When a friend recommended this, I really wasn’t too high on reading it. Sounded schmaltzy and a tad boring. I’m a sucker for good YA/Fantasy reading (hello SJM fandom!), That’s my wheelhouse.
For whatever reason, I picked this up a week ago, and I couldn’t have been more surprised. I loved this book. I read it in one sitting, because I could not put it down. The journey in this book is beautiful and heart wrenching at the same time. The then and now story telling keeps you wanting more. Elliot and Macy are really endearing characters that jump off the page. Trying to figure out what happened between these two is part of why I loved this story. There are few secondary characters, but Sabrina is fantastic. You’ll want to have a friend that cares that much. I wouldn’t give it 5 stars, because the end happens so quickly. I felt like we just needed more time with the characters. It’s a great end, but just rushed perhaps? I can’t wait to read it again!! I also see movie or limited tv series all over this. If you’re looking for maybe a new read, I would highly recommend this.
This weeks #fridayreads is all about pride, and celebrating all things LGBTQ. Check out what our office is reading to show their pride colours, and maybe you’ll find your next diverse read.
Andrea, Digital Associate: This week’s read is actually a re-read. I first read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo while it was still in manuscript form, but I love this book so much that I wanted to read it again once it was properly published (who can resist a cover with gold foil embossing?). I have read very few books where a character feels as real and tangible as Evelyn Hugo (you’ll find yourself wanting to google her name). She’s fierce, ambitious, sexy and independent; I especially love the fact that she refuses to be labeled based on her sexual preferences and doesn’t let her numerous husbands define her. Seven Husbands is a glamorous and heart-wrenching read. I highly recommend it!
Alexandra, Marketing Assistant: This week I’ve been kicking back with Becky Albertalli’s Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, a YA coming-of-age novel that follows Simon Spier, a 16-year-old gay teenager. Still firmly in the closet, Simon is trying to navigate his way through the ups and downs of high school. Simon vs. delivers on so many levels: a diverse cast of characters, a love story that makes the teenage heart inside me go pitter-patter, and a protagonist that is all too relatable–and that justifies my eternal love of Oreos.
Jordyn, Sales Representative: My favourite romance writers have come together once more to write Autoboyography, a teen novel coming out in September 2017. Tanner Scott has just moved to Utah with his family, in addition to being back in the closet at his new school, he’s also falling for Sebastian who is helping him write a book for a class. This book touches on so many timely topics including bisexuality, religion, morality, and the struggles of being an LGBTQ teen in a conservative school. Christina Lauren always manages to cover so many topics without sounding preachy, and this teen romance will definitely pull at your heart strings.
@booksociety’s Let It Snow Event: In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
I’ve essentially handed my heart over to the person who’s had it on reserve for half my life, and I’m terrified that he doesn’t realize what he’s holding.
For two sworn enemies, anything can happen during the Hawaiian trip of a lifetime…
Olive is always unlucky; her identical twin sister Ami, however, is probably the luckiest person in the world. While she’s about to have her perfect day marrying her dream man, Olive is forced to play nice with her sworn enemy; the best man, Ethan. But Olive’s luck is on the turn.
When the entire wedding party – except for Olive and Ethan – gets food poisoning, there’s an all-expenses-paid honeymoon in Hawaii up for grabs. Putting their mutual hatred aside for the sake of a free holiday, Olive and Ethan head for paradise, determined to avoid each other. But when Olive runs into her future boss, the little white lie she tells him threatens to spiral out of control.
Forced to play loving newlyweds, she and Ethan find themselves in much closer proximity than they ever expected…
But soon, Olive finds that maybe she doesn’t mind pretending. In fact, she’s beginning to feel kind of… lucky. ★★★★
“You’re just going to live out your life not knowing whether your old man ever found the most famous treasure in American history? This is it, you guys, our big adventure.”
“I want to be here to bring you coffee. I want to take you out to dinner and order the same food and hear you recite the odds that we would have met. I want to hate-attend fancy social events together. I want you to call me for help—without an apology already on the tip of your tongue. I want to feel like I can kiss you again by your car at the end of the night… I want you in my bed.”
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There was a long time (about 4 years, while I was in university) that I really didn’t keep track of book releases, because I knew I wouldn’t have time to read many new books in between readings for class, and it stressed me out to see all the new things that I wanted to read but couldn’t. But now that I’ve graduated, I think it’s time for me to start keeping track of new releases and doing my…
