One of my first attempts at vlogging my reading was during the Spring Into Reading-a-Thon. During this 10-day reading challenge, I set and complete reading goals, read from various different genres, and documented my life along the way. Read-a-Thons are such a fun & motivating way to participate in the bookish community, and I had such a good time participating in this one!
Books Mentioned
Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales
Will Tavares is the dream summer fling ā he’s fun, affectionate, kind ā but just when Ollie thinks he’s found his Happily Ever After, summer vacation ends and Will stops texting Ollie back. Now Ollie is one prince short of his fairy tale ending, and to complicate the fairy tale further, a family emergency sees Ollie uprooted and enrolled at a new school across the country. Which he minds a little less when he realizes it’s the same school Will goes to… except Ollie finds that the sweet, comfortably queer guy he knew from summer isn’t the same one attending Collinswood High. This Will is a class clown, closeted ā and, to be honest, a bit of a jerk.
The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic
Neil Josten is the newest addition to the Palmetto State University Exy team. He’s short, he’s fast, he’s got a ton of potentialāand he’s the runaway son of the murderous crime lord known as The Butcher. Signing a contract with the PSU Foxes is the last thing a guy like Neil should do. The team is high profile and he doesn’t need sports crews broadcasting pictures of his face around the nation. His lies will hold up only so long under this kind of scrutiny and the truth will get him killed. But Neil’s not the only one with secrets on the team. One of Neil’s new teammates is a friend from his old life, and Neil can’t walk away from him a second time. Neil has survived the last eight years by running. Maybe he’s finally found someone and something worth fighting for.
The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper
As a successful social media journalist with half a million followers, seventeen-year-old Cal is used to sharing his life online. But when his pilot father is selected for a highly publicized NASA mission to Mars, Cal and his family relocate from Brooklyn to Houston and are thrust into a media circus. Amidst the chaos, Cal meets sensitive and mysterious Leon, another āAstrokid,ā and finds himself falling head over heelsāfast. As the frenzy around the mission grows, so does their connection. But when secrets about the program are uncovered, Cal must find a way to reveal the truth without hurting the people who have become most important to him.
Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire
When Jack left Eleanor West’s School for Wayward Children she was carrying the body of her deliciously deranged sisterāwhom she had recently murdered in a fit of righteous justiceāback to their home on the Moors. But death in their adopted world isn’t always as permanent as it is here, and when Jack is herself carried back into the school, it becomes clear that something has happened to her. Something terrible. Something of which only the maddest of scientists could conceive. Something only her friends are equipped to help her overcome. Eleanor West’s “No Quests” rule is about to be broken. Again.
The June Boys by Court Stevens
The Gemini Thief is a serial kidnapper, who takes three boys and holds them captive from June 1st to June 30th of the following year. The June Boys endure thirteen months of being stolen, hidden, observed, and fed before they are released, unharmed, by their masked captor. The Thief is a pro, having eluded authorities for nearly a decade. Now Thea Delacroix has reason to believe the Gemini Thief took a thirteenth victim: her cousin, Aulus McClaghen. But the game changes when one of the kidnapped boys turns up dead. Thea is determined to find the Gemini Thief and the remaining boys before itās too late. Only sheās beginning to wonder something sinister, something repulsive, something unbelievable, and yet, not impossible: What if her father is the Gemini Thief?
If I’m Being Honest by Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegmund-Broka
Cameron Bright is queen bee at her private L.A. high schoolāsheās beautiful, talented, and notorious for her cutting and brutal honesty. So when she puts her foot in her mouth in front of her crush, Andrew, she fears she may have lost him for good. In an attempt to win him over, Cameron resolves to ātameā herself, much like Katherine in Shakespeareās The Taming of the Shrew. First, sheāll have to make amends with those sheās wronged, which leads her to Brendan, the guy she labelled with an unfortunate nickname back in the sixth grade. At first, Brendan isnāt all that receptive to Cameronās ploy. But slowly, he warms up to her. Now if only Andrew would noticeā¦ But the closer Cameron gets to Brendan, the more she sees he appreciates her personalityāhonesty and all.
Two Dark Reigns by Kendare Blake
Queen Katharine has waited her entire life to wear the crown. But now that she finally has it, the murmurs of dissent grow louder by the day. Thereās also the issue of whether or not her sisters are actually deadāor if theyāre waiting in the wings to usurp the throne. Mirabella and Arsinoe are alive, but in hiding and dealing with a nightmare of their own: being visited repeatedly by a specter they think might be the fabled Blue Queen. Though she says nothing, her rotting, bony finger pointing out to sea is clear enough: return to Fennbirn. Jules, too, is in a strange placeāin disguise. And her only confidants, a war-gifted girl named Emilia and her oracle friend Mathilde, are urging her to take on a role she canāt imagine filling: a legion-cursed queen who will lead a rebel army to Katharineās doorstep.
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