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Bookwatch: This unique novel will get you hooked

Steve Lee, Editor8 years ago8 years ago05 mins

Your someday-dream job is not for wimps. That’s truth: it’ll be real work, and you’re prepared. You know it’ll take training, which will take time. You’ll have to learn to think differently, and that’s okay. You might get discouraged, and you’ll handle it. But – as in the new novel Mask of Shadows by Linsey…

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Detailing a lifetime journey toward womanhood

LGBT Weekly8 years ago05 mins

Your own two hands. That’s what it took – plus a bit of paint, pencil or pen, rouge and ribbon and rickrack – to make that of which you are proud. You did that. You made it with your own two hands. As in the new book Self-Made Woman by Denise Chanterelle DuBois, it takes…

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Explore a world that never makes the headlines

LGBT Weekly8 years ago05 mins

You felt surprisingly safe. There you were, in a place that was certainly iffy, but you were totally comfortable there. No danger, no darkness, no problems – and in the new book The Gang’s All Queer by Vanessa R. Panfil, no world you’ve ever seen before, either. Everybody knows that being a teen isn’t easy….

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This book covers all bases, from ‘will you?’ to ‘I do’

LGBT Weekly8 years ago05 mins

Your beloved asked. And you said “yes.” That’s all it took: so simple, yet so momentous and now you’re getting married. That’s nothing new these days; LGBTQ+ couples have weddings all the time, so how do you make yours special? With the new book Equally Wed by Kirsten Palladino, your vows will wow. Like many…

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Discover this light, gossipy and a little scandalous read

LGBT Weekly8 years ago8 years ago05 mins

It’s all about who you know. The guy who bags your groceries might have stock tips for you. A co-worker introduces you to your next best friend. You find a great restaurant from your stylist, a new job from a former classmate, and your neighbor gives you gardening advice. It’s all about who you know…

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Book review: ‘Gay & Lesbian History for Kids’

Steve Lee, Editor9 years ago9 years ago05 mins

Every day, you try to catch a little news. It might be online, maybe in a newspaper, magazine, or on TV, but you’re a smart kid and you like to stay informed. Lately, you’ve been hearing a lot about gay rights and gay marriage, and you want to know more. Read Gay & Lesbian History…

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A personal account of being a gay soldier in the U.S. military

LGBT Weekly10 years ago10 years ago05 mins

The phone call began another very long day. It arrived approximately 10 seconds after you walked to your desk, the first of that kind of interruption, followed by dozens of urgent (to the sender) emails and six cubicle drop-bys. Alas, you didn’t get much done that day. Sometimes, you just want to be left alone…

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Jane Lawless is back in ‘The Old Deep and Dark’

LGBT Weekly10 years ago10 years ago05 mins

Your favorite Hollywood star is in the headlines – again. By now, it shouldn’t surprise you. He’s in some sort of scrape a couple times a year, probably just so he can keep top-of-mind. Staying in the news; that’s the way stardom works. Then again, as you’ll see in the new mystery The Old Deep…

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Book review: ‘The Story of Fester Cat’

LGBT Weekly10 years ago10 years ago05 mins

Every now and then, you catch your cat staring off into space, and you wonder what he’s thinking about. Food, maybe; he’s always hungry. Outside, perhaps, or where his catnip mouse is hiding? Then again, he could be pondering the meaning of life; you never know, with a cat. Don’t you wish you understood what’s…

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Book review: ‘I Am Jazz’ — a one-of-a-kind tale

LGBT Weekly10 years ago10 years ago05 mins

You are a one-of-a-kind kid. There’s nobody else like you. Nobody has eyes like yours, or fingers like yours, or ears that fold like yours. You think for yourself, have your own likes and hates, and people love you just the way you are. In the new book I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel and…

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