Elle’s Comments (group member since Mar 15, 2018)

Elle’s comments from the The Sapphic Squad group.

autumn wrote: "The Drowning Girl by Caitlín R Kiernan (read by Suzy Jackson) is a GREAT audiobook! the main character is a lesbian and her gf is trans!"

UH WHAT GOTTA GO DOWNLOAD THAT !!!!!!!!!

Hannah wrote: "Do you have any favorite audiobooks?"

do you mean f/f ones? I sadly don't think I've listened to any!! I've definitely heard good things about The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, though <3

hey guys!! any more suggestions? we're putting the poll up very soon!

sarah wrote: "Hey y’all, my name is Sarah and I’ve been using GR this year to get back into regularly reading since I’ve kinda fallen off it since graduating high school. I love my dogs, fat babes, good bisexual..."

hi Sarah! oh my god, i HAVE to read bingo love, it looks so amazing

Chloe wrote: "Hey my name is Chloe! I’m so happy I joined this group because I desperately need to read more and especially more books with queer women! I love romantic cliches and cheesy stuff!

The last book I..."

hi, Chloe! cheesy stuff is #so #good when it's with sapphics, I'm in love. I don't think I actually knew that Shadowshaper had queer characters in it - nice! is the lead sapphic?

hannah ✧/ᐠ-ꞈ-ᐟ\ (on hiatus) wrote: "hi everyone! I'm Hannah, and my goal this year is basically to read more sapphic books! I love reading (obvs), design, and history. here are some of my fave reads so far:

♡ girls made of snow and ..."

hi Hannah! these are great picks <3 i don't know if i'd count either of the second two as main sapphic leads, but they're both GREAT and vv queer books. NAZIRA AND FATIMA ARE MY KIIIIIIIIIDS.

✨ jamieson ✨ wrote: "Hi all! Sorry for the delay getting this post up & organising August reads. The mods have all been very busy! But we're excited to read some more sapphic books

So drop your suggestions for the Oct..."

so excited for this month!! i'm going to start this one out with suggesting The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. because gay.

So guys, I'm almost done and I wrote some things about this book!!

➳So maybe the biggest strength of this book is how tense it is. I’ve seen one or two reviewers complain about the slow pace or about nothing happening until the end, but to be honest, I found this book the opposite of slow. Between flashbacks and ominous quotes and the tone, there's sense of terror pervading Into the Drowning Deep from page one. You know something is going to happen. You just don’t know exactly what.
➳I love all the characters so much! Tory Stewart is an icon for bi scientists everywhere. Olivia, who is an autistic lesbian camera operator, is maybe my favorite character. Jillian Toth,our resident badass half-Hawaiian scientist and post production problem child, is one of the coolest characters of this whole damn book. HALLIE. HEATHER. HOLLY. and overall icon ICONS.
➳that meet cute where Olivia is like "hi can i interview you for a-" and Tory cuts in and is like "no"
➳i LOVE how respectful of each other's boundaries Olivia and Tory are, it's really beautiful
➳Olivia being autistic and how the narrative treats that actually means so much to me?

Here's my full review.

Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake follows Mara, whose twin brother has just been accused of rape, as she navigates her own trauma and her complex feelings towards someone she thought she loved. This one is a really emotionally cathartic book, but it is definitely a hard read - there is extensive discussion of rape culture and sexual assault in general, and and an on-page flashback to a traumatic experience. The romance is between the bi lead and her ex-girlfriend Charlie, who is nonbinary. This is also by the author of the immensely popular and completely awesome How To Make A Wish.

This is one of my favorite books of the year and I'm so excited for the group to read it!! We'll be reading it from July 17th to July 31st and I hope you'll all join me <3 you can make notes down below!

Audrey wrote: "Hello! I just joined this group, so I thought I ought to introduce myself. My name is Audrey, I'm bisexual, I love cats, reading, and theatre! The main reason I joined is because I want to read mor..."

hey Audrey!! we have a bunch of rec lists here if you're looking for more of anything <3 I love Radio Silence and Leah on the Offbeat both so much, omg.

added a bunch of mod fave info! anyone have updates for this list?

Carley wrote: "Yay!! Happy this group is back for July :) Both sound very interesting"

I'm so glad!! I hope you join us for these <3

Casey wrote: "Oooh I think I want to join for Girl Made of Stars... is it just going to be in this thread?"

no, there'll be separate threads! I'll put them up tonight <3

Sabrina wrote: "Elise wrote: "HI HELLO this is the discussion thread for one of my favorite underrated sapphic reads!!


Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant follows a group of people attempting to figure out whet..."

Every Heart A Doorway is great but honestly I loved this one even more!! it's such a Deeply My Vibe book and I love it

HI HELLO this is the discussion thread for one of my favorite underrated sapphic reads!!


Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant follows a group of people attempting to figure out whether a ship tragedy from three years ago was actually the fault of a cluster of murderous mermaids. It is creepy! There is eye horror at one point! It is super interesting. It is ridiculously addicting. The romance is between a bi scientist and an autistic lesbian camera operator and it killed me and also my ghost. Oh, and also, if any of you know Seanan McGuire and her Every Heart A Doorway series, this is actually her under a different name.

This is one I adore that went super under the radar. This has been conveniently placed during this month, as it qualifies for the ever-popular Tome Topple readathon! We'll be reading it mostly from July 2nd to July 16th, but the discussion will hopefully go on throughout the month.

I'll be beginning my reread of this today and I hope you'll join me!

Mina wrote: "Girl Made of Stars made me SOB through the entire second half. But I so wanna read it again!"

oh my god, ME TOO. but I'm so excited to reread!

Rachael wrote: "Aleksandra wrote: "Hello! I'm very late for the party but I'm so excited to be part of this group!

I'm Sasha, I'm 23, I like books, manga and Hayley Kiyoko is my everything (if you keep listening ..."

I JUST REALIZED THIS GROUP HASN'T BEEN OPERATING SINCE HAYLEY KIYOKO AND KEHLANI DROPPED THE WHAT I NEED VIDEO

sofi wrote: "hey everyone! i randomly saw this group in an update on my feed and i'm so glad i found it 💖 i'm bi, i'm from argentina and i'm studying law. i read mostly books with lgbt rep but i really need to ..."

All Out was sooooooo good. And hell yes Far From You!! to this day that remains one of the books I saw myself in the most <3

Amina™ wrote: "Hey everyone I’m Amina and I’m totally like a million years late introducing myself. I’m 18 and in love with reading!!! Some of my favorite sapphic reads are:
Juliet Takes a Breath
Black Iris
Down ..."

Funnily enough, we're reading books by both of these authors this month! I love all of these so much [well, I haven't gotten to Treasure yet] - Juliet Takes A Breath doesn't get the hype it deserves!

Hey guys! Thank you all so much for joining this group and being excited for it <3 we have another group read planned for the month, this time of Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake and Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant [Seanan McGuire]. These are two of my favorite books and I can't wait for you all to join us and read them!