I adored Imogen,
Obviously. The writing is stellar. The flirty texts between Imogen and
Tessa are cute and funny and so believable in the way they show these two teens catching feelings. The friendship between Imogen and Lili is enviable.
But the
main reason I picked Imogen, Obviously,
as my favorite book of the year is because I related, a lot, to Imogen’s
circular, questioning, doubting thought process. I wish I had had a book like
this when I was Imogen’s age, and I think its message is an important one, for
all ages and identities.
With humor and insight, #1 New York Times bestseller Becky Albertalli explores the nuances of sexuality, identity, and friendship in this timely new novel.
Imogen Scott may be hopelessly heterosexual, but she’s got the World’s Greatest Ally title locked down.
She's never missed a Pride Alliance meeting. She knows more about queer media discourse than her very queer little sister. She even has two queer best friends. There's Gretchen, a fellow high school senior, who helps keep Imogen's biases in check. And then there's Lili—newly out and newly thriving with a cool new…
Yes, this book has faeries and magic and a hot enemies-to-lovers romance. But the thing that brings A Court of Mist and Fury from a sexy fantasy adventure to a book I keep thinking about despite having closed its pages is the way Maas includes Feyre’s struggles with depression.
I haven’t seen another fantasy series make learning to overcome the trauma the main character experienced in book one an integral part of the emotional plotline in its sequel, encapsulated by this line Feyre says to Rhysand: “I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belong to you.”
'With bits of Buffy, Game Of Thrones and Outlander, this is a glorious series of total joy' - STYLIST _____________________________ Feyre survived Amarantha's clutches to return to the Spring Court - but at a steep cost. Though she now possesses the powers of the High Fae, her heart remains human, and it can't forget the terrible deeds she performed to save Tamlin's people.
Nor has Feyre forgotten her bargain with Rhysand, the mesmerising High Lord of the feared Night Court. As Feyre navigates his dark web of political games and tantalising promises,…
Meryl Wilsner crafts great characters with great
chemistry. Cleat Cute makes my top
three books of the year because it’s so much fun.
The central miscommunication
is gold. The joy I felt while reading about two people with very different understandings
of their relationship status reminded me of the start of my own relationship
with my now-husband, where I thought we’d gone on a date that my then-friend
thought was just a friendly outing with flirty potential.
When he asked me to
go on a date with him officially about six days later, as if we hadn’t already
been on one successful date, I said yes, and then said, “didn’t we already do
this?” It’s been a joke to us about when our relationship officially started
ever since.
A sapphic rivals-to-lovers rom com for fans of Ted Lasso and A League of Their Own
They're risking their hearts for a match worth winning.
Grace Henderson has been a star of the US Women's National Team since she was 16. But when she's side-lined with an injury at just 26, a bold new upstart, Phoebe Matthews, takes her spot. Phoebe is everything Grace isn't - a gregarious jokester who plays with a joy that Grace has lost somewhere along the way. The last thing Grace expects is to become friends-with-benefits with this class clown.
Teddy’s favorite place is Bottomrock Lake,
where lilypads edge the shore. She’s worked there as a lifeguard every summer,
including last year, when her twin sister Izzy waded into the lake for a
midnight swim and vanished. Izzy was an accomplished swimmer, so she couldn’t
possibly have drowned. And if she did somehow drown, where’s her body, and why
is her passport missing?
When Toby, the gorgeous jerk who was with Izzy
on the night she vanished, comes to Bottomrock to work as a lifeguard alongside
Teddy, she can’t help but be suspicious. How many of her sister’s secrets does
he hold? And how can Teddy unearth them—without falling for the boy who watched
her sister disappear?
When I asked him why he loved this book, he said, “Because the cows go click, clack, moo.” You can’t really argue with his logic. My son loves books that lend themselves to funny sound-making, to the point where when I’m reading to him, I sometimes feel like a sound effect machine, in the best of ways.
Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin’s Caldecott Honor–winning book is celebrating its twenty-year anniversary with a brand-new edition featuring bonus content!
It was the typewriter heard ‘round the world. When Farmer Brown’s cows began leaving him notes, that’s when his troubles started—and the animals’ fun commenced! Celebrate twenty years of barnyard shenanigans with this special anniversary edition of the story that started it all, Click, Clack, Moo—now with a bonus poster in the inside cover!
