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As part of the Paperback Pals Summer 2025 Seasonal Readathon I decided to pick up a bunch of middle grade books – primarily graphic novels. I dropped recommendation requests in a couple of bookish discords and quickly had more recommendations than I knew what to do with. Here is a rundown of the three graphic…
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We’re about halfway through summer and I thought I’d check in on my tbr for the rest of the season: – Drama! by A. J. Truman– Wake Up, Nat & Darcy by Kate Cochran– Melt with You by Jennifer Dugan– Poolside by Taylor E. Weston– Snapdragon by Kat Leyh– Evening the Score by Lexi LaFleur Brown– I…
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I was lucky enough to see A. J. Truman on a panel at Sports Romance Con 2026 and to meet him later. The panel was affirming and had me both in tears and peals of laughter. At the signing A. J. was kind and gracious with his time and so when my local queer romance…
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I had a delightful, nostalgic time reading A Shore Thing by Emily Shacklette! The novel follows dual timelines in 2009 and 2026 with its main characters Juliette and Wesley. I would have been in my late teens in 2009 and while I was living in the wide, open spaces of the midwest media like MTV,…
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Squeaking in with a reading of Heartstopper Volumes One through Five right before the sixth and final volume comes out. This week’s assignment is watching the show as well. Extremely sweet and heartfelt.
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What to expect from special edition of The Brotherly Shove by Emily Shackelette:
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Goldie Vance is charming, stylish, and fast paced. An excellent read for all ages.
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Two messy queers falling in love after a seven-year-long argument? Sign me up! Learning how to deal with your baggage and trust other people? Hell yeah! A road trip? Go for it guys! An adorable dog? Are you kidding?! This is heaven! Star Shipped is my first book by Cat Sebastian and I am so…
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Courtside by Taylor E. Weston follows grad-student-serving-as-men’s-basketball-team’s-team-manager Sage and former-team-captain-turned-head-coach David. The novel shows two characters learning how to be vulnerable with each other and trust both each other and themselves. Which is what I loved so much in Weston’s most recent book Making Time. First of all, Taylor E. Weston (yup, I’m fulling naming…
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