Rachel reviews Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Rachel reviews Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
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 for you. Having read many of her books…
Maggie reviews The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry by C.M. Waggoner
Maggie reviews The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry by C.M. Waggoner
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link I have been so excited by all the f/f fantasy coming out lately, and The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry is an excellent addition to the genre. It’s a fast-paced adventure story laced with a sweet romance, set in a sort of Victorian-inspired society with the addition of magic, trolls, and other fantastical elements. Dellaria Wells is a fire…
Rachel reviews The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
Rachel reviews The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
Emma Donoghue’s newest novel, The Pull of the Stars (Harper Avenue 2020), is perhaps one of her most compelling historical fictions to date. A fast-paced, stunning novel, I was unable to put down The Pull of the Stars until the early hours of the morning. It drew me into its world in a way that was so riveting and unexpected. I highly recommend this novel. Shockingly serendipitous, The Pull of…
Danika reviews Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi
Danika reviews Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi
This was such an impressive book that I have been intimidated to write about it! It was longlisted for the Giller Prize, and it was on Canada Reads! (If you’re not Canadian: this is a big deal.) Trigger warnings for suicide and suicide ideation, miscarriage and child death, as well as rape and child sexual abuse, both for the book and this review. This is a book about three Nigerian women:…
Danika reviews Space Battle Lunchtime Volume 3 by Natalie Riess
Danika reviews Space Battle Lunchtime Volume 3 by Natalie Riess
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link I adored the first two volumes of Space Battle Lunchtime. It’s an all-ages graphic novel of a cooking competition(!) in space(!!) with a cute F/F romance (!!!) What more could you want? The first two volumes felt like two halves of a whole story. It finished with a happily ever after that made me sigh contentedly when I closed it. I wanted more,…
Carolina reviews One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston [Out June 1, 2021]
Carolina reviews One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston [Out June 1, 2021]
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Casey McQuiston’s first novel, Red, White and Royal Blue, changed the new adult literary romance genre with its compelling love story of the prince of England and First Son, cementing queer stories’ places on bestseller lists, bookstore shelves and the general public’s hearts. Their follow up, One Last Stop, lives up to all the hype surrounding…
Shannon reviews The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe
Shannon reviews The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link I’ve been a thriller fan for years, but I’ve always felt a little let down by the lack of queer representation in the genre. In recent years, things do seem to have gotten a bit better in this regard, but fast-paced, hard-hitting thrillers with female protagonists who aren’t straight still feel more uncommon than I’d like. So, I’m sure you can…
Rachel reviews The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
Rachel reviews The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Since reading Alix E. Harrow’s The Ten Thousand Doors of January last summer, I have been anxiously awaiting the publication of The Once and Future Witches. I finally got to read it over the holidays at the end of last year, and it did not disappoint! Set in an alternate history, Harrow’s novel begins in the 1890s, in a city called New Salem,…
I don’t know about any of you, but reading has proven a bit tricky for me during the pandemic. I kind of flit from book to book, hoping to settle on something that will be the perfect escape from what’s going on in the real world, and no one was more surprised than me to find that escape in a zombie novel. Many of my friends are turning to romance and cozy mysteries, and I’m glad those things…
I’m not much of a nonfiction reader, but the synopsis of Half Broke, a memoir written by Ginger Gaffney, peeked my interest. It’s not a story about being a lesbian. Rather, it’s a heart-warming story about a woman who loves horses and how she uses that love to change the lives of a group of convicted felons. Ginger is a lesbian, and although her sexuality doesn’t play a huge part in the overall…
