For anyone craving LGBTQ romance, read this novel. 

When Joanna (Jo) Gordon moves to small, conservative Rome, Georgia, she makes a promise to her evangelist father to keep her sexual identity a secret for the rest of her senior year. Pretending to be straight becomes a hundred times more complicated when she falls for Mary Carlson. But a promise is a promise...isn't it?

Peach Bellini - Forbidden fruit to anyone under 21. While it's off limits to most who read the book, it's something to look forward to. Kind of like Jo being tempted by Mary Carlson. 

Cheesy Grits - This speaks to the Southern setting of the book but also because Jo showed true grit in standing up for her beliefs. 

Peach salsa - Who doesn't love a spicy romance? This salsa heats up your palate as much as Jo and Mary's relationship heated up the pages. 

BBQ Shrimp - This again speaks to the spicy relationship between Jo and Mary but also reflects the Southern setting.   

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The verdict is in - read this book!

Victor is supposed to spread his dad's ashes, but he has no clue as to where. So when he meets Madeline, a girl who runs with a rag-tag group of homeless kids, they help him devise a plan but carrying out the plan involves several things Victor never planned--falling in love, learning to really listen, ice cream, graveyards, and murder. 

Since the kids never had much money for food, I decided to set a limit for this meal. I spent $7.20 (as close as I could get to my intended $8) at Wendy's. It was actually kind of fun ordering things from the $.99 menu in order to create a whole meal. On another note, the Kids of Appetite has a meaning all its own, but I won't spoil it here. 

Strawberry Chiller - This represents the thriller part of the book.

Salad - Even though the kids scrounged for food, good nutrition was still important to Baz. Also, a salad is a mix and the group was a great mix of characters who formed their own family. Admittedly, green beans would've been a better choice, but I worked with what I could. (You have to read the book to know why!)

Chicken nuggets and French fries - this is sort of literal. The kids ate at a diner where a friendly waitress took care of them. So fried food is good diner food.

Frosty - This symbolizes Coco, (one of my favorite characters). She loves ice cream of all kinds. And being the youngest, this is one of the few ways the others could spoil her. 

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You'll crush hard on this book, and it will give you all the feels right back!

As with all of Becky Albertalli's writing, I loved the characters, plot, and theme of this book.

​Molly Peskin-Suso doesn't understand the laws of attraction. How is it that two people like each other at the exact same moment? She's failed at this twenty-six times. Or maybe not at all since all twenty-six crushes never knew how she felt. But when her twin, Cassie, gets a new girlfriend, Molly thinks that crush number twenty-seven, Will, might lead to her first kiss. Except there's her new coworker, Reid. 

He's a Tolkien fanatic and doesn't have the IT factor Molly's always been a fan of...or does he? 

California rolls - this represents the fact that in order to really get what you want, you have to put yourself out there so that people can see your beautiful vulnerability. 

Rainbow cupcakes - I won't spoil the book but there's a reason to celebrate with the array of colors. You'll have to read the book to find out just why... 

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