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…
Read MoreGorgeous gorgeous girls attend finishing school to become secret Musketeers (Books Before Boys review)
It’s very rare, even now, to see books with disabled and chronically ill main characters written by authors with the…
Read MoreThe WWII Little Women retelling that made me cry the whole way through (Books Before Boys review)
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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If you hate Mitch McConnell and love queer YA fantasy, read this book
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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Books Before Boys: This murder mystery hits different (or maybe I’m just feeling a lot of queer Chinese-American feelings as of late)
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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Books Before Boys: “You Truly Assumed” perfectly encapsulates today’s youth
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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Books Before Boys: A very meta book about co-writers falling in love by two married co-writers
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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Books Before Boys: A workplace romcom that might just restore your faith in straight white people
I totally understand that my reading habits are very different from the vast majority of people reading this review, but…
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