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lgbtqreads · 3 months

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Happy Black History Month 2024!

Happy Black History Month! Like the other eleven months, it’s an excellent time to buy queer books by Black authors! For even more recs, check out previous years’ posts! Books to Read Now Alex Wise vs. the End of the World by Terry J. Benton-Walker Alex Wise feels like his world is ending. His best friend, Loren, is leaving town for the summer, his former friend and maybe sort of crush Sky hasn’t…

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bookaddict24-7 · 7 months

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New Young Adult Releases! (October 3rd, 2023)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Standalones/First in a Series:

The Voice Upstairs by Laura E. Weymouth

Kween by Vichet Chum

Up in Flames by Hailey Alcaraz

Beholder by Ryan La Sala

Love in Wonderland by Abiola Bello

And Don't Look Back by Rebecca Barrow

The Homecoming War by Addie Woolridge

The Scarlet Alchemist by Kylie Lee Baker

Curious Tides by Pascale Lacelle

Plan A by Deb Caletti

The Forest Demands Its Due by Kosoko Jackson

When Ghosts Call Us Home by Katya de Becerra

Eight Dates and Nights by Betsy Aldredge

The Blackwoods by Brandy Colbert

A Twisted Tale Anthology by Various

The Spells We Cast by Jason June

How to Get Over the End of the World by Hal Schrieve

Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy by Faith Erin Hicks

Night of the Witch by Sara Raasch & Beth Revis

Before the Devil Knows You're Here by Autumn Krause

All the Things We Never Said by Yasmin Rahman

Salt the Water by Candice Iloh

The Lotus Flower Champion by Pintip Dunn & Love Dunn

The Glass Scientists: Volume 1 by S.H. Cotugno & Sabrina Cotugno

New Sequels:

Silence & Shadows (Blood & Moonline #2) by Erin Beaty

Prince of Thorns & Nightmares (Princes #2) by Linsey Miller

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Happy reading!

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the-final-sentence · 1 year

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Now is all that matters.

Kosoko Jackson, from The Forest Demands Its Due

#Kosoko Jackson #The Forest Demands Its Due

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haveyoureadthisqueerbook · 20 days

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#i'm so not over you #kosoko jackson

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aurorawest · 10 months

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Reading update, part 1

Paris Daillencourt is About to Crumble by Alexis Hall - 4/5 stars

The problem with this book was that I liked Paris and Tariq, but god, it was rough to read. I also felt—and I'm going to be honest, this is an issue I've been noticing increasingly with Hall's newer novels—a little like I was reading like, the Perfect And Unproblematic Way To Date. There's this sort of preachy, social media I-don't-know-who-needs-to-hear-this quality to a lot of the dialogue. It was also just hard to read at times. But I still rated it 4 stars, so I guess I didn't hate it.

Rattlesnake by Kim Fielding - 5/5 stars

This book is about a drifter who ends up in a town because a hitchhiker dies in his car (sounds grimmer than it is!), and the hitchhiker was trying to get to said town to see his estranged son. If you said to yourself, I bet the drifter falls in love with the estranged son, you would be exactly right. This book was so poignant and sad, so the HEA was amazing.

Gold Wings Rising by Alex London - 5/5 stars

This is the last book of The Skybound Saga and it was an excellent ending.

Heart of the Steal by Avon Gale and Roan Parrish - 3.75/5 stars

I told a friend the other day that I would die for Roan Parrish, but I should have told her not to pick up this book. It wasn't awful, but...it wasn't great, either.

Rag and Bone by KJ Charles - 4/5 stars

The Reanimator's Heart by Kara Jorgensen - 4/5 stars

The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley - 5/5 stars

Look. Guys. I've raved about every Natasha Pulley book I've read, yeah? And this is no exception. I need you all to read this. Like, I'm not sure you're all taking me seriously out there. But if you read anything I've recommended, it needs to be Natasha Pulley's books. I can only rate up to 5 stars on Storygraph, so yeah, maybe it looks like I loved this book the same as I loved Rattlesnake by Kim Fielding. No. This book lives in my heart and my mind. This book is part of my soul. All of her books are. I love and hate her for A) making me feel SO MUCH and B) being a better writer than I will ever be.

I know I've said nothing about the book, but like. You just have to trust me. Read her books.

Oh yeah, this one is about a nuclear disaster in the USSR that was covered up for decades.

You & Me by Tal Bauer - 4.5/5 stars

Teddy Spenser Isn't Looking for Love by Kim Fielding - 3.25/5 stars

Man, I wanted to like this one? It felt really phoned in, though. The characters all felt very surface level.

The Whispering Dark by Kelly Andrew - 4/5 stars

Subtle Blood by KJ Charles - 5/5 stars

How did this series just keep getting better? I'm so bummed that this was the last in the trilogy, because I totally could keep reading about Will and Kim and their adventures.

Firestarter by Tara Sim - 5/5 stars

Also the last in a trilogy, and also a worthy wrap-up.

The Mayor and the Mystery Man by AJ Truman - 4.25/5 stars

Fence, Vol 5: Rise by CS Pacat with Johanna the Mad - 5/5 stars

Cattle Stop by Kit Oliver - 5/5 stars

AHHHHHHHHHH. God. This book! Looks like a romcom but will stab you in the heart repeatedly. Oliver has a gorgeous way with words and captures the dynamic between two people who have no idea how to talk to each other so well. There's something the dialogue in Oliver's books that just speaks to me.

Rookie Move by Riley Hart and Neve Wilder - 2.75/5 stars

Boyfriend Goals by Riley Hart - DNF

Please note here that it seems like I don't like Riley Hart's writing. Unfortunately I still have like 3 of her books in my TBR pile.

The Gentleman's Book of Vices by Jess Everlee - 4.75/5 stars

Even Though I Knew the End by CL Polk - 4.5/5 stars

I feel a little meh about this one, despite the rating I gave it. Like, the world was cool, the writing was excellent. I've seen this book hyped so much, though, and it was like...yeah it was fine. Definitely the best over-hyped Sapphic book I've read lately, so there's that.

Nothing Like Paris by Amy Jo Cousins - 4.5/5 stars

Necropolis by Jordan L Hawk - 4.25/5 stars

Roommate Arrangement by Saxon James - DNF

The Place Between by Kit Oliver - 5/5 stars

Yeah this Kit Oliver book was really good too. It's about academics instead of farmers but it will still stab you in the heart a bunch of times. Oh and it's fake dating.

A Dash of Salt and Pepper by Kosoko Jackson - DNF

I didn't love Kosoko Jackson's debut—there were waaaaay too many pop culture references, many of which I didn't understand, but even when I did, I found it obnoxious. But it was readable. This was...not. I hated the main character so much, and I barely even met the love interest, but I didn't like him, either.

Level Hands by Amy Jo Cousins - 4.25/5 stars

The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal by KJ Charles - 4.25/5 stars

How to Bite Your Neighbor and Win a Wager by DN Bryn - 5/5 stars

I looooooved this book, omg. I'm not really a vampire person, but this was so cute. I guess it was kind of cozy fantasy? Sort of? With a backdrop of homelessness, medical experimentation, and bereavement.

Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo - 1/5 stars

Catch me never reading a Leigh Bardugo novel again. Oof. This woman wrote Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom? I wasn't too impressed by King of Scars but that was better than this, even though the Crows actually appear in this book.

The Barkeep and the Bro by AJ Truman - 3/5 stars

Heartbreak Boys by Simon James Green - 4.5/5 stars

I don't usually laugh out loud when I read, but this book made me cackle. Obnoxious self-referential bit aside (yeah Simon James Green, I did catch you slipping a reference to your previous book into this one), this was very cute and very funny. I even got my wife to read this, despite her dislike of romance and YA, and she liked it!

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redxluna · 1 year

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2023 books ∞ a dash of salt and pepper, by kosoko jackson

#2023 books #a dash of salt and pepper #kosoko jackson #food #because restaurant stories my beloveds

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cupofteajones · 2 years

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Follow Your Heart: 10 "Persuasion" Charming Retellings That Won't Disappoint

Follow Your Heart: 10 “Persuasion” Charming Retellings That Won’t Disappoint

Yes, I watched the recent Persuasion adaptation, and sorry, it was not a 10 for me. I am all for remixing classics for modern audiences. For classics to remain timeless, they must evolve and be relatable to modern society. However, that is what this adaptation failed to do. It worked too hard on making Persuasion relatable to a 2022 audience that the film forgot to capture the theme and essence…

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greeneteens · 2 years

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#Thursday July 21 #freeaudiobooks #SYNC #Kosoko Jackson #Yesterday is History #Sarena Nanua #Sasha Nanua #Sisters of the Snake #teens #summer2022 #SGCL

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ladzwriting · 7 months

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Author to Author with Kosoko Jackson (The Forest Demands Its Due)

Happy release week to Kosoko and his first horror young adult novel, The Forest Demands Its Due. Douglas Jones is offered an opportunity of a lifetime after an accidental fire evicts him and his mother from their home, but there’s a catch: he must undo the curse haunting the prestigious Regent Academy. This is a part horror, part dark fantasy, part dark academia where the academy is the horror…

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#advice #crafting #dark academia #Harper Collins #horror #Interactions #interview #Kosoko Jackson #young adult

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lgbtqreads · 9 months

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Inside an Anthology: Night of the Living Queers ed. by Alex Brown and Shelly Page

Today on the site we’re doing a dive into Night of the Living Queers, an all-queer Horror anthology edited by Alex Brown and Shelly Page and releasing August 29th from Wednesday Books! Not only is this collection super queer, but the lineup is entirely comprised of authors of color, providing fresh perspectives for an anthology that is not to be missed! Here’s the official description: Night of…

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#Alex Brown #Anthology #Ayida Shonibar #Kosoko Jackson #Maya Gittelman #Night of the Living Queers #Rebecca Wells #Sara Farizan #Shelly Page #Wednesday Books

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jolieeason · 8 months

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Night of the Living Queers: 13 Tales of Terror Delight by Shelly Page, Alex Brown, Ryan Douglass, Kalynn Bayron, Sara Farizan, Kosoko Jackson, Tara Sim, Rebecca Kim Wells, Trang Thanh Tran, Vanessa Montalban, Em X. Liu, Maya Gittelman, Ayida Shonibar

Publisher: St. Martin’s Press, Wednesday Books Date of publication: August 29th, 2023 Genre: Horror, Young Adult, Short Stories, Anthologies, LGBT, Queer, Fantasy, Paranormal, Fiction, Lesbian Purchase Links: Kindle | B&N | AbeBooks | WorldCat Goodreads Synopsis: Night of the Living Queers is a YA horror anthology that explores a night when anything is possible exclusively featuring queer…

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the-final-sentence · 1 year

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On the other side.

Kosoko Jackson, from “Rocky Road with Caramel Drizzle”

#Rocky Road with Caramel Drizzle #Kosoko Jackson

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desdasiwrites · 10 months

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– Kosoko Jackson, Survive the Dome

#book quote of the day #Kosoko Jackson #survive the dome #dystopia #ya #social justice #racism #lgbtqia+ literature #realistic dystopia #achillean romance #book quotes

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aurorawest · 2 years

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I haven’t done a reading update for a while!

Good book—reminiscent of A Marvellous Light. Author clearly has a size kink lol.

This was a conclusion to a trilogy and I really loved it! It was a murder mystery, and I always enjoy lighthearted mysteries set in the ancient world.

YA space adventure novel. I enjoyed it. This book definitely had the YA problem of like...I don’t really buy that these teenagers could pull all this off, but they are at least written like teens in other respects, and they were likable.

I didn’t expect to enjoy this as much as TJ Klune’s adult fiction, but...I expected to enjoy it more than I did. TJ Klune is very good at writing in a teenage voice which I think was part of the problem. I repeatedly found myself cringing because the main character reminded me so much of myself at 15. It was too well done haha. I’ll probably read the other two though, because it was cute and well written.

Actually a really interesting dystopian novel about a world where everyone is cloned, and you only live until you’re 30. The plot is about a clone who has just turned 30, and when you turn 30 you basically age 1 year every day, then you go to die. He meets a man at a coffeeshop and of course the scales fall from his eyes and he learns The Truth.

Man I wanted to like this book more than I did. I loved the romance and the characters, but I kind of hated the writing style? There were way too many pop culture allusions and references, and they were often just awkward.

I liked this one a lot, despite the extremely contrived set-up, haha (seriously you guys, a divorce involves more than sending in some paperwork). It was a really sweet story and I love romance novels with more mature characters. I also really loved that it featured a queer couple that wanted to live in the suburbs, and the acknowledgement that not all queer people want to be in the city all the time and clubbing, because some of us are introverts and like quiet.

Oh man, this book was SO YA. Like...the YAest YA that ever YAed. I liked it, and I might pick up the sequel, but like...so YA. It was published in 2013, so clearly part of the Dytopian YA fiction wave. But it had an interesting premise, and I liked the two central characters.

AHHHHHHHHH omg this book was so good. I loved The Queer Principles of Kit Webb, which is Cat Sebastian’s biggest title, but I actually liked this one more. It’s post WWII and that’s just not a period I read a lot of? It especially doesn’t seem prominent with MLM romances. But I loved that setting. And I LOVED the two main characters, they were so good. It was my favorite romance dynamic, too, haha.

One of the mains has PTSD (never called that as the term didn’t exist). Considering how short this book is, the mental health stuff was really well done. I just really loved it. I ordered the second one in the series and can’t wait to read it.

Did not get what I expected from this book based on the cover (which is incredibly cheesy). This was a very sweet novella set in a dystopian future (lol yes I just called a dystopian novel “sweet”). The premise is that an algorithm chooses the best genetic match for people to marry. There are two districts in the city, one that gets all these tax breaks, and the Taxable District which is essentially a slum, but they have the freedom to live their lives the way they want to. The main character (who’s one of the well-off people) meets a man from the Taxable District, realizes he’s gay, and then takes control of his life to be with this guy. It was quite lovely.

Just started reading this, and I love it already. I loved Boyfriend Material but I wasn’t sure if Alexis Hall could do period romance. He can! This book is really funny.

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books-to-add-to-your-tbr · 1 year

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Title: Yesterday is History

Author: Kosoko Jackson

Series or standalone: standalone

Publication year: 2021

Genres: fiction, LGBT+, romance, science fiction, contemporary, historical fiction, fantasy

Blurb: Weeks ago, Andre Cobb received a much-needed liver transplant. He’s ready for his life to finally begin...until one night, when he passes out and wakes up somewhere totally unexpected: 1969, where he connects with a magnetic boy named Michael. Just as suddenly as he arrived, he slips back to present-day Boston, where the family of his donor is waiting to explain that his new liver came with a side effect: the ability to time travel. They’ve tasked their youngest son Blake with teaching Andre how to use his unexpected new gift. Andre splits his time bouncing between the past and future, between Michael and Blake. Michael is everything Andre wishes he could be...and Blake, still reeling from the death of his brother - Andre’s donor - keeps him at arm’s length, despite their obvious attraction to each other. Torn between two boys, one in the past and one in the present, Andre has to figure out where he belongs - and, more importantly, who he wants to be - before the consequences of jumping in time catch up to him and change his future for good.

#yesterday is history #kosoko jackson #standalone #2021 #fiction #lgbt #romance #science fiction #contemporary #historical fiction #fantasy

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booksteacupandreviews · 1 year

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A Dash of Salt and Pepper by Kosoko Jackson - M/M small town romance

heartwarming and fun with M/M small town romance ⭐⭐⭐⭐ #MMromance # smalltownromance #foodieromace #ADashofSaltandPepper by @KosokoJackson #BookTwitter Thanks @BerkleyRomance for eARC via #NetGalley Full #BookReview ⬇️

A Dash of Salt and Pepper is heartwarming and fun with M/M small town romance. It wasn’t the best romance I read but I recommend this if you are fan of this genre. A Dash of Salt and Pepper by Kosoko Jackson Publication Date : December 6, 2022 Publisher : Berkley Books Read Date : December 5, 2022 Genre : Romance Pages : 384 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. Tea for this book : Indian…

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