YA LGBT Books discussion

What YA LGBTQ book would you like to read, or do you think members who haven't read it should try, (and those who have read it can discuss), as our BotM for April-May?

What book made a difference to you, and might to other readers? What sounds interesting, appealing or different that you want to read?

If possible, link the book page on GR and tell us a little about it or why you picked it, or post the blurb.

The titles of past books of the month that we have read are on all the threads in this "Book of the Month" folder, and you can also check with a search of the group's book-of-the-month Bookshelf at - https://www.goodreads.com/group/books... Please do not repeat a book we have read - either as a past Book of the Month or as a Buddy Read (check the Buddy Read folder) - and please only nominate the first book in a series, unless a later book stands alone as a solo read.

Up to two nominations per member. Nominations will be open through Midnight March 31st, or sooner if we get 12 nominations - the max for voting. Feel free to renominate a book that did not win in a past vote, if it fits this category.

Authors please do not nominate your own books - but readers can definitely nominate a member author's work

Poll is up - go VOTE through April 6 : https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

I want to renominate the book that lost by just one vote last month -

Jordan vs. All the Boys by John Goode

This was a fun read, light in tone, but grounded in a real-feeling group of 16 year old boys - our gay MC and his three straight best friends -who are spending their first summer really focused on stepping out of their friend group to start dating. You have to be okay with just a little focus on gaming (but in the form of definitions, so you don't need to know much) as these young guys fumble their way through a summer of growing up.

Everyone has that one summer, the summer where you take your first steps into adulthood. The nights are longer, the songs are better, and the friends you make are forever. For Jordan, Brandon, Ethan, and Dominic, that summer is now. This pack of self-proclaimed nerds set out on an adventure that defines every young man’s life—the search for love, or at least what they think love is. As with all great quests there are pitfalls and challenges ahead of them and they will have to overcome their greatest enemy, their own egos. But the power of true friendship could give them the strength they need to complete their quest and win their prize.

Timekeeper - I'm currently listening to this one and really enjoying it. It's YA steampunk with a gay MC. It's different from what I usually read, which I think is one reason I'm liking. It's the first in a series, but for this one at least the MC is 17.

Poll is up - go VOTE through April 6 : https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...