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    Today I’m talking about If You Change Your Mind by Robby Weber. So I know for a fact I originally saw this on the readers who like x also like y bit on the big Jeff Bezos website but didn’t buy it. I ended up getting it from the queer bookshop that’s in Affleck’s in Manchester, simply because I was in Manchester for something and took a wander round. Our blurb says that sometimes love has its own script. Harry wants nothing more than to write Hollywood screenplays. The first step? Winning the screenwriting competition that will guarantee admission into the college of his dreams. With his priorities set, he’s determined to spend his summer free of distractions – also known as boys – and finish his script. After last year, Harry is certain love only exists in the movie anyway. But then the cause of his first heartbreak, Grant, returns with a secret that could change everything – not to mention, there’s a new boy in town, Logan, who is so charming and sweet, he’s making Ha...

  I found this book in Manchester, in the big queer bookshop in Affleck’s. I’d never heard of it, but it looked cute. And it’s Thanks a Lot, Universe by Chad Lucas since I haven’t specifically mentioned it. I can’t lie, the title does make me think of that one video of that little girl who’s really mad at her friend, Rachel, because her iPad won’t charge anymore. I think it’s just the phrase, “Thanks a lot”, followed by something. The blurb says that Brian has always been anxious, whether at home or in class or on the basketball court. His dad tries to get him to stand up for himself, and his mom helps as much as she can, but after he and his brother are placed into foster care, Brian starts having panic attacks. And he doesn’t know if things will ever be “normal” again… Ezra’s always been popular. He’s friends with most of the kids of his basketball team – even Brian, who usually keep to himself. But now, some of his friends have been acting differently, and Brian seems to be p...

  So Destination Unknown by Bill Konigsberg was one of those books that sort of took me by surprise, even though I follow Konigsberg. I’ve read all his other books thus far, and Openly Straight was actually part of the inspiration for one of my university assignments, but when this book dropped, it somehow passed me by completely. The blurb says that the first thing I noticed about CJ Gorman was his plexiglass bra. When Micah and CJ connect in New York City, Micah is pretending to be more out than he really is. CJ isn’t just out, he’s loud and proud, and Micah can’t help but be drawn to him. A connection forms between them. Is it friendship? Romance? As their lives become more entangled in the AIDs epidemic that’s laying waste to their community, whatever it is between them will be tested – but it will also be a lifetime and a bond that will determine their futures. The first chapter open up on Micah in this club that he doesn’t really want to be in. He goes to the bathroom whe...