"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
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. 😅
panI 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.
pickI 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
bailedI did DNF this, but only because it was lacking something. What that something was I can‘t really explain, because I was rooting for the characters. Bo has a reputation because of her mom who needs taken care of herself, which definitely was not fair. Then Agnes is legally blind with a friend who thinks she‘s a burden and parents who are afraid for her to do anything. I did ready the end to see how it turned out and I was mostly satisfied.
Great song, too. Such a light, uplifting pop song, which is something I don't always associate with The Cure 😅. Thanks for sharing. 5mo