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30 Queer New Releases Coming Out In 2021

January 19, 2021 No Comments

Why I’m Here For Queer Books In 2021 Today on the blog we are talking 2021 queer books. A few years ago I read an anthology “Meet Cute” that had a bunch of romantic short stories in it. The book as a whole felt pretty lackluster but there were a few stories that were hidden

30 Queer New Releases Coming Out In 2021

January 19, 2021 No Comments

Why I’m Here For Queer Books In 2021 Today on the blog we are talking 2021 queer books. A few years ago I read an anthology “Meet Cute” that had a bunch of romantic short stories in it. The book as a whole felt pretty lackluster but there were a few stories that were hidden

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FREE Reading Tracker To Keep Your To-Be-Read List Organized

December 14, 2020 No Comments

If you are anything like me, your To-Be-Read (TBR) list is getting a litttttle crazy this year. With staying home I’ve been reading more than ever this year. It highlighted the need for a method that was relatively simple, but useful to keep track of books I have at home, books already read, and books

FREE Reading Tracker To Keep Your To-Be-Read List Organized

December 14, 2020 No Comments

If you are anything like me, your To-Be-Read (TBR) list is getting a litttttle crazy this year. With staying home I’ve been reading more than ever this year. It highlighted the need for a method that was relatively simple, but useful to keep track of books I have at home, books already read, and books

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🏳️‍🌈New Blog Post🏳️‍🌈 2020 wa

🏳️‍🌈New Blog Post🏳️‍🌈 2020 was a great year for queer reads for me! I was finding a wide breath of stories that I hadn’t found as easily before. I had so much fun reading books that normalized queer people instead of only talking about ‘the struggle’ or queer trauma. Gimme. All, The. Queer. Romcoms! 🌈 I’ve also LOVED getting into fantasy books where queer characters *exist* and while the characters are central to the plot... their queerness is just a part of the character. So great. ✨ With this enthusiasm for more queer stories I curated a list of 30 new queer releases in 2021 that I’m stoked for. Link is in the bio! I’m oddly excited about Cool For The Summer. I dunno, I’ve always loved the Demi song as a bi anthem and the synopsis is giving me light modern grease vibes 🤷🏼‍♀️ What queer books are y’all excited to read this year?
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🪴Book Review🪴 “Blood Heir” started out

🪴Book Review🪴 “Blood Heir” started out as a serial on the author’s website. It was the best present, Ilona Andrews (the amazing husband&wife writing team), could have given us in the pandemic, a chance to escape back into the beloved world of Kate Daniels. The book focuses on Julie, one of my favorite characters and the ending... makes me think there are going to be more books!! Now I would not start this book first if you have never read the Kate Daniels series. This book is seriously a gift to fans with tons of Easter eggs that you are going to miss if you don’t know the background. Start with Magic Bites (know that is the first book they wrote, so give it a little grace), and you will fly through the 10 book series. Fantastic romance, fight scenes, gritty badass female lead, unique magic systems and sarcasm, so much hilarious sarcasm! If that’s not your style, they have several other book series in the fantasy genre and I love ALL of them: innkeeper, the edge, hidden legacy (DM if you have any questions) Prior to reading these books, I really did not like urban fantasy as a genre. Ilona Andrews and Jim Butcher have open my eyes to how wonderful it CAN be with creativity and not creating just another sexy vampire book. I will be continuing my fangirling of this author duo throughout the interwebs💖💖 *
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As a teen/young adult I read a LOT of romance nove

As a teen/young adult I read a LOT of romance novels but eventually fell out of the genre due to limited reading time. The stories became so repetitive and my first love was fantasy. Last year I started reading romance again, and y’all! The breadth of stories being told now is SO MUCH BETTER. 💖 One of my fav books last year was Red White and Royal Blue. I LOVED the first daughter movies that came out with Mandy Moore and Katie Holmes back in the day. This book is a queer modern re-boot PLUS throwing in all my prince Harry girlhood fantasies. Obsessed. The writing style took me a minute to get used to. It was written 3rd person present tense... which was a choice. It annoyed me but the story was so good I couldn’t put it down and then I just got used to it. I loved this book, and I’ve read so many great romance novels since then. I find myself gravitating towards them when things feel heavy (which is all the time). What’s your fav rom com you’ve read recently? I need all the good vibes ☺️ -Anne
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🌿Graphic Novels🌿 Hope you are having a happ

🌿Graphic Novels🌿 Hope you are having a happy Saturday! I was gifted “Paper Girls” and Paranormal Romance this Christmas and I am loving the change of pace from traditional novels. I feel like all of my books should have beautiful illustrations in them now. Do you read any graphic novels? Which ones are you favorites? *
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🪴Book Review🪴 BOTM pick for January Okay,

🪴Book Review🪴 BOTM pick for January Okay, I got a lot of thoughts about this book. I was really excited to start because the premise of a feminist western sounded too good to pass up. Also it was just picked as Reeces book club pick. I think a disclaimer for this post is that I just read "Once and Future Witches" and it was a fantastic, feminist books about women and witches trying to promote women’s suffrage and rights. While I read Outlaw, I kept mentally comparing it to that book. Ultimately I didn't love it and probably wouldn’t re-read it. What I liked
-Fantastic non-binary main character. Good queer representation with other characters
-feminist/ women's rights overtones. Someone called it the mixture of a handmaids tale with an old western which is pretty accurate to me What I didn't like
-I didn't love the story. It was very short and felt incomplete.
-The protagonist. Her dialog in the story was very awkward and not well written.
-The ending. I honestly think if I had not just read "once and future witches", I would have probably enjoyed it more. It was a better feminist historical fiction with fantasy overtones. What did y'all think? What are some feminist fiction books that you have read and loved? -Alice #readingtime #reader #igbooks #readersofinsta #bookflatlay #allthebooks #bookdragon #toberead #bookstagrammers #bookishlove #bibliophilelife #readersgonnaread #bookshelves #avidreader #booksofig #booksofinstagram #bookstagrammer #bookcommunity #bookstagramcommunity #bookishaesthetic #outlaw #bookofthemonthclub #reecesbookclub #booksandplants

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