Book Info The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge by Matthew Hubbard Genre: YA Queer Romance Publishing Date: April 30, 2024 Synopsis: A queer coming-of-age debut about three teenage boys in small town Alabama who set out to get revenge on their ex-boyfriends and end up starting a student rebellion. Ezra Hayes has always felt like a background character compared to BFFs Lucas and Finley. He would do anything to be seen as a romantic lead, even if it means keeping a secret summer boyfriend, Presley. But when he discovers that Presley is a lying cheater, and his best friends are having boy p ..read more

Here are the books that I read throughout April. This was a pretty good reading month for me as I managed to finish a lot through audiobooks. Some of these were ones I hadn’t heard of but the library recommended so I gave them a try. I have linked them to my reviews for the books and added a description and star rating for those that don’t have reviews yet. Mockingbird (Mok’ing-Burd) by Kathryn Erskine Caitlin has Asperger’s. The world according to her is black and white; anything in between is confusing. Before, when things got confusing, Caitlin went to her older brother, Devon, for help. B ..read more

Book Description Seventeen-year-old Zach was visiting his uncle in a small Montana town when a mysterious illness ripped through the world. Most died, but those who survived the Infection became mindless killers, spreading the disease with a single scratch. Eighteen-year-old Aiden is on a critical mission for the covert Scientific Collective, delivering vials whose contents could cure the Infection. Tortured by his boyfriend’s death, he welcomes the risks of the perilous journey. When a militia attacks Aiden, he flees to Zach’s town. The boys escape together and soon form a bond as they comfo ..read more

Book Description Theo Mori wants to escape. Leaving Vermont for college means getting away from working at his parents’ Asian American café and dealing with their archrivals’ hopeless son Gabi who’s lost the soccer team more games than Theo can count. Gabi Moreno is miserably stuck in the closet. Forced to play soccer to hide his love for dance and iced out by Theo, the only openly gay guy at school, Gabi’s only reprieve is his parents’ Puerto Rican bakery and his plans to take over after graduation.   But the town’s new fusion café changes everything. Between the Mori’s struggling shop ..read more

Something More by Jackie Khalilieh Fifteen-year-old Jessie, a quirky loner obsessed with the nineties, is diagnosed as autistic just weeks before starting high school. Determined to make a fresh start and keep her diagnosis a secret, Jessie creates a list of goals that range from acquiring two distinct eyebrows to getting a magical first kiss and landing a spot in the school play. Within the halls of Holy Trinity High, she finds a world where things are no longer black and white and quickly learns that living in color is much more fun. But Jessie gets more than she bargained for when two very ..read more

Book Info DEADENDIA: The Divine Order (Deadendia #3) by Hamish Steele Genre: Young Adult Fantasy (Graphic Novel) Publishing Date: April 23, 2024 Synopsis: Eisner Award–winning creator Hamish Steele’s DeadEndia series is Steven Universe meets Adventure Time for fans of Scott Pilgrim, Rick and Morty , Adventure Time , and Pumpkinheads . In this diverse YA graphic novel, third in the DeadEndia trilogy, Barney, Norma, and friends team up with unlikely heroes to fight a battle for the fate of the universe, all while dealing with their greatest challenge of their love lives. The battle between ange ..read more

Daily writing prompt What’s the most fun way to exercise? View all responses I hate the idea of working out so much and try to avoid it most of the times. The only times I care to exercise is when there is a way to make it fun. I’ve managed to make exercise fun by finding video games that incorporate movement. The other way I’ve made it fun is by listening to audiobooks while going on a walk. This way I am distracted by the activity I am actively engaging in but instead am focused on being in a different world. I wanted to tie this back into my blog topic which is reading and books so I’ll ..read more

Daily writing prompt What is one word that describes you? View all responses I always struggle with this one and at least this is just one word because most of the times you are asked for three words to describe yourself. I figured I’d give you my one word, let you know why and then give you a few books in which I feel that the word applies either to the main character, or the entire book. So for this time around I’ll go with the word determined since right now in this struggle to complete my dissertation with it feeling like the odds are against me all I can rely on is my determination. I ..read more

Book Description Over the past five years, Mitra Esfahani has known two constants: her best friend Bea Ortega and The Book—a dogeared moleskin she and Bea have been filling with the stanzas of an epic, never-ending poem since they were 13. For introverted Mitra, The Book is one of the few places she can open herself completely and where she gets to see all sides of brilliant and ebullient Bea. There, they can share everything—Mitra’s complicated feelings about her absent mother, Bea’s heartache over her most recent breakup—nothing too messy or complicated for The Book. Nothing except the on ..read more

Book Info The Mighty Onion by Mark Crilley Genre: Middle Grade Publishing Date: April 2, 2024 Synopsis: This hilarious illustrated novel about the chaos of the creative process follows middle schooler Eliot Quigly as he endeavors to create the best superhero comic ever—with unforgettably epic hiccups along the way!   Eliot Quigly is sure of one thing and one thing He is sitting on the greatest superhero comic idea of all time. Combine radioactive onion rings with a run-of-the-mill kid and you get the Mighty Onion, a crime-fighting superhero who gains extraordinary powers whenever he ..read more