Greetings, Rainbow Readers! Becky here– Rainbow Booklist Committee member and Teen Services Librarian in Delaware, Ohio repping the B contingent of LGBTQIA+.<\/p>\n
Pretty sure I’m supposed to highlight?a<\/em>?book I’m?currently<\/em>?reading, but I’ve been inhaling some goodies lately and just have to sprinkle in a few.<\/p>\n The Prince and the Dressmaker<\/em><\/a>??by Jen Wang (a graphic novel I’ve been making gimme hands at since mid-2016) is the ADORABLE story of… well, a prince and his dressmaker. The art is just lovely, and the characters are cute as buttons, every single one.<\/p>\n Chaotic Good<\/a>?<\/em>by Whitney Gardner is everything my nerdy little heart desired– it’s got cosplay, D&D, feminism, comics, and some Shakespearean level gender bending shenanigans (resulting in a 2\/3 queer love triangle-y shape).<\/p>\n The Witch Boy<\/em><\/a>?<\/em>by Molly Knox Ostertag made me want to catch up on?Strong Female Protagonist<\/a>?<\/em>— loooove Molly’s artwork, and loved this quick, fantastical read about busting up some gender roles!<\/p>\n I’ve had to put down Anna-Marie McLemore’s?Wild Beauty<\/em><\/a>?a few times, not because it’s bad (on the contrary, it’s excellent so far), but because her intense, vivid descriptions of the lush gardens of La Pradera pull me so far into the world of the novel I can?feel?<\/em>the suffocating atmosphere of the characters’ microcosm. Definitely a slow, savory sort of novel– and again, really excellent.<\/p>\n