Wailin Wong Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Finished S1 of Abbott Elementary and now I would really like to see a movie adaptation of Jasmine Guillory's The Wedding Date, starring Quinta Brunson and Chris Evans 🙏

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Finished @jessaminechan's The School for Good Mothers last night—it wrecked me in the best way! Cried again telling @nevalalee about it. This hasn't happened since the time I tried summarizing The Little Match Girl to a colleague and burst into tears at the coffee machine

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So for @planetmoney's Valentine's Day episode, I got to sing the praises of my favorite economic text/revenge story, A BARGAIN FOR FRANCES by Russell Hoban 😍🦡🫖💰🔪 The other segments are delightful too, listen to the whole episode! https://www.npr.org/2022/02/11/1080224238/our-valentines-2022

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I'm running the elementary school book fair this week and there is a new graphic novel adaptation of WAIT TILL HELEN COMES! I am going to elbow a bunch of children out of the way to get a copy https://t.co/QSyI3oFhCp

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@rhymeswithbee @lithub I really enjoyed your piece! Also, I was just praising Leigh Bardugo's Hell Bent to a friend who works in publishing who was like "there's a whole genre called 'dark academia' on social media" and then I saw it in your story. Love learning about stuff like this!

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I just finished Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld, and I enjoyed this novel so much. It is a fun, breezy read… Curtis Sittenfeld, honestly, is such a pro, I love her novels.

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@rhymeswithbee Fascinating! The Secret History came out so long ago that I was floored when my friend told me it's back in vogue. (Is this why I keep getting clips from a Donna Tartt interview with Charlie Rose in my TikTok feed?) Also seems related to the popularity of Wednesday!