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it’s the second book i’ve read this week that’s like “we’re going to a barbecue, but not the kind with hot dogs and hamburgers!!! heresy!!!” and it’s so funny

“If every writer you loved stopped when someone told them they weren't good, even this Paige como-se llama, I bet there would be no books in libraries. They keep going, even when it's hard. That's life, no matter what you want to do, a restaurant, a book, anything.”

"There are always going to be reasons not to go for big dreams, m'hija," Abuela says. "There are
always going to be . . . como se dice en ingles? Blocks road."
"Roadblocks," I add gently.
"They put the words all in the wrong order in this country."

she’s so right and so grandma and so iconic

“Who is this Paige Bingham, anyway? Maybe I'll tell her a thing or two."
I laugh. I wouldn't put it past my abuela to hop on a bus to the city to give New York Times bestselling author Paige Bingham a piece of her mind on my behalf. "She's a really famous writer, Abuela. She's very good."
Abuela looks deeply unimpressed. "Pfft," she counters. "Famous. Who cares about famous?”

i love her so much

"the house that wasn't home since her father's death" is giving dear reader

wait why did 1/3 of the love interests just disappear a while ago 😭😭

oh no that’s a whole lot of telling

"It was that first winter when there was no vaccine”

i am truly weirded out by the fact that this book talks about the pandemic and its impact but maybe that’s just me

"Wow," I say with a grin. "Plastic on my nails or skinning critters in the virtual world. Never before have two such enticing options been laid out before me."
"An embarrassment of riches, truly," Ivy agrees.

not the wikipedia info dump

i’m sorry how tf does she eat ice cream if she’s literally lying upside down

no because there’s a difference between “wanna bite?” and “want a bite?”

Ivy's eyes get wide. "Oh my God, Ryan Madigan. You're writing Red Dead fan fiction, aren't you?"
He definitely gets red now. "I wouldn't call it fan fiction . . . ," he says, trailing off. "More like an homage."

me when i write bella x jacob fanfiction

another book with the word “ponytail holder” omg i’m gonna cry

"A light snack," he says when the girl behind the counter hands [the world’s most massive ice cream concoction] over

nvm i’m not team calvo anymore this made me cringe 😭😭😭😭

"he says chile like you say it in spanish: chee-leh"

genuine question, how do americans pronounce chile ?? is it not the same pronunciation ??

"there was a time in our lives when ivy and i were inordinately obsessed with scavenger hunts. as kids, we would make hand-drawn maps and leave clues around each other's houses and backyards leading to whatever random thing we had hidden."

me between the years 2005-2009

"i thought i was special, getting into this program. but in a room full of kids who got in and want it as much as i do, i don't feel special."

sooo yoyok coded <3

i for one am team calvo

out of all the places in the world she went to michigan

"hanging onto the terrible subway pole, praying covid really doesn't live on surfaces that long" girl

the part about tricking an angel to lose its wings just to play with the feathers…yea <3

“I turn the corner onto long, tree-lined Elmwood Road, the dappled morning sun turning everything golden as if lit by pixies. The front gardens are the best on this road: riots of lilacs and hydrangeas and dahlias and zinnias, everything lush and start-of-summer hopeful.”

“For one completely deranged second I imagine reaching for his hand across the table, tracing the lines of his scar with my thumb.”

love the self awareness <3

“her collection of rhinestone brooches shaped like bugs”

she’s sooo grandma <3

now i’m craving homemade rice pudding 😔😔

“She appears like a whirling dervish, springing down the hallway. She's a kaleidoscope of color, as always, a patterned sweater that looks like a Miró painting, loose black pants with tiny yellow flowers, and hot red puffy slippers to complete the look.”

oh i love her