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haveyoureadthisqueerbook · 3 days ago
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slaughter-books · 10 months ago
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Day 3: JOMPBPC: Intersectional Feminism
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lakecountylibrary · 8 months ago
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Fav Books with Lesbian Characters
Oh ho ho it is Lesbian Visibility Week?? We have books for that.
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There are SO MANY good books with lesbian characters out there these days! In my day, we had to walk 15 miles in the snow uphill both ways for just a lingering look between two ladies that might be interpreted as sapphic. Now we have CHOICES. Here are just a few of my favs:
The Wayward Children Series (particularly Down Among the Sticks and Bones and Come Tumbling Down) by @seananmcguire
I'll stop reccing Wayward Children when everyone has read it. The whole series features queer characters, but Down Among the Sticks and Bones (book 2) and Come Tumbling Down (book 5), featuring horror twins Jack (lesbian mad scientist) and Jill (I won't spoil it) are particular favorites of mine. And don't be intimidated by how many books are in the series - they're novellas!
All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages edited by Saundra Mitchell
Speaking of not having time for full-length novels, how about an anthology of short stories? It's so wonderful to have story after story centering queer characters, especially for historical fiction fans. You'll find plenty of wlw rep in several iconic eras, from the 1700s to the 1950s.
The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir
Yes, yes, we've all heard the lesbian necromancers in space tagline, but a catchy tagline isn't the only reason people rave about this book. The storyline is absolutely wild, and so is the writing style - a dizzying blend of baroque gothic intensity and modern linguistic turns of phrase. And that's before you even get to whatever is going on in book 2 (second person???? How? Why??) It shouldn't work, but it does. There are murders, conspiracies, politics, duels, horrors beyond human ken, and yes, lesbians. Start with Gideon the Ninth.
The Great Cities duology by @nkjemisin
New York City is awakening into a Great City, and each of its boroughs has manifested a human avatar. There's a big cast of characters, but you'll never feel confused about who is who, or bored with one particular viewpoint. The character work in this book is phenom. There's also Lovecraftian horrors, very little romance, the best found family on the Eastern Seaboard, and a lot of love for New York. If you liked Neverwhere by @neil-gaiman, you'll like this. Start with The City We Became.
See more of Robin's recs
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koryxx · 21 days ago
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favorite books → all the things we do in the dark by saundra mitchell
“i’m obligated to say it out loud for everyone who can’t. for the ones who don’t have bulletproof stories even though we’re all equal: something evil happened, and it happened to us. we didn’t make the evil happen."
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lgbtqreads · 1 year ago
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YA eBooks on Sale for Under $4
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JOMP BPC - September 22nd - Autumn Spring Colours
some soft colours that remind me of the flowers in my garden and around my neighbourhood 💐
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transbookoftheday · 2 years ago
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Transmogrify! by g. haron davis
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Transness is as varied and colorful as magic can be. In Transmogrify!, you’ll embark on fourteen different adventures alongside unforgettable characters who embody many different genders and expressions and experiences—because magic is for everyone, and that is cause for celebration.
Featuring stories from:
AR Capetta and Cory McCarthy
g. haron davis
Mason Deaver
Jonathan Lenore Kastin
Emery Lee
Saundra Mitchell
Cam Montgomery
Ash Nouveau
Sonora Reyes
Renee Reynolds
Dove Salvatierra
Ayida Shonibar
Francesca Tacchi
Nik Traxler
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stardustandrockets · 1 year ago
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What's a book that makes you feel seen?
It's only within the last few years that I've seen myself and my experiences regarding my sexuality in books. One of those books is The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun.
Charlie's experience with discovering his demisexuality, along with his anxiety, really spoke to me. Not that I was on a dating show to rehabilitate my image or anything. I was in college trying to survive the hardest year of my degree plan. This book was the first time I'd seen demisexuality written from a discovery standpoint. Most other ace rep I'd read up til this point was about characters who already knew they were ace or their sexuality wasn't even a point of the book. Even though this is an achillean book with gay main characters, much of what Charlie goes through spoke to me. Especially when I didn't find my own queerness until I was an adult.
Since then, I've added a few more books to the list that make me feel seen: Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky and Loveless by Alice Oseman.
Remember: whether you are out or not, know you are greatly loved and my account is a safe space. 🌈 Bigots can't and won't win.
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the-final-sentence · 2 years ago
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It seemed to me that they'd have been a lot less likely to get gunned down if Bonnie had just had the sense to be Clyde.
Saundra Mitchell, from “Bonnie and Clyde”
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semper-legens · 2 years ago
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57. All Out, ed. by Saundra Mitchell
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Owned: No, library Page count: 342 My summary: A collection of stories about queer teens through the ages - from a doomed soldier in 1870s Mexico to two girls mourning Kurt Cobain, from apprentice painters sketching a naked man to forbidden love in a sixteenth century convent, from two men making merry in Nottingham to who a rollerskating girl doesn’t kiss, this book collects stories across many LGBT+ identities. My rating: 3/5 My commentary:
Of course I picked this one up. I'm a sucker for LGBT+ fiction in general, and I have a habit of reading young adult literature despite the fact that I am nearing my thirties. It drew me in with the idea of retelling fairytales and telling stories of LGBT+ youth throughout the ages, the stories having taken place at various points in the past, ranging from the 1300s to the 1990s. While overall I liked the individual stories in this collection well enough, I do have to take issue with one specific aspect of the whole, which I'll get into under the cut.
First of all, before I begin to talk about individual stories, I must first address a glaring omission. See, this book has gay characters, lesbian characters, transmasc characters...and no real transfem representation. It could be argued that one character who contains multiple personalities, the most prominent of which is female, could be transfem, but that's still a drop in the ocean compared to the other identities. It was really obvious to me throughout that transfems weren't going to get a word in, which is annoying given that 1) they are obviously also a part of this community and 2) transfems are some of the most marginalised people in this community. If the editors and collectors of this book want to make a followup, there should be more transfeminine representation.
As always with short stories, I'm only going to discuss the few that jumped out to me. And the first of those is the very first story in the collection - Roja. It's a loose reimagining of the Little Red Riding Hood story, with the wolf in question being reinterpreted as a trans soldier boy nicknamed 'la Loupe', and the Red Riding Hood figure being a young woman thought to be a witch by her community. This is both an LGBT+ retelling and a Latina retelling, given that the action has been changed to 1870s Mexico and draws on the real-life story of Leonarda Emilia. I really liked this one! The romance between the two outcasts was sweet, and Emilia's stubborn refusals to give her lover up and let him be killed was really engaging, especially as this apparently begins her life as an outlaw.
The next story I want to talk about is The Dresser and the Chambermaid, and I'm really not sure how to explain my feelings towards this one. It features the slow romance of Mary and Susanna, a newly-appointed lady's maid and a chambermaid respectively in the palace, and their clandestine meetings below stairs. While I was greatly fond of the story (another of my weird special interests is the history of domestic service) I thought it was too brief for how vast in scope it was. The girls fall in love almost instantly and have a depth of attachment to each other that I found to be somewhat unrealistic given the short timeframe. Ideally, the story would have taken place over months rather than days - though I acknowledge that this wouldn't have made it a short story.
Finally, the last story I want to talk about is And They Don’t Kiss At The End. It's a simple little tale where a teenage girl in the 1980s tries to understand her lack of feeling towards a boy that she should be in love with, but isn't. I like the story's exploration of aromanticism in a time period where the term had not yet been coined; Dee really struggles to understand what it is she's experiencing and put a name to it. As an aro/ace, I get it. It can be hard to prove a lack of something as opposed to a presence of something, especially when that thing is as nebulous as attraction, and I think this story portrays that well, as well as the complicated emotions that can arise when someone's spent their life under a heteronormative culture.
Next up, a young girl is resigned to a life of taking on other people's sins.
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books-to-add-to-your-tbr · 2 years ago
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Title: The Prom
Author: Saundra Mitchell, Bob Martin, Chad Beguelin, Matthew Sklar
Series or standalone: standalone
Publication year: 2019
Genres: fiction, LGBT+, romance, contemporary
Blurb: 17-year-old Emma Nolan wants only one thing before she graduates: to dance with her girlfriend at the senior prom...but in her small town of Edgewater, Indiana, that’s like asking for the moon. Alyssa Greene is her high school’s it girl - popular, head of the student council, and daughter of the PTA president. She also has a secret: she’s been dating Emma for the last year and a half. When word gets out that Emma plans to bring a girl as her date, it stirs a community-wide uproar that spirals out of control. Now, the PTA - led by Alyssa’s mother - is threatening to cancel the prom altogether. Enter Barry Glickman and Dee Dee Allen, two Broadway has-beens who see Emma’s story as the perfect opportunity to restore their place in the limelight...but when they arrive in Indiana to fight on Emma’s behalf, their good intentions go quickly south. Between Emma facing the fray head-on, Alyssa wavering about coming out, and Barry and Dee Dee basking in all the attention, it’s the perfect prom storm. Only when this unlikely group comes together do they realise that love is always worth fighting for.
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qualitymoonsuit · 1 year ago
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I just finished reading Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder, by Saundra Mitchell.
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slaughter-books · 1 year ago
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Day 23: JOMPBPC: Autumn Spring Colours
It's Spring here in Australia, so I took a photo of some beautiful Spring coloured books! 💚
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shorlibteens · 7 months ago
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It's Pride Month!
Check out these LGBTQ+ themed reads at your local library:
GAY & LESBIAN
Last Night at the Telegraph Club / Malinda Lo
Gwen & Art Are Not In Love / Lex Croucher
Pritty / Keith F. Miller, Jr.
The Black Flamingo / Dean Atta
We Deserve Monuments / Jas Hammonds
The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School / Sonora Reyes
BI & PAN
Imogen, Obviously / Becky Albertalli
The Luis Ortega Survival Club / Sonora Reyes
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue / Mackenzi Lee
I Wish You All the Best / Mason Deaver
Ander & Santi Were Here / Jonny Garza Villa
Forever Is Now / Mariama J. Lockington
TRANS & NONBINARY
Pet / Awaeke Emezi
Man o' War / Cory McCarthy
Self-Made Boys / Anna-Marie McLemore
The Honeys / Ryan La Sala
The Sunbearer Trials / Aiden Thomas
Dreadnought / April Daniels
AROMANTIC & ASEXUAL
Wren Martin Ruins It All / Amanda Dewitt
Loveless / Alice Oseman
Planning Perfect / Haley Neil
All Out / edited by Saundra Mitchell
Being Ace / edited by Madeline Dyer
Gender Queer: A Memoir / Maia Kobabe
QUEER & INTERSEX
None of the Above / I. W. Gregorio
Hell Followed With Us / Andrew Joseph White
Just Ash / Sol Santana
Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution / Kacen Callender
Pantomime / Laura Lam
The Heart-Break Bakery / A. R. Capetta
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sillypenguinwitch · 1 year ago
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isaac's books in heartstopper s2
episode 1:
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Tillie Walden: I Love This Part
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Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé: Ace of Spades
episode 2:
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Nina LaCour: We Are Okay
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Oscar Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest
episode 3:
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Ocean Vuong: Night Sky with Exit Wounds (the one he is carrying under his arm, I'm assuming that's his and not for the display?)
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has read: Ritch C. Savin-Williams: Bi: Bisexual, Pansexual, Fluid, and Nonbinary Youth
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Emily Henry: Book Lovers
episode 4:
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Victor Hugo: Les Misérables
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Antoine De Saint-Exupéry: The Little Prince
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Kate Chopin: The Awakening
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Nina LaCour: We Are Okay (again)
episode 5:
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Albert Camus: The Outsider
episode 6:
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Martin Handford: Where's Wally? The Great Picture Hunt
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Meredith Russo: Birthday
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Jules Verne: Around the World in Eighty Days
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Sara Pennypacker: Pax Anne Berest, Audrey Diwan, Caroline de Maigret, Sophie Mas: How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are ? ? ? Damian Dibben: The Color Storm Alice Oseman: Loveless Susan Stokes-Chapman: Pandora Katy Hessel: The Story of Art Without Men ? Evelyn Waugh: Rossetti Arthur Conan Doyle: The Hound of the Baskervilles A.O. Scott: Better Living Through Criticism ?: Then We Came to an End (?) Ruth Millington: Muse Dr. Jaqui Lewis: Fierce Love Charlotte Van Den Broek: Bold Ventures - Thirteen Tales of Architectural Tragedy ?
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Richard Siken: Crush
episode 7:
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Garrard Conley: Boy Erased
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George Matthew Johnson: All Boys Aren't Blue
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Samra Habib: We Have Always Been Here
episode 8:
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Akemi Dawn Bowman: Summer Bird Blue
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Angela Chen: Ace
bonus:
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Truham school library pride display (seen in ep. 3 and 8):
top to bottom, left to right: Angela Chen: Ace Andrew Holleran: The Kingdom of Sand Mary Jean Chan and Andrew McMillan: 100 Queer Poems Scott Stuart: My Shadow Is Pink Lotte Jeffs: My Magic Family Tucker Shaw: When You Call My Name Ritch C. Savin-Williams: Bi - Pansexual, Fluid, Nonbinary and Fluid Youth Alok Vaid-Menon: Beyond the Gender Binary George M. Johnson: All Boys Aren’t Blue Mason Deaver: I Wish You All the Best Alex Gino: George Melissa
on top of shelves (left to right): Kevin Van Whye: Nate Plus One Xixi Tian: This Place is Still Beautiful Becky Albertalli: Leah on the Offbeat Mya-Rose Craig: Birdgirl Bernardine Evaristo: Girl, Woman, Other Connie Glynn: Princess Ever After Saundra Mitchell: The Prom
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Charlie's choice at Shakespeare and Co (ep. 6): Allan Hollinghurst: The Swimming Pool Library
That's it for now.
Sorry about the ones i couldn't identify and sorry if i missed any! Might try and do some of the ones in Isaac's room later but that'll take a minute
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aro-who-reads · 10 months ago
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Anthologies including aro stories
(that I have read recently)
I know most people probably aren't going to read an anthology because it has one aro story in it (well, I would. And have done so!) But here's a little list in case any of these interest anyone generally, or people have access to them and would like to check out the aro stories.
1. Everything Under the Moon (Ed. Michael Earp). Aro story is Seeing Colour by Jes Layton.
I've already talked about this one, I think it's my favourite on the list (the story itself and the anthology as a whole). The anthology is full of queer fairytale retellings, and Seeing Colour is about a young aro person getting to know an older single person.
2. An Unexpected Party (Ed. Seth Malacari). Aro story is The Graveyard Shift by Jes Layton.
I also enjoyed this one, it's an Australian queer YA spec fic anthology with a deliberate focus on less common queer rep (lots of trans, nonbinary rep) and emerging writers. Being aro isn't really a focus of the story but it does use the phrase "alloromantic bullshit". There was another story with an ace character who might have been meant to be aro as well?
3. This is Our Rainbow (Ed. Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby). Aro story is Girl's Best Friend by Lisa Jenn Bigelow.
A queer middle grade anthology. While not explicitly an aroace story, it does explicitly talk about having a squish on someone, who the MC attempts to befriend by turning into a dog. (I also believe the author is aroace?)
4. Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder (Ed. Saundra Mitchell). Aro story is The Undeniable Price of Everything by Z Brewer.
YA queer futuristic anthology. Unfortunately I found the aro story in this one of the weaker stories in the anthology, as it was a bit confusing. I also just didn't like the anthology as much as a whole either, but that might just be because it was more romance focused and I wasn't as interested.
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