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1) gagged I love my degree 2) xoxo is a hilarious name for a made-up kpop group considering one of the biggest boy groups of all time is EXO

Thank god I discovered the strategy of listening to an audiobook while reading a physical book or I never ever would have made any fucking progress on this thing

Rereading for school. Finally. Yuri on Ice

Now THIS is motherfucking YA

I probably would have read this earlier if the wording I'd seen wasn't so misleading - I read "Jude's brother Noah is gay" and thought well I'm not so desperate for representation to search for it in a side character (it's a dual POV novel). Happy to have a chance to now!!

Once again I love when books are good. Protag is interesting on an analysis level and also just fun

Couldn't make it very far before morning class but ooooh I love when books are good

Still having fun w this setting but the structure + conflict are so…the conflict (protag trying to ignore her mom’s texts so she doesn’t let it spill she snuck off to the convention) is too everyday and the timeline makes no sense - she woke up early enough that her mom didn’t find her going out weird, drove to the con, had 80pgs of adventures, and it’s /2 pm/ and she already fessed up?? GIRL YOU TURN 18 TOMORROW

Went in so ready to cringe but I am actually immediately overcome by the deeply realistic portrayal of a kid stealing away into weird hobbies to cope with a shitty life. For all the Kevins out there https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84SU7...

My profs are just gonna have to accept that I didn’t have time to be a full-time student this week

On the one hand the discussions of consent and the gendered ideas of who "needs" or "deserves" what are a little unsavory but at the same time the clarity of these discussions + the intimate scenes are incredible. Zero percent chance this book would exist in today's YA landscape. Much to think abt though bc our crit readings this week are about the dangers of generalizing what kind of "education" teens need YA for

My prof said something about "all those ellipses" and I thought she meant the title but she was not kidding

Opening line “Sybil Davidson has a genius IQ and has been laid by at least six different guys.” In 1970 when YA barely existed, let alone books for teens that acknowledged the maturity and complexity of being on the cusp of adulthood. Judy Blume. Judy. I could not love you and your legacy more

What says new semester better than cramming in kidlit written for right proper British boys of the 1850s (this book isn't even dense but it's so fucking longggg)

I feel like the dialogue is a bit juvenile but then I feel like there's something to be said about not fitting in + not "maturing" at the same rate as your peers

"Our attempts at several 'dad' activities had mostly ended in...disaster. The time he tried to teach me how to fish immediately comes to mind-think fishing hooks in toes and ears and everywhere else except a fish's mouth. Then there's the time he took me camping...I know you were thinking I was going to say it stunk for some reason that had to do with me not having arms. Nope. It stunk because I hate camping." voice!

Fun bc the fact it was published in 1944 means wording like "a pregnant silence filled the air" were probably actually quite novel

Slow-moving and so poorly written but I'll be damned if I'm not finishing this book

Got this on audible thanks to a Joanna rec like 2 years ago and I'm just now listening. Entertaining!

Started rereading because traveling in London and staying in hostels kept making me think of it...wow this book is so suburban

Started reading because traveling in London and staying in hostels kept making me think of it...wow this book is so suburban

What the fuck is this book I can’t stop turning pages

Written so precisely to make you feel so horrified every time they drop something like “she was in fact such a hard worker that she brought her radium paint home with her”

Interesting character dynamics with the main couple's identities and relationship complicated by dynamics of race, ethnicity/"belonging", and sexuality. I don't think I've seen such a sober straightforward example of the harm cultural appropriation can cause in any media

Re-listening to the goat of YA romance for pride month

Plenty of gripes I have w the writing but more than that, eeeeeek!!!