Malinda Lo has done it again
Malinda Lo ’96 worked on her latest novel for basically a decade. In the acknowledgments of “A Scatter of Light,”…
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I have never been more interested in fish fossils
Welcome (or welcome back) to Books Before Boys, a misnomer of a book review column (“Books Before Literally Anyone Because…
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Chloe Gong could publish her grocery list and I’d pay $20 for it (Books Before Boys review)
This article contains spoilers for “These Violent Delights” and “Our Violent Ends.” And for Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” and “As…
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RIP to Wanda, the male betta fish (Books Before Boys review)
The first time I met E.B. Bartels ’10, she was guest lecturing in my first-year writing class. I had just…
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When talking to ghosts only worsens your existential dread (Books Before Boys review)
I was a teenager when I first really thought about the fact that I am going to die someday. I…
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Do you remember the 21st night of September? Because Barrett Bloom does. “See You Yesterday” is my fifth Rachel Lynn…
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I will never stop talking about Heartstopper
Let me set a scene for you. It’s 2018. I am 16 years old, at the start of my junior…
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I love reading about white people and their drama
Content warning: mention of pedophilia in review of “This May End Badly,” discussions of sexual content in review of “Mistakes…
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A YA novel for people in love with Tom Holland (Books Before Boys review)
The title kind of says it all, but let me explain what this book is about. The concept of “A…
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Casey McQuiston has me in a chokehold (Books Before Boys review)
There’s something particular about Casey McQuiston’s writing that I can’t quite describe. It’s the way that settings and characters are…
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