Alphareader - Danielle Binks

Amy & Hope are the new (and better) Claire & Bender

"Weetzie" he said, kissing her mouth. "You are my Marilyn. You are my lake full of fishes. You are my sky set, my 'Hollywood in miniature', my pink Cadillac, my highway, my martini, the stage for my heart to rock and roll on, the screen where my movies light up" he said.

'Dangerous Angels' by Francesca Lia Block 

⭐️ Top 25 Reads of 2021 ⭐️

I’ve had an amazing reading year this year (mostly due to the super-boost I got last January from starting my reread of The Saddle Club) so I wanted to highlight some of the best books I had the pleasure of reading. Feel free to ask me questions about any of these books or you can find my reviews of them by searching the title or author on my blog 😊

I’ve listed the titles below in the order they appear in the collage above (which is no particular order lol) and I’ll mark them with rainbow flags and wheelchair symbols to denote queer and disability rep!

The Other Side of Perfect by Mariko Turk ♿️

Social Queue by Kay Kerr ♿️ #LoveOzYA

The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones ♿️

The Boy From the Mish by Gary Lonesborough 🏳️‍🌈 #LoveOzYA

(US release March 2022, also titled “Ready When You Are”)

Stars in Their Eyes by Jessica Walton & Aśka ♿️🏳️‍🌈 #LoveOzYA

Near the Bone by Christina Henry 

Growing Up Disabled in Australia (ed.) by Carly Findlay ♿️🏳️‍🌈

The Monster of Her Age by Danielle Binks 🏳️‍🌈 #LoveOzYA

Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh

Every Single Lie by Rachel Vincent

The Degenerates by J Albert Mann ♿️🏳️‍🌈

How It All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi 🏳️‍🌈

Burden Falls by Kat Ellis (also titled “Wicked Little Deeds)

The Iron Raven by Julie Kagawa

Stay Another Day by Juno Dawson ♿️🏳️‍🌈

Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero 🏳️‍🌈

Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare 🏳️‍🌈

Ghost Bird by Lisa Fuller #LoveOzYA

Echo After Echo by AR Capetta 🏳️‍🌈

Girls on the Verge by Sharon Biggs-Waller

Tell Me Again How A Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan 🏳️‍🌈

Out of the Blue by Sophie Cameron ♿️🏳️‍🌈

These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling 🏳️‍🌈

This Is Not A Ghost Story by Andrea Portes

I Kissed A Girl by Jennet Alexander 🏳️‍🌈

Wishes are false. Hope is true. Hope makes its own magic.

'Daughter of Smoke and Bone' by Laini Taylor

God doesn't need to punish us. He just grants us a long enough life to punish ourselves.

'The poisonwood bible' by Barbara Kingsolver