LGBT Bookworms

Here's an early announcement for July! We'll disuss V. E. Schwab's *Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil*. Genre-crossing author Schwab has crafted a gothic tale that's 540 pages long, and we encourage you to start reading now! In this novel three women turned into vampires are thrown into a centuries-long drama of lesbian love, hunger and power. The themes of female rage, immortality, and queer desire are explored through the intertwined stories of the three women across different centuries: María in 1532 Spain, Charlotte in 1827 London, and Alice in 2019 Boston. The novel weaves history, romance, and horror as each character, frustrated by a world where they are treated as pawns, embraces their hunger and attempts to take control of their own destiny. Published in 2025, *Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil* was a NY Times bestseller praised for its lush, atmospheric storytelling. Writer Jodi Piccault describes the novel as "Unmissable... Nobody can write like V. E. Schwab.” Schwab's book is available in print and audio format in local libraries and online. Join us for an exploration of this engrossing novel!