June was a very busy month for me! I had a family wedding, my finals for uni, and my last exam for the semester all rolled into the first half of the month! I started seriously reading after June 17th, and managed to read three books - less than I would have liked, however I have all of July off of uni, so hopefully I'll get a decent amount of reading done around the release of Stranger Things Season 3, and the drop of all seasons of Glee on Netflix. Just when I thought I'd have a productive holiday......
This month was pride month (in case you'd missed that small fact), so I endeavoured to only read queer books! Not too different from the norm for me, to be honest, but it was a conscious decision I made when choosing books to read this month. Let's dive in! Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuinston was technically a reread, but I bought the audiobook when my physical copy arrived so I could read them together. Since reading an ARC back in May via Netgalley, RWRB has become my new favourite book. I've almost exclusively been listening to the Spotify playlist because it just makes the feels flood right back in. The romance between Alex and Henry is endearing and sweet and real. Every time I think about the story, I want to pick it back up and read it all over again; hence why I've read it twice since May. Six stars out of five. New favourite book. New hyper-fixation / obsession. Will You Still Love Me if I Love Her? by Elfie is a poetry chapbook I stumbled across on Twitter a few months ago. I caved and bought it on Amazon, dropped a bath bomb into my bath and flew through it in one sitting. These poems explore the dichotomy between religion and sexuality, and how the two can sit hand-in-hand, as well as general personal experiences and hardships associated with having a queer identity. Four stars for a stunning and deeply personal read! Jilda's Ark by Verity Croker is an Australian YA novel that I received a free eARC of, in exchange for a review. Marketed as a story about family, self-discovery and environmental refugees, with a queer protagonist, I was excited to jump in and explore the story. However, I found the pacing of the book to be very odd, and the plot left me with alot of questions with no answers. The queer plotline seemed to have been thrown in for the sake of it, with no real purpose. What could have been a fun story about discovering your identity and the importance of family was lost in a confusing plot and strange setting. Two stars. That was
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