Happy weekend!
Saturdays are when we curate all the sapphic book news and queer happenings of the week into one convenient location. Think of it as your personal reading directory! After all, we know the weekend is when so many of us are able to unwind for a minute and want to get lost in a good woman loving woman book. What could be better?
In today’s post, you’ll find cheerful LGBTQ+ news stories to combat all the negative ones bombarding our screens.
Sapphic reader Mickey shares a Caturday photo of a stunning cat.
One of the things we love about the weekly lesfic author selfie is getting to know the personality behind the words. Check out the picture of Chad J. Maske with the book Elite Born.
Finally, scroll to the bottom of the post to see photos of TB and Miranda’s tailgating experience at a polo match.
Before we get to today’s post, it’s time to reveal the identity of this week’s Guess the Author!
Every week we provide five clues about a sapphic author. On Saturday, we reveal the author’s identity.
Before we unveil this week’s author, here are all 5 clues in case you missed them:
1. My first foray into creative writing was an elective class in high school. One of my works was a poem about a bruised apple. I’m a lot less emo now.
2. I am an avid reader of romance and while I normally stick to sapphic lit, I will occasionally slip in a Nora Roberts, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, or similar as a throwback to my youth.
3. I draw significant inspiration for locations, careers, character traits, conflicts, etc. from my careers in the military as well as in commercial real estate.
4. After a lifelong desire to write sapphic romance, I finally started writing shortly after the start of the COVID 19 pandemic put the world in lockdown.
5. My recent release was inspired both by my time serving under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell as well as my wife’s recent Army deployment.
Now it’s time to reveal their name. Drum roll please…
This week’s author is Krystina Rivers!
Check out The Heart Wants, Krystina Rivers’ new release!
Fifteen years, countless miles: a sapphic love story defying time and duty.
Sydney meets Reagan in an Italian café when Reagan helps her order. Instant best friends, they spend an idyllic fall sightseeing until Sydney’s semester abroad comes to an end and she returns to the States. Reagan’s a young Army second lieutenant living under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and must stay behind and complete her assignment. But their final night together—complete with a first kiss—lives on in Sydney’s mind.
Over the next fifteen years, Reagan and Sydney ricochet in and out of each other’s lives, with each parting leaving deeper longings and scars than the last. When DADT is repealed and they both end up in Washington, DC, it’s a chance for Reagan to finally win the heart of the woman she has always loved, if only the Army didn’t threaten to send them to opposite sides of the world once again.
An epic love story that traverses the complexities of duty, loyalty, and sacrifice across the decades, Sydney and Reagan know what their hearts want, but love keeps slipping through their fingers.
Krystina Rivers’ bio:
Krystina has been a lover of romance novels since she was probably too young to read them and developed an affinity for sapphic romance after she found her first one on a shelf in a used bookstore in 2001. Despite a lifelong desire, she never made the time to write her own until the COVID-19 pandemic struck, and she had extra time with no daily commute or work travel.
Krystina grew up in Florida but, after spending six years in the military, finds herself now calling Chicago home – though she frequently travels so often for work that she forgets what city she’s in. She works in real estate and lives with her wife and their two pit bulls. When not working, traveling, or writing, Krystina can be found reading with a glass of wine in hand, doing yoga (occasionally with a glass of wine in hand), snuggling with her fur-babies, or trying to convince herself that it’s not too cold to go for a jog outside.
Visit Krystina Rivers’s website.
Monday kicks off a fresh Guess the Author game!
NEED A BOOK FOR THE WEEKEND?
If you’re looking for something to read this weekend, below you’ll find 11 books on sale.
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Without further ado, let’s get to all the weekly queer news!
TB is determined to spread good rainbow news during 2024, which let’s face, is going to be a rough year. There are a lot of elections all over the world, which means we’re in for a lot of scaremongering. While it’s important to stay informed, it’s also vital not to lose sight of all the kindness in the world. Below are the happy queer stories that made TB smile this week. They’re queer news links worth clicking!
Tim Walz blasts GOP in fiery HRC speech: “It’s a fact of life some people are gay” — The clip is worth watching!
Queer East Festival UK tour to showcase best new LGBTQ+ films from East and Southeast Asia — Wonderful representation!
Federal court overturns transgender sports ban calling it “the essence of discrimination” — Trans rights are human rights!
Chappell Roan dedicates VMA to ‘queer and trans people who fuel pop’ — Congrats!
Trans film Will & Harper is the documentary we need this election season — Excited to watch this one!
Meet Petey! Petey likes to sit inside his yard and stare at passersby til they stop and recognize him. Submitted by Mickey, a sapphic reader.
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