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Legendary Children: The First Decade of RuPaul’s Drag Race and the Last Century of Queer Life by Tom Fitzgerald, Lorenzo Marquez

June 30, 2021 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Legendary Children: The First Decade of RuPaul’s Drag Race and the Last Century of Queer Life covers a wide range of subjects in shallow depth. The introduction is open about this, and the authors suggest you go ask Youtube and Google about further details. On the one hand, this is a good goal, to encourage people to further explore things of interest. On the other hand, it can also be a problem such as when a queen named Michelle is important but not discussed much […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, 20th century America, 20th Century history, drag queen, drag race, Legendary Children: The First Decade of RuPaul’s Drag Race and the Last Century of Queer Life, lgbtq history, pride month, queer history, rupaul, Tom Fitzgerald & Lorenzo Marquez, US History

CoffeeShopReader's CBR13 Review No:57 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, 20th century America, 20th Century history, drag queen, drag race, Legendary Children: The First Decade of RuPaul’s Drag Race and the Last Century of Queer Life, lgbtq history, pride month, queer history, rupaul, Tom Fitzgerald & Lorenzo Marquez, US History ·
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CBR Diversions – Show Off Your Pride!

June 17, 2021 by Emmalita 28 Comments

While talking about books to celebrate Pride Month, andtheIToldYouSos brought up discovering Becky Chambers last year during Cannon Book Club’s The Future is Queer event. “That was a huge game changer- as a reader, queer person, and a disillusioned Harry Potter fan. Rowling was at her worst, and CBR gave me Chambers at their BEST.” Personally, I love recommending books that show all kinds of people, and especially queer people, finding joy and happily ever afters. I have a huge list, but right now I […]

Filed Under: News from MsWas Tagged With: CBR Diversions, pride month

Genres: News from MsWas · Tags: CBR Diversions, pride month ·
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Ghost in the Machine

U Up? by Cate Disabato

June 14, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

In the end, this one receives the thinnest of four stars. I’m nudging it over the line because I think it has a lot going for it, even with the protagonist driving me absolutely bonkers for the last 20-30 pages. I guess I should start with the positives: I like Catie Disabato’s writing. She has a gift for creating real, believable characters, even the ghost ones. Her vision of how witchcraft works in this world: that mediums have the power to see ghosts, with certain […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Cate Disabato, LGBTQIA, los angeles, pride month, supernatural, U Up?

Jake's CBR13 Review No:86 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Cate Disabato, LGBTQIA, los angeles, pride month, supernatural, U Up? ·
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Read this, it’s Important

I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver

June 22, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader 1 Comment

I have to admit I was a little surprised to see a Pride display at the local Barnes and Noble that still had a copy of I Wish You All The Best. Also for the record, I really dislike the use of the word “important” to designate something genuinely meaningful that everyone should seek out, but this might be one of those titles which actually deserves that term in that sense. If you can’t imagine the struggle of someone who wants to come out but […]

Filed Under: Young Adult Tagged With: I wish you all the best, inclusive, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA, mason deaver, pride month, YA fiction

CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:47 · Genres: Young Adult · Tags: I wish you all the best, inclusive, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA, mason deaver, pride month, YA fiction ·
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