When the graphic novel Skim opens, its lesbian teen protagonist, Kimberly Keiko Cameron (aka Skim), has just broken her arm on her mother’s candelabra that she was using for her Wicca altar. The broken arm isn’t really an issue except when Skim tries to photograph her cast with her left hand or writing her name.Read More
Casey reviews Dare, Truth or Promise by Paula Boock
I read New Zealand author Paula Boock’s young adult lesbian novel Dare Truth or Promise (1997) in one day, practically in one sitting. I have a soft spot for queer YA anyway, but I really loved this book for its sweet, simple style. Boock writes in a very straight-forward, deceptively plain way that is reminiscentRead More
Anna K. reviews Elissa Janine Hoole’s Kiss the Morning Star
In Elissa Janine Hoole’s Kiss the Morning Star, Anna takes a roadtrip with her best-friend-for-years, Kat, to find proof of God’s love. It’s a few weeks before Anna’s 18th birthday, and a few months after her mom died in a house fire and her pastor father stopped preaching, and speaking altogether. A lesbian, Young Adult, coming-of-ageRead More
Laura Mandanas reviews Ash by Malinda Lo
The first chapter of Ash by Malinda Lo stopped me in my tracks. Lo’s writing here is not the type that should be read hurriedly — speed reading here would be like sprinting through the Taj Mahal, blindfolded, and calling it sightseeing. Such a waste! No, readers will do best to advance slowly. Pause. Ponder.Read More
allis reviews Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters
Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters In Keeping You a Secret, a high school student, Holland, who always had everything planned for her, is suddenly awakening to her own life and start seeing everything falling apart as she falls in love with Cece and has to make a choice between following expectations orRead More
Laura Mandanas reviews “4 Stories, 4 Stories Up” by Sara Elizabeth
“4 Stories Down, 4 Stories Up” by Sara Elizabeth is a series of vignettes following the budding romance between two high school girls. Barely five pages long, it is brief, lovely, and tantalizingly well written. As the story follows the ups and downs of the couple’s relationship, the first person writing is straightforward and theRead More
Guest Lesbrarian Shanna
This is a new author who has written a beautiful take on the Cinderella story, with a twist. Ash’s mother is dead, and, following in the tradition of almost all Disney movies, epic poems, and fairy tales, her father dies soon after. She’s left at the mercy of her stepmother, forced to clean and lookRead More
Indie Lit Awards, GLBTQ
I was lucky enough to be one of the judges for this year’s ILA GLBTQ section. Before we select the winner, I’d like to post some of my thoughts on the lesbian entry. [Cover redacted due to cutting scars that might be triggering] Scars is actually the only nominee with a lesbian protagonist. But that’sRead More
Joint Review with Rie: Down to the Bone by Mayra Lazara Dole
Rie of Friend of Dorothy Wilde was kind enough to read Down to the Bone by Mayra Lazara Dole with me, and then we discussed it together. I tried to mark the spoilers (ones just marked “spoilers” are just for Down to the Bone, and spoilers for other books are indicated) so that you haveRead More
Lesbrary Sneak Peek
Wow, I can’t believe I haven’t posted in a month. School took over my life. It should be much less hectic very, very soon, but for now I’ll post something that’s been in my queue for a while. Crush by Jane Futcher is a book that’s somehow been classed as a Classic Lesbian Book inRead More