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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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Be Gay Do Crime

Be Gay Do Crime: Sixteen Stories of Queer Chaos by Molly Llewellyn (editor), Kristel Buckley (editor)

May 7, 2026 by fiordeligi Leave a Comment

Once again, I’m a sucker for a good title, and Be Gay Do Crime got me immediately. It’s a short story collection edited by Molly Llewellyn and Kristel Buckley, and I went in assuming that it’d be a series of riots. The name evokes the proud history of queer militancy to me — the anti-normative ethos of “not gay as in happy but queer as in fuck you.” That’s mostly not it. Across the 16 stories collected here, there are many flavors of queerness (largely […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: collection of short stories, feminist fiction, genderqueer, Molly Llewellyn (editor), Kristel Buckley (editor), queer authors, queer fiction

fiordeligi's CBR18 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: collection of short stories, feminist fiction, genderqueer, Molly Llewellyn (editor), Kristel Buckley (editor), queer authors, queer fiction ·
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They did the monster mash

Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove

March 4, 2026 by Jen K 1 Comment

I kept looking at this one last year since it would come up on various lists and then finally picked up a copy. It also ended up being announced as the February choice for the Buffering podcast book club which worked out perfect – always great when book club just helps you prioritize a book you already have. This novel was just pulpy, campy fun, combining classic horror creatures with AIs (the good fictional kind that make you discover things about humanity) and space travel. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Barbara Truelove, classic monsters, found family, pulp fiction, queer fiction

Jen K's CBR18 Review No:21 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Barbara Truelove, classic monsters, found family, pulp fiction, queer fiction ·
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Secrets Typed In Blood: The Third Pentecost & Parker Mystery

Secrets Typed In Blood by Stephen Spotswood

January 4, 2023 by Owlizabeth 6 Comments

Hello howdy and hey y’all, it’s my first post ever! I love detective stories. I’ve got a brain that enjoys puzzles and being right, so it’s fun on top of fun. But I am also super picky and easily distracted or annoyed by most mysteries. I need a challenge but not something so convoluted it’s unsolvable. I don’t want anything too cozy or too grim, nothing with lots of graphic violence/mutilation/torture but a decent amount of action. I prefer women authors and characters, I like […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: detective, disabled characters, Female Detective, Fiction, mystery, Noir, queer fiction, Stephen Spotswood

Owlizabeth's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Featured, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: detective, disabled characters, Female Detective, Fiction, mystery, Noir, queer fiction, Stephen Spotswood ·
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I don’t understand why people like this one, either!!

Lavender House by Lev A.C. Rosen

December 28, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

Thanks to NetGalley and MacMillan Audio for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the content of my review. I’m not sure how much help my review is going to be here, because I’m pretty certain I would have given it a different rating (though maybe not that different) had I not done the audio. I really wish I hadn’t jumped on this ARC instead of waiting for the hard copy to come in to my library. This is a queer murder mystery. It is not like Knives […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Mystery Tagged With: ARCs, audiobooks, historical fiction, historical mystery, lavender house, Lev A.C. Rosen, LGBTQIA, mystery, queer fiction

narfna's CBR14 Review No:237 · Genres: Audiobooks, Mystery · Tags: ARCs, audiobooks, historical fiction, historical mystery, lavender house, Lev A.C. Rosen, LGBTQIA, mystery, queer fiction ·
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