B Reviews / Book Reviews / Need A Rec! / Recommended ReadsBoston / Contemporary / f/f / high-school / humorous / Iranian-American / LGBTQIA+ / New England / YA4 Comments
Dear Ms. Farizan, Your LGBT-themed YA novel, Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel, came to my attention thanks to this post at The Book Smugglers. Leila Azadi is a sixteen year old student at Armstead Academy, a private high school in the Boston suburbs. Leila, whose parents immigrated ... more >
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Oxford University Press reportedly barred pigs and anything pork-related from children’s book – Although the headlines for this story are pretty sensationalized, but it’s actually a pretty interesting issue. Tossing aside the usual claims of “political correctness,” the heart of this story is the tension between artistic freedom/free speech and ... more >
Publishing Newsdiscrimination / Ebooks / Facebook / Film / gender / LGBTQIA+ / Libraries / privacy / research / sexual identity / sexual orientation4 Comments
Facebook’s chief product officer apologizes to the LGBTQ community – Facebook CPO Chris Cox penned what appears to be a pretty earnest and humble apology for discriminating against LGBTQ users by flagging their user names as fake. Although Facebook does not require birth names for its users, it does apparently ... more >
Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsBold Stroke Books / Contemporary / f/f / LGBTQIA+6 Comments
Lives depend on two women when a train derails high in the remote Alps, but an unforgiving mountain, avalanches, crevasses, and other perils stand between them and safety. Associated Press reporter Hudson Mead is an extreme skiing enthusiast who has covered war zones and natural disasters during her long and ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAmerican Indians / Contemporary / cowboys / Harlequin SuperRomance / LGBTQIA+ / Native American / POC / Rodeo12 Comments
Love is one unpredictable ride Ride straight to the top of the rodeo circuit—that’s June Spotted Elk’s dream. Yes, bull-riding is a man’s world, but she won’t let anyone—not even a sexy, scarred stranger—get in her way. Seasoned bull rider Travis Younkin knows what it’s like to make it to ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / lesbian romance / LGBTQIA+ / Los Angeles / Movies / Young-Adult3 Comments
Dear Ms. LaCour, I’ve been on a contemporary kick lately. Something to distract me from my speculative fiction funk, I guess. I haven’t read any of your previous novels but after Everything Leads To You, I think I’ll be tracking them down. Emi Price is a high school senior who ... more >