#gaymay Lots of queer rep that is just integrated into the story. Parts were funny and it had a good ending but mostly I found it boring. I listened to the audio and read ebook. I liked the author‘s pirate story and I really wanted to like this one more than I actually did. 😢

#gaymay five ⭐️. All the swoonies 😍and a basket of spice!! 🌶 As an American, the audio accents were hard to navigate, so I preferred the ebook in this case.

Thanks for the tag @chasjjlee I am just getting into the book Jude by Garrett Leigh. It‘s an e-book, like 99.99% of what I read! It‘s a five star ⭐️ rating so far!!! I almost never highlight unless it‘s for #firstlinefridays

#gaymay OMG this book was stressful. Did the ending make up for the 90% of the book devoted to things going sideways? 🤔 Maybe. Half a swoonie and only an implied spice. 🙄

Went to Banksy exhibit today. 🤔🤔🤔🧐🧐🧐

#firstlinefridays

I LOVED THIS swoony, spicy read with just the perfect kind of angst. Single dads, best friends to lovers, bi awakening. #gaymay This is by the same author as the tagged book, since this one isn‘t in the database.

#gaymay Just finished this one. Low angst, very spicy. Friends to lovers, ftw.

This has been my favorite book so far this year! So intriguing and unexpected. If you like sci-fi and queer themes, this book is for you!! #gaymay

In honor of #gaymay @xicanti this is my updated #lgbtqbookbingo @Kenyazero

#gaymay I‘m really glad to see a queer BIPOC author and a book with two Black men on the cover. It had some holes but it was a decent story of second/third?chances and fake dating.

Starts out with sweet vibes as we learn nonverbal Skylar has started a new school in North Carolina. Add amazing new adoptive parents, supportive new friends, hot Jacob the love interest, and a legal fight over the dress code. Kind of angsty and some parts seem a bit rushed, but overall good queer YA romance. #gaymay 3 swoonies😍😍😍and 1/2 spice.

Brilliant concept, entertaining erudition, fabulous audio by Charles Anson. But honestly ew bugs.

@MilesnMelodies I LOVE WEGMAN‘S!! Thanks so much for the cute card and cool tea!! #litsyteaswap

Already two in to May‘s #bookspinbingo board!! @TheAromaofBooks

I needed some good news today! This releases May 17!!! Can‘t wait!!

#firstlinefridays “Breathe it in and you start to remember things you didn‘t know you‘d forgotten.”

3 bingos for April‘s #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

@alexus_sb YUM!! I‘ve heard people raving about Ahmad tea and I‘m so excited to try it!!!! Thanks so much!!

@Sharpeipup What pretty stationery and lovely story! I can smell the oranges with you on your drive!! Thanks for the great message and great tea! #litsyteaswap

Aren‘t these stamps just gorgeous??

My May #bookspinbingo list is ready!! @TheAromaofBooks

These bright and sunny beauties came at the end of a rollercoaster week and gave me so much joy!! @Kshakal cute reading 🦕 🦕🦕 I‘m melting! Not to mention the sweet bunny holding a daisy!! Chai is my current obsession and I can‘t wait to try it!! @sarahbellum Such beautiful colors and that tea shop sounds a.maz.ing! Peppermint is my favorite evening tea!! @Daisey A bright 🍋 card to go with a bright lemon and GINGER combo sounds so delicious!

This is what the winds (or the Post) brought me today: These lovelies!! Thank you so much for the great teas and kind words! @wordslinger42 @curiouserandcurioser #litsyteaswap

Lovely card and some great tea!! It‘s just what I needed today!! Thank you @LiseWorks #litsyteaswap

Y‘all. You have BROUGHT it to the #litsyteaswap !! Color-coded cards AND TEA??!! In one of my FAVORITE colors?! Not to mention the coolest flavor combo!! PLUS a sticker! Omg I can‘t! I‘m melting, @KateReadsYA And @julieclair this card is a cu-tea 😬 and your handwriting is AhhMAzing! With some perfect tea options!! Thank you both for showing me how it‘s done!! 🥰🥰🤣🥰🥰

This one really surprised me. I was expecting fluffy time adventure and what I got was a thoughtful love story with real emotional depth, historical elements, and interesting consideration of marginalization in various ways. Well done Jay Bell. Audiobook is great, too!

@Kenyazero This is the state of things! #lgbtqbookbingo All 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️and up EXCEPT Bloom and Playing the Palace, which were 2⭐️⭐️.

#LGBTQ2022 #LGBTQbookbingo blackout!! @Kenyazero

@KateReadsYA is hosting a book giveaway!! See her original post to play! @LitsyEvents

My first #litsyteaswap envelope received and it‘s a beauty!! Gorgeous nautical stationery and some amazing tea!! Peppermint is one of my favorites!! Thank you for such a delightful swap @CrowCAH

Terrific first line #firstlinefridays #late

Speak, Stamped, King and the Dragonflies, and Catcher in the Rye will all be free to anyone until the end of May!! For more info https://www.engadget.com/the-new-york-public-library-offers-banned-books-on-its-...

So it‘s not a book. But has anyone seen this show??!! It‘s so…strange. And wonderful. Anyone??? Anyone?? Just me?!

Just mailed all the tea swaps. Fly free!! #litsyteaswap

#litsyteaswap matches have been sent!! Check your email. @alexus_sb @Sharpeipup @MilesnMelodies @curiouserandcurioser @wordslinger42 @julieclair @Kshakal @Daisey @KateReadsYA @CrowCAH @sarahbellum @LiseWorks @LapReader @Bookwormjillk @BookBosomed1

Last call! Today is the last day to sign up! Go to www.bit.ly/LITSYTEA

Last chance to join us this round. Sign up closes this Friday and swap addresses go out by email this weekend. Www.bit.ly/LITSYTEA @LitsyHappenings @LitsyEvents

With all its awards, I guess I shouldn‘t be surprised that this was sweet, heartbreaking, hopeful. (Did you know snails have almost 3,000 teeth? I had no idea they had teeth at all…) it reminds me of the later The Soul of an Octopus. Or I guess it should be the other way around except I read that one first. Interesting and timely thoughts on illness, disability, and humanity.

Join us for our second tea swap of the year!! Sign up open until April 8. Participants will sign up at www.bit.ly/LITSYTEA then send *one prepackaged bag of tea *card/letter with instructions. You will receive your matches by Monday, April 11 via email. You can select domestic or international. Mail within two weeks! Sit back and enjoy your new tea!! @SamanthaMarie @IndoorDame @KateReadsYA @chasjjlee @jenniferw88 @maich #litsyteaswap #litsyevents

1. Daffodils! Or tulips! 2. The Secret Garden!!

#freddiethetacocat is entertaining himself while I‘m reading. #catsoflitsy #littenkitten (I promise no kitties were harmed…there is a hollow middle part he was climbing into).

My April #bookspinbingo list s READY! @TheAromaofBooks

My March #bookspinbingo. I ended up reading off-list so I I just added them to the free spaces. Still not quite one bingo. 🤔 oh well. Next month, right? @TheAromaofBooks

I‘m up to five bingos for the year in lgbtqia+ reading! I‘ve got a book in mind for time travel, does anyone have a good rec for a translated work? @Kenyazero

Y‘all I‘m wrecked. And I‘m only at 38% finished. Wrecked!!! Why did I wait so long to read this??!! I am so glad there are two more but ahhhh. This book! I‘m all in my feelings and I don‘t know if I can sleep! I‘m going to have to stay up and finish it aren‘t I?! Just. It is so good. And the audio is Kirt Graves, again. Just how? 😬🔥😬🔥😬🔥😱😱😱

Happy PI day!! @BkClubCare

Y‘all. This book. Sex-positive, affirming treatment of gender dysphoria, body dysmorphia, eating disorders, mental health, navigating difficult family dynamics, self-care, art, and love. All five 🌟plus 💫☄️🤩🌈 + 😍. Also the audio is the exceptional Kirt Graves. So. Well. Done. 👏👏👏 (Also the author is non-binary, so Own Voices ftw!)

#firstlinefridays @ShyBookOwl