Best Lesbian Fiction
Grieving over the loss of her family and feeling like her life is unraveling, Lindsey McDermott quits her job, gets a puppy, and retreats to her grandparents’ home in the Texas Hill Country. When Jack and Lindsey form an unlikely friendship, Hannah reluctantly joins them and the three spend the summer swimming and healing as laughter eventually replaces tears. Gerri Hill has thirty published works, including the 2014 GCLS winner The Midnight Moon , 2011, 2012 and 2013 winners Devil's Rock , Hell's Highway and Snow Falls , and the 2009 GCLS winner Partners the last book in the popular Hunter Series, as well as the 2013 Lambda finalist At Seventeen.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The best part of this story for me, is that though the story is full of emotional moments, there isn’t any crazy misunderstandings drama. Most stories like to add the whole nine yards of drama with people misunderstanding and jumping to negative conclusions, and I never thought I would say that a story about the death of loved ones would be less depressing and frustrating than those interpretation drama in other stories."
"Each, in his/her own way stumbled into a new relationship that gradually replaces the nearly overwhelming weight of their sadness with love, hope, happiness and family."
"I loved this book."
"Excellent story of people over coming their grief and sorrow together and eventually finding love, romance, and family."
"Great story about two hurting people, done with the right amount of subtly."
"Truly enjoyed this story.not too much angst which was refreshing."
"This was a yet another wonderful book by Gerri Hill."
When Lennox and Kenzie meet, there’s electricity between them and the camp is the perfect opportunity for them to explore what might be, but after the magic of their week away from the world dissipates, can they still find that spark and make their relationship work?
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Having worked with people on the Autism Spectrum, Pyland did a realistic portrait of her character which was so interesting and loveable without making her be odd."
"I love when a book comes along that I cannot put down!!"
"I cried, laughed and it certainly had me smiling from ear to ear."
"Loved this book and would highly recommend."
"But immediately lust just seems so boring as a story. The love is warm and the lust is there, but. the story is so much more than just lust."
"I LOVED this book."
"I loved every nuance of their personalities and even how that played out in the tastefully steamy sex scenes."
"The love between the main characters as well as the supporting characters is palpable."
A state that requires her attention, competing ideas from advisers, personal attacks from adversaries, press conferences, campaign stops, speeches, testifying before congress, children seeking guidance, babies requiring diaper changes, and aging parents are all part of her daily life. Through unexpected upheavals, hurtful accusation, heartfelt celebrations, earaches, broken wrists, passionate kisses, endless hotel rooms, and a few ice cream cones, the Reid family must learn how to cope with life apart and find a way to stick together.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"It’s damaging to both sides of our political parties. We’re making strides in other faucets of our lives and maybe not fast enough but we’re getting there in science, engineering, political arena, arts, etc. Our political parties can do so much together, it’s just frustrating."
"Reid and her wife Candice as Candy continues the run for President of the United States. This book has a range of emotion from sadness and grief to a loss in the family to the excitement of Shell giving birth to twins to anger over the events of the campaign."
"Thank you JA Armstrong for your continued writing."
"I am not an author but I do read a lot and I would think it would be hard to keep a series going and not get stale or cookie cutter like."
"I think I speak for every reader of this series when I say Candace would be a welcome politician in our current USA atmosphere."
"What can you say about the first family well done."
"Wow that for most the best I loved it it was loving sad and exciting all at the same time i could not put it down."
"I enjoyed all the escapades of the family in this book."
Best French Poetry
10 years ago, Welcome Books published the star of its Art & Poetry Series, Dance Me to the End of Love , a deliriously romantic song by Leonard Cohen that was brilliantly visualized through the sensual paintings of Henri Matisse. He has published two novels, The Favourite Gam e and Beautiful Losers , and ten books of poetry, most recently Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs and Book of Longing .
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Beautiful book that artfully depicts one of my favorite songs from Leonard Cohen."
"LOVELY BOOK MELDING OF TWO FAVORITES."
"Lovely pairing of song lyrics with paintings."
"I was hoping there will be many more songs!"
"great together as book!"
"My daughters favorite story time book."
"Beautiful book for the whole family ."
Best Gay Fiction
Now a Major Motion Picture from Director Luca Guadagnino, Starring Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet, and Written by Three Time Academy Award Nominee James Ivory. A USA Today Bestseller. A Los Angeles Times Bestseller. A Vulture Book Club Pick. An Instant Classic and One of the Great Love Stories of Our Time Andre Aciman's Call Me by Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents’ cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera. Elio—17, extremely well-read, sensitive and the son of a prominent expatriate professor—finds himself troublingly attracted to this year's visiting resident scholar, recruited by his father from an American university. Their shared literary interests and Jewishness help impart a sense of intimacy, and when they do consummate their passion in Oliver's room, they call each other by the other's name.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Set in 1988 and on the Italian Riviera, which adds to the charm and appeal of the novel, Call Me By Your Name is narrated by and tells the story of a seventeen-year-old American-Italian-Jewish youth, Elio Perlman, and his six-week, summer love affair with Oliver Ulliva, a university professor who is seven years older than Elio and who has been selected to live in Elio’s parents’ home as a guest “resident” while finishing a manuscript for publication as part of the parents’ way of aiding budding writers. Much of the first half of Call Me By Your Name has a “stream of consciousness” feeling to it as Elio, a very precocious and intelligent but shy young man, defies his better intuitions and finds himself more and more attracted to Oliver. By time both Elio and the reader are aware of Oliver’s true feelings toward the younger man, a new sense of urgency, an even greater feeling of sensuality and eroticism, and a more intense atmosphere of anxiety and impending doom enters the story—all of it exquisitely captured by Aciman’s exquisitely accomplished writing."
"An Achingly Beautiful Prose of Art. Winner of the 20th Lambda Literary Award. Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman. Is an Ethereal Masterpiece; A Mythical Gem of Queerdom. The Novel exudes the Transformative Power of Words, Language, and Imagery. with Disarming Clarity & Volatile Poignancy. The After Effects of this book is perfectly encapsulated. By the Immortal Words of Elio to Oliver. "All That Remains is Dreammaking and Strange Remembrance" pg199. The Audiobook narration by Armie Hammer is Eargasm Heaven!!"
"You felt like you were 17 again and feeling all those emotions of someone being the most important thing in the world to you."
"Looking forward to the movie."
"A bit slow at parts."
"I wanted to read the book before watching the movie, but somehow it never happened."
"Such a sweet and rewarding story about true love and friendship."
"Easy read!"
Best Gay & Lesbian Romance
Now a Major Motion Picture from Director Luca Guadagnino, Starring Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet, and Written by Three Time Academy Award Nominee James Ivory. A USA Today Bestseller. A Los Angeles Times Bestseller. A Vulture Book Club Pick. An Instant Classic and One of the Great Love Stories of Our Time Andre Aciman's Call Me by Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents’ cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera. Elio—17, extremely well-read, sensitive and the son of a prominent expatriate professor—finds himself troublingly attracted to this year's visiting resident scholar, recruited by his father from an American university. Their shared literary interests and Jewishness help impart a sense of intimacy, and when they do consummate their passion in Oliver's room, they call each other by the other's name.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Set in 1988 and on the Italian Riviera, which adds to the charm and appeal of the novel, Call Me By Your Name is narrated by and tells the story of a seventeen-year-old American-Italian-Jewish youth, Elio Perlman, and his six-week, summer love affair with Oliver Ulliva, a university professor who is seven years older than Elio and who has been selected to live in Elio’s parents’ home as a guest “resident” while finishing a manuscript for publication as part of the parents’ way of aiding budding writers. Much of the first half of Call Me By Your Name has a “stream of consciousness” feeling to it as Elio, a very precocious and intelligent but shy young man, defies his better intuitions and finds himself more and more attracted to Oliver. By time both Elio and the reader are aware of Oliver’s true feelings toward the younger man, a new sense of urgency, an even greater feeling of sensuality and eroticism, and a more intense atmosphere of anxiety and impending doom enters the story—all of it exquisitely captured by Aciman’s exquisitely accomplished writing."
"An Achingly Beautiful Prose of Art. Winner of the 20th Lambda Literary Award. Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman. Is an Ethereal Masterpiece; A Mythical Gem of Queerdom. The Novel exudes the Transformative Power of Words, Language, and Imagery. with Disarming Clarity & Volatile Poignancy. The After Effects of this book is perfectly encapsulated. By the Immortal Words of Elio to Oliver. "All That Remains is Dreammaking and Strange Remembrance" pg199. The Audiobook narration by Armie Hammer is Eargasm Heaven!!"
"You felt like you were 17 again and feeling all those emotions of someone being the most important thing in the world to you."
"Looking forward to the movie."
"A bit slow at parts."
"I wanted to read the book before watching the movie, but somehow it never happened."
"Such a sweet and rewarding story about true love and friendship."
"Easy read!"
Best Gay & Lesbian Short Stories
Haunted by memories of his troubled past—and the omnipresent threat of danger in his present—he isolates himself in his sprawling mansion far away from Capitol City, only daring to venture into civilization when he’s heavily medicated. If Roam finds an alpha on OmegaDate , then it won’t be his first trip around the block—he’s got a three-year-old son from his previous relationship to show for it. How is Roam supposed to find another mate when every alpha he encounters rejects him the second they catch wind of his son? Odin Nightshade is on a mission—a mission to make you moan, groan and cry out for mercy.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Roam and Tarly meet on omega date."
"Like reliving the actions and emotions of burgeoning relationships in the real world."
"What do you do, when it's been 4 yrs since your love has passed? Has never kissed anyone or made love with anyone, due to the "affliction" he has. Let me say this though, this is a wonderful story with a couple of supporting characters that you will love as well as the MC's."
"I find along with the sexy times and love story that there is always something that speaks to me. In this story it is Taly's personal struggles with his Wolf and the fact that he cannot control when or where he shifts."
"This is only the second book by Odin I have read, and i have not read the others in this series but intend to do so when I have the chance. If you enjoy books that bring the characters to life and make you feel like you are a part of the tale, you need to read ALL of Odin's books!"
"Roam, the single father, is my favorite, though, as he decides to leave tragedy behind and risk himself for a second chance at love."
"Roam is a very brave wolf who lost his mate before giving birth, so now he is a single father trying to love again and not get his heart broken in the process."
"Lonely and seeking a new partner, he logs on to OmegaDate, but soon learns he's being rejected because of his son, so be deletes that part of his profile. His family had abandoned him to institutions at age 6 due to a DNA congenital defect which made him violent after shifting."