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So you know how in every βI saw my futureβ plot the futureβs either horrible or miserable and the protag has to do some soul searching to avoid it? #mswl where the future is GREAT but then one thing in the present happens differently and the character has to scramble to fix it
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#MSWL books that could be comped to Netflixβs NEVER HAVE I EVER
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I laughed, I cried, and now I would love a YA Novel in the vein of @neverhaveiever!! #MSWL
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Oh #TheHalfOfIt, you are everything I knew you would be and more. I adore Ellie's journey, her path to finding herself. An ideal coming-of-age story and I want more like it #mswl
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π @CapybaraDaily
6 feet apart pic.twitter.com/dYVqsNqKEwAgain, still looking for that capybara picture book #MSWL !
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βοΈπ Alyza Liu πβοΈ @alyzaliu
JESUS CHRIST when paxton posted that pic to his grid and not just his storyand told devi to tag herself!
you guys pic.twitter.com/M8bCflicNH
oh god no
not model un
if there's one #mswl i have it's a ya mun or debate book and it's 100% because mun was the source of like 60% of my high school's drama
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If any agents have anything remotely comparable to NEVER HAVE I EVER, I want it. #mswl
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#MSWL: Speculative novels that feel like poetry, that call to mind specific poems, without being entirely in verse. Specific poets I like for these purposes: Tennyson, Donne, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Langston Hughes, Omar Khayyam, Wallace Stevens (There are more! Surprise me!)
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Kimberley Bailey @KimBailey1019
Do you have any specific #MSWLs that you're wanting to see in any of the genres besides what's on the blog? #carinachatMy #MSWL includes escapist reads and feel-good stories these days. Romcoms, lighthearted characters, lower-angst conflict, light paranormal elements, humorous cozies. Stories with cookies and puppies and bighearted characters. Make me smile!
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Mythical MG monster stories that flip the narrative on its head. I love stories where things are not what they appear. #MSWL
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A contemporary MG that deals with a friendship breakup #MSWL
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A MG that comps to PRINCESS MONONOKE or SPIRITED AWAY #MSWL
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A MG with Great British Bake-off vibes. #MSWL
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Megan Ilnitzki @megilnit
A few Monday #MSWL items focusing on middle grade specifically.Rich MG fantasy in the vein of TRISTAN STRONG PUNCHES A HOLE IN THE SKY by Kwame Mbalia #MSWL
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I finally watched the Violet Evergarden movie last night. π It was so beautiful, and now I just need stories with a similar aesthetic. Thanks. #MSWL
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CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP on my #mswl a #contemporary #fantasy #mg that gives me legit creeps. Monsters, ghosts, etc WELCOME
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oh ALSO ALSO a take on metoo with a cheeky twist, preferably starting qpoc that examines the intersection of identifying with more than one marginalized group #ya #contemporary #mswl
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ok here's another one: #mswl a sweet #contemporary #ya rom-com about a qpoc with an adorable meet-cute. I know this is super general but that's because I want so much of this!!
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another #mswl: a home invasion story with a twist. but the "victim" is an action girl who ends up hunting THEM down because she is way better at surviving than they are #ya #contemporary this is basically the plot of the movie YOU'RE NEXT
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#mswl #ya #ownvoices gimme all your monster books. Especially monsters based on non-western legends and folklore. The wendigo! Chupacabra! La llorona! I want to feel uncomfortable and scared and uncomfortably excited to be scared