Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! In Wash Day Diaries, readers follow a group of four young Black women from the Bronx, getting a glimpse of their daily lives through their hair care routine and wash day experiences. Presented as five interconnected short story comics, we get to meet Kim, whoRead More
A Manga About Love of All Kinds: Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon by Shio Usui
Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! Last month, I raved about She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat by Sakaomi Yuzaki. It was a pretty solid guess that I would also enjoy Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon by Shio Usui, as they’re both slice-of-life manga about adult women who fall in loveRead More
A Slice-of-Life Manga Good Enough to Eat: She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat by Sakaomi Yuzaki
Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! When I was younger, I wasn’t aware of many f/f manga about adults, so I’m glad to be able to enjoy series like She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat by Sakaomi Yuzaki. After reading the first three volumes of this ongoing series, I’mRead More
Manga-Curious: 5 Yuri Manga for First-Time Readers
For the longest time, I found manga intimidating, especially with the stereotype of manga being either sex fantasies for men or action-packed sagas. However, once I got past that initial fear (thanks to a coworker who helped me find some calmer titles to start off with), I found that manga, just like most formats, isRead More
Sapphic Slice of Life in Pastels: Rainbow! Vol. 1 by Sunny & Gloom
Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! Boo is a high schooler who likes cute outfits, daydreaming, and also the new girl at school (maybe). New girl Mimi—with her wild mint-colored mane, low tolerance for sleazy douchebags, and modern-day chivalry —seems like the perfect “prince” to give Boo the whirlwind high-schoolRead More
A Tender Foodie F/F Manga: She Loves to Cook, She Loves to Eat by Sakaomi Yuzaki
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link They say the quickest way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, but in Sakaomi Yuzaki’s latest manga, that proves just as true for women. She Loves to Cook, She Loves to Eat is a lovely, heartwarming story about two neighbors who bond over a shared love ofRead More
Susan reviews Eve and Eve by Nagashiro Rouge
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link I believe the entire summary I gave of Eve and Eve on GoodReads was “This is the level of weird horniness I usually find in m/m manga and I almost respect it for that.” The actual summary is that Eve and Eve is Nagashiro Rouge’s single-creator anthology ofRead More
Sash S reviews Second Wind by Ceillie Simkiss
No matter how old you are, there’s always a chance for romance. Second Wind follows Martha Appleby and Pamela Thornton, women in their seventies who reconnect on a flight to Glasgow following the death of Martha’s husband. During their trip, the two women begin to rekindle their childhood bond, support each other through difficult transitions andRead More
Marthese reviews Kase-san and Morning Glories by Hiromi Takashima
Don’t you just love when you discover new queer lit (especially mangas which are so rare!) thanks to a public library? Kase-san and Morning Glories manga is about Yamada (despite the name) who develops a crush on Kase-san, a tomboyish track athlete from next class. Yamada is at times reminded that Kase is also aRead More
Susan reviews Sweet Blue Flowers by Takako Shimura
Sweet Blue Flowers Volume 1 is the latest series from Takako Shimura, the creator of the excellent Wandering Son. Sweet Blue Flowers follows Fumi and Akira, former childhood friends who are reunited when Akira rescues them from gropers on the train to high school, as the girls have to reckon with their own romantic entanglementsRead More