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A blog about books and writing, through rainbow-tinted glasses. Every book gets a gay rating.

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Author: James Whitmore

I am a writer based in Melbourne. I’m interested in nature and the environment, and queer books.

Review: Cactus Pear For My Beloved by Samah Sabawi

A portrait of life in Gaza.

Biography, Family history, Gaza, Nonfiction, Palestine

Review: Astraea by Kate Kruimink

History as a foreign country.

Australian, Fiction, Historical, Novella

Review: The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischwili (translated by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin)

Epic family saga, surprisingly queer.

Authoritarianism, Contemporary, Europe, Family saga, Fiction, Georgia, Historical, International Booker Prize, Novel, Russia, Soviet Union

Review: The Orphan Gunner by Sara Knox

This queer WWII novel soars.

Australian, British, Classics, Fiction, Historical, lesbian, LGBTIQ, Novel, queer, War, World War II

Review: My Giddy Aunt by Sharon Connolly

A forgotten world of Australian theatre.

Australian, Family history, History, Nonfiction, Theatre

Review: Lola In The Mirror by Trent Dalton

Fairytale Australia.

Australian, Brisbane, Contemporary, Fiction, Novel

Review: Human/Nature by Jane Rawson

What do we mean when we say ‘nature’?

Animals, Conservation, Ethics, Extinction, nature, Nonfiction

Review: Orbital by Samantha Harvey

A ride we can’t get off.

Contemporary, Fiction, Man Booker prize, Novel, Space, US

Review: Both by Douglas Crase

Art as science, science as art.

Art, Biography, Botany, LGBTIQ, New York, Plants, queer, science, Taxonomy, US

Review: Dirt Poor Islanders by Winnie Dunn

Tough love.

Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, Novel, Tonga, Western Sydney

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