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Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh

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In 2013, it looked like Allie Brosh had disappeared off the face of the Earth, or at least the face of the internet. In reality, she was (of course, duh) still around, but she was in the midst of a years-long struggle to grieve and get a handle on her health, both physically and mentally. During all the years she was gone, I did periodically wonder what was going on with her. I know I wasn’t alone. Her blog, Hyperbole & a Half, was wildly […]

I bet just you love that Mr. Darcy, and your sentimental heart beats widely at the thought that he and, well, you know, whatever her name is, are truly, honestly going to end up together.

Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett

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Tell me there’s a book based on You’ve Got Mail and I’m pretty much going to read it immediately. Which is what I did with Alex, Approximately and I found it UTTERLY DELIGHTFUL. (Sidenote: I don’t know of any other books based on You’ve Got Mail/The Shop Around the Corner/Parfumerie but if you do, why haven’t you told me about them yet?) I digress. Back to Alex, Approximately. Bailey is a classic film loving teen who moves across the country to live with her dad, […]

Is butter a carb?

Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler

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I’ve been trying to make a conscious effort to read outside my wheelhouse. Somewhere along the way, I got stuck in Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Dystopian/Romance/YA, or WHATEVER MADE UP WORLD GENRE I could find because why read unless you can escape to a better or more interesting world than the one you’re currently inhabiting? The problem there is that I sometimes fall into a book rut and need to dig my way out by way of something different. At that point, I usually decide to read a book […]

It feels like somebody took my heart and dropped it into a bucket of boiling tears.

My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan

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I’m so torn on this book. I was all set to rip into it for not being the book I wanted it to be, which was a story about a young American woman’s lighthearted romp through the English countryside while she led a Harry Potter-esque existence (keeping the book magic, losing the outright magic) during her tenure at Oxford. Who wouldn’t want to live vicariously through such a character? This is what I got for the first half of the book. Ella arrives in England […]

Those who’ve seen us, know that not a thing could come between us

The Favorite Sister by Jessica Knoll

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According to Goodreads, this is the second book I’ve read by Jessica Knoll. I have a vague memory of reading Luckiest Girl Alive, which Goodreads says I read in November of 2016. I trust Goodreads more than my own brain in this case, because I have very little memory of that book and I apparently didn’t review it. I gave it four stars, though, which is (at least) one more star than I’d give The Favorite Sister. I wouldn’t say I particularly enjoyed reading The […]



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