Carrie Pack

December 24, 2017 by Danika Ellis

Tabitha doesn’t feel like she belongs anywhere. Her ex-best friend is now her number one bully, and the only friend she has is only her friend because they smoke together and enjoy the same type of music. One night, her friend, Mike, invites her to a concert, where Tabitha is introduced to the Riot Grrrls.Read More

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Mfred reviews Valencia by Michelle Tea

September 13, 2011 by Danika Ellis

What to say about this book?  I can’t quite put my finger on Valencia, can’t pin it down or summarize my reaction to it. Perhaps my first mistake was to read the introduction.  My copy is a reprint, with Tea adding commentary on her own ambivalent feelings regarding the semi-autobiographical story of being young, queer, drunkRead More

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