Happy Saturday! I hope everyone’s week was good. Ours was busy with occasional hiccups, but it ended well. I had my first Irish dance class last night, and it was really fun! My son’s been dancing for about 7 years now, and he’s been trying to talk me into it for ages.
In other news, Bisexual Week starts tomorrow! I’m going to be celebrating with daily flash fictions, a couple of book reviews, and my usual mid-week snippet from my WIP. I’ll be hosting a giveaway as well as linking to giveaways and discounts via other authors and publishers. Next Saturday is the official Bisexual Visibility Day. Anyone else have plans this week? Comment with a link, and I’ll make sure to include you in the Bi Week festivities.
Some people may consider today’s snippet “cheating,” since this particular couple is M/F. However, the only rule is that at least one of them has to identify as LGBTQIA+. It can be frustrating to find good stories about bi+ characters in different-gender relationships, so that’s what I’ve done here. This is from Leaps of Faith, a story called “His Light in Her Eyes.”
They’d bonded over their mutual love of the same novel. LR had a signed copy in her hand, which she’d used on the first leg of her trip to fend off the nosy, chatty woman in the seat next to her. It hadn’t really deterred her seat mate. LR would’ve needed a giant, flashing neon sign telling her to fuck off instead of her brother-in-law’s latest gay romance.
When Jamal had sat down next to her, he’d looked at the cover and said, “I just finished that one. That ending…wow, it was fantastic.”
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Finding someone who loves the same books as you? Priceless 🙂
Ha! Right? It’s the best!
Too right. A love of the same books is probably a good indicator of compatible characters. Wonderful snippet! 🙂
Thank you! And yep, that’s definitely a good way to find out if you’re on the same wavelength.
Love when that happens. Even if you just find out later that you love the same thing. But meeting like this….?
Heh, yep! I borrowed a friend’s story about meeting her spouse on a plane, though it wasn’t bonding over a book. And I met my own spouse by finding out we were going to both be playing with the same orchestra. 🙂
I’m actually reading Leaps of Faith right now!
This is a wonderful hello and a good look into someone’s reading tastes all in one sentence. Yeah, that would have gotten my attention too.
Leaps of Faith is so very good. I’ve been thoroughly enjoying each and every story.
Thank you! Leaps of Faith was my “I just want to write some things for fun.” It turned into quite a bit more than I expected! I’m glad you’ve been enjoying it.
Looking forward to start reading more tonight. (I have the antology). Love it!
Awesome! I hope you enjoy. 🙂
Great snippet, looking forward to reading more.
Thank you! 🙂
I love bonding over books! Great snippet. 🙂
Thank you! 🙂 And me too.
Bonding over books, wonderful.
Bonding over books is the best
I think the flight might get to be more interesting than the book.
For sure! 😀