This month, as we all know, is Pride Month. As a member of the alphabet mafia myself I wanted to include mostly, if not all, LGBTQIA+ content for my TBR. I have chosen all my books accordingly....I could have put any of my Seven Seas books on here, but I felt like being a little wild this month and changed it up. I know it's still more M/M heavy than anything else, but I did find a few books featuring F/F, and I don't know yet what the final print one entails. This will be exciting.
PRINT
1: The Emperor & the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang - This book follows two men who find each other and fall in love in several different eras from BCE to modern Los Angeles. I am curious about how he goes about them recognizing each other.
2: Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne - I follow this author on TikTok and have watched this evolve from a draft to an independently published book to a Barnes & Noble exclusive. It follows a pair of women (I think) as they leave behind the lives they didn't want to have and open up a shop in a small town. Struggles occur and that's all I know about it. I have no other knowledge going in.
3: Orphia & Eurydicius by Elyse John - A genderbent retelling of the myth of Orpheus & Eurydice. It looked wonderful and I had to have it right away. I have no idea how it's going to play out, but I cannot wait to see for myself and maybe try to get through it!
DIGITAL
4: Make You Mine by E.M. Lindsey - This one I have also forgotten the basic plot of other than it's LGBTQIA+, I'm horrible with remembering plots. I try not to be, but sometimes....Okay the phrase "adult film star" is used in the synopsis and I'm really hoping they mean the standard definition of that. I also like that one of our main characters is deaf. I'm super looking forward to picking this one up and seeing what it's all about!!!
5: Zombabe by I.S. Belle - This one is all about Henry "Babe" Simmons being resurrected by Eugene "Dude" Marsh and how they have to work together to keep the beast in Babe from coming out and eating the town? I don't know. It looks hilarious and has a whiskey-drinking lady cop who is likely going to look the other way when it comes to what (or who) Babe eats....
AUDIO
6: Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta - This one looked interesting. I snagged it from the LGBTQIA+ section on Audible. It follows some friends as they get separated during Nigerian civil war. They eventually reunite and from the synopsis, possibly sparks fly? It is an interesting look at Nigerian women still struggling with having to hide parts of themselves for their own protection and safety. I am anticipating crying while I listen to this....
BONUS
7: The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones - I am nearly done. Roughtly 25% left of this book and I am determined to finish it before the end of the month. It's a nonfiction about the rise of racism and slavery and the struggles of the Black people in the United States.
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