To carry off a pulp fiction parody requires both a mastery of period detail and a ear for the cadences of previous decades of—let's face it—often indifferently-written genre literature. I was worried things would veer into cheesy territory, but it never got beyond the kind of campy that had to come with this kind of story.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. I liked that there was real world reference to that but that the actual story revolved around characters acting like being a lesbian was common. I know that having a lesbian story set in a girls school is another cliche, but Ms Nolan didn't even enter into using it as a titillation factor, which is often the norm. An erotic short telling the story of how Keira learned she was a lesbian when her obsession with the hottest girl in the gym became more than just lustful admiration. If a student did something they didn’t like, they would holler across the field until they grew red in the face.com, the Sell on Etsy app, and the Etsy app, as well as the electricity that powers Etsy’s global offices and employees working remotely from home in the US. The one big thing I didn't care for about the bed-hopping and lady-lusting is that it included students. Nolan does add a lot of subplots and points of contention to keep the story going like a mystery novel. She played in high school and college, but then a stupid accident causes her to break a bone, leaving her unable to go pro.

The characters are all rather naive and particularly Bobby Blanchard is such a proper, do-things-by-the-book person that she herself would have balked at that. These books can be quick reads, though I wouldn’t know because I would read aloud to my husband before bed. I understand that seventh-graders need supervision in the locker room, but it seems to me the school should know that it may not be appropriate to have a lesbian in the locker room with young girls. Bobbi is our hero, a famous athlete whose career ended with injury becomes a teacher/coach at a private girls school.I already get the impression that these are quick read books meant to be enjoyed in a couple of sittings, like cozy mysteries, which you allude to in your review. Monica Nolan is the author of Lois Lenz Lesbian Secretary, Bobby Blanchard Lesbian Gym Teacher, Maxie Mainwaring Lesbian Dilettante, and Dolly Dingle Lesbian Landlady which will hit the shelves October, 2014. The new field hockey team with most inexperienced players that Bobby put together at Metamora that keeps winning — because terrible “accidents” happen to the other teams’ players.

You don’t have to wonder who’s point of view is the focus; it’s the titular character, and she’s a lesbian who doesn’t feel shame. These 4 or 5-star reviews represent the opinions of the individuals who posted them and do not reflect the views of Etsy.

Plenty of school-days literary chestnuts get cracked with wry glee, while still maintaining a story and characters you can care about. As a middle school student, my time was split between nagging teachers, nagging guidance counselors, and my nagging mother. In a way, Nolan asks the reader to consider her attitude toward LGBT couples — and not just feeling liberal, but actually seeing LGBT couples in public and not making untoward comments. Bobby Blanchard, Lesbian Gym Teacher felt more grown up, in a way, because she knows she’s a lesbian. Furthermore, Nolan includes other bi-sexual women in the book who want Bobby in bed but not public, giving the reader serious food for thought.