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Alanna’s 2025 Year in Books

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203 books | 77 friends

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Alanna Why

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Alanna Why is a fiction and culture writer from Ottawa. She is the author of the novella Amy Of Suburbia, about a 12-year-old girl’s obsession with Green Day. Her book reviews have appeared in Canthius, PRISM and Minola Review, as well as in her newsletter, Why’s World. She currently lives in Montreal.

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Average rating: 4.74 · 27 ratings · 17 reviews · 1 distinct work

Amy of Suburbia

4.74 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions

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Alanna Why and 3 other people liked Dessa's status update Dessa is on page 175 of 496 of We Love You, Bunny: I can’t fuckin do this guys the bunny’s perspective is even WORSE and I’m giving UP god what humiliation to dnf a book you preordered and spent $45 on please send thoughts and prayers
Jan 13, 2026 03:32AM
Alanna Why rated a book liked it Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1) by Gregory Maguire	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
rare instance where the musical adaptation actually provides a stronger narrative than the source material! the "in the vinkus" chapters nearly killed me... ...more
Jan 08, 2026 04:06AM · 1 like · like · see review
Alanna Why wants to read 9 Times My Work Has Been Ripped Off by Raymond Biesinger	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Alanna Why liked Dessa's review of Extra Salty: Jennifer's Body (11) (Pop Classics): "I love pop classics and I especially liked this pop classic — lots to dig into here about misogyny, monstrousness, queerness, sexiness, recursiveness, sacrifice, and punishment, and boy do we get to digging. Hell yeah. Jennifer — and, more importantl" Read more of this review »
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Alanna Why rated a book really liked it Sloppy: Or, Doing It All Wrong by Rax King (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
need a thinly veiled autobiographical screenplay by rax king soooo bad
Dec 31, 2025 07:01AM · like · see review
Alanna Why is now following Domenica Martinello Author of All Day I Dream About Sirens
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Alanna Why wants to read Mega Milk: Essays on Family, Fluidity, Whiteness, and Cows by Megan Milks (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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