NB: We have a guest squee from Castiron, who has a series that might be of interest to many of you. It’s epistolary-esque in nature and sounds all sorts of fun. When not data-wrangling or family-wrangling, Castiron divides her time between textile crafts, reading, and genealogy. She says of this series: The Comfortable Courtesan series is the memoir of Clorinda Cathcart, a (fictional) courtesan in Regency London who eventually moves up in the world. Originally … Continue reading Guest Squee: The Comfortable Courtesan series by L. A. Hall →
NB: This guest review is from Reader Tara Scott. If you want to read her previous guest reviews (and we highly recommend that you do), you can see them all here. Tara reads a lot of lesbian romances. You can catch her regularly reviewing at The Lesbian Review and Curve Magazine and hear her talk about lesbian fiction (including romance) on her podcast Les Do Books. You can also hit her up for recommendations on Twitter (@taramdscott). … I love … Continue reading Guest Squee: Edge of Glory by Rachel Spangler →
Squee from the Keeper Shelf is a feature wherein we share why we love the books we love, specifically the stories which are permanent residents of our Keeper shelves. Despite flaws, despite changes in age and perspective, despite the passage of time, we love particular books beyond reason, and the only thing better than re-reading them is telling other people about them. At length. If you’d like to submit your reasons for loving and keeping … Continue reading Keeper Shelf: A Ring of Endless Light by Madeleine L’Engle →
Squee from the Keeper Shelf is a feature wherein we share why we love the books we love, specifically the stories which are permanent residents of our Keeper shelves. Despite flaws, despite changes in age and perspective, despite the passage of time, we love particular books beyond reason, and the only thing better than re-reading them is telling other people about them. At length. If you’d like to submit your reasons for loving and keeping … Continue reading Keeper Shelf: Inda by Sherwood Smith →
Squee from the Keeper Shelf is a feature wherein we share why we love the books we love, specifically the stories which are permanent residents of our Keeper shelves. Despite flaws, despite changes in age and perspective, despite the passage of time, we love particular books beyond reason, and the only thing better than re-reading them is telling other people about them. At length. If you’d like to submit your reasons for loving and keeping … Continue reading Keeper Shelf: In the Distance There is Light by Harper Bliss →
Squee from the Keeper Shelf is a feature wherein we share why we love the books we love, specifically the stories which are permanent residents of our Keeper shelves. Despite flaws, despite changes in age and perspective, despite the passage of time, we love particular books beyond reason, and the only thing better than re-reading them is telling other people about them. At length. If you’d like to submit your reasons for loving and keeping … Continue reading Keeper Shelf: The Velvet Montgomery Series by Jude Deveraux →
NB: We have a guest squee or rather an author squee for Fred Vargas’ mystery novels. It’s made a couple of us at SBTB HQ add the books to our TBR piles. This squee comes from Lara. Here is Lara’s bio: “A burlesque-dancing feminist with a deep yearning for solitude and a library of my own. I also teach English to high school students and knit when the stress levels rise.” … Heartbreak requires a … Continue reading Guest Squee: The Works of Fred Vargas →
NB: Please welcome Tara Scott with another squee-worthy review! Check out her previous squees of The Liberators of Willow Run and Courting the Countess. Tara reads a lot of lesbian romances. You can catch her regularly reviewing at The Lesbian Review and Curve Magazine and hear her talk about lesbian fiction (including romance) on her podcast Les Do Books. You can also hit her up for recommendations on Twitter (@taramdscott). … If you were to ask me for a … Continue reading Guest Squee: Strawberry Summer by Melissa Brayden →
NB: It’s time for a squee! This is for a Chinese period drama with all sorts of gorgeous scenery and amazing costumes. The Nirvana in Fire squee comes from Castiron. Castiron spends her days wrangling book metadata and her evenings wrangling yarn and kids. Her desert island solar-powered ebook reader would include Jeannie Lin’s Pingkang Li duology, Courtney Milan’s Brothers Sinister series, Georgette Heyer’s The Unknown Ajax, and the complete works of Lois McMaster Bujold, along with … Continue reading Guest Squee: Nirvana in Fire →
NB: Tara Scott is back with another squee-worthy review! If you missed her previous squee of The Liberators of Willow Run, give it a read! Tara reads a lot of lesbian romances. You can catch her regularly reviewing at The Lesbian Review and Curve Magazine and hear her talk about lesbian fiction (including romance) on her podcast Les Do Books. You can also hit her up for recommendations on Twitter (@taramdscott). … Sometimes you hear about a … Continue reading Guest Squee: Courting the Countess by Jenny Frame →
NB: Instead of a book squee, we have a full blown author squee from LindsayRae! Lindsay is a queer reader, writer, and news junkie living on the Florida Gulf Coast. She loves coffee, books, backpacking, cooking, circus arts, and winning at basically anything. You can follow her on Twitter (@lindsayraemyers). … My dear Bitchery, I don’t think I need to observe that we are living in tough times. Mayhap we all need a little extra steel … Continue reading Guest Squee: I Need A Hero – Pamela Clare is My Writer for Our Troubled Times →
