June TBR

June is pride month so I’ve decided to read only queer science fiction and fantasy books. I’m also going to chose themes for other months as well and see how many books I can find when I get really specific like lesbian fantasy with dragons or non binary space opera. I love making lists so that’ll be fun.

But for this month the only criteria I had was that the book had to contain queer characters. That’s anything on the LGBTQ+ spectrum and all the other letters as well.

I already had quite a few queer books in my reading bullet journal and I’ve already read a lot of queer books this year so making this list wasn’t that hard.

I actually had so many books that I knew I’d never get through all of them. So I narrowed it down to the books that had been on my TBR the longest. Then there were a couple of 2 for 1 sales on audible and I used goodreads to find the audiobooks with the queer characters.

I‘ve also got way too many storybundle books that I’ve never gotten around to and I’ve bought two LGBTQ+ bundles so I figured I’d start at the beginning and go through the list. Then I got a huge (for me anyway) book haul from Better World Books that were mostly queer. I haven’t bought physical books in quite some time so I was very excited to find that site. All the books are second hand and when you buy a book they give a book to a child who needs it.

 

Books that have been on my TBR for a very long time

 

Kushiel’s Dart (Phedre’s Trilogy #1) by Jacqueline Carey

Genres: Epic Fantasy, Erotica, Queer, BDSM

“Phèdre nó Delaunay is a young woman who was born with a scarlet mote in her left eye. Sold into indentured servitude as a child, her bond is purchased by Anafiel Delaunay, a nobleman with very a special mission… and the first one to recognize who and what she is: one pricked by Kushiel’s Dart, chosen to forever experience pain and pleasure as one.
Phèdre is trained equally in the courtly arts and the talents of the bedchamber, but, above all, the ability to observe, remember, and analyze. Almost as talented a spy as she is courtesan, Phèdre stumbles upon a plot that threatens the very foundations of her homeland. Treachery sets her on her path; love and honor goad her further. And in the doing, it will take her to the edge of despair… and beyond. Hateful friend, loving enemy, beloved assassin; they can all wear the same glittering mask in this world, and Phèdre will get but one chance to save all that she holds dear.”

I’ve been meaning to read this book for a really long time but it’s never quite happened. It’s not been a lack of interest but more a lack of money. I’ve been spoiled by ebooks not costing a lot unless they’re traditionally published and then I don’t buy them. I refuse to buy an ebook that some trad publisher has decided to price higher than the physical copy.

I wasn’t going to buy a physical copy of Kushiel’s Dart because I have enough stuff and I don’t want to contribute to all the things that gets bought and discarded. Then I discovered Better World Books and I found Kushiel’s Dart second hand. So that’s where I’m buying all my physical books from now on and I encourage everyone who even cares slightly about social and environmental issues to do the same.

 

The invisible library by Genevieve Cogman

Genres: Fantasy, Steampunk

“Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious Library, which harvests fiction from different realities. And along with her enigmatic assistant Kai, she’s posted to an alternative London. Their mission – to retrieve a dangerous book. But when they arrive, it’s already been stolen. London’s underground factions seem prepared to fight to the very death to find her book.
Adding to the jeopardy, this world is chaos-infested – the laws of nature bent to allow supernatural creatures and unpredictable magic. Irene’s new assistant is also hiding secrets of his own.
Soon, she’s up to her eyebrows in a heady mix of danger, clues and secret societies. Yet failure is not an option – the nature of reality itself is at stake.”

A friend recommended this to me and I love books about books so I looked at the shelves on goodreads and it qualifies as queer so I’m reading it. I don’t even know when I bought it.

 

Huntress by Malinda lo

Genres: Fantasy, Lesbian

“Nature is out of balance in the human world. The sun hasn’t shone in years, and crops are failing. Worse yet, strange and hostile creatures have begun to appear. The people’s survival hangs in the balance.
To solve the crisis, the oracle stones are cast, and Kaede and Taisin are picked to go on a dangerous and unheard-of journey to Tanlili, the city of the Fairy Queen. Taisin is a sage, thrumming with magic, and Kaede is of the earth, without a speck of the otherworldly. And yet their two destinies are drawn together during the mission. As members of their party succumb to unearthly attacks and fairy tricks, the two come to rely on each other and even begin to fall in love. But the Kingdom needs only one huntress to save it, and what it takes could tear Kaede and Taisin apart forever. . .”

This is the prequel to Ash which is the book I meant to read but then realised I didn’t own it. But I did own this one. Again I’m not sure when I bought it.

 

The long way to a small angry planet by Becky Chambers

Genre: Science Fiction

“Rosemary Harper doesn’t expect much when she joins the crew of the aging Wayfarer. While the patched-up ship has seen better days, it offers her a bed, a chance to explore the far-off corners of the galaxy, and most importantly, some distance from her past. An introspective young woman who learned early to keep to herself, she’s never met anyone remotely like the ship’s diverse crew, including Sissix, the exotic reptilian pilot, chatty engineers Kizzy and Jenks who keep the ship running, and Ashby, their noble captain.
Life aboard the Wayfarer is chaotic and crazy—exactly what Rosemary wants. It’s also about to get extremely dangerous when the crew is offered the job of a lifetime. Tunneling wormholes through space to a distant planet is definitely lucrative and will keep them comfortable for years. But risking her life wasn’t part of the plan. In the far reaches of deep space, the tiny Wayfarer crew will confront a host of unexpected mishaps and thrilling adventures that force them to depend on each other. To survive, Rosemary’s got to learn how to rely on this assortment of oddballs—an experience that teaches her about love and trust, and that having a family isn’t necessarily the worst thing in the universe.”

I’ve heard so many good things about this book and it seems to be everywhere I turn. I love stories about exploration especially when it’s in space and they’re going to different planets.

 

The left Hand of Darkness (Hainish Cycle #6) by Ursula K Le Guin

Genres: Science Fiction, Queer

“A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants can choose -and change – their gender. His goal is to facilitate Winter’s inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the completely dissimilar culture that he encounters.
Embracing the aspects of psychology, society, and human emotion on an alien world, The Left Hand of Darkness stands as a landmark achievement in the annals of intellectual science fiction.”

I started reading this years ago but I wasn’t in a very good place reading wise and I didn’t get very far at all. It’s been on my goodreads currently reading section for years. So it’s time to actually read it.

If queer science fiction has a classic this is it. I find it kind of amazing that a book this queer got published in 1969.

It’s number 6 in the Hainish Cycle but apparently you can read them in any order. So hopefully I’ll be reading the rest of them as well.

 

LGBTQ+ Storybundle

 

The remnant fleet by Geonn Cannon

Genres: Science Fiction, Queer

“At the edge of the Sol system, just beyond the Kuiper Belt, Humanity’s first foray into the Great Beyond is a space station called The Quay. Originally planned as a springboard for future missions, the station has now become home to a variety of alien races. A devastating war against a common, mysterious enemy left the space around the Quay littered with destroyed ships, but it brought the disparate races together in a way many thought impossible. Currently enjoying an extended period of peacetime, the crew of the Quay is put on high alert after a smugglers’ ship is attacked. A new and powerful enemy is searching for an incredibly valuable piece of space trash which could be used to construct something far more dangerous than a simple weapon: genetic material from the dawn of time, the key component to a device which can target and destroy specific races while leaving others untouched. With very little information, and fearful that they may be on the cusp of a new war deadlier than any they’ve ever fought, the Quay’s executive officer Bauwerji Crow sets out to find and stop the attackers. Facing impossible odds and an enemy she knows nothing about, Bauwerji and the crew of her station are all that stand between the universe and genocide on a planetary scale.”

This is the first book in this year’s LGBT Storybundle. Looking at the reviews I’m anticipating lots of diverse alien races that actually have cultural differences driven by biology. And lots of queer rep.

 

All good children by Dayna Ingram

Genres: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Dystopia

“Everyone tells 14-year-old Jordan Fontaine not to worry about the summer camp that isn’t really a summer camp, not to worry about the survival statistics she’s been calculating since elementary school, or about the quickly averted eyes and frowning mouths of her peers when she tells them her Liaison is coming to visit her and her brothers. She does not dare to tell anyone that her pulse quickens when she looks at the beautiful Liaison. But the Liaison, whose role is to supply their inhuman masters with bodies, is being manipulated by another. And Jordan will be drawn into a dangerous coup that she is unaware of. This is a world where women are bred like cattle, ensuring the continuation of the human race–or, as they are known to the malevolent Over, sustenance. Perhaps some children need to be seen and heard.”

Looking at the Goodreads page for this book one of the lists it’s on is casually queer books (I love that name for a list). It’s also own voices which usually makes the rep better because the author actually knows what they are talking about. Also apparently it’s not young adult but has been put in the genre by ‘well meaning folk’ which is interesting because I think most people just automatically put books with teens in the young adult category. But it looks like this book is too horrific for young audiences.

 

Smoke town by Tenea D. Johnson

Genres: Science Fiction, Dystopias, Black speculative Fiction, Queer

“The city of Leiodare is unlike any other in the post-climate change United States. Within its boundaries, birds are outlawed and what was once a crater in Appalachia is now a tropical, glittering metropolis where Anna Armour is waiting. An artist by passion and a factory worker by trade, Anna is a woman of special gifts. She has chosen this beautiful, traumatized city to wait for the woman she’s lost, the one she believes can save her from her troubled past and uncertain future. When one night Anna creates life out of thin air and desperation, no one is prepared for what comes next-not Lucine, a smooth talking soothsayer with plans for the city; Lucine’s brother Eugenio who has designs of his own; Seife, a star performer in the Leiodaran cosmos; or Rory, a forefather of the city who’s lived through outbreak, heartbreak, and scandal. Told through their interlocking stories, Smoketown delves into the invisible connections that rival magic, and the cost of redemption.”

Out of the 3 storybundle books this will probably be the one I like the best. It’s also another dystopian book and I’m wondering if that’s a trend with queer science fiction. I rarely find space opera or alien invasion with queer characters but Dystopian seems much more likely.

This is own voices with an author of color. There’s a female female romance and it’s all about how art and society connect. I may skip the other two storybundle books and start here.

 

Ebooks

 

The city’s son by Tom Pollock

Genre: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult, Queer

“Running from her traitorous best friend and her estranged father, graffiti artist Beth Bradley is looking for sanctuary. What she finds is Urchin, the ragged and cocky crown prince of London’s mystical underworld. Urchin opens Beth’s eyes to the city she’s never truly seen-where vast spiders crawl telephone wires seeking voices to steal, railwraiths escape their tethers, and statues conceal an ancient priesthood robed in bronze.
But it all teeters on the brink of destruction. Amid rumors that Urchin’s goddess mother will soon return from her 15-year exile, Reach, a malign god of urban decay, wants the young prince dead. Helping Urchin raise an alleyway army to reclaim his skyscraper throne, Beth soon forgets her old life. But when her best friend is captured, Beth must choose between this wondrous existence and the life she left behind.”

Why am I so excited for this book? It took me a little while to figure out but this has a secret magical London and do you know what else had magical London (not Harry Potter). A darker shade of magic by VE Schwab which I loved, as well as the sequel, and at some point this year I will read the third book. This might not be a good reason to be excited about reading a book but I don’t care I’m starting to love magical London with queer characters. It’s getting me over my aversion to Young Adult and that’s the important part.

 

The city of woven streets by Emmi Itäranta

Genres: Science Fiction, Dystopias, Queer, Finnish

“In the City of Woven Streets, human life has little value. You practice a craft to keep you alive, or you are an outcast, unwanted and tainted. Eliana is a young weaver in the House of Webs, but secretly knows she doesn’t really belong there. She is hiding a shameful birth defect that would, if anyone knew about it, land her in the House of the Tainted, a prison for those whose very existence is considered a curse.
When an unknown woman with her tongue cut off and Eliana’s name tattooed on her skin arrives at the House of Webs, Eliana discovers an invisible network of power behind the city’s facade. All the while, the sea is clawing the shores and the streets are slowly drowning.”

I love books where the hero has to help those who are born different and discriminated against and the hero is a part of that minority. Rather than being a ‘normal’ person who has to help the unfortunates. I think these sorts of themes are very queer just by their nature. All you have to do is look at how hidden queer people have had to be over the years (and still are) to survive. So when I see a book like this I get very wary. Usually they exclude the groups of people who actually experience these things in real life. But this book contains a female female romance where I think at least one of them belongs in the house of the tainted.

There’s also the very relevant aspect of human life not mattering and only what you can do mattering. That is such a big issue at the moment and I can’t wait to see how it’s explored in the book. I’m hoping it will be explored as well as it was in On the edge of gone by Corrine Duyvis.

 

The high king’s golden tongue (Tales of the high court #1)by Megan Derr

Genres: Fantasy, Romance, M/M Romance, Queer

“Prince Allen has trained his entire life to follow in the footsteps of his illustrious mother, who has made their kingdom one of the wealthiest and most influential in the empire. For the past few years he has trained to become the new consort of the High King. The only thing no one prepared him for was the stubborn, arrogant High King himself, who declares Allen useless and throws him out of court.
High King Sarrica is ruling an empire at war, and that war will grow exponentially worse if his carefully laid plans do not come to fruition. He’s overwhelmed and needs help, as much as he hates to admit it, but it must be someone like his late consort: a soldier, someone who understands war, who is not unfamiliar with or afraid of the harsher elements of rule. What he doesn’t need is the delicate, pretty little politician foisted on him right as everything goes wrong.”

In the past I never liked romance then I discovered my problem with it. It was all straight. Everytime I picked up a fantasy book that was a bit heavy on the romance elements I’d get so bored and skip those parts. Unless of course it was written really well with characters who felt real rather than made out of female or male molds. (I like the straight romance in The midnight Sea). So in the same way that I’m trying to get over my Young Adult aversion so too am I trying to get over my Romance aversion.

This book looks interesting because I love politics and I think this is going to be lots of fantasy court politics. Also it looks like the feminine gay guy is going to be important and the king is going to learn a lesson about toxic masculinity. I love books where being feminine isn’t the worst thing in the world.

 

Physical Books

 

The Steel Remains ( A land fit for Heroes #1)by Richard K Morgan

Genres: Epic Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Gay Main Character, Queer

“A dark lord will rise. Such is the prophecy that dogs Ringil Eskiath—Gil, for short—a washed-up mercenary and onetime war hero whose cynicism is surpassed only by the speed of his sword. Gil is estranged from his aristocratic family, but when his mother enlists his help in freeing a cousin sold into slavery, Gil sets out to track her down. But it soon becomes apparent that more is at stake than the fate of one young woman. Grim sorceries are awakening in the land. Some speak in whispers of the return of the Aldrain, a race of widely feared, cruel yet beautiful demons. Now Gil and two old comrades are all that stand in the way of a prophecy whose fulfillment will drown an entire world in blood. But with heroes like these, the cure is likely to be worse than the disease.”

I don’t think I’ve ever read an epic fantasy book with a gay main character. I read the preview to this on Kobo and I loved the first few pages.

Gil is a big tough warrior and it seems like the only reason he doesn’t get in trouble for being gay is that everyone is too scared of him. While I prefer the characters that sneakily get their own back on bigoted people I do like the power fantasy of just smashing their faces in. This book looks like it has greater plans than Gil beating up bigots (there’s mention of a dark lord) but I hope we get at least one scene of him putting a homophobe in their place.

 

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Genres: Historical Fantasy, Mythology, Queer, M/M Romance

“Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles. By all rights their paths should never cross, but Achilles takes the shamed prince as his friend, and as they grow into young men skilled in the arts of war and medicine their bond blossoms into something deeper – despite the displeasure of Achilles’ mother Thetis, a cruel sea goddess. But then word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped. Torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus journeys with Achilles to Troy, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they hold dear.”

I’ve loved Greek Mythology ever since I watched Xena when I was like five years old. I’ve still got the DVD’s somewhere. I have so much nostalgia for the Greek gods and all the heroes.

This is a retelling of the Iliad with a gay romance. I’m so excited and this is so far from the genres I like. I don’t read Historical fiction and I’m trying to get over an aversion to Romance but I so want to read this.

 

The circle (Engelsfors #1) by Sara B Elfgren and Mats Strandberg

Genres: Young Adult, Urban Fantasy, Mystery, Queer

“One night, when a strange red moon fills the sky, six school girls find themselves in an abandoned theme park, drawn there by a mysterious force. A student has just been found dead. Everyone suspects suicide. Everyone – except them.
In that derelict fairground an ancient prophecy is revealed. They are The Chosen Ones, a group of witches, bound together by a power, one which could destroy them all. But they soon learn that despite their differences they need each other in order to master the forces that have been awakened within them.
High school is now a matter of life and death. Because the killing has only just begun.”

The only reason I bought this book was because I saw a review that compared it to Buffy and they said it had queer characters. I didn’t read the description until I found it on Goodreads which was when I realised it had the dreaded ‘High school’ in it. If I have an aversion to Young Adult I don’t know what to call my avoidance of books set in high school. I didn’t like those sorts of books when I was a kid let alone now. It almost might be that high school is such an American thing. I went to secondary school (that’s about as much of a British snob as I get) and my experience of that is never anything like what’s portrayed in book and on TV. But I’m going to give it a chance. And despite how thick the book is the writing looks quite big so it shouldn’t take me too long to get through it.

 

The privilege of the sword ( Riverside #2) by Ellen Kushner

Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Romance, Queer

“Welcome to Riverside, where the aristocratic and the ambitious battle for power in the city’s ballroom, brothels and boudoirs. Into this alluring world walks Katherine, a well-bred country girl versed in the rules of conventional society. Her mistake is thinking that they apply. For Katherine’s host and uncle, Alec Campion, aka the Mad Duke Tremontaine, is in charge here—and to him, rules are made to be broken. When Alec decides it would be more amusing for his niece to learn swordplay than to follow the usual path to marriage, her world changes forever. Blade in hand, it’s up to Katherine to navigate a maze of secrets and scoundrels and to gain the self-discovery that comes to those who master: the privilege of the sword.”

I don’t know why I’m reading the second one first. Maybe I couldn’t find Swordspoint or I read the review that said it didn’t matter which order you read them in.

Anyway this looks like another politics heavy fantasy book where the rules of society get thrown out the window. Exactly my sort of thing.

I also like the phrasing in the title and description, ‘the privilege of the sword’. It’s given me lots of ideas for stories to write. It’s a privilege for a woman to be allowed to take up masculine hobbies but for a man to take up feminine hobbies not so much. People will probably think he’s weird at best.

I really hope that aspect comes into play because it’s really got me interested.

 

The Raven Boys ( The Raven Cycle #1) by Maggie Stiefvater

Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Romance, Queer

“It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive.
Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them—not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her.
His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble.
But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can’t entirely explain. He has it all—family money, good looks, devoted friends—but he’s looking for much more than that. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents all the privilege around him; Ronan, the fierce soul who ranges from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn watcher of the four, who notices many things but says very little.
For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She never thought this would be a problem. But now, as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she’s not so sure anymore.”

I really like the cover and that’s a bad reason to buy a book so I’m going to go with a second reason. On Goodreads I read this review by someone who hated the book and it made me laugh. “…um, I’m not really seeing a difficult decision to be made here. The only thing I’m seeing is a whole lot of melodrama and names that make the characters sound like horses.” I love the snark of this reviewer and it’s made me really curious. I have to know if I hate this book now (and exactly how many characters have the names of horses).

 

Audiobooks

 

Six of crows (#1) by Leigh Bardugo

Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Heist, Queer

“Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price–and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone…

A convict with a thirst for revenge.

A sharpshooter who can’t walk away from a wager.

A runaway with a privileged past.

A spy known as the Wraith.

A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums.

A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes.

Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz’s crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction—if they don’t kill each other first.”

I love books about Heists and cities and all the bad things poor people do to survive. Throw in some queer characters and there’s nothing else to say.

 

Court of broken knives (Empires of Dust #1)by Anna Smith Spark

Genres: Epic Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Fantasy, Queer

“They’ve finally looked at the graveyard of our Empire with open eyes. They’re fools and madmen and like the art of war. And their children go hungry while we piss gold and jewels into the dust.
In the richest empire the world has ever known, the city of Sorlost has always stood, eternal and unconquered. But in a city of dreams governed by an imposturous Emperor, decadence has become the true ruler, and has blinded its inhabitants to their vulnerability. The empire is on the verge of invasion – and only one man can see it.
Haunted by dreams of the empire’s demise, Orhan Emmereth has decided to act. On his orders, a company of soldiers cross the desert to reach the city. Once they enter the Palace, they have one mission: kill the Emperor, then all those who remain. Only from ashes can a new empire be built.
The company is a group of good, ordinary soldiers, for whom this is a mission like any other. But the strange boy Marith who walks among them is no ordinary soldier. Marching on Sorlost, Marith thinks he is running away from the past which haunts him. But in the Golden City, his destiny awaits him – beautiful, bloody, and more terrible than anyone could have foreseen.”

This is another book about the rich having everything and being incompetent in how they rule. I love when the method the hero of the book takes to right things are questionable and those ethics actually gets explored rather than being ignored. If this book ignores that assassination is a bad way to fix things, especially this problem, then I’ll be very disappointed.

 

Heirs of Grace by Tim Pratt

Genres: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, Mystery, Romance

“Recent art school graduate Bekah thought she’d hit the jackpot: an unknown relative died, and she inherited a small fortune and a huge house in the mountains of North Carolina.
Trey Howard, the lawyer who handled the estate, is a handsome man in his twenties and they hit it off right away-and soon become more than friends. Bekah expected a pleasant year to get her head together and have a romantic fling. Problem is, the house is full of junk…and siblings she didn’t know she had are willing to kill her for it.
More important, the junk in her new house is magical, she’s surrounded by monsters, and her life seems to be in mortal peril every time she ventures into a new room. As Bekah discovers more about her mysterious benefactor and the magical world he inhabited, she’s realizes that as tough and resourceful as she is, she might just be in over her head…”

There was a 2 for 1 sale and this was one of the few books with queer characters. There wasn’t a lot of choice.

It looks fun but not the sort of thing that I’d usually read. Maybe it’s the cover putting me off or something in the description but if I’m giving The Circle a chance then I might as well give this a chance too.

 

House of shattered wings (Dominion of the Fallen) by Aliette de Bodard

Genres: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Fantasy, Angels, Steampunk, Mystery

“Paris has survived the Great Houses War – just. Its streets are lined with haunted ruins, Notre-Dame is a burnt-out shell, and the Seine runs black with ashes and rubble. Yet life continues among the wreckage. The citizens continue to live, love, fight and survive in their war-torn city, and The Great Houses still vie for dominion over the once grand capital.
House Silverspires, previously the leader of those power games, lies in disarray. Its magic is ailing; its founder, Morningstar, has been missing for decades; and now something from the shadows stalks its people inside their very own walls.
Within the House, three very different people must come together: a naive but powerful Fallen, an alchemist with a self-destructive addiction, and a resentful young man wielding spells from the Far East. They may be Silverspires’ salvation. They may be the architects of its last, irreversible fall…”

Again this was in the 2 for 1 sale and I had limited options but getting something for free is a powerful motivator.

I have an even stronger aversion to Angels than I do to High school. It’s usually an instant rejection. But I’m trying to get over my aversions and this has queer characters so I’m giving it a chance.

 

So these are the queer books I want to read in June and I really doubt I’ll get to all of them. I’m aiming for half. That seems like a sensible goal. Maybe July can be Queer TBR part 2 or I’ll read the sequels to the books I liked this month.