#paula garner

[sophielovesbooks]

I’m currently listening to STARWORLD on audiobook and just now when I was listening to it, I drove by my own fricking house!! 

I was so engrossed in the story that I didn’t even notice for a while. 😂

So honestly, if you’re into wlw YA books and want to read about a creative nerdy girl and a sweet popular girl slowly fall in love, go for it, because this book is really good!!

[biandlesbianliterature]

Sometimes, a book so clearly communicates the emotional state of the characters that it becomes painfully familiar. It is relatable to the point that I instinctively want to distance myself from it. Starworld is one of those animals, and although its characters have very different life circumstances to my own, their loneliness and vulnerability brought me right back to being a teenager again–drowning in emotions and not having the resources to manage them.

Starworld by Audrey Coulthurst and Paula Garner was reviewed @ the Lesbrary

[mobilepubliclibraryteens]

Sam Jones and Zoe Miller have one thing in common: they both want an escape from reality. Loner Sam flies under the radar at school and walks on eggshells at home to manage her mom’s obsessive-compulsive disorder, wondering how she can ever leave to pursue her dream of studying aerospace engineering. Popular, people-pleasing Zoe puts up walls so no one can see her true self: the girl who was abandoned as an infant, whose adoptive mother has cancer, and whose disabled brother is being sent away to live in a facility. When an unexpected encounter results in the girls’ exchanging phone numbers, they forge a connection through text messages that expands into a private universe they call Starworld. In Starworld, they find hilarious adventures, kindness and understanding, and the magic of being seen for who they really are. But when Sam’s feelings for Zoe turn into something more, will the universe they’ve built survive the inevitable explosion?

[bookishfreedom]

“My dreams were of beginnings without endings.” ― Paula Garner, Phantom Limbs

[annelisreadingroom]

My November book from the Willoughby Book Club was Phantom Limbs. Have any of you read it?

[lgbtqreads]

Fave Five: Collaborative YA Novels You Know Me Well by David Levithan and Nina LaCour Autoboyography by Christina Lauren Will Grayson, Will Grayson…

[sophielovesbooks]

October Wrap-Up

Alright, October was a weak month for me again, who would have thought! 😂

No, honestly, something has changed from the beginning of the year, when 6 books per month felt fairly manageable, to now, where I cut that number in half. I’m not sure what it is. I mean, I’ve just started my master’s programme and am kind of busy with that and also, I think I’ve just read longer books lately? 

Who knows. I’m a little embarrassed, but also telling myself that I shouldn’t be! This is a good reading pace for me at the moment, one that’s enjoyable for me, reading is a hobby and all that, so why should I feel guilty for “only” reading three books this month? 

Also if you have read three or less books this month… I see you, you’re still a valid bookworm, it’s actually 100% fine, no matter what people on here make it seem like and yeah, you’re good. ❤️

Books I’ve read in October, 2019: 

- The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt) - Ninth House (Leigh Bardugo)

Audiobooks I’ve listened to in October 2019: 

- Starworld (Audrey Coulthurst & Paula Garner)

I really enjoyed all three of these a lot! The Goldfinch is a 4.5 goodreads stars for me, I think, Ninth House 3 stars and Starworld 4 stars. 

[biandlesbianliterature]

Danika reviews Starworld by Audrey Coulthurst and Paula Garner

Danika reviews Starworld by Audrey Coulthurst and Paula Garner

Sometimes, a book so clearly communicates the emotional state of the characters that it becomes painfully familiar. It is relatable to the point that I instinctively want to distance myself from it. Starworld is one of those animals, and although its characters have very different life circumstances to my own, their loneliness and vulnerability brought me right back to being a teenager again–not…

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