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Dykette
Dykette: A Novel | Jenny Fran Davis
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An addictive, absurd, and darkly hilarious debut novel about a young woman who embarks on a ten-day getaway with her partner and two other queer couples Sasha and Jesse are professionally creative, erotically adventurous, and passionately dysfunctional twentysomethings making a life together in Brooklyn. When a pair of older, richer lesbiansprominent news host Jules Todd and her psychotherapist partner, Mirandainvites Sasha and Jesse to their country home for the holidays, theyre quick to accept. Even if the trip includes a third coupleJesses best friend, Lou, and their cool-girl flame, Darcywhose It-queer clout Sasha ridicules yet desperately wants. As the late December afternoons blur together in a haze of debaucherous homecooked feasts and sweaty sauna confessions, so too do the guests secret and shifting motivations. When Jesse and Darcy collaborate an ill-fated livestream performance, a complex web of infatuation and jealousy emerges, sending Sasha down a spiral of destructive rage that threatens each couples future. Unfolding over ten heady days, Dykette is an unforgettable love story at the crossroads of queer nonconformity and seductive normativity. With propulsive plotting and sexy, wickedly entertaining prose, Jenny Fran Davis captures the vagaries of desire and the many devastating places in which we seek recognition.
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Dykette: A Novel | Jenny Fran Davis

“Like all antics, the game flops because of its own unwieldiness, its own excess of desire, its own desire so big and raw and exposed that it can‘t be satiated, but instead must get performed.”

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Ruthiella
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Three Queer couples spend Christmas to New Year‘s together in a converted farmhouse in upstate New York. This was an overwhelmingly detailed and uncomfortable book. Not due to queerness, but because the main character, Sasha is so awful and up her own butt. There‘s some interesting commentary on the performative aspects of gender and femme vs butch lesbianism, but not enough to counteract the self absorption and superficiality of the rest of it.

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#RecentAcquisitions Well, I didn‘t mean to get any new books this week, but what are you gonna do? 🤷🏻‍♀️😂 People is a blame it on @Hooked_on_books . Holly knows how much I love short stories! Dykette is from the #CampLitsy23 longlist, and Three looked good when I was picking up my hold.

I hope everyone has a great weekend! Hostas are blooming. 😁

BarbaraBB Lovely hostas & a great haul. Totally up your alley! 2y
JamieArc May your hostas remain safe from the deer 😆. We moved to a suburban neighborhood a year ago and discovered how much deer like hostas. We can see them snacking from our living room window. 2y
squirrelbrain I have Three as a #netgalley ARC and should have read it a few months ago but didn‘t (of course!). I‘ll be interested to see your review. 2y
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Cinfhen I love that you‘re making physical visits to the library! Such a joy 🤩 (edited) 2y
Megabooks @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain sorry I‘ve been a bad counselor! Katie called me about a dog playdate, so I‘ve spent all morning at her boyfriend‘s pool. Fun, but I haven‘t looked at the discussion at all! 🫣 2y
squirrelbrain I love that you‘ve had a doggy play date! We drove back from our hols today so I only jumped in this afternoon. 2y
Hooked_on_books I‘m happy to be blamed! I hope you enjoy the stories. 2y
BarbaraBB No problem at all of course. It was early for you and I am glad you had a great play date. Same goes for you @squirrelbrain you are the best counselors I could wish how no matter what 🩷 2y
Megabooks @Hooked_on_books I think I will! I‘m blaming you for a few lately, and that‘s good! 👍🏻 2y
Megabooks @Cinfhen yes! A joy indeed! I‘m returning three and picking up 4-5 tomorrow. 😂😂 2y
Megabooks @JamieArc fortunately I live in an isolated large town, so the deer still have plenty of farmland and woods to graze! We do have a problem with squirrels eating our bulbs though. 🤨 2y
Megabooks @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain thanks! 💜 it was a great discussion, and I‘m looking forward to next week. Molly had a spa day afterwards (bath 😉) but she loves hanging out with Maisy! Maisy fell in the pool, but fortunately Molly stayed out. Hope you‘re adjusting to life back at work, Helen, and I hope you‘re having a good week, too, Barbara! 2y
Cinfhen Fantastic 🙌🏻 2y
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Killing some time before an appointment.

britt_brooke Pretty view! 2y
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Cinfhen
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Whoa! What a wild ride😅 I was completely out of my depth but consumed by the DRAMA unfolding between three lesbian couples who spend the Christmas holiday together. Like watching a Real Housewives reunion, this book was super entertaining but at some point it all goes south. One part was a bit too graphic ( for me) and the aftershocks became the catalyst for some real melodrama that I found more grating than gratifying. #ALC #NetGalley #TryIt

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Cinfhen
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😳🫣😳🫣😱😱74% Oh?! Ok, I wasn‘t expecting that….

Cinfhen It‘s getting REALLY uncomfortable @squirrelbrain lesbian S&M (edited) 2y
squirrelbrain Hmmm… not one to get on audio then, as I find sex scenes far more excruciating when listening to them. 😖 2y
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Cinfhen I‘m always a little embarrassed when my kids hear me listening to smut - they are TOTALLY judging me 😛 @squirrelbrain (edited) 2y
sarahbarnes Oh wow! I have this on my list not knowing a ton about it so this is interesting! 2y
Cinfhen @sarahbarnes I just finished the audio - not sure what to say. I need to sit with it before I can review. Im glad I read it but I‘m not sure if it‘s a book I would easily recommend. It has its moments boy overall it‘s both entertaining and educational 😉 2y
Megabooks Interesting…😳🌶️ 2y
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Cinfhen
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#ALC #NetGalley 🍌 👖‼️ Im honestly overwhelmed (in a good way) this book is the QUEEREST QUEER novel I‘ve ever read and I‘m #HereForIt 😁I wish this makes it to #CampLitsy23 because the discussions would be HILARIOUS 😂 3 lesbian couples travel upstate for a holiday getaway where tensions, jealousies and cattiness ABOUNDS😸thanks for putting this on my #ReadersRadar @MicheleinPhilly

squirrelbrain Great review! I really want to read this but unfortunately it didn‘t make camp as it‘s not out in the UK until the end of June. 🙄 2y
TrishB This is very expensive here too @squirrelbrain books are just creeping up and up!! 2y
Cinfhen I noticed that too @TrishB @squirrelbrain books are getting REALLY EXPENSIVE 😬even BD had zero sales before they shuttered! I was so surprised and disappointed 😔 This book is really OUT THERE! I‘ll never read it again…it‘s definitely a #BorrowNotBuy 2y
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TrishB I shall wait for an offer- over (c8 on kindle and (d2 for hardback. 2y
SamAnne Love the cover! 2y
sarahbarnes I‘m excited to read this one and luckily it‘s at my library. I nominated it for Camp but it wasn‘t out in the UK in time. Glad to see you‘re having fun with it! 2y
Cinfhen The cover is FANTASTIC @SamAnne 😍 2y
Cinfhen I think it‘s worth waiting @TrishB but I do think you‘d be open to this one ☺️ 2y
Hooked_on_books Bummer I didn‘t vote for it, as that does sound like a fun discussion! 2y
Cinfhen It was WILD @Hooked_on_books but it did get VERY UNCOMFORTABLE 😳 I still think it would be FANTASTIC for discussion. Trying hard to come up with my review. 2y
Chelsea.Poole Agree @SamAnne that cover! 2y
Cinfhen Its a perfect fit for the book @Chelsea.Poole 2y
Chelsea.Poole @Cinfhen lol oh my! 🍌 👖 indeed! 2y
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