I’m really hoping that, when they rule against her AGAIN, the majority opinion contains the line “Now STFU already. Reverse racism isn’t a thing.”

Yeah. I wish that I had been allowed — I really wanted to — but I wasn’t a particularly rebellious team, so when my mom told me no, i listened. Alas!

Ditto. Hnerrrghhh.

As someone from a very privileged childhood (I wasn’t allowed to have a job in HS to focus on studying, and I couldn’t work in college b/c of visa stuff, so my first job was when I was the summer I was 21): even if they don’t have to, get your kid(s) to work a summer job in high school, at least once (and preferably…

Ha, something very similar happened to me. I learned the details when my parents laid out their finances in case their plane crashed (they were flying trans-Atlantic separately for the first time since I was a child and my mum is paranoid :P). It was a very “whoa” moment.

Damn. Gorgeous designs!

Pretty sure the difference is covered in, like, Grade 1. :P

I’ve already read it! :D

:D Thank you! I really just wanted to filter people giving me recommendations for King, etc — the “big names”. I’m not familiar with the book you suggested, so even if it’s not going what i’m looking for, it’s going on the list! Thanks!

Thank you! Added to my list. :D

I definitely didn’t get a Hunger Games feel from it (though I love that series too, so we may have differing tastes) — it wasn’t an action-thriller-whatever book, imo. :) I enjoyed how she described both the dawn of the flu pandemic (I grew up in Toronto, so that also helped) and how real she made life After — there…

Thank you! I’ve never heard of it before. :) Adding it to my list!

Someone else recommended it — it’s on my bookshelf since a few weeks ago and has just jumped to my next book to read! Thank you!

That sounds absolutely horrifying. :\ I have her Parable of the Sower in storage pre-move but I will look that one up. Thank you!

*gives you a gold star anyway* :)

Oh man. Well, if you read fantasy, first thought is Eye of the World, which is first in the Wheel of Time series. Entire series runs about ~14,000 pages. :P Amazing epic fantasy.

Unrelated: I LOVE your username. :D

I loved The Goldfinch until the last 100 pages, which were just so unnecessary zomg. The entire book was “show, don’t tell” except the last part, which was basically “let me tell you in case you missed the showing part!” :P

Oooh intrigued! On wishlist. Thanks!

seriously ordered it right now. :D