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Jun 10, 2025

Today we discuss Nicole Dennis-Benn's novel Patsy, which won the 2020 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction.

Content warning: brief mentions of miscarriage, sexual and physical assaults, abusive relationships

Our next book discussion will be Wild Geese by Soula Emmanuel. You can find it at your local...


May 27, 2025

For the month of May, our prompt is to read a dystopia or post-apocalyptic work of fiction. Corinne's pick is I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman. We have both read this book already and jumped at the chance to reread and discuss this book, that we describe as being "about what it is to be human."

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May 13, 2025

Our first book for May's prompt to read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel is Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson. Set in a Toronto that has been abandoned by the government and anyone with means, Ti-Jeanne has to learn how to survive and how to protect the ones she loves.

Content warning: mentions of violence,...


Apr 29, 2025

Today's book discussion is on Underground Barbie by Maša Kolanović, translated from Croatian by Ena Selimović. We get slightly off-topic talking about the top news stories from the 90s and reminiscing about playing with Barbies.

Content warning: war (mentions of bombing and snipers), swearing

Our next book...


Apr 8, 2025

Becca's pick for April's prompt to read a book based on its cover or title is Nonfiction: A Novel by Julie Myerson, because the contradiction between the title and genre was too compelling to pass up. 

Content warning: drug addiction

Our next book discussion will be Underground Barbie by Maša Kolanović. You can...