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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Simonverse, #1)

Becky Albertalli

Start date: June 1, 2018

Finish date: June 30, 2018

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Jan 04, 2018 Michael rated it it was amazing

Shelves: pop-sugar-2018-reading-challenge

I loved this book. I am sad that two people didn’t end up making up, not naming names so I don’t spoil the whole thing. But that would have been nice. I am glad at the happy ending ❤️ I am now even more excited to see the movie as I think the cast picked will do this story justice!

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Apr 30, 2017 Anna rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, young-adult, lgbtqia

Simon is one of those characters you can't help but root for. The high school theater scene was on point. Nostalgia city.

P.s. FINALLY someone understands my love of Oreos. ...more

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Jun 25, 2019 Angele | adominiquereads rated it really liked it

Shelves: lgbtq, social-problems, mental-health, young-adult, owned-books, r-opposites-attract

“Sometimes it seems like everyone knows who I am except me.”

I don't usually gravitate towards YA contemporary novels anymore since I often find them predictable and a bit tad too dramatic. A lot of things has changed since then regarding my views on the genre and how it is being written. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda has been recommended to me by my friends, and I have heard a lot of great things about it. Also, I needed some light and easy read to get me through my reading slump.

It is ...more

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Jul 06, 2017 Tania Reads rated it really liked it

Shelves: owned-books

Probably the cuddliest ya contemporary I've ever read. That's the first word that came to mind when thinking about this book: cuddly. It's just an all around feel good book.

I didn't know parts of this took place in Atlanta, Georgia and it was just nice being able to to know exactly where these characters were hanging out, having been to these places myself. It really made me feel like I was another part of Simon's group.

Since there's a movie being made for this I was already spoiled about who Bl ...more

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Jun 23, 2021 Joanne rated it really liked it

Ah, the overthinking of high school; I remember it well. Not surprising that there is now a Simon-verse series of books because the kids of Creekwood High School are fun to hang out with. Lots of contemporary and true-to-life dialogue, anxieties, and real politicking.

I began on audiobook but needed to switch to print, because its frequent back-and-forth between prose and email/ epistolary format was tedious to listen to, with recitation time after time of the email addresses snd time stamps.

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Jul 13, 2018 Catherine James rated it liked it

Shelves: 2018-popsugar-reading-challenge, lgbtq

How freaking adorable was this book? I am not normally a fan of YA, but this can be an exception. I hate mushy family friendly Disney-esque books, but something about the sweetness of Simon and his family was so charming I couldn't help but love them.

To be fair, this isn't the sort of hard-hitting deep thinker literary people worship, most people probably guess Blue's identity well before it was revealed, but I don't think that matters. A light, fun read is exactly what you need sometimes, and ...more

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Jan 17, 2018 Kate rated it it was amazing

It was hard to put this book down. You can’t help becoming invested in the story and wanting to learn the outcome.

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Jan 21, 2018 Lexi NeShaé rated it really liked it

4.5 stars!!

I listened to this book on audio and LOVED it!! it went by super quick! Sometimes when I'm reading YA stories I have to remember younger lex and how I felt and thought about things. All in all this was a great story and I can't wait to see the movie! ...more

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Oct 28, 2019 Cathie rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, fiction, contemporary, romance, 2015-releases, choiceawards2015, readers-tops, 2019-reads

It is a light white privilege tale of a suburb boy coming out to his friends and family.
If I were a teen I might have given this more. Pretty fluffy stuff here, but it is a cute tale.

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