#siera rivera

[wlwfiction]

26 April is Lesbian Visibility Day, so WLWFiction is recommending books with lesbian protagonists!

* indicates the author is a lesbian

# indicates author of colour

Middle Grade

Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake 

P.S. I Miss You by Jen Petro-Roy

The Infernal Compass (Lumberjanes #1) by Lilah Sturges and Polterink *

Young Adult

Under the Lights (Daylight Falls #2) by Dahlia Adler

Stargazer / Trailblazer by Reese Alcobendas #

The Weight of the Stars (The Wicker King #2) by K. Ancrum #

This Is What It Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow #

Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust

Night Swimming by Steph Bowe #

Enchanters series by K. F. Bradshaw

Out of the Blue by Sophie Cameron *

Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Capetta

The Never Tilting World series by Rin Chupeco #

Of Fire and Stars series by Audrey Coulthurst *

The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth *

The Dark Wife by Sarah Diemer * [free online]

‘The Witch Sea’ by Sarah Diemer * [free online]

Down to the Bone by Mayra Lazara Dole *#

Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden *

The Year They Burned the Books by Nancy Garden *

Silhouette of a Sparrow by Molly Beth Griffin

The Shattering by Karen Healey

The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar #

The Last Beginning (The Next Together #2) by Lauren James

The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan #

Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour #

You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour and David Levithan #

Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno

Ash by Malinda Lo *#

Huntress by Malinda Lo *#

‘Natural Selection’ (Adaptation #1.5) by Malinda Lo *#

A Line in the Dark by Malinda Lo *#

‘Ghost Town’ by Malinda Lo *# [free online]

Dating Sarah Cooper by Siera Maley *

Girls of Paper and Fire series by Natasha Ngan #

This is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp

Points of Departure by Emily O’Beirne *

Future Leaders series by Emily O’Beirne *

‘Ghost Girl in the Corner’ (Shadowshaper Cypher #1.5) by Daniel José Older #

Lunav by Jenn Polish

Her Name in the Sky by Kelly Quindlen *

‘Horror Stories’ by Meredith Russo * [free online]

‘Meltdown’ by Meredith Russo * [free online]

Out of Salem by Hal Schrieve

‘What to Expect When the Sun Disappears’ by Sefa * [free online]

The Abyss Surrounds Us series by Emily Skrutskie

The Summer of Jordi Perez (and the Best Burger in Los Angeles) by Amy Spalding

Under Threat by Robin Stevenson

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki * and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell

Songs That Sound Like Blood by Jared Thomas #

Mermaids of Eriana Kwai series by Tiana Warner

New Adult

Harrietta Lee series by Stephanie Ahn *#

Mangoverse series by Shira Glassman

Flowers of Luna by Jennifer Linsky #

Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera *#

Learning Curves series by Ceillie Simkiss

‘Hurricane Heels’ by Isabel Yap # [free online]

Adult

Something Better than Home by Leona Beasley *#

Otros Valles by Jamie Berrout # [free online]

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg [free online]

Alice Isn’t Dead by Joseph Fink

‘Fearless’ by Shira Glassman

‘Eitan’s Chord’ by Shira Glassman

‘Knit One, Girl Two’ by Shira Glassman

The Paths of Marriage by Mala Kumar #

‘We Could Be Heroes’ by Malinda Lo *# [free online]

Falling into Place by Sheryn Munir #

‘Can You Say My Name Again’ by Nadia Nova *# [free online]

Marriage of a Thousand Lies by S. J. Sindu #

Two Moons: Stories by Krystal A. Smith *#

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon *#

Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters *

Affinity by Sarah Waters *

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters *

The Night Watch by Sarah Waters *

The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters *

[lgbtqreads]

Hello! Saw your top mlm list and was wondering if you have a similar list for wlw? Thanks!

Heh, it’s not an official list; just a question I answer when asked! My fave wlws, similarly in no particular order but with my fave adult f/f romance at the top:

Casting Lacey by Elle Spencer

Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown

Treasure by Rebekah Weatherspoon

Dating Sarah Cooper by Siera Maley

How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake

Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

Pulp by Robin Talley

The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka

Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust

The Cursed Queen by Sarah Fine

Who is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie Knecht

We Are Okay and Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour

Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera

Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst

A Line in the Dark by Malinda Lo

People Like Us by Dana Mele

Knit One, Girl Two by Shira Glassman

Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis

Far From You by Tess Sharpe

Roller Girl by Vanessa North

Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova

I’m sure I’ll come up with twenty I wish I’d said after I hit “Post” but let’s go with that for now :)

[a-wlw-reads]

Hey tumblr so I need your help! My school always had one of those “Read Across America” maps with young adult novels or romances or whatever (evidently, I’m American) but I’ve never seen anything comparable for wlw. I’ve tried to rely on my memory and on other people’s recs but I’m only (exactly) halfway through. Any suggestions to fill in these missing states? I’ve tried to avoid stories that take place across multiple locations. Or offer more options for the ones I already have, the more the merrier.

Alabama : Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flag

Alaska : Grief Map by Sarah Hahn Campbell, The Dead Go to Seattle by Vivian Faith Prescott

Arizona : Bright Lights of Summer by Lynn Ames

Arkansas : Cottonmouths by Kelly J. Ford

California : Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour, Honey Girl by Lisa Freeman, Frog Music by Emma Donoghue, The Necessary Hunger by Nina Revoyr, Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, and Lipstick Lesbians by Lillian Faderman and Stuart Timmons, Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde, The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde, Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler, Far From Home by Lorelie Brown, The Summer of Jordi Perez (And the Best Burger in Los Angeles) by Amy Spalding, You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour, Excavation by Wendy C. Ortiz, The IHOP Papers by Ali Liebegott, Soft on Soft by Em Ali, She Is Me by Cathleen Schine

Colorado : Marionette by T.B. Markinson, Sleight of Hand by Mark Henwick, Snow Falls by Gerri Hill, Sadie by Courtney Summers, Tell Me What You Like by Kate Allen

Connecticut : Pages for You by Sylvia Brownrigg, Patience & Sarah by Isabel Miller

Delaware : As I Lay Frying: A Rehoboth Beach Memoir by Fay Jacobs

Florida : Breathing Underwater by Lu Vickers, Roller Girl by Vanessa North, Down to the Bone by Mayra Lazara Dole

Georgia : Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, The Blue Place by Nicola Griffith, Taking Flight by Siera Maley, Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir by Maggie Thrash, Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli, Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake, Odd One Out by Nic Stone, The Cherokee Rose by Tiya Miles

Hawaii : Razor Wire by Lauren Gallagher, Name Me Nobody by Lois-Ann Yamanaka

Idaho : Ship It by Britta Lundin, Her Hometown Girl by Lorelie Brown, Right Out of Nowhere by Laurie Salzler, Idaho Code by Joan Opyr

Illinois : Coffee Will Make You Black by April Sinclair, How Sweet It Is by Melissa Brayden, What Matters Most by Georgia Beers, The Long Way Home by Rachel Spangler, Close to Home by Rachel Spangler, Memory Mambo by Achy Obejas, Things to Do When You’re Goth in the Country by Chavisa Woods

Indiana : Tessa Masterson Will Go to Prom by Emily Franklin and Brendan Halpin, Hoosier Daddy by Ann McMan and Salem West

Iowa : A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley, Moo by Jane Smiley, The Butches of Madison County by Ellen Orleans, Death by Discount by Mary Vermillion

Kansas : Far From Xanadu by Julie Anne Peters, My Almost Certainly Real Imaginary Jesus by Kelly Barth

Kentucky : Run by Kody Keplinger, Dress Codes for Small Towns by Courtney Stevens

Louisiana : Her Name in the Sky by Kelly Quindlen, Beauty and the Boss by Ali Vali, Rusty Logic by Robin Alexander, Spelling Mississippi by Marnie Woodrow, The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich

Maine : Style by Chelsea Cameron, Double Exposure by Chelsea Cameron, A Good Idea by Christina Moracho

Maryland : Cytherea’s Breath by Sarah Aldridge

Massachusetts : Mermaid in Chelsea Creek by Michelle Tea, Map of Ireland by Stephanie Grant, Heart of Brass by Morven Moeller, A Line in the Dark by Malinda Lo, P.S. I Miss You by Jen Petro-Roy, Hocus Pocus & The All-New Sequel by A.W. Jantha, Marriage of a Thousand Lies by AJ Sindu, Love & Other Carnivorous Plants by Florence Gonsalves, Marriage of Unconvenience by Chelsea M. Cameron, Cool for You by Eileen Myles

Michigan : The Liberators of Willow Run by Marianne K. Martin, Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow, The Cold and the Rust: Poems by Emily Van Kley, Her by Cherry Muhanji, Vanished by E.E. Cooper, Radical by E.M. Kokie

Minnesota : Sister Mischief by Laura Goode, Being Emily by Rachel Gold, My Year Zero by Rachel Gold, Bend by Nancy Hedin, Hallowed Murder by Ellen Hart

Mississippi : Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy

Missouri : Deliver Us from Evie by M.E. Kerr, Heart of the Game by Rachel Spangler, Jam on the Vine by LaShonda Katrice Barnett

Montana : The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth, Innocent Hearts by Radclyffe, Storms by Gerri Hill

Nebraska : Not Otherwise Specified by Hannah Moskowitz, Over You by Amy Reed

Nevada : Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee, Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule, Bittersweet by Nevada Barr

New Hampshire : Good Moon Rising by Nancy Garden, Snowsisters by Tom Wilinsky and Jen Sternick

New Jersey : A Cup of Water Under My Bed by Daisy Hernández

New Mexico : Beauty of the Broken by Tawni Waters, So Far From God by Ana Castillo, The Last of the Menu Girls by Denise Chávez, Like Water by Rebecca Podos

New York : Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova, Annie On My Mind by Nancy Garden, Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde, Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown, We Are Okay by Nina LaCour, Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg, Thaw by Elyse Springer, Eating Fire: My Life as a Lesbian Avenger by Kelly Cogswell, Rat Bohemia by Sarah Schulman, Tailor-Made by Yolanda Wallace, The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith, When Katie Met Cassidy by Camille Perri

North Carolina : The Ada Decades by Paula Martinac, Challah and Callaloo by La Toya Hankins

North Dakota : Prairie Silence: A Memoir by Melanie Hoffert

Ohio : Fat Angie by E.E. Charlton-Trujillo, Taking the Long Way by Lily R. Mason, The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka, Eat Your Heart Out by Dayna Ingram, Juniper Lane by Kady Morrison

Oklahoma : Tumbleweed Fever by L.J. Maas, Edited Out by Lisa Haddock

Oregon : Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera, Forgive Me If I’ve Told You This Before by Karelia Stetz-Waters, Dryland by Sara Jaffee

Pennsylvania : Fun Home by Alison Bechdel, In the Silence by Jaimie Leigh McGovern, The Summer We Got Free by Mia McKenzie

Rhode Island : The Red Tree by Caitlín R. Kiernan, Homecoming by Nell Stark, Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult

South Carolina : The House You Pass on the Way by Jacqueline Woodson, Two or Three Things I Know for Sure by Dorothy Allison, The Revolution of Little Girls by Blanche McCrary Boyd

South Dakota : Charity by Paulette Callen

Tennessee : Secret City by Julia Watts, If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo, South of Sunshine by Dana Elmendorf, Choices by Skyy, Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer by Chely Wright

Texas : Forgetting the Alamo, Or, Blood Memory by Emma Pérez, Santa Olivia by Jacqueline Carey, The Unraveling of Mercy Louis by Keija Parssinen, Gulf Breeze by Gerri Hill, Gulf Dreams by Emma Pérez, Lay Down the Law by Carsen Taite, Far From the World We Know by Harper Bliss, Spinning by Tillie Walden, Mean Deaf Little Queer by Terry Galloway, The Dime by Kathleen Kent, Uncovered: How I Left Hasidic Life and Finally Came Home by Leah Lax

Utah : Saving Alex: When I Was Fifteen I Told My Mormon Parents I Was Gay, and That’s When My Nightmare Began by Alex Cooper

Vermont : Dismantled by Jennifer McMahon

Virginia : As I Descended by Robin Talley, Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley, Jericho by Ann McMan

Washington : The Edge of Nowhere by Elizabeth George, Dreadnought and Sovereign by April Daniels, About A Girl by Sarah McCarry, Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear, The Cybernetic Tea Shop by Meredith Katz, Stuck Landing by Lauren Gallagher

Washington, D.C : Madam President by Blayne Cooper and T. Novan, Pulp by Robin Talley

West Virginia : The Winter Triangle by Nikki Woolfolk, Blue Apple Switchback by Carrie Highley, Sugar Run by Mesha Maren

Wisconsin :

Wyoming :

[alfbojorquez]

Imán desempolvado

Efecto Antabus, 8 junio, 2020

Imán desempolvado

Para José Ángel Koyoc y las que nos ayudan a ser memoriosos.

Como lo demuestra la ciencia ficción, la literatura se puede adelantar a la ciencia y la historia, como sucedió con el rescate de la figura de Santiago Imán, un personaje que estuvo oculto más de siglo y medio entre peri��dicos empolvados. Primero salió El llamado de los tunkules (2011), la novela de la galardonada Sol Ceh Moo, y después De héroes olvidados (2013), la investigación del historiador guatemalteco Arturo Taracena. Ambos libros se centran en un personaje que demuestra la complejidad de escarbar en el pasado para entender el presente.

          Santiago Savino Imán Villafaña nació en Mérida al comienzo del siglo XIX, una época de matrimonios forzados en la que los azotes, los cortes de cabello, y otros castigos eran pan de cada día. Tiempos en los que se metían grillos en las celdas de los reos para castigarlos hasta en pesadillas. Santiago aprendió maya y vivió la mayor parte de su vida en Tizimín. Armó a los huites, los mayas orientales, a quienes dirigió a la hora de vencer en la revolución liberal y luego dar una patada a las tropas invasoras de México.

           En 1840, Imán publicó unas proclamas en las que señaló que “todos somos yucatecos, todos somos hijos de una madre común, no nos despedacemos inmolándonos recíprocamente”. Con estas palabras, Imán funda un discurso de identidad inclusiva, opuesto al regionalismo excluyente de Justo Siera O’Reilly y los hacendados que poco después intentaron acabar con los indios.

          El regionalismo yucateco, ese nacionalismo chiquito, suele ser inconscientemente antimaya. La independencia de Yucatán fracasó precisamente por su racismo, por no incluir a los indios, como también lo hizo la mayoría de la literatura yucateca del siglo de Imán. El sueño de las élites locales es conformar su propio Estado, mientras que muchos indios de hoy sólo desean que los dejen en paz; recuperar la dignidad y la autonomía; ejercer un idioma, un conocimiento, y unos hábitos propios sin que los obstaculicen las instituciones como dejó claro el documental ¿Qué les pasó a las abejas? (2019) de Adriana Otero y Robin Canul.

          Taracena cuenta que poco antes de la guerra había dos tipos de campesinos: los que cultivaban henequén, que tendían a ponerse del lado de sus patrones incluso para disparar contra los de su misma raza; y los que cultivaban maíz, que solían defender la autonomía de sus tierras y cultura. Así pasa hoy con los empleados que confunden sus intereses con los de sus jefes, por un lado; por el otro, los cenoteros, apicultores y campesinos que se inclinan a defender el agua, las plantas, la comida y medicina tradicional, todos esos elementos que procuran el sostenimiento de la vida.

         Para mencionar a los yucatecos, Imán se refiere a ellos como “los descendientes de Tutulxiu y Cocom”. Decide poner el acento en la resistencia a la colonización. Esa misma tradición es la que venció a favor de la apicultura, la pelea que se libra contra cualquier monocultivo o megaproyecto. Esa que Iman subrayó es el pasado que hoy decidimos heredar activamente cada vez que vamos al mercado en vez de a una plaza, cada vez que empujamos el acento y los vocablos mayas para estropear el español.

          El discurso de Imán nos da elementos para superar el binarismo, el maniqueísmo, que nos limita a ver únicamente dos polos en la identidad: indio/blanco. Una reducción que hace siglos nos hace sentir ahorcados por una contradicción. El protagonista de la novela de Ceh Moo nos invita a aprender a vivir cómodos dentro de esa contradicción, sacar la energía que requiere el tratar de resolver la polarización e invertirla en prácticas encaminadas a un relación más cuidadosa con el pasado y el presente de nuestro contexto inmediato.

         Al aprender a vivir y hablar entre indios, trabajando la tierra, Santiago Imán llevó a cabo lo que Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui considera una “(re)indianización consciente y autoadscriptiva”. Eso que Imán hizo es lo que la filósofa aymara, para el caso andino, llama ch’ixi y sería fácil para nosotros ubicar conceptualmente como maalix, lo impuro.

         No es casual que sea una escritora maya, Sol Ceh Moo, la que actualice al precursor de un mestizaje alternativo. Como defensora de un idioma discriminado, Sol logra con la literatura lo que hasta ese punto las ciencias sociales, con todas sus herramientas de pretensiones científicas, habían sido incapaces de hacer: encontrar la raíz de un mestizaje que pone el acento en lo maya. Aunque en el área maya tenemos cierta autonomía cultural debido a que conformamos una nación propia, fracturada por distintas fronteras, nunca hemos tenido ni tendremos una raíz pura. Bebemos de muchos pozos, como todos los seres vivos. Ni los sujetos blanqueados, al rastrear los apellidos de la “gente bien”, ni los indios, con una herencia lingüística ininterrumpida, pueden jactarse de pureza racial o cultural. Por suerte siempre ha habido préstamos y traducciones. Y podemos ser activos a la hora de decidir qué prácticas y actitudes del pasado nos resultan significativas para habitar un presente más enraizado y amable.

        Si mezclamos estudios como Unwriting Maya Literature (2019) de Rita Palacios y Paul Worley con las investigaciones de Taracena nos daremos cuenta de que el lado positivo del área maya es que tiene una botánica, astronomía, literatura y matemáticas, y que parte de ese conocimiento propio al dialogar con otras cocinas, idiomas y saberes. Pero el lado negativo está en que tiende a encerrar y sofocar el aprendizaje acumulado: borra matices, polariza, castiga las mezclas, genera culpa y esconde sujetos complejos que nos ayudan a desmenuzar el presente, como Santiago Imán y su mestizaje maalix, que sin la literatura no habría pasado a la historia.

[mndstz]

Zbog NJIH vredi naučiti ŠPANSKI JEZIK (FOTO)

Učenje stranih jezika je višestruko korisno: možete dobiti bolji posao, zaraditi više novca, lakše se snaći na putovanjima, upoznati mnoge zanimljive ljude... Za neke je ovo poslednje presudno. Oni ne žele da "ostanu bez teksta" kada ih život dovede pred stranca iz snova! A vi? Da li ste spremni za takvo poznanstvo? Zamislite da naletite na zgodnog Španca, na primer. "Hola, como estas?", kaže on, a vi? Vi ne znate kako da mu odgovorite?! Upišite KURS JEZIKA, ne propuštajte dobre prilike u životu! Ako se i dalje nećkate, malo ćemo vas motivisati: predstavljamo vam:  PET ŠPANACA ZBOG KOJIH VREDI PROGOVORITI NJIHOV JEZIK:  JON KORTAHARENA REDRUELJO (Jon Kortajarena Redruello) Maneken i glumac. Rođen je 19. maja 1985. U horoskopu je Bik. Radio je modne revije i kampanje za najpoznatije brendove: "Kavali", "Versaće", "Armani", "Trusardi" "Dizel"... a 2009. je bio osmi na listi "10 najuspešnijih muških modela". Visok je 188 cm, ima kestenjastu kosu i zelene oči. Kaže da mu je omiljeni pisac Herman Hese, a roman "Sidarta". The hippie life Објава коју дели Jon Kortajarena (@kortajarenajon) дана 4. Сеп 2017. у 8:09 PDT Osim maternjeg, govori i engleski, ali ćete ga ipak lakše šarmirati ako mu se obratite na španskom. Za početak, predstavite se: "Mi nombre es..." i pružite mu ruku. ANDRES VELENKOSO SEGURA(Andrés Velencoso Segura) Maneken. Rođen je 11. marta 1978. U horoskopu je Riba. Proslavio se nakon što je snimio reklamu za "Šanel" parfem "Alure", ali i zahvaljujući kampanji za "Luj Viton" u kojoj je učestvovao zajedno sa Dženifer Lopez, 2003. godine. Izvor: YouTube Visok je 192 cm, ima braon kosu. Na levoj strani grudnog koša istetovirao je ime svoje majke. Fitting @andresvelencoso је поделио/ла објаву дана 18. Јул 2017. у 9:33 PDT Govori čak pet jezika, ali ne i srpski. On može da vam se obrati na španskom, francuskom, engleskom, italijanskom i katalonskom. A vi njemu? ORIOL ELKAĆO (Oriol Elcacho) Foto: Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images Maneken koji očarao žene širom sveta kada se pojavio u kampanji za parfem "Bulgari Akva". Rođen je 8. avgusta 1979, u horoskopu je Lav. Ima zelene oči. Nadimaka mu je - Adonis. Šta vam to govori? MARIO KASAS SIERA (Mario Casas Sierra) On je glumac zbog kojeg su mnoge tinejdžerke naučile španski, čak i u Srbiji, nakon što su odgledale film "Three Steps Above Heaven". Rođen je 12. juna 1986. U horoskopu je Rak. Kada je bio mali želeo je da postane policajac, vatrogasac ili fudbaler. KAJETANO RIVERA ORDONJEZ (Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez) On je toreador, i to iz porodice koja ima dugu tradiciju u tom "poslu". Dakle, lepi Kajetano nije imao izbora. Rođen je 13. januara 1977. U horoskopu je Jarac. Verovali ili ne, odelo za borbu dizajnirao mu je Armani lično, a njegovom dedi Pikaso! I to nije njegova jedina veza sa modom. On je i ambasador luksuznog brenda za muškarce "Loewe".  Pročitajte i ovo: Let's block ads! (Why?)

[nayariverafansite]

Naya with her family in Vegas last weekend (x)

[nickayla--rivera]

siera_rivera girl talk

[nayariverateam]

siera_rivera: girl talk

[lgbtqreads]

You know what’s awesome about capital-R Romance? (And capital-E Erotica?) You don’t need a Valentine’s date to enjoy ’em! Here’s a shopping list of some great Valentine’s Day reads all over the map in terms of length, genre, and rep, and all under five bucks — no reservations, champagne, or chocolate hearts required.

(Trans rep has been noted with a T, for those specifically looking!)

Free

Catalysts by Kris Ripper (m/m/m, contemporary)

Among the Living by Jordan Castillo Price (m/m, paranormal)

Off Campus by Amy Jo Cousins (m/m, contemporary NA)

Queerly Loving, vol. 1, ed. by G. Benson and  Astrid Ohletz (anthology)

$0.99

Caroline’s Heart by Austin Chant (m/f, T, paranormal)

Team Phison by Chace Verity (m/m, contemporary)

My Heart is Ready by Chace Verity (f/f, fantasy)

A Night at the Mall by M. Hollis (f/f, contemporary)

In Memoriam by Nathan Burgoine (m/m, contemporary)

Daybreak Rising by Kiran Oliver (f/f, fantasy)

Rulebreaker by Cathy Pegau (f/f, sci-fi)

A Special Delivery by Laura Bilo (m/m, contemporary, holiday)

Mothmen by Kaelan Rhywiol (m/m/f, paranormal BDSM)

The Cuffs, Collars, and Love series by Christa Tomlinson (m/m, price is per book)

$1.50-1.99

Sparks Fly by Llinos Catheryn Thomas (f/f, sci-fi)

Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown (f/f, contemporary YA)

Knit One, Girl Two by Shira Glassman (f/f, contemporary)

Long Macchiatos and Monsters by Alison Evans (m/nb, contemporary)

The Lawrence Browne Affair by Cat Sebastian (m/m, historical)

Deep Deception by Cathy Pegau (f/f, sci-fi)

Avi Cantor Has Six Months to Live by Sacha Lamb (m/m, T, fabulist YA)

$2.99

How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake (f/f, contemporary YA)

A Matter of Disagreement by e.e. Ottoman (m/m, steampunk, T)

Roller Girl by Vanessa North (f/f, contemporary, T)

In Her Court by Tamsen Parker (f/f, contemporary)

The Good Listener by Delilah Fisher (m/f/f, contemporary erotica short)

Dating Sarah Cooper by Siera Maley (f/f, contemporary YA)

HeartOn by Amy Jo Cousins (m/m, contemporary)

Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde (f/f, contemporary YA)

So Sweet by Rebekah Weatherspoon (m/f, contemporary)

Fleur de Nuit by Cat Montmorency (f/f, contemporary)

Chameleon Moon by RoAnna Sylver (f/f/f, SFF, T)

Take Me Home by Lorelie Brown (f/f, contemporary)

Forget Her Not by Elle Spencer (f/f, contemporary)

Shatterproof by Xen Sanders (m/m, paranormal)

Defying Convention by Cecil Wilde (m/nb, contemporary)

Been Here All Along by Sandy Hall (m/m, contemporary YA)

Lipstick Stain by Cheyenne King (f/f, contemporary erotica short)

Cloaked in Shadow by Ben Alderson (m/m, fantasy YA)

No Rulebook For Love by Laura Bailo (m/m, T, contemporary)

$3.99

Of All the Girls by Michele L. Rivera (f/f, contemporary)

The Doctor’s Discretion by e.e. Ottoman (m/m,  historical, T)

Start Here: Short Stories of First Encounters ed. by Ronald S. Lim and Brigitte Bautista (anthology)

Coffee Boy by Austin Chant (m/m, T, contemporary NA)

Out on Good Behavior by Dahlia Adler (f/f, contemporary NA)

True Letters From a Fictional Life by Kenneth Logan (m/m, contemporary YA)

Secret Heart by Danielle Dreger (f/f, contemporary YA)

Think of England by K.J. Charles (m/m, historical)

Villains Don’t Date Heroes by Mia Archer (f/f, sci-fi)

Seduction on the Slopes by Tamsen Parker (m/m, contemporary)

Fire on the Ice by Tamsen Parker (f/f, contemporary)

Daring Fate by Megan Erickson (m/m, paranormal)

Keeping Her Secret by Sarah Nicolas (f/f, contemporary YA)

How to Repair a Mechanical Heart by JC Lillis (m/m, contemporary YA/NA)

A&B by JC Lillis (f/f, contemporary YA/NA)

Just Business by Anna Zabo (m/m, contemporary)

The Final Rose by Eliza Lentzki (f/f, contemporary)

Overexposed by Megan Erickson (m/m, contemporary NA)

Wild by Hannah Moskowitz (m/f, contemporary YA)

3 by Hannah Moskowitz (f/m/f, contemporary YA)

$4.49-$4.61

The Gravity Between Us by Kristen Zimmer (f/f, contemporary NA)

Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler (f/f, contemporary YA)

Spy Stuff by Matthew J. Metzger (m/m, contemporary YA, T)

What it Looks Like by Matthew J. Metzger (m/m, contemporary, T)

$4.99

Style by Chelsea Cameron (f/f, contemporary YA)

Chord by Chelsea Cameron (f/f, contemporary NA)

Cinder Ella by S.T. Lynn (f/f, fantasy, T)

Strong Signal, Fast Connection, Hard Wired, and Mature Content by Megan Erickson and Santino Hassell (m/m, contemporary)

The Butch and the Beautiful by Kris Ripper (f/f, contemporary)

The Queer and the Restless by Kris Ripper (m/f, contemporary, T)

Heart of the Steal by Avon Gale and Roan Parrish (m/m, contemporary)

Treasure by Rebekah Weatherspoon (f/f, contemporary NA)

Outside the Lines by Anna Zabo (m/m/f, contemporary)

The Love Song of Sawyer Bell by Avon Gale (f/f, contemporary)

Hold Me by Courtney Milan (m/f, contemporary NA, T)

Illegal Contact and Down By Contact by Santino Hassell (m/m, contemporary)

Rum Spring by Yolanda Wallace (f/f, contemporary)

Queerly Loving: Volume One ed. by G. Benson and Astrid Ohletz (anthology)

Bearly a Lady by Cassandra Khaw (f/f, paranormal)

Takeover by Anna Zabo (m/m, contemporary)

Documenting Light by e.e. Ottoman (m/nb, contemporary)

Casting Lacey by Elle Spencer (f/f, contemporary)

Far From Home by Lorelie Brown (f/f, contemporary)

An Unstill Life by Kate Larkindale (f/f, YA contemporary)

Hamilton’s Battalion: A Trio of Romances by Courtney Milan, Alyssa Cole, and Rose Lerner (has f/f and m/m stories, historical)

The Violet Hill series by Chelsea Cameron (3 f/f stories)

Valentine’s Day Reads for Under $5! You know what's awesome about capital-R Romance? (And capital-E Erotica?) You don't need a Valentine's date to enjoy 'em!

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hey! i asked this a while ago already but im gonna go again in the hopes that there have been any cool new releases... sci fi/fantasy with a main f/f pairing? (i have already read boooks like not your sidekick, tha abyss surrounds us, the long way to a small angry planet, ash, huntress and im gonna get of fire and stars now) your recs are amazing btw! thank you soo much <3

<3 Not sure what’s newer than your Ask (except Winterglass by Benjanun Sriduangkaew, which just came out this month so I imagine must be) but if you haven’t read Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust, Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova, The Cursed Queen by Sarah Fine, The Noble of Sperath by Siera Mailey, Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis, Sound by Alexandra Duncan, The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow, Deep Deception by Cathy Pegau, The Second Mango by Shira Glassman, and/or The Tiger’s Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera, there are lots of options in there! I’m also not 100% sure about the relationship situation in Barbary Station by R.E. Stearns but I do know it’s Sapphic sci-fi, as is Legion of Stars by Kameron Hurley!

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Naya at her brother's engagement celebration (x)

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Naya and Ryan at Mychal's wedding and engagement celebration (x)