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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

I am almost too excited to say the next book on the docket is The Price of Salt, also known as Carol, by Patricia Highsmith, also known as Claire Morgan. Therese is nineteen and working in a department store during the Christmas shopping season. She dates men, although not with real enthusiasm. One day a […]

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 […]

Next month of LLBC, we’re reading Lunatic Fringe by Allison Moon, a book we are absolutely reading on account of werewolves. Lexie Clarion’s first night at college, she falls in with a pack of radical feminist werewolf hunters. The next morning, she falls for a mysterious woman who may be among the hunted. As Lexie’s […]

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, […]

All right, we’re all ready for some unapologetic makeouts, so we went all in and chose a reader suggestion that self-identifies as erotica.  That’s how we roll at the LLBC.  Next month it’s Uncommon Romance, by Jove Belle! Happily ever after doesn’t look the same for every couple. In Raw Silk, happily married June and […]

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 […]

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 sort of forgot to announce our next book, so you have no time at all to read up on Armchair Detective, by Kelli Jae Baeli! Jobeth O’Brien awakens on the floor of her kitchen, her battered face and the memory of an angry visitor tells her that she is close to something important in […]

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? […]

Our one year anniversary is fast approaching, and in celebration we’re doing a fiction competition! We invite all our listeners to write a piece of short fiction about ladylike romance.  Nurses necking?  Socialites smooching?  Cowgirls canoodling?  Vikings vamping?  We look forward to reading what you come up with! The winner will receive a free copy of […]

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 […]

Next month on LadyLike, it’s listener Renee’s rec To Protect & Serve by VK Powell! To protect or serve—a choice no detective should ever be forced to make. Lieutenant Alex Troy is caught in the paradox of her life—to hold steadfast to her professional oath or to protect the woman she loves. Assigned to the […]

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 […]

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 […]

Thanks to listener Ed for suggesting out next book — Parties in Congress by Colette Moody! They say politics makes strange bedfellows… Elated to secure her first paid political staff position, Bijal Rao is eager to focus her efforts on the election of her candidate to U.S. Congress. However, Bijal’s first unforeseen obstacle is her profound […]

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 […]

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 […]

I have never been so excited to type this sentance: Next month we’re reading Lady Knight by L-J Baker. Rhiannon, outcast and female knight, seeks a cause worthy of a chivalric hero in a medieval world of magic and misogyny. Eleanor, a wealthy widow, has given up all hope of finding passionate love and her […]

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 […]

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 […]

Next month, we return to our favorite subject:  Lesbians with dogs.  We’re reading Broken Trails, by D. Jordan Redhawk: Scotch Fuller has already run the Iditarod three times and is preparing for a fourth attempt. Her single-minded focus on the rigors of training allows her to forget the shocking loss of her lover in a tragedy […]

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 […]

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 […]

After the hardcore shtuping of The Night Off, we take a break from lesbian romance and duck into a fantasy adventure novel with lesbian romance in, suggested by listener Cat! Sarah Beauhall has more on her plate than most twenty-somethings: day job as a blacksmith, night job as a props manager for low-budget movies, and […]

As we prepare to read Meghan O’Brien’s The Night Off, we gather together to discuss such subjects as The awesome dirtiness of The Night Off; really, you guys, for serious Tijuana bibles The instructional power of dirty books Video games, specifically The amazing Gone Home! Conley’s game, Golden Nights! Cats, crows, etc. Pride But mostly […]

Actress Caidence Harris is the star of a TV police procedural, and starting to become comfortable with the idea of being attracted to women, when her stunning co-star Robyn Ward upsets her internal apple cart. A conflict driven by fanfiction!  A compelling first person narrator!  FLIRTING!  I’m writing this, so I can say it: this book […]

Next time on the LadyLike Book Club, we return to Battle Scars author Meghan O’Brien!  This time we read The Night Off, an incredibly readable book that is — fair warning — the dirtiest book we have read so far: Emily Parker has a busy life over which she maintains iron-clad control. Raised by drug-addicted […]

We’re putting off the excellent And Playing The Role of Herself for another two weeks because we’re visited by the queen of TRNs, Anne’s mom!  The ladies are so excited, they start chatting before the mics are even fully set up.  Join us as we discuss such subjects as: Mom’s feelings on expletives Email from […]

Brenna’s back for this minisode as we meander in and around subjects such as How a sense of inclusion ruined our SEO ..but people found us through the specialest search terms regardless Reader feedback! Our first author note, and our first comment that made us cry. Rebranding ourselves as “a safe source of smuff.” Autostraddle’s 23 […]

Masked bandits in the night! Trinkets are stolen… as are hearts! Perhaps bodices aren’t ripped in this month’s book, but they are definitely gently tugged.  Like our heartstrings.  By this book, that we liked.  We liked this book. Want to read along?  Buy a copy of The Locket and the Flintlock using the links below […]

Our next book is And Playing The Role Of Herself, by K.E. Lane, as recommended to us by listener Macaruchi. Actress Caidence Harris is living her dreams after landing a leading role among the star-studded, veteran cast of 9th Precinct, a hot new police drama shot on location in glitzy LA. Her sometimes-costar Robyn Ward […]

Brenna was too sick to participate in this episode, so honorary lady Jimmy joins us as we discuss such varied subjects as: Reading aloud to a ungrateful wife How dirty is too dirty? Bioshock Infinite, Tomb Raider, and ladies in video games A newer book by Meghan O’Brien of Battle Scars: The Night Off The establishment […]

What happens when Secret Service Agent Cameron Roberts is assigned to take care of the president’s wild and rebellious daughter? A lot of yearning and direct stimulation. Yeah, we have fun with this one. The ladies congregate and share feelings about this incredibly readable book.  You have no idea how much dirty talk I edited […]

Our next book is The Locket and the Flintlock by Rebecca S. Buck. Will the masked outlaw who stole Lucia’s locket also claim her heart? When Miss Lucia Foxe is robbed by a band of shadowy highwaymen, she does not realize this frightening event will change her life forever. Her brave quest to retrieve her […]

Time for another minisode! As we prep for Above All, Honor we take some time to chat about: Project Unicorn Gone Home Local author Hildred Billings Foley’s Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters comic sequel Conley’s inability to wrestle a bear on a mountain Fearless Defenders #1 Lesbian romance novel bingo Liking the stuff you like […]

Boy howdy are we ready to talk about Branded Ann by Merry Shannon. Conley, Foley, Anne, and Brenna really ate their Wheaties this week, so it’s a lively discussion of annoying children, canis ex machina, eyeball skritches, and of course boob touching.  We found this book was more of an adventure-romance than romance-adventure, but either […]

Our next book is Above All, Honor by Radclyffe. In the first in the Honor series, Above All, Honor introduces single-minded Secret Service agent Cameron Roberts and the woman she is sworn to protect—Blair Powell, the daughter of the President of the United States. Cam’s duty is her life and the only thing that keeps […]

Before we discuss Branded Ann (which you have read / are reading / are gearing up to read, right?), we sat down to record a minisode about Gay pirate comics LiveJournal Adventures in internet friendship Docubbus & bisexuality on TV Dating sims Lady characters in video games Our boy-kissing plea to the teens of Tumblr Join […]

Time to come together and discuss our first book: Battle Scars, by Meghan O’Brien. Anne, Brenna, Conley, & Foley couldn’t be more excited.  This book has it all: both types of vet, dogs, kisses.  It doesn’t get much better than this. Note:  This is a kissin’ book, so we do use adult words for adult […]

Our next book is Branded Ann, by Merry Shannon.   No pirate on the high seas is more bloodthirsty than the notorious Branded Ann, a woman with eyes like ice and a face marred by a mysterious cross-shaped scar. When she raids a merchant vessel bound for Jamaica, her only objective is to obtain the map […]

Welcome to the LadyLike Book Club, a podcast about books about ladies who like ladies. In the first episode, we meet our main crew of ladies:  Anne, Brenna, Conley, and Foley.  We take a moment to share who we are, where we’re coming from, and what we hope to accomplish in this exploration of lady […]

Our first book is Battle Scars, by Meghan O’Brien. Returning Iraq war veteran Ray McKenna struggles with battle scars that can only be healed by love. Ray McKenna returns from the war in Iraq to find that she has attained unwanted celebrity status back home. As the only surviving American soldier of a well-publicized hostage […]