My Thoughts: I cannot even begin to tell you exactly how much I love this book. Which really should not surprise you as Anna-Marie McLemore is the deity of Magical Realism. Their writing style is so beautiful and evocative it makes our own world feel a tad bit more magical. Dark and Deepest Red was […]
Friendship IS Love: Writing Romance as an Asexual/Aromantic Author
I’d like to thank Brooklynne for inviting me to do a guest post for Lost in Literature. I love this blog for so many reasons, but I’m always especially thrilled to find a queer blogger who reads and reviews queer books. This is so amazing and important to the community! When she indicated she’d like […]
Seventy-Seven Saturday: Slay
I don’t know what she wants me to say to this, so I let her keep talking. I think that’s partially why we’ve been friends for so long – she fills the spaces I would otherwise leave silent. Page 77 Snippet – Slay by Brittney Morris I’m not even sure why but this snippet made […]
REVIEW: Undead Girl Gang
My Thoughts: I had heard mixed reviews of this book but decided to give it a go, because if you have known me for even a second; lesbian witches is something I’m in for ALWAYS. I didn’t expect to cry as often as I did in this book. In the long run, this book was […]
REVIEW: George
My Thoughts: I was a little nervous about how this book would go, especially as it is middle-grade. But I had heard some very good things about it from people I trust (ahem Star). THIS WAS THE MOST CINNAMON ROLL SWEETNESS I COULD EVER IMAGINE. It was everything I hoped for and everything I ever […]
Waiting For Wednesday: The Gravity Of Us
I’m honestly a bit surprised that I haven’t already posted about this. I have been hearing about it everywhere for ages. I was so positive that I had already posted but think I got confused with Something like Gravity. As a successful social media journalist with half a million followers, seventeen-year-old Cal is used to […]
REVIEW: Dreadnought
My Thoughts: I came across this book in my recent search for good transgirl YA, the same search that turned up “If I Was Your Girl.” Luckily for me, this one turned out much more positive. Here we are presented with a much younger character just starting out her journey. Through superhero magic, Danny is […]
Waiting For Wednesday: Children of Virtue and Vengeance
This is an odd one to be excited for as I have yet to read the first book, but I have heard so many good things about the first book, that I can’t wait for this one to come out too. I might just wait to read them back to back and savour the series. […]
REVIEW: Frankly in Love
My Thoughts: First off, I absolutely adore the fact that the title is a pun on Frank Li’s name like that’s just perfect. Secondly, fake dating is my all-time favourite ever romance trope. So, of course, I was totally in for this diverse cute romance. YOU GUYS I WAS PLAYED! I got more than a […]
REVIEW: We Hunt The Flame
My Thoughts: This book! You guys I was so excited about this book that when I saw it in my Owl Crate I squealed like actually and completely squealed. It was so loud that my dog barked along thinking I might be dying or something. I then put it on my shelf to wait until […]
Waiting For Wednesday: Who Put This Song On?
This is a book I only recently stumbled upon and sounds like something I’m really interested in. I am learning I really like books that talk about identity and how to navigate and discover yours while living in a society that wants us to all be the same. Trapped in sunny, stifling, small-town suburbia, seventeen-year-old […]
REVIEW: Once & Future
I’ve been chased my whole life. As a fugitive refugee in the territory controlled by the tyrannical Mercer corporation, I’ve always had to hide who I am. Until I found Excalibur. Now I’m done hiding. My name is Ari Helix. I have a magic sword, a cranky wizard, and a revolution to start. When Ari […]
Waiting for Wednesday: Reverie
Reverie looks like everything I could ever want in a book! Contemporary fantasy! Daydream Magic! Drag Queen Sorceress! Oh My! This book looks like a rare gem of perfection, absurdity and romance! Inception meets The Magicians, except with better wigs and a maniacal drag queen sorceress attempting to unravel the reality of Connecticut (yes, the […]
Book Tour – Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories
With Author Interview of Michael Earp. What does it mean to be queer? What does it mean to be human? In this powerful #OwnVoices collection, twelve of Australia’s finest queer writers explore the stories of family, friends, lovers and strangers – the connections that form us. Compelling queer short fiction by bestsellers, award winners and […]
REVIEW: I Wish You All The Best
When Ben De Backer comes out to their parents as nonbinary, they’re thrown out of their house and forced to move in with their estranged older sister, Hannah, and her husband, Thomas, whom Ben has never even met. Struggling with an anxiety disorder compounded by their parents’ rejection, they come out only to Hannah, Thomas, […]
Waiting for Wednesday: I Wish You All The Best
I’m not sure where I first heard about this book, but as more details arrived so did my hype. ‘I Wish You All The Best’ is an own voices novel regarding nonbinary romance, and sounds so good. When Ben De Backer comes out to their parents as nonbinary, they’re thrown out of their house and […]
REVIEW: The Lost Coast
Danny didn’t know what she was looking for when she and her mother spread out a map of the United States and Danny put her finger down on Tempest, California. What she finds are the Grays: a group of friends who throw around terms like queer and witch like they’re ordinary and everyday, though they […]
REVIEW: The Boy Who Steals Houses
Can two broken boys find their perfect home? Sam is only fifteen but he and his autistic older brother, Avery, have been abandoned by every relative he’s ever known. Now Sam’s trying to build a new life for them. He survives by breaking into empty houses when their owners are away, until one day he’s […]
Book Blitz: The Boy Who Steals Houses
I’m really lucky to be able to take part today in the Aussie and Kiwi Young Adult Bloggers Book Blitz for Boy Who Steals Houses which was released Internationally on April 9th. I just Happened to receive my copy today and I just want to read it now despite my April TBR plans. Can two broken boys […]
REVIEW: On The Come Up
Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Or at least make it out of her neighborhood one day. As the daughter of an underground rap legend who died before he hit big, Bri’s got big shoes to fill. But now that her mom has unexpectedly lost her job, food […]
REVIEW: Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity
What happens when your gender doesn’t fit neatly into the categories of male or female? Even mundane interactions like filling out a form or using a public bathroom can be a struggle when these designations prove inadequate. In this groundbreaking book, thirty authors highlight how our experiences are shaped by a deeply entrenched gender binary. […]