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UPDATE 8/17/2015 – As you may have been able to guess, the LLBC slumbers – but the Carol movie draws near! Don’t miss the trailer below, and keep an eye (ear?) upon its release to hear how the ladies feel: When Therese meets the older, enigmatic, and beautiful Carol, her life turns upside down. When the two escape the day-to-day with a road trip, they’re being chased by more than just a shadowy man. They’re being chased by heteronormative expectations of womanhood in the 50s! BOY HOWDY! Join us as we discuss Patricia Highsmith’s The Price of Salt, soon to be a major motion picture Carol staring Cate Blanchett! Get in on this now and impress your pals. Use these links to pick it up on Amazon either in paperback in paperback or on Kindle and support our podcast while doing so.

Time for a minisode, in which we discuss: – Foley & Conley went to AND ENJOYED a sporting event… involving sweaty ladies – Gifts gifts presents presents – and of course gay marriage is now legal in Oregon or something Join us in two weeks when we discuss The Price of Salt, which for real you should read, pals!

Q: Why is this episode so late? A: Spring has sprung and we got distracted. Also, Anne has The Depression, and has trouble getting things done sometimes. This is a pisspoor excuse but a real one. This month we discuss Lunatic Fringe, which is about lesbian werewolves and that’s kind of all we need to know to be on board. Lexie is a frosh in college, and she doesn’t know her major is actually in HUNKY WEREWOLF BUTCHES. Foley likes this one, you guys. Foley really likes this one. Planning on reading along?  Purchase with these Amazon links and let us please have pennies on the dollar. Get the book! Get the ebook!

For this minisode, special guest Yesenia joins us as we chat about brands, the joy of sharing garbage, and cat poetry. Join us in two weeks as we discuss werewolfery in Lunatic Fringe!

Friends, join us as we gather to discuss reader suggestion Uncommon Romance, by Jove Belle! These three erotic novellas feature the subjects of: a loving couple inviting another woman into their power games! two estranged acquaintances testing the bonds of power! two strangers testing the limits of D/s! Maybe it’s a little power-y, but consent abounds and we have a good time.  And just to make it clear, I’m going to plop this on this post:   Parental advisory here means I am advising my parents not to listen to this one.  Really, mom. For real. Planning to read along?  Buy using the links below and the LLBC gets the tiniest baby sized kickback! Buy the paperback! Buy the ebook!

Video games! Celebrities! SPORTS! Queers all around us. Time for such a minisode. Join us in two weeks for Uncommon Romance!

When we recorded this episode, we delayed because I was sick, then Foley was sick and the show went on… then I turned 30 and had two, TWO waves of surprised guests. And then I concussed myself. Those are my excuses for this being two weeks late! BEHOLD THEM! But here we are — Conley, Brenna, and I chat Armchair Detective, and this is the episode where Brenna reads, out loud, with her voice, the (deliberately) worst sex scene we’ve read so far. We also announce the winner of our LadyLike Fiction Competition!

So we, collectively, only got 1/3 of the way through Armchair Detective by the time we recorded this episode. So how about a minisode instead? First off, we discuss the three finalists for the LLBC Fiction Competition! We had so much fun with these, we decided to put it up for a vote. Partake of the finalists below… Gigoletto by Tristan Flagstaff IRL by Lucy Softich Tradition Smadition by Archer Darke …and vote for your winner! Otherwise, we discuss: watching shows through Tumblr gifs Conley’s new job Broken Age the new age of unending LLBC contests Kiss Me Foley’s forklift adventures The most amazing OSHA violation Anne has ever seen Foley’s dapper destruction company Anne’s upcoming birthday

Blah blah blah here’s a minisode more importantly: 1) It’s pretty much Conley’s birthday! Send her well wishes! 2) Take a peek at this amazing drawing Ainsley submitted for the LadyLike Fiction Competition: We all plotzed pretty viscerally. Think you can beat that? There’s still time to enter!

We came together on Christmas day to chat about To Protect and Serve by VK Powell, and also to chatter generally. We also answer a reader question: What makes it clear that a ladysmooch scene is written with the male gaze in mind? Don’t forget our LadyLike Book Club Fiction Competition! Plan on reading along?  Please buy via the Amazon link below and we get a tiny amount of cash! Buy the paperback Buy the ebook

Hey, it’s a LadyLike minisode! We discuss our willingness to sell out our continued hope for bisexual romance Christmas and Black Friday Hot Wheels and Brenna’s love thereof Foley’s chuffedness re: Raze and Anne falls asleep. Join us in two weeks for another thrilling episode as we discuss To Protect and Serve by VK Powell!

Bijal Rao is a conservative Republican and a lesbian, and that’s working out about as well as you would expect. But things become even tricker when her candidate’s opponent is liberal democrat Coleen O’Bannon — a straight shooter who shoots straight into Bijal’s heart. Can love blossom amidst the honored opposition? Or will the political divide divvy up decisive division? We’re down a Conley this week, but we’re still up for discussion of political mashing-nations (machinations). (get it) (guys) (guys). Plan on reading along?  Please buy via the Amazon link below and we get a tiny amount of cash! Buy the paperback Buy the ebook

Time for a minisode, fellas!  I am on vacation so this synopsis is brief.  But let’s chat moms, revenge, Jodie Foster, comics, our hopes and dreams for the LadyLike one year anniversary fiction contest. You have two weeks to read our next book, Parties in Congress!  Please buy via the Amazon link below and we get a tiny amount of cash! Buy the paperback Buy the ebook

This book and podcast discusses themes of sexual assault. Remember us? Your long lost pals, the LadyLike Book Club? We’re back to talk about Lady Knight, by L-J Baker! Rhiannon bears the scars of battle, but also the scars of being outcast by her family. Who has ever heard of a lady knight, much less one who can defeat the unbeatable foes of the kingdom? Priestess Aveline sees the truth — that only Rhiannon has the strength to bring them victory in holy war. Eleanor, twice widowed and winsome, is drawn to the enigmatic Rhiannon at first sight. But can they overcome the roles they play — the roles they chose and the roles thrust upon them — to find the strength in their love? Sweet chivalry, firey flirts, and spicy nights… All of LadyLike’s favorite flavors taste great together in Lady Knight! Want to read along?  Buy using the Amazon links below and we get a tiny amount of dollars! Buy the paperback Buy the ebook

This episode was late when it was recorded, and now it’s even tardier!  I could make excuses, like a spider bit my chest so my boobs were in traction for two weeks, but who cares!  The important thing is that a few weeks ago Brenna, Foley, and Anne sat around and gibbered at you. Come back in two and a half weeks (HONEST) when we discuss Lady Knight!  Can’t say we didn’t give you plenty of time to read it. Buy the paperback Buy the ebook

Photojournalist Lainey Hughes needs a stiff drink and a loose woman after her last assignment, but what she gets is a good dose of Scotch Fuller, dog sledder and Iditarod veteran. When Lainey takes the assignment, she’s ready to learn all about the confident yet vulnerable Scotch.  She’s ready to learn about dogs, and the thrill of an endurance race. But are they ready to learn about LOVE? Yes.  They’re ready to learn about love, y’all. We enjoyed the heck out of this book, you guys — so much so that we barely had anything to say!  It was GREAT!  Read this book!  Really!  Do it right now!  I’ll wait. Please buy via the Amazon link below and we get a tiny amount of cash. Buy the paperback An ebook is available direct from the publisher. (Thanks to talented listener Cat for the delightful fan art I mangled to turn into our banner!  See a bigger version at her tumblr.)

In this minisode, we discuss such important issues as: The excellent game Gone Home, available August 15th …and your chance to win a copy of the game! The wonders of the web series High Maintenance …which Brenna recommends you watch in this order: Olivia, Brad Pitts, and Helen The second episode of the amazing Bee and Puppycat We segue into Adventure Time before firmly launching into prolonged Orange is the New Black spoiler talk. Join us in two weeks when we discuss our two favorite issues — dogs and kissing — as we partake of D. Jordan Redhawk’s Broken Trails!  Please buy via the Amazon link below and we get a tiny amount of cash! Buy the paperback An ebook is available direct from the publisher.

This month on LadyLike, we take a reader suggestion and read fantasy-adventure Black Blade Blues by J.A. Pitts!  (Thanks, Cat!) Sarah Beauhall is a hesitant lesbian, enthusiastic SCAdian, competent blacksmith, D-movie propmaster, and…. a dragonslayer? When she re-forges a broken sword, she sets in motion a series of events that will force her to confront her feelings for her girlfriend, her self, and her real, true family. Anyway, dragons and girl kissing — come get ya some.  Let’s talk about self-loathing homophobia, and also Portland ice creameries. Plan on reading along?  Pick up a copy via the Amazon links below and we get the tiniest amount of money that we can spend on more books. Buy the paperback Buy it on Kindle

We’re down a Conley this week, so we asked Brenna’s gent over to be our honorary lady.  Beloved princess beast Chase Allgood joins us as we discuss: Colin Firth, damp and smoldering Bruce Willis as Russell Crowe Brenna’s dainty butchness Chase’s lesbian romance quinceañera Anne and Foley’s bounce house frolics Why none of us are allowed to have babies The wonder and glory that is BEE AND PUPPYCAT Spice Girls talk segues into general Beckham talk The Golden Crown Literary Society Oglaf! Join us in two weeks as we read Black Blade Blues by J.A. Pitts!  Pick it up via the Amazon links below and we get the tiniest amount of money that we can spend on more books. Buy the paperback Buy it on Kindle

Warning:  This is a dirty book, so this is a dirty podcast!  Mom, don’t listen to this one!  REALLY! Emily Parker is too busy accounting and raising her kid sister to do things like, you know, have a relationship.  But that’s why we have sex workers, right? Nat Swayne is a grade-A stud who knows a thing or two about pleasing a lady.  Emily Parker seems like her dream client, with interests that sync perfectly with her own. Perhaps… too perfectly.  Perhaps… feelings get involved. Perhaps this book uses sex — a LOT of sex — to develop character and advance the story.  PERHAPS! We dig right into our dirtiest book with unmitigated enthusiasm. Join us, won’t you?  Pick up a copy using the links below and put the tiniest amount of money in our pockets: Buy it in paperback and read it on the bus, I dare you Buy it on Kindle (also readable using the Kindle app for Android and iOS)