Wrap-up: October 2019

October was not very good to us when it came to reading. Personally I was in a lowkey reading slump (yet again), but I don’t know what is Charlotte’s excuse for reading barely ten books… (edit: that’s a lie, I read only 10 LGBT books not 10 books total)

To be fair Charlotte made me watch 9-1-1 and we’ve both been thinking about little else since.

In any case! Here are the LGBT titles we consumed last month! And once again, the fire emoji indicates a reread/rewatch.

What we read

Anna

🔥 Crush by Richard Siken (poetry; gay author) – 5 🌈
Motor Crush, vol. 2 by Brenden Fletcher (story), Cameron Stewart (story/art), Babs Tarr (story/art) (Black butch lesbian mc, lesbian li, Black sapphic side character) – 3 🌈
Darling by K. Ancrum (interracial wlw relationship, Black lesbian side character, Russian bi ace side character) – 5 🌈
The Disasters by M. K. England (Pakistani-American bi mc with anxiety, Black British mlm mc, trans girl mc) – 3 🌈 [review]
Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time by K.M. Szpara (trans gay mc, gay characters) – 4 🌈

Charlotte

The Disasters by M. K. England (Pakistani-American bi mc with anxiety, Black British mlm mc, trans girl mc) – 3 🌈 [review]
The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht (mlm mcs) – 3.5 🌈
Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner (lesbian mc) – 4 🌈
The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis (Black wlw mcs) – 4 🌈
Most Ardently by Susan Mesler Evans (Latina bi mc, Black lesbian li, trans and nonbinary minor characters) – 1 🌈 [review]

Off Duty by Gregory Ashe (bi mc, gay mc) – 4 🌈
Girls of Storm and Shadow by Natasha Ngan (wlw mcs) – 4 🌈 [review]
Best Man by Lily Morton (gay mcs) – 2.5 🌈
Tallowwood by N. R. Walker (gay mcs) – 2 🌈
A Portable Shelter by Kirsty Logan (wlw mcs, mlm characters in a story) – 4 🌈

What we watched

Charlotte

9-1-1 (S1-3) dir. Brad Falchuk, Tim Minnear, Ryan Murphy (Black lesbian mcs, Black gay side character, wlw side character)
In the Flesh (ep 1) dir. Dominic Mitchell (pan mc)

Anna

The Politician (S1), cr. Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk & Ian Brennan (mlm mc, mlm side character with depression, side interracial f/nb couple, side wlw couple) – 4 🌈
Hit the Floor (S2-4), cr. James LaRosa (gay mc, bi mc, Black gay character, interracial m/f/f relationship) – 3 🌈
Together With Me (S1) (Thai cast, gay mcs, gay characters) – 1.5 🌈
EastSiders (S1), cr. Kit Williamson (gay mcs, gay characters) – 2.5 🌈
9-1-1 (S1-3), cr. Brad Falchuk, Tim Minnear, Ryan Murphy (Black lesbian couple, Black gay character, wlw side character) – 4 🌈

Five Bedrooms (S1), cr. Michael Lucas & Christine Bartlett (Indian-Australian gay mc, Italian-Australian gay character) – 4 🌈
Station 19 (S1-2), cr. Stacy McKee (gay mc, bi mc, Black gay character, deaf mlm character, Black bi character, East Asian wlw character) – 3.5 🌈
🔥 Love, Simon, dir. Greg Berlanti (gay mc, Black Jewish gay character, Black gay character) – 4 🌈

On the blog

• Interviews with Alicia Jasinska and Kelley York.
• Rec lists for urban fantasy, AIDS stories, music recs for January and classic book retellings.
  
• The review of our September read, Orientation by Gregory Ashe.
• Our November book reveal(s) for the book club.
• The second part of October’s releases and all of November’s!
• A discussion post on the trend of straight people reducing our happy endings to tragedy.
• Plus, we finished our celebration of our one-year anniversary with guest posts from Lou, Kayla, Gabhi & Rita, as well as a thank you post from us!

On other blogs

• Shealea @ Shut Up, Shealea wrote an amazing review of Steel Crow Saga, one of Charlotte’s fav books of the year.
• Dahlia @ LGBTQReads shared with us some brilliant covers for highly anticipated books: Wranglestone by Darren Charlton (plus an excerpt!) & Fragile Remedy by Maria Ingrande Mora & The Fell of Dark by Caleb Roehrig & The Dark Tide by Alicia Jasinska & The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth.
• Dahlia also posted an excerpt from Homesick by Nino Cipri.
• Dahlia published two great interviews, as well, with Candice Montgomery and one between Maulik Pancholy & Phil Stamper.
• Mahana @ Sapphic Library wrote a brilliant review of an upcoming F/F release, The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski & a very long rec list of New Adult F/F books.
• Lauren @ Nothern Plunder reviewed a webcomic Witchcraft by Jaws.
• Amy @ Bookish Heights posted a rec list of dark & creepy LGBT books, just in time for Halloween.
• Megan @ YABookers reviewed The Deathless Girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
• Kate @ Your Tita Kate wrote an incredible review of Crier’s War by Nina Varela.
• Lili @ Utopia State of Mind gave her honest opinion on I Hope You Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi
• Laura @ Laura With Her Books also wrote a glowing review of Crier’s War.

So, how was October for you? Did you read or watch anything truly great?

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