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Sapphic book with an immigrant or expat character (Book Unicorn #6)

June 15, 2023

This month’s Book Unicorn category of the Sapphic Book Bingo features sapphic books with a main character who’s either an immigrant or an expat.

Both expats and immigrants are people who left their native country and now live elsewhere. The difference between an immigrant and an expat is that immigrants move from the country of their birth to another country to live there permanently, while expats (expatriates) have relocated abroad only temporarily.

But sometimes, the situation changes, so someone can start out as an expat and then stay permanently, as it happened in my novel Shaken to the Core.

Sapphic book with a Pride scene

June 8, 2023

June is Pride Month–a month to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community–so for this week’s Sapphic Book Bingo, read a sapphic book in which the main character attends a Pride parade or another Pride event.

10 best places to find sapphic books

May 27, 2023May 25, 2023

I often see the same dozen or so books from big mainstream publishing houses being promoted for Pride Month, while books from small queer presses and indie authors are largely ignored. That’s why I’m sharing the top 10 best places to find sapphic books to read for Pride Month, each published by a small queer press or an indie author.

Sapphic enemies-to-lovers romances (Sapphic Book Bingo 2023 #11)

May 18, 2023

This week’s Sapphic Book Bingo category features sapphic enemies-to-lovers romances, one of the most popular romance tropes!

In an enemies-to-lovers romance, the two main characters start out hating or at least strongly disliking each other at the beginning of the book, but then end up falling in love. Their initial dislike could be due to a family feud, professional rivalry, or just clashing personalities. Whatever the cause, it’s always fun to watch sparks fly and accompany them on the journey from hate to love.

Sapphic books with an unusual first date (Book Unicorn #5)

June 19, 2023May 11, 2023

This week’s Sapphic Book Bingo category features sapphic books in which the main character goes on an unusual first date.

What makes it an unusual first date is totally up to you. It could be an unusual date activity, the setting could be unusual, or something unexpected could happen. So there’s a lot of room for interpretation, but you’ll find some suggestions below.

Sapphic Book with a single parent (Sapphic Book Bingo 2023 #10)

May 5, 2023May 4, 2023

For this week’s category of the Sapphic Book Bingo, read a sapphic book with a main character who’s a single parent–at least for most of the book. Some of the characters might find a new partner who takes on a parental role during the course of the book.

100 books with lesbian characters for Lesbian Visibility Week

June 19, 2023April 24, 2023

It’s Lesbian Visibility Week, so to celebrate, I have put together a list of 100 lesbian books.

Each book features one or more lesbian main characters who are explicitly lesbian on the page, contributing to the visibility of lesbian women and nonbinary people.

The books have been submitted by the authors, with a focus on books published by sapphic indie authors and small LGBTQ+ publishing houses. They are listed in the order in which I received the submissions.

I hope you’ll enjoy the list and find many new favorite lesbian books and authors!

Sapphic book set in a country or state you haven't visited yet

Sapphic book set in a country or state you haven’t visited (Sapphic Book Bingo 2023 #9)

April 21, 2023April 20, 2023

This week’s Sapphic Book Bingo post is a big one, with a long list of book recommendations. It features sapphic books that are set in a country or a US state you haven’t visited yet.

One of the greatest things about reading is that it transports us to new, faraway places. It enables us to travel the world without leaving the comfort of our homes. For this category, I invite you to travel to a place you haven’t experienced before.

Both main characters have brown eyes (Book Unicorn #4)

April 13, 2023

For this week’s Sapphic Book Bingo category, read a sapphic book in which both main character have brown eyes.

In real life, brown is the most common eye color. 70-80% of the world’s population have brown eyes. It’s not rare to find characters with brown eyes, but usually, only one of the main characters has brown eyes, while authors will often give the other protagonist a different eye color to set the two characters apart and not make them look too similar. That’s why a sapphic book with two main characters who have brown eyes is pretty rare—at least if both main characters are white.

In books in which both main characters are people of color, this isn’t a Unicorn category at all. But then again, women of color are still very underrepresented in sapphic fiction.

Free sapphic books (Sapphic Book Bingo 2023 #8)

June 19, 2023April 6, 2023

This week’s Sapphic Book Bingo category features free sapphic books.

Free book means any book that was gifted to you by either a friend or family member or that the author offered for free.

Review copies are considered free books, as are books you borrowed from a library. A book that you read in Kindle Unlimited isn’t free since you pay a monthly subscription fee.