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I am so excited to announce my May 2024 TBR! These are some of the new books I’ve purchased and to finish reading this month. Please note that I took these descriptions from Goodreads so that I don’t butcher anything I say to books I haven’t read yet.
1) Pretty Pretty Boys by Gregory Ashe
After Emery Hazard loses his job as a detective in Saint Louis, he heads back to his hometown--and to the local police force there. Home, though, brings no happy memories, and the ghosts of old pain are very much alive in Wahredua. Hazard’s new partner, John-Henry Somerset, had been one of the worst tormentors, and Hazard still wonders what Somerset’s role was in the death of Jeff Langham, Hazard’s first boyfriend. When a severely burned body is discovered, Hazard finds himself drawn deeper into the case than he expects. Determining the identity of the dead man proves impossible, and solving the murder grows more and more unlikely. But as the city’s only gay police officer, Hazard is placed at the center of a growing battle between powerful political forces. To his surprise, Hazard finds an unlikely ally in his partner, the former bully. And as they spend more time together, something starts to happen between them, something that Hazard can’t--and doesn’t want--to explain. The discovery of a second mutilated corpse, though, reveals clues that the two murders are linked, and as Hazard gets closer to answers, he uncovers a conspiracy of murder and betrayal that goes deeper--and closer to home--than he could ever expect.
2) Pageboy by Elliot Page
Pageboy is a groundbreaking coming-of-age memoir from the Academy Award-nominated actor Elliot Page. A generation-defining actor and one of the most famous trans advocates of our time, Elliot will now be known as an uncommon literary talent, as he shares never-before-heard details and intimate interrogations on gender, love, mental health, relationships, and Hollywood.
3) Love Language by Jax Calder
Ashton I’ve shared an office with Dominic, the grumpy raincloud to my endless sunshine, for three and a half years. My roommates and colleagues are convinced I’m obsessed with him, and okay, maybe I am slightly curious about what he signed to me at the staff mid-winter party. Was it one of his normal snarky insults? A limerick? Directions to the nearest coffee shop? But am I ready to discover what Dominic actually wants to say to me?
4) Subscribe To Me by Scott Tracey
Do you know what it’s like to be the butt of the joke? I do. Do you know what it’s like to have hundreds or thousands of people criticize your every move? Same here. Have you ever been outed by someone without your permission? Yup, me again. I’m Cory, and my older sister is a Youtube influencer with a lifestyle vlog and a fanbase that loves to hate me. Her first viral video hit just before I entered ninth grade when she ‘accidentally’ outed me while fretting to the internet how her poor, gay brother was going to be treated in high school. Up until that point, no one even knew my name, let alone anything so personal. I don’t want to be famous in that way. If anything, I want to be behind the camera, as the writer and producer of my own television show. Then Jon Park comes back into our lives. His best friend is my sister’s boyfriend, so he’s always been a part of her friend group, even though he seems to dislike my sister almost as much as I do. The problem is that he dislikes me even more! But he’s been absent all summer, and no one’s heard a peep out of him. A star soccer player, he’s cold and unapproachable, but the girls at school are obsessed with him. Somehow by accident, we begin spending time together, watching movies (I’m a huge movie buff!). The more I get to know him, the more I see another side to him. But things get crazy when he comes out to me, and then even crazier when I find out that my sister was eavesdropping and plans on outing him the same way she outed me. I want to be the one writing dramas, not in the middle of one myself!
5) Being Jackson Nash by Stephen Williams
Openly gay, sixteen-year-old Jackson Nash prefers to spend his time alone. Going to school and studying occupy most of his waking hours until one morning this routine takes an unexpected turn and his life begins to change.After meeting Ash, a boy from the nearby sixth-form college, Jackson is faced with experiences he never imagined before. No more able to hide away in his bedroom, he must develop to overcome challenges that will take him from under his comfortable duvet and bring him into an unexpected spotlight, both in school and in the world outside.Parental guidance is advised if this book is being purchased for the 13-18 year age range.
If you want to read more books like this, check out my Goodreads for books I've read. Or for recommendation, please check out the TBRs.
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