What we’re about
Love reading books? Love reading books even more if they feature queer women in prominent roles? Then join us for our queer ladies book club! My wife and I are located in Berea, and would love to meet other individuals around NEO who read queer fiction. Whether it is sci-fi, contemporary romance, or whatever interests you at the moment, we're looking to get a group together to eat good food, drink good drinks (alcoholic or non), and talk about the characters and plots we're frustrated or fascinated by.
Each month, members will vote on a book selected by the month's "host." Meetings will occur near the second Friday of each month and hosts may choose to hold the meeting at their home, local restaurant/bar/park/library, or alternate location (read:our house in Berea) and will start the group off with some questions about the chosen book. Love the book? Hate it? Well, let's chat about it. Each member will have a chance to host, so no matter what, you'll get to share your favorite story.
All single individuals, partnered peoples, and everyone between and beyond are welcome to join. At this point, no dues are required, but please be prepared to bring a snack or drink to any meeting if you are able.
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January QLBC - The Barefoot Followers of Sweet Potato Grace
Location not specified yet🥔🏳️🌈📚 QUEER x POTATO BOOK CLUB & POTATO POTLUCK 📚🏳️🌈🥔
January’s meeting will be hosted by Kasey & Julie, who after conducting an exhaustive literature review spanning several weeks, discovered that queer potato books are alarmingly rare, but not nonexistent. This meeting is the result of their groundbreaking research.
Join us at Kasey’s house in Bay Village for the delightfully chaotic discussion and potluck celebrating sapphics and spuds in all their glorious forms. The address will be sent to confirmed attendees closer to the meeting.
To help you systematically choose our main read, please consult the Queer x Potato Literature Graph in the header, which plots each book by two key academic variables: queerness and potatoeyness intensity. From subtly potato-coded characters to “the lesbian is literally a potato,” we have representation across the spectrum.
📖 Main contenders:
“The Barefoot Followers of Sweet Potato Grace” by Megan Okonsky
“Harvest Dreams” by Jacqueline Fein-Zachary
“Love & Other Disasters” by Anita Kelly
And the winner is: The Barefoot Followers of Sweet Potato Grace!
✨⛷️Bonus, short, unhinged side read that is totally optional but at the very center of our extremely specific Venn diagram “My Lesbian Twice-Baked Potato Ski Instructor Eats My Ass” by Chuck Tingle.
You are encouraged to bring a potato of any kind to share, whether it’s your signature gourmet potato dish, vodka (yes, it counts), or even just a bag of chips. We welcome all potato manifestations and potato-adjacent foods!
Please drop a comment with what you’re bringing so we don’t end up with 12 bowls of mashed potatoes and no pierogies (though honestly that wouldn’t be the worst timeline).
Come hungry. Come queer. Come ready to discuss queer literature and potatoes like the carb-loading scholars we are.🥔🌈12 attendees
Past events
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