Thread by @lainasparetime

Thanks to everyone the reception to this post also! I like to do this one every year, but it really does take a while to do, and I'm quite proud of it.

https://twitter.com/lainasparetime/status/1350080711827496962

I really, really love middle grade literature and I think it does everything YA does and more while having to both work with a generally more sensitive audience and, honestly, a lot more gatekeeping and less support.

I always try to talk about queer middle grade during @queer_reads because it means a lot to me and we really don't talk about it enough, in my opinion.

I'm 28 years old and some of the times I feel most seen as a human being is reading middle grade novels, honestly.

Reading a book and going, "Oh, that's me when I was 10," sounds silly, but imagining the currently 10 year olds who are going to see themselves in a book just makes me so happy.

And I'm tired and getting emotional XD

Books are cool, is all :P