Cindy Rizzo

READING UPDATE
Finished: Nightshade: Hattie James Book 4 by Stacy Lynn Miller
Started: The Water Women by Bonnie Blaylock

READING UPDATE
Finished: Almost Life by Kiran Millwood Hargrave (5*)
Reading: Nightshade (Hattie James book 4) by Stacy Lynn Miller

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Audie Awards...Brandi Carlisle...Wanda Sykes...Bridgerton...Tons of Sapphic History for Women's History Month

READING UPDATE
Finished:
Night Night Fawn by Jordy Rosenberg
In Her Spotlight by Amy Spalding (5*)
Anderson in Bloom by Jennifer Dugan
Starting:
Almost Life by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

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US Women's Hockey Team...Many Other Olympics Sapphic Stories...The Perils of Listening to an AI Bot...Romance Glossary

VACATION READING UPDATE:
Finished
A Circle Outside by Linda Rosewood
This Is Not About Us by Allegra Goodman
On Both Sides of the Wall: A Resistance Fighter's Firsthand Account of the Warsaw Ghetto by Vladka Meed (5*)
In Her Spotlight by Amy Spalding (5*)
Started
Night Night Fawn by Jordy Rosenberg

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Rainbow Flag removal...Wanda Sykes...Sapphic Olympiads...Amazing Minnesotans...Emily Dickinson

Reading Update:
Finished: Burn Down Master's House by Clay Cane (5*)
Finished: Sign of the Cross by Sign of the Cross by Glenn Cooper
Started: A Circle Outside by Linda Rosewood

Reading Update:
Finished: Freddie and Stella Got Hot by Maggie Horne (5*)
Began: Burn Down Master's House by Clay Cane

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Sapphic Olympics...Support for Minn...Tessa Thompson...Brittney Snow...Renee Rapp...Protection from AI

Reading Update:
Finished - The Unwritten Rules of Magic by Harper Ross
Starting - Freddie and Stella Got Hot by Maggie Horne

Innocent
Civilians
Executed

Reading Update:
Finished: A Jewish Refugee in New York - Kadya Molodowsky
One Aladdin Two Lamps - Jeanette Winterson

Started: The Unwritten Rules of Magic - Harper Ross

A Book Club Unites Jewish Queer Youth A New York–based nonprofit is bringing together is using books to offer representation, reassurance, and connection to LGBTQ+ teens and young adults in search of a community that bridges their gender ...

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Romance is Booming...Cynthia Erivo...Jodie Foster...Wanda Sykes...Mary Trump...and Tons of Sapphic Sports News

Reading Update:
Finished: Sheer by Vanessa Lawrence
Starting: Once There Was A Town by Jane Ziegelman

Reading Update:
Finished: Benesh by Daniel Hock
Starting: Sheer by Vanessa Lawrence

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NEW ISSUE IS LIVE! SUBSCRIBE AT THE LINK! Holiday Gift Ideas...Queer Year in Review...Sarah Paulson...Sapphic Families...Unearthing Our Herstory

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Gift ideas...holiday films...Lonely Republican Lesbians...Sapphic Toys...Stud Budz...Cuffing Season...Miss England

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NEW ISSUE IS LIVE! Subscribe at the link! Author Beware...Character Voice...Tig Notaro...Sapphic Films for the Holidays...Claire Danes...Gay Sheep with Rainbow Wool

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Character Chemistry...Chappell Roan...Women's Week...Lesbian Lives...Tessa Thompson...Women's Pro Baseball

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ARC UPDATE:
Just finished "When I Picture You" by Sasha Laurens (pub date Oct 28)
Started "Where There's Room for Us" by Hayley Kyoko (pub date Nov 4)

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Amazon Algorithm...Anthropic Settlement...Kristen Stewart...Chappell...Ptown...Out 100...Brandi Carlisle...Butchtober