#emily o'beirne

[sapphicreadsdb]

Do you know of books where the protagonist and deuteragonist are rivals and have known each other mostly their whole life and they become lovers when they reach their adulthood (not necessarily adulthood, any other age is fine too)

Sorta like childhood friends who are also rivals and become lovers

i don't have any childhood friends/rivals to lovers but i do have rivals to lovers

night tide by anna burke

i kissed shara wheeler by casey mcquiston

amelia westlake by erin gough

cow girl by kirsty eyre

future leaders of nowhere by emily o'beirne

tell me how you really feel by aminah mae safi

i kissed alice by anna birch

mangos and mistletoe by adriana herrera

i think i love you by auriane desombre

hani and ishu's guide to fake dating by adiba jaigirdar

[sapphicbookoftheday]

Future Leaders of Nowhere by Emily O'Beirne

Today's sapphic book of the day is Future Leaders of Nowhere by Emily O'Beirne!

Summary: "'Finn’s solid. Not in body, but in being. She’s gravity and kindness and all those good things that anchor.'

'Willa’s confusing. Sometimes she’s this sweet, sensitive soul. Other times she’s like a flaming arrow you hope isn’t coming for you.'

Finn and Willa have been picked as team leaders in the future leader camp game. The usually confident Finn doesn’t know what’s throwing her more, the fact she’s leading a team of highly unenthusiastic overachievers or coming up against fierce, competitive Willa. And Willa doesn’t know which is harder, leaving her responsibilities behind to pursue her goals or opening up to someone.

Soon they both realise that the hardest thing of all is balancing their clashing ideals with their unexpected connection. And finding a way to win, of course."

[idahobob]

Made for Meaningful Travel | RIMOWA from Gabriel Crawford Connelly on Vimeo.

A film about luggage, traveling and missed calls, featuring voicemails my family has left me over the years.

STARRING Miles Crawford, Nicole Spry, Andrey Kuznetsova ADDITIONAL VO Kristiana Priscantelli, Kelsea Bauman

DIRECTOR Bertram EP Alto Visuals PRODUCER Andres O'Beirne ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Ramiel Petros CINEMATOGRAPHER Gabriel Crawford Connelly 1AC Alex Han 2AC Michelle Suh GAFFER Ezra Robinson EDITOR Bertram ADDITIONAL EDITING James Dayton STYLING Emily Cavari PHOTO Shana Purnama SOUND DESIGN AND MIX Bobb Barito COLORIST Nick Metcalf @ Company 3 COMPOSER Antonio Romero SPECIAL THANKS Standard Camera, Alex Kennedy

Shot on 35mm 500T and 250D

[lgbtqreads]

Hey do you know of any good queer books set in Australia and/or written by an Australian author? Double points if it includes indigenous characters too

Sure! Double points for The Boy from the Mish by Gary Lonesborough and Songs that Sound Like Blood by Jared Thomas, and definitely check out this post Emily O'Beirne wrote for the site in 2016: https://lgbtqreads.com/2016/09/26/ways-to-fill-a-gap-lgbtqia-representation-in-australian-ya-a-guest-post-by-emily-obeirne/

(Since that post, Erin Gough also pubbed another good one called Amelia Westlake.)

Two other great Australian authors who don't necessarily set books in Australia as they primarily pub in the US: Sophie Gonzales and Cale Dietrich, who have their own great books and are also pubbing one together in December called If This Gets Out.

[w-wquotes]

"I think every friendship has its limits. And sometimes a friendship runs its natural course too. I don't know. I'm not friends with half the people I was close with in high school. We just don't have any thing left in common, or we don't have enough time for each other. You just can't hold on to everyone. Maybe it's a part of moving on with the next stage of life."

– A story of now, Emily O'Beirne

[astralbooks]

Top 5 Wednesday - Favourite F/F Couples

you’re favourite ladies loving ladies. they don’t necessarily have to be gay, they can be bi or pan or smth else

nowhere in the prompt did it say they have to be completely 100% unambiguously canon so not all of these will be, but i’ll say which ones aren’t

1. finn / willa - future leaders duology - emily o’beirne

i need to finish this duology. finn and willa meet at a summer camp for smart kids that neither of them really want to be on. they’re both the leaders of their respective teams, and willa especially is pretty competitive. i wrote a full review for the first book here

2. greta / da-xia - prisoners of peace duology - erin bow

again, i need to finish this duology. the first book straightbaits. it makes you expect a super conventional romance between the heroine, who’s never questioned her society up until now, and the new rebellious boy who keeps getting into trouble. and then greta falls for her best friend and roommate instead. it’s glorious

3. chitaru namatame / hitsugi kirigaya - akuma no riddle - yun kouga

chitaru is hunting for the assassin who killed her mentor’s daughter. hitsugi has a massive crush on chitaru and wants her to be happy, so agrees to help her search. there’s just one problem. hitsugi is the assassin who killed chitaru’s mentor’s daughter. romeo and juliet parallels ensue, except these two have a genuinely good reason to be conflicted. plus their image song from the anime is really good

4. laura wilson / lucifer - the wicked and the divine - kieron gillen & jamie mckelvie

not strictly canon, but luci was flirting with laura from the moment they first spoke. and it wasn’t exactly subtle, either. in turn, laura was definitely never the same again after everything that happened. pretty much nobody in this series is straight btw, which makes me really happy

5. valkyrie cain / militsa gnosis - skulduggery pleasant series - derek landy

not canon. yet. derek said on twitter recently that it’s not just in the reader’s imaginations that militsa has a massive crush on val, so there is hope !! i’ll be very surprised if this isn’t at least addressed by the end of the series 

[ylvapublishing]

Book Review:  All the Ways to Here by Emily O’Beirne

by TheRomanticReaderBlog  [Read full Review here]

Every time I pick up an Emily O’Beirne book I am spellbound on how she delivers amazing storylines, dazzling dialogue, and characters that you treasure long after the last page is turned.

Emily O’Beirne is the very best at what she does for a variety of reasons. Each book captivates me. Her characters are so developed you feel as if you personally know them. Their dialogue sounds and feels real. To me, dialogue is the make it or break it for a book. You can either write it or you can’t. To make it flow and feel real the whole way through, that takes a mega amount of skill, and this is a skill O’Beirne has in spades.

If you read Future Leaders of Nowhere and adored it as much as I did, this one is for you. Willa and Finn are back navigating the waters of demanding school work, home life, and their new relationship. What a great read, but even more so what amazing characters. Once again Emily O’Beirne steals your heart with another beautiful read.

[astreiants-archive]

lgbtq+ novels | future leaders of nowhere

willa takes a loose hold of finn’s hand on the blanket between them, her eyes fixed on the stars. “i’ll always rescue you.” she says it so simply that it makes finn draw in a breath. willa squeezes finn’s fingers and releases them. “not that you’ll ever need it much.”

[thesparkofafiredemon]

'Hey.' Lewis taps her on the head. 'No feeling sorry for yourself.' It's as if he can read her thoughts. Then he squeezes both her shoulders comfortingly and tells her, 'You were just meant for a different adventure, that's all'.

“Point of Departure” by Emily O’Beirne

[yabookers]

femslash book challenge: a ya/na book

↳ future leaders of nowhere by emily o’beirne 

“The kiss sends a buzz over Finn’s skin, a telegraph passed down all the wires, sending good news for once, Even the touch of Willa’s knee to Finn’s leg as she shifts closer sends her insides scattering. It’s a sensation both shocking and unsurprising at the same time, and Finn realises she could live in this kiss for a very long time. Survive on it. Eat and drink and take succour from it. If her mornings hanging out side-by-side with Willa were momentary sanctuaries, this kiss is desert-island-for-a-year fodder. And just as she’s about to retreat, Willa’s fingers slide into her hair. She draws Finn deeper into the kiss, as if she, too, finally starts to believe in this.”

[celiastjames]

favorite books →  future leaders of nowhere by emily o’beirne

“She turns on her side and sifts her fingers through Willa’s hair, hanging loose for once. Willa’s face is sleepy-cute, and for the zillionth time, Finn is arrested by how lovely she is. But it’s more than that. It’s the feeling she gets, the one she knew was missing with Jessie, that strange cocktail of flutter and gravity. Finn gets it just looking at Willa. Has been getting it since that kiss on the hill two weeks ago. It’s a mammoth overdose of intense and terrifying and wonderful, and she wouldn’t give it up for anything”

[bookish-thinking]

For all the girls who didn't think they could, you can. For all the girls who didn't get the respect you deserved, you should have. For all the girls who just wanted to see girls like them kick butt and fall in love on their screens, you did deserve better.  For all the girls who want their story told, let's start by telling them to each other.

Dedication of “Future Leaders of Nowhere” by Emily O’Beirne, a wonderfully encouraging and empowering novel about female leaders, lovers and ass-kickers that does everything right.

[hardfeelingsmp3]

She’s glad to be on this blanket on a hill with Willa, away from it all. “Thank you for rescuing me.”

Willa takes a loose hold of Finn’s hand on the blanket between them, her eyes fixed on the stars. “I’ll always rescue you.” She says it so simply that it makes Finn draw in a breath. Willa squeezes Finn’s fingers and releases them. “Not that you’ll ever need it much.”

Finn suddenly has to fight the urge to nudge her forehead into the nook of Willa’s neck and shoulder. Has to remind herself that she’s got no right to seek comfort like that. Not after she rejected her. But just the fact that Finn wants to begs the simplest of questions: why resist?

― future leaders of nowhere by emily o’beirne

[paperbackd]

Book review: Future Leaders of Nowhere by Emily O’Beirne

Both high achievers, Finn and Willa are instantly drawn to each other when they meet at a camp for future leaders of the world.  The two girls work well together, but as team leaders, they’re forced to compete for opposing schools.  Soon they both realise that the hardest thing of all is balancing their clashing ideals with their unexpected connection. And finding a way to win, of course.

Short but sweet - that’s the best way to describe Future Leaders of Nowhere.  The romance between Finn and Willa was lovely, and I liked that both girls were sensible and pragmatic - neither caused unnecessary drama or let their burgeoning romance interfere with the game.  I also loved the Australian setting.  I haven’t read much Aussie contemporary YA, but every time I do, it feels like a breath of fresh air in a genre saturated with Americanisation.

Unfortunately, there wasn’t much conflict in the novel, and while Finn and Willa were well developed, I found several of O’Beirne’s side characters interchangeable.  And although it hasn’t been long since I read it, I had to quickly flip through my copy to refresh my memory of the events of the book before I began my review, which should tell you something about how forgettable some of the side plots and characters were.

Nevertheless, this is a great diverse summer read about smart kids figuring out what kinds of people they want to be, prioritising kindness over success, and learning how to run the world. And that’s exactly the kind of story we need right now.

Many thanks to Ylva Publishing for providing a copy of Future Leaders of Nowhere. The opinions expressed in this review are my own.

Publisher: Ylva Publishing Rating: 3 stars | ★★★✰✰ Review cross-posted to Goodreads

Buy on Amazon: US | UK

[lovequinn]

could you recommend me books that are like her name in the sky? I absolutely loved everything about it

yaaaayyyyy i love it when people love hnits

i definitely recommend reading kelly's newest book next, late to the party. it's just as good and i'd trust kelly quindlen with my life.

here are three other wlw young adult (because i'm a sucker for YA, sue me) books i recommend that are in a similar vein:

- a story of now, emily o'beirne

- the sum of these things, emily o'beirne (the sequel to a story of now)

- a love story starring my dead best friend, emily horner

and a few new wlw books that are coming out in the coming months that i'm super excited for and you should check out/preorder:

- one last stop, casey mcquiston (i actually got to read an advance copy of this one and WOW Y'ALL)

- last night at the telegraph club, malinda lo (same deal as above, read an advance copy and i screeched)

- she drives me crazy, kelly quindlen (yay more kelly)

- the dead and the dark, courtney gould (if ya like some supernatural shit in the mix)

- sweet and bitter magic, adrienne tooley (if ya like some fantasy shit in the mix)

[w-wquotes]

And this is what she hates about this coming out thing, Claire wishes she wouldn't have to deal with how other people feel about them. Not that anyone is being terribly weird about it. But she can still feel those little ripples of comprehension, of reaction. It never comes without some kind of response, however small. She wishes she didn't have to notice it.

– The sum of these things, Emily O'beirne