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in my mysterious era
in a little under three weeks, i’ll be moving into my dorms in los angeles and, even though i’ve lived 45 minutes out for a majority of my life, i feel as though my life is about to change. and, with any big change, i’ve cleaned up my socials and dirtied my room. i always…
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on the couch
in a week, the rusty orange couch i’ve grown accustomed to will probably be moved out. if in-a-week me were writing this, she’d be on the cold hard wood, surrounded by boxes. in a week and two days, i’ll be home. the dry warmth of my suburb of los angeles around me. the city of…
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lit review: midnight sun
to even the most uptight of readers, i will unabashedly claim my love for the twilight series. in many ways, it paved the road for explosively popular teen series. stephenie meyer was fully unaware of the sheer frenzy that would follow upon the publication of the first book in her infamous saga. midnight sun was…
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a letter to the snow
dear boston snow, thank you for making this california girl smile. i still don’t know how to layer for you. i can’t believe high 30’s is starting to feel warm. i wore birkenstocks in you yesterday (don’t yell at me they’re plastic and it wasn’t snowing). i used to think you were pretty, but sometimes…
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the big, bad, horrible syllabus week
last week, my second semester of sophomore year started. until next week, all of my classes are online, but that doesn’t mean it’s a slow start. with a single meeting for all classes, i’ve been assigned an entire book to read over the weekend, a couple discussion posts, and a whole lot of syllabus reading.…
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my top five favorite classics
going to private high school and *liberal arts* college definitely has given me one thing: a wide readership of classics. i’ve forever been confused about what books are qualified as “classic,” even writing pieces in high school saying that the classification is arbitrary and annoying. so, these five books are simply books that *feel* classic…
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lit review: julie and julia
in the most meta-i’m-a-blogger moment thus far, my first book of 2021 is julie and julia. now, if you’re one of my sixty subscribers you may be wondering: didn’t you already write about julie and julia? to which i’m now responding: yes, but the movie version. and, even so, it was more of a musing…
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my 2020 popsugar reading challenge results
i remember one of the first things i ever wrote about on this blog was the 2019 popsugar reading challenge. i never updated you on my results, mostly because of the fact that i failed miserably. but, since we’re edging towards the end of this year, i wanted to tell you the books i read…
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lit review: it’s kind of a funny story
hello! welcome to my (unplanned) last lit review of the year. it’s kind of a funny story definitely took me by surprise, as i wasn’t really planning on reading another book this year. but, 2020 is all about the unknown, i suppose. with that being said, this book will not make it into my popsugar…
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