Kat Reads Book - February Edition
Mar. 3rd, 2024 02:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kat_lair***
I didn't do much reading in the first half of the month and then for the second half books became a welcome distraction. Even so, I only finished two, both pretty random grabs from the library's YA section, because nothing in the adult shelves really appealed.
She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott & Alyson Derrick - This has a familiar fanfic trope and you absolutely get what you ordered with this one. The main plot includes Alex, the cool girl with difficult home situation and Molly, the nerd with social anxiety issues, striking a deal where Alex helps Molly get the girl of her dreams in order to prove to her own long-distance girlfriend that she's a good person who can be open about her feelings. The inevitable happens. It's cute with an alternating pov and some unexpected depth like Alex's mum's alcoholism (can confirm, those scenes were realistic) and Molly's mum's difficult relationship with her, and therefore Molly's, Korean heritage. Didn't rock my world but entertaining enough. Bonus points for absolutely zero homophobia.
Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt - The story is from a pov of 12 year old Jack who gets a new brother as his parents foster Joseph who is only a couple of years older but already a father himself, of a baby girl called Jupiter. This was... I was genuinely impressed. The language is both simplistic enough to be believably from a kid's pov but also has between-the-lines depth to it. Despite covering some difficult topics and not having an uncomplicatedly happy ending, this is a book that affirms your faith in the fundamental goodness and kindness of people. Not all people. But many. This is a quick read but well worth the time. Would recommend. I'm still thinking about it, enough that I went looking to see if someone had written any kind of fix-it to it on AO3 and upon discovering not, I am tempted.
***
I didn't do much reading in the first half of the month and then for the second half books became a welcome distraction. Even so, I only finished two, both pretty random grabs from the library's YA section, because nothing in the adult shelves really appealed.
She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott & Alyson Derrick - This has a familiar fanfic trope and you absolutely get what you ordered with this one. The main plot includes Alex, the cool girl with difficult home situation and Molly, the nerd with social anxiety issues, striking a deal where Alex helps Molly get the girl of her dreams in order to prove to her own long-distance girlfriend that she's a good person who can be open about her feelings. The inevitable happens. It's cute with an alternating pov and some unexpected depth like Alex's mum's alcoholism (can confirm, those scenes were realistic) and Molly's mum's difficult relationship with her, and therefore Molly's, Korean heritage. Didn't rock my world but entertaining enough. Bonus points for absolutely zero homophobia.
Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt - The story is from a pov of 12 year old Jack who gets a new brother as his parents foster Joseph who is only a couple of years older but already a father himself, of a baby girl called Jupiter. This was... I was genuinely impressed. The language is both simplistic enough to be believably from a kid's pov but also has between-the-lines depth to it. Despite covering some difficult topics and not having an uncomplicatedly happy ending, this is a book that affirms your faith in the fundamental goodness and kindness of people. Not all people. But many. This is a quick read but well worth the time. Would recommend. I'm still thinking about it, enough that I went looking to see if someone had written any kind of fix-it to it on AO3 and upon discovering not, I am tempted.
***