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Hello! My name is Megan. 90% of life is books: face behind @the_spines, publishing professional, and all day reader. So glad you're here!
![[ad] Hi friends! *CUE THE GLITTER* because It’s giveaway day over here and, trust me, it’s a good one. 👀✨ @GetUnderlined is sending one of you this book nerd hat AND the bookish sweatshirt you saw me in a few days ago! (It is a solid 10 out of 10 on the new sweatshirt coziness scale. 🙌🏻)
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So, how do you enter? follow @getunderlined + me & leave me a comment below telling me how you plan to #BookYourSpringBreak ! (or if you’re like me and will be taking 0 spring vacays, tell me a good escapism book 👋🏻🌍) If you’re feeling ambitious, tag friends in separate comments below for extra entries. You have until April 28! GOOD LUCK!! •
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[other boring rules: US residents; 13+; no purchase necessary; official rules 👉🏼http://bit.ly/2UgoCos👈🏼] #GetUnderlined](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56db33791d07c0ad5e0af15f/59b0bf53d2b857fc86d05597/5cbf5d38b0ad022d13f7ad63/1556045118279/)
![Perfect Saturday morning: robe, coffee, blankets, & Ruth Reichl’s memoir SAVE ME THE PLUMS. [gifted!] 📖☕️✨ I am enjoying the journey through Ruth’s tenure as Gourmet magazine’s editor in chief so so much. This book has also brought SO many of you to my DMs to chat about food lit, and I have absolutely loved the conversations and recommendations. Should I make a list of my favorite food lit books on the blog? Yay or nay in the comments! •
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👘// @forever21 🧦// @urbanoutfitters •
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💭 What are you up to this weekend? Reading hiatus to celebrate a holiday, finishing a book, starting a new one?💭 let’s chat! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56db33791d07c0ad5e0af15f/59b0bf53d2b857fc86d05597/5cbb5c27501a10a364f71897/1555782698680/)
![Just an indie bookstore appreciation post! ✨ thank you to @thedialbookshop for always being a tranquil haven for me whenever I’m downtown against my will. :’) [see pic 2 for proof of joy 👀] If you’re ever in Chicago you must visit, but be aware that no elevator has ever struck the fear of God into my very soul like the elevator leading up to this glorious place, so maybe take the stairs. ⚡️😉
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💭Last book you bought in a bookstore?💭 Mine was forever ago, because I’m all about that thrift store near my house life, but it was THE TATTOOIST OF AUSHWITZ. tell me yours! 👇🏼👇🏼](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56db33791d07c0ad5e0af15f/59b0bf53d2b857fc86d05597/5cb8b50a005559ee84843d93/1555608845008/)
![[gifted 📖] Today on #thespineswalks : my favorite street in Lincoln Park & a French translation, which I read REAL quick this week! 🌞📖 Interestingly, the translator is Molly Ringwald, whom we all know from the iconic film Sixteen Candles. There is a lot to be said about the role and importance (or lack thereof) given to translators, so I’m looking forward to reading some expert opinions on this one! 👀
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As for the book itself, my full review is now on the blog, so go check that out for my thoughts on the book and on the PR comparisons of this book to Call Me By Your Name. Overall, though? It is beautifully written and beautifully translated. The themes are exploratory and the approach is poetic. Interestingly, I don’t know if this book will leave a lasting impression on me. Time will tell, but both the quiet, lighthanded style of writing and also the nearly-novella length of the story might prevent it from truly penetrating in the long-term, but either way, it’s worth a read!
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💭Any thoughts on this book or on Molly Ringwald as translator here?💭 I’d love to know your thoughts! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56db33791d07c0ad5e0af15f/59b0bf53d2b857fc86d05597/5cb76f897de07596f01e6b8d/1555525517339/)
![[ad] Being 👏🏼 LOUD 👏🏼 and 👏🏼 PROUD 👏🏼 today about my book nerdiness and I’m so pleased about it! I don’t usually have a good reason to outwardly broadcast my love of books, so I’m hoping this attracts my kind of people. 📖 😉 •
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This sweatshirt is actually from a company close to my own heart, as their mission is simply to connect readers to books, authors, and each other. Sharing a mission and, in many ways, a community, is a pretty great reason to support! @getunderlined is also part of the Penguin Random House family, so it’s safe to assume real book lovers are creating these designs and sending them out into the world. 😍🙌🏻 -
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💭 Do you have any bookish merch?💭 besides the obvious, i also have a book club bestie pin that I’m kind of obsessed with. 🤔 tell me about yours!! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56db33791d07c0ad5e0af15f/59b0bf53d2b857fc86d05597/5cb0da2e87da802aa285838a/1555094064647/)
![[ad l @getunderlined ] I'm not crying, you're crying!!! 👀📖 Friends, I read HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE DARK by Kathleen Glasgow this weekend and it is a stunning, incredibly emotional book from cover to cover. We follow Tiger through a seemingly normal day of high school in which she kisses a boy, fights with her mom, and faces a mean girl or two and then... we watch it fall apart into one of the worst days of her life. It is such a raw experience to read this book, yet it leaves a reader with so much empathy and a powerful example of a young woman letting the light in while coping with the hardest, darkest parts of life. 😭🙌🏻 [#thespineswalks ]
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Out today from Delacorte Press! #HowToMakeFriendsWithTheDark
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💭Have you ever shed a tear while reading a book? 🤔💭 Tell me below! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56db33791d07c0ad5e0af15f/59b0bf53d2b857fc86d05597/5cacdcdd005559f6993c741c/1554832610977/)
![[gifted 📖] Guuuuys! This is the book I read in 24 hours this week and it was just so fun. I was searching for something to bring my mood up, as I’d just read a pretty sad book, and this fit the bill perfectly. Awesome escapism, super cute characters, and also a beautiful cover! (Very on trend for 2019, with the yellow, the botanicals, and the birdie, amiright? 👀)
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✨Full review on the blog!✨ Overall? I can absolutely picture anyone else also reading this book in one day on the beach or poolside. It comes out May 5 from @gallerybooks so watch out for it sooon! 🏖🌞🍍 🍹
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💭What kind of books do you read in the summer?💭 I was just talking about this over a coffee this morning, I do tend to go a bit lighter on my subject matter when I’m reading in the sun! Do you stay the same or change it up a bit?](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56db33791d07c0ad5e0af15f/59b0bf53d2b857fc86d05597/5ca64fb0ee97cc2f8e091a50/1554403250691/)
![[gifted 📖] New week, new review! I recently finished STAY UP WITH HUGO BEST by Erin Somers, which comes out tomorrow, and found it to be a much more thoughtful, character-driven book than I expected. Check out my full review ✨on the blog!✨ Here’s a mini for ya: •
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Sometimes you read a book that you know you wouldn’t recommend to everyone, and this is one of those books. I personally enjoyed it quite a bit, because it wasn’t the fun, fluffy, ridiculous book I expected it to be. Instead, it was an intense character study of a man coming to terms with his life now that the relevance and power he once had in large quantities is quickly dwindling and of a woman who never achieved the relevance and power she thought she would in her youth. These very honest explorations within the story are framed with the opulence of extreme fame and some very uncomfortable power dynamics. •
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💭What do you think? Have you read this book? Are you intrigued, or not at all? 💭👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56db33791d07c0ad5e0af15f/59b0bf53d2b857fc86d05597/5ca24a260f2659d00f994879/1554139689363/)
![[two gifted 📖] March wrap-up time!! 📚 Overall, this was a really fun, really busy month for me. I saw lots of family and friends, found a good groove at work, and read a number of great books, including one new all-time favorite! If you only pick up two of these, make it THE GREAT BELIEVERS by Rebecca Makkai (especially if you live in Chicago!) and MODERN LOVERS by Emma Straub. Head over to the ✨blog for some reviews,✨ and keep your eyes peeled for the other two this week!
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A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA by Ursula K LeGuin // My first of her books, and I think I should have started elsewhere. Not bad, but didn’t hold my attention. 🔮✨🐉 •
THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ by Heather Morris // An important story that was significantly held back by poor writing.
MODERN LOVERS by Emma Straub // A highly entertaining and well-written exploration of love, family, friendship, priorities, and getting older! 👭👫😍🎸🏙
STAY UP WITH HUGO BEST by Erin Somers // Not going to be for everyone, but it was for me! Reads as almost a theoretical reality in which a famous man and a “nobody” who worked for him spend a weekend together. 🌞💭😳🕺🏼
THE GREAT BELIEVERS by Rebecca Makkai // An absolutely beautiful, emotional story about the largely ignored AIDS crisis in 1980s Chicago. 🥫👬🏙😭
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And that’s the March tea! 💭What’d you read this month? Best? Worst?💭 tell me everything below! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56db33791d07c0ad5e0af15f/59b0bf53d2b857fc86d05597/5ca10b5d02d7bc808cf968a4/1554058082110/)
GOODREADS CHALLENGE:
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RT @kidvulcan84: Me trying to smile about all the happy character relationship resolutions in ep2 #GameofThrones while knowing they’… https://t.co/O88L47fX0M -
Tender pre-death moments in Game of Thrones have me in my feels
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My family has a long-standing Easter tradition of dying our hands in the egg dye. Many, many years of four kids wit… https://t.co/GnCKAGzYW1
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Such a good thread that explains exactly the harm of buying every book you ever buy on Amazon! https://t.co/Sob2pxoJCr
Do you still remember the goals you set for yourself in January? If not, here is the perfect opportunity to set new ones, and if you do, let’s do a check-in and see where we could improve! There are definitely some things I’ll be changing to accomplish my 2019 goals.