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afterpains by Anna Julia Stainsby [5 stars]
*SPOILERS AHEAD* “Don’t judge a book by its cover” is the kind of phrase I laugh at as I pick up aesthetically intriguing books like this one, bring them home from la biblioteca and love the heck out of them. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I get the meaning of the phrase in the… Continue reading
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starfish by Lisa Fipps
I listened to this as an audiobook, which as you know can be very ‘hit or miss.’ This one though…? This one was a huge hit for me. I am honoured to have found a book that so simply and eloquently writes so many of the feelings that exist within the heart of a fat… Continue reading
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radio silence by Alice Oseman
I’ll be honest I had NO idea what I was getting into when I picked this book. About halfway through I finally read the sleeve summary and then the story felt like it had a heading, but leading up to that I felt so bored. The whole thing was really just this girl studying non-stop.… Continue reading
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earthlings by Sayaka Murata
How is this the absolute funkiest book I have read in my entire life. This was one of the wildest, most obscure plots I have ever attempted to follow. It is not… for the faint of heart. I don’t know why I do this. You’d think I would have learned by now haha. But no,… Continue reading
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so many beginnings by Bethany C. Morrow
THIS! BOOK!!! I love this book SO MUCH! I want to scream it haha. I loved loved LOVED Bethany C. Morrow’s writing. It was as if I was wrapped up in the moment with the March sisters, living and breathing their own thoughts and feelings. The way Morrow describes the simplest body language, gestures and… Continue reading
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girl on fire by Alicia Keys
A graphic novel that called out to me the moment I saw it. I appreciate bright, engaging art that jumps off the page at me and this comic was full of it! The story was quick and to the point, easily absorbed at a fast pace (it’s unfair to the authors and team that put… Continue reading
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