Simone and Her Books
books, reviews, and recommendations
Author: Simone
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When I was a little girl, I used to have these amazing dreams about this guy. I would first fly through the air around my childhood home and watch the sun set orange and red across the lawn. I would finally land and sit down on our front stoop. Suddenly, he would walk over to…
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Happy Banned Books Week and it’s going to be a good one. This year’s theme is “the freedom to read,” which feels oddly relevant given that everyone has been talking about. Censorship is always around us telling us what to do and what to think and how to say things. It’s the faceless folks that…
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I picked up Joan from the bookstore the day before it was supposed to appear on the shelves of every bookstore in the country. I searched through Strand because it wasn’t something displayed just yet on the mounds of book tables in front of the store. No, Joan was a little secret left to those…
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For my second YA novel of this month, I chose You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour and David Levithan. I picked this book up last year in hopes of learning more about sexual identity and preference. It was way before I started reading diverse books, but even then I was curious as to stories like…
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Imagine you’re in high school. Now imagine you’re in high school coming to terms with your sexual preference, your decisions for school, your religious identity. Now imagine that you have a brother who is bipolar and you love him to death and you want to make sure he’s okay. LITTLE AND LION by Brandy Colbert…
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I mentioned a little bit about this over Instagram on the weekend, but I hate TBRs. Something about planning your books ahead of time and sticking to the plan seems rigid to me. Then again, I’m a rule follower and things like TBRs bug me because I am always following some rule or another. I…
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I was walking to the train the other day from a bridal shower my sister threw for me. The shower was a great time and we walked around and looked at expensive clothes I can never be able to afford. And as I was making my way down to the train station, I walked across…
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I think this is the first September that I’ve been excited about in a really long time. September always means back-to-school, which was a major groan for me. But I’m an adult now and the only thing I can look forward to is all the back-to-school shopping sales. So I’ve decided to dedicate my September…
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I love it when I find out that a celebrity is a book reader. Something happens to me where I light up and almost feel closer to that person even though I’ve never met them in real life. I do hope that one day that I do, but for now I can only dream. Perhaps…
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