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lgbtqreads · 2 months

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Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Romances of 2024

Young Adult Okay, Cupid by Mason Deaver (January 2nd) As a cupid, Jude thinks they understand love a little bit more than the average human. It makes sense — Jude’s been studying love their whole teen life. And, yes, there have been some bumps in the road, and they’re currently on probation for doing something that they absolutely, definitely shouldn’t have done… but they’re ready to prove they…

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transbookoftheday · 10 days

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Canto Contigo by Jonny Garza Villa

When a Mariachi star transfers schools, he expects to be handed his new group's lead vocalist spot—what he gets instead is a tenacious current lead with a very familiar, very kissable face.

In a twenty-four-hour span, Rafael Alvarez led North Amistad High School’s Mariachi Alma de la Frontera to their eleventh consecutive first-place win in the Mariachi Extravaganza de Nacional; and met, made out with, and almost hooked up with one of the cutest guys he’s ever met.

Now eight months later, Rafie’s ready for one final win. What he didn’t plan for is his family moving to San Antonio before his senior year, forcing him to leave behind his group while dealing with the loss of the most important person in his life—his beloved abuelo. Another hitch in his plan: The Selena Quintanilla-Perez Academy’s Mariachi Todos Colores already has a lead vocalist, Rey Chavez—the boy Rafie made out with—who now stands between him winning and being the great Mariachi Rafie's abuelo always believed him to be. Despite their newfound rivalry for center stage, Rafie can’t squash his feelings for Rey. Now he must decide between the people he’s known his entire life or the one just starting to get to know the real him.

Canto Contigo is a love letter to Mexican culture, family and legacy, the people who shape us, and allowing ourselves to forge our own path. At its heart, this is one of the most glorious rivals-to-lovers romance about finding the one who challenges you in the most extraordinary ways.

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the-dust-jacket · 3 months

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Congratulations to this year's Stonewall books in the young adult category!

#Stonewall Awards #This Beautiful Moment #Ander and Santi Were Here #Imogen Obviously #The Spirit Bares Its Teeth #The Long Run #Abdi Nazemian #Andrew Joseph White #Becky Albertalli #Jonny Garza Villa #James Acker

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ace-artemis-fanartist · 11 months

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My piece for @rainbowcrate’s April’s book box.

Jonny Garza Villa’s Ander & Santi Were Here.

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bookaddict24-7 · 11 days

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NEW YOUNG ADULT RELEASES! (APRIL 9TH, 2024)

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HAVE I MISSED ANY NEW YOUNG ADULT RELEASES? HAVE YOU ADDED ANY OF THESE BOOKS TO YOUR TBR? LET ME KNOW!

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NEW STANDALONES/FIRST IN A SERIES:

Teenage Dirtbags by James Acker

Canto Contigo by Jonny Garza Villa

The Darkness Rises by Stacy Stokes

The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray by Christine Calella

Right Here, Right Now by Shannon Dunlap

The Last Love Song by Kalie Holford

Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier

NEW SEQUELS:

Against the Darkness (In Every Generation #3) by Kendare Blake

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Happy reading!

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drowninginabactatank · 14 days

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Latest library reservation pick-up 📚

Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir and Ander and Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa.

#nona the ninth #tlt #the locked tomb #tamsyn muir #ander and santi were here #jonny garza villa #bookblr #bookworm #reading #bookish 📚#queer fiction #support libraries #mine

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the-final-sentence · 2 months

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Mi Santiago.

Jonny Garza Villa, from Ander & Santi Were Here

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jennamacaroni · 6 months

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Fuck borders. Fuck some arbitrary lines that colonizers made up on land that doesn't even belong to them. And fuck how those lines have become a way to make people hate each other and fear each other and want to keep each other out and have no guilt about any of it.

Jonny Garza Villa, "Ander & Santi Were Here"

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jonnyescribe · 10 months

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Jonny Garza Villa's third contemporary young adult novel, CANTO CONTIGO, is a rivals-to-lovers story with a dash of magical realism centering high school mariachi, a story on grief and family and legacy, and, as always, a story that celebrates the beauty and messiness of queer Mexican lives.

In a twenty-four-hour span, Rafael Alvarez led North Amistad High School’s Mariachi Alma de la Frontera to their eleventh consecutive first-place win in the Mariachi Extravaganza de Nacional; met, made out with, and almost hooked up with one of the cutest guys he’s ever met; and lost his abuelo after a heart-breaking battle with Parkinson’s Disease.

Now eight months later, Rafie’s (mostly) fine and ready for one final win. What he didn’t plan for is his family moving to San Antonio before his senior year, forcing him to leave behind his group. Another hitch in his plan: The Selena Quintanilla-Perez Academy’s Mariachi Todos Colores already has a lead vocalist, Rey Chavez—the boy Rafie made out with—who now stands between him winning and being the great Mariachi Rafie's abuelo always believed him to be. Despite their newfound rivalry, Rafie can’t squash his feelings for Rey, showing in moments like their afternoon cleaning brass instruments as punishment; or during vocal training classes when Rafie can’t stop thinking about that December night; or—worst of all—during their duet when Rafie can’t deny how good they sound.

But with residual grief over his abuelo’s death, his old crew pointing out his change, and his new friends challenging what Mariachi should be, Rafie struggles to decide who he’d want to disappoint less: the people he’s known his entire life or the one just starting to get to know the real him.

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bi4bihankking · 3 months

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Ander & Santi Were Here Summary:

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe meets The Sun is Also a Star in this YA contemporary love story from Jonny Garza Villa, Ander & Santi Were Here, about a nonbinary Mexican American teen falling for the shy new waiter at their family’s taqueria.

The Darkest Part of the Forest Summary:

Two siblings and the fairy prince who’s been asleep in a casket in the woods for a century. Truly a book written for every little girl who wanted to be given a sword to slay monsters with as a kid. reading this was the first time I found a book that made me feel like my soul had been put down on paper. I sobbed like a baby. I still get emotional when I reread it.

#ander and santi were here #jonny garza villa #the darkest part of the forest #holly black #lgbt books #lgbt literature #queer books #queer literature #lgbtqia #poll

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lgbtqreads · 11 days

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New Releases: April 9, 2024

Young Adult Every Time You Hear That Song by Jenna Voris They say to never meet your idols. But they never said anything about upending your life for a quest designed by one. Seventeen-year-old aspiring journalist Darren Purchase has been a lifelong fan of country music legend Decklee Cassel, who’s as famous for her classic hits as she is for her partnership with songwriter Mickenlee Hooper. The…

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transbookoftheday · 1 year

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Ander and Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa

Finding home. Falling in love. Fighting to belong.

The Santos Vista neighborhood of San Antonio, Texas, is all Ander Lopez has ever known. The smell of pan dulce. The mixture of Spanish and English filling the streets. And, especially their job at their family's taquería. It's the place that has inspired Ander as a muralist, and, as they get ready to leave for art school, it's all of these things that give them hesitancy. That give them the thought, are they ready to leave it all behind?

To keep Ander from becoming complacent during their gap year, their family fires them so they can transition from restaurant life to focusing on their murals and prepare for college. That is, until they meet Santiago Garcia, the hot new waiter. Falling for each other becomes as natural as breathing. Through Santi's eyes, Ander starts to understand who they are and want to be as an artist, and Ander becomes Santi's first steps toward making Santos Vista and the United States feel like home.

Until ICE agents come for Santi, and Ander realizes how fragile that sense of home is. How love can only hold on so long when the whole world is against them. And when, eventually, the world starts to win.

#ander and santi were here #jonny garza villa #nonbinary #trans books #trans book of the day #queer books #bookblr #booklr

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slaughter-books · 3 months

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My beautiful January, 2024 book haul! 🩷

#beautiful books #january 2024 #book haul #dhonielle clayton #william hussey #jonny garza villa #c.s. lewis #keezy young #trung le nguyen #james tynion iv #michael dialynas #amazing authors #lgbt+#milotic #i love books

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qbdatabase · 10 months

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Daily Book - Ander & Santi Were Here

Ander & Santi Were Here Jonny Garza Villa YA Fiction / Romance, 2023, 368 pg Mexican-American mln non-binary MC x Mexican bisexual male undocumented immigrant LI The Santos Vista neighborhood of San Antonio, Texas, is all Ander Martínez has ever known. The smell of pan dulce. The mixture of Spanish and English filling the streets. And, especially their job at their family’s taquería. It’s the place that has inspired Ander as a muralist, and, as they get ready to leave for art school, it’s all of these things that give them hesitancy. That give them the thought, are they ready to leave it all behind?

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stardustandrockets · 6 months

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What was your favorite read from October?

I spent the month completing the #OwnedOctober challenge @treereads hosted. I managed to fill my bingo board.

Books read:

• Happy Place by Emily Henry

• You Feel it Just Below the Ribs by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson

• Ander & Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa

• Fire Becomes Her by Rosiee Thor

• A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Mayhem by Manda Collins

• Flip the Script by Lyla Lee

• 10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall

• The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams

• A Shot in the Dark by Victoria Lee

I think my favorites were Ander & Santi and 10 Things That Never Happened. Though, the latter I checked out from the library to decide if I wanted to buy it or not. I absolutely adored Sam and Jonathan's dynamic. I thought the amnesia plot was going to be weird, but it wasn't. Not sure what I'm going to start next, but I'm happy to have my tbr a little more under control.

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benedictusantonius · 7 months

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[2023|73] Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun (2021) written by Jonny Garza Villa

#fifteen hundred miles from the sun #jonny garza villa #gay romance #gay fiction #books2023

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