Thanks so much @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks for hosting #sharreadathon and this giveaway! The book looks great- I love the PINK 🩷 cover!
The bookish pin, Valentines & St Pat‘s stickers, little notepad, and the sparkling 🔆 little bag are special extra treats! Thanks!!!!
Next for our giveaway during our #Sharreadathon 🩷
What‘s your favorite meet cute from a book?! 🩷
#LitsyLove
pickFabulous, cheeky, & incredibly quirky, McQuiston strikes gold with her bisexual/lesbian time travel subway rom-com! From the cynical leading lady, her kick-ass love interest & vibrant array of side characters, to the banter & slightly angsty undertones, OLS is a wild ride I won't forget in a hurry. I'm a massive fan of Red, White & Royal Blue, so I had HIGH expectations & wasn't disappointed in the slightest! I loved the Unbury Your Gays theme! 💜
100% relatable, McQuiston! 100% relatable! 💜🩷💜
#LGBTQIAP #bisexual #lesbian #gay #trans #NA #romance #contemporary #caseymcquiston #onelaststop #magic #foundfamily #RWRBhangover #quotes #love #punk
pickLoved this book!
When August moves to NYC for college, by sheer luck, she gets a room in an apartment with three quirky people who are exactly who she needs. They help her get a job and become her family.
Then August meets Jane, a charming punk on the subway who August can‘t stop thinking about. But something is off about Jane and August uses everything she has to help her.
Sapphic romance
Done with my therapy appointment and treating myself to a hot chocolate and a pumpkin donut with cream cheese frosting 🍩 📖
“‘I thought you said he was a ghost in the night,‘ August says. Noodles is snuffling through her socks, tail a blur, until he realizes there‘s a new person and launches himself at her.”
pickThis book punches me in the heart and then the gut every time I read it. I just love prickly, hopeful August and sweet, fierce Jane and their whole crew of weirdos. Miniseries when?? #reread #contemporaryromance
pickAfter starting and setting this book aside a couple times over many months, I got some traction and finished it. I really enjoyed it! Certainly an original concept (lesbian romance + time travel + set on the subway) and with such endearing and memorable side characters. A little steamier than I usually read but it was well done. I‘m glad I read it!
My candles from #AuthenticBooks arrived! They do these marketplace boxes and this one is three candles for #pride month - inspired by books that are LGBTQIA. They all smell absolutely amazing and make me dream of the day I can justify getting a subscription to this book box.
It‘s delightful when my favorite show is randomly mentioned in the book I‘m reading. #LOST (I 🩷 time travel stuff.)
“Jane laughs, which is rocketing straight up August‘s list of favorite sounds in the universe. She‘s gonna trap it in a shell like a sea witch. It‘s fine.”
Moving is stressful, so I decided that I needed a little bit of fluff right now. 💖 #ReadingInBed 📖🛌
pickThis was my #Bookspin for November. It's another one my oldest daughter has been trying to get me to read since it was released. I was not a fan of about Red, White, and Royal Blue, which she was baffled by. She was confident I'd like this better. I did, but I still didn't love it - too angsty. @TheAromaofBooks
so-soWhen I picked it up from the library, I had NO IDEA what it was about! Much to my surprise, it was pretty good. This is my second “thriller” book, and I think I might be hooked! This would make an excellent movie!
pickIt was a decent read but not a patch on Red White & Royal Blue. August lives in NYC, while on the subway she meets Jane, it eventually turns out Jane can't leave the subway as is from 1970. August gets help from her friends in trying to solve how to Jane from being lost in time.
If you can‘t live near and ocean… a Great Lake is a close second. Gray day for reading.
#LetterO recs:
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
#AlphabetGame @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Am I retroactively mad at everyone who told me this was a time slip subway story and failed to mention the amnesia? Yes, I am. Also a delightful look at family, and home, and horniness. For #RippedBodiceBingo can be used for amnesia, number in the title, or graduation.
pickThough I didn't find this as good as Red, White, & Royal Blue, I still think it's five star quality. My favorite part is the found family dynamic. Just makes my heart so happy. The plot, while a bit too convenient at times, was super original: where else will you hear about time traveling lesbians stuck on a subway? Loved the themes of emotional vulnerability as well.
pickIn love with this. Had speculative aspect I did NOT expect after Red White and Royal Blue, and had so much queer love and references to intersections of queer history.
pickI liked this just as much as Red, White, and Royal Blue (I know many people didn‘t.). I may have liked it more. The sort of sci-fi twist helped. It was fun reading about the quirky roommates as they tried to rescue the girl stuck in the subway. I also enjoyed all the party scenes with their descriptions of the NY LGBTQIA+ attendees.
Overall a fun romance with an unusual plot and characters I loved.
“She takes her coffee with two creams and five sugars like a maniac.” ☕️😆
Made me laugh out loud.
(Photo from Pinterest)
This was my most recent read and this month‘s #bookspin selection. I enjoyed the pop culture references! A little bittersweet and a little (okay, a lot) of suspension of disbelief.
MEANWHILE, thanks to being clueless on the first trip, I ended up making TWO trips to the library today. That means a double haul! Most of the books are still in my car…
so-soThis book was way too long. Nothing happens until the last 100 pages or so.
I found it very boring. I had to force myself to keep reading it, however the book is written well, has engaging characters, and I enjoyed the found family element.
pick3.5 stars nothing really happens til like that last hundred pages, but that‘s okay it was worth it. This is a very relatable book topic right now with roe v Wade being overturned. And lgbtqia+ rights possibly under fire. Bring a you back to when things were much harder than we think they are now ( not talking about politics, in general)
pickWhat a cute story. August is trying to be independent, start a new stage in her life and moved to NY. There she lives with these peculiar, funny, great roommates adding adventures to her life. Then one day on the train she sees this attractive and different girl who seems to be trapped in the 70‘s in term of her music taste. Who is this Jane? A real person? Someone from the past? A ghost? August and the roommate gang will discover the mystery.
so-soThis was a #bookclub pick. If not for that I don‘t think I would have finished this book. Romance is not my cup of tea, sex on the subway!?!(thank goodness for fast forwarding) Have you ever seen how dirty those are? I listened to this while I reorganized the library.
What snacks do you like to eat while reading?
I eat candy canes all year along and they make a great reading snack. They're sweet, minty, and I like how they can be treated like hard candy OR a chewy treat.
One of the books added to my #TBR thanks to my library‘s summer reading showcase.
pickI got up in the middle of the night and read for a while, because I had to know what happened. This was a fun read! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#LGBTQ #queerbooks #pride 🌈✨
so-soLoved the premise: August meets a mystery girl on the subway, leading her on an investigation to discover that Jane is trapped in a mysterious time loop. August and her new NYC friends work together to solve the mystery. The cover is also 💯. Great LGBTQ representation, but I felt like some of the character wokeness was a bit over the top and presented without much interrogation of certain characters‘ actions. Also the subway sex made me cringe.
pickI probs should have read the back of book before reading it to see what the story was about. But, I honestly bought this because of the author and that alone did not disappoint! What a whirlwind of emotions! LOVED it!
I've been in a bit of a reading slump of late, but I am thoroughly enjoying this cool, charming, time-hopping lesbian romance.
so-soI know people love this, and it was nice to read a heartwarming story for a change, but I felt like it dragged on and could have been edited down.
so-soHey! It was a queer meet-cute and it was meh just like all the other ones. I liked it.
pickThis was an enjoyable creative romance. There were wonderful friends, the New York setting and the time travel bit actually worked and had an explanation that made some sense. Very likeable characters.
pickI am so in love with August and Jane and their crew that it makes me want to throw up and die. #reread #contemporaryromance #timeloops
pickCozzy is tired of me propping books on him, lol. Anyway, i read this one in one sitting, and it was very good. The language was pretty, the characters were lovable, and I loved the representation. I wish this kind of representation was the norm, and not something that would be praised bc it‘s so rare, especially from white authors. It‘s not hard to do better.
Read my full review here: https://www.rainyreader.com/single-post/one-last-stop
Check out this amazing conversation among diverse romance authors I heard on NPR today!! Authors featured are Justin Garcia, Florence Williams, and Naomi Eisenberger for the first conversation.
Beverly Jenkins, Adriana Herrera, and Casey McQuiston for the second! https://www.npr.org/2022/02/14/1080669963/a-1a-valentines-day-broken-hearts-and-...
Thank you @Johanna414 for this lovely #swoonathon swap package!!
Two books off my TBR which I‘m excited to read… both recommended by Johanna! 💖 I love Lindt truffles so those are perfect plus a caramel heart that looks delicious and a sweet card. Everything is just perfect!
Happy Valentines Day to all my Litsy friends! Know that you are loved 💖🥰✨
pickThis started off feeling really freaking adorable. And ended that way as well. The middle lacked some of the magic and some good pacing. Overall it was a good read but could have been a tad shorter.
pickSuper cute! The author did a great job of developing the supernatural mystery surrounding Jane in a way that felt natural with no conclusion jumping (except by August when she decided Jane might be a vampire 😂). The romance development was also excellent and I found myself rooting for August and Jane the whole time. #LGBTQ #NewYork #Romance
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