Self-Made Boys by Anna-Marie McLemore
A queer retelling of The Great Gatsby? By THEE Anna-Marie McLemore? Sign me right up! I’ll admit the last time I read the source material I was in high school, and aside from a few...
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DNF Round-Up #2
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Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah
Calling for a Blanket Dance follows the timeline of Ever Geimausaddle’s life, told in vignettes from the perspectives of his family members. It’s a story about identity, families, and community, and how Ever grows into...
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Foster by Claire Keegan
Foster is a novella about a child’s summer spent with distant relatives. The child, one of her parents’ many children living in poverty, is enamored by the comfortable life the Kinsellas lead – and the...
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Harry Sylvester Bird by Chinelo Okparanta
Harry Sylvester Bird is a satire about a young white man who thinks he is transracial (Black). He finds his parents’ overt racism to be embarrassing, and when he leaves them for college and starts...
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Graphic Novel Round-Up #2
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The Various Stages of a Garden Well-Kept by Robert R. Davis
The Various Stages of a Garden Well-Kept is a family saga that spans nearly 100 years, from a grandmother’s life in Greece to her grandchildrens’ escapades in Akron, Ohio. Playing with form throughout, it’s apparently...
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Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler
At first glance, Home Field Advantage is the age-old love story of a high school cheerleader and the football quarterback…except it’s sapphic! Jack, the football team’s new quarterback, has just moved to town to replace...
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Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Carrie Soto Is Back focuses on the return of tennis great Carrie Soto to the sport. With her father acting as her coach and a hitter whose reputation precedes him, she is determined to reclaim...
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Just by Looking at Him by Ryan O’Connell
A prospective reader will know from the first sentence of Just by Looking at Him whether or not this will be a read for them – I honestly can’t say I’ve read another book that...
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