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#WhatAreYouReadingBC Ali Wong’s letters to her daughters are downright hilarious and thoughtful. (AW) #whatareyoureading #whatareyoureadingbc #librarybook #instaread #igreads #instabook #igbook https://t.co/nL7ESw7Q9T

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#WhatAreYouReadingBC Do you know who Brock Turner is? Brock Turner is the guy from @stanford who sexually assaulted an unconscious woman behind a dumpster. That is who Brock Turner is. The woman was known simply as Emily Doe. This is her story. Know My N… https://t.co/YnnBi5TCeS

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#WhatAreYouReadingBC Cats of the Louvre is a #manga style #graphicnovel that reminded me of Watership Down, but with cats. It’s a magical fantasia that takes place at the Louvre after hours. This could easily be adapted into a stunning anime film. (AW) #… https://t.co/fd0o7hRloB

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#WhatAreYouReadingBC The Tegan and Sara memoir High School reads like a true life YA novel. (AW) #whatareyoureading #whatareyoureadingbc #librarybook #igreads #igbooks #instaread #instabook https://t.co/AwPIuqPW3k

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#WhatAreYouReadingBC Anyone else reading this right now? The Testaments by Margaret Atwood. Praise be. (AW) #whatareyoureading #whatareyoureadingbc #canlit #librarybook #instaread #instabook #igreads #igbooks https://t.co/bj9OKZBEKQ

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#WhatAreYouReadingBC When was the last time you read a stage play ? The Inheritance by Matthew Lopez is hands down one of the best books I’ve read this year. The play is being mounted over two nights on Broadway this Fall and I am seriously considering h… https://t.co/JZ9Mk32CkF

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#WhatAreYouReadingBC This is a beautiful, poetic, devastating #read - On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. (AW) #whatareyoureading #whatareyoureadingbc #instabook #instaread #igbooks #igreads #lgbtq🌈 #lgbtreads https://t.co/HiiPzJTb8v

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#WhatAreYouReadingBC Lot by Bryan Washington - Melancholic short stories revolving around a biracial (Black/Latino) gay man living in a Houston neighbourhood on the brink of gentrification. (AW) #whatareyoureading #whatareyoureadingbc #igbook #igreads #i… https://t.co/fKzucL6Wl1

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#WhatAreYouReadingBC Reading this #memoir by Book of Mormon / Girls star Andrew Rannells @andrewrannells (AW) #whatareyoureading #whatareyoureadingbc #igbook #igbooks #igreads #instabook #instaread https://t.co/evMpCMYNDL

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#WhatAreYouReadingBC When you’re sick and it’s raining out and you’re in bed with a book. (AW) #whatareyoureadingbc #whatareyoureading #igbooks #igreads #instareads #instabook https://t.co/mP7DrC5FTp

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#WhatAreYouReadingBC Believe the hype. This fast paced behind the music tell-all of a fictional band is all sex, drugs, and rock ‘n roll and then some. Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (AW). #whatareyoureading #whatareyoureadingbc #instaread … https://t.co/Xua9So8yp0

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BCLA Readers’ Advisory Interest Group on Hiatus https://t.co/yHX6XK6ZiM

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#WhatAreYouReadingBC So happy for @yasukonguyenthanh whom I met back in 2012 at the BC Book Prizes. Her memoir Mistakes to Run With is a beautiful and inspiring journey through family, the sex trade, writing, and love. (AW) #whatareyoureadingbc #whatarey… https://t.co/tZLArx82Bv

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#WhatAreYouReadingBC I’ve never really read #SylviaPlath before so I feel like this was a nice ease into her work. This #shortstory is about a young girl taking a train and seems to be a metaphor for something else ... life? Death? (AW) #whatareyoureadin… https://t.co/fZAd7H1RHM

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#WhatAreYouReadingBC Imagine a world where men have gone extinct. In Aminder Dhaliwal’s charming #graphicnovel we get just that and more. Woman World is thoughtful, humorous, and poignant. (AW). #whatareyoureading #whatareyoureadingbc #instabook #instare… https://t.co/EzAOGDITli

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#WhatAreYouReadingBC It wasn’t as good as Circe but I still enjoyed Madeleine Miller’s debut novel The Song Of Achilles which explores the gay retelling of the love story between #Achilles and Patroclus. (AW). #whatareyoureading #whatareyoureadingbc #lgb… https://t.co/LG9TyYaSA9

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#WhatAreYouReadingBC What a fantastic journey this book by @ndennisbenn takes you on. From a Jamaican community to the streets of New York, we follow Patsy as she dares to follow her heart that leads her to broken dreams and forces her to see the harsh r… https://t.co/q2u11s5rof

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#WhatAreYouReadingBC I now have a kobo digital reader. I swore I would never read off one of these. But so far, it’s sorta enjoyable. Do you read physical books or ebooks? It helps that I’m reading a good #book too. My Sister The Serial Killer by Oyinkan… https://t.co/jayX74od0Q

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#WhatAreYouReadingBC I’ve been obsessed with trials lately. This book uses poetry and actual courtroom drawings to take us through the horror and sadness of the Reena Virk case. Required Reading by Heather Spears. 💔 (AW) #whatareyoureading #whatareyo… https://t.co/U5GjsjQgeM

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OMG – We’re Meeting! https://t.co/PMqatajiwf