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Sinclair reviews Fledgling by Octavia Butler

December 11, 2020 by Danika Ellis

Content Warning: This review contains spoilers, but only specifics about the world, nothing plot-specific past the first chapter. I knew almost nothing about this book when I started reading it, and it was such a pleasure to be surprised, so if you like vampire stories, or Octavia Butler, I highly recommend it and you canRead More

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Arina reviews Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi

August 16, 2020 by Danika Ellis

Reading Jacqueline Koyanagi’s Ascension has been long overdue for me. This sapphic Sci-Fi with a metaphysical twist is the type of read you don’t often find in the genre. It centers on Alana, an engineer specializing in spaceship repair. She has a special connection with energy and metal, an inexplicable bond that drives her devotion.Read More

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
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Carmella reviews Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

December 20, 2019 by Danika Ellis

It felt like I was seeing the vibrant front cover of Girl, Woman, Other everywhere (or at least all over lesbian bookstagram), so when it won the Booker Prize for Fiction, I decided it was finally time to buy a copy and see what the buzz was about. The book follows twelve loosely-connected characters, eachRead More

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Mars reviews Ascension: A Tangled Axon Novel by Jaqueline Koyanagi

October 4, 2018 by Danika Ellis

Please be aware that although I’ve tried to keep it minimal, this review contains spoilers. Alana Quick is one of the best starship surgeons the non-gentrified City of Heliodor has to offer, or she would be if only someone gave her the chance to prove herself on a real starship. Unhappily trapped in the dustyRead More

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Mallory Lass reviews Sugar Town by Hazel Newlevant

September 13, 2018 by Danika Ellis

A semi-autobiographical comic about what a successful queer poly love story can look like and an offering on how one might go about navigating the complicated feelings that can accompany this journey. Hazel is our main protagonist, a cute and shy nerd who wears her heart on her sleeve. She lives in New York CityRead More

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Anna Marie reviews Women Lovers, Or the Third Woman by Natalie Clifford Barney 

January 25, 2018 by Danika Ellis

Women Lovers or the Third Woman by Natalie Clifford Barney is an intense and poetic modernist novel about three women (N, L and M) deeply devoted and in love with each other, and chronicles the transformation of their relationship. The idea of the “Third Woman” is not only a reference to one of the women inRead More

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Maddison reviews Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi

August 10, 2017 by Danika Ellis

Ascension follows Alana Quick, a sky surgeon AKA starship mechanic, who stows away on the Tangled Axon when the crew comes in search of the services of her sister, Nova. Alana has a chronic and debilitating illness that requires expensive medication and her ship repair yard barely brings enough in to cover her expenses, soRead More

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Julie Thompson reviews The Warrior, the Healer, and the Thief by Diane Jean

February 16, 2016 by Danika Ellis

The Warrior, the Healer, and the Thief (WHT) by Diane Jean is a bite-sized, action-packed adventure across the rugged terrain of the Western United States.  WHT is incredibly fun and entertaining.  It re-imagines the Oregon Trail within the lens of magical realism.  Chase, Mara, and Ari, three women with different motives, join forces against demonicRead More

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The Lesbrary is a sapphic book blog that started in 2010. It's run by Danika Ellis, and we have about a dozen reviewers from around the world recommending sapphic books in every genre. Check out the top navigation bar for more about the Lesbrary as well as options to browse by genre, age category, rating, and more.

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