Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Albertalli Becky

I bet she has had an online friend because could write it that damn well! And the thing is Becky portrayed everything so well in this book like how teenage boys are and what its actually like to have an online friend and the feelings along with it like you want to meet them but then you don’t want to meet them just so their opinion of yours and your opinion about them doesn’t change. This was literally the cutest book I’ve ever read. The coming-of-age story focuses on its titular protagonist Simon Spier, a closeted, gay, high school-aged boy who is forced to come out after a blackmailer discovers Simon’s e-mails written to another closeted classmate with whom he has fallen in love. the Homo Sapiens Agenda is a 2015 young adult novel and the debut book by American author Becky Albertalli.

In the first week of the readathon the book that I choose was Simon vs. I was socked and surprised at my speed of reading as I was able to finish all 4 prompts. The readathon was fun as it gave me an opportunity to discover a new genre and the vast literature.

The organizers were kid enough to suggest the names of the books for each of the 4 prompts. The readathon had 4 prompts related to LGBTQIA+ literature for 4 weeks of the month and we had to choose books based on the prompts and read the books. So, on the occasion of the pride month while searching for pride month activities to do on Instagram I came across a pride month readathon. As I already mentioned in my previous blogs that the month of June is celebrated as a month of pride.

Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Albertalli Becky