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book review | Meet Cute: Some People Are Destined to Meet

Authors: Jennifer L. Armentrout, Dhonielle Clayton, Katie Cotugno, Joeclyn Davies, Huntley Fitzpatrick, Nina LaCour, Emery Lord, Katharine McGee, Kass Morgan, Julie Murphy, Meredith Russo, Sara Shepard, Nicola Yoon, Ibi Zoboi

Cover Art: Nina Cosford, Mallory Grigg

Genre: Anthology, YA, Romance

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Whether or not you believe in fate, or luck, or love at first sight, every romance has to start somewhere. MEET CUTE is an anthology of original short stories featuring tales of "how they first met" from some of today’s most popular YA authors. Readers will experience Nina LaCour's beautifully written piece about two Bay Area girls meeting via a cranky customer service Tweet, Sara Shepard's glossy tale about a magazine intern and a young rock star, Nicola Yoon's imaginative take on break-ups and make-ups, Katie Cotugno's story of two teens hiding out from the police at a house party, and Huntley Fitzpatrick's charming love story that begins over iced teas at a diner. There’s futuristic flirting from Kass Morgan and Katharine McGee, a riveting transgender heroine from Meredith Russo, a subway missed connection moment from Jocelyn Davies, and a girl determined to get out of her small town from Ibi Zoboi. Jennifer Armentrout writes a sweet story about finding love from a missing library book, Emery Lord has a heartwarming and funny tale of two girls stuck in an airport, Dhonielle Clayton takes a thoughtful, speculate approach to pre-destined love, and Julie Murphy dreams up a fun twist on reality dating show contestants. This incredibly talented group of authors brings us a collection of stories that are at turns romantic and witty, epic and everyday, heartbreaking and real.

Overall a really fun anthology that renewed my belief in love and serendipity. All of the stories are either m/f or f/f, there are some that involve fantasy elements, and some that take place in the future/alternate reality. A good read for anyone looking to take a break from full length YA novels or wanting something new. Individual story reviews below!

Siege Etiquette - 3/5 Print Shop - 4/5 Hourglass - 3/5 Click - 5/5 The Intern - 2/5 Somewhere That's Green - 4/5 The Way We Love Here - 5/5 Oomph - 5/5 The Dictionary of You And Me - 3/5 The Unlikely Likelihood of Falling In Love - 4/5 259 Million Miles - 2/5 Something Real - 2/5 Say Everything - 1/5 The Department of Dead Love - 3/5

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How to Money: Your Ultimate Visual Guide to the Basics of Finance - Jean Chatzky, Kathryn Tuggle, illustrated by Nina Cosford

There’s no getting around it. You need to know how to manage money to know how to manage life — but most of us don’t! This illustrated guidebook from New York Times bestselling author and financial expert Jean Chatzky, Kathryn Tuggle, and their team at HerMoney breaks down the basics of money—how to earn it, manage it, and use it—giving you all the tools you need to take charge and be fearless with personal finance.

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Library of Luminaries: Frida Kahlo: An Illustrated Biography by Zena Alkayat and Nina Cosford --Adorable Gift Books I can Give in Emergencies Which I Also Got For Free so Double Bonus The nice thing about early reviewer book programs is a lot of the books are regular editions, vs Advanced Reader copies which are not supposed to be resold and might look tacky as gifts. It’s been harder for me to read in print lately, so I mostly request short things (or audio editions, I love LibraryThing so much). A sweet little book that’s short and to the point, but includes details a lot of similar books would leave out. Weak point is that it’s all the author’s art with no prints of Kahlo’s actual painting, which seems so weird. I’ll probably give it to my niece and nephew eventually.

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any artist friends out there have some good mixed media/ink sketchbook suggestions?? somewhere between 100 and 130 gsm paper maybe??? im debating between stillman & bern and a few others at the moment but would appreciate some recs :^)

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Recently treated myself to the Nina Cosford sketchbook and it’s everything I ever needed~

We got:

Thin marker friendly paper

Bigger than A5 but smaller than A4

Not ring bound

A wee pocket in the back for scraps and such

I love!!

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Weekend Plans...

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Nowhere to grow but up...