For every thousand adds on goodreads, I’m sharing a snippet from the book. It’s dual POV, so you’ll get quotes from both main characters. This is your 4k teaser!
For every thousand adds on goodreads, I’m sharing a snippet from the book. It’s dual POV, so you’ll get quotes from both main characters. This is your 3k teaser!
“That sounds real nice, boy,” he says. “Now for the love of God, lower that damn pistol.” “All right,” I says. And I do. Right after I shoot him through the skull.
Hi y'all! My name is Lily A. (aka Novva), and I’m a children’s book illustrator and vocalist! I love working with vibrant colors and drawing characters who look like me. I’m currently an HBCU student studying Digital Art and am working on a picture book pitch about my Caribbean-American heritage.
Great to meet you, Lily! We’ve asked her to pick out some of her artworks to share below.
Check out more of Lily’s illustrations over at @novva!
Yesterday, I had the most low key birthday. Spent the first few hours up in the air on a flight home. During that time, I read Mirage cover to cover. Book was fun and I didn’t deal with any upset that’s come with so many in the past. All in all, it was good. I should make it tradition to read an entire book each birthday henceforth.
Even though quite a number of us read ebooks, I don’t often see e-readers on my Tumblr dashboard or Instagram feed. I think that’s sad. Why exclude a format if it’s part of our reading lives?
I know for some, the difficulty lies in photographing them. That’s why I shared these tips on wordrevel.com.
Truth be told, I sat on my latest blog post for several weeks. Consumerism on bookstagram is a touchy subject for many. Some feel that it has become too competitive, especially around rep search seasons. Others don’t like the promotion of watches or other products they don’t perceive as “bookish”. Those who love their bookish merchandise, though, want to share their excitement! So, how can we strike a balance? Do we even have to?
These issues are things I tried to reconcile, especially for anyone who is new too bookstagram or would like to join. At the same time, I think this is a discussion long-time bookstgrammers also need to have.
The beginning seemed rather long drawn to me, and I couldn’t fathom how this devilish twist mentioned on the cover of the book proof would factor in. I’ve still not come to that point but the mystery is building up, so I expect to henceforth get along with reading much quicker.
How do you feel about long introductions that take their own sweet time to get to the point?
Hi! Thanks for taking the time to read this post. If this is your first time seeing a post from us, here’s a little bit about us: YAPride.org is a website dedicated to supporting LGBTQIAP+ YA literature. We were started in 2011 by two teenagers who were passionate about representation. We are now run primarily by a team of college students and young adults!
We have always believed that books can touch readers and change lives, often in unseen ways. For this Pride month, we want to make those experiences seen. We want to hear from teens like you about the LGBTQIAP+ YA books and authors that have touched your life. Our hope is to round-up some of these stories and feature them on our site during our month-long blogathon!
Interested in participating? Here’s some more information!
You can submit your story via this Google Form. We’ll ask you for an email as a way we can reach out to you if your story is selected! We’ll also ask you for “personal information,” which you can include as much or as little of as you would like. Some things you may choose to include are: first name (or whatever you would like to be called/identified by), last initial, age, State/Province/etc where you live. If you’d prefer to have your entry be completely anonymous, you can simply put N/A into the form. If you or a parent/guardian have further questions, feel free to email us at [email protected].
If you’re stuck on something to write about, here are some potential topics/questions to think about!
A book that changed your life– How did it help you see the world in a new way? What possibilities did it open up for you that had not been opened before? What would you tell the author if you could?
Seeing yourself on the page for the first time– What book was it? What was the experience of reading it like? How has the experience stuck with you since finishing it?
The first time you read a LGBTQIAP+ YA book– What book was it? What was the experience of reading it like? Where did you find it/get it from? Did someone recommend it to you?
Having a librarian or teacher who helps you find LGBTQIAP+ YA
Seeing LGBTQIAP+ YA in bookstores, libraries, and classrooms
A book you would recommend to other teens
Meeting your favorite author
Submit your story here or email it to [email protected]. You can also send any questions you have to that email, or tweet us at @YA_Pride.
We’re compiling a list of Queer YA releases that have been pushed back due to COVID-19. Let’s continue to support these authors and stories during these scary and uncertain times! Read the list here.
From Stonewall and Lambda Award-winning author Kacen Callender comes a revelatory YA novel about a transgender teen grappling with identity and self-discovery while falling in love for the first time.
Felix Love has never been in love—and, yes, he’s painfully aware of the irony. He desperately wants to know what it’s like and why it seems so easy for everyone but him to find someone. What’s worse is that, even though he is proud of his identity, Felix also secretly fears that he’s one marginalization too many—Black, queer, and transgender—to ever get his own happily-ever-after.
When an anonymous student begins sending him transphobic messages—after publicly posting Felix’s deadname alongside images of him before he transitioned—Felix comes up with a plan for revenge. What he didn’t count on: his catfish scenario landing him in a quasi–love triangle….
But as he navigates his complicated feelings, Felix begins a journey of questioning and self-discovery that helps redefine his most important relationship: how he feels about himself.
Felix Ever After is an honest and layered story about identity, falling in love, and recognizing the love you deserve
A desperate orphan turned pirate and a rebellious imperial daughter find a connection on the high seas in a world divided by colonialism and threaded with magic.
Aboard the pirate ship Dove, Flora the girl takes on the identity of Florian the man to earn the respect and protection of the crew. For Flora, former starving urchin, the brutal life of a pirate is about survival: don’t trust, don’t stick out, and don’t feel. But on this voyage, as the pirates prepare to sell their unsuspecting passengers into slavery, Flora is drawn to the Lady Evelyn Hasegawa, who is en route to a dreaded arranged marriage with her own casket in tow. Flora doesn’t expect to be taken under Evelyn’s wing, and Evelyn doesn’t expect to find such a deep bond with the pirate Florian.
Soon the unlikely pair set in motion a wild escape that will free a captured mermaid (coveted for her blood, which causes men to have visions and lose memories) and involve the mysterious Pirate Supreme, an opportunistic witch, and the all-encompassing Sea itself.
In a novel-in-verse that brims with grief and love, National Book Award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo writes about the devastation of loss, the difficulty of forgiveness, and the bittersweet bonds that shape our lives.
Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people…
In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal’s office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash.
Separated by distance—and Papi’s secrets—the two girls are forced to face a new reality in which their father is dead and their lives are forever altered.
And then, when it seems like they’ve lost everything of their father, they learn of each other.
Photo Description: Instagram post that says “Summer Pride Giveaway” at the top and features the covers of ten LGBTQIAP+ YA books. The titles are The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper, We Unleash the Merciless Storm by Tehlor Kay Mejia, Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian, We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia, Darius the Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram, Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender, The Dangerous Art of Blending In by Angelo Surmelis, Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass, The Summer of Everything by Julian Winters, and Reverie by Ryan La Sala.
Using this #SciFiSunday to feature this amazing series by @emily.suvada that honestly blew me away! A futuristic & post-apocalyptic page turner full of twists and turns, intriguing science, and loveable (yet badass) characters! I can’t wait for the release of This Vicious Cure. ⚛ Science fiction has always been my favorite genre. Whether it’s reeling from an apocalypse, overthrowing a dystopian government, or hopping in a space cyclone to take out some evil aliens; I’m all for it! What’s your favorite genre?
Are there certain genres you tend to steer clear of?
Other than contemporary, I usually avoid horror. I’ve only read one that I really enjoyed and it still creeped me out (AND THE TREES CREPT IN by Dawn Kurtagich, for anyone curious). But I’ve seen a lot of people post about SAWKILL GIRLS and something about it intrigued me. It sounds like there’s a fantasy element which I can definitely get behind!
So I’ll be giving this a try in the future, probably not until the new year.
If you’ve read it already, I’d love to hear what you thought!
V E Schwab is coming to Australia in April and I’M FREAKING OUT so have a photo of my paperback collection. I love red/white/black aesthetic of these books
I recently finished The Winter Of the Witch by Katherine Arden! While I am sad to see the trilogy end I am very happy with how Vasya’s story turned out. 5/5! Click the link in the bio to read the full review.
Shelf Confidence Book Photo Challenge | Day Ten: Heartbreak Even with a *SPOILER* pretty happy ending, there was definitely some heartbreak in this book
