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Thanks for Listening by Molly Horan
4.0
Thanks for Listening was such an easy and fast read which I will very happily recommend, especially for the ace rep!
I loved that it's quite a low-drama comfort book, a coming of age story about a girl growing up, starting to stand up for herself, and find the love and respect she now knows she's worthy of.
Let me tell you, the ace rep is PERFECT!
I wouldn't say it's the main focus of the book but it does take up quite a big part of Mia's questioning around her dating Sadie and Sadie's acceptance and love was very heartwarming.
I loved that it's quite a low-drama comfort book, a coming of age story about a girl growing up, starting to stand up for herself, and find the love and respect she now knows she's worthy of.
Let me tell you, the ace rep is PERFECT!
I wouldn't say it's the main focus of the book but it does take up quite a big part of Mia's questioning around her dating Sadie and Sadie's acceptance and love was very heartwarming.
All the Painted Stars by Emma Denny
adventurous
hopeful
fast-paced
4.25
This was a really nice sapphic medieval romance! It took a while to get me really invested but I gradually got hooked. I want to read more from this series and from Emma Denny!
Limitless: Poetry of an Aromantic & Asexual Journey by Patrick Bex
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
4.5
Limitless is a collection of poems by Patrick bex, taking us on his journey of discovering asexuality and aromanticism, learning to come to terms with being aroace, accepting himself and loving himself.
Like with most poetry collections, some poems hit harder than others. But those that hit, really hit me in a way I've never been hit before.
There is nothing more beautiful than someone putting into words (beautiful words), what you've felt all your life but have never been able to express. Patrick Bex offers us words of comfort, words of understanding.
Much more than a collection of poems, Limitless takes us on a real journey with a protagonist who starts off lonely, confused and ashamed, but who grows into an aromantic and asexual poet who knows that love comes in many various forms, and who shows that expressing his feelings through poetry can be a form of love for his community.
I think this will be on of those books I'll want to pick up again and again, just to read kind words of understanding and love.
Like with most poetry collections, some poems hit harder than others. But those that hit, really hit me in a way I've never been hit before.
There is nothing more beautiful than someone putting into words (beautiful words), what you've felt all your life but have never been able to express. Patrick Bex offers us words of comfort, words of understanding.
Much more than a collection of poems, Limitless takes us on a real journey with a protagonist who starts off lonely, confused and ashamed, but who grows into an aromantic and asexual poet who knows that love comes in many various forms, and who shows that expressing his feelings through poetry can be a form of love for his community.
I think this will be on of those books I'll want to pick up again and again, just to read kind words of understanding and love.
Sister Snake by Amanda Lee Koe
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.75
"A queer retelling of the Chinese folklore Legend of the White Snake", this book actually has elements of literary fiction and light horror while giving us a feminist story of two sisters who are in fact ancient shapeshifting snakes.
It took a while to get going and I almost lost interest half-way through, but the final chapters really brought me back in. These snake sisters showing what it means to be human, especially a woman, in the world today really got to me.
It took a while to get going and I almost lost interest half-way through, but the final chapters really brought me back in. These snake sisters showing what it means to be human, especially a woman, in the world today really got to me.
Exes & Foes by Amanda Woody
5.0
Well this was utter perfection.
I didn't think it was possible to love a book more than I loved They Hate Each Other and yet... Exes & Foes is now at the top.
The ways these characters care about each other makes my heart implode with happiness I can't even explain.
I see myself in many parts of each of them, the good and the bad. And to know they find love despite the shit their parents have put them through, is all I've ever needed.
Hello Amanda Woody, you're my fave author now, thank you.
I didn't think it was possible to love a book more than I loved They Hate Each Other and yet... Exes & Foes is now at the top.
The ways these characters care about each other makes my heart implode with happiness I can't even explain.
I see myself in many parts of each of them, the good and the bad. And to know they find love despite the shit their parents have put them through, is all I've ever needed.
Hello Amanda Woody, you're my fave author now, thank you.
Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees by Patrick Horvath
dark
4.0
This was an intriguing, odd but in a good way, graphic novel about a serial killer who tries to solve a murder mystery...
We're so used to seeing cities made of animal characters like cute and sweet, so seeing them in this light was a bit of a shock. A good kind of shock. That leaves you feeling unsure of what you've just read but you know you weirdly want everyone else to read it.
We're so used to seeing cities made of animal characters like cute and sweet, so seeing them in this light was a bit of a shock. A good kind of shock. That leaves you feeling unsure of what you've just read but you know you weirdly want everyone else to read it.
Hiding Him by Adam Hattan
3.0
Firstly, I wanted to say thank you to Adam Hattan for sending me a copy (in a really cool box) of Hiding Him. Very cool marketing strategy ;)
Hiding Him is a British queer YA debut novel about a very out and proud gay teen falling for a very closeted gay teen.
It was a good story I got through pretty quickly and that I definitely enjoyed. However, two days after finishing it I've already forgotten most of what happened... I don't think this is one that will stick with me, but I'm sure it probably will for many other people.
Hiding Him is a British queer YA debut novel about a very out and proud gay teen falling for a very closeted gay teen.
It was a good story I got through pretty quickly and that I definitely enjoyed. However, two days after finishing it I've already forgotten most of what happened... I don't think this is one that will stick with me, but I'm sure it probably will for many other people.
Gay the Pray Away by Natalie Naudus
2.75
Girl raised in an ultra-conservative Christian group comes of age, has a queer awakening and an anti-religion awakening after she meets a cute girl and picks up One Last Stop.
For some people this will probably be a loved book, as it is a very positive look on getting out of a cult.
For me, it was way too "easy".
Valerie has grown up in this cult, she's been surrounded by ideas, raised in a family and a community with these ideas, but it rarely ever comes out in her own view of the world.. She is so progressive / liberal in her opinions, you'd never know she was raised in a cult that has the opposite views than hers...
She's never heard of being queer, but she sees the word "bisexual" in a book and she knows she desperately wants to pick it up?
We're told in one phrase she goes to the library and from the following line she now knows everything about queer culture?
I just couldn't seem to get behind the story.
Also, the romance was very quick to blossom, it's love at first sight, saying I love you after very little interactions...
Anyways, probably a good plaster for people who need a positive queer book about escaping a cult, but I still think it deserved much more depth.
For some people this will probably be a loved book, as it is a very positive look on getting out of a cult.
For me, it was way too "easy".
Valerie has grown up in this cult, she's been surrounded by ideas, raised in a family and a community with these ideas, but it rarely ever comes out in her own view of the world.. She is so progressive / liberal in her opinions, you'd never know she was raised in a cult that has the opposite views than hers...
She's never heard of being queer, but she sees the word "bisexual" in a book and she knows she desperately wants to pick it up?
We're told in one phrase she goes to the library and from the following line she now knows everything about queer culture?
I just couldn't seem to get behind the story.
Also, the romance was very quick to blossom, it's love at first sight, saying I love you after very little interactions...
Anyways, probably a good plaster for people who need a positive queer book about escaping a cult, but I still think it deserved much more depth.