Red, White and Royal Blue | 
This has been in my TBR forever.
And if you live in the United States and haven‘t voted yet, please make sure to do so on Tuesday! Vote for your neighbors, vote for your friends, vote for your community.
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pickFinished this book yesterday… and today, I couldn‘t remember finishing it. Am I stressed?! After working 12 hours today and my hub out of town, needing to walk the dog in the dark, we came upon a neighbor who has lit their house in Red White and Blue. 🇺🇸
Silly me, trying to read only romance to hide from election stress and I pick this! Not sure if 5⭐️ or if I am feeling generous- it did make me laugh.
#Oct24 Book99 #LitPie #ILovePie
Continuing on with my plan to avoid the news and only read ROMANCE 💘
I start this and 🤩 WOW this really is LOL funny! Cake-Gate was hilarious and it was written just for me. 🤣😍🤪
I voted 🗳️ 🇺🇸
#AsheCoNCReadingChallenge2024 Category Royal (and last one! I have read ALL 50 categories!!!!)
pickAs the last person on earth to read this book, I am happy to verify what I've been hearing for the past five years: This romance is 100% delightful in every way. Is it unrealistic? Yep. Don't care. Is it too long? Probably. But I would read a whole series with these guys, so the 421 page count is just fine with me.
pickLike it a lot, but not as much as I thought I would. Yes, I was ruined by the movie 😅 But I loved reading about the changes made, and enjoyed all the extras to it. And of course it's a lovely book with an important message. Still hoping for a female US president 🤞
pickThis was very funny, and very cute, and affirmed my belief that turkeys are evil creatures. 10/10.
pickAwww! This was exactly the adorableness I needed this weekend! Especially now, it was cool reading about an alternate timeline in which a female Democrat, the main character‘s mom, won the presidency in 2016. I loved how his relationship with Prince Henry blossomed and the ways they unlocked each other‘s best selves. Just all the warm fuzzies for this one!
so-soLong and just ok for me. However, I did enjoy the character development throughout the book.
pickAn adorable, funny, just the right amount of angst romance that I‘m not sure why I waited so long to read. There are just enough cute and silly moments that balanced out the heartfelt and serious ones perfectly. The characters were flawed, well-rounded, and real. I loved every everything about this book.
#botm
It's the last day of Pride Month! Here's a bi-colored pride stack with some of my favorite books featuring bi characters 💗💜💙
Books like these helped me realize my own identity and start my coming out journey. Representation matters
#happypride #bisexual #readwithpride #readqueerallyear 🏳️🌈
pickThe love story in this one is very sweet and often funny, and the dialogue sparkles throughout the book. But I think what really pulls me in with this one is the fantasy of what America and American politics could be. It reminded me a little bit of the movie The American President in that way, where we ultimately have a story in which the better angels of our nation actually win. And isn‘t that what we would all truly love to see for a change?
pickI read this book as part of the Goodreads 2024 challange. It was the perfect book to read for Pride Month. These gentlemen faced an almost impossible situation. I grew to like them both as I read their story. I‘m generally not into the romance genre, but I‘m glad I read this book.
Decided on the above to be my requisite swap/donation gifts for tomorrows IRL book club here in NYC. 🗽
The tagged fits because 1) June is #Pride Month, 2) it was a romance I thought was done quite well (never saw the film version, though).
Eeeeeeeeek!!!
It's FINALLY official!!!
#rwrb #caseymcquiston #historyhuh #sequel #movieadaption
#henrygeorgeedwardjamesfoxmountchristenwindsor #alexclaremontdiaz #caseymcquiston #redwhiteandroyalblue #rwrb #historyhuh #romance #lgbtq #mlm #firstson #princehenry #quotes #princeofwales #gay #bisexual #firstprince #carryon #books #booknerd #bookworm #reading #bookish #bibliophile #lgbtqbooks #alaxandhenry #princehenryofwales #book
I found the poem Henry was reciting to Alex in the V&A, and I'm obsessed with it!
"It rhymes in French." - Henry ?
#rwrb #henrygeorgeedwardjamesfoxmountchristenwindsor #poetryera #georgevilliers #17thcentury #apollo #dukeofbuckingham #queerhistory #historyhuh #theophiledeviau #aumarquisduboukinquan #hyacinthus #amyntas #jamesVI #poem #french #poet
1: Anything by TJ Klune, Casey McQuiston, Andrew Joseph White, Aiden Thomas, William Hussey, Alice Oseman, and Adam Silvera!
2: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston! ❤️🤍👑💙
3: Between TJ Klune, The Greencreek Series, and William Hussey, the Scott Jericho detective series! Gay werewolves vs. haunted detective - what a combination!
Thanks for the tag, @peanutnine, and great game, @Eggs (I couldn't screenshot, so had the improvise!) 🌻🩷
When a line resonates deeply with something you've had to come to terms with in your own life...
#redwhiteandroyalblue #caseymcquiston #books #rwrb #booklover #alexclaremontdiaz #booknerd #bookworm #historyhuh #reading #bookish #bibliophile #yabooks #juneclaremontdiaz #lgbtbooks #lgbt #booksbooksbooks #queerbooks #redwhiteandblue #bookaddict #lgbtqbooks #alexandhenry #lgbtq #henryfoxmountchristenwindsor #ellenclaremont #princehenryofwales #mlm
pickFelt all the feels when I finally got my hands on the Collector's Edition of RWRB, and currently happy & unfettered amongst all the warm & fuzzy feels of finishing the extra chapter told from Henry's dreamy POV. Peering into the domestic life of my all-time favourite book couple was joyous, and the ending delightful, yet again. I absolutely loved experiencing the story, however short, through Henry's lyrical, sometimes melancholic prose 🩷👑.
Love this! ❤️🤍👑💙
#rwrb #caseymcquiston #firstson #henryfox #alexclaremontdiaz #quotes #historyhuh #gayroyalfiction #romance #fiction #bisexualchaos #enemiestolovers #redwhiteandroyalblue #booklover #booknerd #bookworm #reading #bookish #bibliophile #yabooks #lgbtbooks #lgbt #booksbooksbooks #queerbooks #redwhiteandblue #bookaddict #lgbtqbooks #alexandhenry #lgbtq #henryfoxmountchristenwindsor #princehenryofwales #mlm
Sort of obsessed that RWRB was my first introduction to the notorious George Villiers, and now Nicholas Galitzine (AKA Henry George Edward James Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor) is playing him in Mary and George! What an incredible series! I delved into the Jacobean era after reading RWRB for the first time, and love this series even more because of it. Thank you Casey McQuiston! #RWRB #CaseyMcquiston #queerhistory #HistoryHuh #nonfiction #LGBTQ
Couldn't keep my hands off this book for a 3rd reread!! ❤️🤍👑💙
This scene hits me in the feels! Every. Single. Time! It translated so beautifully from page to screen ❤️🤍👑💙.
pickSuch a joy of a read, I loved every page and I don‘t typically read this genre. It made me deeply happy and I cannot recommend it enough.
My all-time favourite scene in the movie ❤️🤍👑💙. I feel a re-read on the horizon! Alex knows Henry toys with his signet ring when he's anxious, so he extends his own hand with the ring to calm his nerves... so sweet!
#caseymcquiston #princeofwales #firstson #gay #bisexual #LGBTQ #alexandhenry #romance #quotes #RWRB #NA #fiction #politicalromance #contemporaryromance #love #royality #boymeetsboy #boylovesboy #enemiestolovers #booktomovie
pickThis was cute. I wish I liked it more. I wasn't a fan of the narrator.
THIS QUOTE……I took this pic when I read this back in July 2022 & it‘s still one of my favorite quotes ever
pickLooks like October was not my strongest reading month. Red, White & Royal Blue was a totally fine and enjoyable gay romance, but probably wouldn‘t make a unified list of my best books of 2023.
Amazing list of romance novels in wildly diverse genres and themes. From The Ex-Hex to The Price of Salt to Anna Karenina and every place in between, this list has something for everyone!! Recommended by authors and booksellers!! https://parade.com/books/best-romance-books-of-all-time?fbclid=PAAaYbYhxWxb-MJ99...
I had the pleasure of reading 42 books in 2023, but these three became my absolute favourites! Red, White & Royal Blue stole first place due to the fact that both the book and the film have brought a little light to quite a few dark days ❤️🤍💙. Closely followed, of course, by the twisty labyrinth that is Killing Jericho and the absolute gem, They Both Die at The End! Reading goal met. Now bring on 2024 and the legions of books to come! 🎉
pickRed, White & Royal Blue is the gayest, most uproarious, banter-filled, big fat ray of sunshine that totally warranted a re-read mere weeks after languishing away from the worst book hangover EVER. If I could cannonball my way into these pages - into this slightly kinder, empathetic, unapologetically liberal alternate reality - I would do so without hesitation, especially with my favourite ensemble of characters to date. Queue book hangover 2.0! 🩷
Gawd, I love this book! Almost finished my re-read and seriously considering flipping back to the beginning! Apologies for the endless quotes... I just can't resist ❤️🤍💙
#RWRB #redwhiteandroyalblue #princehenry #alexclaremontdiaz #NA #romance #quotes #caseymcquiston #gay #bisexual #LGBTQIA #firstson #london #america #favouritebook
I'm officially in loooove with this quote ❤️🤍💙
#RWRB #redwhiteandroyalblue #princehenry #alexclaremontdiaz #NA #romance #LGBTQIA #quotes #caseymcquiston #favouritebook
History, Huh? Post-strike RW&RB movie thoughts for anyone still interested --> https://youtu.be/WlN7afSrAwQ
Absolutely loving every moment of this re-read ❤️🤍👑💙
#RWRB #caseymcquiston #romance #NA #princehenry #alexclaremontdiaz #reread #quotes
Whoop! 🩷👑🎉 I LOVE this scene so much! ❤️🤍💙
#redwhiteandroyalblue #LGBTQIA #NA #romance #movieadaptation #princehenry #alexclaremontdiaz #historyhuh #RWRB #caseymcquiston #royal #gay #bisexual #love #quotes
So this is why I've been watching Red, White and Royal Blue on a loop since it came out! Excuse me while I hit play for the millionth time and dig out my copy for a second read! 🍰❤️🤍💙👑
#redwhiteandroyalblue #LGBTQIA #NA #romance #movieadaptation #princehenry #alexclaremontdiaz #historyhuh #RWRB #caseymcquiston #royal #gay #bisexual #love
bailedI really wanted to like this one, but Alex is such a jerk that I just couldn‘t. It made no sense to me at all how hostile he was and he‘s the sort of entitled brat child that I simply loathe. Had to bail before I threw my poor kindle.
so-soI found the ending of this really moving, but parts of this felt very odd to me like fetishisation of the monarchy at the same time as hot royal characters listing the monarchy‘s historical atrocities just made me feel like the author found royals hot but wanted to detail all the asterisks of why they weren‘t allowed to find them hot…? The plot arrived really suddenly right at the end and a lot of the British bits rung kind of oddly
I now have both catboys on me and need a telescope to read my book (it's so far away!). Ebooks really are easier when these monsters want to snug.
#CatsOfLitsy
