Welcome to Curiosity Shelf! I’m J. Ellis Russell, a queer, middle-aged, cis woman and I’m here to tell you all about the books I’m reading.
I look for books that make me heave a happy sigh at the end and then restart from the beginning because it was so good. My emotional equilibrium is too fragile for tragedy these days and there’s so much tragedy to contend with in the real world as it is. So it’s happy books only for me.
All the reviews here are books that I enjoyed and would recommend to others. I’m not interested in writing reviews of books I don’t like. The majority feature queer characters and/or authors because those are the books that tend to resonate most with me. If that’s not your cup of tea, kindly move along.
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