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For the first time in quite a while, a thriftstore book haul.

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JOMP Book Photo Challenge || December 8 || Best Character Development: Sam Vimes from Discworld by Terry Pratchett

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JOMP BPC || March 2 || Currently Reading:

“Reading one book is like eating one potato chip.” ― Diane Duane, So You Want to Be a Wizard

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Coffee + hiking + reading = therapy

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some recently returned library books 📚

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april 7th, 2024.

tomorrow marks my last ever week of undergraduate classes and it is so so bittersweet. :,)

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Two of my favourite books this year so far

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4.12.24 | Lately, it's been poetry & seaside excursions, indie bookshops on boats, quiet walks in the park & little free libraries. This evening, we ordered takeout from Much Ado About Pizza & got the Henry the 8th with four kinds of meat, which we then had "Marlowed" (i.e., pan pizza).

"I have been waiting so long for this spring song." - Langston Hughes

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Old school libraries and archives 📖

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it’s time to start working on my masters thesis. king arthur, protect me!

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On Wednesdays, we wear pink. 💕🌸

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note to self: no more romcoms involving programming 💀

i really wanted to like this one, but it honestly was lacking in both rom and com. the subplots took center stage instead, and the descriptions of the characters tech jobs had me cringing.

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Happy Pub day to a book as delightful as its cover suggests! 🪴✨🩷

Finally Fitz follows Ava "Fitz" Fitzgerald, a teen fashion influencer following her dreams - and her girlfriend, Dani - to New York City for a competitive summer fashion program.

But shortly after arrives, her picture-perfect summer falls apart when Dani breaks up with her, taking Fitz's confidence and inspiration along with her.

After a chance run-in with her long-long childhood best friend Levi, also going through his own breakup, Fitz concocts the perfect solution: fake dating to make both of their exes jealous enough to want them back. What could possibly go wrong?

Admittedly it took me a while to really get into this one, but after sticking with it, I ended up really enjoying it!!

Fitz is messy and complicated and real. She is someone simply trying to figure out her place in the world, in a way that I think we can all relate to. (Anyone who can't handle second-hand embarrassment from books? Consider yourself warned.)

I absolutely fell in love with Levi and all of his plant-rescuing, tour guiding dorkiness. If anything, I felt like we didn't get enough of Levi. Understandably so; Fitz deals with lots of challenges during her time in New York, challenges that are equal parts heartwarming and heartbreaking. Still, I would ve loved to see even more depth to Levi outside of his relationship with Fitz.

This was the first YA novel I've read that has made me feel old - apparently Paramore is considered "retro" now? - but I also felt it went a little too heavy on the pop culture references for my taste. (Even as someone living through the social media age, SIX references to TikTok felt like overkill.)

Other than that, I greatly enjoyed Marisa Kanter's writing style. The dialogue (especially the banter!!) was delightful and natural. And boy, does she know how to set a scene! Even as someone who has never been the biggest NYC fan, I left this book feeling a little bit in love with the place.

Highly recommend to anyone looking for a YA romcom with some deeper themes.

Endless thanks to Netgalley and SimonTeen for the ARC in exchange for an honest review <3

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New month, new books and hopefully new pointe shoes soon 📚🩰

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Home library 📚

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