Trope Based Book Recommendations: Fake Dating

Everyone likes Humaira "Hani" Khan—she’s easy going and one of the most popular girls at school. But when she comes out to her friends as bisexual, they invalidate her identity, saying she can’t be bi if she’s only dated guys. Panicked, Hani blurts out that she’s in a relationship…with a girl her friends absolutely hate—Ishita…

My Favorite Underrated Books

Book blogs, and bookish twitter and TikTok tend to talk in circles about the same hyped and big name books and new releases, but I want to give some love to some old, under hyped favorites! Middle Grade The Dry Creek Middle School drinking fountain has sprung a leak, so principal Walter Russ dashes off…

BOOK RECS FOR THEATRE FANS

Oliver Marks has just served ten years in jail - for a murder he may or may not have committed. On the day he's released, he's greeted by the man who put him in prison. Detective Colborne is retiring, but before he does, he wants to know what really happened a decade ago.As one of…

Books With Intersectionally Queer Characters

A lyrical novel about family and friendship from critically acclaimed author Benjamin Alire Sáenz.Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common. But as the…

Books With Asexual And/Or Aromantic Representation

Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward ChildrenNo SolicitationsNo VisitorsNo QuestsChildren have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere... else.But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children.Nancy tumbled once, but now…

Queer Books Not Just About Coming Out

Adam Silvera reminds us that there’s no life without death and no love without loss in this devastating yet uplifting story about two people whose lives change over the course of one unforgettable day.On September 5, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: They’re going…

Books To Read After Finishing The Falcon and The Winter Solider

Perfect for fans of Katee Robert and Ivy Smoak comes a new paranormal organized crime romance series that stokes the heat on your most forbidden superhero fantasies.All-American Man: the HeroLillith Giles: his FiancéThe Raven: the Villain out for revenge . . .One year after All-American Man clipped my wings and left me for dead in…

Themed Book Recommendations: 5 Books With A Cuban-American Protagonist

I've recently gotten back into the swing of book blogging after a several month hiatus (and general flakey-ness since I started college...it's been an adjustment y'all). One of the things I want to do going forward is highlight books from marginalized authors which feature marginalized characters and protagonists. The first one I decided to start…