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12-11-24: My 46th finished book of 2024! This was a sexually charged novel about the life of a bisexual writer. From growing up in a small town in Vermont where his mother and stepfather taught him a love for Shakespeare to the town librarian who taught him a love for reading and himself. We follow him into his late 60s through his youth, to NYC and the AIDS epidemic, and back to Vermont again. A love letter to being true to yourself. 💖

"That's what picking favorite songs is, really. You offer up your heart so that the song can latch onto you."

A great quote for #TuesdayTunes!

I loved this LGBTQIA+ YA romance. The title is based on the song "Friday I'm in Love" by The Cure. The book discusses sexual orientation, race, class, and music. An excellent read for music lovers during Pride Month!

https://youtu.be/lLikCHwbEzU?si=w5R6YRkznKtc0WUa

Friday #audiobook on an #AudioWalk.

#PrideMonth

New Reads November is BACK on my book podcast! YA author Eliot Schrefer joins me to kick off the sixth (!!!!) year of this beloved annual series and to talk about FRIDAY I‘M IN LOVE by Camryn Garrett. We discuss coming out narratives, casual racism, self-aware narrators, the subversion of tropes about sweet sixteens, and how to write for a teen audience. 🎉🏳️‍🌈 Listen at the link in my bio!

One new - one used. Bookstore finds while driving through Lansing, MI. #deadtimestories #wayfarerbooks 😊
Let's see if I get to these in the next 6 years. 😅

I don't feel like Shaw has much to say that's new, interesting, or intellectually challenging. I found her discussions of complicated issues at best unintentionally omissive, at worst harmfully reductive. She does present interesting if depressing research on bi+ people re: mental health, discrimination, refugee status, and sexual assault/harassment, but issues pertaining to people of colour, non western cultures, & nonmonogamy are not done well.

I read this pretty quickly, just in a day pretty much. I really enjoyed this.

How is it June already?! And my first born turns 8 tomorrow?! Life is moving so fast - thank goodness for #bookspin and the kickoff of summer reading!

Burnout is real, y'all. Not sure how to combat it aside from making the most of every rare day off. Today it means pj's all day and a new YA read, and it feels like bliss. #CurrentlyReading