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Tag Archives: book review
AI finds herself, a family, & a future
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers is a science fiction novel of such literary quality yet such approachable prose, characters, and relationships that I honestly feel like it’s one of the best books I’ve ever read. I don’t say … Continue reading
I found a Tristan retelling where Marke/Brangäne is canon!
I’m going to explain the premise, pitch, and demographics of The White Raven by Diana Paxson first so you know whether or not you’re interested and then give you the recipe-blog ramble afterward, so that you aren’t sitting there for the first … Continue reading
Review of “Mistress Moderately Fair”, historical f/f romance between actress and playwright
This review originally appeared in The Lesbrary The English Restoration, i.e. when Charles Stuart II returned to England to take his father’s throne back from the Puritans, fascinates me for being a renaissance of both art and hedonism. Theaters opened … Continue reading
A (trans) Pan/Hook slash novel by a trans guy releases next week and it’s the best thing I’ve read in 2017 so far
At long last, my review of Peter Darling, by Austin Chant. Fair warning: Peter Pan and the idea of Captain Hook as a love interest are important enough to me that this review has turned into a post on a recipe blog–in … Continue reading
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Review: The Vanisher Variations, a Jewish Regency mystery mostly set in Brighton
The Vanisher Variations is definitely one of the Libi Astaire Jewish Regencies that stands out in the series for well-constructed plot, satisfyingness of the mystery’s solution, representation of diversity, and even just how much fun I had reading it. At … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, book reviews, cozy mystery, jewish, jewish books, libi astaire, mysteries, mystery, mystery novel, regency
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“Miss Jacobson’s Journey” – Jewish Regency spy-romance-adventure
Miss Jacobson’s Journey by Carola Dunn is a lighthearted spy romance set during the Napoleonic wars and starring an Ashkenazi Jewish hero and heroine. I am so glad I found this book and read it on Shabbat. It was a quick … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, ashkenazi, book review, books, historical, historical romance, jewish, jewish books, regency, regency romance, yiddish
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Book review: polyamorous SFF about bi girls w/pink and purple hair escaping from evil fairies
Humanity is full of folktales about fairies who steal people away; Poison Kiss by Ana Mardoll is the story of what happens when some of them escape. They emerge back into “earthside” with only the faintest traces of their human memories … Continue reading
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Tagged ana mardoll, bi, Bisexuality, book review, books, fairies, fairytale, fantasy, fantasy fiction, found family, lgbt, lgbt fiction, lgbtq, poison kiss, polyamory, queer, sff, triad
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Poppy Jenkins: lesbian romance with classic feel in picturesque Welsh village
One of the most demeaning effects homophobia has had on me is to try to convince me, from a young age, that we in the LGBT umbrella were cut off from the sweeter, more innocent sides of the human experience. Poppy Jenkins … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, books, chef, contemporary romance, cooking, lesbian, lesbian books, lesbian romance, lesfic, lgbt, lgbtq, poppy jenkins, queer, romance, rural, rural romance, wales, welsh
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