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Xander Years: Volume 1
Xander Years: Volume 1 | Keith R A DeCandido
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TONIGHT, PART 1The argument started when Cordelia saw what Xander was wearing.He had only just walked into the Bronze when Cordy started in on him. "My "God, " what is that outfit?""It's called 'clothes.'""No, "I'm" wearing clothes. "You" are wearing rags. Xander, do you even know what it means to accessorize?"Shaking his head and rolling his eyes at the same time, Xander replied, "Yeah. "To accessorize." A verb deriving from the noun "accessory." Loosely defined as, 'Caring way more about what you're wearing than necessary for simple human interpersonal contact.'"Gesturing as if she were pleading with Xander to not jump off a high ledge, Cordelia said, "Xander, clothes are what define who you are to the world. They put out a message that says, 'I'm cool' or 'I'm a jock' or 'I'm a computer geek" or in your case, 'I'm a loser with no redeeming social value.'"It went downhill from there, at least up to the part where they made up by necking near the restrooms.Xander returned home and fell more than sat on his bed, not even bothering to clear a space for himself -- he just collapsed onto the dirty laundry festooned on the sheets and stared at the ceiling. All in all, it had been a typical date: arguing for an hour, necking for an hour. "Not exactly how I pictured dating, he thought. Certainly not how all those fantasy dates with Buffy went in my head." He turned toward the bedside table to stare at the photograph next to his clock radio. Willow's mom had taken that picture of Buffy, Willow, and Xander sophomore year. Buffy's hair was longer then -- so, if it came to that, was Xander's. "Things were simpler then, hionship had been set.Except, of course,for the necking part. That took another twelve years to develop.The funny thing was, while Willow and Xander had gleefully formed the We Hate Cordelia Chase Fan Club -- they even held semiregular meetings -- Jesse had always had the hots for her, right up until the moment he died. And now Xander was dating her. "Well, it could be worse, he thought. At least dating Cordelia isn't an immediate threat to my life. My sanity maybe, but not my life." Shivering with a chill that had nothing to do with the typically warm Sunnydale night, he remembered a certain substitute biology teacher....Copyright © 1999 by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
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TK-421
Xander Years: Volume 1 | Keith R A DeCandido
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Mehso-so

While it was fun to revisit old episodes, I didn‘t enjoy this book as much as I hoped. It was a decent novelization but little things kept taking me out of it, like the mention of Willow‘s hair being brown!? I wasn‘t a huge fan of the interludes between chapters either. They‘re meant to tie things together & did a good job of summing up all that happened between episodes but they feel rushed & confusing & in some ways spoiler-y. ⭐️⭐️

gradcat There‘s that gorgeous cat—so beautiful! @TK-421 Are you going to continue #Quotsy for 2020? I‘m really going to try to get myself together for it & trying to be more active on Litsy. Just wondering... Happy New Year, by the way! 😂🥂♥️ 4y
TK-421 @gradcat Thanks! 😺 I‘m a bit behind this month (how did the month fly by so fast?) but yes, I will be keeping Quotsy going for 2020! I‘ll have the list posted sometime this afternoon. Happy New Year to you too! 🥂 🎉 4y
gradcat @TK-421 Yay! I know, I can hardly believe it myself—it seems like December just flew by!! 4y
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