![]() Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Creekwood #1) by Becky Albertalli Hardcover, 303 pages Published April 7th 2015 by Balzer + Bray Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn’t play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone’s business. Worse, the privacy of Blue, the pen name of the boy he’s been emailing, will be compromised. With some messy dynamics emerging in his once tight-knit group of friends, and his email correspondence with Blue growing more flirtatious every day, Simon’s junior year has suddenly gotten all kinds of complicated. Now, change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he’s pushed out—without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he’s never met. My Thoughts....I went into Simon vs the Homosapien agenda (From now on I will refer to the title as Sv.HA cause I am ) or as the movie retitled it Love, Simon with an open mind but also with some trepidation. I hated HATED contemporary romance in high school. I thought they were way to sappy, that the characters were to one dimensional and a lot of the time annoying. I was such a romantic in high school (honestly I was just didn't want to read it.) Since reading The Perks of being a Wallflower last summer two summers ago I was more interested in it.
I knew I wanted to read Sv.HA before seeing the movie but I hadn't gotten around to it. Finally I ordered the audio book and I was hooked. It was sweet, and the problems that Simon faced as a gay student who was grappling with his sexuality and what that meant to him, and general school issues were relatable.* I don't know what about it made me enjoy it so much after not liking contemporary as a kid, maybe it was time and space, being in my own happy relationship where I can see the same things that happened with my relationship, the friendships. Overall this was a really cute story, and I can't wait to see the movie. Which I still haven't done months after reading the book... What did you think of this book? *I say relatable but some of it was not aka being a (mostly) closeted student. I am straight but I was able to relate to the crush flutters. See you soon! ORDER REBELLION https://www.katelyncostello.com/rebel... Order The Frituals (Amazon) https://www.amazon.com/Frituals-Katel... My site https://www.katelyncostello.com/the-f... Follow me on the interwebs: amazon.com/author/katelyncostello https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5... Twitter @Scripturienting IG: @authorkatelyncostello Facebook: Author Katelyn Costello Youtube: KatelynCostello www.katelyncostello.com https://www.pinterest.com/ladykate100...
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My readers and my writer friends. I haven't done a writing update in well over a year. And that is tragic because I used to honestly love to write these little updates for you. But I got busy, and it was easier to put a two min word vomit clip on youtube than it was to actually sit down and articulate my thoughts. I took a break from this. And a break from youtube. But I am back now and am ready to get back into attempting to put my thoughts down. If you have purchased a copy of Rebellion, you will have the key to knowing what the next book I will be writing is called. If you don't have it yet... I will be at a few book events in the next few weeks or sign up for my mailing list. I will be sharing a lot there and on Patreon. But I made a timeline for myself that is quite fast so you won't be waiting too long for a new book from me, don't you worry. I will have a lot more information for you come October 4th. There I said it. The deadline is out there. Anyway, this is just a little post to say that I am extremely happy to be where I am right now. That I am on to the next project but that it is a break from The Fritual Saga. I will be back to that shortly, I just want to take this little side jaunt and refresh my brain before jumping back in. With lots of love Katelyn See you soon! PRE ORDER REBELLION https://www.katelyncostello.com/rebel... Order The Frituals (Amazon) https://www.amazon.com/Frituals-Katel... My site https://www.katelyncostello.com/the-f... Follow me on the interwebs: amazon.com/author/katelyncostello https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5... Twitter @Scripturienting IG: @authorkatelyncostello Facebook: Author Katelyn Costello Youtube: KatelynCostello www.katelyncostello.com https://www.pinterest.com/ladykate100... "If you don't see the book you want on the shelf, write it." |
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