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StellaDz
Deep End | Ali Hazelwood
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A chill Good Friday morning from my favourite spot (with a few more new plants).

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willaful
Past Present Future | Rachel Lynn Solomon

Unlike others, I liked this more than the first book, probably because I find YA about type A students kind of tiresome. Also, it's so relatable in its depiction of the highs and lows of beginning college. I really liked how it interrogated what the HEA looks like for a very young couple, with honestly and hopefulness.

More at my blog: https://willaful.wordpress.com/2025/04/16/tbr-challenge-past-present-future-by-r...

#SeriesLove

TheSpineView Fantastic!📖📚🌞 5d
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willaful
Past Present Future | Rachel Lynn Solomon

Today I'm partially in Manhattan, partially in Boston, and occasionally in Seattle, navigating the complexities of the first year of college and long-distance love.

#whereareyoumonday

@Cupcake12

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Melllie
Deep End | Ali Hazelwood

I love how Lukas was definitely YEARNING for Scarlett at the very end, and admitted that he actually had been from the very start.

“Always in the palms of your hand, Scarlett.“

EXCUSE YOU. I WAS CRYING, GIGGLING, LAUGHING AND KICKING MY FEET.

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underground_bks
Deep End | Ali Hazelwood
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Pickpick

This is the first Ali Hazelwood I didn‘t read the second I could get my mitts on it, and that will never happen again. I was put off by some marketing that this was darker, and I didn‘t love the drama in Not In Love and worried it would be similar, but this is a new all-time fav, exploring a dominance and submission kink in a super hot, emotionally complex, and still giggle-and-kick-your-feet worthy way—trademarks of all my favs by this author!

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Awk_Word_Smith
Secret History | Donna Tartt
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I don‘t even know what this book is about, but several bookstagram accounts recommended it. Highly recommended it. So we shall see.

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monalyisha
The Idiot | Elif Batuman
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I fell in immediate & unabashed love with this novel. Batuman‘s clever writing & strange sensibilities made me laugh & read sentences aloud every other page. I even went to her website to learn more about the weird & wonderful person writing. When I saw that she‘d used code to make the words “web design” appear in rainbow font (stating that she‘d learned how in the 90‘s), I felt myself swoon. Then, my feelings became more convoluted & complex.👇🏻

monalyisha 1/4: Since 2020, and with renewed fervor since November, the world has felt unmoored, untethered, and unreal; it‘s hard when a novel amplifies these feelings. Batuman doesn‘t address any of the topics causing the current climate (she was writing in 2017 about the 1990s), but… 2w
monalyisha 2/4: as Selin, a college freshman studying linguistics at a prestigious Ivy League school, away from home and falling in love (via email) for the first time, becomes increasingly confused about who she is, who her love interest is, how her mind inhabits her body, and how language works, a familiar refrain began running through my head, “What is HAPPENING?!” 2w
monalyisha 3/4: I have this thought enough in my daily life, as I catch up on current events or try to reconcile my family‘s increasingly erratic behavior with the stable and loving family I once knew. Thinking it, in the same intensity, while reading felt like adding insult to injury. Is this an unfair emotional burden to place on a poor, unsuspecting novel? Maybe! But I‘d wager that Batuman knew exactly what she was doing. Unsuspecting, my left foot. 2w
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monalyisha 4/4: The Idiot was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2018 and I can see why. I can also understand why it didn‘t win. Though it‘s a text that will massively frustrate its readers (or, at least, it did me), it‘s also incredibly distinct. There‘s a sequel, called Either/Or, published in 2022. You can bet your favorite sheep I‘m going to read it. 2w
Ruthiella I loved, loved, loved this book . I think you‘ll like Either/Or. I can‘t wait to read the rest. 2w
sarahbarnes What @Ruthiella said. Loved this book and Either/Or so much. Great review. 2w
Leftcoastzen I need to get to this one . 2w
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Cupcake12
Collide | Bal Khabra
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Summer, an ambitious final year student collides with Aidan, the hockey captain, for a final project. Summer can‘t stand Aidens carefree approach to life. Summer has a five year life plan. Bickering turns to banter but will banter turn to feelings? The two MCs are the perfect enemies to lovers. They overcome several milestones. Many small moments make this story unputdownable. I‘ve already ordered the next book in the series- Spiral.

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OriginalCyn620
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Bailedbailed

Nope, this is just bad! DNFing

#bookspinbingo

StaceGhost I read this for a book club and they didn‘t even talk about it! Hours of boring book for nada 2w
julesG Agree! 2w
TheAromaofBooks On to something better!! 2w
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lilpumpkin2.0
Deep End | Ali Hazelwood
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April 7, 2025 My new TBR stack. I (sort of) read White Fragility a while back when I was in college but it has been a while, let me tell you so I am rereading it from start to finish. I am also planning to read Deep End by Ali Hazelwood and The Orphanage By the Lake by Daniel G. Miller