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What I Liked About Marisa Kanter's What I Like About You | Book Ramble | Mental Health Awareness Month

Welcome to Nox the Reader, I'm "Nox", and I absolutely have to talk about Marisa Kanter's What I Like About You , my newest UNDERHYPED FAVORITE! "Even though we've never met, they aren't just pixels to me." I have been so excited to read What I Like About You , and I flew through it! The idea of a book revolving around an anxious book blogger struggling when her online and real lives collide just connected  to me in ways you couldn't even imagine. I finally picked it up today because I was in the mood for a fun lighthearted contemporary. I did NOT get a fun lighthearted contemporary. WARNING: Death of a grandparent (off-screen, before the story starts), depictions of panic attacks, reckless driving, death of a sibling (off-screen, before the story starts) REP: Jewish MCs (OwnVoices), Multiracial Love Interest (part Jewish, part Korean), LGBT+ side characters, Anxiety Rep Available on Scribd This story was an emotional rollercoaster for me: I lau...

Book Ramble - Radio Silence

Hi everyone! Welcome to Nox Reads, I'm "Nox", and  Radio Silence  by Alice Oseman is pure gold, a  NEW FAVORITE! "Hello. I hope somebody is listening." TRIGGER WARNING: Abuse, Anxiety, Mentions of Suicide (one character worries that a friend is going to attempt), Death Threats REPRESENTATION: POC (biracial main character , POC love interest), LGBTQ+ (demisexual main character, lesbian main character, gay love interest) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S P O I L E R - F R E E  T A L K  I absolutely adore this book. I love it more than words can express, but since this  is  a book blog, I'll do my best. When it comes down to characters or plot, I will always pick characters. They're what drives the story for me, and I can't think of a better example than in  Radio Silence . I don't know if there really is a plot (there's a story...