Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! Messy Roots is Laura Gao’s memoir of her childhood and coming of age, first in Wuhan, China, then an early move to Texas, and finally through her choices of college in Pennsylvania and a job in the Bay area. As a Chinese American immigrant,Read More
A Cozy Queer Comic of Community: Matchmaker by Cam Marshall
Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! This was a surprise, last-minute entry in my list of favourite reads of 2023! I stumbled on this while researching new releases for Our Queerest Shelves, and I was pleasantly surprised to see it was by a local British Columbia author/artist! I requested itRead More
A Kind Voice from the Unkind Days of Early 2020: Care of by Ivan Coyote
Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! Ivan Coyote is one of my all-time favourite authors; I love their short stories and their essay collections. I’ve gotten to see them perform several times, and it’s always an amazing experience. Which is why I was thrown when I listened to the audiobookRead More
Rebel Lesbrarians in a Dystopian Western: Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link I’m not sure when I bought the ebook for Upright Women Wanted. It was probably on sale, and when I heard that there were lesbians and rebel librarians in a western-themed dystopian setting, I guess I thought it was too good to pass up. Like most of myRead More
Meagan Kimberly reviews Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link In the second of the Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir, we follow the story of Harrow. But this isn’t the same Harrow from Gideon the Ninth. It seems like this is a Harrow from an alternate timeline and the original Harrow died. Except not really. However, thereRead More
41 Bi and Lesbian Books Out This Month!
I hope you haven’t set your Best Reads of 2020 list in stone, because there are more book out this month! Unfortunately, it’s not always easy to find out which books have queer representation, or what kind of representation they have. So here’s a big list of bi and lesbian books out this month, sortedRead More
54 Bi and Lesbian Books Out This Month!
Would you believe that more than 50 sapphic books come out this month? It’s true! Unfortunately, it’s not always easy to find out which books have queer representation, or what kind of representation they have. So here’s a big list of bi and lesbian books out this month, sorted by genre, with the publishers’ descriptions.Read More
New Bi & Lesbian Books Out This Week! (June 2nd)
Books mentioned: You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson (YA) You Don’t Live Here by Robyn Schneider (YA) Night Owls and Summer Skies by Rebecca Sullivan (YA) The Obsidian Tower by Melissa Caruso (YA Fantasy) Queen of Coin and Whispers by Helen Corcoran (YA Fantasy) They Say Sarah by Pauline Delabroy-Allard (Fiction)Read More