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Sapphic Books To Light Your Way This Winter

December 25, 2024 by Emory Rose

Where I live, we’re in one of the darkest days of winter, with plenty of reason for dread. So this holiday season, I’m bringing out a list of book recs that are the equivalent of me wrapping you in my most trusted blanket. Some are more or less cozy in terms of subject matter, butRead More

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You Need to Read Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

February 25, 2024 by Danika Ellis

Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! I’m embarrassed to admit I only just read this for the first time. I’ve read every other Malinda Lo book. I’ve had a copy since it first came out—in fact, I’ve owned two copies, because I also spent $100 on a signed hardcover (itRead More

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Censorship, Expression, and Signaling in Malinda Lo’s Last Night at the Telegraph Club

January 2, 2024 by Liv

Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! Malinda Lo’s novel Last Night at the Telegraph Club (2021) has won multiple awards and has been reviewed multiple times at the Lesbrary already, so let’s start this review somewhere different: Last Night at the Telegraph Club has been banned and/or challenged at least 34 times in 14 states. HavingRead More

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Maggie reviews A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo

December 19, 2022 by Lesbrarians

Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link I was ecstatic when I heard that Malinda Lo was writing a loosely connected follow up to Last Night at the Telegraph Cub because Last Night at the Telegraph Club is a hugely important lesbian coming of age novel set in 1950s San Francisco Chinatown that A) I wish I had hadRead More

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Danika reviews A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo

October 4, 2022 by Danika Ellis

Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link As I was reading A Scatter of Light, I saw a tweet from Malinda Lo discussing how hard she’s finding summarizing this book into tropes and graphics to advertise it. I completely understand. This is a book about slowly unfolding self-discovery, the practice of making art, and theRead More

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Sam reviews Huntress by Malinda Lo

December 25, 2021 by Lesbrarians

Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Winter is finally here, which means it’s perfect weather for me to re-read Huntress by Malinda Lo again. I’m not sure exactly how many times I’ve read this book, but it must be close to a half-dozen—a number that stands out even for me, especially for a YARead More

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Vic reviews Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

December 13, 2021 by Lesbrarians

Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Growing up, I devoured books quickly and easily, but by high school, I started to lose interest in the books I found in bookstores or the library, jumping from book to book without finishing a single one.  The problem, I determined, was that I was bored with readingRead More

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Rachel reviews Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

April 20, 2021 by Danika Ellis

Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link I read Malinda Lo’s newest book, Last Night at the Telegraph Club (2021) about a month ago, and I’m still thinking about it. If you’re looking for a slice of mid-twentieth-century lesbian culture with some wonderful Chinese American representation and rich social history, Last Night at the Telegraph Club is forRead More

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Alice Pate reviews A Line In The Dark by Malinda Lo

October 28, 2019 by Danika Ellis

Trigger Warnings: drug use, underage drinking, referenced underage sex, adult/teenager relationship Note: Not all trigger warnings are present in this review, but they are present in the book in question. A Line In The Dark may be marketed as a YA thriller, but I personally believe all the best parts of the story have nothingRead More

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Megan G reviews A Line in the Dark by Malinda Lo

August 16, 2018 by Danika Ellis

Jess Wong is the girl nobody sees, and she’s okay with that. She likes to keep to herself, and to her art. The only person close to her is her best friend, Angie Redmond. Angie sees Jess, even if it’s not the way that Jess wishes that Angie would see her. It’s enough for Jess.Read More

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