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It‘s 1992 and there are secrets in Julie‘s family. Her brother was once a talented swimmer on his way to the Olympics, but now he‘s disappeared. She makes a connection with his friend Ben to get answers. She‘s also questioning her feelings about other girls at a more difficult time than now. When a beautiful older girl asks her to join the swim team, Julie must face all her fears. Not quite YA, but definitely angst and flannel. #pop21 #advanced

1990s Portland: Grunge dominates the culture, it rains constantly, and the AIDS epidemic is at its peak. High schooler Julie joins the swim team at the invitation of a more popular girl and finds herself exploring her sexuality and learning more about her older brother, a former Olympic hopeful who now lives in Berlin and with whom she hardly talks. Sparely written but with emotional depth.

I liked this quick read, which was saturated in time and place in an effective and unsentimental way. I got it in a Book Riot box a while ago and finally got around to it.

OK, here are the three I want to choose from. Anything look good to #GroupQ? @IheartYA @kamoorephoto @erinreads

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The #rain prompt made me think of books set in places where it rains a lot, or at least more than it does where I live. I remembered this book, which is set in Portland, because the main character talks about how people who are really from Portland won't carry umbrellas. #jubilantjuly @RealLifeReading

A great capture of the anxiety of teendom, friendship, siblings and the early 90's. Clear and unsentimental- it was a good read.

Going to bed with book #2 while #hangingwithliberty - another on my #TBR for years and a rec for this trip!

Twinning with your books is highly recommended.

Interesting story, looking forward to seeing if I enjoy it.

#riotgrams #day3 #onewordtitle I'm so behind on my pics due to an busy and stressful weekend. Here are just a few one word titles that I found on my TBR shelf!

This book has a meandering underwater quality to it...it picks us up on a wave and sets us back on another, no real arc or beginning or end and the effect is delightful. The characters are people, not archetypes and no one is villainous or even unlikeable. I've not actually read anything like it before. It's high school without (the typical, dramatic) angst, coming of age without (criminal, hateful, shocking) events.

Got this in a Book Riot box and never got around to it. Excited to see how I like it!

Digging it so far. And I love the cover!!

My August TBR keeps growing 😊 but this is it so far 😊

A really great coming of age story.

Sad and beautiful and almost dreamlike. This is a book about sexual awakening and desire and homophobia, swimming and love and kindness and the universal need to feel understood

I walked a mile in 80-degree weather for my solo date night with Dryland. Totally worth it

If you like YA feelings and the 90s but not necessarily YA tropes. See also: In Zanesville