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285 reviews

Dry Humping: A Guide to Dating, Relating, and Hooking Up Without the Booze by Tawny Lara

hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

This book honestly got me back into non-fiction sex reading!!! 

So many great nuggets of wisdom and such a gentle reading experience! Tawny's writing is sooo easy to read and really feels like you're getting advice from a wise friend who has *been there*.

I've been sober curious for about a year now and drinking wayyyy less/barely at all and generally don't like to mix sex/dating and alcohol. This book was so affirming and supportive when I was feeling weird for not wanting to go to clubs to find hook-ups, and ordering mocktails/Coca Cola on dates instead of alcohol.

I also found so many parallels with dating sober & new queer dating after coming out as a lesbian too! The last chapters around unlearning patterns of numbing and in general all the wisdom around how jarring and wild it can be to fully allow yourself to feel your feelings for the first time?? PHEW!! Truly such a gem of a book.

Unreal Sex by So Mayer, Adam Zmith

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

5.0

The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

Music from Another World by Robin Talley

challenging emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

READ THIS BOOK !!!

Nimona by ND Stevenson

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Death of parent

Of Thunder & Lightning by Kimberly Wang

adventurous dark reflective

4.25

The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

4.0

The Devil Wears Tartan by Katia Rose

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Minor: Emotional abuse

The Sprite and the Gardener by Rii Abrego, Joe Whitt

4.25

The Last Session Vol. 1: Roll for Initiative by Jasmine Walls

adventurous emotional

4.5