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Folks were posting their bookshelves on a friend‘s fb thread so I of course had to show what‘s currently on my kitchen table. This is after #unboxing a batch I just got from #QGP2, which I think I‘m now the official gatekeeper of 🤣
Conveniently, The Song of Achilles is the book we‘re discussing at tomorrow‘s Queer Book Club at the local book store cafe where @brandybear22 and I “officially” met. (that‘s what we‘re going with, yeah?)

brandybear22 @kgriffith towing the party line as it were, and, as with any story, it‘s not in what transpired as much as it is in how you tell it. Indeed 6y

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Broke_Girl_Reads

When the Moon Was Ours | Anna-Marie McLemore

#qgp2 returns!!! @jesstothefuture your package was perfectly timed— I finished my latest book last night. So excited to be connected back to the #queergoespostal circle!

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kgriffith

When the Moon Was Ours | Anna-Marie McLemore

Hey everyone, help me welcome @OceanStateM to the #LitsyFamily 🤓 Tagging the most recent rec I‘ve given them, possibly a #buddyread? Thanks to @Emory for introducing me to the book through #qgp2, it was my top pick of 2017 😍 #LitsyWelcomeWagon

kgriffith Look at you @OceanStateM, already stacking books? You‘re a natural Litsy pro 😉💜 (edited) 7y

whatsthEStorey Welcome, @OceanStateM! 😊🤗 Following you! (edited) 7y

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Susannah

Buying Books Online: Finding Bargains and Saving Money at Booksense Stores, Amazon's Marketplace, and Other Online Sites | Stephen Windwalker

Today's eclectic #bookhaul brought to you by Book Outlet. 📚🤓

LeahBergen Nice! 👍🏻 7y

Susannah @LeahBergen Thanks! I try to limit my Book Outlet orders since it basically exists to binge. I'm feeling smug that this order is my first since January 2017. 😄 7y

Bibliogeekery Hi! Can you send me an email letting me know how you're doing with #qgp2, what books you have and when you plan to send them along? Thanks 7y

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Charles

Homeward Bound | MR Golden Czermak

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So I‘m new here. Can anyone suggest how to make friends and groups that are LGBTQ friendly? Anyone interested in LGBTQ books? I‘m an author who will be coming out with a book soon and looking for an audience that might be interested.

DGRachel To start, I would suggest searching for books that you know are of interest to your target audience, see who has commented on those books, and follow them. A lot of people automatically follow back, which will help you build your audience. 7y

Charles Thank you. I‘ll try that approach! 7y

LibrarianJen A while back @RaimeyGallant put together a #LitsyTips post that is super helpful for starting out: http://bit.ly/2qmCW4O 7y

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Charles Thank you!!!! 7y

LiteraryinPA Lots of us are interested in LGBTQ+ characters and voices! I‘ve seen several hashtags that are related, so looking at those tags might help you find followers and book comments. I‘ll look some up... 7y

LiteraryinPA Some of the bigger hashtags are #queerbooks, #lgbtbooks, and also related are #weneeddiversebooks and #ownvoices. I‘m sure I‘m missing a bunch! 7y

Charles Thank you!!!! 7y

RaimeyGallant Further to the link provided so kindly by @LibrarianJen :), The trick is to gain a following, and then maybe start your own event or work with some of the other event organizers to tag an LGBT theme onto their event. Lots of us are reading #LGBT books. :) 7y

Charles These are all great suggestions and I‘d definitely like to do it. I‘m just so confused as to how to make friends on here and find groups and links and stuff. I know I know it‘s not rocket science but I‘ve literally never done any social media other than FB LOL! 7y

Charles @RaimeyGallant is there a way to find groups of LGBTQ readers or join a Litsy group? 7y

RaimeyGallant No group function at the moment. Hashtags can work but work better when you have a following. Check out the tips, because they explain how to gain a following quickly. 7y

LibrarianJen For making friends just find some people with similar interests and start commenting on their posts. Most people respond back and before long a friendship is made! As for groups those sometimes organically transpire. For instance I participated in #lotrchapteraday and there are other buddy reads happening. ⬇️ 7y

LibrarianJen I‘m thinking of doing an Outlander chapter a day read in the spring. You just decide to do something and do it! Make a post about it and if there is interest people will repost it and it spreads similar to word of mouth. 7y

Charles @LibrarianJen thank you! I think I need to spend more time figuring out how to even find people and what they‘re Interested in...I mean I haven‘t figured out how to look for their Interests yet. Lol. I‘ll get it...just gonna take me some time I thinj 7y

sprainedbrain Welcome to Litsy! Looks like others have given you my best suggestions for finding people here... I find that following lots of people works well for me - the more posts I see the more fun it is. You can always unfollow people if needed. 😃 7y

Redwritinghood Welcome! I think looking at the relevant hashtags is probably the best place to start. I‘m not aware of any specific reading groups. 7y

Soubhiville There is also a postal group... have you heard of those yet? Typically someone organizes groups of 12 or so readers who each choose one book to share with the others. Each month you get a book in the mail to read, make notes about in the journal that comes with it, and then you pass it to the next person in the Circle. You get your book back in a year, with your journal written in by all your new friends! 7y

Charles Wow such good advice thank you all! You are the best! 7y

Soubhiville #queergoespostal found it! I‘m not sure how far in they are, but if you check it out you‘ll find some folks to follow. 7y

Charles @Soubhiville 🙏 thank you ❤️ 7y

Soubhiville You bet! Welcome! Litsy is my favorite social media. I hope it‘ll be yours too! 7y

Dragon Welcome to Litsy! I read a bit of everything 👍 7y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Welcome you Litsy!!! ❤️📚☺️ You will love it here!!! 7y

Bklover Welcome! 7y

tpixie Welcome!! 7y

Charles Thanks for the nice welcome everyone 7y

Reggie Also, try looking up a lgbtq book and seeing who has reviewed it and go from there. 7y

Charles @Reggie so true and I just figured that out this afternoon lol I‘m so slow lol 7y

Alfoster All are welcome here! Shout out you books and we will follow!😍 7y

Alfoster “Your” 7y

Charles @Alfoster thank you! I have one cozy mystery out but Litsy doesn‘t have it listed yet for me to review! Hoping they will soon 7y

Alfoster Post it as a different book and explain in your post! We will all pay attention!😍 7y

Charles Cool! Thank you 🙏😍 7y

Susanita There‘s an account for @LitsyHappenings that shares posts about giveaways, read alongs, swaps, and things like that. 7y

JoRead Welcome to Litsy! 7y

Bibliogeekery Hi! Welcome to Listy! I'm co-ordinating two queer postal book clubs right now. There are some great queer folks on Litsy. I could post a message on my feed asking for queer folks to follow you and reach out to you re: groups if you'd like? 7y

Charles @Bibliogeekery hey!!! Thank you! Can you explain to me the postal groups?!? 7y

Bibliogeekery Also - if you search the hashtags #queerbooks #transbooks #qgp1 #qgp2 #lgbtbooks you'll find some folks to follow. 7y

Bibliogeekery Sure. So it's a group of approx. 12 people who each pick a book they like and send it and a journal to the next person on the list. The person reads the book, makes notes on it and sends it to the next person. Eventually, you end up with your original book back with a notebook full of notes on it. 7y

Charles That‘s cool! 7y

Bibliogeekery The idea is lovely, and some of the groups seem quite functional on Litsy but the two groups I'm running keep having trouble with people dropping out, dropping off Litsy and not passing along the books they have. It's been a lot of work and a bit frustrating 7y

Charles I can imagine they would be. I‘m not sure when you‘re putting together the groups but as soon as I‘m done with my LGBT romance I‘ll let you know! 7y

Bibliogeekery Definitely let me know! 7y

TheResistance @Bibliogeekery are you still running these postal bookclubs? I would be very interested! 7y

Bibliogeekery @TheResistance the two I'm running are just finishing up. I'm not currently planning on doing another one (they've been really complicated, lots of drop outs and disappearing books) but I'll definitely let you know if I decide to do another one! #queerbooks 7y

TheResistance @Bibliogeekery I understand. Please do stick me on the waiting list though and hmu if you decide to do one 📚🌈🌈 7y

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Alicia

Brown Girl Dreaming | Jacqueline Woodson

My top six books from 2017! Also included would be After the Parade but I already posted about it so I decided not to include it. These books either stuck with me, are ones I recommend over and over or were just plain awesome. Also two were discovered via Litsy bookclubs! #gameoftomes and #qgp2! Going to post my 2017 wrap up tomorrow! What a great year thanks to all of you!! 💗💗📚🥂🍾

emilyhaldi Yesss I loved The Windfall! Excited to see it in a few peoples top lists 👏🏻 7y

mrozzz Exit West 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻 7y

Dulcinella Exit West was super! 7y

saguarosally Did you get to Changing Hands today? 7y

Alicia @saguarosally I did!!! So good. Im gonna post my haul, I had to restrain myself. 7y

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Emory

Untitled | Unknown

I did it!

Avanders 🎉🎉🎉 7y

MarriedtoMrT Yay! 7y

Birdsong28 Congrats 🎉🎊📚📖 7y

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DrexEdit Woot! 🙌🎉 7y

Andrew65 Well done! 🙌👏🎉🎊🍾🥂 7y

Redwritinghood 👏👏👏👏 7y

mjdowens Way to go👏👏🎉🎊🎊 7y

Suet624 💕💕👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 7y

Drnkpnkprincess Congrats!!!!🍾🎉 7y

Jas16 🙌🏽 7y

robinb Yay....that‘s wonderful! 🎉🎉🎉 7y

eanderson Wow!!! Awesome!!! 7y

JessClark78 🎊🎉🎊🎉📚 7y

ErikasMindfulShelf 👏👏🎉🎉 7y

Eggs 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7y

Bibliogeekery Hi Emory - can you send me a quick email update to let me know how you're doing with #qgp2 and what books you currently have? Thanks. 7y

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RiaWritten

Something Queer at the Library | Mordicai Gerstein, Elizabeth Levy

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My #QGP2 book came! Along with a very sweet card from @Bloomingjen :) I honestly can‘t believe I never read this one!

Bloomingjen woohoo!! enjoy! i ver much related to this book 7y

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Bloomingjen

Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes: Revised and Complete Edition | Tony Kushner

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The world only spins forward. We will be citizens.

Enjoyed revisiting this play very much. This is such a great reminder of what we have gone through to get to where we are today. It is so applicable to the world we are living in now. There are so many connections to today in this book. It is painful to consider the history. Thank you @Susannah for choosing this for #qgp2

Susannah I always go to the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park where this last scene takes place when I visit New York City. Angels in America is so incredible. It gives me more every time I read it. 7y

Bloomingjen @Susannah I will have to check it out. Also, wow, what a horrible entry I wrote. I obviously needed sleep. 7y

Susannah Not at all! I knew just what you meant. 7y

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RiaWritten

Something Queer at the Library | Mordicai Gerstein, Elizabeth Levy

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Next book has arrived! Gonna actually read this one gosh darn it! #qgp2

Bloomingjen do it! 7y

sprainedbrain That book is sooooooo good. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 7y

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