GeekGirlCon Blog

Read With GGC: Your Next Inclusive Read!

GGC takes Rose City Comic Con! Here are all of the book recs from the panelists:

Marina Martinez

• The Summer Hikaru Died by Mokumokuren
• Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
• Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles
• The World Only Spins Forward by Dan Kois and Isaac Butler
• BL Metamorphosis by Kaori Tsurutani

Julie Tergliafera

• Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
• Tenebrous Press
• Tell Me I’m Worthless by Alison Rumfitt
• Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon

Sarah Mongiat

• Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid
• Game Misconduct by Ari Baran
• Paladin’s Grace by T Kingfisher
• And Then They Were Roommates by Page Powars
• The Apothecary Diaries by Hyūganatsu

Dyl Knight

• These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever
• Bunny by Mona Awad
• Blackouts by Justin Torres
• On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
• In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
• Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

Michelle Jing Chan

• A Guest in the House by E.M. Carroll
• Black Water Sister by Zen Cho
• Indian Burial Ground by Nick Medina
• Ash’s Cabin by Jen Wang
• Snapdragon by Kat Leyh
• The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

Marina Martinez
“Rock On!”

Panel Recap: Refill Your Hearts: Fandom Librarians Recommend Stories to Get You Through the Bad Times

Not going to lie, when I first read the description for Refill Your Hearts: Fandom Librarians Recommend Stories to Get You Through the Bad Times, I was a little skeptical. The panel was meant to be a group of fannish librarians providing personalized reading and viewing recommendations for the audience. According to the description, they would focus on uplifting fanfiction, online and self-published fiction, webcomics, tv shows, movies, and other media created by and centered on women; queer, trans-, and nonbinary people; people of color; neurodiverse people; and other marginalized groups. As someone who has read fanfiction for over sixteen years, I was specifically doubtful that the panelists would have read enough fanfiction in enough fandoms to make useful recommendations to the audience. I did love the idea that they might have a couple story suggestions that would fit my preferences, though, and I wanted to see how the panel would play out, so I gave it a try.

I’m so glad I did.

Eric Mack
“Rock On!”

“On My Feet With a Knife in My Hand”: Inej Ghafa and a New Kind of Strong Female Character

“I like it when men beg. But this isn’t the time for it.”

Hanna Hupp
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