From the wildly popular website, magazine, book, and newsletter publisher The Nib, Be Gay Do Comics is a comic anthology of queer history, satire, memoir, and cultural awareness that is both caring and irreverent. The book features 244 illustrated pages by 40 artists and writers, with 56 individual comics. The stories date back to the […]
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The ‘Free to Be Me’ journal is a fabulous, 192-page journal that is ideal for anyone who wants to explore their sexuality.
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The ‘Free to Be Me’ journal is a fabulous, 192-page journal that is ideal for anyone who wants to explore their sexuality.
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If you’re a book lover, you’ve probably heard this before: one of the best ways of understanding the struggles of people who don’t share your lived experiences is by reading fiction, especially fiction written by someone who has lived that different experience. A novel puts you right in someone else’s shoes, in their heads, in […]
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Pride Month Blood Countess, Background Image by Prawny from Pixabay, Cover Image Abrams Books
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<img data-attachment-id="328447" data-permalink="https://geekmom.com/2020/04/earth-day-picture-books/earth-day-books-2020-images-wide-eyed-editions/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/04/Earth-Day-Books-2020-Images-Wide-Eyed-Editions.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1200,675" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Earth Day Books 2020, Images Wide Eyed Editions" data-image-description=" Earth Day Books 2020, Images Wide Eyed Editions ” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/04/Earth-Day-Books-2020-Images-Wide-Eyed-Editions.jpg?fit=600%2C338&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/04/Earth-Day-Books-2020-Images-Wide-Eyed-Editions.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&ssl=1″ class=”size-full wp-image-328447″ src=”https://i0.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/04/Earth-Day-Books-2020-Images-Wide-Eyed-Editions.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&ssl=1″ alt=”Earth Day Books 2020, Images Wide Eyed Editions” width=”1200″ height=”675″ data-recalc-dims=”1″ />Earth Day Books 2020, Images Wide Eyed Editions It’s Earth Day again and to […]
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<img data-attachment-id=”328424″ data-permalink=”https://geekmom.com/2020/04/stayhomereadingrush/the-reading-rush-logo-image-reading-rush/” data-orig-file=”https://i2.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/04/The-Reading-Rush-Logo-Image-Reading-Rush.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1″ data-orig-size=”1200,675″ data-comments-opened=”1″ data-image-meta=”{“aperture”:”0″,”credit”:””,”camera”:””,”caption”:””,”created_timestamp”:”0″,”copyright”:””,”focal_length”:”0″,”iso”:”0″,”shutter_speed”:”0″,”title”:””,”orientation”:”1″}” data-image-title=”The Reading Rush Logo, Image Reading Rush” data-image-description=” The Reading Rush Logo, Image Reading Rush ” data-medium-file=”https://i2.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/04/The-Reading-Rush-Logo-Image-Reading-Rush.jpg?fit=600%2C338&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i2.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/04/The-Reading-Rush-Logo-Image-Reading-Rush.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&ssl=1″ class=”size-full wp-image-328424″ src=”https://i2.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/04/The-Reading-Rush-Logo-Image-Reading-Rush.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&ssl=1″ alt=”The Reading Rush Logo, Image Reading Rush” width=”1200″ height=”675″ data-recalc-dims=”1″ />The Reading Rush Logo, Image Reading Rush
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<img data-attachment-id=”327457″ data-permalink=”https://geekmom.com/2020/03/10-books-to-read-during-a-pandemic/reading-pandemic-image-pixabay/” data-orig-file=”https://i1.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/03/Reading-Pandemic-Image-Pixabay.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1″ data-orig-size=”1200,675″ data-comments-opened=”1″ data-image-meta=”{“aperture”:”0″,”credit”:””,”camera”:””,”caption”:””,”created_timestamp”:”0″,”copyright”:””,”focal_length”:”0″,”iso”:”0″,”shutter_speed”:”0″,”title”:””,”orientation”:”1″}” data-image-title=”Dive into a good story. Image: Pixabay” data-image-description=” Dive into a good story. Image: Pixabay ” data-medium-file=”https://i1.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/03/Reading-Pandemic-Image-Pixabay.jpg?fit=600%2C338&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i1.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/03/Reading-Pandemic-Image-Pixabay.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&ssl=1″ class=”size-full wp-image-327457″ src=”https://i1.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/03/Reading-Pandemic-Image-Pixabay.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&ssl=1″ alt=”Dive into a good story. Image: Pixabay” width=”1200″ height=”675″ data-recalc-dims=”1″ />Dive into a good story. Image: Pixabay
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What do you think of when you think of Harry Potter? I’m sure any number of images appear in your mind, but I’ll bet one of them is the long house scarves that the students wear at Hogwarts. And maybe the sweaters that the Weasleys (and Harry) get at Christmastime. Maybe you’ve always wanted one […]
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Book 1 of the Tarakan Chronicles. Cover copyright Harper Voyager. The world of the Tarakan Chronicles, in The Lost Puzzler and The Puzzler’s War by Eyal Kless, is one of bleak uncertainty. The only surety for everyone is that things once used to be much better. Society has devolved to one of limited resources. Farming communities […]
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<img data-attachment-id=”326695″ data-permalink=”https://geekmom.com/2020/02/who-tells-your-story-acknowledging-bias-in-history/political-map-of-the-world-september-2008/” data-orig-file=”https://i1.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/02/political-map-of-the-world-september-2008.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1″ data-orig-size=”1200,675″ data-comments-opened=”1″ data-image-meta=”{“aperture”:”0″,”credit”:””,”camera”:””,”caption”:””,”created_timestamp”:”0″,”copyright”:””,”focal_length”:”0″,”iso”:”0″,”shutter_speed”:”0″,”title”:””,”orientation”:”1″}” data-image-title=”political-map-of-the-world-september-2008″ data-image-description=” Map of the world with South at the top ” data-medium-file=”https://i1.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/02/political-map-of-the-world-september-2008.jpg?fit=600%2C338&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i1.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/02/political-map-of-the-world-september-2008.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&ssl=1″ class=”wp-image-326695 size-full” src=”https://i1.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/02/political-map-of-the-world-september-2008.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&ssl=1″ alt=”Bias in History” width=”1200″ height=”675″ data-recalc-dims=”1″ />It’s all a matter of perspective. Image: public domain.
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<img data-attachment-id=”326343″ data-permalink=”https://geekmom.com/2020/02/a-reminder-about-story-middles-heroes-dont-give-up/book-page-1005324/” data-orig-file=”https://i0.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/02/book-page-1005324.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1″ data-orig-size=”1200,675″ data-comments-opened=”1″ data-image-meta=”{“aperture”:”0″,”credit”:””,”camera”:””,”caption”:””,”created_timestamp”:”1580824688″,”copyright”:””,”focal_length”:”0″,”iso”:”0″,”shutter_speed”:”0″,”title”:””,”orientation”:”1″}” data-image-title=”book-page-1005324″ data-image-description=” open book ” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/02/book-page-1005324.jpg?fit=600%2C338&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/02/book-page-1005324.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&ssl=1″ class=”wp-image-326343 size-full” src=”https://i0.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/02/book-page-1005324.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&ssl=1″ alt=”heroes story” width=”1200″ height=”675″ data-recalc-dims=”1″ />Photo by Skitterphoto at Pexels
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<img data-attachment-id=”326226″ data-permalink=”https://geekmom.com/2020/01/ala-youth-awards-graphic-novels/2020-newbery-and-caldecott/” data-orig-file=”https://i1.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/01/2020-Newbery-and-Caldecott.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1″ data-orig-size=”1200,675″ data-comments-opened=”1″ data-image-meta=”{“aperture”:”0″,”credit”:””,”camera”:””,”caption”:””,”created_timestamp”:”0″,”copyright”:””,”focal_length”:”0″,”iso”:”0″,”shutter_speed”:”0″,”title”:””,”orientation”:”0″}” data-image-title=”2020 Newbery and Caldecott” data-image-description=” Covers of New Kid by Craft and The Undefeated by Alexander ” data-medium-file=”https://i1.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/01/2020-Newbery-and-Caldecott.jpg?fit=600%2C338&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i1.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/01/2020-Newbery-and-Caldecott.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&ssl=1″ class=”wp-image-326226 size-full” src=”https://i1.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/01/2020-Newbery-and-Caldecott.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&ssl=1″ alt=”ALA Youth Award” width=”1200″ height=”675″ data-recalc-dims=”1″ />This year’s Newbery (HarperCollins) and Caldecott (Versify/HMH) Medalists
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Image: Sarah Pinault Every so often, a story comes along that draws you in completely, carrying you along for a wonderful ride. This is the only way to begin describing the encounter I had with the debut novel of Anna James, Pages & Co.: The Bookwanderers. In this book, the titular character literally gets carried […]
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Researching history online is a passion for many people but for authors, it’s also essential to provide the authentic details that make historical settings come to life. The best advice on researching that I’ve received was from an hour-long workshop given last summer by historical romance author and professional historian Jennifer Hallock, who has lived […]
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<img data-attachment-id="325365" data-permalink="https://geekmom.com/2019/12/best-bookends-2019/the-best-of-between-the-bookends-2019/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/12/The-Best-of-Between-the-Bookends-2019.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1000,563" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="The Best of Between the Bookends 2019, Image: Sophie Brown" data-image-description=" The Best of Between the Bookends 2019, Image: Sophie Brown ” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/12/The-Best-of-Between-the-Bookends-2019.jpg?fit=600%2C338&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/12/The-Best-of-Between-the-Bookends-2019.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&ssl=1″ class=”wp-image-325365 size-full” src=”https://i0.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/12/The-Best-of-Between-the-Bookends-2019.jpg?resize=1000%2C563&ssl=1″ alt=”The Best of Between the Bookends 2019, Image: Sophie Brown, Harald Heuser and Wixin Lubhon from Pixabay” width=”1000″ height=”563″ data-recalc-dims=”1″ />The […]
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<img data-attachment-id="324616" data-permalink="https://geekmom.com/2019/11/resistance-reborn/the-saga-continues-resistance-reborn/" data-orig-file="https://i1.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/11/The-Saga-Continues-Resistance-Reborn.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1200,675" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4","credit":"","camera":"Canon EOS 700D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1521453247","copyright":"","focal_length":"24","iso":"640","shutter_speed":"0.033333333333333","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="The Saga Continues, Resistance Reborn: Cover Image: Del Rey" data-image-description=" The Saga Continues, Resistance Reborn: Cover Image: Del Rey ” data-medium-file=”https://i1.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/11/The-Saga-Continues-Resistance-Reborn.jpg?fit=600%2C338&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i1.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/11/The-Saga-Continues-Resistance-Reborn.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&ssl=1″ class=”size-full wp-image-324616″ src=”https://i1.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/11/The-Saga-Continues-Resistance-Reborn.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&ssl=1″ alt=”The Saga Continues, Resistance Reborn: Cover Image: Del Rey” width=”1200″ height=”675″ data-recalc-dims=”1″ />The Saga Continues, Resistance Reborn: Cover Image: Del Rey […]
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Everyone knows that you should never judge a book by it’s cover. Except that everyone also knows that this is a falsehood. A stunning illustration, an exquisite font, a matted cover, well chosen colors, the cover can be just as much a work of art as the words it contains. Judging […]
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Reading Time: 4 minutes There is something wonderful about diving into a new world for the first time. Whether you are entering Hogwarts, rebuilding Carcassonne, or immersing yourself in Middle Earth, we can all remember that first flush of excitement. I am still blown away by the opening sequence of Peter Jackson’s The Fellowship of […]
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