🏳️‍🌈 Are these POPULAR Queer Authors WORTH THE HYPE? 📚

I read three popular books by queer authors to see if they're worth the hype.

Throughout the month of June, I read three books by popular queer authors I've seen praised on BookTube, BookTok, and Bookstagram for years to see if they're really worth all the hype. In this reading vlog, I review each book to see if the hype is real.

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The Books
You Had Me at Happy Hour by Timothy Janovsky: https://geni.us/UUHKF6
Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly: https://geni.us/zguyw
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters: https://geni.us/g0c6Si

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Detransition, Baby: https://geni.us/XKVmuUr
Love & Other Disasters: https://geni.us/7Lh8
You Had Me at Happy Hour: https://geni.us/rtHuBUq

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◼ ABOUT ME ◼
Hi, I'm Alex! My pronouns are he/him and I am a trans man. Welcome to my channel, Pucksandpaperbacks. I love to uplift queer and trans books from Young Adult fiction, queer romances & graphic novels, to memoirs. Thanks for stopping by! If you're new here, feel free to hit subscribe to join my community of Paperback Pals.

Note: I do not give books star ratings. It's just a personal preference of mine. In all of my videos, I just review the books.


Chapters
00:00 intro
01:00 You Had Me at Happy Hour
14:11 Love & Other Disasters
27:17 Detransition, Baby
37:07 Reading Wrap Up
38:33 Thanks for watching!