Geography Club

Hello,

I hope everyone is having as much beautiful weather as I am having. My laptop says is 57 degrees, but my body says it's 65ish out here in the sunshine. Gorgeous.

And lucky me, I have a great book to blog about today! I love it when the book is awesome. I know I've loved all of them so far, but that's just because I have yet to finish the ones I don't love.

I've been looking for another Boy Meets Boy ever since I finished Boy Meets Boy. I had about twenty bucks leftover from Christmas on my Amazon account so with some careful planning I knew I could make it count. I scoured the internet and lucked out. I found Lee Wind's blog called I'm Here. I'm Queer. What The Hell Do I Read?. That's how I found Geography Club and boy, am I glad I did. I bought it on my Kindle midmorningish and I had finished it before bedtime. My only regret was finishing it so quickly. I'll be reading the sequel ASAP.

Russell Middlebrook feels like a spy behind enemy lines in the boy's locker room. Any moment, a single wrong look, a wrong word, and the boys will see his secret. He feels like it's' so obvious. Russell is gay. He doesn't know any other gay people, well... some on the internet, but they aren't real. Which is why he's surprised when he notices someone has set up a chatroom for his hometown on a gay website. Russell sets up a meeting with "GayTeen" a boy from not only his school, but his own year. He's shocked when it is baseball star, super popular, and hot Kevin Land. Russell promises to keep Kevin's secret, but he has to tell someone. He turns to his best friend Min and is shocked to learn that she's bisexual. Shortly, Russell is meeting several other gay students and he wonders if the whole school isn't secretly gay. The kids start meeting under the misleading name Geography Club (who would ever want to join something as boring as a geography club?) and sharing about their experiences in life and supporting each other. Things start looking up for Russell, but nothing lasts forever.

I would describe this book as the Gay-Straight Alliance version of The Breakfast Club. It's witty, funny, and the the writing is fantastic.

Five out of five stars and I definitely recommend it!

Later,
Emily