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Beautiful coming-of-age story about family, friendship, acceptance, and identity. Beautiful prose and a tender love story! #lgbtq #YA #slowburn

#currentread

What a sweet and tender coming of age story. I can see why people love it. Quick read, will be sending it to my younger sibling 💌
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Book recommendation from my little cousin 💙🍦

While there are aspects of this that feel a bit cliche, I enjoyed reading it. I clicked with Ari‘s thoughtful yet conflicted perspective. I love that the parents were a vital part of the story, that they were loving but imperfect. And the portrayal of a young person‘s coming to terms with their sexuality (and being concerned what parents will think/not admitting it to yourself) was honest. Once I got into it, I had trouble putting it down.

“I was mostly invisible. I think I liked it that way.
And then Dante came along.”

I think this book suffered from the hype around it because I went in expecting something amazing and found something mediocre

This isn't a bad book. Its not my kind of book, I found it stylistically challenging and the emo philosophizing was irritating.

I didn't connect with it in the way that I wanted to. I may return to it when I don't have covid as I may have more patience for it, I don't know. I'm disappointed

Planned to take study breaks where I read which has quickly turned into reading breaks where I study. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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😭This book was so stunningly beautiful! 😭

I stumbled across this one while perusing BookTok. And I am so glad I picked it up because it did not disappoint! I hiiiighly recommend this one!

Yesterday I finished the tagged book for #FabolousFebruary #readathon by @Andrew65

Such a nice and delicate story! I really liked it!

My goals:
1. Finish the tagged book ✔
2. Read Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe (by Benjamin Alire Sáenz) ✔
3. Read Bolla (by Pajtim Statovci)
4. Read Sisters (by Daisy Johnson)

Wonderful coming of age story read by the perfect narrator. And maybe the best part…there is another book about these two sweet, complicated boys.

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

💖 As I did not celebrate Valentine's day, I post the Greek Lovers bookmarks that my sister took for me in Greece 😂
💙 Tagged one that it will be a pick... or at least it seems to 😂
🖤 I'm grateful for the little unexpected moments of joy

@TheNeverendingTBR @Mavey @peanutnine @damselsgotballs wanna join?

133 pages left, but I really have to go to work soon 😅
Yesterday I was too tired to read after my shift, I really hope that today will be different 🤟🏻
Such a nice book! 🤟🏻

This book is amazing and an interesting story about how to handle finding yourself. It‘s a great love story between families and teenagers and learning to know and talk to each other. It‘s a great YA novel.

I'm finally reading this one! I'm already at part nr 2 🤩🤟🏻

10/10. So amazing. So cute. I wish I had this book when I was in high school

Starting a new book my students recommended. I‘m super excited even by the first page.

Made this tangzhong half-whole-wheat bread yesterday while listening to Lin-Manuel Miranda narrating this great audiobook.

What celebrity-narrated audiobooks have you enjoyed?

Here‘s my #WeekendReading plan.

#12booksof2021 #10 #11

Two very different but best reads of October and November. Can‘t believe it took me so ling to get to Aristotle & Dante- such a beautiful lyrical coming of age & coming to terms with one‘s sexual orientation. The Thursday Murder Club- highly entertaining.

I'm in love with all my gift, the socks and the snowflake blanket are soft and warm 😍
I really can't wait to read the books and the comic 😍

Merry Christmas! 🎄❤

Re-listened and fell in love with these families all over again.

This YA/coming of age/LGBT series-starter wasn‘t bad, but it didn‘t wow me (like it seems to for most people). Read my full review here https://debbybrauer.org/#aristotle-and-dante-discover-the-sec...

This is an impulse read for #WinterGames2021 #TeamGameSleighers @StayCurious

#WrapItUpReadathon @keys_on_fire

I can see why teenagers love this book. For me, it was OK.

I already read it and it was so great! I rated it 5-stars and I was so excited to read the second series of this!:D

(reread) I didn't specifically remember being wowed by the composure and support Ari and Dante's parents shared. Told without their perspectives, but noting the current event aids topics of the setting- they weren't oblivious about the obstacles their boys would face in the wake of a friendship turned romance, we (as readers) just don't get to feel the emotions encompassing what was likely a part of their wake and asleep.

My favorite book of the year. ❤️❤️

I am ever so grateful @WanderingBookaneer that you gifted me this book. My review: Heart.💓, heartfelt, heartbreaking, heartwarming, be still my beating heart. Love. This. Book.
#grateful #heart

Enjoying this book gift so much tonight. Thank you @WanderingBookaneer

Loved it...!

This read brought me back to my teen years when so much in changing physically, socially, heck in general. You haven‘t discovered who you are. You don‘t understand what happening to you body. You don‘t understand the complexities of the relationships around you. Aristotle and Dante is a gem that reminds you of those times and the fact that you were not alone in those feelings.

September Book 2/25 #LitsyLove #bookspinbingo

I am late to the table on this one as I just discovered it because there I was able to get an advance copy of the sequel that is coming out later this fall (I work part time in a bookstore). Wow -what a wonderful read and not just for teens.

I‘m reading Wasted Words and The Red Notebook as well as the tagged one.

I would love to hear what you are reading. 🤔

Haven‘t been able to read much from finals from school, but I have to read this last book for school ✨


#FirstLineFriday

There was emotion. Lesson. Fear. Anger. Frustration. Helplessness. Bond. Relations. Burden. And Love. 'You don't fall for the gender, but for the person'- I read it somewhere and we always fall for the person who feels like home. Who can make us feel protected, secured and loved. And this homeliness doesn't come in size, shape or even gender. It comes in one's innate character. Highly recommended.

I finished one of my spins my #doublespin was this amazing book about friendship and finding oneself and also some budding early romance. Absolutely love it! I will be reading the sequel soon for sure! @TheAromaofBooks

yes. Yes. YES. !!!!!!
not only portrays a multitude of positive forms of masculinity, but also positive relationships between boys as they transition into young men.

Between a couple of traumatic accidents, lots of letters, a reunion, and coming-out story, these characters that you grow to love so deeply, explore issues of authenticity, LGBTQIA+ relationships, and family.
TW: transphobia, homophobia, violence

Aristotle, a loner who keeps his feelings hidden deep inside, meets talkative Dante who wears his heart on his sleeve. They become best friends and everything changes.
I loved this story so much! 💕 It was about Ari and Dante's friendship, but also about figuring out how to connect with your family, dealing with trauma, and coming to terms with your identity.
Also, the audiobook is read by Lin-Manuel Miranda so that was a bonus 😍

For June bookclub we picked a LGBTQ+ book for Pride month! I ended up finishing it way early...my hold from the library came quicker than expected, and it was just an easy book to get though! The audio is read by Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton, In the Heights) and he did a great job. I love that they picked a reader not only of the same ethnicity as the characters, but a strong advocate of the LGBTQ+ community.

1. Still working through Grady Hendrix's Satan Loves You. I keep reading some & then setting it aside to read other stuff 👀 It's not as good as his newer books.
2. I finally want to start reading S.! I finished my book club book (mentioned in #3) super early so I think this is a good time.
3. For book club we're reading Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, in honor of Pride month!

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain @Blueberry

I'm posting one book per day from the ever growing unread stacks in my personal library. No description or explanation, just books I own and plan to read. #tbr

Day 72 (Kindle edition)

I'm posting one book per day from the ever growing unread stacks in my personal library. No description or explanation, just books I own and plan to read. #tbr

Day 52 (kindle edition)

“Something happened inside me as I looked out into the vast universe. Through that #telescope, the world was closer and larger than I'd ever imagined. And it was all so beautiful and overwhelming and- I don't know- it make me aware that there was something inside of me that mattered.” #QuotsyApr21

This was such an enjoyable read. I found Ari to be an extremely relatable character especially during his younger years in the book. The romance was not only adorable but also seemed quite realistic. It is on the slow-burn side so if that is not your style this might not be for you.

*happy dance *

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I‘ll admit it. I teared up a little at the end of this book.

5/5 This book was so good! 😭 I don‘t often cry from books but this book had such a beautiful story that I cried like a baby! Read September 2020

I've added 2 more titles to my #LGBTQ2021 Bingo card this week. #BookBingo #ReadingChallenge #LGBTQBookBingo2021

Another excellent read. I wouldn't have enjoyed this as a teenager because I didn't like general fiction, nobody's experiences resonated with me. The exploration of life, love, self discovery, & the lived experiences of others in this book is excellent. There's a major talk-to-heal component too. It was also fun that Lin-Manuel Miranda reads it. Content warnings for homophobia, violence, & transphobia leading to murder of a trans woman. #LGBTQ #YA