#ReadWomen

[selkierosemary]

Your local selkie tumblogger not the best at taking pretty photos but I had to show you all this new book called A Sweet Sting of Salt that I just got for my lesbian book hoard, because it's about a selkie! If you're familiar with the fisherman's wife story then you can guess what the selkie is dealing with. I'm so excited to read this!

#selkies #selkie books #selkie folklore #a sweet sting of salt #i was also gifted the little stuffed seals i put in this photo! the seashells and stuff are just off my desk. #i heard we are supposed to take pretty pictures of books so i did my best. #readwomen #rose sutherland #about to put this book with my literally unexaggeratedly life changing tides by our own betsy cornwall #bookblr #the rest of my regularly scheduled lesbian book posting is on my sideblog but obviously this needed to be posted here #selkie enthusiasts of tumblr need to know

[wollstonecraft-ish]

"The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice."

Daniel Deronda - George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans)

#readwomen #feminist academia #dark academia #chaotic academia #feminist literature #light academia #mary wollstonecraft #classic academia #bronte #feminism #cottage academia #new years resolution

[showthisbooksomelove]

Ship Wrecked ~ Olivia Dade

Ship Wrecked ~ Olivia Dade

Rating: 5/5 Ship Wrecked is one of my new favorite romances, and you better believe I will be recommending it to other romance readers. Two people meet and have a one-night-stand, and although they were very passionate and emotionally connected, Maria chooses to leave the hotel room before Peter wakes up. Upon waking, Peter is understandably disappointed, as he felt the night was exceptional and…

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#ReadWomen #book review #Fiction #frontlist #netgalley #novel #Olivia Dade #published2022 #review #Romance #ship wrecked

[negression]

2 Debuts and a Veteran Poet: A Sneak Peek at My Fave 2023 Books

I look forward to returning to my favorite books of the year listings. Here's a sneak peek of the top 3 as listed on Shepherd.com this week.

I rarely find things I’d re-read at this stage in my life, with so many lifelong faves. But I’d read all my “3 favorite reads in 2023” again and you should for the first time if you haven’t already. Thanks Shepherd.com for letting me share why these women’s books are so special! Read in full here: https://shepherd.com/bboy/2023/f/kalisha-buckhanon. THE SAME COUNTRY by Carole Burns “Carole…

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#bestbooks2023 #caroleburns #crystalsmithpaul #kittycarr #negressionlovesbooks #NegressionSuggestsBooks #readwomen #refusetodisappear #shepherd #tarabetts #thesamecountry

[kalishaonline]

2 Debuts and a Veteran Poet: A Sneak Peek at My Fave 2023 Books

I look forward to returning to my favorite books of the year listings. Here's a sneak peek of the top 3 as listed on Shepherd.com this week.

I rarely find things I’d re-read at this stage in my life, with so many lifelong faves. But I’d read all my “3 favorite reads in 2023” again and you should for the first time if you haven’t already. Thanks Shepherd.com for letting me share why these women’s books are so special! Read in full here: https://shepherd.com/bboy/2023/f/kalisha-buckhanon. THE SAME COUNTRY by Carole Burns “Carole…

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#bestbooks2023 #caroleburns #crystalsmithpaul #kittycarr #negressionlovesbooks #NegressionSuggestsBooks #readwomen #refusetodisappear #shepherd #tarabetts #thesamecountry

[mfcommand]

Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge The title drew my attention. I'd not quite expected to learn so much about history of racism in Britain. The parallels are not at all difficult to draw in the same frustrating discussions about race with whites in US. Whites & much of US is taught an entirely different, inaccurate, outright lies about history & race in the US, Britain & the world, making it incredibly frustrating to discuss, when many don't even come into conversation with facts & knowledge about accuracy of history. Highly important, insightful & recommended. 👍 #READ #READS #READING #BOOK #BOOKS #BOOKSTAGRAM #HISTORY #NONFICTION #BRITAIN #READBLACKWOMEN #READBLACK #READWOMEN #LETSREAD #NOWREADING #CURRENTLYREADING https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpp7q4uu_23/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#read #reads #reading #book #books #bookstagram #history #nonfiction #britain #readblackwomen #readblack #readwomen #letsread #nowreading #currentlyreading

[alynecastro]

#Repost @enluaradas2022 with @let.repost • • • • • • E celebramos a partilha literária com a poeta @alynecastro Alyne Castro é mulher cis, mãe, escritora, poeta e ilustradora. Que vivencia seus ciclos e se transforma, renova, renasce. Vive. 《Custa tanto escrever um bom livro como um mau livro; mas só merece respeito a Arte que é em nós uma imposição, um destino, um fogo inconsumível de espírito, ainda que a obra, relativa à nossa exigência, nos pareça medíocre.》 {Augustina Bessa-Luís} . . . #enluaradaspelomundo🌎 #literaturalusófona #literaturacontemporanea #juntassomosasenluaradas #literaturafeminina #coletivofeminino #poesiafemininacontemporanea #juntassomosmaisfortes #seessaluafossenossa #juntassomosasenluaradas #umacirandadedeusas #caldeirãoliterário #enluaradas #nasteiasdopoema #readwomen #mulheresescrevam #enluaradaspelapaz🤝 #enluaradasnojabuti🐢 #projetoenluaradas #editalnabio #feminarioconexoes #escrevoecusponafogueira #LiberdadeFeminina https://www.instagram.com/p/CeR4T9iLLOc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#repost #enluaradaspelomundo🌎 #literaturalusófona #literaturacontemporanea #juntassomosasenluaradas #literaturafeminina #coletivofeminino #poesiafemininacontemporanea #juntassomosmaisfortes #seessaluafossenossa #umacirandadedeusas #caldeirãoliterário #enluaradas #nasteiasdopoema #readwomen #mulheresescrevam #enluaradaspelapaz🤝 #enluaradasnojabuti🐢 #projetoenluaradas #editalnabio #feminarioconexoes #escrevoecusponafogueira #liberdadefeminina

[theacademysaga]

I thought I’d update one of my most popular posts to include Book IV. Which Academy Saga book packs the most heat?? 🥵 I’m giving it to Book III, but you might disagree. . #steamyromance #kindleromance #tbrlist #bookmark #bookuniverse #reading #readersofinsta #bookpile #bookjunkie #bookhaul #bookaddict #bookdragons #bookgasm #booknerd #bookcommunity #bookclub #bookclubofinstagram #bookstagrammer #readwomen #readforlife #booktok #bookreadinggirls #theacademysaga

[annetsagkari]

The White Book by Hand Kang

Translated by Deborah Smith

A heartbreaking poem on the death of the author's sister. Han Kang takes us on a lyrical journey of mourning and grief.

She writes about all the things around her that are blindingly white.

The moon-shaped rice cake, the snow, the frost, the breast milk, the colour of the gown her mother sewed for her stillborn baby.

" Standing at this border where land and water meet, watching the seemingly endless recurrences of the waves ( though this eternity is in fact illusion: the earth will one day vanish, everything will one day vanish), the fact that our lives are no more than brief instants is felt with unequivocal clarity.

Each wave becomes dazzlingly white at the moment of its shattering. Further out, the tranquil body of water flashes like the scales of innumerable fish. The glittering of multitudes is there. The shifting, stirring, tossing of multitudes. Nothing is eternal. "

🎑Q: What is the colour of mourning in your culture? In my culture it's black.

#hangkang #thewhitebook #manbookerinternationalprize

#granta #bookstagram #bookphotography #bookworm #bookreview #booksofinstagram #bookaholic #mustreads #readwomen #koreanliterature #translatedliterature #translatedfiction #womenintranslation #witmonth #womenauthors #femaleauthors

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[sealwomyn]

Separatist Lesbrarian Post

As if my Goddess research book pile isn't big enough.. I've decided to make a post of my work-in-progress separatist booklist; there's essays, feminist sci-fi, lesbian novels, all-female societies, herstories, etc. Some I've read but most are TBR on the Storygraph. If any women know anything that would be a good fit, or praise or criticism of anything here, feel free to add suggestions.

Fiction:

Sultana's Dream by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossein (only 11 pages and I love it so much)

The Wanderground: Stories of the Hill Women by Sally Miller Gearhart

Womonseed by Sunlight

Daughters of a Coral Dawn trilogy by Katherine V. Forrest

Return to Isis trilogy by Jean Stewart

Journey to Zelindar, Hadra Archives series by Diana Rivers

Ammonite by Nicola Griffith (this one made me want to go to the all female planet so much!)

The Demeter Flower by Rochelle Singer

The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper

A Door Into Ocean, Elysium series by Joan Slonczewski

*Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (I read this, cw for shameless racism)

Your Faces, O My Sisters! Your Faces Filled of Light, and Houston, Houston, Do You Read?, by James Tiptree Jr. (pen name of Alice Sheldon)

When Women Were Warriors trilogy by Catherine M. Wilson (too many men in last book, some weird scenes but good otherwise, would reread)

*The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley (read this, overall liked it but for the love of Goddess check reviews for content warnings bc idek how to warn for this)

The Carhullan Army/Daughters of the North by Sarah Hall (read, off-putting scenes esp gross het scene but interesting other aspects)

Banner of Souls by Liz Williams, added by suggestion! This looks interesting.

Sister Light, Sister Dark by Jane Yolen, thanks to @violetssunsets for the addition! unfortunately was warned about het content but also a society of warrior women.

Celaeno series by Jane Fletcher, thanks to @unified-multiversal-theory for the suggestion! Has an all-woman society so I need it in my life.

Herstory and Nonfiction:

Separatism and Women's Community by Dana R. Shugar (got this recently and excited to read this herstory)

Lesbian Land by Joyce Cheney

Sinister Wisdom #98: Landykes of the South: Women's Land Groups and Lesbian Communities in the South (have this, many listed are of the past)

La Luz Journal by Juana Maria Paz (actively seeking this one atm, racism and esp colonization issues wrt women's spaces on occupied land are something I want to see addressed)

Country Lesbians: The Story of the Womanshare Collective by Sue Deevy, Nelly Kaufer, Dian Wagner, Carol Newhouse, and Billie Miracle. (Billie gave me a copy of this when I visited Womanshare a few years back)

Weeding at Dawn: A Lesbian Country Life by Hawk Madrone

Amazon Acres, You Beauty: Stories of Women's Lands, Australia, edited by Sand Hall

Circles of Power: Shifting Dynamics in a Lesbian-Centered Community by La Verne Gagehabib and Barbara Summerhawk

For Lesbians Only: A Separatist Anthology, edited by Sarah Lucia Hoagland and Julia Penelope. (70 essays! I haven't finished it but I'm trying)

Wild Mares: My Lesbian Back-to-the-Land Life by Dianna Hunter

*Herlands: Exploring the Women's Land Movement in the United States by Keridwen N Luis (language in synopsis seems to favor male invasion of Female Sovereign Space so my expectations are low)

If any women here have read any of these please let me know your thoughts! I don't have anon on but I’ll redact asks if you want to write in anonymously, just say the word. Hoping to find more knowledgeable lesbrarians on our beloved hellsite than myself :)

#separatism #lesbian feminism #lesbian separatism #womyn's land #readwomen #lesfem blogging #reading list #thought about posting this on my other blog where I usually talk about my non goddess reading materials but I'm gonna cross post this so #oh yeah males dni or i will block you 😌 #feminist scifi #will do the wider feminist sci-fi post on ye other sideblog #if any of these i haven't read contain gratuitous heterosexuality i do apologize in advance.. there's a couple where i'm not sure #the storygraph #trying out alternatives to ye olde corporate-bought book site we all love to hateread #yes i am posting this in the wee hours i have stayed up late adding all these links

[stefito0o]

Happy International Women's Day! #readwomen

#women's day #readwomen #women authors #books #book stack #book photography #booklr #my photos

[letsreadwomen]

books for baby gays

gather round queer kiddos, for this book rec of stories featuring wlw of all designations, where happy things happen and bad things do not (nearly as much). I’ve aimed for happy endings and not too much tragedy or pain over the course of these stories, but (unfortunately) haven’t read all of them so do let me know if any mistakes slipped through.

This list is heavy on the fiction because I’m mainly aiming to provide some solace and warmth. Where there is some overlap between categories (e.g. coming out after uni and the what comes next section, or if you’re looking for escapism then the background-to-no romance section might also be useful) I have only included a book under one or the other, not duplicated.

All links direct through to the Storygraph, which includes reader-sourced content warnings on all titles so do make sure to check those out as well (and if you want you can follow me here). Now, have at it!

Coming out and of age

At middle school / primary school / roughly under age 12

Star-Crossed by Barbara Dee

Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter To The World by Ashley Herring Blake

The House You Pass On The Way by Jacqueline Woodson

Princess Princess Ever After by Katie O’Neill (graphic novel)

At high school

You Should See Me In A Crown by Leah Johnson

Keeping You A Secret by Julie Anne Peters

Annie On My Mind by Nancy Garden

The Gallery Of Unfinished Girls by Lauren Karcz

Georgia Peaches And Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown

Leah On The Offbeat by Becky Albertalli

Style by Chelsea M. Cameron

Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan

Tell Me Again How A Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan

Amelia Westlake Was Never Here by Erin Gough

Our Own Private Universe by Robin Talley

At uni

Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi

Learning Curves by Ceillie Simkiss

Outside / after school

Like Water by Rebecca Podos

The Princess And The Fangirl by Ashey Poston

Ship It by Britta Lundin

Juliet Takes A Breath by Gabby Rivera

Coming out after uni

The London Of Us by Clare Lydon

Breaking Character by Lee Winter

Knit One, Girl Two by Shira Glassman

Out And Proud by Lisa Young (directs to Bella Books)

What comes after the big come out

Everything Leads To You by Nina LeCour

Double Exposure by Chelsea Cameron

A Hidden Hope by Laura Ambrose

Seriously... I’m Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres (non fiction)

Happy Accidents by Jane Lynch (non fiction)

Escapism (i.e. genre fiction where queerphobia isn’t a thing)

Of Fire And Stars by Audrey Coulthurst

The Seafarer’s Kiss by Julia Ember

Belle Revolte by Linsey Miller

Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker with Wendy Xu (graphic novel)

Passing Strange by Ellen Klages

The Lost Coast by Amy Rose Capetta

Ash by Malinda Lo

Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee

Escaping Exodus by Nicky Drayden

Crier’s War by Nina Varela

Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski

Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

An Accident Of Stars by Foz Meadows

The Art Of Saving The World by Corinne Duyvis

Water Witch: The Deceiver’s Grave by Nene Adams

Romance & identity take a back seat

The Black Veins by Ashia Monet

Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy

Lumberjanes by Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson, Shannon Walters with Brooklyn A. Allen (graphic novel)

Princeless: Raven The Pirate Princess by Rosy Higgins (graphic novel)

Classics

Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown

Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan le Fanu, edited by Carmen Maria Machado

Annie On My Mind by Nancy Garden

Villette by Charlotte Bronte

The how tos and histories

How We Get Free: Black Feminism And The Combahee River Collective, edited by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Sapphistries: A Global History Of Love Between Women by Leila J. Rupp

Overshare: Love, Laughs, Sexuality And Secrets by Rosie Spaughton and Rose Wllen Dix

Rewriting The Rules: An Anti-Self Help Guide To Love, Sex And Relationships by Meg-John Barker

Coming Out Stories: Personal Experiences Of Coming Out From Across The LGBTQ+ Spectrum, edited by Emma Goswell and Sam Walker

Further reading

Definitely make sure to check out @bellabooks​, publisher of wlw stories!

@bookriot​‘s Queer Women’s History Reads and Books About LGBT History, but make sure to poke around the whole website

Gay’s The Word bookshop: based in London but ships worldwide, I’m mainly including it here because it has an excellent filter system with settings for category and identity to help you find the books you want to read

All of @biandlesbianliterature really, but especially the Coming Out Later In Life book list

The books section over at Autostraddle is really everything I ever wanted

All of the LAMBDA nominees ever, and you can filter them by various aspects!

#queer fantasy #queer sci fi #queer escapism #happy queer stories #queer contemporary #can you tell fantasy is my jam #and i snuck a pirate tale in there because of course #it has practically no reviews though but it sounds superb #am gonna have to find it and read and review stay tuned #book rec #my book recs #readwomen #mine #long post for ts

[showthisbooksomelove]

Yerba Buena ~ Nina LaCour

Yerba Buena ~ Nina LaCour

The first two chapters are so distinctly different, both in the narration style and the character’s journeys, at first Yerba Buena read as a collection of short stories. I actually looked it up when I was halfway through the second chapter to see if it was, only to find that the two protagonists’ journeys intersect down the road. Now I was reading it with a new lens, trying to find the ways in…

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#ReadWomen #book review #Fiction #frontlist #literary fiction #netgalley #nina lacour #novel #published2022 #review #Romance #yerba buena

[thewhimsybookworm]

Book 96 of 2021. #AnneTyler writes about perfectly ordinary things. Families. Middle-class, small-town sensibilities. Marriages. Inordinately mundane matters that we are all familiar with. But what makes her an incredible wordsmith is: how she infuses her ordinary worlds and stories with so much sincere warmth and heart and astute observations, that you find youself seeing new shades and layers to perfectly ordinary situations. I first heard of her when A Spool of Blue Thread was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2015. I read it and loved it and wanted to see (very naively) if she had other books out! Well she did. About 20 odd books! Since then I've read 3 of her books. Bought a few more and am hoping to someday read everything she's ever penned. Simple yet profound and moving and so utterly unpretentious. I am currently halfway through #clockdance and am really enjoying the time I am spending with the people in this book. Hoping to drink some coffee and slowly savour this tale of new and surprising connections. Hope you are having a good weekend too. . . . #whimsybookworm2021reads #fiction #bookishfeatures #igreads #americanliterature #bookstagram #unitedbookstagram #currentlyreading #amreading #bibliophile #bookrecommendations #bookreview #womenwhoread #readmore #readwomen #booksandcoffee #coffee #literaturelover #weekendreads (at India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ3RJitpMgB/?utm_medium=tumblr

#annetyler #clockdance #whimsybookworm2021reads #fiction #bookishfeatures #igreads #americanliterature #bookstagram #unitedbookstagram #currentlyreading #amreading #bibliophile #bookrecommendations #bookreview #womenwhoread #readmore #readwomen #booksandcoffee #coffee #literaturelover #weekendreads

[imaginarytulips]

For are we not all, at times, exactly like Poe's narrators—beating upon the confining walls of circumstance, the limits of the universe?

Mary Oliver, Upstream, The Bright Eyes of Eleonara: Poe’s Dream of Recapturing the Impossible

#mary oliver #upstream #readwomen #quote #edgar allan poe

[marikraushaar]

#Repost @iria_ros • • • • • • El año pasado se publicó "Momento Móvil" de Marlene Krause y a mí se me pasó completamente por alto (no se puede estar a todo siempre, no os agobiéis porque es imposible). Y la gente majísima de Apa-Apa (@apa_apa_comics) se ofreció a enviármelo. ¿Me puede explicar alguien por qué se me pasó a mí este cómic el año pasado? Me ha ENCANTADO. Se trata de nueve historias cortas donde se repiten dos puntos: la aparición de un móvil, y un momento límite (o de no retorno) en su argumento. Y es que, pegados como estamos siempre a las redes sociales... esta obra iba a darnos en la patata sí o sí. Cada una de las historias es diferente entre sí, algunas tiernas y otras crueles, pero en todas encontramos reflejos reales de situaciones y actitudes que todos hemos visto o incluso sentido. Llegando a crear una posible distopía a la que... igual terminamos llegando si seguimos así. ¿Quién sabe? . Publica Apa Apa y son 72 páginas a todo color por unos 15€ . #momentomóvil #marlenekrause #microreseña ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Mobile moment" is a #comic with nine short stories where two points are repeated each time: the appearance of a mobile, and a point of no return in its argument. Just as obssessed as we are with social media, this work was going to hit us in our hearts for sure. Each of the stories is different, some are more tender and others a little bit cruel, but in all of them we find representations of situations and attitudes that we have all seen or even felt in our lifes. The author creates a possible dystopia to which... we could end up living in if we continue like this. Who knows? . Not sure if it's available in english, ask the spanish publisher (@apa_apa_comics) . #readwomen #comicstagram #comic #comicartist #graphicnarrative (hier: Barcelona, Spain) https://www.instagram.com/p/CG5Zt7tBkT2/?igshid=1ezpzy7wvml6z

#repost #momentomóvil #marlenekrause #microreseña #comic #readwomen #comicstagram #comicartist #graphicnarrative