#queer book club

[bethelctpride]

December Book club: I MEANT TO FINISH IT!

Our flashback at the end of the year to all eleven books that you meant to finish and didn't quite get done in time for the monthly! Join the book club discussion channel on Bethel Pride's Discord the last week of the year to take another go at these 11 books!

NONFICTION:

Ace & Proud- anthology of essays on asexuality & AVEN

The Pink Triangle: the Nazi War Against Homosexuals- history. this is an older book but has many first hand accounts that appeared for the first time in English here

Queer Heroes of Myth and Legend- a roundup of classic myths and more contemporary mythmaking

The Queer Games Avant-Garde: How LGBTQ Game Makers Are Reimagining the Medium of Video Games- on the art and aesthetic of games and why GAMES at all

Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest to Track Down the Last Remaining Lesbian Bars in America- part travelogue, part biography

FICTION

When the Angels Left the Old Country-Historical. and angel & demon leave the shtetl to find why no one has heard from emmigrants from the village who went to New York

Amatka- scifi. a space colony relies on rigid categories and labelling to keep from falling apart. but what happens when you find you were put in the wrong category?

Like a Love Story- Reza, an Iranian boy, grapples with his homosexuality amid the AIDS crisis in New York City. also covers ActUp's action during that time

Brooms- graphic novel. alternate America in the Depression where only some people are allowed to have magic. Featuring illegal broom racing.

Queer Little Nightmares: an anthology of Monstrous Fiction and Poetry

The Prince & the Coyote- historical fiction about Nezahualcoyotl, precoumbian Mexico's greatest poet. featuring new translations of their work

If you are having trouble finding these titles, our partner Rainy Day Paperback has them all on their website or in person at 81 Greenwood Ave. Bethel CT.

[thatmexisaurusrex]

Prompt: Tommy invites a very excited baby bi Buck to his queer book club. 🌈

send me headcanons and microfic prompts

Queer Book Club

Tommy had known Evan was a reader.

There were piles of books littered around Evan's loft. Recently published books with spines newly cracked; old, tattered books the size of a hand, made to fit in a large pocket with their covers falling off and their glue barely holding the pages together; books from take a book, leave a book little libraries at national parks and novels from a book fair that happened recently over on a college campus nearby; books owned by Evan and books Evan always returned early to the local library.

Tommy had an inkling that Evan might enjoy the queer book club he was part of with Karen, Hen, and Josh, especially since Evan had spoken of an affinity for novels made by the Bronte Sisters and Austen. His eyes seemed to light up when Tommy explained that their next meeting would be about two adaptations: Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa and Escaping Mr. Rochester by L.L. McKinney.

"I hope I'm prepared enough," Evan had nervously whispered when he got into Tommy's car.

At the next red light, Tommy glanced over and could see Evan fidgeting and flipping through the pages. There were color-coded highlights and notes in every single margin; about themes, motifs, symbolism, the expansion of the idea of the original through this new lens of the story.

Tommy could tell Evan that this was mostly an excuse to read queer romances and drink craft beer together with some friends.

But Tommy didn't have the heart for that.

"You're impossibly prepared," Tommy almost gushed - okay, maybe completely gushed, smiling at his boyfriend.

The most adorable dork in the world.

"You think so?" asked Evan, relaxing a bit.

Tommy leaned over and gave Evan a quick kiss before the light turned green.

"Oh, I know so," said Tommy, making it his mission to listen to Evan's entire infodump about each novel tonight.

Because he adored it when his boyfriend was this excited about something.

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

118 Queer Books of 2024 You Need on Your Shelves

Click the link above to start adding more queer books to your shelves!

[lavendershowcase]

October's Read: Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang. Join us Sunday, October 20th to discuss this horror novel!

Our narrator produces a sound from the piano no one else at the Conservatory can. She employs a technique she learned from her parents—also talented musicians—who fled China in the wake of the Cultural Revolution. But when an accident leaves her parents debilitated, she abandons her future for a job at a high-end beauty and wellness store in New York City. Holistik is known for its remarkable products and procedures—from remoras that suck out cheap Botox to eyelash extensions made of spider silk—and her new job affords her entry into a world of privilege and gives her a long-awaited sense of belonging. She becomes transfixed by Helen, the niece of Holistik’s charismatic owner, and the two strike up a friendship that hazily veers into more. All the while, our narrator is plied with products that slim her thighs, smooth her skin, and lighten her hair. But beneath these creams and tinctures lies something sinister.

You can view any potential content warnings (and other info) on Storygraph!

The Lavender Book Club is a chill, queer, online book club run through text chat on Discord and through this blog. If you’re interested in joining the server, the link is here. Follow this blog for updates on the club and our other activities!

[hiddenbookcasepodcast]

It’s Disability Pride Month, and we’re chatting Hannah Kaner’s Godkiller with @IndiaReadsALot! Let’s talk mother-daughter dynamics, middle child syndrome, and murderous women 🦌🔥⚔️

Listen now on Spotify or find us wherever you get your podcasts.

Transcripts available on our website. Closed captions available on our YouTube.

[b-a-pigeon]

Interest check: would any of you all participate in an online queer SFF book club??

Fell & I have discussed this as an option for our (inactive & mostly empty) Discord server that we made for readers/patrons and I will actually start organizing if we get any interest!! Interact with this post or I guess just join the server now & I'll make it happen if enough people seem down :)

[godzilla-reads]

Last minute “I want to go to that book club so I gotta speed-read the book in a week” moment.

I figured that if I read 30-pages a day, then I’ll be able to finish this book by the time the Queer Book Club meets in November. Fingers crossed that I don’t get sidetracked 🤞

📖 Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal & Sovereignty in Native America by Gregory D. Smithers

[biggayenergypod]

A sneak peek of yesterday's interview with Meryl Wilsner! Want to hear more? Check out the links below to watch on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts 💜

[mogai-sunflowers]

im currently reading a wonderful book about this history of gender across cultures! I highly recommend it if you’re looking to broaden/intersectionalize your mindsets! https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/before-we-were-trans-dr-kit-heyam-phd/1140863854?ean=9781541603080

@makingqueerhistory @wearequeer-andwearehere @queerasfact

[lgbtqiamediaclub]

Happy Pride Month everyone! This month for the Queer Book Club we are reading Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell! It’s not too late to join us on discord here 

[rainydaypaperback]

Jake Livingston is one of the only Black kids at St. Clair Prep, one of the others being his infinitely more popular older brother. It's hard enough fitting in but to make matters worse and definitely more complicated, Jake can see the dead. In fact he sees the dead around him all the time.

Most are harmless. Stuck in their death loops as they relive their deaths over and over again, they don't interact often with people. But then Jake meets Sawyer. A troubled teen who shot and killed six kids at a local high school last year before taking his own life. Now a powerful, vengeful ghost, he has plans for his afterlife–plans that include Jake.

Suddenly, everything Jake knows about ghosts and the rules to life itself go out the window as Sawyer begins haunting him and bodies turn up in his neighborhood. High school soon becomes a survival game–one Jake is not sure he's going to win.

Text based bookclub via Bethel CT. Pride's Discord.

[bethelctpride]

Brooms by Jasmine Walls

Mississippi, 1930s. Magic simmering beneath the surface, kept in check by unjust laws and societal expectations. But for six extraordinary women, the roar of enchanted engines and the thrill of the forbidden broom race offer a chance to rewrite their destinies.

Meet Billie Mae, captain of the Night Storms racing team, and Loretta, her best friend and second-in-command. They're determined to make enough money to move out west to a state that allows Black folks to legally use magic and take part in national races.

Cheng-Kwan – doing her best to handle the delicate and dangerous double act of being the perfect "son" to her parents, and being true to herself while racing.

Mattie and Emma -- Choctaw and Black -- the youngest of the group and trying to dodge government officials who want to send them and their newly-surfaced powers away to boarding school.

And Luella, in love with Billie Mae. Her powers were sealed away years ago after she fought back against the government. She'll do anything to prevent the same fate for her cousins.

"Brooms" is a heart-pounding graphic novel soaring with magic, friendship, and rebellion. It's a Fast and the Furious with broomsticks instead of cars, a historical spotlight on struggles silenced by time, and a celebration of the indomitable spirit that dares to defy the odds. Buckle up, witches and dreamers, for this ride is about to take flight.

Drop into Discord anytime during the two days of book club and discuss it via text chat.

[gaybookcoven]

Kaylene and Claire discuss The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

*Our next book will be The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar

Kiran Millwood Hargrave on the real women of the Vardø witch trials

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[battyaboutbooksreviews]

💙💜💖 Bi Books Coming Out February 2024

💖💜💙 Do you know what we could always use a little more of? Bi books! Here are a few coming out in February that would make fabulous additions to your never-ending TBR! Happy reading!

💖 In Plain Sight by Siobhan Muir 💜 Big Date Energy by Bethany Rutter 💙 Wine Ghost Goes to Hell by Sage Coffey 💖 Disciples of Chaos by M.K. Lobb 💜 Who We Are in Real Life by Victoria Koops 💙 Rupture in Total Eclipse by Sem Thornwood 💖 King Cheer by Molly Horton Booth, Stephanie Kate Strohm, Jamie Green 💜 Master and Favorite by Rachel Cherry 💙 Hannah Tate, Beyond Repair by Laura Piper Lee 💖 A Vicious Game by Melissa Blair 💜 It's Ours to Write by Blanche Maze 💙 Projections by S.E. Porter 💖 The Girl, the Ring, & the Baseball Bat by Camille Gomera-Tavarez 💜 Witch Boyfriend Wanted by Colette Rivera 💙 Tune Me Up by Renée Dahlia 💖 Cloti's Song by Dani Finn 💜 Prove It by Stephanie Hoyt 💙 Mewing by Chloe Spencer 💖 Snowed In With Summer by Tiana Warner 💜 Green Dot by Madeline Gray 💙 Falling For You by Mariah Ankenman 💖 Breaks by Emma Vieceli, Malin Rydén 💜 Signals by Nika 💙 Mortgage of Convenience by Dani McLean 💖 Sunbringer by Hannah Kaner 💜 The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett 💙 An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson 💖 Truthfully, Yours by Caden Armstrong 💜 The Absinthe Underground by Jamie Pacton 💙 The Friendship Study by Ruby Barrett 💖 Daniel, Deconstructed by James Ramos 💜 Letters to Her Love by Katherine Grant 💙 We Got the Beat by Jenna Miller 💖 Fathomfolk by Eliza Chan 💜 You Had Me at Merlot by Melissa Brayden 💙 Redsight by Meredith Mooring

[lavendershowcase]

December's Read for Lavender Book Club: Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun

No graphic this time bc of bad internet connection rip

One year ago, recent Portland transplant Ellie Oliver had her dream job in animation and a Christmas Eve meet-cute with a woman at a bookstore that led her to fall in love over the course of a single night. But after a betrayal the next morning and the loss of her job soon after, she finds herself adrift, alone, and desperate for money. Finding work at a local coffee shop, she’s just getting through the days—until Andrew, the shop’s landlord, proposes a shocking, drunken plan: a marriage of convenience that will give him his recent inheritance and alleviate Ellie’s financial woes and isolation. They make a plan to spend the holidays together at his family cabin to keep up the ruse. But when Andrew introduces his new fiancée to his sister, Ellie is shocked to discover it’s Jack—the mysterious woman she fell for over the course of one magical Christmas Eve the year before. Now, Ellie must choose between the safety of a fake relationship and the risk of something real.

We will meet Sunday, December 15th.

You can view any potential content warnings (and other info) on Storygraph!

The Lavender Book Club is a chill, queer, online book club run through text chat on Discord and through this blog. If you’re interested in joining the server, the link is here. Follow this blog for updates on the club and our other activities!