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BOOKS: Bestie Book Club

What does it mean to Play Like a Girl? It's all about strength, sisterhood and never giving up

Welcome back to our Bestie Book Club— a community for book lovers from Girls' Life magazine. If you're new here, hello and welcome, book lovers! Here's how this works: Each month we read, discuss and obsess over a new book so...
BOOKS: You Wrote It

A GL girl's original poem: "Happiness is always in style"

Close your eyes and find your happy place. A place where all you can feel is a glowing and blissful vibe. A place where the Cheshire cat approaches you instinctively. A place where you could live your entire life. A place that's more than...

BOOKS: You Wrote It

"How poetry helped me write my identity as a queer woman"

Poetry is my main form of self-expression. It’s how I learn about myself and my feelings and fall in love with myself all over again. I believe in getting to know oneself and I do that through writing. My poetry...
BOOKS: Rad Reads

Happily Ever After looks a *little* diff in this magical read

We all know the fairytale ending: Belle falls in love with the Beast and breaks the Enchantress's curse, the Beast changes back into the handsome prince, the castle returns to normal and everyone lives happily ever after. Until they don't. In Emma...

BOOKS: Rad Reads

Win *all* the best books in our Teen Read Week giveaway

We *love* a good book. The best reason to read? To celebrate Teen Read Week 2020, duh! In honor of 7 days of book-lovin’ bliss, we’re giving away tons of new titles. Check ‘em out below and enter to win...
BOOKS: Rad Reads

Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl is getting a manga adaptation

Image: Instagram/Sam Maggs In 2013, Rainbow Rowell blessed the world with her novel Fangirl, about identical twin Cath's struggles and triumphs as she adjusts to college life, living without her twin, and writing original work rather than her immensely popular fan...

BOOKS: Rad Reads

YA author Katharine McGee talks Majesty and gives writing advice

Katharine McGee is the *totally* rad author of The Thousandth Floor series and American Royals (which you can check out in Chloe's Book Club!). "I've been an avid reader my whole life and always dreamed of becoming a writer," Katharine...
BOOKS: Rad Reads

Add these 5 YA books to your fall TBR list

Summer has been full of beach-side romances, fantastical heroines, jaw-dropping mysteries and all the time in the world to leave us wanting more. Who needs crazy adventures IRL when you have pages of fun at your fingertips? OK, maybe it's...