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Happy Lesbian Visibility Day 2024!

Happy Lesbian Visibility Day 2024! We’re celebrating with these lesbian protagonists, and you can too! For more recs, check out past years’ posts!  Young Adult We Got the Beat by Jenna Miller Jordan Elliott is a fat, nerdy lesbian, and the first junior to be named editor in chief of the school newspaper. Okay, that last part hasn’t happened yet, but it will. It’s positive thinking that has gotten…

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[just-a-girl-who-likes-sharks]

I am unwell after this…

And I’m like… so gay

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[todaysgenderistherevengecrew]

Just finished If Tomorrow Doesn't Come and I feel hollow what am I supposed to do with my life now??? How am I supposed to go on after reading a book about a girl finding reasons to live at the end of the world HOW CAN YOU DO THIS TO ME

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[shxpeshifterr]

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[libraryleopard]

just finished if tomorrow doesn't come by jen st. jude and i'm not okay

#stunning book. i am devastated! #this is in fact the only way i can communicate my feelings about it sorry #if tomorrow doesn't come #jen st. jude #books #lulu speaks #lulu reads #lulu reads if tomorrow doesn't come

[the-erie-tea-blog]

I recently read this book and y’all… it was amazing. It broke me, in a good way. Lifts you up, tears you down, and makes you want tomorrow. I quite literally sobbed after I finished reading it.

It’s also gay and soft. It’s also apocalyptic.

But uh, don’t read it if you’re sad, TWs in the tags. (But also, I’m sad, and at 31 years old it’s inspiring me to actually seek therapy so do with that what you must)

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[desdasiwrites]

– Jen St. Jude, If Tomorrow Doesn't Come

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[fantasticbookdragon]

The Write Reads Blog Tour: If Tomorrow Doesn't Come by Jen St. Jude

Author: Jen St. Jude Genre: YA Fantasy Published by: Penguin Books Publication date: 11/05/23 Pages: 416 My rating: ★★★★★ I received a free review copy from The Write Reads in exchange for an honest review. Continue reading Untitled

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[malerek]

If Tomorrow Doesn't Come | Book Spotlight

✨ IF TOMORROW DOESN'T COME | BOOK SPOTLIGHT �� The debut novel by Jen St. Jude is about queer love and mental health at the end of world. #BookBlogger # Booktwt #BookSpotlight #IfTomorrowDoesntCome #JenStJude @WriteReadsTours

Title: If Tomorrow Doesn’t ComeAuthor: Jen St. JudeGenre: Young Adult | Sci-Fi | Romance | LGBT Trigger Warnings: Suicide ideation | Depression Release Date: May 9th, 2023 We Are Okay meets They Both Die at the End in this YA debut about queer first love and mental health at the end of the world — and the importance of saving yourself, no matter what tomorrow may hold.Avery Byrne has secrets.…

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If Tomorrow Doesn't Come: #bookreview

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If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come by Jen St. Jude is set on the campus of Eaton College and Kilkenny, New Hampshire. Since an asteroid will be approaching in nine days, everyone is trying to get somewhere before the world ends. The actual Kilkenny, New Hampshire doesn’t have any inhabitants so it might be the best place to be in the case of a real cataclysmic event. It seems as good of a place as…

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[whatimdoing-here]

All my life I'd been telling people I loved them. I'd been so careful with those three words, careful to say them too much, too, to mean them. But maybe it wasn't those three words that even mattered at all; maybe it was the 'because' that was the important part, the real part. I'd been leaving that part unspoken, assuming people knew why or how I loved them, but how could they ever know?

If Tomorrow Doesn't Come by Jen St. Jude

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[lgbtqreads]

New Release Spotlight: If Tomorrow Doesn't Come by Jen St. Jude

If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come by Jen St. Jude is billed as being for fans of We Are Okay and They Both Die at the End, and those are both absolutely correct. I would also add We Are the Ants, All That’s Left in the World, and especially The Last True Poets of the Sea, and I am also correct! The point is that if you love absolutely gorgeous writing, thoughtful mental health rep, and nuanced meditations…

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[astralbooks]

If Tomorrow Doesn't Come by Jen St. Jude

Read: 20/04/2023 - 21/04/2023

Rating: 5/5

Rep: lesbian main character with clinical depression, biracial (Mexican & Indian) lesbian love interest, f/f relationship, ace Nigerian Muslim side character, gay Latino side character

CW: depiction of clinical depression, suicidal thoughts & near attempt, past suicide of a family member, strong theme of impending death, homophobia based in religion including from parents and authority figures, home invasion, gun usage, referenced violence & murder, underage drinking

Review:

Avery is moments away from drowning herself when she’s interrupted by the sound of alarms and a phone call from her best friend telling her about the asteroid that’s headed for Earth. They have nine days until it hits the planet and there’s nothing that anybody can do to stop it. With the knowledge that the world is ending in less than two weeks, Avery abandons her suicide attempt, instead going home to be with her family and best friend who she’s secretly in love with.

I felt this book deep in my soul. It technically took me two days to read this, but that’s only because I made the mistake of reading the first chapter just before I had to go to bed. All my plans for the next day were thrown out of the window as I read all of this instead. It sucked me in and tore up my heart and then I was finished and somehow had to cope with that. I’m not someone who usually remembers their dreams, but this book invaded my dreams the night after I read it and I woke up confused about which reality I was living in. Even now the dream hasn’t entirely faded from my memory. This book has left a deep impression on me and I’m going to be thinking about it for a long time. I’m definitely planning on keeping up with anything St. Jude releases going forwards, because if this is their debut then we simply aren’t ready for what they’re going to do next.

In many stories of humanity at the end of the world, people are shown to be at their worst. They’re shown to prioritise their own survival over everybody else’s and they don’t care who they hurt so long as they themselves are okay. And there are people like that in this book, but they’re not the people we spend the most time with. The core cast of characters go in the complete opposite direction and instead we see humanity at its best. We see people helping out strangers and acquaintances without asking for anything in return, simply because it’s the right thing to do. We see people who love each other, deeply and fiercely, who come together and work together to try to survive, or to at least enjoy the time they have left with each other. Even when time is running out there is still room for joy and this book captured that so well.

Avery, the main character, is going to stick with me. The knowledge that everyone is going to be dead or left in a position where survival isn’t likely in nine days doesn’t make her depression go away, but over the course of the book she starts to see beauty in the world again. It’s nothing short of tragic that it wasn’t until the world was ending that she began to want to live. She grows so much over the course of the book and her thoughts over the last few pages filled me with hope and just a little despair. I love her and I want good things for her.

This book jumps around in time, with chapters alternating between the present day, with its countdown to the end, and significant events in Avery’s life before. These two different timelines being presented concurrently might not suit everybody but it really suited me, and when each chapter takes place is clearly labelled so it isn’t confusing. 

The romance was lovely! It hit all the right notes, with them coming together at what I felt were the perfect points in the book. I especially appreciated the direction their relationship took nearer the end. It’s difficult to talk about it without spoiling it, but I liked that even though their time together was running out they both still made their own choices, and they didn’t hold anything against each other.

I’m going to fistfight Avery’s parents and one of her professors. Less so the parents, because even if it did take the end of the world for them to realise that their approach to certain things hadn’t been great, they did get there and they did apologise. Avery’s professor, however, never seems to grasp what he did wrong. But even when faced with the end of the world not everyone is going to properly reflect or apologise to the people they’ve hurt. It made sense that this guy didn’t. If anything, it’s yet another point in this book’s favour that this relatively minor side character has managed to get such a strong reaction out of me! I’m still gonna fight him though. 

This book is a new favourite for sure. If you can handle stories with strong themes of suicide and impending death then I cannot recommend it highly enough.

Thank you to Penguin Books for sending this arc out, and also to the random stranger who donated it allowing me to get my hands on it!

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[aerithisms]

nothing like a good ugly cry over a book on a friday night

#blahs #i read if tomorrow doesn't come by jen st jude and PHEW. it really touched me #was a weird case of a book where i did have a few issues while reading it but in the end i don't really care?? #what it got right was so good

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[paperbacktomes]

Ultimate Tour | If Tomorrow Doesn't Come by Jen St. Jude Book Review

Hey guys, today is my stop for If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come- a captivating debut that explores the depths of depression, hope, and the power of self-discovery. Thanks for @The_WriteReads gang for this wonderful tour! #sapphicbooks #iftomorrowdoesntcome

Hey guys! What would you take with you if the world is ending in 9 days? I can’t decide. There are too many things I’d want to and can’t take. What’d you do? This book left me with a good message this weekend. I’m so happy to have stumbled upon it. So if you’re looking for an emotional read, you can pick this one. If you’re struggling with anything mentioned in the story and want to talk to…

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