i’ve been on a teen fiction/dystopian kick lately. just finished Maria V. Snyder’s second sci-fi book, “Outside In” (first book is titled “Inside Out”), action/adventure/social commentary; recently read “Divergent” by Veronica Roth – strong female protagonist, divided humanity, dystopian Chicago; Carrie Ryan’s third zombie book “The Dark and…[Read more]

I have Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk on my computer desk at the moment. I’m still finding it depressing though that I have no lesbian novels to read.

Just finished the Street Philosopher by Matthew Plampin. It’s a historical novel about the Crimean War (between the British, French, Turks and Russians in the 1850s) and it’s absolutely brilliant. It also has a queer element to it, one of the characters is gay-or a ‘sodomite’ as they were called. Gives a vivid description of the persecution faced…[Read more]