Monica Nolan

I came across this book by accident. While mentioning The Big Book of Horse Stories on a thread here on LibraryThing, the touchstones brought up The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories instead. I couldn't wait to read about lesbian horses!

Just kidding! I knew it would be about lesbian ladies, but I couldn't resist the pulp cover on top of the campy title. Once I started reading I realized it really was just a cute book of short stories about girls and their relationships with horses. The fact that they were homosexuals was almost an afterthought in most of the tales. And the few "sex scenes" included were very PG:
Then they were in the bedroom, and Terry showed Ginger that Silky wasn't the only one she could get to the finish line.

The thing that makes this more than just a book of har har moments is the inclusion of some LGBT history, and how the females evolve to become empowered individuals. Horses and girl power all in one!… (meer)

This short spoof is a hoot, and will have you chortling and reading lines out loud to your girlfriend. It’s all about a young innocent from a small town who, in spite of a pleasant life practicing kissing with her best cheerleader pal, decides she wants to go check out the big city, and gasp – have a career! The extremely well-organized (and proud of it) Lois eventually finds out that there are lesbians all around, and there are also a few dastardly schemes afoot. This will take you about as long to read as it took me to write this review.… (meer)

If you have a soft spot in your heart for late 1950s lesbian pulp, then this book comes highly recommended. Too tongue-in-cheek to be mistaken for the original thing, Lois Lenz is the classically reformulated story of the small town, out of it lesbian who makes her way in the big city to become...well, what doesn't she become? Meet Lois the Lesbian, Lois the part-time Nancy Drew, and most scandalous of all, Lois the Career Girl. What starts out as drawing its humor from the title character's charming naivete ends as full-blown camp. Come for the "practice" kissing sessions and stick around for the twilight world of the Magdalena Arms and its complement of sapphic boarders, all with their share of secrets.… (meer)