Hi all!

Today I found out the Sapphic author Chelsea M Cameron has to crowd fund just to pay her rent until November 16 or she'll lose housing.

October is almost done and she has only received 25% of what she needs to have a roof over her head!

If you wanna help, [🔗here's the link ](https://ko-fi.com/A356F63) .

And she is one of the relatively well known ones, I would think. I have bought her books, see her books being mentioned and recommended on Reddit, and so on.

She's not the only one! Other Sapphic authors had to crowd fund for medical bills, living expenses while unable to work, and on and on.

I follow Sapphic authors, hence I only explicitly know about them, but of course this problem affects all authors! Indeed, almost everyone!!

It makes me so angry that even moderately successful writers are one bad situation away from disaster while Amazon pays with their royalty payments rules, there is covert and overt suppression of Queer and indeed any 'subversive' content, Transaction processing companies penalize creators of adult works, while AI companies are generating trash taking eyes,mind share and money away from people.

There's no point to this other than venting. I feel so helpless and frustrated!

Hers to Break by Lily X was the PERFECT amount of Hurt Comfort wrapped in a mafia romance. SO SO GOOD. grab a copy--just ordered a paperback cause this HAS to go on my shelf now :)

If you’re in the mood for a beautifully written tearjerker, this is it. But fair warning, there are LOTS of triggering topics in this one! Also, both MCs are married to men. The book is about their relationship and spans decades.

I found out about this Kickstarter, [🔗Queer The Shelves](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/qts/queer-the-shelves?ref=ksr_email_mktg_auto_user_followed_project_finishing).

Two people in UK are crowd funding to build a platform which will allow reading books as a subscription service, focusing exclusively on queer works, protecting them from the politics and vagaries of mainstream digital platforms.

Campaign closing in 2 days if anyone's interested.

I'm quite excited and hope they succeed!

What do you all think?

Reading any good books? Watching something good? How's your week going? Share anything you'd like here!

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Hey gals and pals!

Would you like to join a small cozy server for reading sapphic books with other sapphics?

Each month, we pick a book and read it, then discuss it! Only sapphic books, mostly fiction & romance. However any genre can come up on the monthly vote. (For example, we read: "Hani & Ishu's guide to fake dating", "Last night at the telegraph club", "Like a power play", and many more).

We also have club movie nights every now and then!

This month we are reading "Sad Girl Hours".

If this sounds interesting to you and you would like to join, feel free to dm me!

Also, if you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comments or dm.

See you there!<3

FMC pretending to be guy books?

Picture is from Sadistic Beauty: Side Story A

Hey, do you know erotic roleplay? That thing where a couple acts out a specific fantasy to make sex more exciting?

Can you think of any books about a girl who likes to do erotic roleplay but is lacking a good partner to erotically roleplay with, only to later find one. Or alternatively a girl who is new to erotic roleplay and is being slowly ushered into it?

I've read a lot of the modern and older classics like the Southern Reach and A Roadside Picnic (avoiding the racist grandpa of the genre), and I have noticed a significant dearth of lesbians. Anyone able to help me out? Pretty open to any type of MC.

Hello

So as the title says I'm looking for mafia or "gang" related sapphic lesbian books that involve black mcs. Spice/Smut very preferred plus good and well written plot. Specifically looking for "only soft for you" vibes but open to suggestions.

Thanks

Reading any good books? Watching something good? How's your week going? Share anything you'd like here!

Can you think of any sapphic books where the main character falls in love with a female historical figure? It can be any kind of scenario, alternate history, time travel, reincarnation, it can be two historical figures falling for each other, or one falling for an original character, as long as there is an historical figure who is in a sapphic romance.

I've read Orpheus Girl and the Love and Lies of Ruksana Ali.

This week’s Sapphic Book Bingo category features books with sapphic main characters over 50.

In many sapphic books (and books in general), the characters are in their 20s and 30s, but sapphic joy and love doesn’t have an age limit, so I made "characters over 50" one of the categories in this year's reading challenge.

You'll find a few book recommendations on my website:

https://jae-fiction.com/sapphic-main-characters-over-50/

I've stuck with fiction my whole life. The only non fiction I've read are Chicken Soup for the Soul and 7 Best Things Smart Teens Do. are latter was nice because I'm interested in psychology. I want to try getting into lesbian non fiction.

I really want to read some ice queen books but recently I haven't seen many books released of this trope. I really love iq books by Lee Winter, M McKay, R Sinclair. Please recommend some recent releases.

Can you think of any lesbian romance books about where one or more of the characters has an unusual job? Such as a professional cuddler or a dildo factory manager?

Hey guyss

With the comeback of Avatar i came across kyoshi x rangi AGAIN and my obsession with them, and i just can’t find any other stories that have the same dynamic like they do, gentle giant and short fierce warrior basically, i just loveeeee them, especially rangi, and also the way kyoshi is with her, and i go back to the fanarts and just fall in love all over again,(guys i am rangi bottom truer 🫡) so yeh guys i am looking for ,preferably, fantasy books with exactly that dynamic, doesn’t need spice or anything but would prefer if it’s adult and not ya

I am not that picky so the rest is up to you, just hardcore fantasy would be preferred

Thank you guyss, pls make me happy

Reading any good books? Watching something good? How's your week going? Share anything you'd like here!

I read the first book in the series that was basically The Devil Wears Prada’s Miranda and Andy (with changes of course). I enjoyed it way more than I thought and will eventually finish the second book.

I don’t read fantasy but am open to contemporary romance. Smut is ok and welcome.

Hello! Recently I read half of wives under de sea thinking it had mermaids 🫠🫠

So now I’m craving a romance with a mermaid, I would appreciate all your recommendations! Thank you so much 💕

Can anyone help me identify this book and/or author? As you can see I remember many details but not the ones I need to look it up! Driving me insane!

What I remember:

One MC is pop star who after a live-streamed failed proposal runs away to her beach house. She is famous but misses her roots and the freedoms of being less well known (like not having to do things only for sales). Burnt out.

The other MC is living at home after mental health issues caused her to drop out of college for musical composition. Composing is still sometimes triggering for her. Parents worry.

Her mom owns a landscaping company and she starts working there. She has an autistic brother who is also musical. When walking in the beach with her brother he ends up wondering into the pop star’s house and starts playing her piano. That’s how they meet.

Then the pop-star hires the mom’s landscaping
company to work at her house. Composer is assigned to her and her brother even helps with the tile pattern of the walkway. The MCs end up making music and an album together.

The composer’s family is super loving and even invites pop-star to the large family gathering in the park (includes a bonfire with singing around it).

The composer is named after her famous grandfather (or some other older relative) who was also a composer.

Any hint would be appreciated! Thanks!