I have been lucky that, in the last few days, the pain in my hands has been manageable, so not only have I had better working days, but in the previous two days, I managed to schedule extra posts now, mind you, it is easy bookish content for me to do and I’m unsure if people would enjoy it, but it had been a while since I blogged for fun, but I had so much in poetry month that I kept the energy going, most of it thanks to blogging about whatever I’m the mood for.
Hey Everyone,
As you know, I have been trying this new thing for me where I tell you about a book I loved and share a free ebook link to that book if possible.
Why I picked this book?
It’s the first novel I read in March, and as soon as I read it had trans rep, I didn’t need to add it to my TBR. Story-wise, I went into it blind. I also put my TBR shelf on random, and I would read the first book that showed up. On a school trip to New York, Abby is hatching a plan to come out and confess to her best friend, Kat, that she has had a crush on her for a long time. Leo, on the other hand, is fearing of being out as a trans guy to his family on national TV. It’s a story of self-understanding, new friendships and a book hunt.
First Lines:
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21—4:00 P.M.
ABBY
THERE’S A SCENE in my favorite book, The Hundred Romances of Clara Jane, where the main character (Clara Jane) takes an elevator to the top of the Empire State Building in New York City, and just before the
doors open, she realizes she’s about to be free, because she is really, truly, madly in love with the guy who’s waiting on the other side.
Goodreads Blurb:
Abby Akerman believes in the Universe. After all, her Midwest high school marching band is about to perform in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City—if that’s not proof that magical things can happen, what is? New York also happens to be the setting of her favorite romance novel, making it the perfect place for Abby to finally tell her best friend Kat that she’s in love with her (and, um, gay). She’s carefully annotated a copy of the book as a gift for Kat, and she’s counting on the Universe to provide an Epic Scene worthy of her own rom-com.
Leo Brewer, on the other hand, just wants to get through this trip without falling apart. He doesn’t believe the Universe is magical at all, mostly because he’s about to be outed to his very Southern extended family on national TV as the trans boy he really is. He’s not excited for the parade, and he’s even less excited for an entire day of sightseeing with his band.
But the Universe has other ideas. When fate throws Abby and Leo together on the wrong subway train, they soon find themselves lost in the middle of Manhattan. Even worse, Leo accidentally causes Abby to lose her Epic Gift for Kat. So to salvage the day, they come up with a new mission: find a souvenir from every location mentioned in the book for Abby to give Kat instead. But as Leo and Abby traverse the city, from the streets of Chinatown to the halls of Grand Central Station and the top of the Empire State Building, their initial expectations for the trip—and of each other—begin to shift. Maybe, if they let it, this could be the day that changes everything, for both of them.
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Alex
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