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by Becky Albertalli

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Oh okay, you I-told-you-so people. You were right. This book is so much fun that I baked cookies and listened to unfortunate nineties pop music.

No, really.

And I seriously didn't want to read this. I mean, why would I? I don't particularly like cutesy romances, LGBT or not. The cover is kinda sucky and not attractive. The title is an inside joke that only makes sense after reading the book. And, let's be honest, it's always easier to convince me to read books with phrases like "mind-bending twis...more

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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Simonverse, #1)

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Oh okay, you I-told-you-so people. You were right. This book is so much fun that I baked cookies and listened to unfortunate nineties pop music. No, really. And I seriously didn't want to read this. I mean, why would I? I don't particularly like cutesy romances, LGBT or not.

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by Sabina Khan

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Zara Hossain Is Here book. Read 107 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Zara's family has waited years for their visa process to be f...

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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

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by Benjamin Alire Saenz

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Read 69.8k reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. Dante can swim. Ari can’t. Dante is articulate and self-assured. Ari has a hard time wit…

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by Adam Silvera

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Read 82.5k reviews from the world's largest community for readers. On September 5, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeteri...

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by Brandy Colbert

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5/5! Love love loved Little & Lion so much!!

TW: bipolar II disorder, talk of suicide

Little & Lion was fantastic! I'm so pleased I read it. A truly heart-warming story about family, relationships, sexuality, and personal growth.

This novel is a very diverse and unique contemporary YA novel. Our main character Suzette is black (#ownvoices!!) and jewish, and over the course of the story, she comes to terms with the fact that she is also bisexual. I really adored watching Suzette discover her sexuali...more

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5/5! Love love loved Little & Lion so much!! TW: bipolar II disorder, talk of suicide Little & Lion was fantastic! I'm so pleased I read it. A truly heart-warming story about family, relationships, sexuality, and personal growth. This novel is a very diverse and unique contemporary YA novel.

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by Kacen Callender

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Not at all. The book really is about Felix figuring himself out, and the love triangle is a small part of a much bigger process. Without spoiling too Not at all. The book really is about Felix figuring himself out, and the love triangle is a small part of a much bigger process. Without spoiling too much, he talks to one boy for a while then learns a second boy has feelings for him. He's thrown for a few chapters, but the situation is quickly resolved. ...more (less)

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Nenia ✨️ I yeet my books back and forth ✨️ Campbell

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Not at all. The book really is about Felix figuring himself out, and the love triangle is a small part of a much bigger process. Without spoiling too Not at all. The book really is about Felix figuring himself out, and the love triangle is a small part of a much bigger process.

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by Leah Johnson

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Oh myyyy... Why did I wait too long and let other books occupy me and procrastinate to have my special meeting with those amazing characters!

I'm telling you my friends defining this book as the sweetest, loveliest, coziest read is not enough!

I fell hard for this book because of many reasons which are:

One of the most inspirational, powerful MC:

There are lots of things to tell about Liz. She truly knows how challenging and hard to be a young black and queer girl in small town Indiana and how it...more

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Oh myyyy... Why did I wait too long and let other books occupy me and procrastinate to have my special meeting with those amazing characters! I'm telling you my friends defining this book as the sweetest, loveliest, coziest read is not enough!

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by Elizabeth Acevado

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I didn't like this. Didn't like the writing, didn't like the characters and didn't like the nothingness that was this plot.
Emoni was super quick to judge everyone even though she knows exactly how it is to be judged for nothing.
Also, every problem she ever had was resolved way too easily and quickly, there never was any real conflict. This was 400 pages long and I really feel like I haven't read about anything at all.
Oh and I had to read the sentence "I let go of the breath I didn't know I'd...more

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I didn't like this. Didn't like the writing, didn't like the characters and didn't like the nothingness that was this plot. Emoni was super quick to judge everyone even though she knows exactly how it is to be judged for nothing.

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by Dean Atta

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I had the US Kindle version, bought yesterday, and did not have this error - your best bet might be to ask Amazon customer service if there's a new veI had the US Kindle version, bought yesterday, and did not have this error - your best bet might be to ask Amazon customer service if there's a new version released that could be pushed to your device, and if not contact the publisher, since Amazon doesn't fix formatting. Kaje Harper...more (less)

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I had the US Kindle version, bought yesterday, and did not have this error - your best bet might be to ask Amazon customer service if there's a new veI had the US Kindle version, bought yesterday, and did not have this error - your best bet might be to ask Amazon customer service if there's a new version released that could be pushed to your device, and if not contact the publisher, since Amazon doesn't fix formatting.

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by Val Emmich, Steven Levenson, Ben Pasek, & Justin Paul

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Honestly, I think the book is amazing even if you have never listened to any of the musical numbers in it. If anything, the musical numbers will be muHonestly, I think the book is amazing even if you have never listened to any of the musical numbers in it. If anything, the musical numbers will be much more meaningful if you listen to them after reading the book. ...more (less)

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Honestly, I think the book is amazing even if you have never listened to any of the musical numbers in it. If anything, the musical numbers will be muHonestly, I think the book is amazing even if you have never listened to any of the musical numbers in it.

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by John Green & David Levithan

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Livre, je t'adore....

Took me awhile to think about what I wanted to write -- but at the same time, everybody else on friends list have done a GREAT job with their own review. So I don't know if I can add more and I'm not sure that I CAN do a better job. All I can say is ...

+ Emotions. This book made me feel A LOT OF EMOTIONS. I was happy, I was entertained, I was pissed-off mad and was ready for MURDERING ONE FICTIONAL CHARACTER(!!!!), I was touched, I was sad (*sniff*), and in the end, I wa...more

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Livre, je t'adore .... Took me awhile to think about what I wanted to write -- but at the same time, everybody else on friends list have done a GREAT job with their own review. So I don't know if I can add more and I'm not sure that I CAN do a better job.

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by George M. Johnson

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In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood, adolescence, and col...

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by Leigh Bardugo

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I personally love the Six of Crows duology and they are my favorite books of all time, but even I have to admit the opening chapters of both books areI personally love the Six of Crows duology and they are my favorite books of all time, but even I have to admit the opening chapters of both books are not easy. I like to compare the first chapter to the opening 3 minutes of a TV crime show in that you're introduced to characters who die by the end of the chapter and who you never hear from again. I always advise my friends to skim through the first chapter. ...more
My issue with the second chapter in SoC is that it throws way too many names at you. Really the only three you need to remember are Inej, Kaz, and Jesper and the rest are minor characters. This chapter is fun to reread after you've already know who's who, but it can be pretty tricky the first go around.

I personally feel you shouldn't give up until you've at least read the third chapter because that is when the main plot kicks into gear. I know this post is a year old but just in case other people stumble across it I thought I would add my two cents(less)

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Khanh, first of her name, mother of bunnies

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I personally love the Six of Crows duology and they are my favorite books of all time, but even I have to admit the opening chapters of both books areI personally love the Six of Crows duology and they are my favorite books of all time, but even I have to admit the opening chapters of both books are not easy.

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by Becky Albertalli

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I had the same concerns and wish I hadn't read this one. The characters, even Leah, become one-dimensional versions of themselves. Leah never really eI had the same concerns and wish I hadn't read this one. The characters, even Leah, become one-dimensional versions of themselves. Leah never really evolves during this book, so I think the same things that bother you about her in Simon will just make her a worse character for you. ...more

I had to go back and re-read Simon after this book just to repair the character damage in my mind.(less)

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I had the same concerns and wish I hadn't read this one. The characters, even Leah, become one-dimensional versions of themselves. Leah never really eI had the same concerns and wish I hadn't read this one. The characters, even Leah, become one-dimensional versions of themselves.

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by David Levithan

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Any book that makes me cry deserves at least 4 stars. Boy Meets Boy managed to squeeze tears out of me on several occasions. It doesn't mean, however, that this is one of those downer novels where someone dies or suffers horrible decease or misfortunes. Quite the opposite, this book is actually upbeat and lighthearted, and my tears were tears of pride and relief mostly.

The setting of the novel is unusual. In fact, I am dying to borrow from Tony Kushner and call Boy Meets Boy a gay fantasia. A to...more

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Karlyflower *The Vampire Ninja, Luminescent Monster & Wendigo Nerd Goddess of Canada (according to The Hulk)*

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Any book that makes me cry deserves at least 4 stars. Boy Meets Boy managed to squeeze tears out of me on several occasions. It doesn't mean, however, that this is one of those downer novels where someone dies or suffers horrible decease or misfortunes.

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by Adib Khorram

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As a gay man who came of age in the early 90s, I felt like this book captured something really beautiful about what it is like to awaken to a male friAs a gay man who came of age in the early 90s, I felt like this book captured something really beautiful about what it is like to awaken to a male friendship that simultaneously might be on the knife's edge of something else--a sort of proto-queer experience. There's a really nicely handled idea in the book about the difference between a country where homosexuality is allowed but hostility toward homosocial behavior is still rampant (America) and a country where homosexuality is not allowed but homosocial behavior is very accepted (Iran). I can attest to the fact that I had a similar experience also on a trip outside of America when I was 14, where a boy was very friendly and physical with me in a way that I had never ever experienced in America. It definitely woke me up to some feelings, but I didn't realize what they meant until about 6 months later. ...more (less)

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Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)

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As a gay man who came of age in the early 90s, I felt like this book captured something really beautiful about what it is like to awaken to a male friAs a gay man who came of age in the early 90s, I felt like this book captured something really beautiful about what it is like to awaken to a male friendship that simultaneously might be on the knife's edge of something else--a sort of proto-queer experience.

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by Jessica Verdi

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I say this most respectfully but what the actual fuck was this?

Follow Your Arrow is about a girl named CeCe who is a big deal on social media. Her and her girlfriend Silvie are social media influencers with tons and tons of followers each and they are constantly regarded as relationship goals. But then Silvie dumps her out of nowhere and CeCe is devastated. Things get messy when CeCe meets Josh, a new boy who isn't into social media. As CeCe gets closer to him, she likes that he doesn't know she...more

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I say this most respectfully but what the actual fuck was this? Follow Your Arrow is about a girl named CeCe who is a big deal on social media. Her and her girlfriend Silvie are social media influencers with tons and tons of followers each and they are constantly regarded as relationship goals.

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by Vitor Martins

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This book has such a high rating that I'm really getting curious about it!
I mean it's LGBTQ+ and features two boys (or at least one) falling in love.
Also I think Felipe might turn out to be one of the most relatable characters ever.
I mean just look at that quote from the blurb:

"His plans include catching up on his favorite TV shows, finishing his to-be-read pile, and watching YouTube tutorials on skills he'll never actually put into practice.

If that's not relatable af then I don't know. *lol*
I...more

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This book has such a high rating that I'm really getting curious about it!I mean it's LGBTQ+ and features two boys (or at least one) falling in love. Also I think Felipe might turn out to be one of the most relatable characters ever.

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by Dashka Slater

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Holy shit was this ever good.

Slater does a marvelous job of giving us insight into both Sasha -- the victim -- and Richard's lives, backgrounds, and stories. Why would a black boy set the skirt Sasha, who is gender nonconforming, wore, on fire? Is what he said about being homophobic true? Or was it fear which took over his 16-year-old mind and told him to say what the police would want him to say?

Even handed and compassionate at every turn, this is a powerful read and one that should spark a lo...more

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Holy shit was this ever good. Slater does a marvelous job of giving us insight into both Sasha -- the victim -- and Richard's lives, backgrounds, and stories. Why would a black boy set the skirt Sasha, who is gender nonconforming, wore, on fire? Is what he said about being homophobic true?

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by Mason Deaver

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I received an ARC from Edelweiss
grief, hit and run, death of a sibling, misgendering, suicidal thoughts, self harm
3.3

The death of Liam's older brother, Ethan, puts them in a tail spin of grief. Now feeling their way through a world with one less loved one, parents they're sure are disappointed in the child they have left, and a dying relationship with their best friends, the only good thing in Liam's life is Marcus, Ethan's best friend, and who may be hiding more than Liam could have rea...more

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Nenia ✨ I yeet my books back and forth ✨ Campbell

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I received an ARC from Edelweiss grief, hit and run, death of a sibling, misgendering, suicidal thoughts, self harm3.3 The death of Liam's older brother, Ethan, puts them in a tail spin of grief.

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by Molly Ostertag

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I begged scholastic for an ARC of this book, because: (A) I'm a big fan of Ostertag's middle grade "Witch Boy" series (coming to Netflix!), and (B) I am obsessed with selkie stories. We are a coastal, oceanic people out here in the Maritimes, and so folktales of shapeshifting seal-folk have always captivated me.

Overall, I really enjoyed "The Girl From the Sea". This adorable, sapphic story puts a delightful LGBT twist on the usual selkie folk tale: Morgan is a gay teen living in the small port...more

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I begged scholastic for an ARC of this book, because: (A) I'm a big fan of Ostertag's middle grade "Witch Boy" series (coming to Netflix!), and (B) I am obsessed with selkie stories. We are a coastal, oceanic people out here in the Maritimes, and so folktales of shapeshifting seal-folk have always captivated me.