> Queer Books Please: December 2013

Friday, December 6, 2013

Lesbians In Cold Places: A New Genre

Emerging from natural lesbian desires such as adventuring in dangerous places and cuddling with other lesbians in cozy cabins, the genre of Lesbian Fiction Taking Place In Cold Places is extensive. Here's my initial list of books that fit into this genre. Know of anything I've missed?  Comment below!

Also, this blog post is also part of a CONTEST. Scroll to the bottom for details. 




1222 by Anne Holt
THE BIG BANG SYMPHONY by Lucy Jane Bledsoe
BREAKING THE ICE by Kim Baldwin
BROKEN TRAILS by D Jordon Redhawk
FRESH TRACKS by Georgia Beers
HIGH IMPACT by Kim Baldwin
HUNTER'S PURSUIT by Kim Baldwin
ICE by Lyn Gardener 
ICEHOLE by Kiera Dellacroix
MELT by Robbi McCoy 
MURPHY'S LAW by Yolanda Wallace
ONE FOOT ONTO THE ICE by Kiki Archer
ONE SOLSTICE NIGHT (novella) by Elora Bishop 
SNOW FALLS by Gerri Hill
SNOWBOUND by Cari Hunter
SUPERIOR by Zoe Amos
WINTER COMPANION (novella) by Marie-Elise Bassett




CONTEST DETAILS: Want a chance to win a book off my bookshelf? I run this contest every so often. If you win, I send you a list of books I've got sitting around, you pick out one that you're interesting in reading, and I send it to you! I've got a lot of great lesbian/queer books, romances, fiction, nonfiction, mysteries... all you have to do to enter is comment on this post. Say hi, recommend a chilly type lesbian book, whatever you like. AND there's another way to enter. Share this post on twitter or tumblr! If you share this post and comment, I'll enter your name in twice.

This contest will run until December 20th at 6 PM pacific time.

Thanks for contributing!

Let's see those cold weather recommendations!







Episode 45 - Lesbians In Love In Cold Places

Lesbian books taking place in very cold places. That's it. That's the show. Well, that and some musings about self published works, power differentials in romance novels, and the stimulating experience of reading a book that you really like and really disagree with.

Check out the companion blog post for this episode. And there's a contest! 




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Books discussed


Breaking the Ice
by Kim Baldwin
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Melt
by Robbi Mccoy
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Music used this episode

Whirlwind Dance (Ghost Hunter) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

Snow on Snow (The Bleak Midwinter) (Rue Royale) / CC BY-NC-ND 3.0

Shootin' Lass (Arie) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0