reviews, releases and recommendations of LGBT media
We decided to change things up a little bit! And by that I mean we decided that from now on we will be putting all monthly releases in one post! (With a different format, too.)
So now you’re about to see around 90 LGBT books coming out this February. I hope you’re ready!
(The rainbow emoji next to a specific rep in a book means it’s written by an LGBT author.)
February brings us both Black History Month (and associated readathons) and #FFFeb. So, obviously, it made most sense for us to pick an f/f book with Black MCs, by a Black author.
And also we heard this one would make us cry, and who doesn’t want a good cry over a book.
So, without further ado, the book.
I decided to change it up a little bit from now on. Mostly because choosing only ten songs each month is giving me anxiety… So the way it’s gonna work now is this: I will still decide which ten songs were my absolute favourites from a month and include them in the post.
But I will also put all the songs I loved on the mix, which is always a bonus part of the post anyway. (I might update the old mixes so check them out, too!)
And for those of you who are here for the first time, you can catch up on my previous posts here!
At the beginning of December, I decided (foolishly) to aim to have read 400 books in 2019 (being, at the time, only on about 325). I made it, exhaustedly sure, but I made it. And I did so by reading a lot of novellas on tor.com.
So, obviously, armed with that knowledge, I had to make a rec list. There are only my favourite 10 on here, but I also made a longer thread on twitter, with every single one I read over that time.
So enjoy!
Today we offer you a look at the steampunk scene, with an insight from an Indian writer (based in Scotland). We’re very excited to have Suna Dasi on our blog! Read on to see what she has to say about the power of children books & the importance of representation in media.
Be sure to follow Suna on twitter as well!
I told you about all the YA upcoming books of the first half of the year & today I’m here to tell you about all the 2020 books with non-cis protagonists. As the title implies, this list is compiled of books with main characters who are trans or non-binary, or both, or genderfluid… Everyone who is not cis.
I want to make three things clear:
1) this is a list of all the books I know of at the moment which is not to say it’s a list of all the books in existence;
2) I decided to include love interests as well, since they usually play a pretty major role in the story, but not other side characters;
3) I’m marking with a 🌈 emoji books written by LGBT authors – please correct me, if I got something wrong.
Not that I completely forgot I had to do this post, but I maybe completely forgot I had to do this post. But no matter! I’m just in time.
The first part of January brought us an influx of amazing releases (check them out here), and the second part continues with that. I know I said that there were 45 books out this month, but I have since found several more and that number is closer to 70 now (and, of course, we missed the release date of a few, so get ready for a massive post at the end of the year again).
But anyway, take a peek at what’s in store!
And as ever, all our previous posts are here.
Robyn Hood didn’t set out to rob the rich, but in Nottingham, nothing ever goes according to plan….
After a fateful hunting accident sends her on the run from the law, Robyn finds herself deep in the heart of Sherwood Forest. All she really wants to do is provide for her family and stay out of trouble, but when the Sheriff of Nottingham levies the largest tax in the history of England, she’s forced to take matters into her own hands. Relying on the help of her band of merry women and the Sheriff’s intriguing—and off limits—daughter, Marian, Robyn must find a way to pull off the biggest heist Sherwood has ever seen.
With both heart and freedom at stake, just how much will she risk to ensure the safety of the ones she loves?
Anna Burke
Published: 21st January 2020
Goodreads
Rep: lesbian mcs, lesbian & bi side characters, trans side character
CWs: self-harm, mentions of gendered violence/rape, homophobia & internalised homophobia
Yes, I know, those posts tended to feature ten songs (and a headache for me, when I had to cut the lists to just ten titles…), but I figured, you know… June was Pride month. What better excuse to include more songs? Right?
Which is to say today I bring you 20 songs by LGBT artists that came out in June 2019 and are my absolute best of all the songs from that month.
In case you missed it: my January, February, March, April & May choices!
(And remember, there’s a Spotify playlist with all the songs at the end of the post!)
I’m back with another sapphic rec list and just in time for #FFFeb! (If you haven’t heard, I’m running a month of only reading sapphic books on twitter and you’re welcome to join! More info is here.) Since mystery is my favourite genre (and Mahana @ Sapphic Library told me to do thrillers), this rec list is, unsurprisingly, full of mystery and thrillers.
To note first though, a fair few books on here are upcoming, so I have occasionally only been able to find limited information about them. So, apologies if I have made a mistake anywhere.
As ever, all the previous posts are here.
Magic rolls through Orion Tamura’s history classroom like a tidal wave of golden light that only he can see. The spell is deadly, and Orion has no idea who cast it or what they want.
Answers are scarce—all of Port Monica’s sorcerers vanished fourteen years before, including Orion’s father. Armed with his limited knowledge of magic, Orion is the only one left in the city who is strong enough to investigate the origins of the spell.
But the city’s leaders will stop at nothing to censor and sabotage anyone who gets close to the truth. Invisible otherworlders watch every move Orion and his friends make, and a mysterious sorcerer who knows the answers haunts Orion’s dreams.
Jimena I. Novaro
Published: 17th December 2019
Goodreads
Rep: Japanese Argentine American bi mc, nonbinary side character
If you’ve been following our blog for a while, you might be aware that I (Anna) tend to read YA literature. Well, not exclusively, but I sure enjoy it a lot. So for me to make a post solely about YA releases was really just a matter of time…
There are about 100 books listed here, getting publish from Janury to June 2020. Hopefully I didn’t miss anything but as a disclaimer: this is a list of all LGBT YA upcoming books I know about today. For books out between July and December 2020, head over here.
The books are divided by publication month and each has the rep listed (in as detailed way, as we were able to find out). Books by LGBT authors also have a rainbow emoji next to them.
We have for you a very sapphic treat today! We talked with Anna Burke and if you’re still somehow not familiar with her name, you should know she only ever writes F/F books and they’re magical. And her next book, Nottingham, is out on 21st January, so look out for that!
You can also follow Anna on twitter.
Enjoy!
For some of us (and by some of us, I mean Charlotte) December was an amazing month, reading-wise. Some of us read literally dozens of books and have a lot of recs to share with you guys. Other people (and by other people, I mean me, Anna) focused on watching gay movies & have close to nothing to share with you guys, because watching gay movies is a lot like playing Russian roulette – you just can’t tell which one will do you in.
Regardless, we both ended the year on a very gay note, so explore!
A good few times this year, I turned to Anna or Anna turned to me (metaphorically because we are some 1,000 miles away from one another in real life) and said hey look I found another book we missed off our list! Because there are several many books we either didn’t hear about in time (sad) or didn’t know were gay at all (even sadder).
So, because we want to promote ALL the LGBT books we possibly can, we started this post. All the LGBT books we didn’t hear about in time to add to our monthly releases list (and, if you thought we had some long monthly releases lists, you haven’t seen anything yet).
Undoubtedly, there are still more we’ve missed off, even after all this, but here are the 158 books that we didn’t get the first time round.
But before we start, just for you all, have a list of
