DESERT ISLAND CASTAWAYS: A.M. Johnson

Our favorite MM authors a.k.a. castaways are asked, what books, songs and luxury item would they take to a desert island?

This is a monthly series inspired by LezReviewBooks.com’s ‘Desert Island Books’, which in turn is based on BBC’s ‘Desert Island Discs’.

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Let’s welcome our September castaway, A.M. Johnson

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DESERT ISLAND BOOKS

Books I would take 

Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman 

This book is poetry and so emotionally driven. I think it’s impossible to relate to Elio’s character as a queer person. I can reread this book 10000 times and still find new things to love about it. It’s raw and candid in a way that I love. 

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 

This is hands down one of my favorite books. This was the book I read in my freshmen year in high school that made me want to pursue writing. I loved writing from when I was a little girl, but this book sort of solidified my feelings about words and my own battle with depression and it is such a part of me I would have to have it with me on the island. 

Heart Song by TJ Klune 

This book is everything. I can reread it and laugh and cry and just swoon. Actually, i would want to bring the entire Green Creek series with me. Shifters and so much diversity and poetic prose with a touch of heat. Perfection. 

DESERT ISLAND PLAYLIST:

I would have to have a playlist loaded with every Troye Sivan and Taylor Swift, plus some of my old favorites Jets to Brazil and Jawbreaker. Also anything by Bon Iver and Novo Amor or The Lumineers. A lot of good folk and some indie’s from my punk past. I love way too many types of music to narrow it all down! 

LUXURY ITEM

Assuming I have an mp3 player that will never lose charge because of the playlist, the one luxury item would be sun screen. 

ABOUT A.M. JOHNSON

A. M. Johnson lives in Utah with her family where she works as a full-time nurse and LGBTQ ally and advocate. If she’s not busy with her three kiddos, you’ll find her buried in a book or behind the keyboard.  She loves romance and all things passionate. Amanda enjoys exploring all genres and writing about the human experience.

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A big thank you to A.M. Johnson for joining us on this month’s Desert Island Castaways!

Check out our other Castaways:
Natalina Reis
V.L. Locey
 J.P. Jackson
`A.E. Wasp
Elle Keaton.
Elouise East
J.K. Jones
Colette Davison
B.A. Tortuga
Casey Cox
Amanda Meuwissen

Hope you enjoyed this post. Don’t forget to check out next month’s Castaway.

What books would you take with you to a desert island?
What’s on your desert island playlist?
Who would you like to be the next Castaway?

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