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> Tag: lesbian character

Coming of Age in 1950s Chinatown

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

December 30, 2022 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

I read Last Night at the Telegraph Club for our Cannon Book Club to celebrate Asian Pacific Heritage month. The YA novel is part historical fiction and part romance. It was a powerful story of coming of age and sexual awakening. It’s also a captivating window into what life was like for 1950s Chinese Americans and the LGBTQIA community. We meet shy Chinese-American student Lily Hu who loves studying math and science. She likes to fall into books and loves sci-fi, which I can relate to! When […]

Filed Under: Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: historical fiction, Last Night at the Telegraph Club, lesbian character, lesbian romance, LGBTQIA romance, Malinda Lo, YA Romance, young adult fiction

teresaelectro's CBR14 Review No:26 · Genres: Romance, Young Adult · Tags: historical fiction, Last Night at the Telegraph Club, lesbian character, lesbian romance, LGBTQIA romance, Malinda Lo, YA Romance, young adult fiction ·
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A calico cat sitting upright next to a the book, "Record of a Spaceborn Few" by Becky Chambers.

“If trying something new was valid, then keeping something old was, too…. Life meant death, always. But by the same token, death meant life.”

Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers

June 12, 2022 by Dome'Loki 3 Comments

Becky Chambers continues to keep me in awe of her writing.  Record of a Spaceborn Few is the third book in the “Wayfarer Series”.  It tangentially ties into the first book as one of the main characters, Tessa Santoso, is sister to Captain Ashby Santoso, of the spaceship Wayfarer, in A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet.  This book is centered on The Exodus Fleet, the last humans to leave Earth when the environment collapsed hundreds of years ago.  They wandered for generations until […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Becky Chambers, cbr14, Dome'Loki, lesbian character, LGBTQ, space, Wayfarer series

Dome'Loki's CBR14 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Becky Chambers, cbr14, Dome'Loki, lesbian character, LGBTQ, space, Wayfarer series ·
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A woman in black looks over her shoulder, in front of the Brooklyn bridge

Swipe Right on Mystery

The Verifiers by Jane Pek

May 30, 2022 by Sofi Keren Leave a Comment

Claudia Lin loves mystery novels, especially the “Inspector Yuan” series. Her job lets her play detective in a low-key way: she works for a small, mysterious company called Veracity that investigates dating app customers’ matches to see if they’re the real deal. When a client comes calling with a story that seems a little off, wanting to investigate two matches that she doesn’t seem all that emotionally invested in, and then disappears, Claudia’s life suddenly gets a little more complicated. She can’t resist the urge […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: asian representation, dating apps, Jane Pek, lesbian character, LGBT fiction

Sofi Keren's CBR14 Review No:10 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: asian representation, dating apps, Jane Pek, lesbian character, LGBT fiction ·
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A beautiful witchy sapphic romance full of healing

Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches by Kate Scelsa

May 26, 2022 by LB Leave a Comment

I wanted to read this book for a witchy, sapphic romance, but this delivered so much more. If you need a story about finding true friends, healing after tragedy, and a sweet sapphic romance as a bonus, this book is for you. Eleanor has felt ostracized from the community in Salem since a tragedy last Halloween, but when she receives a book detailing the Major Arcana of Smith Rider Waite tarot deck and meets Pix and Ofira, she begins a journey of healing and growth. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: friendship, halloween, healing, Improbable magic for cynical witches, kate scelsa, lesbian character, queer, salem Massachusetts, sapphic romance, Young Adult

LB's CBR14 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: friendship, halloween, healing, Improbable magic for cynical witches, kate scelsa, lesbian character, queer, salem Massachusetts, sapphic romance, Young Adult ·
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