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Danika Ellis

Danika spends most of her time talking about queer women books at the Lesbrary. Blog: The Lesbrary Twitter: @DanikaEllis

Mesmerizing Book GIFs for When You’re Too Stressed to Read

Sometimes you just want to zone out and watch a pretty gif loop over and over. Why not add books?

Quiz: Do You Know Your Bestsellers?

Can you guess the novels that topped the bestseller charts through the last century? 

Lesbian Pulp, Carmilla, and Reclaiming Toxic Representations

On lesbian pulp covers and the lesbian vampire novel that predates Dracula.

Reader Impostor Syndrome

Do you ever feel like an imposter in the book world?

An Introduction To the Queer Bookternet

Book blogs, YouTube channels, and bookish sites all dedicated to queer literature!

A Haunted House for Bibliophiles

Even without peeking into the next room, an eerie feeling creeps over you. Is that... the sound of someone using their own property in a way you don't approve of?

Phase Three, The Barbershop, and Other Mysterious Bookstore Zones

A bookseller on the mysterious bookstore zones of Russell Books. Here's hoping you find your way to the sauna, barbershop, Cactus, or Phase Three.

Dark Board Books for the Gothic Toddler

If your baby bat wants a spooky story to sink their fangs into, or your gothic toddler needs some broody bedtime stories, here are 6 to get them started!

The Books That Sent Us Down the Rabbit Hole

Some books become an /experience/. Here are the books the inspired us to take on projects and sent us down the rabbit hole of related reads!

My Queer Journey Through Harry Potter

As a teenager, I shipped Draco/Harry (Drarry). I had no idea it would help lead to me coming out as a queer woman.