I received a digital advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Just Lizzie by Karen Wilfrid. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Just Lizzie, a middle schooler named Lizzie is starting to wonder if she’s missing something. All her friends …
Tag: LGBT+ representation
Book Review | Bloom (ARC)
When did I become someone who reads creepy novellas? What happened? (Not complaining, just wondering.) I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Bloom, Rosemary (Ro for …
Book Review | By Any Other Name
In By Any Other Name by Erin Cotter, Will Hughes is a struggling player in London’s playhouses, but that’s not the only place he’s acting. His family was part of an uprising against the queen a few years ago, and he knows that if he draws too much attention to himself in the capital, he …
Book Review | On a Sunbeam
In the graphic novel On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden, Mia has just left school and is now joining a crew on a spaceship, which travels from place to place on construction and restoration jobs. The more she travels with them, the more she learns about the galaxy—and also learns of a way to potentially …
Book Review | Stars in Your Eyes
In Stars in Your Eyes by Kacen Callender, Logan Gray is known as the bad boy of Hollywood, a great actor but not a great person. And then there’s Matthew “Mattie” Cole, the up-and-comer who everyone loves. So they’re an unlikely pairing when they’re cast as the two main characters in a queer romcom movie, …
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