What to Read Based on Your Netflix Queue
If you’re anything like me, your Netflix queue has gotten out of control. This is partially due to the fact that I keep getting distracted by books (looking at you Red, White, and Royal Blue), and not actually watching anything on my list. Fortunately, if you also happen to have a back log of movies and/or shows in your Netflix, I’m more than happy to distract you with shinies (a.k.a. books) that match up with anything and everything you’ve been planning to watch. So, tell me what’s in your Netflix queue, and I’ll give you a book rec! (And then we can all continue to put off watching all those things we just haven’t gotten around to watching yet.)
IF YOU HAVE SET IT UP, READ AMELIA WESTLAKE WAS NEVER HERE BY ERIN GOUGH
Harriet Price is the perfect student: smart, dutiful, over-achieving. Will Everhart is a troublemaker who's never met an injustice she didn't fight. When their swim coach's inappropriate behavior is swept under the rug, the unlikely duo reluctantly team up to expose his misdeeds, pulling provocative pranks and creating the instantly legendary Amelia Westlake -- an imaginary student who helps right the many wrongs of their privileged institution. But as tensions burn throughout their school -- who is Amelia Westlake? -- and between Harriet and Will, how long can they keep their secret? How far will they go to make a difference? And when will they realize they're falling for each other?
Award-winning author Erin Gough's Amelia Westlake Was Never Here is a funny, smart, and all-too-timely story of girls fighting back against power and privilege -- and finding love while they're at it.
IF YOU HAVE SEX EDUCATION, READ JACK OF HEARTS (AND OTHER PARTS) BY L. C. ROSEN
Riverdale meets Love, Simon in this modern, fresh, YA debut about an unapologetically queer teen working to uncover a blackmailer threatening him back into the closet.
Jack has a lot of sex--and he's not ashamed of it. While he's sometimes ostracized, and gossip constantly rages about his sex life, Jack always believes that "it could be worse."
But then, the worse unexpectedly strikes: When Jack starts writing a teen sex advice column for an online site, he begins to receive creepy and threatening love letters that attempt to force Jack to curb his sexuality and personality. Now it's up to Jack and his best friends to uncover the stalker--before their love becomes dangerous.
Ground-breaking and page-turning, Jack of Hearts (and other parts) celebrates the freedom to be oneself, especially in the face of adversity.
IF YOU HAVE HOMECOMING, YOU SHOULD READ ON THE COME UP BY ANGIE THOMAS
IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE GREAT, READ HELLO, GOODBYE, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN BY JENNIFER E. SMITH
On the night before they leave for college, Clare and Aidan only have one thing left to do: figure out whether they should stay together or break up. Over the course of twelve hours, they retrace the steps of their relationship, trying to find something in their past that might help them decide what their future should be. The night leads them to family and friends, familiar landmarks and unexpected places, hard truths and surprising revelations. But as the clock winds down and morning approaches, so does their inevitable goodbye. The question is, will it be goodbye for now or goodbye forever?
Charming, bittersweet, and full of wisdom and heart, this irresistible novel from Jennifer E. Smith, author of The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight and Field Notes on Love, explores the difficult choices that arise when life and love lead in different directions.
IF YOU HAVE THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW, READ WITH THE FIRE ON HIGH BY ELIZABETH ACEVEDO