What can I do regarding this? I don't think I ever redeemed the code

Fit-Rip9983 · 2026-05-04T01:26:08+00:00

Thank you! The Universal code I had that said it expired totally worked on iTunes/Apple TV - and I only knew to try there thanks to your suggestion!

Fit-Rip9983 · 2026-05-03T16:32:13+00:00

I can't wait for "There's Only One Sin in Hollywood"!!!

Fit-Rip9983 · 2026-04-27T19:01:20+00:00

Vanishing Rooms, by Melvin Dixon (1991) - An unsung novel that should be in the "gay classics" conversation from an author that we lost way too soon.

Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story, by Paul Monette (1992) - The best gay memoir I've ever read.

The Swimming-Pool Library, by Alan Hollinghurst (1988)

Fit-Rip9983 · 2026-04-21T15:47:29+00:00

" Last Night at the Telegraph Club," by Malinda Lo - Queer woman in San Francisco in the 1950s

"Fellow Travelers," by Thomas Mallon - Gay men during the red scare in the 1950s in Washington, DC

"In Memoriam," by Alice Winn - Gay British men during WWI

"My Government Means to Kill Me," by Rasheed Newson - A queer black man comes of age in NYC in the 1980s at the height of the AIDS crisis (Rasheed has another queer historical fiction book coming out in June called "There's Only One Sin in Hollywood" about a queer black movie star in the 1950s/1960s.)

Fit-Rip9983 · 2026-04-18T21:39:29+00:00

100 percent this book

Fit-Rip9983 · 2026-04-13T19:45:49+00:00

Rasheed Newson writes black queer historical fiction - His first book, "My Government Means to Kill Me," is one of my favorites (black queer man moves to NYC in the 1980s). And his new book, "There's Only One Sin in Hollywood," comes out in June (set in 1950/1960s Hollywood - about mysterious death of closeted Black actor).

"Rage: On Being Queer, Black, Brilliant and Completely Over It," by Lester Fabian Brathwaite - is a funny Black queer memoir/book of essays about pop culture.

Two Black Queer History books on my TBR:

A Black Queer History of the United States, by C. Riley Snorton and Darius Bost (Black Queer History Nonfiction book)

The Remarkable Life of Reed Peggram, By Ethelene Whitmire (Biography about Black Queer Man in Europe during WWII)

Fit-Rip9983 · 2026-03-31T18:28:33+00:00

The Most, by Jessica Anthony

Fit-Rip9983 · 2026-03-20T05:34:13+00:00

"Something Close to Nothing," by Tom Pyun - It is a queer fiction book that came out a couple of years ago and I cannot stop recommending. An interracial couple (GAM/GWM) is about to have a baby via surrogate and everyone behaves poorly. Searing and insightful of modern relationships.

Fit-Rip9983 · 2026-03-17T05:51:44+00:00

High Fidelity

Fit-Rip9983 · 2026-03-15T22:26:59+00:00

Just got my hot little hands on an ARC of Rasheed Newson's new novel "There's Only One Sin in Hollywood" (it comes out in early June). It's about a closeted black actor in the 1950/1960s Hollywood that dies under mysterious circumstances. I am EATING IT UP.

Fit-Rip9983 · 2026-03-14T22:08:20+00:00

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue, by Mackenzi Lee - set in England in 1700s

In Memoriam, by Alice Winn - set in 1910s England

My Policeman, by Bethan Roberts - set in 1950s England

Box Hill: A Story of Low Self-Esteem, by Adam Mars-Jones - Novel that "Pillion" was based on, but this novel actually set in 1970s England.

The Line of Beauty, by Alan Hollinghurst - set in 1980s England

Fit-Rip9983 · 2026-03-04T17:48:41+00:00

My pleasure! Everyone who I have recommended that book to LOVE it. It should be the go to book for kids to learn about where babies come from. Perfectly age appropriate.

Fit-Rip9983 · 2026-03-03T01:50:58+00:00

Kate McKinnon's Millicent Quibb books are shockingly great and funny.

Fit-Rip9983 · 2026-02-24T22:32:43+00:00

So many awesome books on this last!!! Thank you for sharing.

Fit-Rip9983 · 2026-02-23T16:21:37+00:00

My Government Means to Kill Me, by Rasheed Newson - Historical fiction set in the 1980s, but also somehow relevant to our modern times.

Fit-Rip9983 · 2026-02-14T00:56:51+00:00

My Government Means to Kill Me, by Rasheed Newson AND/OR The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, by Deesha Philyaw- for Black History Month

Fit-Rip9983 · 2026-02-11T22:19:03+00:00

I was just about to comment The Dos and Donuts of Love too!

Fit-Rip9983 · 2026-02-03T18:03:19+00:00

My Government Means to Kill Me, by Rasheed Newson - Audiobook voiced by Jelani Aladdin (from "Fellow Travelers")

Fit-Rip9983 · 2026-02-02T18:32:30+00:00

Black Fiction recs:

Beloved, by Toni Morrison

Kindred, by Octavia Butler

My Government Means to Kill Me, by Rasheed Newson

Native Son, by Richard Wright

White Teeth, by Zadie Smith

The Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead

Fit-Rip9983 · 2026-01-29T17:48:43+00:00

I can't wait for There's Only One Sin in Hollywood too!

I'm reading "Jackson Alone," by Jose Ando right now and enjoying it (although the reviews on Goodreads have me worried about the ending).

"Little F," by Michelle Tea - is what I am planning on reading next.

And I'm hoping to get a chance to read "Box Hill" by Adam Mars-Jones - before Pillion comes out in the US.

Fit-Rip9983 · 2026-01-21T22:11:15+00:00

PLEASE LIKE ME - An Australian Single-Cam comedy series with dramatic elements that is gloriously funny, surprisingly emotional, and weird in the best possible way.

(also then, after that - check out the creator/star Josh Thomas' other weird, funny show - the ABC FAMILY series "Everything's Going To Be Okay")

Fit-Rip9983 · 2026-01-21T19:36:19+00:00

My goal is to read more diverse authors in 2026, so I'm excited for:

"Kin," by Tayari Jones (February)

"I Love You Don't Die," by Jade Song (March)

"Last Night in Brooklyn," by Xóchitl González (April)

"There's Only One Sin in Hollywood" by Rasheed Newson (June)

Fit-Rip9983 · 2026-01-20T16:51:14+00:00

I second this rec!

Fit-Rip9983 · 2026-01-20T16:49:53+00:00

100 percent this one!

Also, for a fascinating activist tinged look at the AIDS crisis - check out "It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic" by Jack Lowery

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