Books - Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli

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Mount TBR so far = 4/24
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When it comes to drumming, Leah Burke is usually right on the beat - but real life is a little harder to manage. She loves to draw but is too self-conscious to show it. And she hasn't mustered the courage to tell her friends she's bisexual, not even her openly gay BFF, Simon. So Leah really doesn't know what to do when her rock-solid friendship group starts to fracture. With prom and college on the horizon, tensions are running high, and its hard for Leah when the people she loves are fighting - especially when she realizes she might love one of them more than she ever intended...

I read Simon vs the Homosapiens Agenda (such a better title than "Love, Simon") ages ago, and adored it, so I always knew I was going to read Leah on the Offbeat. Obviously I was worried it wouldn't live up to how much I adored Simon, but it turned out that wasn't a problem at all. *g* Albertalli is brilliant at creating people and relationships and then showing us how those things just don't always match up with each other or the world around us all. It's the kind of book that you don't want to put down, because despite all their complications, you want to be in that world. Plus, of course, there's bonus fandom! Leah is into fandom, which somehow makes her even more relatable, despite the fact that she's just 18, and I'm... well, not. *g* Anyway - beautifully, thoughtfully written, comfortable and happy to read - definitely recommended!

I bought this just at the end of last year, so I can squeeze it into Mount TBR (I'd been meaning to buy it for ages too, except that I was travelling, so it was effectively bought a long time before that... *g*) And having thought there'd be nowhere on ljbookbingo for it to go, since I'd used up young adult, of course it perfectly fits Diverse Reads, so yeay. *g*

Books 2019 so far
Booklist 2019
1. Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift (bookgroup)
2. You take the Hippy, I'll take Goldilocks by Gil Hale (fanfic re-read)
3. In a Land of Shadows by Gil Hale (fanfic re-read)
4. The Dressmaker by Rosalie Ham (MountTBR, LjBookBingo)
5. A Walk on the Beach by E.T. (fanfic re-read)
6. Chasing the Light by Jesse Blackadder (Mount TBR, LjBookBingo)
7. November by Sebastian (fanfic re-read)
8. Time Travelling with a Hamster by Ross Welford (Mount TBR, LjBookBingo)
9. The Greatcoat by Helen Dunmore (Bookgroup, LjBookBingo)
10. Cold Water Morning by Fictonwriter (fanfic)
11. All or Nothing by Kate MacLean (fanfic re-read)
12. Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli (LjBookBingo, Mount TBR)