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Arts, Books Before Boys, Reviews

The WWII Little Women retelling that made me cry the whole way through (Books Before Boys review)

By Ann Zhao

It doesn’t take a genius to know which March sister I identify the most with.  (Meg.) (Just kidding, it’s Jo.) …

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Arts, Books Before Boys, Reviews

If you hate Mitch McConnell and love queer YA fantasy, read this book

By Ann Zhao

If this column has taught you anything, it’s probably that I read a lot of contemporary novels. It’s just what…

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Wellesley experiences uptick in COVID-19 cases after Thanksgiving break

By Ann Zhao, Renée Remsberg

For Wallis* ’24, quarantining for two weeks in Dower felt like living in a dystopian novel. In the span of…

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Arts, Books Before Boys, Reviews

Books Before Boys: This murder mystery hits different (or maybe I’m just feeling a lot of queer Chinese-American feelings as of late)

By Ann Zhao

I went through a phase in elementary school where all I’d ever read was a series called “The Boxcar Children.”…

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Arts, Books Before Boys, Reviews

Books Before Boys: “You Truly Assumed” perfectly encapsulates today’s youth

By Ann Zhao

Do you ever just know that something is going to wow you upon first glance? I’ve written a lot in…

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Arts, Books Before Boys, Reviews

Books Before Boys: A very meta book about co-writers falling in love by two married co-writers

By Ann Zhao

Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka are no strangers to romance, with four YA romances under their names and one more…

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Arts, Books Before Boys, Reviews

Books Before Boys: A workplace romcom that might just restore your faith in straight white people

By Ann Zhao

I totally understand that my reading habits are very different from the vast majority of people reading this review, but…

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Arts, Books Before Boys, Reviews

Books Before Boys: What do you do when your dreams are destroyed?

By Ann Zhao

I didn’t really know what I wanted to do with my life when I was a teenager (which is a…

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Arts, Books Before Boys, Reviews

Books Before Boys: An art heist book that will punch your repressed Chinese diaspora self right in the gut

By Ann Zhao

There are books where I read knowing exactly what to expect: the type of feelings it will make me feel,…

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Arts, Books Before Boys, Reviews

Books Before Boys: The historical fiction novel to fulfill your girlboss dreams

By Ann Zhao

Although I am a humanities major at heart, one of my favorite tropes is a teenage girl who wants to…

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