Calling All Diverse Titles

This is a calling out for you (through the deep pacific blue), any and all readers, bloggers and writers out there - I have an urgent matter. I need more diverse titles! I've noticed a serious lack of representation in most of the books on my TBR at the moment, and I need to change that. As a bisexual woman, I know how important it is for representation of all creeds, cultures, sexualities, races, etc. So I'm asking you guys, to help me on my quest to read more diversely, and recommend me diverse, LGBTQIA+  and #ownvoices titles that you loved, that you think I'd love and that you just think everyone needs to read.

Note to Self by Connor Franta

Note to Self by Connor Franta

In his New York Times bestselling memoir, A Work In Progress, Connor Franta shared his journey from small-town Midwestern boy to full-fledged Internet sensation. Exploring his past with humour and astounding insight, Connor reminded his fans of why they first fell in love with him on YouTube - and revealed to newcomers how he relates to his millions of dedicated followers. Now, two years later, Connor is ready to bring to light a side of himself he's rarely shown on or off camera. In this diary - like a look at his life since A Work In Progress, Connor talks about his battles with clinical depression, social anxiety, self-love and acceptance; his desire to maintain an authentic self in a world that values shares and likes over true connections; his struggles with love and loss; and his renewed efforts to be in the moment - with others and himself. Told through short essays, letters to his past and future selves, poetry and original photography, Note to Self is a raw, in-the-moment look at the fascinating interior life of a young creator turning inward in order to move forward.

They'll Take On The World - My Favourite Female Friendships in YA

Hiya. I've just come here straight after finishing Beautiful Broken Things by Sara Barnard, it was a book I had many thoughts on, and you can check out my goodreads review of it here. I wanted to do a post dedicated to this book, but mostly dedicated to the fact that it was, in it's entirety, based upon female friendships. Funnily enough, it's not something that I come across often in YA fiction, and considering my very nearly 20 years of life on this planet have been filled with female friendships, and hardly any romance, it's shocking that it's taken me this long to find a book about the ups, downs and raw emotion behind teenage friendships. So, here I am: writing a post dedicated to Beautiful Broken Things, about my favourite female friendships in YA.

The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

Seventeen-year-old Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love. No matter how many times her twin sister, Cassie, tells her to woman up, Molly can't stomach the idea of rejection. Fat girls always have to be careful. Then a cute new girl enters Cassie's orbit and for the first time ever, Molly's cynical twin is a lovesick mess. Meanwhile, Molly's totally not dying of loneliness - except for the part where she is. Luckily, Cassie's new girlfriend comes with a cute hipster-boy sidekick. If Molly can win him over, she'll get her first kiss and she'll get her twin back. There's only one problem: Molly's coworker, Reid. He's a chubby Tolkien superfan with a season pass to the Ren Faire, and there's absolutely no way Molly could fall for him. Right?

The Concert Tag (Because Gigs Are All I Do)

I think I'm just going to skip past the whole 'long time no blog' spiel and get right down into the nitty gritty. A friend (or bro) of mine, Aimee (blog and youtube extraordinaire) recently did The Concert Tag on her youtube channel, and although I wasn't tagged I still REALLY wanted to do this. Because I love gigs, and I thought the questions had some interesting answers.