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“I look forward to coming to English and reading this book” - one of my students 🥹

I’m definitely not reading this for the first time before having to teach it tomorrow.

I will accept no Colleen Hoover slander. This preposterous looking down on certain authors and genres sews further unnecessary pretentiousness in the book community.

Reading is reading.

I intend on watching the movie when it comes out and reading the book beforehand makes me feel superior to others who haven’t.

Yes, the irony is intentional. Ha ha.

Completely forgot how much swearing is in this book before reading it with my students — oops (still a great text, though).

This book is single handedly keeping me from doing the work I’m supposed to be doing.

I finally experienced having an animated class discussion over this book and I can confirm — it’s a high

I shouldn’t be enjoying this so much but I am lol

Picked this up out of curiosity to keep up with what my students like to read.

A blunt reminder that I am well beyond enjoying young adult fiction unironically.

It’s like reading the poorly written diary of a miserable middle aged man and his awful friends. Weird.

For some reason goodreads keeps marking this as ‘the stranger’ instead of ‘the outsider’ (both by Robert Camus.
Very peculiar so far. I like.

I’m only 3 chapters in and already had a cry.
Send help.

Update: watching my Year 11s audibly gasp at the first plot twist was a spiritual experience