Matthew reads, I guess...

  So, today I’m talking about Beating Heart Baby by Lio Min, a book that I didn’t know existed until I saw it in the Big Gay Bookshop in Affleck’s in Manchester. It’s one of those I just saw it and was like, “Work, I’ll read that”. The blurb says that Santi has had his heart broken only one time, and it was all his fault. When he accidentally leaked his internet best friend Memo’s song and it became an overnight hit, Memo disappeared. Three years later, Santi arrives in LA with a mission: get over the ghost of Memo. Thankfully, his new school and its Sunshower marching band welcome him with open arms. All except for the prickly, proud musical prodigy Suwa. But when Santi takes his identity in stride, both boys begin to let their guards down. Santi learns Suwa’s surliness masks a painful history of his own, and as they open up, their friendship quickly takes on the red-hot blush of a mutual crush. Just as Santi is feeling settled in this new life, he begins to put together pieces...

  So today I’m talking about The Borrow a Boyfriend Club by Page Powars which, honestly, was just one of those books that popped up in one of those things that was just suggesting books I might like based off of the other things I’d read, so I read the blurb and was like, “You know what? Yeah”. The blurb says that all Noah wants at his new school is for everyone to see him and his true gender. His plan? Join a club with the word “boy” in it? Duh. Enter the Borrow a Boyfriend Club – a top secret club that provides fake boyfriends to their fellow students. But to join, Noah must pass three rounds of tests, the trickiest of which is fake-romancing the popular but prickly club president, Asher, to convince him he has what it takes to become a member. But as Noah gets closer to Asher, things start to get complicated. Because the club’s number one rule? Don’t fall in love. So, in the first chapter, Noah is walking into school and sees this sign that’s been put up that says “fa la la l...