Maybe I’m the Problem, or a reflection on YA fantasy

When you think of a fantasy novel, what comes to mind? Personally, I’ve never read any of those large epic fantasies that are so emblematic of the genre. I haven’t read Lord of the Rings. I haven’t read a single Brandon Sanderson novel. I don’t even know enough about what I might expect from those…

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review // I Think I Love You by Auriane Desombre

book: I Think I Love You by Auriane Desombre publisher & imprint: Underlined, an imprint of Delacorte Press rep: lesbian mc, bi woman mc cw: divorce, misogyny  rating: 2/5 stars release date: March 2nd, 2021links to buy*: https://bookshop.org/a/13798/9780593179765 *this is an affiliate link. if you use it, i will get a small commission. Disclaimer I…

reading plans // What I’m Doing for the Sapphic Reading Challenge

Bestselling f/f romance author Jae created a massive reading challenge for 2021. It has 50 prompts, 12 bonus prompts. and a number of badges and levels you can achieve. I won't get into it all now but I suggest going over to her post and getting all the details ( link ). I am going…

The Rejection of Societal Femininity, or Princess Floralinda and the Forty Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir

cover art: tristan elwell spoilers: heavyrating: 4 starsrep: sapphic mc, sapphic li, non-binary li Unless you follow me on twitter, you might not know my love of the Locked Tomb series. Two months after reading Gideon the Ninth, I got a tattoo of one of the symbols from the book. In the August 2020, I…

The Times I Knew I Was Gay, or the Value of Lesbians Sharing Their Experiences

note: I received The Times I Knew I Was Gay as an e-arc from the publisher. cw for the book: lesbophobia, use of the d slur, disordered eating. body image issuescw for the post: discussions of lesbophobia I didn't realize I was a lesbian until the summer before my junior year of high school. I…