Bookish Song Nr. 56 - Troublemaker
I wasn't really looking for a special song, just skipping through Spotify, but when this song started playing it just immediately threw me back into this book. There sure is a lot of trouble going on and the beat fits the story telling imo. Really, this book is still spinning around in my head 😄
My reading month in February was brilliant. So many good books! At the end I had to choose between Prophet Song and this one. And yes, I may be ignorant, but while PS told me about what is happening all over the world, Ciara Smyth let me relax and forget it for a while. She made me laugh in a world, where there's not a lot to laugh about (that's what it feels like to me atm). Therefore, I give her the award of my #bookofthemonth
#botm
pickThis book was love at first sight. Yes, never judge a book by its cover, but I totally did. And I totally loved this book the whole way through. It's one of those I couldn't stop reading and I didn't want it to end. The balance between laughing out loud scenes and deep topics is perfect. Aideen made me laugh really, really hard, but I also felt with her. She has to make grown-up decisions, she shouldn't have to make. But she grows so much ❤
pickI wrote a kind of combined review of both of Ciara Smyth's YA books for Autostraddle: https://www.autostraddle.com/ciara-smyths-queer-ya-books-remind-me-of-being-a-te....
Both are as hilarious as they are moving, with a very authentic and empathetic feel to her queer teenage characters. Not My Problem is laugh-out-loud funny, make-you-cry sad, and everything in between. I loved it! #QueerBooks #LGBTQBooks #LGBTQ #QueerYA
Ciara Smyth is so funny. One of the best YA authors writing today, imho. You can tell she is really is in touch with contemporary teens (she is also a social worker).
#QueerBooks #LGBTQBooks #QueerYA #IrishBooks
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