Sonora Reyes

Born and raised in Arizona, Sonora Reyes is the award-winning and bestselling author of The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School, The Luis Ortega Survival Club, The Broposal, and The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar. They also have contributed short stories to the anthologies Transmogrify! and For the Rest of Us.

They write fiction celebrating queer and Mexican stories in a variety of genres, with current projects in both kidlit and adult categories.

Recently I asked the author about what they were reading. Reyes's reply:

I've gotten to read a few books from my favorite authors recently! I keep adding new authors to my list of auto-buys, and I'm not mad about it!

I adored Nav's Foolproof Guide to Falling in Love by Jessica Lewis. It was the perfect rom com to get me out of my head in a dark time. Sometimes I just want to forget about my own problems and scream about two fictional characters who couldn't be more clueless about their feelings for each other. I can't wait for the spinoff, Hallie's Rules for a Recovering Romantic, which comes out next year! I will read anything Jessica Lewis writes, from horror to rom coms, she hasn't let me down so far!

Another auto-buy author for me is Alechia Dow, and I had the privilege of reading her next release early to blurb it! Until the Clock Strikes Midnight was my favorite book I've read this year. With a bipolar fairy godmother and a broody misfortune who have to fight over the fate of a queer bookstore owner, I could not put it down. The entire time I was reading, I just kept thinking to myself, "this is the perfect book." It really healed something in my little bipolar heart to see a character with this illness portrayed with such tenderness.

Lastly, I also got to read an early copy of Aiden Thomas's next book, Cemetery Boys 2: Espíritu. If you haven't read Cemetery Boys yet, this is your chance before the sequel comes out! Aiden Thomas is one of my all time favorite authors. Every story has so much love and care weaved into each character, and this one was no exception. It was so nice returning to such beloved characters and seeing them grow even further. It's truly such a joy!

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--Marshal Zeringue