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Okay... I was a bit skeptical because I am not AT ALL into gaming and I felt like I was aging an entire decade every time I had to Google a slang word, but this is really effing cute! I am legit blushing and giggling at my desk while I listen <3

Not digging the audio and I’m very skeptical of the fantasy elements, but I’m intrigued enough to restart with a printed copy. I’ve been on a historical fiction kick, and this time period/location is not well represented.

I’m only ~2 hours into the audiobook, and I already want to give it 5 stars!

“I lean over Georgia’s foot
and tie her laces into
a looping tight
double knot.

It is a small thing to do,
but I can’t find any words,
and I need her to know
I’ll do what I can
to keep her
from falling.”

I swear. The friendships are the best part of MG lit.

That shoutout to Nic Stone's Dear Martin/Dear Justyce nearly made my heart explode!

I need a full novel about Tammi and Kareem, stat.

~6.5 hours into the audiobook and she gets THE vision. I’m almost too scared to go on!!

This is not a complaint, BUT... they still haven't hit the damn iceberg. Unless this is an alternate history, I'm getting real concerned about whether or not I'm going to have any sense of closure with the ending. REAL CONCERNED.

Forever a fan of books read by their authors, especially memoirs.

"Sentient belly button crust" is now my go-to insult lmfao

I think it's because it's late and I'm getting cranky, but there are so many little things that are annoying me. No food processing plant is shutting down for an entire week for a holiday, especially if the holiday is Independence Day. No farmer's market is opening at 10am. If you don't get to a farmer's market until 10am, I can promise you everything good is already gone. Sorry, but no.

This is so good!! Pleasantly surprised, as this isn’t my usual choice for fantasy.

This is quite possibly the most adorable story I've read in a while.

Ch. 11, p 50-51/131 (ebook is weird): "whole happy family" - talking about Riley's family

Ch. 13, p 57-59/131 (ebook is weird): "But not all marriages last for happily ever after."

Love these little moments that show how different families can look.

Ch. 11, p 48-50/131 (ebook is weird): "Riley's moms were totally embarrassing. But they were also both there, singing and dancing their way across the lobby. The three-year-old took Riley's hand and dragged her after them. They looked like such a happy family."

The descriptions of Sutton's neighbors has me all kinds of nostalgic for my Grandma's old apartment.

"We can't hide from our ancestors' misdeeds."

I interrupt, "But we can make our own choices now."

"I've been watching you for all your years. You've got something in you girly.,"

"Some people don't think that's good," I sign.

"Pay them no mind," he signs. "I never do."

Oh, Ezra. You have my heart.

“She had always known that if you give a dreamer hope, her dreams will get bigger and bigger, and that if you give an adventurous child a boat, sooner or later she will sail away.”

"Give me discipline from hindsight
and faith in foresight."

"When does compromise become sacrifice
When does sacrifice become surrender
What on this earth is worth surrendering to
Do aspirations become disappointed in you
Do you hear them mutter could've beens behind your ears"

"We are callusing where we should soften."