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He stepped on toes…just not while dancing

A Place to Dance: How Richard Lamberty Brought Change to the Ballroom by Eric Rosswood, Richard Lamberty and Vincent Chen

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A Place to Dance: How Richard Lamberty Brought Change to the Ballroom by Eric Rosswood, Richard Lamberty and illustrated by Vincent Chen (read via online reader, due August 2026) While dance is a popular subject, ballroom dancing is not. Therefore to see a new part of an old theme is fun and seeing it within the LGBTQ world is a great bonus. Richard Lamberty has never been on my radar, or if he was (the few times I would watch ballroom dancing with my mother) […]

I liked the cover best for this one.

Countdown to a Kiss by Piper Rayne

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As part of my prepping for the new year, I decided to take stock of my digital bookshelves and do some housekeeping. In doing so I clocked Countdown to a Kiss by Piper Rayne on my Chirp shelf. It must have been a Friday Freebie I downloaded at some point. It’s a quick hockey romance novella centered on a New Year’s Eve party, so it felt like something I should listen to around the actual holiday or delete from my to read shelf in the app, so I loaded it up while I spent Friday alone at work.   Having now listened to […]

“I’ve found a place where I can breathe.” — A lovely romance manga!

In the Twilight of Our Adolescence by Waka Hayashi

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In the Twilight of Our Adolescence is a real gem of a book, touching and thoughtful about growing up and the difficulties of adolescence, especially when you feel different to everyone else. There are three linked stories in the collection and one stand-alone. The three stories follow Tanahashi and Nakagawa, two junior high school boys, as they navigate becoming friends and potentially something more. Tanahashi has always respected Nakagawa’s ability to not care what others think. Even though Tanahashi is popular and good at sports, […]

“Back there, for one moment, I felt something electric streak through my chest.”

God of Seduction in the Bedroom by Fumi Tsuyuhisa

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God of Seduction in the Bedroom is a sweet romance manga about a Satoru, who is the world’s worst lover and thus has had every girlfriend break up with him. After his latest time being dumped, Ecchan, the god of seduction, shows up and states that it will find him a partner that he is compatible with. Because Satoru is so terrible at sex, there’s only one compatible person for him — Shinya, a popular actor. In one of many magical coincidences in this manga, […]

“My feelings are mine, and mine alone.”

Flip Flip Slowly by Mame Ohtako

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Flip Flip Slowly is a one volume gay romance manga that follows the developing relationship between Kouta, a librarian in a rural area, and Jinichi, an adjunct professor who shows up and becomes a regular. Kouta is a cheerful and thoughtful young man, while Jinichi is sad and reserved. Through their meetings at the library, they get to know each other and feelings slowly deepen between them. Kouta has to unpack some of Jinichi’s negative beliefs about himself and give him the space to make […]

“Love grows over time” — A Sweet End to a Sweet Series

You Can't Live All on Your Own! (Vol. 3) by Mizoko Tsuno

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First completed book of 2026! I am working my way through a 900+ page volume of Chips Channon’s diaries, which I’m sure I’ll have a lot to say about, but I’m not done reading that yet. In the meantime, I continue my exploration of the current manga scene as per usual. You Can’t Live All on Your Own is a josei manga series, so it is aimed at women in their 20s. The series follows four women who live together and their disparate romantic and […]



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