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Bury Your Gays

Chuck Tingle

From Chuck Tingle, author of the USA Today bestselling Camp Damascus, comes a new heart-pounding story about what it takes to succeed in a world that wants you dead. Misha is a jaded scriptwriter who has been working in Hollywood for years, and has just been nominated for his first Oscar. But when he's pressured by his producers to kill off a gay character in the upcoming season finale―"for the algorithm"―Misha discovers that it's not that simple. As he is haunted by his past, and past mistakes, Misha must risk everything to find a way to do what's right―before it's too late.

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The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, #1)

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

Becky Albertalli

Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn’t play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone’s business. Worse, the privacy of Blue, the pen name of the boy he’s been emailing, will be compromised. With some messy dynamics emerging in his once tight-knit group of friends, and his email correspondence with Blue growing more flirtatious every day, Simon’s junior year has suddenly gotten all kinds of complicated. Now, change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he’s pushed out—without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he’s never met.

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Room

Emma Donoghue

To five-year-old-Jack, Room is the world.... Told in the inventive, funny, and poignant voice of Jack, Room is a celebration of resilience—and a powerful story of a mother and son whose love lets them survive the impossible. To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it's where he lives with his Ma as they learn and read and eat and sleep and play. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits. Room is home to Jack, but to Ma, it is the prison where Old Nick has held her captive for seven years. Through determination, ingenuity, and fierce motherly love, Ma has created a life for Jack. But she knows it's not enough ... not for her or for him. She devises a bold escape plan, one that relies on her young son's bravery and a lot of luck. What she does not realize is just how unprepared she is for the plan to actually work. Told entirely in the language of the energetic, pragmatic five-year-old Jack, Room is a celebration of resilience and the limitless bond between parent and child, a brilliantly executed novel about what it means to journey from one world to another.

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The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)

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Which books would you all like to see get turned into video games?

I used to be a big jrpg girly so I really like to imagine Raybearer as a turn based rpg similar to the persona franchise

ALSO GIDEON WOULD BE AMAZING

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i, a licensed mental health professional, have personally read all of these books and found them to accurately depict various mental health issues

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Ca. 30%? Ich hab den Überblick verloren, weil Hörbuch beim Einkaufen gehört...

Es geht auf jeden Fall um Pick-Up-Artists und ich muss einfach kurz loswerden, dass ich's bisschen liebe, wie Aurel diesen "Selbstversuch" und die sukzessive Ernüchterung schildert. Manchmal ist mir das Buch ein bisschen zu flapsig und zu sehr im Internet-Sprech gehalten, aber dieses Kapitel hat mich wirklich völlig abgeholt und ich hoffe, es folgen noch ein paar Passagen in dieser Richtung. Ich glaube auch, ich bin mit der falschen Erwartungshaltung an das Buch heran getreten, ich hatte eher mit Essay-vibes gerechnet, so ist es halt eher Social-Media-Funny-Man meets Memoiren meets das journalistisch-satirische Annäherung an den Themenkomplex toxische Männlichkeit. (Wobei man argumentieren könnte, dass Männlichkeit immer toxisch ist.) Anyway, manchmal fehlt mir zwar ein bisschen die Ernsthaftigkeit, aber auf der anderen Seite ist es dafür halt auch amüsant. Grundsätzlich: macht Spaß bisher.

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She Gets the Girl

Rachael Lippincott

She’s All That meets What If It’s Us in this swoon-worthy hate-to-love YA romantic comedy from #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Five Feet Apart Rachael Lippincott and debut writer Alyson Derrick. Alex Blackwood is a little bit headstrong, with a dash of chaos and a whole lot of flirt. She knows how to get the girl. Keeping her on the other hand…not so much. Molly Parker has everything in her life totally in control, except for her complete awkwardness with just about anyone besides her mom. She knows she’s in love with the impossibly cool Cora Myers. She just…hasn’t actually talked to her yet. Alex and Molly don’t belong on the same planet, let alone the same college campus. But when Alex, fresh off a bad (but hopefully not permanent) breakup, discovers Molly’s hidden crush as their paths cross the night before classes start, they realize they might have a common interest after all. Because maybe if Alex volunteers to help Molly learn how to get her dream girl to fall for her, she can prove to her ex that she’s not a selfish flirt. That she’s ready for an actual commitment. And while Alex is the last person Molly would ever think she could trust, she can’t deny Alex knows what she’s doing with girls, unlike her. As the two embark on their five-step plans to get their girls to fall for them, though, they both begin to wonder if maybe they’re the ones falling…for each other.

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Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 3.5Characters: 4.0Plot: 3.5

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This book kept me entertained the whole time but it was very formulaic. I didn’t know exactly who was gonna be the killer but I knew how it was gonna unfold. But I still really enjoyed it and I think it’s a great cozy mystery that brings in some important elements of queer culture.

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Murder in the Dressing Room

Holly Stars

*PRE-ORDER NOW! A THRILLING MURDER MYSTERY FROM AN EXCITING NEW VOICE IN CRIME FICTION, PERFECT FOR FANS OF JANICE HALLETT AND TOM HINDLE* Drag queens aren't just dramatic. They're deadly...By day, shy hotel accountant Joe hides behind their desk and plays by the rules.By night, Joe takes to the stage as Misty Divine, an upcoming star of the London drag scene. But when Misty’s mentor, Lady Lady, is found dead in her dressing room, Misty finds herself in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. Because Lady Lady was murdered – and as the only ones with access to her room, Misty and her fellow performers quickly become prime suspects.Heartbroken by the loss, and frustrated by the inaction of the police, Joe is determined to uncover the killer in their midst. But what can they, a mere hotel accountant, possibly do?This is a case for Misty Divine…

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Most Frustrating or Disappointing Endings

Todays question inspired by a book that fell on my foot this morning during shelf reorganisation...

What are some of the most disappointing or frustrating endings you've ever read? It can be a book or a series, try to keep it spoiler-free.

I personally have read some bad endings, usually rushed or missed, but it's also easy for me to give my two worst because I remember having such physical reactions to them.

The Toll by Neal Shusterman (aka the book that fell on my foot). I loathe the end of this series. Imo it just makes no sense. Jericho and completionism are the only things that stopped me from DNFing. Honestly, I felt like my emotional investment in the world wasn't rewarded. The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni. In my defence, I read it right after it was released and wasn't aware it was intended to be a series. That ending made me spitting mad. The first line of my review is... Book Meet Wall, Wall Meet Book.

Btw, tomorrow I will be asking about the best because for every bad ending, there are many, many good endings.

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