Neil is not only a genius, he‘s hysterically funny! Can‘t wait to read his new book.

The author speaking and reading this morning from her new book.

Lovely story and illustrations.

What do you do when you are in a school media center and Wi-Fi (which you need to do your work) goes out. Find a good book! Or two. Or three…

The Hugo winners are announced! https://www.tor.com/2022/09/04/2022-hugo-award-winners/?fbclid=IwAR3pyT6duEPpPJo...

Apart from the satisfying ending, I had a really hard time getting into this. Just me??! I mean the audio was stellar and there were funny spots…

Sweet and more complex than I expected. Themes of friendship, found family, determination, self-identity, the nature of good and evil—all wrapped in a fun story! Thank you so much @Bookgoil and #litsylove!! I really enjoyed it. Also, when I finished the book was donated to a local middle school classroom.

Only one bingo this month. #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

This book is charming and so beautifully done! Multimedia journal style with artist Jo Atherton supplying the cyanotype endpapers made with found beach objects. An oceanographer and BBC journalist consulted. It‘s worth every penny and now I want to send one to everyone I know! 🤩😍🤩

This was gifted by a dear friend and former work colleague. He said he hopes I don‘t stay up all night reading.—It‘s like he doesn‘t know me at all. 🤣

Seriously laugh out loud funny. Hilarious YA m/m romcom. #LetterN #alphabetgame #impatient @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

To say I loved this series does not quite express the depth of my emotion. It‘s one of my favorite worlds ever. I love the author‘s phrasing, descriptions, and world building. So believable, so immersive, so poetic. I hope you love it as much as I do. #LetterL #alphabetgame @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

The second in the series that started with Strange the Dreamer. This is one of my top books ever and one of my favorite authors, Laini Taylor. It‘s strange and poetic and lovely. #LetterM #alphabetgame @AlwaysLoveToRead @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

My pick for #LetterJ of #thealphabetgame is a spin-off in the Charm of Magpies world. A m/m romance and magical adventure make this a very satisfying read!! @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Unexpected and clever, more accessible than the Broken Earth, I highly recommend this series from N.K. Jemison!! #alphabetgame #LetterI @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

For #LetterH #alphabetgame I recommend the Hexworld series by Jordan Hawk. It takes place in a gritty alternate New York of the early Industrial Age. With magic, were-animals, and a m/m romance. Highly recommend.

I loved this creative YA fantasy adventure mystery duology. #LetterG #alphabetgame @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

This is the first in a charming m/m historical romance series. So well written!! It‘s fun and spicy! #LetterF #alphabetgame @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#bookspinbingo for August. My selections for 15-20 will be mood reads. Hope the rest go better than my first read of the month. @TheAromaofBooks

I really wanted to love this. I had high hopes. But I hated both MCs. I hated the premise and I hated how they treated one another. It‘s a no for me.

#LetterE #alphabetgame Loved this YA fantasy suspense. @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#alphabetgame #letterD. This is one of the best books!! I LOVE Laini Taylor!! At once a love story, an adventure, and something that defies description, this is a hidden world where all is not as it seems! Lyrical and incredibly well-written, the whole series of three books all begin with D and I highly recommend!!! @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

This series of over 10 books, starting with the tagged book, is kind of a police procedural but with magic and dragons. And a multiverse. #alphabetgame #LetterC @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

This is one of my fav for #LetterB #alphabetgame @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

My new #LitsyLove pals are really amazing and generous humans. You bring me so much joy. To those pictured and not pictured…Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. ♥️🤩♥️ Seen here are @DinoMom @Blerdgal_Fenix @Bookwormjillk @Christyco125 @Bookgoil @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#alphabetgame #LetterA Post an “A” book you‘d recommend. Be sure to include the author! @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks One of my favorites was the tagged book. I loved the sequel, too!! If you‘d like to play, consider yourself tagged!

July #bookspinbingo yielded 3 bingos. I think. Unless I counted wrong like last time. It was a very emotionally-driven reading month with a couple mediocre books and a couple superstars (books by Jason Reynolds, Roan Parrish, the tagged book by Harper Fox, and the thriller by Tal Bauer). @TheAromaofBooks

#freddiethetacocat is my reading companion. It‘s an exhausting job!! #catsoflitsy

#thinkpositivebepositive Thanks @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks for the tag!

Best decision ever to join #LitsyLove ! Thanks for the warm welcome! @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Christyco125 @BookNAround @AmyG @catiewithac

It‘s here! It‘s here! My library hold FINALLY came in!! #firstlinefridays

Well-paced YA adventure-romance. Fated mates, werewolves, grumpy/sunshine, one bed. Very swoonie, sweet rather than spicy. Cliffhanger ending and a sequel in the works.

I wanted to frame and quote every page. Absolutely stunning work of art. A story told in three breaths.

With Giovanni‘s Room, I‘ve completed the 2021 #lgbtqbookbingo (begun this year after I finished the 2022 board…) @Kenyazero

@xicanti This is my bicycle mascot!! I love her!

Witty and wordy, this cute 🌈 rom com is definitely worth your time. Non-binary and pansexual rep, they/them pronouns, navigating family issues, not-so-secret love. Cute and swoony but not at all spicy.

Just finished the first ##LGBTbookclub pick! Can‘t wait to hear what you all think!! @thereadingpal

I‘m not even sure what happened to me but I know I enjoyed it. This newest Tal Bauer is tightly written, more than a little timely, suspenseful, and also swoon-worthy. 5🌈⭐️.

Lots of 5⭐️ reads: The Darkness Outside Us, Heartstopper #4, The Heartbreak Bakery, The Charm Offensive, Wolfsong series, Upright Women Wanted, The Archive of Alternate Endings, The Disordered Cosmos!!
And snuggly Freddie ftw! @Eggs #wondrouswednesday

I saw this recommended on Booktok and I read it in a book slump. I had low expectations but it was a really entertaining queer historical paranormal (?) mystery romance. I was so surprised and delighted to find this. My only issue was that it seems to actually be a spin-off series and I was confused by some of the characters in the beginning. Rather than being a problem, I am now going to read the other series!

Okay, I was expecting to need tissues…because Jay Bell tugs the heartstrings. What I didn‘t expect in the middle of this queer YA romance was a psychopath murder mystery. I didn‘t love it. I get it was about different kinds of love and found family but It seemed somewhat uneven. And was it an HEA?! 🤔

@ozma.of.oz 1. Yes! 2. I love the Big Gay Fiction Podcast! 3. I‘d love a podcast related to queer YA books! I think there‘s plenty of books to choose from these days. #sundayfunday

My July #bookspinbingo list @TheAromaofBooks The remaining numbers 17-20 will be books that I find on booktok.

@ozma.of.oz #sundayfunday 1. Goodbye Paradise by Sarina Bowen was the last queer book I finished. Most of my reads these days are queer in some way, including my current read by Jay Bell, Straight Boy. 2. I‘m really looking forward to The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr. 3. Harper Fox for emotionally powerful stories, Simon James Green for queer YA fun, Garrett Leigh for broody steamy bad boys, Sarah Waters for historical queers.

@TheAromaofBooks This is my June #bookspinbingo card!

Y‘all. This book. I literally stayed up all night to finish it. Did not expect this to be a 5⭐️read but there we are. So. Well. Done. 🌈🌈🌈👏👏👏😍😍😍

@Kenyazero Updated #lgbtqbookbingo2022 I only need one book published before2000 and one more overflow book!

1. Saint‘s Song by Garrett Leigh. Somewhere in England I‘ve never heard of and frankly didn‘t really pay much attention to. For broody, angsty, steamy reasons 🤣🤣🤣. 2. The last 5 ⭐️ read was actually the tagged kid‘s book. 3. I‘m excited for Alexis Hall‘s Husband Material.

@rachelsbrittain 1. I‘m currently reading the third book in the tagged series. 2. I think the first LGBTQ book was Annie on my Mind in the 90‘s but I didn‘t read any others until Aristotle and Dante discover the Secrets of the Universe in 2010 or something. And it‘s been easier and easier to find LGBTQIA+ books ever since! 3. The last book I finished was The Times That I Knew I Was Gay, a graphic autobiography by Eleanor Crewes. 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈