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  • WLW Wednesday

    WLW Wednesday — 19 Aug 2020

    20th August 2020

    WLW Wednesday is a weekly blog series originated by Sasha and Amber @ Sasha and Amber Read. Every week or two, they share about their recent wlw reads. This is their second week and my first, so I will start with what I have read since August 5th, 2020. Also check out Arin @ Tomes of Our Lives for her post! Thanks to Arin, I now know that Sasha and Amber are welcoming other bloggers to join WLW Wednesday, too! Is this sapphic solidarity?

    I will be posting either weekly or biweekly, depending on how many wlw books I have read during that time. Note that this is not a weekly wrap-up as I do read books that are not sapphic. Those will show up in my monthly wrap-ups but not here.

    Let’s see how this goes.

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  • Top Ten Tuesday

    Top Ten Tuesday: Books that Should be Adapted into Netflix Shows/Movies

    19th August 2020

    Top Ten Tuesday (TTT) is currently hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, and each Tuesday, we get a prompt to talk about 10 books.

    This week’s topic: books that should be adapted into Netflix shows/movies (submitted by Nushu @ Not A Prima Donna Girl).

    Over the past seven months, I have been escaping into sapphic books. I have only discovered this wonderful world of sapphic fiction (aka wlw fiction, or more traditionally known as lesfic*) in February this year. Before that, I seldom read romance. Since I now love them, I am excited to maybe try reading some more m/f romance as well.

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  • ARCs,  Book Reviews,  Fiction

    On the Square by Brenda Murphy | ARC Review

    17th August 2020
    Cover of On the Square

    On the Square (University Square #1) by Brenda Murphy

    • Publisher: NineStar Press, August 17th 2020
    • Genre: Romance, LGBTQ+
    • Format: Ebook (eARC)
    • Page Count: 234 pages
    • My Rating: ★★★ (3/5)

    General contractor Dale Miller’s (42, lesbian) ex-girlfriend took all her savings. Tight on money, Dale knows that she needs this business deal when celebrity chef Mai Li (~39, mixed race, lesbian) contacts her to renovate her old family house. Then Dale learns that Mai has nowhere to stay for the time being, so she offers her own basement as temporary lodging. With the both of them being burned in past relationships, Dale and Mai have to figure out if being together is something they both want.


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    #5OnMyTBR — 2020 Release

    17th August 2020

    Hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook, #5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme where we talk about 5 books on our TBR on Mondays. You can learn more about it in E.’s original announcement or #5OnMyTBR page.

    This week’s prompt: 2020 Release.

    I started reviewing ARCs on NetGalley and directly from publishers and authors in March this year. Since then, most of the books I have read are 2020 releases.

    But I don’t want to talk about ARCs today. I am going to list 5 books released in 2020 that I purchased instead. All are #ownvoices books.

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    Evie and the Pack-Horse Librarians by Laurel Beckley | ARC Review

    16th August 2020
    Cover of Evie and the Pack-Horse Librarians (Laurel Beckley)

    Evie and the Pack-Horse Librarians by Laurel Beckley

    • Publisher: NineStar Press, August 17th 2020
    • Genre: Fantasy, Romance, LGBTQ+, Novella
    • Format: Ebook (eARC)
    • Page Count: 98 pages
    • My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (3/5)

    CW: racial slights, mentioning of amputation

    If you want a very cute fantasy novella featuring a joyous cast of LGBTQ+ people, Evie and the Pack-Horse Librarians should be your top choice.

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Lí-hó!! I am Hsinju (they/she), a Taiwanese book blogger, writer, and full-time grad student in engineering. Here, I mainly review books featuring authentically represented LGBTQ+ characters and/or written by LGBTQ+ authors. You’d usually find me going about life with my heart stuck in the last book I finished.

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