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Review: "The Husbands" Use of Magical Realism Created a Delightful Alternate Reality

In the spirit of The Midnight Library, Holly Gramazio has created a story about what it means—both for the world around you and your sense of self—to choose an alternate life. In The Husbands, Lauren returns home from work one day to find out that her attic has been turned into a portal for husbands. Despite having been single when she left the house, she is now married to a man named Michael. If…

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#book reading #book review #Books #by Jocelyn #contemporary fiction #fantasy #holly gramazio #magical realism #read #reading #the husbands

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8 Podcasts to Add To Your Weekly Rotation

It’s been two years now since I last did a roundup of all of my favorite podcasts, so I figured it was time to come back and let you know what I’ve been listening to. I most definitely listen to more hours of podcasts than music, and so I need a wide variety of voices and stories to help fill up my day. As such, I frequently run out of episodes to listen to or get bored of hearing a particular…

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#bitter jurors #by Jocelyn #drop your buffs #exes and o&039;s #game of roses #gayotic with muna #hot girl mondays #if books could kill #the daily

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"The Last Love Song" is an Ode to Growing Up Surrounded by Memories

Deciding what to do with your life is never easy, let along when you’ve just graduated high school and spent the last 18 years in a town dedicated to your long-deceased mother. That’s exactly the case for Mia Peters in Kalie Holford’s debut novel, The Last Love Song. Mia has been raised by her grandmothers for as long as she can remember, ever since her mother, Tori Rose, died shortly after she…

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#book #book review #book story #Books #by Jocelyn #coming of age #finding yourself #kalie holford #lesbian #lgbtq #queer #romance book #the last love song #young adult

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I'm in Love With "Girls5Eva" and You Should Be Too

I was not a day one Girls5Eva fan, and for that I blame both myself and all of you. As Jackson McHenry reported for Vogue recently, people are quite simply not watching! For the uninitiated, Girls5Eva is a hilarious sitcom created by Meredith Scardino about an early aughts girl band that reunites in present day to revive their careers. The women had gone their own separate ways when the group…

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#andrew rannells #buddy comedy #busy philipps #by Jocelyn #girls5eva #group comedy #paula pell #renee elise goldsberry #sara bareilles #sitcom #tv shows

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"Ellipses" Review: Toxic Mentorship and the Dying Media Landscape

Debut novels often feel like autofiction, and that was most certainly the case in Vanessa Lawrence’s new book, Ellipses. In Ellipses, a 32 year old woman, Lily, falls into a toxic text-based mentorship with Billie, an older and wildly successful beauty mogul. Lily is delighted by this chance at friendship—and maybe even something more—with Billie. She’s stalled out in her career at a magazine and…

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#biracial #bisexual #book #book review #Book Reviews #Books #by Jocelyn #ellipses #fiction #lgbtq #reading #romance #vanessa lawrence

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Review: "Sugar, Baby" is About Coming-of-Age Surrounded by Glamour and Beauty

Being 21 can be hard, and that’s exactly the case for Agnes Green at the start of Sugar, Baby, Celine Saintclare’s debut novel. She still lives at home, works as a housecleaner, is (nearly) friendless, and is in love with her toxic hookup. Life just isn’t all that exciting. All of that changes when she meets Emily, a beautiful young woman who lives at one of the houses Agnes cleans. They hit it…

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#book reivew #book review #Books #british fiction #by Jocelyn #celine saintclare #contemporary fiction #debut #debut novel #literary fiction #reading #review #reviews #sugar baby

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9 Exciting April 2024 Book Releases to Read Now

I cannot even explain how many absolutely incredible looking books are coming out this month! I guess a good place to start would be that I checked out 4 influencer ALCs from Libro.fm when my previous maximum was 2. There were simply too many good ones to pass up on! Even outside of those, the books coming out this month look delightful from start to finish and I’m sure many of the WTTN Best Of…

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#abby jimenez #april book releases #april books #book releases #Books #books to read #by Jocelyn #emily henry #funny story #heidi reimer #holly gramazio #jo piazza #just for the summer #kalie holford #kt nguyen #leigh bardugo #New Releases #rachel khong #reading #real americans #the familiar #the husbands #the last love song #the mother act #the sicilian inheritance #you know what you did

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Saturday's Sweet Sixteen Preview: The Superstars of Women's March Madness

We’re in the thick of March Madness, the annual playoff tournament in college basketball. With just sixteen teams left, the competition is ratcheting up another tier and I for one cannot wait. It’s day two of the Sweet Sixteen (half of the teams played yesterday) and given that the women’s tournament has had primetime channel slots all postseason, I’m here with an introductory guide to the games…

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#angel reese #baylor #by Jocelyn #caitlin clark #colorado #duke #iowa #juju watkins #march madness #ncaa #ncaaw #paige beuckers #sweet sixteen #ucla #uconn #usc #wnba #women&039;s march madness

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Friday's Sweet Sixteen Preview: Could There Finally Be an Upset?

We’re in the thick of March Madness, the annual playoff tournament in college basketball. With just sixteen teams left, the competition is ratcheting up another tier and I for one cannot wait. It’s day one of the Sweet Sixteen (the other half of the teams play tomorrow) and given that the women’s tournament has had primetime channel slots all postseason, I’m here with an introductory guide to the…

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#basketball #by Jocelyn #gonzaga #indiana #march madness #nc state #ncaa #ncaaw #notre dame #oregon state #south carolina #Sports #stanford #sweet sixteen #texas #wbb #women&039;s basketball #women&039;s march madness

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How Joey Grazaidei and "The Bachelor" Reformed Their Ratings Spiral

The following contains spoilers for Season 28 of The Bachelor After The Bachelor finale last night, it’s finally safe to say that the franchise is on an upwards trajectory. I’ve written at length in recent years about how producers and editors of the show were actively ruining the experience for contestants and viewers, but Joey Grazaidei’s Season 28 seems to have turned a corner for the…

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#by Jocelyn #charity lawson #daisy kent #jenn tran #joey grazaidei #kelsey anderson #lea cayanan #maria georgas #sydney gordon #the bachelor #the bachelor season 28 #the bachelorette #the golden bachelor

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Bodybuilding, Toxic Romance, and the Calculated Surrealism of "Love Lies Bleeding"

There’s nobody who has had a more exciting narrative arc over the past ten years than Kristen Stewart. From her breakout role in Twilight, it was obvious that she was going to be a star. When Stewart came out as gay on SNL in 2017, many of us wondered exactly what that would mean for her acting career. With her newest film, Love Lies Bleeding, Stewart proved that it’s going to mean great things…

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#bodybuilding #by Jocelyn #katy o&039;brian #kristen stewart #lesbian #lesbian movie #lgbtq #love lies bleeding #movie #movie review #Movies #rose glass #steroids

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Some Boycotts are Forever: Three of My Favorite Latte Recipes

With the continued (and for me, forever) boycott against Starbucks, and in conjunction with my previous article on homemade coffee, I decided I would share three of my favorite iced latte recipes so you can make them at home too!  I love exploring different flavors in my coffee. Honestly, I drink coffee more for the creative aspect than the actual taste, but rest assured these recipes will meet…

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#anti starbucks #boycott starbucks #by Maxx #coffee #coffee recipe #cold foam recipe #latte recipe #lattes

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"Long Live Queer Nightlife" Resonated With My Own Experience as a Queer Reveler

I remember the first time I went to a lesbian bar. It was an overwhelming experience, being surrounded by queer people—specifically, queer women—for the first time. That first night in Wildrose opened my mind to the possibility of being completely comfortable kissing my girlfriend in a bar full of strangers. Then, I returned to Boston. As Amin Ghaziani illustrated in Long Live Queer Nightlife:…

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#amin ghaziani #book review #by Jocelyn #history #how the closing of gay bars sparked a revolution #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtq books #literature #long live queer nightlife #nonfiction #queer #reading #sociology

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Oscars 2024: Ranking All of the Nominated Feature Length Films I've Watched

As we inch ever closer to The Oscars, which airs at 7pm EST on March 10th, I’ve found myself focusing on watching as many nominated films as possible. Because of the nature of the films, not many of the Best Picture nominations are on streaming services, and I have neither the time nor the energy to go to the theaters and watch them all. Because of that, rather than simply rank the Best Pictures,…

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#american fiction #anatomy of a fall #barbie #best movies #best picture #by Jocelyn #killers of the flower moon #maestro #may december #Movies #nyad #oppenheimer #oscars #oscars 2024 #past lives #poor things #the color purple #the holdovers #the zone of interest

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12 Highly Anticipated Spring 2024 Movie Releases

Over the next three months, there’s countless movies coming to theaters that I cannot wait to watch. March, April, and May are traditionally rainy months so it’s the perfect time to sit down with a bowl of popcorn and a good movie. Any of these 12 films is the perfect choice. Dune: Part 2 Release Date: March 1st, 2024 Genre: Science Fiction / Adventure I still have yet to see Dune Part 1, but…

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#arthur the king #back to black #by Jocelyn #challengers #dune #dune part 2 #furiosa #immaculate #kingdom of the planet of the apes #knox goes awy #mad max #monkey man #movie #movie releases #new movies #New Releases #someone like you #the american society of magical negroes #the fall guy

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9 March 2023 Book Releases That Should be On Your Radar

In a year of many false Springs, it’s hard to believe that it’s only March. Yesterday I was bundled up to brave below freezing temperatures and the day before I sat outside to read my book in a balmy 70 degrees. Nonetheless, it is only the third month of 2024. There’s quite a few incredible books coming out this month that you should most definitely be aware of. *Bookshop affiliate links allow…

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#anita de monte laughs last #becoming madam secretary #book #book releases #Books #by Jocelyn #can&039;t we be friends #denny s bryce #drag race #eliza knight #ellipses #expiration dates #jennifer croft #lisa unger #new book releases #reading #rebecca serle #sophie wan #stephanie dray #the extinction of irena rey #the house of hidden meanings #the new couple in 5b #vanessa lawrence #women of good fortune #xochitl gonzalez

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"The Jump" is an Action-Packed, Emotional Achievement in YA Literature

Brittney Morris, an absolute powerhouse in YA literature, is back at it again with The Jump. This contemporary novel explores themes of gentrification, abuse of power and capitalistic greed through the eyes of a group of teenagers who join a dangerous scavenger hunt to gain influence and power.  This group, which calls itself “Team Jericho”, is composed of Jax, Yas, Spider, and Han. Their…

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#book review #Books #books to read #brittney morris #by Maxx #reading #the jump #young adult books #young adult lit