It’s another day, another interview here and today we have for you our chat with Sondi Warner, a self-published author of LGBT fiction. So check out this interview, and then check out her work!
You can also follow her on twitter.
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Book Releases: LGBT YA Books of July-December 2020
You already know about all the LGBT YA books that came out in the first half of the year (and if you don’t, check out my post about them!), so now it’s time for the second half. By now all of you probably know that I usually read YA books, but hopefully some of our readers share my preference and will find something to read among those 90 or so titles.
I tried my best, but of course, I’m only human so if you know of any books I missed, please let me know!
Like always on this blog, the rainbow emoji indicates that the book is by an LGBT author.
See also: 2019-2021 LGBT YA books
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ARC Review: Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders
From the author of the critically acclaimed Dominion of the Fallen trilogy comes a tale of dragons, and Fallen angels—and also kissing, sarcasm and stabbing.
Lunar New Year should be a time for familial reunions, ancestor worship, and consumption of an unhealthy amount of candied fruit.
But when dragon prince Thuan brings home his brooding and ruthless husband Asmodeus for the New Year, they find not interminable family gatherings, but a corpse outside their quarters. Asmodeus is thrilled by the murder investigation; Thuan, who gets dragged into the political plotting he’d sworn off when he left, is less enthusiastic.
It’ll take all of Asmodeus’s skill with knives, and all of Thuan’s diplomacy, to navigate this one—as well as the troubled waters of their own relationship….
A sparkling standalone book set in a world of dark intrigue.
Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders
Aliette de Bodard
Published: 7th July 2020
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Blog Tour: Queen of Coin and Whispers
Something exciting for you today as we are part of the blog tour for Helen Corcoran’s Queen of Coin and Whispers which released last month. If you haven’t read it yet, and you’re looking for a sapphic royal fantasy with a slowburning romance and political machinations, this book is for you!
For this tour stop, I figured I would make a mix for the book, complete with reasons why I added each song. Or at least, I tried to give reasons. Sometimes it’s just about how the song feels…
Before we begin though, you can check out all of the other stops on the tour here and read my review of the book here.
‘She loved me as I loved her, fierce as a bloodied blade.’
When teenage queen Lia inherits her corrupt uncle’s bankrupt kingdom, she brings a new spymaster into the fold … Xania, who takes the job to avenge her murdered father.
Faced with dangerous plots and hidden enemies, can Lia and Xania learn to rely on each another, as they discover that all is not fair in love and treason?
In a world where the throne means both power and duty, they must decide what to sacrifice for their country – and for each other …
Queen of Coin and Whispers
Helen Corcoran
Published: 1st June 2020
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Book of the Month: Spellbound: A Graphic Memoir
It’s a new month, which means a new book of the month! As ever, there were so many potential books to choose from, so, if you want to see what we sadly couldn’t choose, keep an eye out for our August releases post later in the month.
That said, here is what we did choose. And hopefully it’s introducing you to a whole new book!
Related: Don’t forget all releases can be found in our monthly lists here.
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Wrap-up: June 2020
It’s the end of June and another Pride month, which means it’s time for a wrap-up. As you may remember, at the beginning of the month, each of us set the other a TBR of six books. Well, now you can find out how we got on with that!
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If You Liked [Insert Straight Media Here], Try…
Forgive me if I keep this brief, this post took longer than I expected, and I really need to sleep. But here it is! The final part of our “like this, try that” series, this one dedicated to solely straight media.
Apologies for the sort of… eclectic mix of media. When we thought about this, we realised we didn’t actually know a whole lot of straight media ourselves, so asked twitter (and pooled some ideas). So yeah.
Happy Pride and enjoy!
BOOKS | FILMS & TV | MUSIC
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If You Liked This Artist, Try…
Another part of our “If you liked this, try that” series! So far, we recced you books and movies this way. And now it’s time for music!
I chose ten pretty popular musicians and for each one, based on their most distinct traits, I tried to recommend you 3 less popular artists. Of course, everyone I encourage you to listen to in this post is a member of the LGBT community.
Happy Pride, guys! Discover some new music!
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Music Releases: LGBT songs of May 2020
From now on, there will be only one post like this per month! I’m officially all caught up with this series! Starting July, I will me making a compilation at the beginning of the month to bring to your attention the songs that came out the month before.
Of course, like always, there are 10 of my absolutely favourite songs with links to their lyric videos below (only a few songs already have music videos) & 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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Book Releases: July 2020
July sadly brings us fewer releases than before, thanks to COVID-19 pushing back a few. But there are still over 60 books coming out in the month! All of which are in this post.
As ever, you can find all our previous releases posts here and the rainbow emoji indicates an author who id’s as LGBT.
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Author Interview: Bill Elenbark
It may almost be the end of Pride Month but the content does not stop coming! Our interview today is with Bill Elenbark, whose debut novel releases in just a handful of days (and, yes, of course, that’s still plenty of time to get your preorder in).
You can also follow him on twitter.
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Book Recs: Twitter’s Best Gay Books
About, oh a month or two back, I asked a question on twitter. Namely, if you had to rec a single LGBT book (cruel I know), what would it be.
Well, these are the results — 50+ books recommended by 50+ folks!
Related: twitter’s favourite sapphic romances and twitter’s favourite trans books.
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If You Liked This Movie, Try…
Another installment of our new series! The formula stays exactly the same: I chose 10 popular titles and based on each of them I recommended 3 less popular and, of course, LGBT titles.
If you’re looking for new things to watch during Pride (or just in general), this is definitely your lucky day!
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Discussion: We Are More Than Our Traumas: History Beyond Stonewall and AIDS
Discussion posts aren’t exactly a regular feature on this blog, to be sure, not least because we generally find ourselves wondering what exactly we can discuss. But today, we do actually have a topic for you.
And it relates to history.
I (Charlotte) made a tweet about 9 days back (here) asking people to read a nonfiction book about LGBT history sometime this month. Really, the reasoning behind it is what spawned this post.
So read on, and let us know what you think!
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Music Releases: LGBT songs of April 2020
The whole mix for April is over 50 songs, so the choice of my ten absolute favourites to feature in the post was not easy at all. But for obvious reasons, I wanted to showcase Black artists specifically.
Like always, there are 10 songs with links to their videos (or lyric videos, since we’re getting to actually new stuff finally & not all of them have an mv yet!) below & a mix with way more songs at the end of the post.
And perhaps you need more music? Check out all my previous monthly posts right here!
