Categorie: queer literature
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This is where we talk things out
Review: This novelette gives off serious ‘Norman Bates meets Annie Wilkes’ vibes, and I didn’t know I needed that! Am I glad I decided to take part in the read along hosted by @theindiehorrorbookclub on instagram. This story is hair-raising. Make sure you read the trigger warnings at the end of the book! Among them…
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Young Mungo
Synopsis: Born under different stars, Protestant Mungo and Catholic James live in a hyper-masculine world. They are caught between two of Glasgow’s housing estates where young working-class men divide themselves along sectarian lines, and fight territorial battles for the sake of reputation. They should be sworn enemies if they’re to be seen as men at…
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More happy than not, Deluxe Edition (read along)
Synopsis: (according to author’s website) In the months after his father’s suicide, it’s been tough for sixteen-year-old Aaron Soto to find happiness again—but he’s still gunning for it. With the support of his girlfriend Genevieve and his overworked mom, he’s slowly remembering what that might feel like. But grief and the smile-shaped scar on his…
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The Sky Blues
Synopsis: Sky’s small town turns absolutely claustrophobic when his secret promposal plans get leaked to the entire school in this witty, “earnest, heartfelt” (Becky Albertalli, New York Timesbestselling author), and ultimately hopeful debut novel for fans of What if it’s Us? and To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. Sky Baker may be openly gay, but in his small,…
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Shuggie Bain
Synopsis: Winner of ‘Book of the Year’ at the British Book Awards 2021Winner of ‘Debut of the Year’ at the British Book Awards 2021 ‘A heartbreaking novel’ The Times‘An amazingly intimate, compassionate, gripping portrait of addiction, courage and love.’ The judges of the Booker Prize‘Tender and unsentimental . . . The Billy Elliot-ish character of Shuggie…
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The Prophets
Synopsis: A singular and stunning debut novel about the forbidden union between two enslaved young men on a Deep South plantation, the refuge they find in each other, and a betrayal that threatens their existence. Isaiah was Samuel’s and Samuel was Isaiah’s. That was the way it was since the beginning, and the way it…
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Disbanded Kingdom
Synopsis: Twenty-two-year-old Oscar is a lost cause. He roams central London, looking for love and distraction. But this isn’t quite Bright Lights, Big City: Oscar is gay but feels disconnected from London’s gay scene. He is naive and rootless, an emotionally stunted young man who lives in upscale Kensington with his foster mother, novelist Charlotte…
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Als de nacht valt
Korte inhoud: (volgens website uitgeverij) De nieuwe spannende YA-thriller van de auteur van 54 minuten. De jongeren die opgesloten zitten in een afgelegen jeugdinrichting met de ironische naam Hope voelen zich door iedereen in de steek gelaten. Als op een dag ineens alle bewakers verdwenen zijn, besluit een kleine groep van de gelegenheid gebruik te maken…
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Ancient Blood Book 1: Ancient
Blurb: (according to the author’s website) The most ancient of beings who has roamed the earth for countless centuries is ready to take to his slumber, to isolate himself and retreat from society. His nest begged him not to go, but he knew it was time.Fate stepped in, however, because before he could reach his…
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Address Book
Synopsis (according to publisher’s website): Address Book is the new work of fiction by the Costa-shortlisted author of Skin Lane. Neil Bartlett’s cycle of stories takes us to seven very different times and situations: from a new millennium civil partnership celebration to erotic obsession in a Victorian tenement, from a council-flat bedroom at the height…
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