Lavender BooksRoleplaying as an algorithm: reccing myself books based on my recent readsSince algorithms are now in charge of what we could read next, I decided to take a look at my recommendations and, surprise, for someone…Jul 6Jul 6
Lavender BooksRomance Leads with multiple pronounsThis Pride Month, I accidentally read several romances where one or more main characters use multiple pronouns and GASP! I wasn’t lost or…Jun 11Jun 11
Lavender Bookssapphic romances coming out in the second half of 2024 that I’m excited forSaint Martin’s Press titles are excluded due to the ongoing boycottJun 81Jun 81
Lavender BooksSapphic Sports Romances for the Olympics🏆I am unfortunately required to acknowledge the Olympics in a sports romance post posted this close to July 2024 for the algorithm but know…May 251May 251
Lavender BooksSFF Summer Reading Challenge TBRThe SFF Summer Reading Challenged is organized by my Instagram mutual @ thedragonsden_ to help people discover new speculative fiction with…Apr 21Apr 21
Lavender BooksHow do we, as trans readers, engage with essentialism and invisibilisation in romance?I open a sapphic romance, all excited for the story that is to come. I read one paragraph, two. I read the third. The entire paragraph is…Apr 20Apr 20
Lavender Books[ARC reviews] Aspec sapphic romances: Here We Go Again and How You Get the GirlDo you have very little interest in both dating and sex but if you were to pick someone it would be that one specific girl? That’s how…Jan 30Jan 30
Lavender Books2023: A Year of (unmet ?) goals, change, and letting go + 2024 goalsLike many bookstagrammers, I started last year by setting reading goals for myself. Not numbered goals, as they mean very little to me but…Jan 3Jan 3
Lavender BooksTrans representation in 2023 YA fiction: a retrospectiveYoung Adult fiction is hailed by many as the most diverse part of the industry, championing diverse characters and authors, and in some…Dec 29, 2023Dec 29, 2023