Category: QUEER
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89th read: The Final Girls
TITLE: Final Girls AUTHOR: Cara Ellison Released: 2021 Format: Kindle Pages: 160 Genres: Graphic Novel, Feminism, Queer, Superhero SYNOPSIS When the world’s most powerful working hero asks her retired peers for help, they secretly agree to deal out punishment on another hero in the public eye. But when the weapon of publicity is wielded, it…
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72th read: The Once and Future Witches
I need to get a paperback version of this one someday, so I can annotate. TITLE: The Once and Future Witches AUTHOR: Alix E. Harrow Released: 2020 Format: Audiobook Pages: 517 Genres: Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Queer, Witches SYNOPSIS In 1893, there’s no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days…
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56th read: M Butterfly
This is my third reread of 2023. TITLE: M Butterly AUTHOR: David Henry Hwang Released: 1988 Format: Paperback Pages: 93 Genres: Reread, Theatre, Queer, Racism, Romance SYNOPSIS Based on a true story that stunned the world, and inspired by Giacomo Puccini’s opera Madama Butterfly, M. Butterfly was an immediate sensation when it premiered in 1988.…
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51th read: Marc
I devoured all 3 of Lou de For-Bel’s novellas (Pomme-chéri, Pablo & Marc) Now I sit and wait for her to write more. TITLE: Marc AUTHOR: Lou de For-Bel Released: 2022 Format: Kindle Pages: 118 Genres: Suspense, Family, Queer, Novella SYNOPSIS Et puis le lendemain soir, enfin, c’était la nuit, je me suis levée pour…
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43th read: Pomme-chéri
Quelle jolie découverte, Lou de For-Bel. (What a lovely discovery, Lou de For-Bel.) J’ai tellement aimé, j’ai tout de suite acheté ses autres livres! (I liked it so much, I bought her other books right away!) TITLE: Pomme chéri AUTHOR: Lou de For-Bel Released: 2020 Format: Kindle Pages: 125 Genres: Fiction, Romance, Abuse, Queer SYNOPSIS…
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42th read: The Tenth Tier
TITLE: The Tenth Tier AUTHOR: Ria Hill Released: 2021 Format: Kindle Pages: 95 Genres: Science Fiction, Dystopia, Queer, Novella SYNOPSIS In a society where death is orchestrated by the government, the tiered system keeps people honest. It keeps people from running. It keeps people scared. DATE STARTED: 9 mar 2023 DATE FINISHED: 13 mar 2023…
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40th read: Sappho; A New Translation of the Complete Works
You might have seen my review of Come Close this past January. It was a nice introduction to Sappho, but I was disappointed in the lack of context & footnotes on the translation. Thankfully, fate has been kind to me lately. Her timing was immaculate. This new edition of Sappho’s complete works was released at…
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35th read: The 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
I admit to avoiding this book because it seemed too mainstream. It showed up on my social media feeds too often, nagging at me. This always makes me apprehensive. I was wrong to avoid this one. It wasn’t what I expected at all. TITLE: The 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo AUTHOR: Taylor Jenkins Reid Released:…
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14th read: Silver in the Wood (Greenhollow Duology #1)
This is part of a duology. I’ve been interested in that structure for a while, so I’ll read the second one soon. TITLE: Silver in the Wood AUTHOR: Emily Tesh Released: 2019 Format: Kindle Pages: 112 Genres: Fantasy, Queer, Romance, Duology SYNOPSIS There is a Wild Man who lives in the deep quiet of Greenhollow,…
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12th read: Come Close (Little Black Classics)
This small collection served its purpose: introducing me to Sappho. I read everything out loud twice and fell in love, but these pages only scratched the surface. It was a glimpse of the lake I might someday drown inside. I will seek poetry from Sappho again (different translators, so I can grasp nuances lost) with…
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