Edit 2/11/21 to add Barriner’s lqb2 newsletter.
Books, Fiction
The Obsidian Tower by Melissa Caruso (Rooks and Ruin #1)
The Tyrant Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson (The Masquerade #3)
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Books, Fiction, Honorable Mention
K. Eason’s How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse (Thorne Chronicles #1)
DIE vol. 1 by Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans
Swordheart by T. Kingfisher
Nahoko Uehashi’s Beast Player (Beast Player #1)
From Lukov With Love by Mariana Zapata
Books, Non-fiction
I Hope We Choose Love by Kai Cheng Thom
I Choose Elena by Lucia Osborne-Crowley
Untamed by Glennon Doyle (honorable mention)
Short Fiction
Alyssa Cole’s Bulgom Pamplemousse of the Knights Doudou
Note this contains spoilers for A Prince on Paper.
Alix E. Harrow’s The Ransom of Miss Coraline Connelly
Carrie Vaughn’s Sinew and Steel and What They Told
Articles
Bread and Roses: developing romance and the Third Act Test by KJ Charles
Alexander Chee’s How To Unlearn Everything
Lindsey King-Miller’s Writing Doesn’t Need to Hurt
Corinne Manning’s Crafting the Narrative of Abuse
How Not to Be All About What It’s Not All About: Further Thoughts on Writing About Someone Else’ Culture and Experience by Nishi Shawl
Rebecca Reynolds’ A few awkward thoughts on the love language of physical touch
Podcast
Bookable, conversation between Jennifer Eagan & Susan Choi
Bookable, conversation with Kiese Laymon, Saeed Jones, Mira Jacob
Lady Don’t Take No
I don’t miss an episode of Alicia Garza’s podcast. I usually listen as I do my cooking on Saturdays, along with Radiolab.
Esther O. Lee 