I started this book at lunch yesterday, got sixty pages in, and then read the rest of it in a frenzy as soon as I got home from work. I even forgot to eat dinner. Guys, I NEVER forget to eat dinner. I’m thinking about what I’m going to eat for dinner immediately after lunch is over. Sometimes lunch the day before. I mean, I did eventually remember to eat, but only after I finished the book around 8:30. Only the really good books make […]
People really are like houses with vast rooms and tiny windows
This book is a goddamned delight, and everyone should read it. The end. No, just kidding. But I am really glad I picked it up (on the recommendation of basically the entire CBR community, amirite?), even though lately I’ve been trying hard to balance my male protagonists and authors with the underrepresented lady brains that are at large and largely ignored (axe grinding alert!). I’m glad I picked it up because it’s incredibly sensitive, and thoughtful, and nuanced. It’s also a little bit self-conscious and […]
And the moral of the story is, never doubt Andrew Smith.
Longtime Cannonballers know of my obsession with all things Andrew Smith. From the moment that I first read Grasshopper Jungle I was obsessed with reading as much of this work as I could, as quickly as possible. When I finished his books, I started reading the books that he tweets about and books by friends of his. I discovered AS King and We Are the Ants. So when I saw that the highly lauded Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda actually had a blurb from Smith on the cover, really, I […]
Sometimes it feels like everyone knows who I am except me
Simon Spier, middle child in a very close-knit family is sixteen years old and gay. Not that anyone but his pen pal Blue knows this, until class clown Martin looks over his shoulder at the library and discovers his secret. Simon suddenly finds himself blackmailed. Help Martin get a chance with his friend Abby, or Martin outs Simon to the whole school. This might also mean that Blue’s identity is in some way compromised. Simon doesn’t want to help Martin, but feels he doesn’t have […]
A Sweet Love Story
I discovered Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (2015) by Becky Albertalli through a very positive Cannonball Review. Of course, by the time I picked it up to read it, I had forgotten what it was about and why I’d wanted to read it. When I first started, I thought it was all right but I wasn’t too excited. I didn’t have an immediate interest in reading more about how Simon spends his time after high school hanging out with his best friends. This changed quickly […]
Why didn’t I like this one more?
Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda is about sixteen-year old Simon Spier- a closeted drama kid living outside of Atlanta. Simon has been flirtatiously corresponding with another closeted classmate through anonymous emails for months when he carelessly leaves his private email account logged in at school. Another student, Martin, finds the clandestine correspondence and screen caps the scandalous conversation to blackmail Simon into giving him an “in” with Simon’s friend, Abby. “People really are like house with vast rooms and tiny windows. And maybe it’s […]
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