BOOK LIST: A Beginners Guide to…YA LGBT+ Books

Books can be a source of comfort for many readers, but can also be a source of self discovery too. Often, readers will turn to books with LGBT+ representation to learn about themselves, their friends or their family members.  It's reassuring for readers to see a character in a book that they can look to…

BOOK REVIEW: Redwood and Ponytail

This book was beautiful in so many ways, and at times really hurt my heart with how good it was. Huge thanks to Abrams Publishing for sending me an early readers copy to read and review! I am, of course, always excited to read new LGBT+ fiction, so to read this book about two girls…

BOOK LIST: A Beginners Guide to…UKYA

When it comes to YA, the majority of the books are set in America. This is all well and good but life in the US as a young adult is very different to life in the UK as a young adult. Our schools are vastly different, language and slang is different, and sometimes it's just…

BOOK REVIEW: Heartstopper 2

Heartstopper is BACK! Our favourite boys Nick and Charlie return after the cliffhanger ending of volume one, which saw them kiss at a party before Nick hurried away, seemingly embarrassed. Nick and Charlie are best friends. Nick knows that Charlie is gay, and Charlie is sure that Nick isn't. But love works in surprising ways,…

BOOK LIST: LGBT+ Graphic Novels

Lots of people don't know where to start when it comes to graphic novels, but sometimes the only way to start is to dive right in! When it comes to LGBT+ content, graphic novels have shown themselves as strong contenders for excellent content. So for Pride month, I thought I'd pull together a list of…

BOOK REVIEW – I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST

As one of my most anticipated reads of 2019, this book certainly didn't disappoint. This book is a triumph, and with such utterly beautiful passages it would be hard to not read this book and have your heart break and swell while reading. When Ben De Backer comes out to their parents as nonbinary, they're…

BOOK REVIEW – THE PAPER & HEARTS SOCIETY

When The Paper & Hearts Society book was announced by Hachette, I knew that it would be a book that would be a book to really resonate with teens. I put it on my list of most anticipated books of 2019, which you can read here. Lucy Powrie is a big name in the world…

The Twitter POC Masterlist

A few weeks ago there was quite a bit of mess on Twitter in the book community, resulting in many readers and authors, the majority being POC, dealing with quite a lot of shit. In an attempt to bring a bit of joy to the situation, I asked people to respond to my tweet telling…