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    Blog Tour: Rent a Boyfriend by Gloria Chao [EN/ZH-TW]

    13th November 2020
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    Rent a Boyfriend by Gloria Chao

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    Ta-ke hó*! I am Hsinju (she/they/他), a born-and-raised Taiwanese currently residing in Illinois. Today (November 13th, 2020) is my Hear Our Voices Book Tours blog stop for the adorable Taiwanese American, fake-dating YA romance Rent a Boyfriend by Gloria Chao! Mostly set in Palo Alto with a few chapters in Chicago (yay, Illinois), the story opens with Chloe Wang and her family meeting her boyfriend—ahem—hired boyfriend, whose real name is Drew Chan, for the first time on Thanksgiving.

    * “Ta-ke hó” is “hi, everyone” in Taiwanese.

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    Blog Tour: You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

    9th November 2020
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    You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

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    Hey y’all! I am Hsinju (she/they/他), a queer Taiwanese book reviewer and blogger currently residing in Illinois. Today (November 9th, 2020) is my Hear Our Voices Book Tours blog stop for the uplifting sapphic YA with a Black teen lead You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson! Set in the Midwest (hi neighboring Indiana), we follow Liz’s journey of running for prom queen.

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    Two to Tangle by Melissa Brayden | ARC Review

    6th November 2020
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    Two to Tangle (A Tangle Valley Romance #2) by Melissa Brayden

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    Food, wine, and softball games with a sexy chef and hot contractor? I’m in love.

    “You’re a good chef.”

    [Gabriella] paused. “Ryan. I’m the best chef. Stop by my truck one day.”

    Chef Gabriella Russo (34) moved from the East Coast to the West with her best-friend-cum-ex-girlfriend Madison LeGrange (31) after Tangle Valley Vineyard owner Joey Wilder’s (31) job offer. Soon the restaurant of her dreams is under construction, and Gabriella finds herself in the constant presence of the gorgeous contractor Ryan Jacks (28), who might also be the woman of her dreams. Too bad Ryan is a player and too young for her.

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    Finding a Keeper by Nicole Pyland | ARC Review

    30th October 2020
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    Finding a Keeper (Sports #4) by Nicole Pyland

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    Content warnings: death of parent, mention of conversion therapy, disowning

    This is my eighth Pyland novel, and I have learned by now to never start reading her books on a busy day because they are impossible to put down. Clear your schedule, and get ready for Sloan and Marley’s cute, slow-burn, best-friends-to-lovers romance.

    Sloan Rossi (18, 1/4-Black) has just moved back to the US from the UK to attend college for soccer. As a striker in U18 Premier League (stated as EPL Youth League in the book), she doesn’t want to be a goalie. But when her new friend junior goalie Marley Nichols (20, lesbian) injures her rotator cuff, Sloan becomes the backup goalkeeper. With their strengthening friendship over the course of a year as they both stay by each other’s side through difficulties in life, Sloan and Marley become virtually inseparable. When people start assuming they were dating, Marley could only wish they really were as Sloan reevaluates her own sexuality and what Marley truly means to her.

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    The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

    28th October 2020
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    The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet (Wayfarers #1) by Becky Chambers

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    Content warnings: mention of a cult, mention of genocide, death of prominent character, misgendering?, speciesism, torture, blood

    Did you know that this book was a Kickstarter project and initially self-published when Chambers was about twenty-nine years old? I didn’t. After hearing so many great things about the Wayfarers series, I finally picked it up, and stars, was it amazing!

    The story follows the Wayfarer crew as they travel through space for roughly one standard after getting offered a highly paid job of tunneling between Central space (Tokath Gateway) and Hedra Ka, the capital planet of the new Galactic Commons (GC) ally Toremi Ka. Nine main characters consist the ensemble cast:

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