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Rainbow Book Recs: Brown, Black, & White

6/25/2025

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Every year, I try to do some Pride Month book recs so you’ll have some queer books to read in June and throughout the year. When I thought about how to do it this year, grouping book recs by color sounded like a fun idea—then by the end of the month, we’ll have a whole rainbow of books. This week, I’m sharing books with predominantly blue, purple, and pink covers (take a look at the previous posts of red and orange books, yellow and green books, and blue, purple, and pink books). I’m sure I’ll think of a book I should have included as soon as I post this, since that’s how it usually goes! Here are today’s book recs:

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Rainbow Book Recs: Blue, Purple, & Pink

6/18/2025

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Every year, I try to do some Pride Month book recs so you’ll have some queer books to read in June and throughout the year. When I thought about how to do it this year, grouping book recs by color sounded like a fun idea—then by the end of the month, we’ll have a whole rainbow of books. This week, I’m sharing books with predominantly blue, purple, and pink covers (take a look at the previous posts of red and orange books and yellow and green books). I’m sure I’ll think of a book I should have included as soon as I post this, since that’s how it usually goes! Here are today’s book recs:

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Rainbow Book Recs: Yellow and Green

6/11/2025

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Every year, I try to do some Pride Month book recs so you’ll have some queer books to read in June and throughout the year. When I thought about how to do it this year, grouping book recs by color sounded like a fun idea—then by the end of the month, we’ll have a whole rainbow of books. This week, I’m sharing books with predominantly yellow and green covers (take a look at last week's red and orange books). I’m sure I’ll think of a book I should have included as soon as I post this, since that’s how it usually goes! Here are today’s book recs:

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Rainbow Book Recs: Red and Orange

6/6/2025

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Every year, I try to do some Pride Month book recs so you’ll have some queer books to read in June and throughout the year. When I thought about how to do it this year, grouping book recs by color sounded like a fun idea—then by the end of the month, we’ll have a whole rainbow of books. This week, I’m sharing books with predominantly red and orange covers. I’m sure I’ll think of a book I should have included as soon as I post this, since that’s how it usually goes. And I’m sure I forgot some because I forgot the covers, even though I tried to look through my books. Here are today’s book recs:

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Sapphic Book Recs

4/28/2025

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I meant to put this list together last week, which was Lesbian Visibility Week, but of course I didn't manage it (when do I ever manage anything on time anymore? *lolsob*). I've put it together now, though, and I hope you find something you enjoy. These are mostly romances in various subgenres but there are a few that are in other genres with sapphic romances/relationships that are not the central plot of the book but are still important.
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Trans Book Recs

3/29/2025

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We're getting to the end of the Trans Rights Readathon, which started March 21st and goes through Trans Day of Visibility, March 31st, but I thought those participating might still be looking for some books and really, we all should read trans books all year long anyway. So I'm sharing a list of trans books I've enjoyed. These are all books with trans main characters but are not necessarily by trans authors, and they are all really good—I've probably recommended at least some of them before. I'm also going to share my books with trans characters in case anyone is interested in my fantasy romances, though I am not a trans author.

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Fairy Tale Retelling Book Recs

3/3/2025

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Last Wednesday was National Tell a Fairy Tale Day, and I meant to have this post written then...but I was in the middle of a last push to finish NJ Romance Writer's JeRoWriMo writing challenge (which I did at almost the last moment). I love a good fairy tale retelling/reimagining, and I've made a list of some of my favorites. They range from pretty close to the original to modern reimaginings. I hope you find something you enjoy!

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More Cozy Reads

1/23/2025

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Back in November, I recommended some cozy reads (find them here) and I thought this week, if you're like me, you might need some more. If you're in the US, at least, the last few days have been tough—just one horrible thing after another, and though they aren't unexpected to anyone who has been paying attention (...and potentially screaming about these things), they are still rage-inducing and despair-causing. And all we can do is fight as best we can and take care of each other. And take care of ourselves. Part of that for me is sometimes reading something cozy and warm. Sometimes it means reading something entirely else to channel that rage—comfort reads are different for every person and sometimes for every mood.

Today, I'm going to focus on more cozy books, which also exist on a spectrum of coziness or fluffiness, I suppose, and these recs do too. They are also a mix of genres and subgenres, pairings, etc. I hope you find something to escape into and recharge. 

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Dragon Book Recs for Appreciate a Dragon Day

1/16/2025

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Happy Appreciate a Dragon Day to all who celebrate! And if you love dragon books, you really should be celebrating. If you're familiar with my books, you probably know that I love dragons and dragon books, both writing and reading them. I've always loved fantasy and romance and dragons—I still have the copy of Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C Wrede I bought at the Scholastic Book Fair in elementary school, so you know this goes back a while—and I'm always watching for more dragon books and adding them to by massive TBR. I think To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose is up next for me, but we'll see (I'm such a mood reader!). I thought I would share some book recs today. These are generally all romances, some with dragon shifters as the love interest and some just with dragons in the story. 

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Holiday Romance Recs 2024

12/24/2024

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I'm sneaking in time between baking batches of cookies to write a quick holiday romance rec post, as has become my tradition. Last year, I did several posts broken up by sub-genre, this year, I just did not have the time. So, just one list time, filled with some favorites that I'm sure I've recommended before and others I might not have. I hope you find something to curl up with.

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