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Book reviewer, Tara Scott, and award-winning author, Kris Bryant, discuss queer books, movies, TV shows, graphic novels and narrow down selections for listeners. Grab a glass of wine, dram of whisky, or cup of coffee and join them as they suggest to you, the listener, and to each other, something wonderfully queer and inspiring to check out.

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Book reviewer, Tara Scott, and award-winning author, Kris Bryant, discuss queer books, movies, TV shows, graphic novels and narrow down selections for listeners. Grab a glass of wine, dram of whisky, or cup of coffee and join them as they suggest to you, the listener, and to each other, something wonderfully queer and inspiring to check out.

    The Minisode (QR 084)

    The Minisode (QR 084)

    (tap, tap) Is this thing on? (tap) I think it’s on.
    Hey everyone. It’s just me, Tara, this week. Kris couldn't join me as usual, so instead of replaying one of our old episodes, we came up with an idea for something smaller. Here are my top five podcasts and an official recommendation.
    Official Recommendation
    From Tara: Blood Remains by Cathy Pegau
    This week, I’m recommending the historical, sapphic, urban fantasy romance Blood Remains by Cathy Pegau. The worldbuilding is robust, inviting us into the syndicated crime scene of 1930s Seattle. It also has found family, which I’m a huge sucker for. 
    Works/People Discussed
    Maintenance Phase (Suggested episodes: Snake Oil, The Body Mass Index, Diet Book Deep Dive: Angela Lansbury’s “Positive Moves”) Your Fat Friend If Books Could Kill (Suggested episodes: Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus, The 5 Love Languages, The 4-Hour Work Week) A More Civilized Age Better Offline History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps Support & follow the show
    Buy us a Ko-fi Sign up for our newsletter on Substack Twitter: @queerlyrec Facebook: @QueerlyRecommended Instagram: @queerlyrecommended Blusky: @queerlyrec.bsky.social Get all our links on Linktr.ee Support local animal shelters by joining Kris's Patreon

    • 18 min
    Jammies are not death clothes (QR 083)

    Jammies are not death clothes (QR 083)

    Sometimes you drive out into the dark, beyond the city lights, and wonder whether your loved one's intentions are nefarious. Other times you see the northern lights! 
    This week, a very relieved Kris shares stories of lights in the sky, the benefits of not being murdered, and what it’s like to swim with penguins. And Tara’s here too, more laid back after emerging from a gaming fugue state, with another banger recommendation. 
    Official Recommendations
    From Kris: Mary & George (Sky/Starz)
    This week, Kris recommends the British historical drama Mary & George, which tells the story of a man, his mother, and the King of England they’re intent on seducing. Kris particularly liked this one because of the lengths the characters go to get what they want.
    From Tara: I Was A Teenage Exocolonist (PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, Steam)
    This week, Tara recommends I Was A Teenage Exocolonist by Northway Games. In this deckbuilding life sim game, you play a settler going through a wormhole to a brand-new world. The story is looped, with the player returning to their arrival point over and over, trying to set right what went wrong in previous loops. It’s queer AF and was the subject of much delight in Tara’s home.
    Works/People Discussed
    Queer Liberation Library Christine Williams Jeopardy! (NBC) Survivor (CBS) Catfish (MTV) Dead Boy Detectives (Netflix) Here for the Wrong Reasons by Annabel Paulsen & Lydia Wang Lavash at First Sight by Taleen Voskuni Support & follow the show
    Buy us a Ko-fi Sign up for our newsletter on Substack Twitter: @queerlyrec Facebook: @QueerlyRecommended Instagram: @queerlyrecommended Blusky: @queerlyrec.bsky.social Get all our links on Linktr.ee Support local animal shelters by joining Kris's Patreon

    • 48 min
    I Can Love You From a Distance (QR 082)

    I Can Love You From a Distance (QR 082)

    Grab your popcorn, chocolate, or other favourite movie snack, and sit down with Kris for her recommended double feature. Don’t worry! You still have time before the first movie starts. 
    Kris and Tara discuss two constants in life, Covid and the NFL, before getting into what they’ve been reading and watching lately. Then it’s lights out and no cellphones. We have a strict policy.
    Official Recommendations
    From Kris: Blue Jean (2022) & Love Lies Bleeding (2024)
    This week, Kris recommends two films set in the late 1980s. The first is Blue Jean (2022), a drama about a closeted gym teacher in Britain who has to handle a student threatening to expose her sexuality to the community. The second is the thriller Love Lies Bleeding (2024), about a gym manager who falls in love with a bodybuilder and gets mixed up with her mob father.
    From Tara: The Summer Love Strategy by Ray Stoeve
    This week, Tara dips her toe into the YA romance pool to recommend the lovely and warm The Summer Love Strategy by Ray Stoeve. Two best friends are ready to start dating, so they plan a summer's worth of activities to find their first loves. Of course, no one is more surprised than them when it turns out love might be closer than they originally thought. Tara recommends this book to anyone, especially the tweens and teens in your life, because it has no sex, some kissing, and all good vibes.
    Works/People Discussed
    Crashing (Channel 4) RuPaul’s Drag Race, season 16 (MTV) Physical 100 Season Two: Underground (Netflix) About that Kiss by Harper Bliss (check out the episode where Tara recommended it) Cabin Fever by Tagan Shepard Support & follow the show
    Buy us a Ko-fi Sign up for our newsletter on Substack Twitter: @queerlyrec Facebook: @QueerlyRecommended Instagram: @queerlyrecommended Blusky: @queerlyrec.bsky.social Get all our links on Linktr.ee Support local animal shelters by joining Kris's Patreon

    • 59 min
    People like me don’t have stamps (QR 081)

    People like me don’t have stamps (QR 081)

    It’s tax season at Queerly Recommended and Kris and Tara are comparing notes (and stamps!). Kris also talks about her upcoming trip to Earp Division Expo and Tara shares about a recent trip to Vancouver.
    Official Recommendations
    From Kris: Maestro (2023)
    This week, Kris recommends Maestro (2023), the Bradley Cooper-directed feature film about American composer Leonard Bernstein and his wife Felicia Montealegre. Kris was especially taken by how completely Bradley Cooper disappeared into the role and the emotions of the storytelling. 
    From Tara: Dulhaniyaa by Talia Bhatt
    This week, Tara recommends the sapphic romance Dulhaniyaa by Talia Bhatt. It's about how Esha, an American-raised Indian woman, is pressured into learning a special dance for her wedding to a man she's never met and falls for her dance instructor, Billu, instead.
    Tara adored this book, describing it as an amazing translation of a Bollywood film into a book. You should definitely check out a few Bollywood romance films before reading this one to truly understand the achievement that was made with this book.
    Works/People Discussed
    One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston  9-1-1 (Fox) The Resident (Fox) Fallout (Amazon Prime Video) RuPaul’s Drag Race, season 16 (MTV) Blown Away (Makeful/Netflix) Colstead & Andie by Olivia Janae A Sweet Sting of Salt by Rose Sutherland (find out if the ending is happy by opening the spoiler tag on this page) Support & follow the show
    Buy us a Ko-fi Sign up for our newsletter on Substack Twitter: @queerlyrec Facebook: @QueerlyRecommended Instagram: @queerlyrecommended Blusky: @queerlyrec.bsky.social Get all our links on Linktr.ee Support local animal shelters by joining Kris's Patreon

    • 1 hr
    Filthy for Grown-Ups (QR 080)

    Filthy for Grown-Ups (QR 080)

    This was recorded later on a Tuesday night, so some meds have worn off, some are kicking in, and Kris and Tara get lost in a field of rabbit holes… and recommendations! They answer your questions about cartoon covers in lesfic and the comfort reads they return to repeatedly.
    Even better? Their recommendations are all brand new lesfic releases. The stars have aligned and you, dear listener, will benefit.
    Official Recommendations
    From Kris: Aubrey McFadden is Never Getting Married by Georgia Beers
    This week, Kris recommends Georgia Beers's new romance, Aubrey McFadden is Never Getting Married, which she describes as a "warm hug of a book." It's structured around the five weddings that Aubrey McFadden has to attend in the presence of the woman who convinced Aubrey's fiance to break off their engagement when she was in her twenties. It’s a friends-to-enemies-to-lovers story that’s full of love, weddings, and pretty low angst.
    From Tara: Houseswap 101 by Jaime Clevenger
    This week, Tara recommends Houseswap 101 by Jaime Clevenger. Tara loved this book because it gave her the "housebutch" she she never knew she needed. She appreciated the depiction of the early days of someone discovering their bisexuality and it has a cute dog that you definitely wouldn't want to pick up. This is a strong recommendation and it even made it into her Kindle favourites list for easy future rereading.
    Works/People Discussed
    While You Were Sleeping (1995) Elf (2003) Too Close to Touch by Georgia Beers Ali Vali Curious Wine by Katherine V. Forrest The Philadelphia Story (1940) Pride and Prejudice (1995 Mini-Series BBC1) Course of Action by Gun Brooke Truth and Measure by Roslyn Sinclair Above All Things by Roslyn Sinclair The Red Files by Lee Winter The Headmistress by Milena McKay The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (AMC) The Resident (Fox) RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV), season 16 RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World, season 2 (BBC Three) Physical: 100, season 2 (Netflix) Leather, Lace and Locs by Anne Shade Bloodline by Jenn Alexander Support & follow the show
    Buy us a Ko-fi Sign up for our newsletter on Substack Twitter: @queerlyrec Facebook: @QueerlyRecommended Instagram: @queerlyrecommended Blusky: @queerlyrec.bsky.social Get all our links on Linktr.ee Support local animal shelters by joining Kris's Patreon

    • 1 hr 7 min
    Parkour! (QR 079)

    Parkour! (QR 079)

    Tara did a thing! She went to the Sapphic World Book Club's event featuring Lee Winter and is here to spread the good word. 
    Kris and Tara talk about Facebook reels for a bit. Now that Tara has finished Love is Blind, she and Kris have their own reunion show to discuss the fallout. Spoilers around 14:50 - 30:42.
    Official Recommendations
    From Kris: Nyad (2023)
    This week Kris recommends the 2023 biographical film Nyad. Starring Jodie Foster and Annette Benning, Nyad follows Diana Nyad’s multiple attempts to swim the straits of Florida in the 2010s. Sports movies get us where we live and when they have excellent performances? They get recommended.
    From Tara: London Ever After by Clare Lydon
    This week Tara recommends London Ever After by Clare Lydon, the 9th and final book in her London Romance series. Tara appreciated the laughs and the journey of seeing someone become a drag king in this one, describing it as a "lovely, happy" book.
    Works/People Discussed
    Vengeance Planning for Amateurs by Lee Winter Sapphic World Book Club The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (AMC) Apples Never Fall (Peacock) Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty The Resident (Fox) RuPaul’s Drag Race, season 16 (MTV) RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World, season 2 (BBC Three) Love is Blind, season Six (Netflix) Firebugs by Nino Bulling Cover Story by Rachel Lacey Support & follow the show
    Buy us a Ko-fi Sign up for our newsletter on Substack Twitter: @queerlyrec Facebook: @QueerlyRecommended Instagram: @queerlyrecommended Blusky: @queerlyrec.bsky.social Get all our links on Linktr.ee Support local animal shelters by joining Kris's Patreon

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