Books by Deaf Women – Equal Opportunity Reader

[BOOKLIST] Complex Love; A Booklist of Diverse and Intersectional Romance Novels

Six hands, all belonging to different people, are placed on a pink background to form a heart shape.

Every year, Valentine’s Day rolls around, and every year, we all have to endure lists of monolithic romance novels about very boring people. Aside from the usual “hot blonde meets borderline emotionally abusive hockey player/CEO/pop star/cowboy/hometown hero” lists, there are also lists of Black romance, Asian romance, Latin romance, queer romance and all sorts ofContinue reading “[BOOKLIST] Complex Love; A Booklist of Diverse and Intersectional Romance Novels”

[READING CHALLENGE] Read Disabled Writers!

A poster featuring the striped Disability Pride Flag in the background. The text, highlighted in yellow and green, says "July Reading Challenge: Read something by a disabled author."

(To skip straight to a booklist, click here.) I’m super late with this month’s reading challenge, but it’s here, fellow readers! First of all, how are you all doing? I took last week off from reading and blogging because I am TIRED. I’m also in that lovely part of reverse culture shock where I absolutelyContinue reading “[READING CHALLENGE] Read Disabled Writers!”

[Review] Signs of Attraction, by Laura Brown

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(Find it HERE.) There’s a lot of things I expect from romance novels, and intersectionality is not one of them. However, that’s exactly what this book offers and it’s an interesting surprise. Main girl Carli is a Hard Of Hearing undergrad from a troubled background. Main guy Reed, a handsome grad student, is not onlyContinue reading “[Review] Signs of Attraction, by Laura Brown”