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Category: Book List 2021

  • Review: Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

    Title: Under the Whispering Door Author: TJ Klune Genre: LGBTQIA+, Fantasy TW: Suicide, heavy on the death. Summary: When a reaper comes to collect Wallace Price from his own funeral, Wallace suspects he really might be dead. Instead of leading him directly to the afterlife, the reaper takes him to a small village. On the…

  • Review: Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Saenz

    Title: Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World Author: Benjamin Alire Saenz Genre: YA Representation: Latinx, Gay TW: Transphobia, homophobia, hate crimes. Summary: In Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, two boys in a border town fell in love. Now, they must discover what it means to stay in love…

  • Review: The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious) by Maureen Johnson

    Title: The Box in the Woods Series: Truly Devious Author: Maureen Johnson Rated: YA Genre: Mystery Summary: The Truly Devious series continues as Stevie Bell investigates her first mystery outside of Ellingham Academy in this spine-chilling and hilarious stand-alone mystery. Amateur sleuth Stevie Bell needs a good murder. After catching a killer at her high school,…

  • Review: Any Way the Wind Blows (Simon Snow) by Rainbow Rowell

    Title: Any Way the Wind Blows Series: Simon Snow Author: Rainbow Rowell Rated: YA Genre: Fantasy Summary: In Carry On, Simon Snow and his friends realized that everything they thought they understood about the world might be wrong. And in Wayward Son, they wondered whether everything they understood about themselves might be wrong. In Any Way the Wind…

  • Review: Wayward Son (Simon Snow) by Rainbow Rowell

    Title: Wayward Son Series: Simon Snow Author: Rainbow Rowell Rated: YA Genre: Fantasy Summary: Simon Snow did everything he was supposed to do. He beat the villain. He won the war. He even fell in love. Now comes the good part, right? Now comes the happily ever after…  So why can’t Simon Snow get off…

  • Review: Carry On (Simon Snow) by Rainbow Rowell

    Title: Carry On Series: Simon Snow Author: Rainbow Rowell Rated: YA Genre: Fantasy Summary: Simon Snow is the worst chosen one who’s ever been chosen. That’s what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he’s probably right. Half the time, Simon can’t even make his…

  • Review: Jay’s Gay Agenda (Jay’s Gay Agenda) by Jason June

    Title: Jay’s Gay Agenda Series: Jay’s Gay Agenda Author: Jason June Genre: YA, LGBTQIA+ Romance Summary: There’s one thing Jay Collier knows for sure—he’s a statistical anomaly as the only out gay kid in his small rural Washington town. While all this friends can’t stop talking about their heterosexual hookups and relationships, Jay can only…

  • Review: Don’t Date Rosa Santos by Nina Moreno

    Title: Don’t Date Rosa Santos Author: Nina Moreno Rated: YA Tropes: Curses Summary: Rosa Santos is cursed by the sea-at least, that’s what they say. Dating her is bad news, especially if you’re a boy with a boat. But Rosa feels more caught than cursed. Caught between cultures and choices. Between her abuela, a beloved…

  • Review: Fix Her Up (Hot & Hammered) by Tessa Bailey

    Title: Fix Her Up Series: Hot & Hammered Author: Tessa Bailey Rating: Adult Genre: Adult contemporary Summary: Georgette Castle’s family runs the best home renovation business in town, but she picked balloons instead of blueprints and they haven’t taken her seriously since. Frankly, she’s over it. Georgie loves planning children’s birthday parties and making people…

  • Review: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

    Title: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Genre: Faux Non-Fiction/Biography, LGBTQIA+ Involves: Old Hollywood, glamor, glitz and the seedy underside Trigger Warning: Sexual assault, abuse Summary: Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses…