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The Best of 2018

Well, 2018 is finally over, my friends. I saw a Twitter poll that was like “how equipped are you to handle 2019 as compared to 2018” and I legitimately did not know how to answer it. At this exact moment, coming off a vacation in which I gave and received many presents, possessed of a majestic goals board and a brand new planner, I am feeling very equipped to deal with 2019. However, let it not be forgotten that I felt this same way in January 2018, whereupon I was promptly hit by a car and broke my neck. I…

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Review: The Summer of Jordi Perez, Amy Spalding

Well LOOK, since Hollywood is évidemment out of the business of making teen rom-coms or even, it seems, rom-coms whatsoever, at least thank the Lord for YA authors stepping into the breach. In a world where the news is the news and nobody has yet financed a Man from U.N.C.L.E. sequel, at least I got to read Amy Spalding’s new YA novel The Summer of Jordi Perez (and the Best Burger in Los Angeles), the cutest sweetest teen rom-com that I have laid my eyes on since When Dimple Met Rishi. Abby knows that she’s a sidekick. Queer fat girls…

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