Know Not Why: A Novel | 
Okay, here's a fun and not scary #allhallowsread pick! My pick is actually a novella that is a follow up to the tagged book (since the novella is not in the Litsy database). I adored this book and the novella was a nice way to revisit characters from the book that I loved. You could probably read it without having read the first book but you would enjoy it a lot more if you read Know Not Why. 👀
My August fave for #somethingforsept! This book was exactly what I needed when I read it - laugh out loud funny and very cute. It managed to be fairly lighthearted and real despite the MC's coming out struggles. For my own self-care, I try not to read too many coming out narratives that are especially dark or hate-filled. This story managed to stay positive and realistic while also acknowledging the internalized homophobia the MC was experiencing.
My #augustwrapup for #augustofpages #photochallenge. Looking at my list my total is 15 not 14 but I don't want to redo my graphic 😆😆. Not too shabby with number of books read, but this month was a little low in number of books I read that were written by POC. Something to improve upon next month!
One of the best things about this book is the MC's mom, a Professor, writes Jane Austen erotica. 😂
pickThis book is adorable! I may have squeed out loud a few times. And laughed out loud too. Great characters and relationships (romantic, friendship and familial). Minimal angst - of the 'scared to come out with some internalized homophobia' variety. A lot of great literary references and modern lingo (a few 'hos' that I didn't love but these were more said in jest since the MC word vomits all over the place when nervous). Great, heartwarming story.
"I'm kind of going through a thing here that you probably went through a long time ago, unless you didn't go through it all because you're just all together, like, you popped out of the womb, all, 'Thanks for squeezing me out, Mom; no more pussy for me.'" ???
"That's how Arthur shows his emotions. He doesn't. He reads books instead."
SAME ????
"I don't say anything. I don't really know what to say, besides, like, 'Har dee har, how 'bout that universe and its unending quest to make us gay for each other - are those some hilarious hijinks or what?'"
I'm trying really hard to limit the number of quotes I post but it's difficult! I love this narrator. ?
Omg this kid. 😆 He is completely in denial and in such a hilarious manner.
"I wish I would stop thinking the word 'flesh' you know what's a gross, creepy, weird word? 'Flesh.' I think my brain is melting. I think I'm having a stroke. Or a coronary. Or porphyria. I KNEW HE WOULD GIVE ME PORPHYRIA."
LMAO. Calm down dude.
Fun fact - I did not know what Porphyria was before reading this passage.
😆 This kid is cracking me up! That's what happens in Vermont, right?
"'Poptarts are not the answer to our horny, sick, sad friend's problems,' Amber says...
'Amber,' he says imploringly, 'the s'more kind.'
Amber eyes me, this 'there's no way you're gonna fall for this, right?' look.
I stare back, then conclude, truthfully, 'Poptarts are awesome.'
'Okay,' Amber says, pushing the cart forward with sudden, scary fervor. 'You guys are idiots.'"
Definitely getting a Hermione exasperated w/ Ron and Harry vibe here. ?
"Organizing? By myself? Hours and hours in this dank little cupboard? Gee, thanks, Aunt Petunia."
? A++ for Harry Potter reference within the first 6% of the book!
Back to the #bookisholympics grindstone! 🤓 Using cute little sleeping Harper to prop up my Kindle. 👌
"Girls really like that kind of thing. Except Amber, who won't look at a guy twice unless he's got a British accent and a crazy-ass wife locked in the attic, or whatever, but she is clearly abnormal"
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Okay so I fell down a Kindle rabbit hole last night and ended up with about ten new books that were all on sale for .99-2.99 each. I could have bought one new book on kindle that I really want instead of ten random ones. 😆 This one sounds fun - boy gets a job in arts and crafts store to impress girls and maybe ends up falling for the other boy working there? 😀😀 Book five for #bookisholympics and happy for tribal holidays and three-day weekends!
