{"id":27218,"date":"2026-06-22T21:24:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T01:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=27218"},"modified":"2026-07-02T21:45:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T01:45:34","slug":"boyfriend-material-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/27218","title":{"rendered":"Boyfriend Material"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boyfriend Material<\/em><\/a> (2020) Alexis Hall<\/a> (London Calling, #1)<\/p>\n

\"Boyfriend<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m conscious this could be rather burdensome to hear, but you remain the thing I have most chosen for myself. The thing that\u2019s most exclusively mine. The one that brings me the deepest joy.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

if we let happy things make us unhappy when they stopped, there would be no point having happy things.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cUseful, dear, is for dogs and crescent wrenches. Friends and lovers should care for you even when you\u2019re not a blind bit of good to anybody.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“I\u2019m, like, the opposite of a rock star.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cA scissors planet?\u201d suggested Amanda after way less thought than it should have taken.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I did that thing where you pull your knees and elbows in, and try to get so small you disappear.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You should never let anyone tell you it is wrong to be how you are.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Luc O’Donnell, Oliver Blackwood, Odile O\u2019Donnell, Baroness Judith Cholmondely-Pfaffle, Dr. Amelia Fairclough, Alex Twaddle, Rhys Jones Bowen, Barbara Clench, Bridget Welles, Tom, James Royce-Royce, James Royce-Royce, Priya, Christopher Blackwood, Mia Blackwood, David and Miriam Blackwood, Miffy\/Clara Fortescue-Lettice, Gabriel, Reggie Mangold, Bronwyn, Professor Theresa Lang, Adam and Tamara Clarke, Jon Fleming, Geraldine, Miles, Cameron Spenser, Brian, Amanda, Jennifer, Peter, Ben, Sophie, Uncle Jim<\/p>\n

Cover design and illustration by Elizabeth Turner Stokes<\/p>\n

Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca<\/p>\n

Rating: 10\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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