#lgbtlit

[ditchghost]

Buy my book, steal it if you must!

#national poetry month #gay artist #dumpsterpoet #jotolicious #joto #poetry #gaypoet #gay man #smallpress #queerlit #lgbt #lgbt literature #lgbtlit #gaylit #literature #queerpoet #chicanolit #chicano

[moonshinemagpie]

Happy to see these books in the library. I've read all of these writers for years and remember when their queer romances were relegated to small press ebooks and self-publishing only.

Which isn't a diss to any form of publishing—KJ Charles, Cat Sebastian, and Roan Parrish all still self-publish, too–but it is very cool to find quality paperbacks of their work in such an accessible place.

#cat sebastian #kj charles #roan parrish #romance #booklr #lgbt #lgbtlit #lgbt lit

[hekaates]

@chaptersnet event viii: female protagonists :: BLANCA & ROJA – ANNA-MARIE MCLEMORE

If I wanted to, I could believe it was our colors that decided Blanca would be the gentle sister, pure and obliging, and I would be the cruel one, wicked and difficult. She would be the blessed daughter, the one the swans would spare. And I would be the one the swans would take.

#blanca & roja #anna marie mclemore #lgbtlit #lgbtq #librarysource #fictionnet #storyseekers #userspages #chaptersnet #*mine #lit.

[jamielynnlano]

For everyone looking for some rainbow today, here is the “lgbtiqa+ bookshelf” illustration I did for Rainbow Crate’s November box. We put it onto coasters and they turned out So. Darn. Good!!!

The second is a photo of the coasters from regal_leaves on Instagram. They’re going to be a staple in my house for a LONG time, so I hope to take some good photos of them, too, over time!

Yes, every book spine is an LGBT book on there. Maybe you’ll find a new favorite!

#lgbt #lgbtlit #mlm #wlw #bi #pan #ace #trans #queer #bookstagram #booklovers #books #booknerd #bookworm #rainbowcrate #bookbox #lgbtbooks #subscriptionboxes #bookish

[emohell]

BOOKS READ IN 2021 → The Disasters by M.K. England

space is hard. grab a helmet.

#the disasters #m.k. england #mk england #bookedit #thedisastersedit #mine #litedit #lgbtlit #lgbtbooks #lgbtedit #literatureedit #2021books #this was SO MUCH FUN what a wild ride from start to finish #the characters are fantastic but i've seen some people complain about the lack of actual space #tbh i get it but at the same time i kind of enjoyed it? #like... sci-fi lite #i wouldn't be mad about a sequel with the way it ended but alas #between me and the 2 other ppl who made aes edits for this book i think we've completely covered all the pull quotes from the cover sdajfsk #donein2021

[selkielore]

since my f/f lit post is getting kind of long I just decided to paste everything i’ve read into one post under a readmore that i’ll edit and update every so often. disclaimer, they’re entirely rated by personal preference and how much i enjoyed them. nothing else. anyway... short reviews for 30+ F/F books read in 2020 under the cut:

into the drowning deep by mira grant (YA) 5/5 stars: I love horror I love women I love women who love other women… a great sci fi thriller with scary mermaids. HUGE fan and my first read of 2020.

the rise of kyoshi by f.c yee (YA) 5/5 stars: i really enjoyed it bc i’ve always loved the atla + lok universe and i was really pleased to read about kyoshi’s origins <3 also she has a hot firebending gf and that made me very happy… thanks bryke.

the lost coast by amy rose capetta (YA) 2/5: you’d think i’d be all over this bc it’s f/f teen witches but honestly it felt a little too much like a witchy polycule for my tastes bc personally i’m a repressed prude. it was cute tho! just not for me.

killing eve: die for me by luke jennings (adult) (4/5): yes I read the killing eve books yes I think I’m giving it this rating simply because it gives us the real villaneve romace that the show is still baiting us with…

what is yours is not yours by helen oyeyemi (adult) 5/5: this book was recommended to me by a girl who ghosted me. it’s a collection of short stories and it’s AMAZING. not every story is f/f but there are multiple stories with sapphic characters

the midnight lie by marie rutoski (YA) 10000/5: this is one of my favorite books this year… finally the roguish charming lesbian love interest we deserve. plus amazing worldbuilding and a fast paced plot that keeps you on your toes <3 and a ruthless girl protag we LOVE to see it.

the tiger flu by larrisa lai (adult) 3/5: very unsettling to read a book about a pandemic when one is in a global pandemic… I was disappointed that there was no f/f romance, just lesbian characters, however the feral teenage girl representation and the absolutely bananas sci fi dystopia wins it 3/5 stars.

the teahouse fire by ellis avery (adult) 2/5: simply not what I wanted out of a book. it’s a great piece of historical fiction but when i’m on an f/f binge solely for the sake of seeking out sapphic romances that satisfied me, this wasn’t it.

criers war by nina valera (YA) 5/5: she lives up to the hype! criers war pulled me in completely and i’m pretty sure i binge read it in a single day. love enemies to lovers, love the fantasy/dystopia combo

the queen of ieflaria by effie calvin (NA) 4/5: cute arranged marriage romance and lesbians in a fantasy setting. i read this authors entire breadth of work in like 2 weeks bc i’m just frothing at the mouth for fantasy sapphics

daugher of the sun by effie calvin (NA) 5/5: broody paladin and a literal chaos goddess fall in love. what more do you want?

the queen of rhodia by effie calvin (NA) 4/5: not as good as daughter of the sun but a fun sequel to catch up with the characters from book one, as well as bringing in the chars from book 2 <3 we love to see lesbian couples everywhere

the empress of xytae by effie calvin (NA) 4/5: yes I read every single one of these books. yes they’re all cute and they’re all a series of sapphic romances in a fantasy land… that’s my ideal niche

this is how you lose the time war by amal el mohtar and max gladstone (adult) 5/5: I don’t even know how to explain this one except that it feels more like poetry than prose. sci fi future with a f/f enemies to lovers story line. so beautifully written that you have to give it a 5/5

the traitor baru cormorant by seth dickenson (adult) 4/5: I liked it because I love a ruthless lady protaganist and I LOVE a ruthless lesbian protaganist but I did get a little bogged down in the heavy worldbuilding. VERY high fantasy with themes on colonization. did not get that 5/5 because the lesbians did not get a happy ending.

ice massacre by tiana warner (YA) 3/5: it wasn’t BAD it just wasn’t remarkable. mermaid vs human war with a forbidden romance between a mermaid and a human

girls made of snow and glass by melissa bashardoust (YA) 4/5: wonderful dynamics between women and lots of reflection on the relationships between mothers and daughters. I love a fairytale retelling, and one of the pov chars has a f/f romance that is very sweet <3

girl, serpent, thorn by melissa bashardoust (YA) 4/5: I just finished this today and already started another book so i’m not sure I fully absorbed it but. I really enjoyed having a protagonist struggling with morality and I did appreciate the little bisexual love triangle. also love, love the influences of persian mythology in it

blood countess by lana popovic (YA) 5/5: FINALLY some scary food! the romance in this is certainly not healthy and the narrative makes it clear but it’s a very fun sexy historical fiction read with horror elements. wish there was more creepy sapphic lit <3

witches of ash and ruin by e. latimer (YA) 4.5/5: a little bit slow and cheesy at the beginning. oftentimes rural fantasy can be that way, but it ramps up towards the end. it has a very cute enemies to lovers romance with a bisexual main, and the plotline follows serial killers and witches so i’d say it’s a great read! i haven’t checked the author’s social media etc to confirm but from the way it ended it looks like it’s going to be a series

the lady’s guide to celestial mechanics by olivia waite (adult) 5/5: sooo good why aren’t there more regency era f/f romances… this is a very traditional romance novel but it was so sweet and i loved the characters so much… it ended up making me throw down my phone (which i was reading the book on) just to yell ROMANCE at the top of my lungs. big fan of any literature encouraging women to step into their own power and confidence.

queen of coin and whispers by helen corcoran (YA) 4.5/5: this almost gets five stars because it was soooo good. i love fantasy YA so much it’s like comfort food for me and on top of that it was sapphic. the two main chars are both ambitious queer girls which does it for me! it’s about the new queen of a fantasy kingdom falling in love with her newly appointed spymaster. the only downside is the ending felt rushed… it almost feels like the author was preparing to set it up for a sequel and then instead packed a whole watered down second book in the like… last ten chapters out of a 52 chapter book.

the shadow of kyoshi by f.c yee (YA) 5/5: this is the sequel to the rise of kyoshi so i’ll hold off on details but it was so good and continued the first book beautifully. it payed such good attention to kyoshi as a character and also showed how important rangi is to her….. um. i’m soft.

the circus rose by betsy cornwell (YA) 4/5: it’s a good book but it wasn’t exactly what i wanted it to be.. going into reading this categorized as a “lesbian” book i was disappointed. it follows a pair of twins raised in a circus named ivory and rosie - ivory’s story is told in prose, and rosie’s is told in poetry. rosie is a lesbian but we get wayy less of her romance with her love interest and way more of ivory’s story. ivory is kind of ambiguous because she talks about only being attracted to men and then her love interest is a nonbinary fae person so i don’t really know whether to call it sapphic or not? ivory and tam get way more page time than rosie and rosie’s whole story is in poetry which makes it less straightforward. not a bad book! in fact, it’s wonderful and i really enjoyed it but it wasn’t what i wanted it to be when i read about it in an article calling it a lesbian book. it felt like a very queer book with a sapphic character to me.

the dark tide by alicia jasinska (YA) 4/5

 a f/f retelling of tam lin! it’s an enemies to lovers romance and it’s YA fantasy so obviously it was a fun read, there’s a bisexual main and two love interests. it also revolved a lot more around individual character development than any romance overall, which was cool, and there were a multiple nuanced portrayals of complicated sibling relationships which I adored reading. 

the lamb will slaughter the lion by margaret killjoy (adult) 4/5

a very quick, urban fantasy horror read about queer anarchists and an evil deer spirit terrorizing/protecting an abandoned town. honestly almost every character in this was LBGT which i loved, and i’m a sucker for horror so it got me. it’s also ownvoices - the author is a trans woman. the romance was very minor but very sweet and i enjoyed the book overall! i think it would make a great movie adaptation because it’s so short and written in such a sparse, to the point way. 

the luminous dead by caitlin sterling (adult) 4/5

sci fi horror in caves. it’s like the descent (2005) but in space, and there’s only one caver. this book was crazy. It was a little slow at first, but it was definitely a slow build of terror and once I was into it I couldn’t stop reading for fear for our protagonists life. the romance here isn’t a healthy one folks, but it was really fun reading a horror novel with a queer protag and a bit of romance as a side note. 

salt slow by julia armfield (adult) 5/5

a collection of short horror stories - not all of them were f/f but a few of them were. if you like carmen maria machado, you’ll like this book - it reminded me a lot of her body and other parties which is a huge compliment. the stories managed to range from terrifying to tender and both at the same time. my particular favorite was cassandra after 

iron heart by nina valera (YA) 4.5/5 stars

the sequel to criers war - I won’t say too much except that it was a little slow to get back into the world of this book, but once i was in i really enjoyed it. i can’t say much else about it without spoilers but i loved crier and ayla’s development both individually and as a couple... it was incredibly well done and it warmed my heart. more typical YA love stories between two girls please. 

the ascent to godhood by jy yang (adult) 2/5 stars

east asian inspired fantasy. it’s also the fourth book in a series but i read it on it’s own, so there’s probably plenty i missed. it’s told by the ex-lover of the protector and there’s a little bit about their romance but it’s mostly fantasy politics so i came away feeling kind of disappointed. it was also a really quick read. 

white is for witching by helen oyeyemi (adult) 5/5 stars

miss oyeyemi never misses... SUCH a clever horror and haunted house story. i was so drawn into all the characters and their life in dover and their haunted house that i can only rate it a 5/5... if you’re interested in generational hauntings, generational trauma in women, or the haunted house as a character this is a book for you. it was amazing and i’m obsessed. while the romance didn’t take up a lot of time (really only present in the last third of the book) i loved miranda and ore together and the way their relationship ended felt like a very natural conclusion as this is a horror story and it didn’t leave me sad. 

updated 9/29/20

#sapphic #bookblr #sapphiclit #lgbtlit #f/f lit #f/f books #sapphic reads #sapphic books #mine

[lovegrowsart]

@booksociety​‘s lgbt+ pride event: red, white & royal blue by casey mcquistion.  

when they kiss, alex can hear a half-remembered old proverb from catechism, mixed up between translations of the book: “come, hijo mío, de la miel, porque es buena, and the honeycomb, sweet to thy taste.” 

he wonders what santa chiara would think of them, a lost david and jonathan, turning slowly on the spot.

he brings henry’s hand to his mouth and kisses the little knob of his knuckle, the skin over the blue vein there, bloodlines, pulses, the old blood kept in perpetuity within these walls, and he thinks, father, son, and holy spirit, amen.    

#red white & royal blue #rwrb #rwrbedit #booksociety #litedit #lgbtlit #queerlit #who can tell what my favourite chapter of the book is aksja;adkj #i wanted to create smth for this book that came out over a month ago and have yet to stop thinking abt #and some fun facts: top middle is the east room of the white house #bottom middle is the west room in buckingham palace #and the plato's obvious but the story of thisbe and pyramus is part of the metamorphoses #and the alex is liam samuels and the henry is jeremy dufour #they're both models

[i-rate-queer-romance-novels-blog]

No. 01 The Virgin Manny

by Amy Lane

Vibe Check

Fun Romp < 💖 - - - - > Gut-wrenching

Lit Lit Devices

Channing was already clearing his throat like a great big predatory kitty

That thunder-mountain of a chest

As gay and campy as the Sugar Plum fairy

Ok, but how big?

Like a rocket.

An erection astronauts can see from space.

A+ Adjectives

Obstreperous: /əbˈstrepərəs/ noisy and difficult to control

Desultory: /de-səl-ˌtȯr-ē/ lack of regularity

Maudlin: /mȯd-lən/ effusively sentimental

Cringyy

Mr. Owl, how many licks to get to the creamy center of Tino’s Tootsie Pop?

#lgbtq #lgbtlove #queer love #lgbtlit

[ensigntilly]

books i read in 2018: carry on

you were the sun, and i was crashing into you. i'd wake up every morning and think, 'this will end in flames'

#me #carry on #carryonedit #litedit #lgbtlit #my edits #books 2018

[bgsqd]

Tonight @bgsqd Join 12 of the best LGBT writers of 2018 as they read from their work, all of which are finalists for the prestigious Publishing Triangle and Ferro-Grumley awards to be announced tomorrow. #publishingtriangle #lgbtlit #queerlit #queerwriters #lgbtwriters @brynne_rebelehenry #johnrgordon @andreaandreakleine @blasfalconer @cheemobile @ammtn #jaimeharker #lisadordal #margareelittle #joyladin Dan Callahan & Robert W. Fieseler #bookstagram #queerbooks #queerbookstagram (at Bureau of General Services-Queer Division) https://www.instagram.com/bgsqd/p/BwpXY56lfNw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1691na87twqt8

#publishingtriangle #lgbtlit #queerlit #queerwriters #lgbtwriters #johnrgordon #jaimeharker #lisadordal #margareelittle #joyladin #bookstagram #queerbooks #queerbookstagram

[ditchghost]

Sex sells! So for this year's AWP. you should buy my book...even better steal it!

#dumpsterpoet #jotolicious #poetry #joto #gay artist #gaypoet #poetry book #queerpoetry #chicano #gaychicano #chicanolit #lgbtlit

[betsydobsons]

Guys if u know any books with the protagonist having a f/f relationship pls say, bc I realised my lgbt+ reading was down on the count :/

#lgbtlit #lgbtbooks #halp a gorl out pls #char shut up

[thebookkatblog]

A huge thank you to @queerbookbox for this wonderful gift! Thank you for choosing my photo of Guapa as your photo of the month! November’s book - We Go Around In The Night and Are Consumed By Fire by Jules Grant - sounds amazing and I am so excited to add it to my TBR pile. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! 💗 . #queerbookbox #queerstoies #lgbtqia #lgbtbooks #lgbt #lgbtlit #gaystheword #lesbianbooks #pridebooks #pridereads #subscriptionbox #subbox #bookishbox #diversereads #bookishfeatures #booksofinstagram #booklove #bookworm #bookaholic #bookworm #bibliophile #bookish #fullybooked #booklife #booksbooksbooks #booklover #bookgeek #booknerd #lovebooks #rainbowlife (at Liverpool) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqKBUKmnx43/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=fncz9wlo1fyj

#queerbookbox #queerstoies #lgbtqia #lgbtbooks #lgbt #lgbtlit #gaystheword #lesbianbooks #pridebooks #pridereads #subscriptionbox #subbox #bookishbox #diversereads #bookishfeatures #booksofinstagram #booklove #bookworm #bookaholic #bibliophile #bookish #fullybooked #booklife #booksbooksbooks #booklover #bookgeek #booknerd #lovebooks #rainbowlife

[deanthomaas-blog]

THE GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO VICE AND VIRTUE, mackenzi lee

we are not broken things, neither of us. we are cracked pottery mended with laquer and flakes of gold, whole as we are, complete unto each other. complete and worthy and so very loved.

#the gentleman's guide to vice and virtue #tggtvav #tggtvavedit #mackenzi lee #ya lit #yalitedit #yalit #lgbtreads #lgbt #lgbtlit #monty x percy #percy x monty #monty montague #percy newton #lgbt lit #i'm working on a playlist for this book bc i love it So Much #moodboard #not hp #mine #my edit #aesthetic

[beaulesbian]

Books read in 2017: The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley

‘Are you going to enlighten me about London now? What’s there? What’s so damn important?’

‘A friend, like I said.’

‘There isn’t.’

‘He hasn’t met me yet.’

#the watchmaker of filigree street #lgbt books #litedit #natasha pulley #lgbtlit #eradne #look what i finally made #i love this book so much!! i want to reread it now #mine #gif:bks17 #gif:books

[left-handlibrary]

Recently read these two and adored them both. Katie O'Neill’s artwork is stunning and the stories are adorable - if a little short, I was definitely left wanting more! Directed more at a middle grade audience, though still perfect for any person looking for something light and sweet

#katie o'neill #princess princess ever after #the tea dragon society #lgbtlit #kidslit #recent reads #booklr #bookstagram #my books #my photos #books 2018