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Feminist word nerd who loves lists, takes walks in the rain, and prioritizes cuddletime with my dog.rn

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Deceptively Fluffy

Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes

January 20, 2020 by Sidewriter Leave a Comment

Deceptively fluffy. I mean that as a compliment, and it’s a phrase I would apply to Shonda Rhimes’ TV work too. It all goes down so easy, like candy, like ice cream, like delicious, bite-size, still-warm chocolate chip cookies; you think this is purely a pleasure read, a satisfying pep-talk in a fast, pleasing cadence, but nestled inside all that fluff, all that cookie dough, like the pill you press into a wad of peanut butter for your dog, is medicine, some profound truth that […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: shonda rhimes

Sidewriter's CBR12 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: shonda rhimes ·
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