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Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language

Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language

by Gretchen McCulloch

This book was so much fun! I'm not sure it would be quite as enthralling for some who doesn't live at the intersection of comm major and data analyst like I do, but I found it fascinating and engaging from start to finish. McCulloch hers...

Kiss & Tell

by Adib Khorram

4.5 stars. Khorram's YA books are unlike anything else I've read, and I'm so grateful he's out here telling new and authentic stories. Don't go into this book looking for a straightforward queer YA romance — there is a relationship that ...

Heartstopper: Volume Two

by Alice Oseman

This book is just pure queer joy. Nick and Charlie are both adorable cinnamon rolls and the relationship between them is amazing. Near the end I legit giggled with tears running down my face because everything was too precious for words....

Drinking the Rain: A Memoir

by Alix Kates Shulman

4.5 stars. I read this over the course of almost a month, mostly because it begs to be read slowly, in the same way that Shulman lived on her island retreat — carefully and methodically learning what was edible and how to prepare it and ...

Sleeping Murder

by Agatha Christie

I liked this one, even though I picked out the culprit early on and not all of the plot points totally add up. (Sometimes Miss Marple's choices make sense only if the goal is a climactic near-death scene.) Christie's offensiveness was pr...

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All I Want in Life

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