The Dirt Chronicles definitely lives up to its title. It is a collection of short stories that tell the story of homeless queer kids in Toronto, and y0u can practically smell the exhaust come off the page. The stories begin as separate and free-standing, but characters begin to repeat, and by the end, all ofRead More
Danika reviews The Dark Wife by Sarah Diemer
I’ve seen The Dark Wife reviewed and recommended all over the place, and I’ve been following the author’s blogs for a while, so I have to admit that I was a bit worried about how I would actually like it. Luckily, it doesn’t disappoint. Honestly, you’ve probably heard this all before: The Dark Wife is a teenRead More
Danika reviewed Jukebox by Gina Noelle Daggett
I was a bit conflicted about this book while reading it. It’s been reviewed here twice before, and they didn’t inspire a lot of enthusiasm. I ended up liking it, but I feel like it could have been a lot better. I really got off on the wrong foot with Jukebox in the prologue. It hasRead More
Danika reviews Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme edited by Ivan Coyote and Zena Sharman
I’ve been a fan of Ivan Coyote for years, so I had high expectations for this collection. It absolutely delivered. It’s hard to sum up Persistence other than using its own subtitle. It contains a huge array of different kind of butches and femmes (and a futch, and some switches, and…), embodied by many different gendersRead More
Danika reviews Hellebore & Rue edited by JoSelle Vanderhooft and Catherine Lundoff
I’m going to be honest: the only thing I was really looking for in Hellebore & Rue: Tales of Queer Women and Magic was for it to live up to its cover. I mean, look at that cover! It’s definitely one of my favourites. The good news is, it does! It seems like every review ofRead More
Danika reviews Inseparable: Desire Between Women in Literature by Emma Donoghue
I don’t think I can properly express how much I adored this book. As I was reading it, I wrote down the page numbers where there were quotes I wanted to post on my LesLit tumblr, as well as books I wanted to add to my TBR list, and thoughts/comments I had. Typically when IRead More
Danika reviews Christmas Carol by Ruth Gogoll
A Christmas lesbian book! How exciting. And it’s a retelling of A Christmas Carol. I love retellings! Unfortunately, I’m not sure it’s a story that can be easily told as a lesbian romance. The original A Christmas Carol is a novella, but Ruth Gogoll’s retelling expands it into a novel. The first half of Christmas Carol is aRead More
Danika reviews Drag King Dreams by Leslie Feinberg
I loved this book. I still have yet to read Feinberg’s classic novel Stone Butch Blues, but I definitely am motivated to now. I read Drag King Dreams for an English class of mine, and I can see why it would be assigned: there is a lot here to tease out. [mild spoilers] On the oneRead More
Danika re-reviews Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Fun Home is one my favourite books, so I was happy for the chance to re-read it in one of my English classes this semester. It definitely, definitely stands up to a second reading. In fact, I plan on writing my final essay about it, because there’s just so much to it. There’s the obvious interestingRead More
Danika reviewed Maye’s Request by Clifford Henderson
In some ways, Maye’s Request seems like a very small story. It takes place in a short period of time, maybe a week or so. It revolved around the main character’s mother, father, and aunt, with her romance taking a definite backseat. At the same time, the characters and interactions between these four are soRead More
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