#Kody Keplinger

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📖: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝑼𝑭𝑭 (𝐻𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑡𝑜𝑛 𝐻𝑖𝑔ℎ #1) 📚🪨💘

✍🏽: 𝐊𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐊𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫

[necessary-quotation-marks]

Like my body had suddenly turned on me and was actively trying to destroy me from the inside.

Kody Keplinger (That’s Not What Happened)

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

JOMP BPC - May 12th - Should Win An Award

any of these would be excellent contenders for a “Best Disability Rep in a YA Novel” prize 🥰

[alegxara]

The DUFF by Kody Keplinger (2010)——————— I have always loved this book, but the movie fell so short and missed all the depth and the literal point. Anyway…now that I’m older, rereading I want more spiciness but in a *fluffy* way. So this is my attempt at their first time canon compliant to the book.

Please be so super nice thx

Somehow all of her clothes had ended up off and littering the floor of Wesley’s bedroom. He seemed to be taking her in, his eyes darting around her torso, between her legs.

“Have you had sex before?”, he asked, and it sounded almost gentle. She nodded.

That made him smile in that stupid sexy way and only this once would Bianca admit it turned her on.

“When you had sex before, did he touch you…”, his fingers dipped between her thighs, “here?”. This time I shook my head.

He nodded, and then pressed his palm to her inner left thigh and spread her out, while his right hand so softly touched and rubbed around. It felt nice, and sorta weird, and then it felt like a jolt up her spine and Wesley grinned in a wicked way.

He continued rubbing that spot and with his left hand, worked his finger into her, and then another.

She hadn’t felt like this with Jake, then it had just been quick, painful stretching and uncomfortable sex. But, Wesley opened her slowly, he teased her till it started to feel like she did when she made herself come in the bathtub.

“Oh, oh my, I think I’m gonna…”, she gasped.

“Fuck yeah”, Wesley was watching her wiggle now, chasing his hands.

“Wesley!”, she cried, shocked, and taking short, choppy breaths.

“That was a good one”, he chuckled but it didn’t seem like his normal dirty jokes, it was said with a bit of wonder.

Bianca was at a loss for words so she just pulled him in for a kiss. He grabbed the condom from beside them (the one from his pocket, which was so presumptuous but convenient).

He removed his hands, and immediately she felt him at the ready.

“You sure?”, he asked, and she looked into his eyes and he didn’t like cocky, he looked excited.

“Yes, Wesley. Come on!”, she snapped. He laughed pretty hard, and pressed into her body.

It was a bit uncomfortable at first, but this time, it didn’t last. It started to feel good, friction and slide.

Wesley was moving slowly, but Bianca was ready, she was reeling.

With effort and a shove, Bianca landed on top, with Wesley grasping her hips to slowly ease her down all the way. It was so good. It was everything she needed.

Bianca started to move with him by instinct and his guiding hands. Wesley’s face was something to behold, his eyebrows furrowed and his lips hanging open.

“That’s amazing, B”, he whispered and she decided to ignore him using her nickname. It was better than ‘Duffy’. She put in all her effort.

After another minute of frantic movement, Wesley’s eye started to roll around and his thrusts got more stuttered. Bianca knew what it meant, but she didn’t expect his hand to slide from her thigh to the spot that he’d found before and begin insistent little circles.

It happened fast, Bianca felt like she was flying as she came again, and Wesley wasn’t far behind, taking slow hard breaths with his eyes closed. She rolled off of him and watched him slowly open his eyes from a safe distance away.

“Wow”, he finally said, “I wasn’t expecting that”.

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Title: That's Not What Happened | Author: Kody Keplinger | Publisher: Scholastic (2018)

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'Okay, taking off in three ... two ... one.'

Kody Keplinger, from "Britt and the Bike God"

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What I read in 2023:

23: Paper towns by John Green ( 4 stars)

22: My heart is a chainsaw by stephen graham jones ( 5 stars)

21: You by caroline kepnes ( 3 stars)

20: I was here by Gayle Forman ( i didn't rate)

19: behind her eyes by sarah pinborough ( 3 stars)

18: layla by Colleen Hoover ( 5 stars)

17: Capturing the devil by Kerri Maniscalo ( 5 stars)

16: becoming the dark prince by Kerri Maniscalo ( 5 stars)

15: escaping from houdini by Kerri Maniscalo ( 5 stars)

14: Hunting Prince dracula by Kerri Maniscalo ( 5 stars)

13: stalking jack the ripper by Kerri Maniscalo ( 5 stars)

12: Hopeless by Colleen Hoover ( 5 stars)

11: verity by Colleen Hoover ( 4 stars)

10: who goes there by John w campbell Jr ( 2 stars)

9: it starts with us by Colleen Hoover ( 5 stars)

8: it ends with us by Colleen Hoover ( 5 stars)

7: the orc's bride by Layla fae ( 3 stars)

6: that's not what happened by kody keplinger ( 4 stars)

5: what have we done by Alex finlay ( 4 stars)

4: all the bright places by Jennifer niven ( 5 stars)

3: the silent patient by Alex michaelides ( 3 stars)

2: the hunger games by Suzanne Collins ( 5 stars)

1: the fault in our stars by John Green ( 4 stars)

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Não, não, não. Não, amor, não. Amor era uma palavra muito grande. Grande demais. Amor demorava anos e anos para brotar… certo? Não estava apaixonada por Wesley Rush.

THE DUFF

[bi-dykes]

“Really don’t feel like starting shit with bisexuals” = “I don’t want to be corrected on bisexual erasure” and “annoying” = “standing up for ourselves”

[fairydrowning]

"Feel it. The thing that you don't want to feel. Feel it, and be free."

– Nayyirah Waheed

"Don't keep things bottled up. It's not good for you."

– Kody Keplinger, The Duff

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These little lies kept us both sane.

Kody Keplinger (That’s Not What Happened)

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JOMP BPC - March 7th - Remember the Fallen

[werewolf-cuddles]

Ivy in general can be seen thru a bisexual lense, and she can be seen through a lesbian lense. of you wanna say shes bi then say that, dont throw a fucking hissy fit

"Ivy is bisexual in the canon, and I had absolutely no intention of changing that, especially as a queer woman myself." - Kody Keplinger, 2021

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yesssss pls post the sapphic recs!

okay heres the whole list. i did not enjoy all these books and i loved some and liked others and disliked a few as well.

read responsibly!!

Books with sapphic relationships

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (adult fantasy)

Planning Perfect by Haley Neil (YA coming of age)

Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust (ya fantasy)

Sorry, Bro by Taleen Voskuni (adult fantasy)

The Holiday Trap by Roan Parrish (adult romance)

Princess Princess Ever After by Kay O'Neill (middle grade graphic novel)

A Spindle Splintered and A Mirror Mended by Alix E Harrow (new adult fantasy adventure)

The City of Dusk by Tara Sim (adult fantasy)

Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner (adult romance)

The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe (ya thriller/adventure)

Satisfaction Guaranteed by Karelia Stetz-Waters (adult romance)

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston (ya mystery/coming of age)

Romancing the Inventor by Gail Carriger (adult historical steampunk romance)

Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake (adult romance)

The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar (ya romance)

The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec (adult fantasy)

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (adult historical romance)

Knit, Purl, a Baby and a Girl by Hettie Bell (adult romance)

Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar (ya contemporary)

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M Danforth (gothic horror historical adult?)

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston (adult urban fantasy scif ish)

The Summer of Jordi Perez by Amy

Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli (ya contemporary)

Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins (ya contemporary)

Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust (ya fantasy)

Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee (ya scifi)

Huntress by Malinda Lo (ya fantasy)

Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst (ya fantasy)

Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult (adult contemporary)

Ash by Malinda Lo (ya fantasy)

Girl from the Sea by Molly Ostertag Knox (ya fantasy graphic novel)

Books with sapphic characters

Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie (ya contemporary)

The Scapegracers by HA Clarke (ya urban fantasy)

A Line in the Dark by Malinda Lo (ya thriller)

The Tea Dragon Society by K O'Neill (ya graphic novel)

Star-Crossed by Barbra Lee (middle grade contemporary)

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland (ya horror)

Ben and Beatriz by Katalina Gamarra (new adult romance)

Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales (ya romance)

Untouchable by Talia Hibbert (adult romance)

Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert (adult romance)

Run by Kody Keplinger (ya contemporary)

Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann ya romance)

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray (ya satire)

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Unbroken: Stories Starring Disabled Teens (individual stories reviewed)

I picked up this book on a whim at the library. I started reading and had some thoughts about both the stories and the representation. For some personal context: I have diagnoses for both epilepsy and autism, as well as some form of chronic pain/fatigue; while I can offer perspective on that, I'll have less to say about other disability representation.

'The Long Road' by Heidi Heilig:

story: Lihua is a teen girl in historical China traveling to Persia with her family. She has a unnamed disability that they are hoping to recieve a cure for. She meets a girl with a similar experience that tells her there is no cure, only lifelong treatment.

disability: implied to be some kind of mood disorder, possibly bipolar. The treatment is described as 'clean living' as well as finding connections and keeping hope.

'Britt and the Bike God' by Kody Keplinger

story: Britt is a tandem biker. She is paired up with Andre, a boy she crushes on but worries that he only views her as a burden slowing him down. They clear up the misunderstanding mid race.

disability: progressive blindness, specifically retinitis pigmentosa. Detail is given about how Britt had to adjust from traditional biking to tandem biking after she started to lose her vision. She struggles with feeling like a burden on her biking partners.

'Leap and Fall' by Kayla Whaley

story: Gemma guides Eloise to a abandoned carnival hidden in the woods. They explore and find a place for a tarot card reading. Gemma is revealed to be possessed by a ghost who lured Eloise in to share the same fate.

disability: Eloise uses a wheelchair. While it affects how she interacts with her surroundings, it's very much secondary to the rest of the story. Not much to say for this one.

I enjoyed this one less overall. It may be just because I couldn't tell what genre it was supposed to be until the third act. Was it a romance? A toxic friendship? No, it was a ghost/possession story.

'Per Aspera Ad Astra' by Katherine Locke

story: Lizzie is a teen on a sci-fi world who due to health issues stays at home. When the planet is attacked, she needs to reset the defense shield that she designed.

disability: Lizzie has severe anxiety attacks. It has caused her to stay at home and only take online classes, though even the anxiety of turning in a paper and waiting for results gets to her. At least one caretaker is dismissive of her anxiety, treating it like unreasonable fear over nothing.

'Found Objects' by William Alexander

story: Unnamed narrator is a high school theatre kid. He has a magical gift that tends to pop up when he's acting. When he gets a bit too into his Richard III role during rehearsal, it creates a Richard doppleganger that he needs to dispel.

disability: Narrator is a cane user with chronic pain. He is notably more bitter than most of the other story leads, having angry thoughts about the casual ableism he encounters. He recalls a time when a friend admitted they were glad that their recently dead aunt was at least no longer in pain, while narrator can't expect an end to his pain and is bothered by the implication that being dead is better than being in pain.

This is one of my favorites, both for the creative magic and the meditation on handling pain. It's neat to see a character use their pain to power their magic.

'Plus One' by Karuna Riazi

story: Hafsah is a Muslim teen on a pilgrimage to Mecca with her family. She hopes it will get rid of her 'monster'.

disability: the exact disability is unnamed but symptoms sound like anxiety and mention is made of night terrors.

'The Day the Dragon Came' by Marieke Nijkamp

story: Alix and Delfin live in a medieval-ish city that is building a tower that will have an important dragon figure set at the top; messenger Alix dismisses it as just a fancy weather vane while carpenter Delfin thinks it's both symbolically and magically powerful. They develop a bond but conflict when Alix wants to run away while Delfin wants to stay.

disability: Alix is a cane user with chronic pain, specifically back and leg pain. She is used to being pushed away and is unsure how to handle Delfin's friendship and possible romantic feelings. She buys mediocre canes at the market because she can't afford better; Delfin carves her a better cane as a gift.

Notes: not sure if this is historical or fantasy, as the references to the dragon and plague-causing sprites are vague enough to be either. I also appreciate the trans representation with Delfin.

'Captain, My Captain' by Francisco X. Stork

story: Alberto is a Mexican immigrant who lives with his sister Lupe, her garbage boyfriend, and their toddler son. He struggles with deciding to stay with them or strike out on his own.

disability: Alberto has a developmental disability. He struggles with what I think is intrusive thoughts he has labeled as Captain America, who encourages him to run away and live on his own.

'Dear Nora James, You Know Nothing About Love' by Dhonielle Clayton

story: Nora writes dating advice for her school newspaper despite not dating herself. She is still dealing with her parents' divorce.

disability: Nora has a stomach disorder as well as related anxiety.

didn't like this one as much, partly because my interpretation of the setup didn't match the conclusion. Nora is uninterested in dating, something I thought might be because she's aro or ace, but it's then implied to be because she's hurt by the divorce and might start dating at the end. There's a teen boy that's been crushing on her for years, a character I thought was meant to be a loser creep, but nope guess he's a sweetie that she should give a try.