Simone and Her Books
books, reviews, and recommendations
Author: Simone
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Hey folks! I’m sorry I haven’t been around for a while. I’ve been in some terrible reading slump where I wasn’t enjoying what I was reading and boycotting writing blog posts about it. Also, there was that big holiday that happened that kept me away from the computer. No, honestly I’ve been reading a great…
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Is it weird when I call a book “emotionally triggering,” I’m talking about the passive of time in the book rather than anything else? I can deal with my fair share of self-harm, sexual abuse, and even suicide. When a book writes about them (and they do it well), I find it most fascinating and…
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Ok, I know that’s not a bookish topic but just hear me out. Over Thanksgiving, my family and I got into a conversation about reality TV. As we were rattling off the shows that we loved, I told them my guilty truth. I love Keeping up with The Kardashians. My cousin who isn’t a big fan…
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I think the last time I read a book by an Asian woman it was Amy Tan. When you’re growing up in the 90s in America, there’s not a lot of stories that feature Asian characters. All I had was The Joy Luck Club and that was pretty much it. Nowadays, you can read so many…
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Recently, a fellow book blogger going by the name of @ladybookmad created a new hashtag called #readthemargin for the month of December. What’s the point of the tag? Well, because there’s a want and need to read more diverse books. As an Asian American woman, I want to educate my fellow readers on the different…
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I knew this month was going to be pretty light on the reads, but I didn’t think it would be this light. I’ve been blaming the weather for everything lately, so I’m going to call weather for this one too. I read only two books. TWO. It’s always during this time of year when I…
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A few months back, I decided to re-watch all of Gilmore Girls. It was right around the time they announced they’d be reviving the show. I was ecstatic, but I didn’t remember much of the show I grew up on. When I re-watched the show, I noticed that I felt less akin to Rory and…
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I mentioned in my review of Holding Up the Universe that I would make some time to write about one of the major themes of the book; bullying. I didn’t want to bring it up in the review because I want to keep those thoughts and these thoughts separate. Also, I could probably write forever about…
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I love Jennifer Niven and when I heard she’s publishing another book, I immediately picked it up. Sadly (and a lot of other book people understand this), I’ve got a TBR pile on the verge of burying me in books sitting around waiting to be read. While it took me a few months to finally…
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