Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry, Joya Goffney
Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry, Joya Goffney
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Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry

Author: Joya Goffney

Narrator: Jordan Cobb

Unabridged: 9 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 05/04/2021


Synopsis

Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by debut author Joya Goffney is a story of an overly enthusiastic list maker who is blackmailed into completing a to-do list of all her worst fears. It’s a heartfelt, tortured, contemporary YA high school romance. Fans of Jenny Han’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and Kristina Forest’s I Wanna Be Where You Are will love the juicy secrets and leap-off-the-page sexual tension.“A hilarious and swoonworthy story.” —Kristina Forest, author of Now That I’ve Found You“A fun, emotionally rich romance with a sweet, imperfect character who will win your heart.” —Liara Tamani, author of All the Things We Never KnewQuinn keeps lists of everything—from the days she’s ugly cried, to “Things That I Would Never Admit Out Loud” and all the boys she’d like to kiss. Her lists keep her sane. By writing her fears on paper, she never has to face them in real life. That is, until her journal goes missing . . .Then an anonymous account posts one of her lists on Instagram for the whole school to see and blackmails her into facing seven of her greatest fears, or else her entire journal will go public. Quinn doesn’t know who to trust. Desperate, she teams up with Carter Bennett—the last known person to have her journal—in a race against time to track down the blackmailer.Together, they journey through everything Quinn’s been too afraid to face, and along the way, Quinn finds the courage to be honest, to live in the moment, and to fall in love.A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard SelectionEpic Reads Recommended Pick at TargetA Kirkus Children's Best Book of 2021

About Joya Goffney

Joya Goffney grew up in New Waverly, a small town in East Texas. In high school, she challenged herself with to-do lists full of risk-taking items, like “hug a random boy” and “eat a cricket,” which inspired her debut novel, Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry, followed by her acclaimed second book, Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl, both of which received starred reviews and stellar buzz from BookRiot, PopSugar, Buzzfeed, and YALSA Best Fiction and Kirkus Best Book accolades. With a passion for Black social psychology, she moved out of the countryside to attend the University of Texas in Austin and has since settled in Houston. Visit her online at joyagoffney.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kezia on January 29, 2022

4.5⭐️ Excuse me while I gush about how much I love this book. Also, the covers for this book are absolutely gorgeous. Talking about book covers has apparently become my thing now. This book likes to explain things in lists and wow, I loved every single time Goffrey did this. In fact, I was tempted to......more

Goodreads review by Booktastically on December 24, 2021

Who gave you the right to attack me this way? Seriously, who? I am a proud fictional dater. Stop making me feel like that isn't by choice. Rating: 🤤🤤🤤🤤 4.4 I've come to realize, that the more unrealistic, over the top, and basically all over the place a rom com is, the better chance there is  of me lovi......more

Goodreads review by Susanne on January 25, 2021

What happens when a teenage girl’s journal that includes all of her most personal thoughts goes missing? Lots of heartbreak, a side of humor, and a whole lot of love. Quinn is a High School Senior, filled with a little hope and a whole lot of fear. All of which she pours into a journal filled with......more

Goodreads review by kimberly ☆ on March 22, 2022

this book was everything I needed and more. I’m absolutely obsessed with the storytelling and the characters. Quinn is a little too relatable than me, she had very close to home and I absolutely adore her. A lot of the things she’s experienced, I have experiences well. We have pretty similar childho......more

Goodreads review by Kelsey (munnyreads) on April 15, 2022

YA romcom that thoughtfully tackles relevant issues and experiences (CW: racism, cyber bullying) while also celebrating love and authenticity.......more