Title: The Avant-Guards, Vol. 1 Author: Carly Usdin, Noah Hayes (illustrator) Genre: Young Adult, Verse Novel, Contemporary Trigger Warning: Rating: 5 stars Release Date: September 3, 2019 Synopsis When Charlie transfers to the Georgia O’Keeffe College of Arts and Subtle Dramatics, she struggles to find her feet, but winds up exactly where she belongs...in the school’s (terrible) basketball team. As a transfer student to the Georgia O’Keeffe College for Arts and Subtle Dramatics, former sports star Charlie is struggling to find her classes, her dorm, and her place amongst a student body full of artists who seem to know exactly where they’re going. When the school’s barely-a-basketball-team unexpectedly attempts to recruit her, Charlie’s adamant that she’s left that life behind…until she’s won over...

Title: Something Like Gravity Author: Amber Smith Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance, LGBTQ Trigger Warning: Bullying, Homophobia, Transphobia, Misgendering, Language/Slurs, Mentions of Violence Rating: 3 stars Release Date: June 18 Synopsis For fans of Love, Simon and Eleanor & Park, a romantic and sweet novel about a transgender boy who falls in love for the first time—and how first love changes us all—from New York Times bestselling author Amber Smith. Chris and Maia aren’t off to a great start. A near-fatal car accident first brings them together, and their next encounters don’t fare much better. Chris’s good intentions backfire. Maia’s temper gets the best of her. But they’re neighbors, at least for the summer, and despite their best efforts, they just can’t seem to stay away from each other. The path forward isn’t easy. Chris has come out ...

Title:   All the Worlds Between Us Author: Morgan Lee Miller Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance, LGBTQ Trigger Warning: Bullying, Homophobia, Language/Slurs, Sexual Scenarios Rating: 3 stars Release Date: May 14, 2019 Synopsis Seventeen-year-old Quinn Hughes needs to be in top shape if she wants to medal at the swimming World Championships in ten months. This means no easy distractions, no matter how pretty they are. She’s still piecing her confidence back together after not qualifying for the Olympics, her relationship with her twin brother is getting worse the more he hangs out with the popular kids, and then Kennedy Reed suddenly squeezes herself back into Quinn’s life. The girl who was her best friend. The girl who gave Quinn her first kiss. The girl who hasn’t spoken to her since. Soon, Quinn finds herself juggling her new girlfriend, training for the biggest competition of her...

It's the first Top Ten Tuesday of April! I for one am really looking forward to this month, even though I do have a lot going on. I like being busy in fun ways and actually manage my time better when I have stuff going on but am not overwhelmed. Things are already starting to look better outside with springtime. The prompt this week is things that make me pick up a book. This is a little open ended, but not as much as last week, which was an audio freebie. Anyway, I decided to go with both physical things that I see when browsing and also when other people talk about and recommend a book and what of those things help me to choose to read that book. So here we go! 1.  Pretty and Colorful Covers I absolutely 100% judge books by their covers. When I'm at the library and picking out books to read, I pick out based on the spines and covers before reading the synopsis to see if that's the book for me. When I'm browsing, covers are very much the thing that helps me dec...