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lgbtqreads · 3 months
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Most Anticipated Queer Young Adult Fiction: January-June 2024
Just Happy to Be Here by Naomi Kanakia (January 2nd) Tara just wants to be treated like any other girl at Ainsley Academy. That is, judged on her merits—not on her transness. But there’s no road map for being the first trans girl at an all-girls school. And when she tries to join the Sibyls, an old-fashioned Ainsley sisterhood complete with code names and special privileges, she’s thrust into the…
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adibkhorram · 9 months
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Yoooo it's the cover for my next book, THE BREAKUP LISTS! With illustration by Be Fernandez and design by Kaitlin Yang. Coming your way April 2, 2024. You can read an excerpt at PenguinTeen!
From the back jacket:
Love is more complicated than “boy meets boy” in bestselling author Adib Khorram’s sharply funny new romantic comedy, set in the sordid world of high school theater. The Breakup Lists is coming to shelves April 2! 
As a techie–a stage manager, a lighting guy, a jack-of-all-theatrical-trades– Jackson Ghasnavi is not a fan of the spotlight. And he isn’t too fond of romance, either, ever since his actor ex-boyfriend decided he was too cool to date a techie freshman year.
Jackson’s sister Jasmine, on the other hand, loves love. It just doesn’t love her back. But luckily for her, Jackson is always waiting in wings when she gets her heart broken, ready to cheer her up with a breakup list cataloging of all her ex’s faults.
Enter Liam Coquyt: senior, swim captain, hot white boy—and the surprise lead in the fall musical. Even more surprising than how incredible Liam is on the stage is how much Jackson likes spending time with him off it.(Not that Jackson is falling for him. Liam is probably –no, definitely–straight.) So why is Jackson crushed when Jasmine sets her sights on him? And why does the idea of eventually drafting a breakup list for Liam feel impossible?
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dkafterdark · 6 months
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Books for Sale!
If you're interested in buying one, some, or all of the books, please message me or send a non-anonymous ask! Buyers will need to pay media mail shipping (US only)
Paperbacks are $2 each (The Lover's Dictionary is signed)
Hardbacks are $3 each (Leah on the Offbeat, Dress Codes for Small Towns, and Arden Grey are signed)
Reblogs are greatly appreciated!!
Thanks to previous book sales I was able to get vet bills/car payments paid! Thank you!! 💕
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JOMP BPC - June 6th - Fat and Proud
something I loved about the Darius the Great duology by Adib Khorram was the exploration of Darius’s body issues. we need more fat positivity for boys around here
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therefugeofbooks · 1 year
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Currently reading Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
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slaughter-books · 4 months
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Day 18: JOMPBPC: Young Adult
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mood2you · 7 months
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JOMPBPC September 5 Representation
Darius the Great duology by Adib Khorram
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boooklover · 11 months
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“You can know things without them being said out loud. I knew Sohrab and I were going to be friends for life. Sometimes you can just tell that kind of thing.”
Adib Khoram, Darius the Great is Not Okay
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madlovenovelist · 6 months
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#bookquotes
Something about this quote made me think about how sometimes someone’s sexuality is used for a social or political movement – it is not longer about their identity but someone else’s agenda… its a sad reality that in todays climate something so intimate has become weaponised for a collective consciousness. Sometimes for good and sometimes for bad.
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libraryleopard · 8 months
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Young adult contemporary novel
When the only out gay member of a popular boy band has his sexts leaked by his ex-boyfriend, he has to grapple with being expected to play the perfect queer role model in the public eye while also navigating a budding romance with another musician
Explores the fetishization and policing of gay celebrities
Gay main character; Iranian American, gay love interest; M/M romance
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bemtevis · 1 year
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your place was empty, darioush
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lgbtqreads · 2 years
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Fave Five: YA About Queer Boys with Depression
Fave Five: YA About Queer Boys with Depression
Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram This is Why They Hate Us by Aaron H. Aceves We Are the Ants and At the Edge of the Universe by Shaun David Hutchinson The Bridge by Bill Konigsberg More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
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adibkhorram · 9 days
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I know I don't post about my books much on here but in case you ARE here for my books did you know I have a new one coming out in two weeks (April 2, 2024)?!?!
You can still preorder it...that would be cool...
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razreads · 1 year
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What they think is their business. What you do is yours.
Adib Khorram, Kiss & Tell
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If you liked I Was Born For This by Alice Oseman, try Kiss and Tell by Adib Khorram
They both include:
boy bands featuring queer musicians
Iranian characters
the dark sides of fandom and celebrity
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JANUARY WRAP UP
Noël à la librairie des cœurs brisés by Annie Darling - 3 ☆
I've never heard of this series before I was gifted this book, but I liked the idea of following the life of booksellers / coffee shop owner as they fall in love. It made me think of a Hallmark movie when I read the blurb. Sadly, I was disappointed. I don't mind slow burn but this one didn't do it for me: they barely had cute scenes together, most of the time they were arguing and being rude.
2. Bluets by Maggie Nelson - 3.5 ☆
Bluets is an interesting poetic essay / memoir, that through the flow of the author's ideas, offers a collection of facts from poets, authors, artists, philosophers about the color blue. At some point, she focuses a lot on the vision: what it means to see blue? What if you don't see it? She offers clinical examples to discuss these ideas, which I found interesting. But sadly, I don't think there was a good balance between the facts she had collected and her memories. I liked when she mentioned her friend, but the memories about the prince of blue weren't always going well with the flow of the text.
3. Kiss & Tell by Adib Khorram - 3 ☆
I loved Darius and knew I would read anything Adib Khorram would write after that. So, I was looking forward to reading Kiss & Tell, and even if it wasn't exactly what I expected, I'm still glad it managed to open up a discussion about being queer in the public eye, the sanitization that can comes with it, and the slut shaming. There's also a focus on sex, because Hunter is sexually active but has to have a "virgin" persona because he's in a boy band. It could have had a better impact if there had been a better balance between the romance and Hunter's interactions with his bandmates, which were almost non-existent. 
4. It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth by Zoe Thorogood - 3 ☆
I love the way she played with her art style and the overall structure of the graphic novel, it was really fun and clever (especially when it starts again). Because I've never read her other comics, I felt detached from what she was mentioning, and to be honest sometimes I was lost between the different flashbacks. It was interesting and raw, but I didn't connect with the story, which doesn't mean it's bad, I do think others can gain something from it. It's different from other stories I've read about depression and suicidal ideation. Overall, it's a really good graphic novel / memoir.
5. The Angel of Khan el-Khalili by P. Djèlí Clark - 3 ☆
(art by Kevin Hong)
I recently recommended A Dead Djinn in Cairo to my friend and realized I haven't read this short story yet. I loved the narration in the second person, it's one of my favorite when it's done well, and it was the case. I wanted more from the story, but it was still satisfying and i can't wait to read the next book in the series.
6. The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E. Harrow - 5 ☆
It was more a 4.75 stars but I rounded up because it quickly became one of my favorite short stories. In 30 pages, the characters and their motives were well-developed. They is a Girl, a Squire, A King, a Priest, a Devil and a Saint. Some of them are limited in the perception of themselves and other because of the role that was imposed on them and it was done so well, especially thanks to the poetic prose. I wish this novella could exist in a physical format so I could highlight everything again.
I figured out what was going on right when they started to explain everything and it was gut-wrenching to realize that every line could mean different things, because then you realize how clever the narration was. Not only that, but I love narration that are "traditional" and here, the use of I, She and You was interesting.
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