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46% of US adults report feeling lonely some or all of the time

We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships by Kat Vellos

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Complaining about the difficulty of making friends as an adult is almost a cliche. Even before the internet became A Thing, US adults regularly reported feeling lonely or disconnected. The average US adult reports they haven’t made a new friend in five years. We miss having friends, and we don’t really know what to do about it. We’re nice people. Why isn’t this easier? Kat Vellos gets it. She’s moved a few times. She knows intimately the frustration of landing in a new city and […]

The kids are alright

Dress Coded by Carrie Firestone

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I finished this lovely novel and immediately downloaded it to my tween’s Kindle so she could read it, too. (She did not. I regret every time I try to make her read something and she insists on choosing her own reading material. It’s the worst.) Dress Coded opens with Molly Frost interviewing her classmate Olivia for a podcast. Olivia is currently the most hated girl in 8th grade. See, Olivia was busted for a dress code violation and in doing so, lost the entire class […]

Beyond gold-diggers and groupies

The Sport Marriage: Women Who Make It Work by Steven M. Ortiz

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I requested this from NetGalley some months ago because the premise of the book is interesting. The wives and girlfriends (WAGs) of professional athletes aren’t unknown in entertainment. They’re featured in reality shows, fiction shows, and it’s an entire genre of kissing book. In all of these arenas, the focus is on the entertainment value of their lives. In Sport Marriage, Ortiz takes a more anthropological approach to the reality of WAG life. He interviews two cohorts of spouses across the more marquee US sports […]

I hate it when my internet fame ruins my real life

What I Like About You by Marisa Kanter

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Oh, this was a delight! Even as I say that, it reminded me of Eliza and Her Monsters, but much more ridiculous (and not quite as good). Like Kels’s IG, this was a twee cupcake of a book. Basic plot: Halle runs a bookstagram where her schtick is that she decorates cupcakes inspired by book covers. It’s focused on young adult books–because adults talking about YA books is apparently “cringey”, as the book tells us over and over and over again. She started the project […]

What comes next? (The Royal We #2)

The Heir Affair by Heather Cocks, Jessica Morgan

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I was over the freaking moon when I was approved to review an advance copy of The Heir Affair, Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan’s sequel to The Royal We. The Royal We is one of my very favorite books. When I was sick as a dog during my final pregnancy, I would read it until I reached the end and then flip back to the first page and start again. Though The Royal We felt complete, the door was left open for a sequel if […]



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