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Fantastic read!

Brave Face has a lot of trigger warnings, but I am so thankful to Shaun for telling his story. Although this book is about a young gay man, I feel teens, regardless of their sexuality, will find a piece of themselves here.

These are the books we need for young people to remind them they are not alone and to help them cope with all the emotions that come with growing up and learning to be comfortable in their own skin.

This is such an important book. Seeing that Shaun David Hutchinson grew up in Florida, this book makes the “don‘t say gay” law even more heartbreaking and tragic than it already was. We need to day way better than that by the children of this country, and the world.
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I started this book this morning. I so thoroughly enjoyed We Are the Ants, I went to see what other audiobooks were available by Shaun David Hutchinson at my library and found this.
#ShaunDavidHutchinson #BraveFace #PrideMonth #LGBTQ

I loved this book because it highlighted the unique challenges of navigating mental illness and a queer/ace Identity.

1. Honestly? Sleep.
2. I want to read the tagged and then there is also one called “Nuking the Moon” and then I‘m getting my husband a new BBQ book for Father‘s Day
3. Cucumber sandwiches, salads with fruits, kolsch style beers
4. 107(f) but I know we were hotter last year but I can‘t find the temp records.
5. @LokiDokey @Cupofjo @Bookworm83

@laurenslibrary #thursdaysurvey

This week‘s round up: memoir, thrillers, rom-coms, and more. Though geared to teens they all have adult crossover appeal. Look the books up here on Litsy or see my thoughts on my blog: https://www.bethfishreads.com/2019/05/7-contemporary-stories-that-tackle.html?m=...

Diving in.

I'll be honest, I didn't love this as much as I wanted to. I love SDH's fiction so I was really hoping for something great from him memoir & it fell a little short for me. It's really important in a lot of way--very frank discussions of depression, self harm, suicidal thoughts, sexuality, internalized homophobia, etc-- but the narrative structure (particularly in the first half) was just kind of flimsy. Glad I read it, but I wasn't blown away.

1. Brave Face, Save the Cat Writes a Novel, and How Long Til Black Future Month?

2. On the Come Up

3. I'm more of a night owl, but I do love mornings

#weekendreads