pickPick times five thousand. What a great #romance for #PrideMonth, with a diverse cast of characters delightfully drawn. I loved the relationships in this book—between the two protagonists, but also with the MC‘s family and friends. Such great drama, politics, intelligence, and heartthrobs. Made a collage of the highlights for me.
Sandals Full of Rainwater by A.E. Prevost is our latest #litereads #pridemonth selection! This fantasy story deals with immigration, language, gender, and pronouns, and you can read it in full on the Capricious website, which we've included a link to in our full article below. Be sure to give the story a read and let us know what you think of this pick!
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pickWhile I have some reservations about the author, the cultural attitude towards minorities in the 1940s (the decade in which this book was written), and what happens in the book, the story itself was interesting and heartbreaking. It moved along beautifully and captivated my attention. I‘ve had a hard time focusing in reading lately, but I sat down with this book for substantial chunks of time. #pridemonth 🏳️🌈
pickI absolutely LOVED this book! Everything about it wonderful: the story, the writing, the layers - the whole package. It‘s a beautiful tale of family and transformations, fairy tale and real life, examined through the lens of gender-coding and queerness. #pridemonth 🏳️🌈
pickThe Trip by Mari Kurisato was this week's #litereads pick, and it both enthralled me for its science fiction worldbuilding and ripped my heart out for its emotional storytelling, so I have to say I personally liked it. You can read my full review below. I hope you'll let us know in the comments what you thought of this story chosen with #indigenoushistorymonth and #pridemonth in mind.
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This book totally took me by surprise! A #Fantasy #Mystery & part #Horror story
What I love most are the characters, these 3 kickass strong girls who turned from enemies to allies and stood together to fight this monster & this stupid men only cult! I'm surprised to see the diversity of these characters (including biseual & asexual) and the writing was beyond any #YA I've read this year. A solid 4🌟/5
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pickI love this book! It‘s a beautiful story and oh so perfect for #pridemonth. And who knew the day would soon come when Madonna (yes, the Michigan-born girl) would be so appropriately woven into a story that is not ‘their‘ story but everyone‘s story.
pickCan something be both heartbreaking and uplifting at the same time? This finally made it to the top of my tbr after reading a buzfeed columnist who said she was 6yrs late finding this book, but now won't leave home without the book AND audio book versions with her. And as far as literary security blankets go this is a good choice with its loving, warm parental figures, sweeping, powerful emotions and earnest, endearing honesty. #pridemonth
pickBecause I have no patience or self control I decided I couldn't handle the 6 month library hold list and bought myself a kindle copy of this, and I'm SO glad I did! This was a total #blameitonlitsy read for me. When I first saw the galley of this the cover art and brief blurb turned me off and I was convinced I wouldn't be interested, but the more reviews I read the more excited I got about it and you all were right :-) I LOVED this. #pridemonth
pickI didn't set out with a #PrideMonth theme in mind, yet that's where books have taken me. It's been yrs since I read Simon vs... but I've watched the movie Love, Simon about 5 times in the past 2 weeks, so I couldn't help picturing/hearing the movie cast in my head while reading this book. I love this world & Albertalli's style though I don't know how "true to character" the relationship developments are. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #ya #teachersoflitsy #summerreading
