Matthew reads, I guess...

I think Amelia, If Only might be the first book from Becky Albertalli I’ve read in a long while. I think Here’s To Us , with Adam Silvera, was the last one that I read. And when I received a gift card for Christmas, I ended up looking through all the Becky Albertalli books I hadn’t read, and this sounded like the one I’d be most into. The blurb says that Amelia Applebaum isn’t in love with Walter Holland. He just happens to be her favourite moderately famous chaotically bisexual YouTuber. Amelia just knows sparks would fly – if only she could connect with Walter for real. If only he would host a meet-and-greet. If only it were just a short road trip away. And if only Amelia could talk her friends into making it the perfect last hurrah before graduation – even her new single, always-cynical best friend Natalie. One thing’s for sure: all roads lead to butterflies. But what if Amelia’s butterflies aren’t for Walter at all? So the book starts out on Amelia’s senior prom where she’s made ...

    Well… Here’s a slightly different post to what I’d normally do. The context behind it does exist, you’re welcome, and it’s that the Thai entertainment company GMMTV are, internationally, most well known for producing and releasing BL shows. I’ll openly admit they’re the producers of most of the ones I watch – and that’s mainly down to the fact they slap the majority of their shows on YouTube for free with English subtitles. There definitely are other companies’ shows that I’ve watched, but I’ve never really watched them in a way where I’ve been able to directly support them, simply because most of the time they’re broadcast on Thai television (shockingly) or Netflix in territories that aren’t mine, or some other subscription service that I don’t want to pay for, so if I want to watch them I have to find other means. Anyway, GMMTV released official English translated novels for some of their shows, and I read all three of them, and now I’m going to talk about them all as...