HAPPY #PRIDE! To celebrate, I've made THE ALMOST-WEDDING OF JOHN BARRON GREY free on Bookfunnel!
https://books.bookfunnel.com/strangeworldsstrangercreatures/larb1coczt
And so you know what you're missing...
https://youtube.com/shorts/-5z46REWOu0
#freebook #readersofmastodon #queerWriters #queerbooks #queerbooksforPride #queerfantasy #queerromance
June 4 🏳️🌈📖
The Body in the Back Garden, by Mark Waddell, is a gay Murder She Wrote, except with way more gays and handsome suspects than Cabot Cove could handle!
Luke Tremblay is back in Crescent Cove, on Vancouver Island, after decades away. His aunt has died from a hit-and-run and left her cottage and antique store to him. He's just there to sell the house and the business and get back home to his failing relationship in Toronto.
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June 3 🏳️🌈📖
The novella The River Has Roots, by Amal El-Mohtar, has the feel of a fairy tale. The Hawthorn sisters Esther and Ysabel live on the edge of Faerie, singing and tending the willows that honor an agreement their family made with the fae. The sisters are fast friends, and Esther has a growing relationship with fae Rin.
But when Esther spurns a man's marriage request, things take a dark turn for the sisters.
SFF; strong women and a key queer character.
I've had a hold on an eBook version of this book for MONTHS and still waiting. Saw it's part of @gairdeachas 's #QueerBooksForPride and he mentioned physical holds are easier, so I tried it and what do you know, the County library near me had it available right away.
Excited to read it! I actually didn't know it was a Queer book!
June 2 🏳️🌈📖
The Tainted Cup, by Robert Jackson Bennett, is a Sherlock-like whodunnit set in a medieval-level world. A world with super advanced bioengineering technology derived from the Leviathans that seasonally come ashore from the depths to wreak havoc.
Yeah, the worldbuilding is pretty amazing.
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RE: https://cijber.social/@gremlins/116650744551222339
giving this #queerBooksForPride ^^
Oh gosh, the King County library system has a bingo reading card. 😻
Particularly useful if you're in the #Seattle or surrounding area and following @gairdeachas 's VERY EXCELLENT #QueerBooksForPride!
https://www.spl.org/Seattle-Public-Library/documents/books-media/book-bingo/SPL_BookBingo2026.pdf
Get a bingo, get entered into prizes at the library. You have until September 8th!
June 1 🏳️🌈📖
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reid, is a hard book to describe without giving away some of the best reveals. First off, trust me that this is a queer book in the best, and also hardest, possible ways.
Evelyn Hugo, reclusive Hollywood icon, is in the sunset of her life and ready to spill the tea after decades of privacy. She picks Monique, an unknown reporter, for the job and no one, including Monique, has any idea why.
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Happy Pride and welcome to Queer Books for Pride 2026! 🏳️🌈📖
Every day in June I'll be posting a queer book that I loved. Most of these are SFF as that's my jam. All of them feature queer characters or have queers as a natural part of the world.
This year I'll be posting under #gairdyQBFP and #queerBooksForPride for you to follow or filter. Feel free to post your own queer reading suggestions under the second tag too.
Boosts are always welcome. I hope you find something that you enjoy!
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Uh, hello slew of new followers? That Masto navel-gazing post went way more fungal than I expected.
I post CW'd post-workout flex pics (tagged with #gairdyFlex if you want to filter them out), periodic SFF book recs including a book-a-day in June for #queerBooksForPride, random queer & tech banter, me saying how amazing my husband is, and random words of encouragement.
Oh, and I'm as queer as the day is long. Days in summer. The long days -- not like now in winter. You know what I mean.
Ruthanne Reid
Casey Peel
Jorge
Rune (it/its) ♿ 🖕
Jonobie