• All Recommended,  Book Recs,  Literature

    Book Recs: Adult Fantasy

    15 August, 2020

    Full disclosure, this year has been bad for me in terms of reading and loving YA fantasy. Yes, I have loved some, but also I’ve been bored as anything by others. So I’ve turned a fair bit to adult fantasy — mostly avoiding all the white cishet men writing it, of course.

    This is not a definitive list of all the LGBT adult fantasy novels I have loved, of course. I went to write down possible entries to this list and ended up with about twice as many that I loved, and maybe three or four times as many that I would rec. But these are ten of my favourites.

    So, dive in, and I hope you find something to enjoy here!

    See also: Adult LGBT Sci Fi Books
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  • All Recommended,  Film & TV Recs,  Film & TV Shows

    Film & TV Recs: Sapphic coming of age movies

    13 August, 2020

    Let me start by saying that my definition of “coming of age movies” is pretty loose & basically any movie featuring teens who learn something about themselves & grow up, is welcomed here.

    Now that we cleared that up, let’s go. There are some comedies here, some dramas, some movies somewhere in between. Hopefully a little something for everybody.

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  • All Releases,  Book Releases,  Literature

    Book Releases: 2020 Sapphic Releases (July to December)

    11 August, 2020

    It’s August which means it’s time for PART TWO of 2020’s sapphic releases (part one here). These are all the sapphic releases that I know about from July to December this year (so, usual disclaimer of it not being on here generally means I don’t know about it. Sometimes means I completely forgot even if I did know).

    As ever, 🌈 means the author identifies as LGBT. Apologies if I have screwed up a date somewhere — they’ve changed so often I know I haven’t kept track of them all.

    For clarification: I have included in this list books where the sapphic character is either the main character/protagonist, has a POV, or is a major character who affects the plot.

    So let’s go!

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  • All Releases,  Music,  Music Releases

    Music Releases: LGBT songs of July 2020

    7 August, 2020

    First week of August is over so that’s a high time for me to let you guys know what songs released last month by LGBT artists did I love the most. Hold on tight, because the whole mix is basically 50 songs long (it’s available at the end of the post), even if I only included the 10 absolute faves in the post itself!

    And perhaps you need more music? Check out all my previous monthly posts right here!

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  • Book of the Month,  Literature

    Book(s) of the Month: Legendborn, Master of Poisons, and Every Body Looking

    4 August, 2020

    This month’s feature is a little different, in that, both me and Anna looked at our releases list, and couldn’t decide which book to pick, since there were three books we thought, hey we’ve not seen that talked about very much. And we definitely hadn’t seen them being talked about as being gay.

    Hence why this post contains not one but three books.

    Related: Don’t forget all releases can be found in our monthly lists here.
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  • Wrap Ups

    Wrap-up: July 2020

    2 August, 2020

    Is it just me or has July passed by so fast? I can’t quite believe we’re already in August. In the last month, well… you can see what happened to the pair of us reading-wise (every time I think to myself, I’ll start this post earlier so it’s not so much work adding links/images all at once. I never do). And watching-wise (but that’s nothing new for me, is it…).

    But anyway. Check out what we did manage to read and watch.

    Also, thank you so much to everyone who nominated us in the 2020 Book Blogger Awards! We are truly so thankful! And, obviously, congratulations to everyone in there as well! If you haven’t already, be sure to check out the full list of bloggers nominated.

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  • All Releases,  Book Releases,  Literature

    Book Releases: August 2020

    29 July, 2020

    The summer is halfway through, but that doesn’t mean the good times are ending! The days might be shorter and shorter now (in this hemisphere), but that only means your evenings are longer and longer, so you will have more time to read! And oh boy, is there a lot to read in August… Almost 100 books.

    Like always, a rainbow emoji is there to tell you a book is ownvoices, in terms of LGBT rep. And if you need some more books, you can find all our previous releases posts here.

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  • All Reviews,  Literature

    Book Reviews: Backlist Releases You May Have Missed

    27 July, 2020

    Something a bit different for you today, with a series of reviews of books that have been published recently (and a little less recently) that you might have missed out on. A little disclaimer first up, though: copies of these books were kindly provided us by the authors, but these are my unbiased reviews.

    So dive in! And I hope you find something here that interests you.

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  • Literature,  Most Anticipated & Best

    Most Anticipated 2020 Releases: July to December

    20 July, 2020

    Ignoring the fact that this post is a little delayed and a couple of the books may have been published (we did at least pick them earlier than this!), but today we have for you, our most anticipated releases of the second half of this year.

    Not that either of us really read any that we selected for the first half.

    But anyway. Check out what we picked, and let us know what you’re looking forward to most!

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  • All Releases,  Book Releases,  Literature

    Book Releases: July-December 2020 Books With Bi Protagonists

    18 July, 2020

    A second part to the post I made at the beginning of the year, where I listed books with bi/pan main characters which were published between January and June (it’s here!). Now it’s time for the second half of the year.

    Once again, I want to make some things clear:

    1) I included only books that use the bi & pan labels or, in case of sff ones, that make it clear from context the characters are bi or pan. It’s not always clear-cut but I figured that if you’re looking for bi/pan rep, you’re looking for something concrete;

    2) I did not include books which I wasn’t sure about, because I didn’t want to falsely advertise. If there’s anything I missed that you know for a fact features a bi or pan protag, please let me know!

    The rainbow emoji indicates that the book is written by an LGBT author, and just for fun, I also marked YA books with a ✌️ emoji. Please let me know if I missed or mislabeled something!

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  • All Releases,  Music,  Music Releases

    Music Releases: LGBT songs of June 2020

    15 July, 2020

    Pride is sadly over, but to make your mood a little bit better, here are my favourite songs that came out last month!

    Per tradition, there are 10 of my absolutely favourite songs with links to their lyric/music videos below & a mix with all the rest of songs I love at the end of the post.

    And perhaps you need more music? Check out all my previous monthly posts right here!

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  • All Recommended,  Book Recs,  Literature

    Book Recs: Books With Less Than 400 Goodreads Ratings (I)

    12 July, 2020

    A bit of a different post for you today in that it’s not really got a theme as such. Instead I went for books that I’d rec that have fewer than 400 ratings (criminally) on Goodreads (as voted for on twitter, actually).

    There is a somewhat…eclectic mix here, for sure. But I hope it’s such that you will be able to find something you’re interested in, no matter what you’re looking for.

    Oh, and I tried my best to include books that didn’t have so few ratings just because they had only recently been released.

    So check it out!

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