The BookstaGays

Our friend Janai comes back on the podcast to talk about current books, favorite books of the year, romance recommendations, steamy or non-steamy romance books, Taylor Swift theories, and being labeled a "queer dad." As usual, it was chaotic and fun and we love Janai so much! Make sure you listen for Sam's epic commemoration to "The Moment I Knew" by Taylor Swift - she knows every single word because she's a super fan! 

If you want to buy any of the books we talked about - consider buying them from our bookshop.org link @ https://bookshop.org/shop/thebookstagays - this is a way to support indie bookstores AND the show (we receive a very small kickback if you purchase through our affiliate link). 

As always, you can find us on Instagram and Twitter @thebookstagays, and on our own accounts @thebookadvocate and @staxsonstaxs 

If you want to try audiobooks and support your local independent bookstores and not the big bad company taking over the world - try our libro.fm code to get 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 - start a monthly membership for $14.99 and get the 2 audiobook credits by clicking here libro.fm/redeem/BookstaGays 

Cheers queers! Be gay and read books!

We talk with our book friend Allie today all about bisexuality! We discuss her incredible coming out post, what lead her to that decision, how she navigates being in a committed partnership and exploring her identity, and how her style has changed post-coming out + books recommends and so much more! 

You can find Allie on Instagram @alliemikennareads and at her blog (link to her coming out post that we discussed): https://www.alliemikenna.com/2021/06/23/this-is-me-a-happily-married-bisexual-woman/

If you want to buy any of the books we talked about - consider buying them from our bookshop.org link @ https://bookshop.org/shop/thebookstagays - this is a way to support indie bookstores AND the show (we receive a very small kickback if you purchase through our affiliate link).

As always, you can find us on Instagram and Twitter @thebookstagays, and on our own accounts @thebookadvocate and @staxsonstaxs

If you want to try audiobooks and support your local independent bookstores and not the big bad company taking over the world - try our libro.fm code to get 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 - start a monthly membership for $14.99 and get the 2 audiobook credits by clicking here libro.fm/redeem/BookstaGays

Cheers queers! Be gay and read books!

Ready for queer historical romance? We sure are! What better place to start than with Suzanne's newest book - a story about sisters, war, grief, resiliency, trauma, LOVE, and more. This book was so wonderful, and definitely made Sam cry at least two times on an airplane. We talk about writing historical romance, specifically from a queer lens, what brought Suzanne to this specific historical moment, favorite characters, advice for writers, and her backlist titles! 

You can find Suzanne on Instagram @suzannefeldmanauthor, on Twitter @suzanne21702, and at her website https://suzannefeldman.net/

If you want to buy Suzanne's books - consider buying them from our bookshop.org link @ https://bookshop.org/shop/thebookstagays - this is a way to support indie bookstores AND the show (we receive a very small kickback if you purchase through our affiliate link).

As always, you can find us on Instagram and Twitter @thebookstagays, and on our own accounts @thebookadvocate and @staxsonstaxs

If you want to try audiobooks and support your local independent bookstores and not the big bad company taking over the world - try our libro.fm code to get 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 - start a monthly membership for $14.99 and get the 2 audiobook credits by clicking here libro.fm/redeem/BookstaGays

Cheers queers! Be gay and read books!

We are ending our third season with such a great interview, Jen, the author of Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much sits down with us to talk about writing this book, their favorite essay from this collection, misconceptions about bisexuality, advice for bisexual people in straight-assuming relationships, and so so so much more! This conversation was so insightful and validating and Jen is hilarious and a true joy to talk to! 

You can find Jen on Instagram and Twitter @jenerous and at their website https://www.greedy-bisexual.com/

If you want to buy Jen's memoir - consider buying it from our bookshop.org link @ https://bookshop.org/shop/thebookstagays - this is a way to support indie bookstores AND the show (we receive a very small kickback if you purchase through our affiliate link).

As always, you can find us on Instagram and Twitter @thebookstagays, and on our own accounts @thebookadvocate and @staxsonstaxs

If you want to try audiobooks and support your local independent bookstores and not the big bad company taking over the world - try our libro.fm code to get 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 - start a monthly membership for $14.99 and get the 2 audiobook credits by clicking here libro.fm/redeem/BookstaGays

Cheers queers! Be gay and read books!

We had the most wonderful opportunity to talk with TJ Klune all about his newest book, Under the Whispering Door! We talk about his favorite characters, favorite tropes, his backlist books that you should also be reading, the importance of content warnings for this newest book, how vital sensitivity readers are, and so much more! TJ is such a delight and we look forward to his other books coming out next year (some sneak peeks in this episode so make sure to listen).

You can find TJ on Instagram at @tjklunebooks, Twitter at @tjklune, and at his website http://www.tjklunebooks.com/

If you want to buy TJ's book - consider buying them from our bookshop.org link @ https://bookshop.org/shop/thebookstagays - this is a way to support indie bookstores AND the show (we receive a very small kickback if you purchase through our affiliate link).

As always, you can find us on Instagram and Twitter @thebookstagays, and on our own accounts @thebookadvocate and @staxsonstaxs 

If you want to try audiobooks and support your local independent bookstores and not the big bad company taking over the world - try our libro.fm code to get 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 - start a monthly membership for $14.99 and get the 2 audiobook credits by clicking here libro.fm/redeem/BookstaGays

Cheers queers! Be gay and read books!

We recorded this episode back at the end of July and it was so much fun to talk about the assumptions our listeners sent in - were they true or not? Let us know if anything particularly surprised you - we feel like our listeners know us really well and were able to assume correctly in almost all instances!

If you want to buy any books we mention in the episode - consider buying it from our bookshop.org link @ https://bookshop.org/shop/thebookstagays - this is a way to support indie bookstores AND the show (we receive a very small kickback if you purchase through our affiliate link).

As always, you can find us on Instagram and Twitter @thebookstagays, and on our own accounts @thebookadvocate and @staxsonstaxs

If you want to try audiobooks and support your local independent bookstores and not the big bad company taking over the world - try our libro.fm code to get 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 - start a monthly membership for $14.99 and get the 2 audiobook credits by clicking here libro.fm/redeem/BookstaGays

Cheers queers! Be gay and read books!

Are you as excited about The Charm Offensive as we are? We are completely in love with this debut novel from Alison Cochrun - and also in love with Alison herself! Alison is funny and dynamic and we had so much fun picking her brain about dating shows, favorite characters, the writing process, queer representation, and so much more! 

Very light spoilers in this episode (but it's a romance so like, obvious) so feel free to listen whenever - and if you haven't already read The Charm Offensive, you will after this episode!

You can find Alison on Instagram and Twitter at @alisoncochrun and at her website https://www.alisoncochrun.com/

If you want to buy Alison's book - consider buying it from our bookshop.org link @ https://bookshop.org/shop/thebookstagays - this is a way to support indie bookstores AND the show (we receive a very small kickback if you purchase through our affiliate link).

As always, you can find us on Instagram and Twitter @thebookstagays, and on our own accounts @thebookadvocate and @staxsonstaxs

If you want to try audiobooks and support your local independent bookstores and not the big bad company taking over the world - try our libro.fm code to get 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 - start a monthly membership for $14.99 and get the 2 audiobook credits by clicking here libro.fm/redeem/BookstaGays 

Cheers queers! Be gay and read books! 

We had so much fun talking to debut author, Margot Wood, of Fresh! Fresh is such a fun book, full of queer-norm characters, sex-positivity, figuring yourself out at 18, fun narrative/visual pieces, inspirations from the classic novel Emma, and laugh-out-loud funny scenes. This book brought us back to our college times and both Sam and Alex kept wishing for a gayer college experience. We talk Emerson, queer representation, writing advice, and more! 

No spoilers in this episode so feel free to listen whenever - and if you haven't already read Fresh, you will after this episode! 

You can find Margot on Instagram at @margotmwood, Twitter at @margotwood, and at her website https://www.margotwood.com/ If you want to buy Margot's book - consider buying them from our bookshop.org link @ https://bookshop.org/shop/thebookstagays - this is a way to support indie bookstores AND the show (we receive a very small kickback if you purchase through our affiliate link). 

As always, you can find us on Instagram and Twitter @thebookstagays, and on our own accounts @thebookadvocate and @staxsonstaxs 

If you want to try audiobooks and support your local independent bookstores and not the big bad company taking over the world - try our libro.fm code to get 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 - start a monthly membership for $14.99 and get the 2 audiobook credits by clicking here libro.fm/redeem/BookstaGays Cheers queers! Be gay and read books!

We are on vacation and due to some random life events - decided to take a break from posting today and next Wednesday in order to fully enjoy our trip and not rush to put out content that wasn't up to par! We will be back with some amazing episodes in September that you won't want to miss! 

If you want to buy the books we mention - consider buying them from our bookshop.org link @ https://bookshop.org/shop/thebookstagays - this is a way to support indie bookstores AND the show (we receive a very small kickback if you purchase through our affiliate link).

As always, you can find us on Instagram and Twitter @thebookstagays, and on our own accounts @thebookadvocate and @staxsonstaxs

If you want to try audiobooks and support your local independent bookstores and not the big bad company taking over the world - try our libro.fm code to get 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 - start a monthly membership for $14.99 and get the 2 audiobook credits by clicking here libro.fm/redeem/BookstaGays

Cheers queers! Be gay and read books!