BYL Reading Challenge discussion

Read something gay in 2021!

Real Queer America - Samantha Allen
Red, White, and Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
George - Alex Gino (middle grade)
Gracefully Grayson - Ami Polonsky (middle grade)
Surrender Your Sons - Adam Sass

This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel is a great read!

I'm planning to read Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock for this prompt. Or maybe Karamo: My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing, and Hope by Karamo Brown.

Highly recommend George! We read it for homeschool book club and are now reading the next book, Rick, as a read aloud.

Nikki wrote: "I'm planning to read Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock for this prompt. Or maybe [book:Karamo: My Story of Embracing Purpose, He..."

Thank you for the George by Alex Gino recommendation!

The Bold World by Jodie Patterson

Gracefully Grayson will be my read for this :-)

I'm planning to read Real Queer America by Samantha Allen.

Both memoirs by LGBTQ+ authors:

Fairest: A Memoir - Meredith Talusan (LGBTQ+ author)
Real Life - Brandon Taylor (author is a BIPOC and LGBTQ+)

Dead Storage by Mary Feliz. Completed 9 Jan 2021.

A cosy mystery about a home organizer that gets caught up in murder mysteries. In this one, she goes to meet a client who is also a friend and when he doesn't show up and his mastiff appears at his house badly injured, she is drawn into a murder of a local shopkeeper - one that same friend has been arrested for! The mastiff's owner, Stephen, is married to a police officer, Jason, but his husband is away so it is up to Maggie to save the day.

'One of Us is Lying' by Karen M. McManus

I ended up reading Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender. It was so good!!!!

Just saw this list & wanted to share. These would work for the "new release" prompt as well.
30 New LGBTQ+ Books to Add to Your Reading List in 2021
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertai...

Stumbled upon "This is How You Lose the Time War" while browsing "time" novels for the Buzzwordathon- excited to have found a novella that will cover a prompt on each challenge....my readathon goal this year was an ambitious 100!

Disintegrate/Dissociate, by Arielle Twist

Nikki wrote: "I'm planning to read Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock for this prompt. Or maybe [book:Karamo: My Story of Embracing Purpose, He..."

I finished Redefining Realness today & recommend it if you like memoirs.

I read Upright Women Wanted and I was left wanting sooooo much more story. It was good, but I wanted to explore the world and characters more!