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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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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I just keep on reading fake-dating romances (Books Before Boys review)
It’s so funny that I once made a TikTok about how I don’t care for fake-dating because I just checked…
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A smart satire for white-man-haters (Books Before Boys review)
After reading “The Love Hypothesis” and “A Brush with Love,” I admit I might have begun to romanticize grad school…
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You need these Chinese-Indonesian aunties in your life
This review contains mild spoilers for “Dial A for Aunties,” the first novel in the Meddelin Chan series. You know,…
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The perfect wish-fulfillment book for all the hopelessly romantic single lesbians who go to this college
Are you a lesbian? Are you in college? Are you upsettingly single? Do you have mommy issues? If you answered…
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