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Book Recs: Recommendations for fans of the CW’s Nancy Drew

Hello friends, happy June! June marks the beginning of summer camp for me, so it’ll be a busy month, but on the upside, season four of The CW’s Nancy Drew premiered last night, therefore I have something to look forward to every Wednesday night! Speaking of the premiere, my Dewds, how’re we feeling? I’m dead. I can’t get over the Nace scenes, I will be thinking about this for at least 15 business years. I fear I won’t be surviving this season. Now, back to the post…

We all know how much I love the Nancy Drew books, and I don’t think it comes as a shock that I love the show as much as I do. I love the inspiration that they took from the book series —- the easter eggs are so well done — and I love the ways that they’ve made the story and characters more modern. It hooked me right from the start, and my love for it continues to grow. I truly can’t remember the last show that I loved this much — we’re talking, thinking about it constantly, theorizing, counting down the days until the next episode, etc. The show was one of the only really positive things in my life during a very difficult 2021, and for that, I will always be grateful. 

I’ve also met some of the most amazing people through the fandom and the relationships that we’ve built because of this show are just so wonderful. Because the show is finally back (we’re not gonna talk about how it’s the last season), I thought it would be fun to share some book recs that I think fans of the CW’s Nancy Drew will enjoy!

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Mini Reviews: Immortal Longings, Happy Place, and The Mad Women’s Ball

Hi friends! I’m fully in my watching BookTube era and I’m really loving watching reading vlogs. Some of my favorite reading vlogs are ones where they can’t stop reading until they find a five star book. I think it’s such a fun concept, and since I’m fully obsessed I wanted to try my hand at something similar, so in this blog post I’ll be talking about some books I’ve read recently that I had predicted would be five star reads. 

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Let’s Talk: Nonfictions Cossette’s Been Loving Lately

One of my goals for 2023 is to read more non-fiction, and I’ve been really fortunate to have picked up some incredibly captivating nonfiction reads lately! When it comes to picking nonfiction reads, I’ve been trying to branch out too — not just memoirs, or books on a specific topic! I thought it’d be fun to share some of my favorite nonfiction reads of this year so far.

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Review: This is Not a Personal Statement by Tracy Badua

From rising star Tracy Badua comes a poignant, propulsive standalone YA novel about a teen who, after getting rejected from her dream college, forges her own acceptance and commits to living a lie—perfect for fans of Mary H.K. Choi and Gloria Chao.

An incisive, relatable tale of acceptance, self-discovery, and the infinite possibilities that await when we embrace our imperfections.

As the youngest graduating senior at her hypercompetitive high school, Perla Perez is certain all the late nights, social isolation, and crushing stress will be worth it when she gets into the college of her (and her parents’) dreams: Delmont University.

Then Perla doesn’t get in, and her meticulously planned future shatters. In a panic, she forges her own acceptance letter, and next thing she knows, she’s heading to Delmont for real, acceptance or not. Perla’s plan? Gather on-the-ground intel to beef up her application and reapply spring semester before she’s caught.

But as her guilty conscience grows and campus security looms large, Perla starts to wonder if her plan will really succeed, and if this dream she’s worked for her entire life is something she even wants. 

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Review: Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 

What would you change if you could go back in time?

In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time.

In Before the Coffee Gets Cold, we meet four visitors, each of whom is hoping to make use of the café’s time-travelling offer, in order to: confront the man who left them, receive a letter from their husband whose memory has been taken by early onset Alzheimer’s, to see their sister one last time, and to meet the daughter they never got the chance to know.

But the journey into the past does not come without risks: customers must sit in a particular seat, they cannot leave the café, and finally, they must return to the present before the coffee gets cold . . .

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Mini Reviews: Shakespeare Reading Wrap Up

Hi everyone! Happy May! Last month I spent a lot of time consuming Shakespeare-related media as I do on the regular, but especially in April. I read a lot of really great books — including 3 non-fiction novels! — and thought it would be fun to do a little wrap-up and talk a bit about the books that I read.

So, get cozy, grab a cup of your beverage of preference, and let’s talk about some of my Shakespeare-related April reads!

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ARC Review: Ruby Lost and Found by Christina Li

It’s the summer after seventh grade, and Ruby Chu is feeling more lost than ever.

Her best friends aren’t speaking to her. She ended the year in detention. Her sister’s about to leave for college. Ruby’s still grieving her grandfather, Ye-Ye, when it seems like no one else is. And without Ye-Ye and his annual scavenger hunts across their hometown of San Francisco, their hometown doesn’t really feel like home anymore.

Things get worse when Ruby’s forced to spend the summer with her distant grandmother, Nai-Nai, in Chinatown. But the looming shutdown of a beloved former scavenger hunt stop, May’s Bakery, and a secret about Nai-Nai threaten to change everything. Though Ruby feels out of place, maybe this summer of forming unexpected friendships and fighting to save the bakery will help Ruby reconnect with the world — and discover what it means to find home again.

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Caitlyn’s Monthly Wrap Up: April 2023

Ah, here we are again, at the end of another month and I’m sitting here going “How are we at the end of (whatever month)? Didn’t it just start?” I’m aware I say the same thing every month, but it’s true of every month. And April especially was especially quick for me.

I’m excited to share my April reads with you all, so get comfy, grab your favorite beverage, and let’s chat!

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