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Ok, why is this soo good? I thought I had no internet in the ins and outs of a space mission, and boy was I wrong! Just the launch alone had me hooked. Not sure how the two different storylines combine but I can't wait to find out.

Definitely a slow burner, this is starting to get surprisingly interesting at exploring and explaining how human sexuality is defined and defining our lives.

"'Are you insane? [...] Opening fire from a helicopter! You could have killed someone."'

The kidnapper telling the police office off is a very good example of how bonkers and funny this book is. I don't remember how I came across this but I'm so glad I did!

"The next day I went to her flat to eat. She made ratatouille. I felt. I felt the food, the conversation, the night air coming in the window and the taste of the wine on my lips and the feeling of it in my belly. I had not felt for a long time. I listened to her and she listened to me. It was the beginning of love."

I had not felt in 105 pages either, after all those indifferent stories, finally, some emotion!

The emotional 180 of the last couple of chapters had been insane. I wasn't expecting this to move me or make me feel this sad but it's been one blow after the other and I'm out here for dinner all 🥹🥹

This is becoming such a joy to read, I wasn't expecting to be enjoying it this much. It's making swoon and aww... and lol and it's exactly what I need from a book while on holiday.

"And that's when I see Peter's shoes. They knock the breath out of me.
'Those are cool,' I tell him. He smiles and looks down at his scuffed-up white sneakers—with fresh rainbow laces.
'Thanks. I wore them for you.'
And just like that, the kid shatters my heart into a million pieces—broken glass on the court."

I can't believe this "silly" tennis MM book is making me wanna cry! 🥹🌈

Uggh fist bumps are the worst.
This is cute and funny so far, though. I'm really enjoying it.

“Really, Sid?” Esther says. “You’re going to be picky at eighty-one? You need to get laid before you die. [...]”
“And what exactly is my pickup line to a man who looks like that?” I ask. “‘I see we have so much in common! You have plantar fasciitis, too?’”

This has put a smile on my face for the last 20'. It's silly, it's funny, it's queer... it's perfect so far!

This is the second book from a favourite author I'm struggling with. The chaos of it all is supposed to be charming but it's annoying, the Italian landscape overshadows the many, many characters and so far there is no plot to keep me interested.

I never would have thought I'd struggle this much with a Steven Rowley book, but here we are. The flashbacks I get but the change in the MC and the narrative is throwing me off a bit. I'm sure it'll all make sense at the end but yeah, I'm struggling to maintain interest.

Mixed feelings about this so far. I'm not sure what it wants to be and even though the writing and the humour are definitely there, I don't think they've made me 100% hooked on this yet.

"Nobody falls in love in a diner, accompanied by the smell of fake maple syrup and the chatter of tired prostitutes. And maybe Patrick hasn't, either. Maybe it happened weeks ago, and he's only noticing now. There's nothing new in his heart, but now it has a name."

Oh, man this is just the cutest, I might officially be in the mood for love...

"Patrick's had enough wine to find all of this very amusing, or maybe he's relieved, so he laughs a little, and Nathaliel smiles up at him—the real deal, both sides of his mouth and everything. Patrick's just drunk enough to admit to himself that he'd do practically anything to guarantee a steady supply of those smiles. Appealing."

I soo needed this sweet, cute, cosy read. It keeps getting better!

This is turning out to be the perfect read after a 'heavy' book: sweet and swoony and British-ly funny at times, with the right amount of steam, it is exactly what I needed!

"[...] Dickie could only yelp and laugh and lie back and let his body — his poor body! which had lived for so many years like an unloved dog chained in a basement — succumb to pleasure. It was like feeling the sun on his skin for the first time, like bathing in sunlight, being fucked by sunlight, [...]; and he would wonder, [...] why anyone ever did anything other than have sex."

Don't know, Dickie. I wonder too.

I need to stop reading cos I can see what Dickie is about to do and I'm embarrassed and scared for him cos he's the worst sort of person to want this but the best person to deserve it.

Ok, can someone please tell me what the hell is happening with this book? I've been reading it for days, I've gone through three POVs, we've gone back in time for the loooongest flashback ever and I'm still at 50%! And don't get me started about the lack of punctuation in the Imelda chapter, took my OCD two days to calm down.

There is something comforting about these stories but I find them very easy to forget and with little emotional impact. The illustrations are cute though, so...

I don't know if I can accurately describe how sick this book is, and not in a good way. It's making me physically uncomfortable reading some of the more intimate and experimental(?) bits of some of the most detested and vile characters I've read in a while.

So you're telling me that a socially awkward construct and an emotionally fragile transport bot are just chilling in a spaceship, watching tv shows and winding each other up? Now that's the kind of AI I want in my life!

Ok, I take it back. Now that the romance has finally entered the room, it has me swooning all over these two! I hope it only gets better from here on cos I'm starting to enjoy this.

I don't think I've ever skipped so many pages this early in a book. If it wasn't for the genuinely funny moments, this would be in the DNF shelf by now.

There's something very comforting about the stories, nothing special I'd day but I find them very sweet in their normal-ness.

I'm reading this and I enjoy it and I appreciate the references to different times and how was like being gay in 70s and 80's New York but all I'm thinking is, damn! my sex life is so boring lol :(

People are dying and going back in time willy nilly now, I'm just here for the vibes now, I'm done trying to follow the timelines.

When I tell you my mind is hurting... I'm going back and forth in the chapters to try and piece everything together but I don't think it's working. And all this before we even get to 50%?!

I'm not sure what happened, but I went from wanting to DNF this to being completely absorbed by it. There's something about putting humans and humanoids together that has me hooked.