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I’m looking for wlw books with a black protagonist?

First off I have to mention a great site dedicated to this, which is Sistahs on the Shelf. But also, here you go:

In MG right now, there’s just Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender and The House You Pass on the Way by Jacqueline Woodson, but there are two coming up: Meow or Never by Jazz Taylor and In the Key of Us by Mariama Lockington.

In YA, check out:

This is What it Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow

Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron 

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson (who also has another one coming next year called Rise to the Sun)

37 Things I Love (In No Particular Order) by Kekla Magoon 

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus

In Adult, please please put Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers on your TBR, or even better, preorder it: https://bookshop.org/books/honey-girl-9780778311027/9780778311027?aid=2228

But also check out:

Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole  (who also has another coming next year called How to Find a Princess)

Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn

Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn

Things Hoped For by Chencia C. Higgins

Small Town Secrets by Katrina Jackson

For Sizakele by Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene

Sugar & Ice by Brooklyn Wallace 

Tailor-Made by Yolanda Wallace

Treasure by Rebekah Weatherspoon

A Drop in the Ocean by Nikki Winter

The Winter Triangle by Nikki Woolfolk

Bliss by Fiona Zedde

Rise of the Rain Queen by Fiona Zedde

Femme Like Her by Fiona Zedde (coming in December)

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“Queer media still has a long way to come and has problems that we should talk about” and “there isn’t a lot of queer media so what we do have should be promoted and watched” are two statements that can and should coexist actually

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Books Read in 2017: Ash by Malinda Lo

“You shall not discover the truth by being blinded by faith”

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Queer Adult Fiction: 2019 January-June

Looking to catch up on all the great queer releases this year? Then check out this reclist of what’s been released in the first half of 2019 in Adult or New Adult fiction!

January/February:

Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole

Sugar Run by Mesha Maren

Willa & Hesper by Amy Feltman

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

March:

The Parting Glass by Gina Marie Guadagnino

Besotted by Melissa Duclos

Miranda in Milan by Katharine Duckett

Ancestral Night by Elizabeth Bear

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

April/May:

Lie With Me by Philippe Besson

Crossing by Pajtim Statovci

The Lady and Her Secret Lover by Jenn LeBlanc

Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Nirvana is Here by Aaron Hamburger

The Falls of Wyona by David Brendan Hopes

June:

Like This Afternoon Forever by Jaime Manrique

Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn

Flannelwood by Raymond Luczak

Paris, 7 A.M. by Liza Wieland

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall

The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite

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hi. love this blog. weird question but i once heard about a book in which two girls had to stay in a tavern and their room had two beds so one girl threw a bed out of the window so they would have to share the bed. or something like this. any chance you might know what this book is called? thanks.

YES! I actually know this one (for once!) This is Bloody Rose by Nicholas Eames.

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— the midnight lie (2020)

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i love otherbound everyone should read otherbound otherbound is a great thing.

other otherbound art !!

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crier’s war by nina varela.

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books read in 2017 ✭ of fire and stars by audrey coulthurst 

“Love should feel like the first time you gallop a horse flat out. It should make your blood sing. It should terrify you. And some part of you should recognize it the first time you meet the other person’s eyes.”

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ianthe (derogatory)

#the locked tomb

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books by authors of color → girls of paper and fire by natasha ngan

perhaps being a traitor can be a good thing if you are betraying those who deserve it.

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My Favorite Books 3/5: Huntress by Malinda Lo

“Making a decision isn’t about knowing every potential consequence. It’s about knowing what you want and choosing a path that takes you in that direction.” 

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books i read while quarantined: the midnight lie by marie rutkoski

It occurred to me that it was a special person, a gentle one, who allowed another to keep her secrets.

Or it was the sort of person who had secrets of her own.

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Amara (no last name) from Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis is bisexual.

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a bunch of crier's war sketches cause i finished rereading it two days ago

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A little catradora charm design!! I’m selling them at Wellygeddon this weekend but if I have leftovers they’ll be on my store.

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these witches dont burn is v cute