#Shira Glassman

[lgbtqreads]

Fave Five: Adult Queer Jewish Romance

The Intimacy Experiment by Rosie Danan (bi m/f) Unwritten Rules by KD Casey (m/m) Knit One, Girl Two by Shira Glassman (f/f) A Shot in the Dark by Victoria Lee (trans m/pan f) Season of Love by Helena Greer (f/f) Bonus: For an entire series dedicated to Sapphic romances set during Jewish holidays, check out Roz Alexander’s Hot for the Holidays series

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#A Shot in the Dark #Contemporary Romance #Helena Greer #Hot for the Holidays #Jewish #Judaism #KD Casey #Knit One Girl Two #Rosie Danan #Season of Love #Shira Glassman #The Intimacy Experiment #Unwritten Rules #Victoria Lee

[ruffboijuliaburnsides]

Anyone I know and/or love: Oh no, I've come back to my fantasy comfort reading and realized the author was actually being racist/antisemitic/queerphobic/fatphobic/ableist 😭 This isn't comforting anymore.

Me, sliding into their DMs: Have you heard the good news about @shiraglassman's Mangoverse books? :3

... Srsly tho y'all read the Mangoverse books they're so so good.

#mangoverse #shira glassman #book recs

[bisexualbaker]

[ID in alt text]

I thought I might have a little fun drawing my Pokémon + Mangoverse headcanons ✌

Here’s then-Princess Shulamit at around age ten, give or take a couple of years, and the Bounsweet she befriended. Due in part to her own experiences with being misunderstood, Shulamit was the first one to figure out that Bounsweet was bouncing around because it was distressed rather than out of joy or excitement. She helped the Bounsweet fix what was distressing it, and they’ve been inseparable ever since. Shulamit might be reading about the care of mangosteen plants, which Bounsweet is closely related to.

It took me a few tries to get this pose right, but I think it turned out well!

Anyway, I highly recommend the Mangoverse series for anyone who hasn’t tried it yet; it’s cozy and delightful!

#pokemon #bounsweet #mangoverse #shira glassman #glassbooks #crossover #lineart #mangosteen

[superb-fairywren]

Two miniature dire-cats safe-guarding one of the best books I have read this year - thanks @travisbaldree 😊

Also if you did enjoy Legends & Lattes I would highly recommend the Mangoverse by @shiraglassman!!!

#catch me on the street corner handing out sample pamphlets of these #i just want fun and novel things to happen without truly dire consequences sometimes #travis baldree #shira glassman #legends & lattes #mangoverse #cozy fantasy

[sohypothetically]

May I have a brief fangirl moment?

Give a girl a second over here, cuz I don’t think I’ve ever given a shout out.

You see, I want to thank someone for giving me the gift of words. 

A long, long time ago, I wrote a thing. It’s called Girls Night Out (on Fanfic.net and Archiveofourown.) And I hit a certain outtake. Chapter 38. And it kicked my ass. Hard. Like for awhile. I just couldn’t write it. 

And then I went to a conference and took a class with @shiraglassman, who taught us a little bit about how to write a sex scene. And that class, ya’ll. THAT CLASS. This was maybe 2013? That class  taught me SO MUCH. 

Read her. Follow her. Seriously. I don’t care what you like to read or write, whatever she’s got to say, listen to how she’s saying it. She’s a lady who understands that you have to listen to your characters and they’ll tell you how to handle things in their own words when you get stuck. She had a bunch of other, awesome advice, but this advice -- listen -- has stuck with me.

After I got back, I finished that chapter. I don’t know that I ever sent it to her -- I was too embarrassed because it was fanfic and...well, a lot of other reasons. But it was a great scene that I GOT THROUGH because of her.

She’s awesome. And if I never, ever say thank you, it will bother me forever.

#shira glassman #the queen #how to write a sex scene #magic #GNO #GNO38

[demisexualnathanvuornos]

Canon AroAces 209/?: Gershom in Shira Glassman's Mangoverse 3: A Harvest of Ripe Figs (2016)

#gershom (mangoverse) #mangoverse #shira glassman #nocticola art #canon aspec list #asexual #aromantic

[dragonatthedinnertable]

Book Review: Knit One, Girl Two

—by Shira Glassman

This is a short story about Jewish lesbians, and it is adorable. Both of them are artists: one dyes yarn for people, and one paints.

There’s really not a lot to this, since it’s so short (easily the shortest story I’ve reviewed this year). But it’s quite beautiful, the way these two woman find & inspire each other. I definitely plan to read more of Glassman’s works (I have a bunch on my Kindle, but I’ve got a massive 800-page novel to get through, this was just a rest stop through that).

#Nina Reviews #Knit One Girl Two #Shira Glassman #book review

[zonetrente-trois]

Small-batch independent yarn dyer Clara Ziegler is eager to brainstorm new color combinations--if only she could come up with ideas she likes as much as last time! When she sees Danielle Solomon's paintings of Florida wildlife by chance at a neighborhood gallery, she finds her source of inspiration. Outspoken, passionate, and complicated, Danielle herself soon proves even more captivating than her artwork.

#Knit One Girl Two and other storiers #Shira Glassman #Grab the Lapels #contemporary romance

[doyouknowthisjewishcharacter]

Do you know this Jewish character?

#jumblr #jewish characters #mangoverse #Queen shulamit #jewish story premise #I need to read these books #I should do all the characters from this actually #expect more Mangoverse and falsettos characters lol #the author shira glassman is here on tumblr if you want to learn more!

[our-arospec-experience]

Aromanticism in Media

Literature:

Willbourn Lisa - Parahumans by John C. McCrae

Nevian and Cal - The White Renegade by Claudie Arseneualt

Rivka - A Harvest of Ripe Figs by Shira Glassman

Georgia, Jess, and Ellis - Loveless by Alice Oseman

Gwen Vere (allosexual and aromantic) - An Accident of Stars by Foz Meadows

Arèn - A Broken Promise by Lynn E. O'connacht

Wasp - Archivist Wasp / Latchkey by Nicole Kornher-Stace

Claire/Claude, Denise Jalbert, Emmanuelle, Livia, and Yuri - Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault

Television:

Alastor - Hazbin Hotel

Peridot - Steven Universe[23]

Caduceus Clay - Critical Role

Lilith Clawthorne- The Owl House

Monkey D.Luffy - One Piece

Senku Ishigami - Dr.Stone

Edward Elric - Fullmetal Alchemist/Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood

Saiki K - The Disastrous Life of Saiki K

(https://lgbtqia.fandom.com/wiki/Aromantic#History)

#aromantic representation #our aromantic representation #our aromantic experience #aromantic #aro #you can add to the list if you'd like to

[the-forest-library]

23 in 2023

And, we're done! My favorite of this list was, by far, The Thief. Absolutely loved tearing through that series earlier this year. If you haven't tried it yet, please give it a chance. So smart and nuanced.

The Thief by Megan Whelan Turner

Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier

Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

Persuasion by Jane Austen 

Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett

Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett

Charmed Life (Chrestomanci 1) by Diana Wynne Jones

The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson

The Study of Poisons - Maria V. Snyder

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert 

Illuminations by T. Kingfisher

She Hulk: Jen, Again by Rainbow Rowell

Hawkeye, Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon by Matt Fraction

Knit One, Girl Two by Shira Glassman

Tears Waiting to be Diamonds by Sarah Rees Brennan

The Mysteries of Thorn Manner by Margaret Rogerson

The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by KJ Charles

Happy Place by Emily Henry

Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby

Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall (DNF - this one just wasn't for me)

#i use this challenge mostly for physical reads #i think only three of these were audiobooks #time to start thinking about next year's list #23 in 2023 #books

[lgbtqreads]

I was wondering if you have any sapphic or queer books about superheroes or villains. I finished reading Super Adjacent by Cestari Crystal which got me into queer superhero’s.

Absolutely! Julie Murphy's got the Faith duology, and CB Lee's Sidekick Squad series is really fun. TJ Klune has one called The Extraordinaries, and actually I have a whole list of them on the site so I can just share that:

Superheroes and Super Villains

Female

Harley Quinn: Reckoning by Rachael Allen – B

Super Adjacent by Crystal Cestari

The Nemesis Series by April Daniels – T

Cinnamon Blade: Knife in Shining Armor by Shira Glassman (f/f)

Unsung Heroine by Sarah Kuhn

Not Your Sidekick (Sidekick Squad #1) by CB Lee (f/f) – B

Not Your Backup (Sidekick Squad #3) by CB Lee – A

Faith Herbert Origin Story by Julie Murphy – B

Girl Reporter by Tansy Rayner Roberts

Cute Mutants by S.J. Whitby (Graphic novels)

Shattered by Lee Winter

Male

The Extraordinaries by T.J. Klune

Superior by Jessica Lack

Not Your Villain (Sidekick Squad #2) by CB Lee – T

You First by J.C. Lillis (m/m)

Hero by Perry Moore (YA) – G

Junior Hero Blues by J.K. Pendragon

Infinity Son by Adam Silvera – G, B

Rise of Heroes by Hayden Thorne

Non-Binary

Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault – Aro

[readsofawe]

Need some #ReadsOfAwe inspo? Here are some of my recent favorite Jewish reads.

Please reblog with your own faves!!!

Hex by Rebecca Dinerstein Knight A botany student studying poisons develops an obsession with her professor. Dark Academia AF. Fits the prompts LGBT Rep, Contemporary, Novella

The Girl With the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke A Modern Jewish teenager on a field trip to Berlin is accidentally transported back in time to 1988--on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall! Fits the prompts YA, Fantasy, Non-Holocaust Historical

The Deep by Rivers Solomon Merfolk descended from enslaved Africans thrown overboard forget everything quickly--except Yetu, who remembers for everyone. Fits the prompts LGBT Rep, Jewish Author of Color, Fantasy, Novella, Themes of Renewal, Blue Cover for some editions (The audiobook is read by Daveed Diggs, who is also Jewish!)

Like Falling Through A Cloud by Eugenia Zuckerman A memoir-in-verse about the onset of dementia. Fits the prompts Poetry and Non-Fiction

Dancing on Tisha B'Av by Lev Raphael Short stories, mostly about gay Orthodox men and graduate school. CW for teacher/student relationships. Fits the prompts LGBT Rep, Frum Rep, Short Stories, Contemporary, Fall Colors

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon In the slums of a generational ship, a grouchy healer named Aster foments revolution. Fits the prompts LGBT Rep, Science Fiction, Jewish Author of Color

The Seep by Chana Porter The aliens have invaded, and they brought utopia. But when Trina's wife decides to start life over as a baby, Trina feels left behind by all the touchy-feely bullshit. Fits the prompts LGBT Rep, Science Fiction, Novella, Themes of Renewal

The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz The Daughters of Harriet are a group of time travellers who work to protect women's rights, but a mysterious group of reactionaries seem to be undoing their hard work. Fits the prompts LGBT Rep, Science Fiction, Non-Holocaust Historical

More recs that I don't own physical copies of under the cut!

The Trans Space Octopus Congregation by Bogi Takas Short stories about disability, Judaism, BDSM, aliens, magic, neuroplasticity, polyamory, nature, and more! Weird as hell. Fits the prompts LGBT Rep, Frum Rep, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Short Stories, Blue Cover

He, She, and It by Marge Piercy Classic dystopian about a woman whose grandmother creates an android to protect their small Jewish town. Robot golem who fucks ;) Fits the prompts Science Fiction, LGBT Rep, Fall Colors

Avi Cantor Has Six Months To Live by Sasha Lamb Avi Cantor is a depressed trans boy in high school. When he sees bathroom graffiti telling him he has six months to live, sunshiney Ian steps in to help. Fits the prompts LGBT Rep, Fantasy, Novella, Blue Cover, YA

The Man Who Never Stopped Sleeping by Aharon Applefeld A recent Holocaust survivor tries to find his place in a Kibbutz. Fits the prompts Translation, Non-Holocaust Historical (arguably)

The Puttermesser Papers by Cynthia Ozick Acerbic Ruth Puttermeiser's fantasies have a tendency to come true, including a female golem made from potting soil in this surreal, gorgeously written series of linked short stories. Fits the prompts Fantasy, Short Stories, Contemporary

Proxy by Alex London Syd is a Proxy--he takes punishments intended for hideously wealthy Knox. And when Knox crashes a car, killing one of his friends, Syd is branded and sentenced to death. Fits the prompts LGBT Rep, Science Fiction, YA

The Second Mango by Shira Glassman Queen Shulamit searches for her bride, along with her buff bodyguard Rivka and a whole dragon. Fits the prompts LGBT Rep, Fantasy, YA

#readsofawe #jewish books #jewish #judaism #books #queer books

[bisexualbaker]

Giveaway: Audiobook of Fearless by Shira Glassman

Lana Novak has spent years with her interests in the closet: Her love of women for her safety, and her love of playing the violin for practicality. Having finally come out as a lesbian, she's finding it difficult to fit looking for a girlfriend around her work schedule and keeping up with her two socially and extracirricularly active kids; she hasn't picked up a violin in over twenty years.

All of this changes when Lana and her clarinet whiz daughter Robin get snowed in at the hotel hosting All State. There, Lana meets Melanie Feinberg, Robin's hunky butch band director, who seems to be interested in Lana as well. As the two of them bond over music, Mel learns of Lana's history with the violin, and encourages her to pick up the instrument again. But Lana is afraid that it's been too long; can she find the courage to play again?

Written by Shira Glassman, this hour-long audiobook is warm and gentle, a perfect treat to listen to while crafting or doing chores.

For a chance to win one of five free copies of the audiobook, LIKE this post! Winners will be selected on May 15th, at 9pm US Eastern time.

An additional digital copy of the Knit One, Girl Two collection will be given away to one reblogger!

Can't wait that long? Pick up your own copy of Fearless on PayHip or Amazon!

Prefer a non-audio copy? Find it on its own on Amazon, or as part of the Knit One, Girl Two collection with two other short stories about bi women and lesbians reconnecting with their art! PayHip or Amazon for digital, and Amazon for paperback.

#shira glassman #glassbooks #knit one girl two #knit one girl two collection #fearless by shira glassman #audiobooks

[thedisabilitybookarchive]

'The Second Mango'- Glassman, Shira

Disability Rep: Severe Food Intolerance

Genre: Fantasy, Romance

Age: Young Adult

Setting: Fictional: Perach

Additional Rep: Jewish Themes, Lesbian MC, F/F, F/M, Platonic Female Friendship, POC

For more information on summaries, content warnings and additional tropes, see here:

#books #disability books #disability representation #disability #disabled characters #food intolerance #chronic illness #jewish characters #lgbtq+ #lgbtq representation #lgbtq characters #lgbtq books #lesbian characters #fiction #fantasy #romance #series #mangoverse #f/f #f/m #young adult #young adult fiction #link

[haveyoureadthisqueerbook]

Hello! First of all: love this blog! Second: I read a lot of queer books and as it turns out a lot of them weren’t already on your spreadsheet so uh. Sorry in advance for what I’m about to do to your inbox/queue 😅

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli

The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders

The Time Slip Girl by Elizabeth Andre

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

The Queen of Cups by Ren Basel

Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust

Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bayron

Werecockroach by Polenth Blake

In the Vanishers’ Palace by Aliette de Bodard

Wain: LGBT Reimaginings of Scottish Folktales by Helene Boppert and Rachel Plummer

In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan

Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown

Tremontaine: The Complete Season One by Patty Bryant, Malinda Lo, Racheline Maltese, Joel Derfner, Ellen Kushner, Paul Witcover, and Alaya Dawn Johnson

This Other World by AC Buchanan

In Memoriam by Nathan Burgoine

The Dark Beneath the Ice by Amelinda Bérubé

Felix Ever After by Karen Callender

Last Bus to Everland by Sophie Cameron

Out of the Blue by Sophie Cameron

Once & Future by AR Capetta and Cory McCarthy

The Brilliant Death by AR Capetta

XX by Angela Chadwick

A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

The Vela by Becky Chambers, Rivers Solomon, Yoon Ha Lee, and SL Huang

Black Water Sister by Zen Cho

The True Queen by Zen Cho

The Terracotta Bride by Zen Cho

The Water that Falls on You From Nowhere by John Chu

The Shape of My Name by Nino Cipri

A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark

Girlhood by Cat Clarke

Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova

Dreadnought by April Daniels

Sovereign by April Daniels

Thornfruit by Felicia Davin

Nightvine by Felicia Davin

Shadebloom by Felicia Davin

Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson

Stay Another Day by Juno Dawson

Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi

The Drowning Eyes by Emily Foster

Bingo Love by Tee Franklin

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

Knit One, Girl Two by Shira Glassman

The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez

We Go Around in the Night and Are Consumed by Fire by Jules Grant

Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg

Keeper of the Dawn by Dianna Gunn

The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall

The Outside by Ada Hoffman

The Fallen by Ada Hoffman

The Infinite by Ada Hoffman

Mindtouch by MCA Hogarth

Sing the Four Quarters by Tanya Huff

The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza by Shaun David Hutchinson

The City of Woven Streets by Emmi Itäranta

Godkiller by Hannah Kaner

Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann

The Beast of Callaire by Saruuh Kelsey

The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion by Margaret Killjoy

An Excess Male by Maggie Shen King

Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

Crimson by Niviaq Korneliussen

Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff

Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner

The Faerie Godmother’s Apprentice Wore Green by Nicky Kyle

Avi Cantor Has Six Months to Live by Sacha Lamb

When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb

Goldie Vance Vol. 1 by Hope Larson

Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie

Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie

The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie

Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee

Not Your Villain by CB Lee

Not Your Backup by CB Lee

The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee

The Fever King by Victoria Lee

The Fox’s Tower and Other Tales by Yoon Ha Lee

Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

Adaptation by Malinda Lo

Inheritance by Malinda Lo

Natural Selection by Malinda Lo

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

The Hand, the Eye, and the Heart by Zoë Marriott

Luna: New Moon by Ian McDonald

Luna: Wolf Moon by Ian McDonald

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire

Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire

Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire

Forbid the Sea by Seanan McGuire

In Sea-Salt Tears by Seanan McGuire

The Unbinding of Mary Reade by Miriam McNamara

An Accident of Stars by Foz Meadows

A Tyranny of Queens by Foz Meadows

All Out: The No-Longer Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages ed. Saundra Mitchell

Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott

Princess Princess Ever After by K. O’Neill

The Tea Dragon Society by K. O’Neill

The Tea Dragon Festival by K. O’Neill

The Tea Dragon Tapestry by K. O’Neill

Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta

Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

Loveless by Alice Oseman

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

Stormsong by CL Polk

Soulstar by CL Polk

She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Tiger’s Daughter by K Arsenault Rivera

The Phoenix Empress by K Arsenault Rivera

The Warrior Moon by K Arsenault Rivera

A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland

Birthday by Meredith Russo

If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo

The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski

A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

Dying for a Living by Kory M. Shrum

Two Dark Moons by Avi Silver

History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera

More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie

The Edge of the Abyss by Emily Skrutskie

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

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

The Traitor’s Tunnel by CM Spivey

Nimona by ND Stevenson

Chameleon Moon by RoAnna Sylver

Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time by KM Szpara

As I Descended by Robin Talley

Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley

Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh

Drowned Country by Emily Tesh

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull

Crier’s War by Nina Varela

Iron Heart by Nina Varela

The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo

When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo

Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo

On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

System Collapse by Martha Wells

A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White

The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang

The Red Threads of Fortune by Neon Yang

The Descent of Monsters by Neon Yang

The Ascent to Godhood by Neon Yang

Waiting on a Bright Moon by Neon Yang

Taproot by Keezy Young

Phew! Finally got all of these queued! Thank you so much for the list, and for arranging them so neatly, which definitely made it easier to transfer over to a spreadsheet!

#Anonymous #submissions