#intersex

Today we’re sharing photos of the super-cute pencil roll from our March BREAKING THE BINARY crate! Designed by @bloodwrit and featuring Devin from Meet Cute Diary by @emeryleebooks, we’ve seen people put everything from brushes to colored pencils in theirs! What are you going to store in yours?

Follow the link in our bio to snag one of our last Breaking the Binary crates!

MARCH CRATE INVENTORY:

• Hardcover copy of And They Lived… by @stevensalvatorebooks with gorgeous custom bookplate, print by @ace_artemis_fanartist and exclusive author letter
• Ebook copy of Villainous by @lou.wilham
• Nonbinary pride heart pin
• Monthly collectible magnet featuring Evelyn and Flora/Florian from The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by @maggietokudahall, art by @jamielynnlano
• UV arm covers featuring the fairy tale from And They Lived… by @stevensalvatorebooks
• The next in our library metalmark series featuring shelves full of only nonbinary books and podcasts, featuring the main characters from The Love Study by @krisripper
• Glass storage canister featuring a gorgeous quote from The Brilliant Death by @ar_capetta
• Pencil roll featuring Noah from Meet Cute Diary by @emeryleebooks and art by @bloodwrit
• The Rainbow Gaze, which contains a monthly Spotify playlist themed to each month’s box, talks about our fandoms, introduces our queer charity of the month, and lets you know what’s up in Rainbow land!

: Thank you @bookworm_panda, @shelf_blame, @stardustandrockets, & @vivaciousviolist

[ID: Various photos of the pencil roll, which is a bright spring green and features Devin, a light-skinned person with short blonde curly hair and wearing a nonbinary-striped shirt laying on eir stomach and smiling. E are holding a paintbrush and surrounded by paintings on the ground.]

“There were moments when I sorely wished to be free of the confines of this body, the expectations it seemed to carry.”
― A.R. Capetta, The Brilliant Death

Today we’re sharing photos of absolutely gorgeous glass storage canister featuring a design from The Brilliant Death by @ar_capetta - from our March BREAKING THE BINARY crate! This came out absolutely breathtaking! What are you storing in yours, and would you like to see a companion canister in a box later this year?

Follow the link in our bio to snag one of our last Breaking the Binary crates!

MARCH CRATE INVENTORY:

• Hardcover copy of And They Lived… by @stevensalvatorebooks with gorgeous custom bookplate, print by @ace_artemis_fanartist and exclusive author letter
• Ebook copy of Villainous by @lou.wilham
• Monthly collectible magnet featuring Evelyn and Flora/Florian from The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by @maggietokudahall, art by @jamielynnlano
• UV arm covers featuring the fairy tale from And They Lived… by @stevensalvatorebooks
• The next in our library metalmark series featuring shelves full of only nonbinary books and podcasts, featuring the main characters from The Love Study by @krisripper
• Glass storage canister featuring a gorgeous quote from The Brilliant Death by @ar_capetta
• Pencil roll featuring Noah from Meet Cute Diary by @emeryleebooks and art by @bloodwrit
• The Rainbow Gaze, which contains a monthly Spotify playlist themed to each month’s box, talks about our fandoms, introduces our queer charity of the month, and lets you know what’s up in Rainbow land!

: Thank you @aparanormalromance, @bookworm_panda, @shelf_blame & @stardustandrockets!

[ID: Various photos of the glass canister, which has a bamboo lid and features the quote along with a feather dagger and a rose.]

Today we’re sharing photos of the Nonbinary-Library metalmark (metal bookmark) from our March BREAKING THE BINARY crate! This is the third metalmark we’ve done like this, and part of our library metalmark series! We’ve had one in each of our identity “Pride” boxes so far, and plan to continue the tradition!

Each metalmark features characters from a beloved queer book and library shelves full of queer books (and podcasts) that also fit the identity! We’re including the art so you can see a little bit more closely and pick out your favorites or a new read! Would you like us to make a guide to each metalmark on our website?

This time, we featured Sydney and Declan from The Love Study by @krisripper, which is a fantastic enby romcom that we highly recommend reading!

We have a few boxes left in the shop – follow the link in our bio to snag one!

MARCH CRATE INVENTORY:

• Hardcover copy of And They Lived… by @stevensalvatorebooks with gorgeous custom bookplate, print by @ace_artemis_fanartist and exclusive author letter
• Ebook copy of Villainous by @lou.wilham
• Monthly collectible magnet featuring Evelyn and Flora/Florian from The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by @maggietokudahall, art by @jamielynnlano
• UV arm covers featuring the fairy tale from And They Lived… by @stevensalvatorebooks
• The next in our library metalmark series featuring shelves full of only nonbinary books and podcasts, featuring the main characters from The Love Study by @krisripper
• Glass storage canister featuring a gorgeous quote from The Brilliant Death by @ar_capetta
• Pencil roll featuring Noah from Meet Cute Diary by @emeryleebooks and art by @bloodwrit
• The Rainbow Gaze, which contains a monthly Spotify playlist themed to each month’s box, talks about our fandoms, introduces our queer charity of the month, and lets you know what’s up in Rainbow land!

PHOTO CHALLENGE SCHEDULE:
April 20: Free day: Show us a nonbinary book on your tbr!
April 21: Full Unboxing - show us everything!
April 22: And They Lived… with gloves, author letter & print. BONUS: show us a creative use for your signed bookplate!
April 23: The Mermaid, The Witch, and The Sea magnet
April 24: The Love Study metalmark
April 25: The Brilliant Death glass canister
April 26: Meet Cute Diary pencil roll (tag @bloodwrit!)

Post on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Tiktok, or our Facebook group for a chance to win! TAG US in the photo and use these hashtags: #RCMARCH22 & #RainbowCrate!

: Thank you @/a.wren.that.reads, @/aparanormalromance, @/bookworm_panda, & @/shelf_blame from Instagram! Art by @jamielynnlano

[ID: Various photos of this metalmark and others we have previously done, as described above.]

April “Friends to Lovers” Crates are now shipping! What are you most excited about receiving in your April crate?

: Thank you @/wordsandworldsbooks for the photo!

[ID: A photo of our box being held up by a light-skinned hand. In the background is a blurry bookcase arranged in rainbow order. There is a rainbow border. On the top/bottom it says “April crates shipping now!”]

Today we’re sharing photos of the monthly magnet from our March box! This time, we featured Flora/Florian and Evelyn from The Mermaid, The Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall (@maggietokudahall)! The outermost layers features glitter embedded in it in order to evoke as much magic in this sea as possible!

We have a few boxes left in the shop  – follow the link below to snag one!

March 2022 “Pride Edition: Breaking the Binary” Full Box

[ID: The magnet featuring two merpersons clasping each others’ hands. The one on the left is dark-skinned with short black hair and a black tail. The one on the right is light-skinned with long black hair and a fiery red tail. Water is swirling around them, and there is a little tropical fish on the left and a coral on the right. These photos are of the magnet on various substrates.]

Today we’re sharing photos from our March box, specifically the botm And They Lived… by Steven Salvatore, with its gorgeous custom bookplate, print by @ace-artemis-fanartist, exclusive author letter, and the exclusive arm covers we made! These are UV-resistant, so you can use them not just to sport your new favorite gay fairytale as fashion, but also to protect your skin or keep warm! I (Jamie) use mine when I’m driving and the sun is shining down mercilessly on my arm (yes, I put both on one arm… I have really long arms!), and also when I’m out riding my bicycle! What do you or would you use yours for? Text thanks to Steven Salvatore!

We have some boxes left in the shop – follow the link in our bio to snag one!

MARCH CRATE INVENTORY:
- Hardcover copy of And They Lived… by Steven Salvatore with gorgeous custom bookplate, print by @ace-artemis-fanartist, and exclusive author letter
- Ebook copy of Villainous by Lou Wilham
- UV arm covers featuring the fairy tale from And They Lived… by Steven Salvatore
- The next in our library metalmark series featuring shelves full of only nonbinary books and podcasts, featuring the main characters from The Love Study by Kris Ripper
- Pencil roll featuring Noah from Meet Cute Diary by Emery Leeand art by @bloodwrit
- The Rainbow Gaze, which contains a monthly Spotify playlist themed to each month’s box, talks about our fandoms, introduces our queer charity of the month, and lets you know what’s up in Rainbow land!

SCHEDULE:
April 20: Free day: Show us a nonbinary book on your tbr!
April 21: Full Unboxing - show us everything!
April 22: And They Lived… with gloves, author letter & print. BONUS: show us a creative use for your signed bookplate!
April 23: The Mermaid, The Witch, and The Sea magnet
April 24: The Love Study metalmark
April 25: The Brilliant Death glass canister
April 26: Meet Cute Diary pencil roll (tag @bloodwrit!)

Post on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Tiktok, or our Facebook group for a chance to win! TAG US in the photo and use these hashtags: #RCMARCH22 & #RainbowCrate!

: Thank you @a.wren.that.reads, @aparanormalromance, @bookworm_panda, @dizzylizzy2337, @popcultureliterary, @shelf_blame, & @thereadingrebel!

[ID: Various unboxings of the items described above.]

“We are literally made of stardust.“ If anyone was made of star stuff, it was her.

― Alexandria Bellefleur, Written in the Stars

We mentioned this a few weeks ago, but we are so THRILLED to formally announce that we’ll be reading Written in the Stars by @a.m.bellefleur for our May book club! Written in the Stars is a big favorite in the sapphic community, and for good reason! If you love fake dating, enemies-to-lovers, and opposites-attract, or are a fan of the writing style in Red, White & Royal Blue, you’ll want to give WitS a read with us!

SUMMARY:

After a disastrous blind date, Darcy Lowell is desperate to stop her well-meaning brother from playing matchmaker ever again. Love—and the inevitable heartbreak—is the last thing she wants. So she fibs and says her latest set up was a success. Darcy doesn’t expect her lie to bite her in the ass.

Elle Jones, one of the astrologers behind the popular Twitter account, Oh My Stars, dreams of finding her soul mate. But she knows it is most assuredly not Darcy… a no-nonsense stick-in-the-mud, who is way too analytical, punctual, and skeptical for someone as free-spirited as Elle. When Darcy’s brother—and Elle’s new business partner—expresses how happy he is that they hit it off, Elle is baffled. Was Darcy on the same date? Because… awkward.

When Darcy begs Elle to play along, she agrees to pretend they’re dating to save face. But with a few conditions: Darcy must help Elle navigate her own overbearing family over the holidays and their arrangement expires on New Year’s Eve. The last thing they expect is to develop real feelings during a fake relationship.

But maybe opposites can attract when true love is written in the stars?

REP:
Queer rep: lesbian mc, pan f mc, wlw, mlm sc
CW: cheating, breakups, sex scenes

SCHEDULE:
04/30:Chapter 3 (0-51)
05/02: Chapter 6 (52-102)
05/04:Chapter 9 (103-173)
05/06:Chapter 12 (174-224)
05/08: Chapter 15 (225-262)
05/10: Chapter 19 (263-316)
05/12: End (317-366)
05/14:Author Chat with Alexandria Bellefleur @2PM CST!

Our Discord server (link: https://discord.gg/VX74Rq3Hha) is a safe space to talk about queer books, and our book club has a special channel just for it! It’s pretty loose - each chapter section in the schedule gets its own sub-channel, and when you are reading those pages, you can jump in the channel and talk with others about it! Landice will host the live this time on April 16th! Grab your copy (it’s available in print, ebook, and audio) and join in!

[ID: Two identical images except that one has the above quote and the other has the reading schedule as quoted above. They both contain the book cover overlaid on white rectangles with a rainbow border. It says "Reading Rainbows May book club. Begins 4/30 in our discord!”]

We’re so excited for the crates we have planned for you this summer, we thought we’d share a sneak peek! Or a teaser, if you will! These emojis hint at the book we’ve chosen to include for each month.

JUNE:
JULY:️‍⚧️
AUGUST:️‍⚧️️

If you think you know any of the books, reblog with a (winking face) emoji!

Don’t forget to #ReadQueerAllYear with subscription to us!

Rainbow Crate Book Box

[ID: A white square with a rainbow border. It says “Rainbow Crate Summer Teaser!” at the top in black lettering. Underneath that are three horizontal stripes, labeled for the months June, July, and August. And in each stripe are the corresponding emojis as listed above. Below this are two interracial couples wrapped in rainbow flags. One is coded wlw and the other is coded mlm.]

In honor of our theme this month, we want to fill your TBR with DREAMS! Whether large or small, the characters in these books all have dreams they’re striving for! Here are 24 queer books about following your dreams for your tbr! Comment with your favs if they didn’t make the list!

- Fence by CS Pacat

- Picture Us in the Light by Kelly Loy Gilbert

- The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag

- Dare mighty things by Heather Kaczynski

- Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cory McCarthy

- Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee

- Be Dazzled by Ryan La Sala

- The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper

- Cinderella is Dead by Kaylnn Bayron

- Bloom by Kevin Panetta

- Check, Please by Ngozi Ukazu

- The Weight of Stars by K. Ancrum

- The Fascinators by Andrew Eliopulos

- Written in the Stars Alexandria Bellefleur

- Rise to the Sun by Leah Thomas

- You Should See Me in A Crown by Leah Johnson

- This Golden Flame by Emily Victoria

- Conventionally Yours by Annabeth Albert

- I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee

- Icebreaker by A. L. Graziadei

- As Far As You’ll Take Me by Phil Stamper

- The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune

- Obie is Man Enough by Schuyler Bailar

- A Little Bit Country by Brian D. Kennedy

Don’t forget to #ReadQueerAllYear!

[ID: 5 images with a rainbow-striped border that display the book covers listed above. The first slide says “24 queer books about following your dreams.”]

The March BREAKING THE BINARY photo challenge starts tomorrow, and we’ll be showcasing some of our favorite submissions along the way! Want to participate even if you didn’t receive a box? READ ON to find out how!

The first prompt is a “free day” - this means that anyone, even if you couldn’t get a box this month, can enter! It’s a great excuse to show off a queer book you love, so what are you waiting for? Take a pic & tag us! This is one of the ways that we use our platform to support queer books that we haven’t been able to feature yet, and hopefully find each book a new reader to love it! (It doesn’t have to be posted on the 20th. As long as you post before the end of the challenge on the 26th, it will count!)

We can’t WAIT to see everyone’s pictures! Show off the queer love!!

SCHEDULE:
April 20:Free day: Show us a nonbinary book on your tbr!
April 21:Full Unboxing - show us everything!
April 22: And They Lived… with gloves, author letter & print. BONUS: show us a creative use for your signed bookplate!
April 23: The Mermaid, The Witch, and The Seamagnet
April 24: The Love Studymetalmark
April 25: The Brilliant Death glass canister
April 26: Meet Cute Diary pencil roll (tag @bloodwrit!)

Post on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Tiktok, or our Facebook group for a chance to win! TAG US in the photo and use these hashtags: #RCMARCH22 & #RainbowCrate!

[ID: A horizontally-striped background in the colors of the nonbinary flag: yellow, white, purple and black. Superimposed over this is the schedule and directions as outlined above.]

It’s May FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS sneak peek time! We’re beyond excited to announce our second of two item teasers for this month!

All May boxes will include a super-handy multi-card carrying case! This was requested by a number of subscribers, and we also thought we’d need some, so it’s the perfect fit!! The design is based on Dare Mighty Things by HeatherKaczynski, and is also a GORGEOUS color that has proven very popular for us in the past. We can’t wait for you to see it! If you want this arriving in your mailbox next month, make sure you’re signed up for a subscription on our website (link in bio)!

Support a queer business and queer books everywhere by starting a subscription with Rainbow Crate! Click Below to get started! We now can accept Paypal, and we ship around the world!

Rainbow Crate Book Box

[ID: A photo of five multicolored card holders on a white surface. Four are stacked together and one is open, on its own. On top it says “May item teaser” and on bottom it says “multi-card holder,” and everything is surrounded by a rainbow border.]

It’s May FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS sneak peek time! We’re beyond excited to announce our first of two item teasers for this month!

All May boxes will include a really sturdy and LARGE (much larger than the photo) fabric storage box! This photo is just an example - the design for ours is quite different, but we think you’ll love it and get a lot of use out of it! The design is based on Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur, and has not just art, but our favorite quote and an overall zodiac theme! It’s gorgeous, and if you want this arriving in your mailbox next month, make sure you’re signed up for a subscription!

Support a queer business and queer books everywhere by starting a subscription with Rainbow Crate! Go to rainbowcratebookbox.com to get started! We now can accept Paypal, and we ship around the world!

#ALittleBitCountry#ConventionallyYours#WrittenInTheStars#DareMightyThings#ObieIsManEnough#lgbt#gay#mlm#lesbian#wlw#bisexual#pansexual#asexual#aromantic#trans#queer#enby#nonbinary#intersex#lgbtBooks#QueerBooks#RainbowCrate

[ID: A photo of three stacked fabric boxes on a plush carpet. On top it says “May item teaser” and on bottom it says “large fabric book box,” and everything is surrounded by a rainbow border.]

How’s everyone doing? Take some time for yourself today and just breathe.., or pick up a good book and lose yourself in it! 

We’re looking at potential future fandoms and items today. Do you have any favorite enemies-to-lovers books you want to see items for in Rainbow Crate? Let us know in the comments!

If you need a great enemies-to-lovers rec from us, pick up our July 2021 book, Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta! The sequel, Godslayers, is coming out at the end of this June, and we can’t wait!

: Thank you aprilreadsandlistens on Instagram for the gorgeous photo of our Gearbreakers in-world propaganda coaster set!

[ID: Two ceramic coasters on a wood slice with a small ceramic bowl filled with pinecones, a mini pumpkin, and rainbow measuring cups. They are surrounded by orange leaves. The coasters are blue and red-themed with the words “Godolia is a merciful place” and “resist” on them.]

Our Charm Offensive book club is winding down, and it’s time for our chat with the author, Alison Cochrun!

We generally collect some questions ahead of time, and everyone is welcome to leave some even if you weren’t able to read along with everyone! Just comment with your questions for Alison and set your alarms for this Saturday, 4/16, at 3:00PM EST to join Alison and Landice live on Instagram! You’ll be able to ask questions in the chat live, too, if there is time, but it’s best to leave them here beforehand to be sure we get to them!

If you want to read with our May book club, where we’ll be reading Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur, come and join our queer book discord!

#TheCharmOffensive #lgbt #gay #mlm #queer #lgbtBooks #QueerBooks #RainbowCrate #RainbowCrateBookBox #ReadQueerAllYear

[ID: The book cover overlaid on white rectangles with a rainbow border. At the top it has our rainbow and says: “Reading Rainbows April Book Club.” In the center it has the same information conveyed in the caption above.]

lgbtqiapositivity:

can everyone just stop 

just stop

and

recognize 

intersex folk?????? 

they exist. they’re like unicorns and 100% magic and wonderful so no use saying otherwise 

have a nice day (: 

The “I” Doesn’t stand for invisible!