Yamilet is a typical 16-year-old girl, except her best friend wonβt speak to her after she comes out, and her brother never seems to take anything seriously. Multiplying her stress is her faith telling her she shouldnβt exist. And oh ya, sheβs moving to a new Catholic school where she and her brother will be […]
Not Rated Memoir/ Graphic Novel Starman -David Bowie A beautiful memoir written and drawn by the author Maia Kobabe (colored by eir sister) ππ¦π―π₯π¦π³ ππΆπ¦π¦π³ is Maiaβs tale of self-discovery and finding eir identity. I am working my way through the most challenging books, according to the American Library Association, and Gener Queer had the […]
Liked it Narrators: πΊπ’ππ πΎππππ & π»πππ π³ππ²πππππ Thank you NetGalley and St. Martins Press for the advanced audio copy. Awoken by his upstairs neighbor, Dylan Gallagher, who literally falls through the ceiling onto his bed, Derek Chang canβt handle another stressor, adding to his strained relationship with the HOA. However, it soon becomes apparent […]
OBSESSED Published 2023 by Balzer & Bray Narration: π²ππππππ πΊπππππππ YA – Romance, LGBTQ+ At eighteen, on the brink of college, Immy is a stand-out ally. She reads the books and watches the films and knows the discourse over who is queer in Hollywood. She attends Pride Alliance, and her two best friends and sister […]
Liked it Published 2024 by Penguin Random House Soundtrack: Girl, so confusing feat. Lorde – Charli xcx, Lorde Thank you, #netgalley and #penguinbooks, for this free advanced copy The Wednesday before Thanksgiving was THE night; There was nothing like swapping stories of college. Like Murphy Konowitz, I was excited to see my best friend and […]
After the publication of the New York Times Best Books of 21st Century, I loved seeing everyone pick their own best books of the twenty-first century. I read 7.5 off the New York Times list (I am technically in the middle of Warmth of Other Suns), and this was significantly harder than I expected (I […]
Liked it LGBTQ + Romance {one scene-open door} Format: library paperback Soundtrack: Shut Up And Dance – WALK THE MOON Filled with lots humor, pop culture references and a well done age gap, A Dash of Salt and Pepper has all the elements of a fun rom com. Unfortunately, I was a little bored by […]
Really Love LGBTQ+ / YA /Coming of Age Published: 2012 Soundtrack: Right Here Waiting – Richard Marx I know this book came out in 2012, but I had never heard of it until two weeks ago so I needed to share it here! Two Mexican-American boys. Two kids who donβt know how lonely they are […]
Liked Young adult/ LGBTQ+ Sports Fiction Published: 2014 Soundtrack: Just A Girl – No Doubt Born intersex but raised male, Alyx feels she was denied the opportunity to live life as a woman despite her knowing she is a girl. After the death of her father and relentless bullying culminating in a physical attack, Alyx […]
Between Wardell’s writing and Graves’s narration, the intimacy felt well intimate, loving, and fun to read. In some books, intimacy can overtake the plot, but there was a real balance.
