A Hilarious and Adorable Love Letter to Theatre // REVIEW: Theatrical by Maggie Harcourt

Title: Theatrical
Author: Maggie Harcourt
Publication Date: 
Publisher: Usbourne Publishing
Part of a Series?: No, A Standalone
I Got A Copy Through: Usbourne (THANK YOU!)
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Blurb Description: Hope dreams of working backstage in a theatre, and she’s determined to make it without the help of her famous costume designer mum. So when she lands an internship on a major production, she tells no one. But with a stroppy Hollywood star and his hot young understudy upstaging Hope’s focus, she’s soon struggling to keep her cool… and her secret. 
Gorgeously fresh, funny and commercial YA romance from the author of Unconventional, and The Last Summer of Us

YOU CAN READ MY REVIEW OF Unconventional HERE 

 

If you don’t already know, Maggie Harcourt’s second novel, Unconventional was one of my ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE reads of 2017. It was adorkable, awkward, filled with RIDICULOUSLY cute moments, authors and being locked in convention centres! Absolutely stunning, and a MUST read.

As soon as I was done, I stalked Maggie Harcourt’s Goodreads profile, only to find her next book, Theatrical listed RIGHT THERE. Needless to say, it made my 2018 ‘HAVE TO READ’ list.

And here we are.

I finished Theatrical a few days ago, and I’m only just finding the time to sit down and write my review for it:

IN A NUTSHELL: Theatrical had all the elements I LOVED about Unconventional – family, finding yourself, romance, awkwardness, girls with Purpose and it was SUCH a glorious read. In fact, it was THE highlight of an otherwise very crappy week. At the same time, while it was a GOOD, even GREAT book, it lacked that final element that made Unconventional PERFECT, and I can’t even explain what it is.

(Maybe I just liked Lexi and Adrian better than Hope and Luke? Maybe I like the Comic Con -esque setting better than the Theatre? – Who even knows?)

THINGS I LOVED ABOUT THIS BOOK:

1.       ALL THE THEATRE: I adored looking at the theatre through Hope’s eyes. I’m not an ardent fan like she is, but I’ve always admired the shows and the cast and I loved the love letter to theatre that was Maggie Harcourt’s Theatrical.

2.       HOPE AND LUKE: Maggie Harcourt knows how to write adorkable, which in my opinion, is almost every teenager ever. There are very few teens that actually are like the humans with game that you see on TV/ the movies, and I loved the delicious awkwardness between Hope and Luke that slowly blossomed into trust, picnics, a mutual love for theatre, the feeling of being seen and tiny cardboard cut-outs ;)

 

3.       TOMMY KNIGHT: He wasn’t a character I thought I’d like within the first few chapters of the book, but this movie star grew on me, especially as he covered for Hope and Luke, and actually grew into a real person, with real hopes and fears.

4.       THE SMALL SURPRISE APPEARANCE IN THE FINALE: THERE WAS A SMALL CROSSOVER BETWEEN MY FAVOURITE BOOK OF 2017, Unconventional, and this one at the VERY END AND I LOVED IT SO MUCH. I was pretty much flailing and AAAAH.

5.       ALL THE AWKWARDNESS: Really, this is a legitimate thing. I loved that all teenagers, but especially Luke and Hope in this book were so awkward and perfect, and it was really quite funny to read.

WOULD I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK? Definitely, ALONG WITH UNCONVENTIONAL, which is just the most perfect thing ever.

A hilarious, ultra-adorable love letter to theatre filled with the cutest romance that is just a perfect feel good read. 

Maggie Harcourt was born and raised in Wales, where she grew up dreaming of summer road trips and telling stories for a living. As well as studying Medieval Literature at UCL, Maggie has variously worked as a PA, a hotel chambermaid and for a French chef before realising her dreams and beginning to write full time.

She now lives just outside Bath, UK, where she can usually be found in a bookshop or somewhere near the river. She guards the secret of her favourite coffee shop jealously, because she has the perfect spot picked out there for people-watching.

Have you read any of Maggie Harcourt's books? DID YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH THEM?

What's one of the best books you've read this year?

I'd love to hear from you!

A Diverse, Feel Good Book // ARC Review: The Way You Make Me Feel by Maureen Goo

Title: The Way You Make Me Feel
Author: Maureen Goo
Publication Date: May 8th 2018
Publisher: Farrar, Straus, Giroux (Macmillan)
Part of a Series?: No, A Standalone
I Got A Copy Through: Macmillan Intl (THANK YOU!)
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Blurb Description: From the author of I Believe in a Thing Called Love, a laugh-out-loud story of love, new friendships, and one unique food truck.
Clara Shin lives for pranks and disruption. When she takes one joke too far, her dad sentences her to a summer working on his food truck, the KoBra, alongside her uptight classmate Rose Carver. Not the carefree summer Clara had imagined. But maybe Rose isn't so bad. Maybe the boy named Hamlet (yes, Hamlet) crushing on her is pretty cute. Maybe Clara actually feels invested in her dad’s business. What if taking this summer seriously means that Clara has to leave her old self behind? 

With Maurene Goo's signature warmth and humor, The Way You Make Me Feel is a relatable story of falling in love and finding yourself in the places you’d never thought to look.

THIS BOOK MADE ME LAUGH.

Which is rare. I IMMENSELY enjoy and get HIGHLY invested in a few books too many than is healthy, but I very rarely laugh because of a book.

 

The Way You Make Me Feel, in a nutshell, was an adorable read, filled with GREAT FOOD, diversity and anxiety rep that also made for a wonderful, light summer read and the perfect way to close out my last summer as a student (hello, senior year and my twenties *bursts into tears*)

There were a lot of things I really liked about this book, so let’s break it down:

1.       KOREAN – BRAZILIAN FUSION FOOD: If you read the synopsis, (directs you upwards) you’ll know that our main character spends her summer working in her dad’s Korean-Brazilian fusion food truck and OH MY GOD THE DESCRIPTIONS OF FOOD AND THE DIVERSITY IN THE FOOD WERE ESSENTIALLY THE BEST THING IN THE FOOD.  

2.       ALL THE DIVERSITY: Our main character, Clara Shin is Korean and Brazilian. Her co-worker on the food truck is African American and it all just felt right. It was so well done, and I loved how Maureen Goo portrayed her characters, especially how their skin color and roots were a part of who they were, and they were also so much more.

 

3.       THIS WAS KIND OF HILARIOUS?: I read a sampler before requesting this book, and this book made me laugh in the VERY first scene which contained feminism, prom queens and tampons and I kept laughing after.

4.       IT JUST MADE ME FEEL GOOD: Reading this story made me feel happy. I don’t know if it was Hamlet, the ADORABLE love interest, the fact that it was a summery read and also a love letter to LA and delicious food OR Clara’s personal growth, but I loved it regardless.

The One Thing I Thought Could Have Been Better:

1.       The Lack of Connect/ The Extreme fast pace of everything: When I read The Way You Make Me Feel, I felt disconnected from the story and all the brilliant elements playing out on the paper. I quickly realised it was because I felt like the dialogue was… insubstantial and very fast and there was SO MUCH TELLING AND NOT SHOWING, that I simply didn’t enjoy it as much.

Would I recommend this book? YES. The Way You Make Me Feel was a hilarious, feel-good, summer read with some great character growth, diversity, romance and family. 

Maurene Goo grew up in a Los Angeles suburb surrounded by floral wallpaper and piles of books. She studied communication at UC San Diego and then later received a Masters in publishing, writing, and literature at Emerson College. Before publishing her first book, Since You Asked, she worked in both textbook and art book publishing. She also has very strong feelings about tacos and houseplants and lives in Los Angeles.

What are some of your favourite diverse reads of the year?

Have you read any of Maureen Goo's books?

What did you think of them?

 

BLOG TOUR: Unconditionally by Erin Lyon - Review & Giveaway

HELLO ALL BOOK PEOPLE, and welcome to my stop on the Unconditionally Blog Tour. Unconditionally is the second and final book in the Contract Killers Duology which is filled with Romance, Hilariously Awkward Moments, SWOONY men and a whole cast of slightly insane characters.

Check out my review and also, don't forget to enter the giveaway down below!

Title: Unconditionally (Contract Killers #2) 
Author: Erin Lyon
Publication Date: January 9th 2018
Publisher: Forge Books
Part of a Series?: Yes, Book 2 on 2 of the Contract Killers Duology
I Got A Copy Through: Tor/ Forge Books (THANK YOU!)
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Blurb Description: In a world where marriage doesn’t exist—only seven-year contracts—you don’t marry, you sign. You don’t divorce, you breach. And sometimes, you just expire.
In this hilarious conclusion to Erin Lyon's I Love You Subject to the Following Terms and Conditions, Kate has accepted a job practicing signing law, the one type of law she swore she'd never do - especially since what she thought was her very own happily ever after turned into just another expired contract. But between Kate's embarrassing penchant for running into exes in court, clients determined to use her as their very own therapist, and a couple having a knock-down, drag-out over the custody of the family guinea pig, at least the job's never boring.
But while Kate finally has a handle on her career, her love life is still, well, complicated. The former love of her life, Jonathan, wants her back. Her current main squeeze, Dave, wants to take things to the next level, but she still can't shake her wolf-in-sheep's-clothing vibe about him. And then there's Adam, her mad crush who really wants to be her friend. So, to sum up, one questionable ex, one player with a capital "P," and one guy who's kind of stolen her heart even though she's in the friend zone. This should be a piece of cake. 
Unconditionally is both a sweet and sexy romantic comedy and a hilariously relatable look at finding happiness where you least expect it.

Actual Rating 4.5 Stars. 

I read the first book in the Contract Killers Duology just a few weeks ago and I fell in love with EVERYTHING about it. I Love You * Subject to the following Terms and Conditions was hilarious, awkward, romantic, filled with drama and EVERYTHING I was looking for at the moment.

Which is why I only wait a DAY after I got my paperback copy of this book for the Blog Tour to dive in – I was SO EXCITED to see what happened to Kate, Adam, Logek and the insane world they live in.

MY THOUGHTS:

1.       The first book in this duology, I Love You* Subject to the following Terms and Conditions ended on one of the worst possible cliff-hangers a rom-com can leave you with and as soon as I reached the end, I was ABSOLUTELY desperate for more in this world and DESPERATE for more Kate and Adam.

2.       Unconditionally managed to keep up the pace, the hilarity and the romance that book one had but also had a greater focus on Kate’s job and every kind of messed up client she met as a Signing Attorney.

3.       Signing Law is one of the specialities of law in this HILARIOUS world where marriage doesn’t exist, but seven yearlong contracts instead and you can re-up, breach or let the contracts expire. I absolutely loved seeing Kate grow into and start liking her job in signing law because it made the book SO much more interesting.

4.       The one thing I CRAVED in this book was EVERYTHING Erin Lyon would give me about Kate and Adam because they are #goals. Through the whole 300 page book, there were only about five – six scenes or LESS AND I WAS SO DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE NOW I NEED MORE. So so much more of the both of them and I DON’T KNOW WHERE TO GET IT FROM.

5.       I love all the girl power in this book especially Kate’s best friends, Logek and her paralegal, Mags. They were absolutely brilliant at supporting each other and YAY FOR FRIENDSHIPS.

Unconditionally was a HILARIOUS book filled with steamy romance, friendships and awkward encounters that still has me wanting more. 4.5 stars.  

Erin Lyon graduated with a bachelor's degree in English and then worked in broadcast television at the Sacramento ABC affiliate for 10 years before going to law school. She is now a practicing civil attorney and blames all of the people in her life for not trying to talk her out of the whole “becoming a lawyer” thing. After finishing law school, she completed her first novel and began working on the sequels. Erin lives in Northern California with her husband of nearly 20 years (the Saint), her two daughters (the Girls), her three rescue dogs (the Boys), and three cats, who, let’s be real, belong only to themselves. The Contract Killers is her debut novel.

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- 2 Winners will receive a Set Copy of the Contract Killers Series (2 Books in Total) I LOVE YOU SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS and UNCONDITIONALLY by Erin Lyon.

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A Love Story Told By Love (IT WAS ADORABLE) // REVIEW: The Romantics by Leah Konen

Title: The Romantics
Author: Leah Konen
Publication Date: October 17th 2017
Publisher: Harry N Abrams (Amulet Books)
Part of a Series?: No, A Standalone
I Got A Copy Through: Abrams & Chronicle Books Ltd (THANK YOU!)
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Blurb Description: Perfect for fans of Lauren Myracle and Rainbow Rowell, The Romantics will charm readers of all ages. Gael Brennan is about to have his heart broken when his first big relationship crumbles on the heels of his parents’ painful separation. Love intervenes with the intention of setting things right—but she doesn’t anticipate the intrusion of her dreaded nemesis: the Rebound. Love’s plans for Gael are sidetracked by Cara, Gael’s hot sauce–wielding “dream girl.” And the more Love meddles, the further Gael drifts from the one girl who can help him mend his heart. Soon, Love starts breaking all her own rules—and in order to set Gael’s fate back on course, she has to make some tough decisions about what it means to truly care.

THIS BOOK IS ADORABLE.

And by ADORABLE I mean that it had me laughing at the funny moments (there was a scavenger hunt in a zoo), cringing at the awkward parts as we all tend to do in a romantic comedy and going “aww” (a word I almost NEVER use) when everything was cute and fluffy.

The one liner on the cover sold me on reading this book – ‘A rom-com about love. Told by Love’ – and I loved every second of it.

Let’s break it down:

WRITING:

One of my favourite parts about this book was that it was ACTUALLY told from Love’s perspective, but we got to saw Gael’s thoughts with commentary from Love on what he was thinking. It was ADORABLE, with all these sidenotes about the different types of people who fall in love including Dreamers, Loyalists, Serial Monogamists, Romantics and Cynics, and it was such fun to read that I honestly didn’t want the book to end.

PLOT:

Just like your typical romantic comedy, this book is about a Grade A Romantic who gets cheated on his girlfriend and his best friend and is then on the search to find The One, and all this mishaps that happen along the way. 

The fact that Love was narrating this book made this SO MUCH MORE FUN because you constantly got to see the small things that Love did to set Gael on the right path including small signs, rain (because when do rom-coms NOT have a scene in the pouring rain) and even THE AIRPORT SCENE.

CHARACTERS:

One of my other favourite parts about this book was HOW MUCH it concentrated on family. As Gael’s got cheated on and dumped, his parents were also separating. There was a lot of anger and lashing out, but I LOVED THAT parental control and influence were such a big part of the story. More than ANYTHING, I loved Gael’s baby sister, Piper with her Scavenger hunt skills, French phrases and the optimism only an eight year old can have.

I also loved Mason, Gael’s best friend despite what he did. He is one of the ONLY fictional best friends I’ve found it in me to forgive for cheating because this guy was ADORABLE in his own right and strangely loyal.

I loved Sammy Sutton, Cara and all the other characters in this book too but MOST OF ALL, I LOVED LOVE. The narration and mishaps were what brought this book to life and made it one I will definitely remember.

CONCLUSION:

One of the most hilarious and adorable love stories I’ve read in a while – told by Love itself!

If you’re looking for a read that will have you laughing and rooting for everyone involved, PICK UP The Romantics. 4.5 stars. 

Leah Konen grew up in a two-stoplight farming town in Washington State before moving to suburban North Carolina, where there were many more stoplights and lots of sweet tea. After studying journalism at the University of North Carolina, she headed to New York City to pursue her dream of becoming a writer. When she’s not working on novels and articles or writing for fashion brands, she enjoys devouring new books, spoiling her dog, Farley, biking around Brooklyn, checking out live music, and binge-watching TV. 

Find her online at www.leahkonen.com.

What are some of the cutest contemporary novel that you've read?

Have you had the chance to read The Romantics? What did you think of it?

Have you read another book that is told from Love's perspective?

I can't wait to hear from you!

 

A Light, Fun Contemporary // ARC REVIEW: In Some Other Life by Jessica Brody

Title: In Some Other Life
Author: Jessica Brody
Publication Date: August 8th 2017
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Part of a Series?: No, A Standalone
I Got A Copy Through: Macmillan Intl (THANK YOU!)
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Blurb Description: Kennedy Rhodes turns down an acceptance to an elite private school, instead choosing to stay at her high school and jump at the opportunity to date the boy of her dreams. Three years later, Kennedy walks in on that same boyfriend cheating with her best friend—and wishes she had made a different choice. But when Kennedy hits her head and wakes up in the version of her life where she chose to attend the private school, she finds that maybe it’s not as perfect of a world as she once thought. 

In A Nutshell: In Some Other Life is Freaky Friday meets a little physics in a high schooler’s story of a choice that changed her life. As an added bonus, there’s also a very swoony boy.

I’ve heard about the wonderfulness of Jessica Brody’s books from various blogger friends, especially her Unremembered trilogy and so, when I saw that she was releasing a YA Contemporary that seemed really interesting to me, I knew I had to read it!

Let’s break down what I thought about this book:

IDEA:

Let’s be honest, if you’ve been in high school, you’ve made a decision or two (and maybe even more than two) based on a boy, a girl, or maybe even both who might’ve romantically been paying attention to you. IT HAPPENS. Which is why the idea of this book really appealed to me. A Girl who chooses her normal public school so she can be close to her long time crush instead of the fancy private school and gets to do it over after the boy cheats on her? SIGN ME UP!

PLOT:

The plot went pretty much as I expected it to – first it showed us Kennedy in her normal life where she chose her boyfriend over the prestigious school and the second in which she’s been at the prestigious Winsdor Academy for three years, living the life she thought she wanted all along.

I did have a few problems with this part of the book:

1)      In BOTH versions of her life, Kennedy Rhodes is supposed to be smart. And I mean top of her class, Ivy League shoo-in, and editor-in-chief since feshman year smart. And yet, she was ALSO REALLY REALLY NAIVE AND A LITTLE DAFT. She didn’t realise her dad didn’t live in her house, she didn’t figure out what the numbers and letters meant (I MEAN - I DID, AND I’M NOT THAT SMART)

Her character was described as one thing, but she acted totally differently when it came to her personal life. I. JUST. HOW?

2)      She also objectified other girls who do use make-up by referring it to as “fake and misleading.” I honestly believe what you want to put on your body is a choice and as girls, we need to support each other’s choices so this seriously annoyed me. Just because someone decides to put makeup on, doesn’t make a “fake” person.

At the same time, I also loved a lot of the plot. Frankie, Kennedy’s younger brother and Dylan were these two ADORABLE little muffins that made the whole book stand out for me. I loved Frankie’s board game and mind and I adored all the scenes with him in it and WELL, Dylan was just an all-around perfect non-Zombie.

WRITING:

The writing managed to capture the voice (And all the hysteria and joy) that comes with being a teenage girl but nothing really spectacular.

CONCLUSION:

If you’re looking for that light contemporary read with a REALLY CUTE and SASSY boy, a girl with a decision to make and the cutest baby brother ever, In Some Other Life is for you.

Jessica Brody knew from a young age that she wanted to be a writer. She started self “publishing” her own books when she was seven years old, binding the pages together with cardboard, wallpaper samples, and electrical tape. Jessica has sold over twelve novels for teens, tweens, and adults including 52 Reasons to Hate My Father, The Karma Club, My Life Undecided, and the three books in the Unremembered trilogy, the first of which is currently in development as a major motion picture by the producers of The Vampire Academy, Zero Dark Thirty, Life of Pi, and Slumdog Millionaire. In 2016, she will release two new contemporary novels, A Week of Mondays (August) and Boys of Summer (April), and in 2017, her debut middle grade novel entitled, Addie Bell’s Shortcut to Growing Up, will hit bookstore shelves.

Have you read any books by Jessica Brody? What have you thought of them?

Who are some of your favourite siblings in YA Literature? 

I hope you check this book out and I can't wait to hear from you.

Unconditional Love and Cookie Dough // REVIEW: The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

Title: The Upside of Unrequited
Author: Becky Albertalli
Publication Date: April 11th 2017
Publisher: PUFFIN Books
Part of a Series?: No, A Standalone
I Got A Copy Through: Penguin Random House India (THANK YOU!)
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Blurb Description: Seventeen-year-old Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love-she's lived through it twenty-six times. She crushes hard and crushes often, but always in secret. Because no matter how many times her twin sister, Cassie, tells her to woman up, Molly can't stomach the idea of rejection. So she's careful. Fat girls always have to be careful.
Then a cute new girl enters Cassie's orbit, and for the first time ever, Molly's cynical twin is a lovesick mess. Meanwhile, Molly's totally not dying of loneliness-except for the part where she is.Luckily, Cassie's new girlfriend comes with a cute hipster-boy sidekick. Will is funny, flirtatious, and just might be perfect crush material. Maybe more than crush material. And if Molly can win him over, she'll get her first kiss and she'll get her twin back.
There's only one problem: Molly's coworker, Reid. He's an awkward Tolkien superfan, and there's absolutely no way Molly could fall for him. Right? 

I’ve seen people on the internet RAVING about this book. I’ve seen the hype surrounding its predecessor, both the book and movie version. My closest friend read this book and described it as a book that changed her life and made her fall in love with it.

So when a lovely manager at Penguin India said this book would be coming my way, I FREAKED OUT. I was VERY EXCITED, to say the least.

I finished reading this book on a long distance car ride just yesterday, and while it wasn’t Earth shatteringly good, this book was one of the cutest and most accepting books I’d read in a while. ALSO, IT MADE ME WANT TO JUMP INSIDE AND EAT MOLLY'S COOKIE DOUGH. Who could even resist?

Let me explain it in further detail:

MY THOUGHTS:

1.       WHY DO WE NOT SEE MORE FAT GIRLS IN YA BOOKS? Fat girls, like me, exist, and I’m SLOWLY (Very slowly) coming to terms with my body. Why is every protagonist out there “thin with legs for days” and “skinny and lanky?” I love the fact that Molly was a fat girl. I love that I SAW WHAT I FEEL ABOUT BOYS AND MY BODY REPRESENTED IN MOLLY. I love that I saw the insecurities, the comparison to other, thinner girls, the ever present shame that nobody could like because of your body. It summed up what fat girls feel like in a world where people are scrambling towards size zero and it did it perfectly.

2.        Another thing I loved was how accepted everyone was in this book. There was no coming out or acceptance curve that books are usually about, the instead, things just were. Gay? Anywhere on the LGBT Spectrum? Good for you. Life your life. Love who you want to love. WHICH WAS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT and it created such an open, comforting environment.

(Side Note: HOW DO WE MAKE THE ENTIRE WORLD LIKE THIS?)

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3.       I LOVED REID. I also loved Reid and Molly together. They were two smol adorable humans made of cookie dough and nerdiness and well, they were perfect together.

4.       One of my biggest drawbacks in the book was Cassie, Molly’s sister. This surprised even me because when I started reading, she was my FAVOURITE Character. She was bold and fearless until that turned into her bring pushy, annoying and expecting everyone to bend around her will. She said things like: “Like, you know she’s my girlfriend, right?” and “You need a boyfriend to understand, Molly” and IT PISSED ME OFF SO MUCH.

5.       I wish there was more parental supervision. I’m all for liberal parents, but these girls were SIXTEEN? Or seventeen? I’m not really sure but they were mostly allowed to do whatever they wanted which has never been my experience with parents. I LOVED THEIR PARENTS, I just wish they were more involved in the plot rather than the occasional dinner and good morning.

And that’s it. I read my first Becky Albertalli book. FINALLY.

The Upside of Unrequited is an adorable, diverse book filled with unconditional love, sisterhood and cookie dough. A MUST read.  

 Becky Albertalli is a clinical psychologist who has had the privilege of conducting therapy with dozens of smart, weird, irresistible teenagers. She also served for seven years as the coleader of a support group for gender-nonconforming children in Washington, DC. Becky Albertalli is the author of the acclaimed novels Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, The Upside of Unrequited, and Leah on the Offbeat. A former clinical psychologist who specialized in working with children and teens, Becky lives with her family in Atlanta. You can visit her online at www.beckyalbertalli.com.

Have your read Becky Albertalli's Books? 

Which one did you like better? Simon VS The Homo Sapien Agenda or The Upside of Requited? 

Are you an Oreo eater? Do you prefer the Golden ones or the Original?

I can't WAIT to hear from you!