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I’ve split this TTT in two, queer books I’ve recently read that I wish I’d had access to while younger and YA books I haven’t read that sound amazing and I’m sure I would have loved when I was more into YA. I still might read them, but I’m not that drawn to YA anymore, but I’ve recently read a few I loved. I just spread them out so I don’t feel too old when I relate to the protagonists’ parents more.
Queer books that would have made my younger self happy:
- Valdemar by Mercedes Lackey
- The Last Sun by K.D. Edwards
- The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
- The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood
- Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
YA books that sound great but I feel too old for
- The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi
- The Mermaid, The Witch & The Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
- Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
- Star Daughter by Shveta Thakrar
- Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim
I totally feel you on both points.
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I think one of my goals for next year will be to read more YA, there’s so much that sounds great coming out now
I think I would have appreciated most of these as a teenager. I was more into fantasy then.
Ha ha. I’m definitely in the “relate more to the parents” stage!
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
The parents make sense! This is why so many fantasy heroes are teenagers, they haven’t had time to grow into their sense yet
Great list! I don’t think you’re ever too old for YA, but I do think it can be a case of finding the YA that works for us when we’re no longer teenagers ourselves. I’ve heard amazing things about Cemetery Boys!
I’ve also heard great stuff about it, maybe it will be my next YA book
“I just spread them out so I don’t feel too old when I relate to the protagonists’ parents more.” I don’t know any of your books, but that line made me laugh. I have recently attained technically-old-enough-to-be-a-teen’s-parent status, and while I still read YA pretty frequently and find I can usually access Teen Mode in my brain, I do occasionally find myself feeling more sympathy for the parents, which I presume will increase in frequency with time. It’s a very weird sensation.
That happened most often in A Blade so Black
MC: oh my mom is so worried all the time
Me: Of course she is! SHE IS RIGHT! NOW ANSWER YOUR PHONE YOUNG LADY!
I still love YA, but I laughed at your comment about relating to the parent more—I’ll admit that’s happened to me with some reads. 🙂
I’m realizing this year that I might in fact also love YA, some of my favorite books of the year Legendborn, Dread Nation, Catfishing on Catnet have been YA