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  • Currently reading: DEAR CHILD by Romy Hausmann

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  • See what I've read, watched, & listened to in 2025 so far↓

january...

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Wide Awake Now by David Levithan - finished Jan. 2

What if a gay Jewish man was elected as the president of the United States? (This is a reimagining of Levithan's original version of the story, Wide Awake, published in 2002 and set in a futuristic 2024.)

Worth reading? maybe.

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Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson - finished Jan. 5

How a man became a famous art dealer after saving a famous art dealer's life. Read more here. Relaxing and yet...thrilling?! Solid 9/10. Very good story written in an interesting way. The missing 1/10 is because the author made me feel stupid by using phrases like "sagacious aesthetes."

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books I did not finish VOLUME I

Version Zero by David Yoon AND Annie LeBlanc is Not Dead Yet by Molly Morris - Jan. 10

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Both of these books seemed very promising. Annie LeBlanc used the phrases "spelling bee," "Orange County," and Twilight within the first 10 pages, which seemed like such a good start! But things turned boring YA novel after that. Even despite the exciting, fantastical premise (once every ten years, someone is randomly chosen in this Californian town to resurrect a dead person for 30 days--yes, actually) I just couldn't get past the first couple of chapters. Then there was Version Zero, which was all about the dark side of the tech industry (not sure there's a bright side? also am I using too many parentheses) I love love love David Yoon so much (I've read both of his YA novels and was OBSESSED with them) but I did not like this book enough to finish reading it. I think there are people who would like it so I'm not completely dismissing it, but it was TOO MUCH for me. I'm not completely opposed to some thinking during the reading process, but I do not enjoy being in a constant state of confusion.

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Dolls of Our Lives by Mary Mahoney and Allison Horrocks - Jan. 13​

I was probably not the ideal reader for this book. I got my first American Girl doll in, like, 2017. This book is aimed at the people who grew up with what I think of as "retro" dolls--Samantha, Molly, Kirsten, Addy, etc. However, I still enjoyed the book and learned a lot about the history of American Girl from it. The authors, who host a podcast of the same name, made the story extra entertaining by throwing in an obnoxious number of pop culture quotes.

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The Bitter End by Alexa Donne - Jan. 15

This book was pretty stupid but it was also SO, SO entertaining and I finished it in under 48 hours which is pretty rare for me especially during the school year. Eight--eight--characters are trapped in a blizzard during their high school digital detox skiing wellness retreat, along with a chaperone who really made no sense to me as a person. At first, I was like, eight characters?? That's way too much! But then I realized that the author needed eight characters so she could kill off a ton of them and still have a few to spare. Which sounds morbid, and it is; don't read this book if you can't read about murder. Also, I hope that isn't a spoiler. I think it technically is, but don't tell me you didn't see that coming! There are blood stains in the snow next to that sweatshirt!

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