“I was not ladylike, nor was I manly. I was something else altogether. There were so many different ways to be beautiful.” – Michael Cunningham, A Home at the Edge of the World, epigraph to Tomboy Survival Guide I am in love with this book, as I am in love with Ivan Coyote’s writing in general. First ofRead More
Danika reviews Thirteen Hours by Meghan O’Brien
I know, I know. “What is that cover??” I can explain. (No I can’t. It’s a terrible cover.) There’s a useful term they use on Book Riot: “genre kryptonite“. It describes those tropes that immediately make you want to pick up a book. The buzzwords that leave you helpless to add a book to yourRead More
Danika reviews Star-Crossed by Barbara Dee
This has been a much-anticipated read for me! Back in 2016, I saw a tumblr post by Barbara Dee’s daughter talking about the upcoming release of her mom’s book, Star-Crossed: a middle-grade book with a bisexual girl as the main character. The first middle-grade novel with a girl who likes girls as the main character! AndRead More
Danika reviews Pointe, Claw by Amber J. Keyser
You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. “Wild Geese” by Mary Oliver Jessie is a ballet dancer who pours her life into controllingRead More
Danika reviews Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde
This. Was. Adorable. I was between rating this 4 stars or 5, but I couldn’t think of anything that I would change about it to improve it, so I guess that makes it an automatic 5 stars! Queens of Geek follows two point of view characters, Charlie and Taylor, as well as their friend Jamie.Read More
Danika reviews The ABC’s of LGBT+ by Ash Hardell
Note: This was published under the name “Ashley Mardell,” but the author has since changed their name to “Ash Hardell,” so that’s what I’m using here. What a useful, thoughtfully considered book. The ABC’s of LGBT+ is an introduction to a long list of LGBTQIA+ identifiers and terminology. This covers a huge range of labels. IRead More
Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker, illustrated by Julia Scheele
When I picked up Queer: A Graphic History, I was expecting a pretty short, easy read. Queer history! In a graphic format! I was surprised, then, to realize that this is not just queer history as in LGBTQ history, but queer as in queer theory, which is a whole different ball game. I took queer theory inRead More
Sponsored Review: Danika reviews The Lady’s Bride by M. A. Jodat-Danbrani
The Lady’s Bride is a fantasy novella that follows an unnamed woman on her quest to challenge the Lady: a woman with incredible magical powers, who tore their world apart many years ago. If she can best the Lady, then she take on the Lady’s abilities and hopefully change the world for the better. I foundRead More
Danika reviews Sister Mine by Nalo Hopkinson
It’s hard to describe a book like Sister Mine. It would probably suffice to say it is just as surreal as the cover would suggest, but I’ll make an attempt anyways. Makeda is a twin–originally conjoined twins–and is trying to strike out on her own. She and her sister have always been very close, but MakedaRead More
Danika reviews Everfair by Nisi Shawl
It’s rare for me to pick up a book and be surprised to see it has queer representation. That’s part of being so immersed in the LGBTQ book internet: I’ve usually heard about the representation before picking it up. I picked Everfair because I was intrigued by the premise: a steampunk alternate history of the BelgianRead More
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