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Day #9, (I will finish before the summer is over!) Lumberjanes series by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson, Brooke A. Allen with many others as the series has continued in graphic novel format. I believe as of currently in the graphic novel format there are 11 issues. I have yet to get my hands on that most recent. I cannot believe it has taken me this long to talk about this series in particular. That being said, I have no doubt that most of you have already dove into this series. As professor earp’s teacher assistant reviewing this book, it has the lovably goofiness of fighting the supernatural and “friendship to the max”. This book has f/f loving and some nonbinary characters in the later issues. To be honest the targeted audience is probably teens simply because many of the characters are teens. I would also have no problem handing this to a middle grade kiddo to read. 

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Pride Month...has been quite a chaotic month. So lets see if I can get 30 books within 24 hours posted. Clearly being stuck in the garden of Eden..takes a lot of my time away from my professor duties. Day #2, The Difference Between You and Me byMadeleine George. This novel tells the story of two girls Jesse and Emily. Both characters do rely heavily on stereotypical lesbian and bisexual molds. The book does linger on the line of whether or not to be open and truthful about attractions to others. THe book also ultimately speaks to the point of letting someone go that isn’t good for you. Overall, I enjoyed this book while reading it, looking back it was a bit of an angsty book. On the side of safetly I would recommend this book for teens as the characters are in high school and there is a little bit of lip locking.

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So, for last month (May) I read Meg & Linus by Hanna Nowinski. This book would definitely fit into the YA grouping of books. I enjoyed this read, it was rather quick, geeky, and cute. To set the scene Meg is the beloved lesbian and Linus is the shy gay guy. This tells a story of two friends attempting to help each other out in their love lives, while simultaneously trying to start and finish a Star Trek Marathon. In my experience there has been a stereotype that gay guys and lesbians don’t get along because they don’t have anything in common. This book completely throws that stereotype in the trash and has the two main characters are best friends. I also really enjoyed the familiarity that Meg and Linus have with each other. They have the kind of friendship, where at a moments notice they can drop by one another’s house in pjs and just help themselves to coffee/cookies. I found it refreshing that from the beginning of the story both characters were already out. It read to me like a run of the mill teen romantic comedy novel, rather than an angsty coming of age and coming out story. Don’t get me wrong I love a good coming out story. I do love this one almost normalized being on the LGBTQ+ as a teen. I have noticed more and more of these books are coming out as of recently which I am totally jazzed and here for.

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Alrighty and for the lovely month of June. To celebrate pride, I will attempt to review or post about a book everyday. (In full disclosure I have already read, some will be new to me as well.) Pride day #1, Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan. I have read this book many a times. This was my personal first LGBTQ+ book I ever had the pleasure of reading. I checked this book out of my high school library and was admittedly hiding it away to myself in my backpack and only taking it out late at night to read. I was still very confused and nervous about my sexuality and felt super giddy and in awe that people actually published books with two boys liking each other. As I remember this book, I can only imagine young and nervous Waverly checking out a book like this and reading again and again as she tried to decipher her own feelings, and then abruptly pushing these feelings and curiosities away until Ms. Officer Haught walked into her life. David Levithan always tends to write books that have people out and ready to take on the world. In this book follow the story of Paul and his first love. This also being set in a very progressive and accepting high school/town. This again I adore simply because it is always refreshing to see a young adult novel that is more of a rom com novel than a coming out story.

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Hey There! I am a bit delayed. I have not yet finished this graphic novel. But this will be the book I read for this month and later share my thoughts. Please if you are interested read along with me! Let me know what you think along the way. I am trying to get a wide range of LGBTQ+ books/content. So far I have done a young adult book (Rainbow Boys),  middle grade (Ivy, and Sunny St. James). This month is a graphic novel to get a little more variety in the way it is written. From my understanding it is aimed for again the teen crowd/young adult.  The side flap doesn’t say much other than it is about a space crew, who travels through time to rebuild beautiful structures from the past. About two girls who fall in love and learn about the pain of loss. From a review on the back it says “a slow-burn romance and a found-family space opera adventure”- Martha Wells.

I am hoping the “found-family” and science fiction along with some LGBTQ+ content will help to alleviate some hiatus pains as we continue to fight for Wynonna.

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Class Update:

Hello Folks, 

Running behind on the reading schedule myself. Still reading Strange Inheritance. Must have been all the eggnog and snogging with the new SHERIFF in town. Oh my goodness I am so proud of Nicole I cannot help but flaunt it a little bit. It looks like in the next coming weeks I might be wearing some buttons and doing some sort of campaigning to support my best baby Sheriff Nicole Haught. That said I will make sure I keep up with you readers!

Sincerely,

Professor Earp

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Day #10, Kissing Kate by Lauren Myracle. This author is one of my all time favorite authors. I originally read the TTYL series (very much a guilty pleasure). When I first came across this one I devoured it. This book is a coming of age story and coming to terms with your sexuality. I adored the goofy and corky characters you get to meet in this book. It was one of the first books I have read that most noticeably took place in a southern US town, which for at the time was a big deal. This book is definitely for the teen crowd being that a couple of parties do take place.