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FACTS ABOUT THE BOOK Title:  History Is All You Left Me  Author:  Adam Silvera Publisher: Simon & Schuster Price:  8.99€ (Amazon) Pages: 304 Genre:  LGBTQ*, Dealing with Death Year:  2017  BACK OF THE BOOK / WHAT IS IT ABOUT? SPOILER WARNING! (already gives some major points of the book away) When Griffin’s first love and ex-boyfriend, Theo, dies in a drowning accident, his universe implodes. Even though Theo had moved to California for college and started seeing Jackson, Griffin never doubted Theo would come back to him when the time was right. But now, the future he’s been imagining for himself has gone far off course. To make things worse, the only person who truly understands his heartache is Jackson. But no matter how much they open up to each other, Griffin’s downward spiral continues. He’s losing himself in his obsessive compulsions and destructive choices, and the secrets he’s been keeping are tearing...

FACTS ABOUT THE BOOK Title: The Miseducation of Cameron Post Author:  Emily Danforth Publisher:  Penguin Price:  8.99€ (Amazon) Pages:  480 Genre:  LGBTQ*  Year:  2017 (2013) BACK OF THE BOOK The night Cameron Post's parents died, her first emotion was relief. Relief they would never know that hours earlier, she'd been kissing a girl. Now living with her conservative Aunt in small-town Montana, hiding her sexuality and blending in becomes second nature to Cameron until she begins an intense friendship with the beautiful Coley Taylor. Desperate to 'correct' her niece, Cameron's Aunt takes drastic action. Now Cameron must battle with the cost of being her true-self even if she's not completely sure who that is. The Miseducation of Cameron Post  is a stunning and unforgettable literary debut about discovering who you are and finding the courage to live life according to your own rules. MY OP...

FACTS ABOUT THE BOOK Title:  ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK - My time in a women's prison Author:  Piper Kerman Publisher: Little Brown Price:  £ 8.99 Pages: 344 Genre: Retelling/Memoir Year:  2013 BACK OF THE BOOK With her career, live-in boyfriend and loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the rebellious young woman who got mixed up with drug runners and delivered a suitcase of drug money to Europe over a decade ago. But when she least expects it, her reckless past catches up with her; convicted and sentenced to fifteen months at an infamous women's prison in Connecticut, Piper becomes inmate # 11187-424 . From her first strip search to her final release, she learns to navigate this strange world with its arbitrary rules and codes, its unpredictable, even dangerous relationships. She meets women from all walks of life, who surprise her with tokens of generosity, hard truths and simple acts of acceptance. Now an original comedy-d...

SOME FACTS/STATISTICS How many books have I read in May 2018? I read eight books in May 2018. How many pages have I read in total in May 2018? 2991 pages How many pages have I read on average on a day in May 2018? 96 pages a day How many pages did the books that I read have on average? 373 pages  How many stars have I awarded to the books on average in my ratings?  4,18  stars out of 5 stars What was my highest rating in May 2018? 5 out of 5 stars What was my lowest rating in May 2018? 3,5 out of 5 stars What books have I read in May 2018 in which order? I started the month with a German review copy of a book set in France, namely " Die Wolkenfischerin " by Claudia Winter. I've read her last book "Glückssterne" last year and really enjoyed that (click here for my review on that) and so I was quite excited to read her new one. I liked "Die Wolkenfischerin" but also had some issues...

FACTS ABOUT THE BOOK Title: Leah on the Offbeat Author: Becky Albertalli Publisher:  Balzer + Bray Price:  $12.00 Pages:  243 Genre:  Novel (LGBTQ*) Year:  2018 BACK OF THE BOOK In this sequel to the acclaimed  Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda —now a major motion picture,  Love, Simon —we follow Simon’s BFF Leah as she grapples with changing friendships, first love, and senior year angst. When it comes to drumming, Leah Burke is usually on beat—but real life isn’t always so rhythmic. She’s an anomaly in her friend group: the only child of a young, single mom, and her life is decidedly less privileged. She loves to draw but is too self-conscious to show it. And even though her mom knows she’s bisexual, she hasn’t mustered the courage to tell her friends—not even her openly gay BFF, Simon. So Leah really doesn’t know what to do when her rock-solid friend group starts to fracture in unexpected ways. With prom and college on...

FAKTEN ZUM BUCH Titel:  Den Mund Voll Ungesagter Dinge Autor: Anne Freytag Verlag:  Heyne Fliegt Preis:  14,99€ Seitenzahl:  399 Erscheinungsdatum: 2017 Buchart:  Broschiert Genre: Jugend/Young Adult Roman, Liebesgeschichte, LGBTQ* KLAPPENTEXT Quelle: Amazon Wenn Sophie es sich aussuchen könnte, wäre ihr Leben simpel. Aber das ist es nicht. Und das war es auch nie. Das fängt damit an, dass ihre Mutter sie direkt nach der Geburt im Stich gelassen hat. Und endet damit, dass Sophies Vater plötzlich beschließt, mit seiner Tochter zu seiner Freundin nach München zu ziehen. Alle sind glücklich. Bis auf Sophie.  Was hat es bloß mit dieser verdammten Liebe auf sich? Sophie selbst war noch nie verliebt. Klar gab es Jungs, einsam ist sie trotzdem. Bis sie in der neuen Stadt auf Alex trifft. Das Nachbarsmädchen mit der kleinen Lücke zwischen den Zähnen, den grünen Augen und dem ansteckenden Lachen. Zum ersten Mal lässt sich Sophie...