Confession: I bought this book a year ago. Exactly a year ago today. Thanks Amazon! When I have the $ and Amazon is having one of their sales (a year ago it was Black Friday), I buy a bunch of books, forget I have them, and then rediscover them when I’m looking for something to read. I do love my Kindle. This book was just adorable. Other confession: I read the last two pages after I read the first page, so I always knew Blue’s […]
Very cute YA coming of age.
Becky Albertalli is officially not a one-hit wonder. I feel I also must note that if this book had been around when I was a teenager, I would have been 1000% obsessed with it. Like Molly, I was that girl with the hundred unrequited crushes and no idea what to do about them, and even though her body-image issues were not mine, I felt I could also relate that she had them. (Adolescence is a terrible time. I’m sure you all agree.) And just like […]
Am I getting to old for this shit?
As I tiptoe closer to my 30s I am constantly reminded that I am not a Young Adult. This isn’t to say The Upside of Unrequited isn’t a wonderful fine YA novel, I’m just old. I just struggle to connect to today’s teen stories although I wish YA had been this diverse when I was an actual young adult. Also, I had to google to difference between pansexual and bisexual (used in Being Jazz and Upside) which made me feel old and out of touch. “I mean, here’s the thing I don’t […]
A kissing book & some young adult fiction
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne 3 stars I don’t normally read romances, with the exception of my beloved Outlanders, but y’all recommended Kulti and I really liked that, so I thought I’d give this other highly rated one a shot. I didn’t love it, but it was cute. I listened to the audio version, and hearing the name “Joshua Templeton” repeated over and over varied from obnoxious to over the top hysterical, depending on my mood. I liked Lucy, but I have trouble getting behind the whole “I’ve loved you all along which […]