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I've gotten to read a few books from my favorite authors recently! I keep adding new authors to my list of auto-buys, and I'm not mad about it!About The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar, from the publisher:
I adored Nav's Foolproof Guide to Falling in Love by Jessica Lewis. It was the perfect rom com to get me out of my head in a dark time. Sometimes I just want to forget about my own problems and scream about two fictional characters who couldn't be more clueless about their feelings for each other. I can't wait for the spinoff, Hallie's Rules for a Recovering Romantic, which comes out next year! I will read anything Jessica Lewis writes, from horror to rom coms, she hasn't let me down...[read on]
From bestselling author Sonora Reyes comes a poignant and searingly honest companion novel to the multi-award-winning The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School, following beloved character Cesar Flores as he comes to terms with hisVisit Sonora Reyes's website.sexuality, his new bipolar diagnosis, and more mistakes than he can count.
Seventeen-year-old Cesar Flores is finally ready to win back his ex-boyfriend. Since breaking up with Jamal in a last-ditch effort to stay in the closet, he’s come out to Mami, his sister, Yami, and their friends, taken his meds faithfully, and gotten his therapist’s blessing to reunite with Jamal.
Everything would be perfect if it weren’t for The Thoughts—the ones that won’t let all his Catholic guilt and internalizations stay buried where he wants them. The louder they become, the more Cesar is once again convinced that he doesn't deserve someone like Jamal—or anyone really.
Cesar can hide a fair amount of shame behind jokes and his “gifted” reputation, but when a manic episode makes his inner turmoil impossible to hide, he’s faced with a stark choice: burn every bridge he has left or, worse—ask for help. But is the mortifying vulnerability of being loved by the people he’s hurt the most a risk he’s willing to take?
Writers Read: Sonora Reyes.
--Marshal Zeringue
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