It’s Asexual Awareness Week! If you’re looking for books to read, take a look at my YA books that also feature autistic rep and aromantic rep! Links in my LinkTree in my bio 💜🖤🤍

Halloween season = inspiration for my cozy witchy fantasy novel 🪄🍂☕️

Happy coming out day! I came out as aromantic and asexual only a few years ago and have enjoyed not only writing aroace stories but sharing books and content by other authors and creators

Tropes in Hot Chocolate and Holiday Mishaps: Forced proximity (platonic) Small town Movie lover and blogger “Grinch” Loner Autistic and aroace rep Holiday festivities gone wrong Actress Family Preorder

It's Banned Books Week. fiction or nonfiction. There are three fiction books about characters challenging book bans i recommend: Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller (adult) This Book Won't Burn by Samira Ahmed (YA) Banned Together (YA anthology) #bannedBooksWeek

Quote from Hot Chocolate and Holiday Mishaps “I can’t believe I agreed to watch Robin. I don’t know what I’m doing. She’ll walk all over me! Or she’ll sneak off and I’ll get blamed if something happens to her.” I breathe heavily while squeezing a pillow. Continued in commenr

Hot Chocolate and Holiday Mishaps follows a girl, Ellie, as she makes she an actress, Robin, doesn't get into trouble while participating in her small town's events. The main character plays an elf and the actress plays Mrs. Claus, and it might be their most unpredictable, uncomfortable event

My book may be a holiday book but that does not mean it only includes cheer. Hot Chocolate and Holiday Mishaps addresses topics including mental health and emotional trauma, and shows how both main characters grow and start to heal

Like my other young adult books, Hot Chocolate and Holiday Mishaps starts each chapter in a unique way. Each chapter begins with a holiday tradition. For example, one chapter states a holiday tradition of "snowballs" and another states a tradition of "decorating cookies."

Book recs: covers that are orange like the fall leaves: One Last Show by Tari Riley (YA) Find Her by Ginger Reno (MG Mystery) Once Upon a Quinceañera by Monica Gomez-Hira (YA Romance) Stargazing by Jen Wang (MG Graphic Novel) Detective Aunty by Uzma Jalaluddin (Adult Mystery)

Quote from Hot Chocolate and Holiday Mishaps “Hot chocolate brings comfort, not just to me but the world. Hot chocolate is a symbol of comfort and love. It’s what moms or close family members offer when someone is sad and it’s one of the things people look forward to in winter (continued in comment

It's Latine Heritage Month. In the comments are some books I highly recommend any time of the year

Last day for ARC signups for Hot Chocolate and Holiday Mishaps! Registration closes tonight at 10:00 PM Eastern. Form is in my LinkTree #arcSignup #bookARC #hotChocolateAndHolidayMishaps #ARCreaders

ARC signups are open for my teen holiday novel Hot Chocolate and Holiday Mishaps! Sign up using the form in my LinkTree! I plan to send the ARCs out on Sunday, September 14, so grab your spot because that's soon! Signups end Friday

Behold the cover for Hot Chocolate and Holiday Mishaps, a teen holiday novel following a review blogger helping an actress improve public opinion of her through events in her small town. Book releases November 3 #coverReveal #bookCover #indieAuthor #indieBook #hotChocolateAndHolidayMishaps

Middle Grade Book Spotlight: Sugar and Spite by Gail D. Villanueva. Jolina seeks revenge on her bully Claudine by using a forbidden potion from her arbularyo training. Now Claudine wants to be best friends. Jolina takes advantage to get revenge. The friendship becomes real

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NEWS: A House of Representatives Subcommittee just voted to continue library funding in next year's federal budget. This is thanks to YOUR hard work as library advocates. The fight to #FundLibraries isn't over yet. Stay tuned for more ways to take action for libraries. #ForOurLibraries

Summer is almost over and the holiday season is almost upon us. If you are looking for a holiday YA book, then Hot Chocolate and Holiday Mishaps releases November 3. Beloved holiday tropes include: Small town Holiday festivities "Grinch" trope City person goes to small town (secondary character)

Middle Grade Book Spotlight: Speak Up by Rebecca Burgess. An autistic girl is bullied, is secretly a popular singer online. She enters contest to finally sing in person. Highlights: Singer Challenges neurotypical standards Friendship Secret identity Bullied, stands up for herself Bully atones

Want an exclusive look at the first chapter of my first holiday novel "Hot Chocolate and Holiday Mishaps?" Subscribe to my author newsletter at www.samanthapicarowrites.com, which you can also find in my LinkTree. The next newsletter containing this first chapter will be sent out on August 28

I’m open to author interviews especially to discuss my upcoming holiday book! Message me or email me if interested in interviewing me

Summers not over just yet if you’re still looking for summer books that shine with summer sun and the hearts of the main characters. Take a chance on Limitless Roads Cafe #books #bookSky

Book that deserves more attention: Riley Weaver Needs a Date to the Gaybutante Ball by Jason June. A podcaster teen makes a bet with a femme-hating bully to find a masc date to the Gaybutante Ball or else drop out of the organization that can launch his career. #books #bookSky

In honor of International Friendship Day, I'm sharing the release date for my friendship love story "Hot Chocolate and Holiday Mishaps." You get to enjoy this heartwarming, humorous holiday novel on Monday, November 3rd! Follow me and subscribe to my newsletter to stay updated #bookSky

Still looking for books to read for Disability Pride Month? Then take a look at my young adult contemporaries featuring autistic heroines written by me, an autistic writer #disabilityPride #books #indieAuthor #disabilityPrideBooks

My website is cooler than ever! All Ages of Geek has done a fabulous job of redesigning my author website. Visit now and if you haven’t already, subscribe to my newsletter www.samanthapicarowrites.com

Book that deserve more attention: Your Plantation Prom is Not Okay by Kelly McWilliams, which follows a teen who tries to prevent a celebrity wedding and her school's prom from taking place on a plantation. What makes this book a star: (continues in comments) #bookSky #books #yaBooks

For Disability Pride Month, I'd like to address a crucial topic in my books. My books often explore internalized ableism, something I have always struggled with and still try to unlearn to this day. #books #disabilityPrideMonth

Fave books of 2025 so far: Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson Sugar and Spite by Gail D Villanueva Mixed-Up by Kami Garcia (illustrated by Brittney Williams) Made in Asian America by Erika Lee and Christina Soontornvat Calling In by Loretta J Ross The No-Girlfriend Rule by Christen Randall

Add Middle Grade Books to your TBR for Disability Pride Month! One book I recommend is Mixed-Up by Kami Garcia and illustrated by Brittney Williams which has dyslexia rep #books #disabilityPrideMonth #middleGradeBooks

Book recs with disability rep to start Disability Pride Month #books #indieWriter #disabilityPrideMonth

More Pride Month book recs: Paper Planes (graphic novel) Homebody by Theo Parrish (graphic novel) Rani Choudhury Must Die by Adiba Jaigirdar (YA novel) #lgbtqiabooks #pridemonth #bookSky #books

This is the first of the series of posts "Middle Grade Spotlight." The Night Librarian by Christopher Lincoln, which follows two siblings as they help a librarian and book characters come-to-life save the library from literary villains. #book #bookRec #mgBook

Looking for summer reads? Check out Limitless Roads Cafe, an indie YA novel that follows teens working during the summer in New Jersey in a opular downtown area. A beach scene is featured and so are scenes by a pool #indieAuthor #books

This is the first of the “Books that deserve more attention” series of posts. The first is Can't Take That Away by Steven Salvatore, which follows a genderqueer teen who fights discrimination when they land the lead role in their school's musical.

Any other authors who can relate to basing their cafe scenes and a character’s need for coffee on themselves? Many of my scenes involve coffee or a caffeinated beverage. This has become pretty common in books i have read in both YA and adult genres. #writingLife #indieAuthor #bookSky

Some aromantic book recs for Pride Month: Being Ace: An Anthology of Queer, Trans, Femme, and Disabled Stories of Asexual Love and Connection Ace and Aro Journeys by the Ace and Aro Advocacy Project Sea of Broken Glass by Jenna Pine and my own book, Recipe for Confidence! #bookSky #bookRecs

The themes you can find across my young adult novels: believing in oneself Learning from setbacks Pursuing dreams #bookSky #indieAuthor #books

Happy pride month! Here are some book recs for YA books featuring LGBTQIA+ rep: Something to be proud of by Anna Zoe Quirke, Let’s talk about love by Claire Kann, Friday I’m In Love by Camryn Garrett and my indie book Recipe For Confidence #indieAuthor #prideBooks #bookSky #books

Happy Pride Month! I could recommend so many books but I'll start this month with 3 YA Book recs: Something to be Proud Of by Anna Zoe Quirke The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta Superficial by Diane Billas Comment with YA book recs, namely indie authors or lesser known authors. #bookSky #prideMonth

I’ve endured personal setbacks the past year so I made a Setback Cake like my MC would in Recipe for Confidence to embrace and learn from them, but it’s also okay to feel sad. I’d have written something on top like the characters in the book but was out of piping gel. #indieAuthor #yaAuthor #yaBook

If you’re looking for a book for pride month, I recommend my YA contemporary novel which has asexual and aromantic rep 💚💜 #indieAuthor #bookSky #prideMonth

Excited to have the RE:START DX CD By @debiscomusic.com along with a PARTY2012 sticker. CD will be available tomorrow at debisco.bigcartel.com I’m an Indie author happy to support an indie music creator This CD is Distributed thru Ravertooth Tiger

Pride month is soon. Remember to diversify your reading when choosing books for Pride. Read books with MC’s with intersectional identities. Comment with book recs especially indie books or lesser known books #bookSky #diverseBooks #prideMonth

The MC of Recipe for Confidence faces stress not only from keeping secrets but trying to prove to herself that she is good at what she does, and from toxic positivity. Her journey to confidence involves unlearning things like toxic positivity and being too hard on herself #indieAuthor #bookSky

These thems are prominent in my young adult novels: Food, Family, Confidence. I recommend my books if you love these book themes and if you like standalone novels #bookSky #author #indiebooks

The closure of her family’s restaurant years before the start of book is one reason the MC struggles with confidence. Her parents’ inability to move on doesn’t help. But it’s one of the things they all learn to properly address Read Recipe for Confidence books2read.com/u/38qnxa

Family is a crucial theme in my books in addition to self-love and friendship. Family of every type is an important theme in young adult novels and beyond

Looking for a book rec for Pride month, just around the corner? Give Recipe for Confidenxe a chance: Aroace rep 💜💚 Autistic rep Graphic design Bakery Family Secrets Cakes celebrating setbacks