Learning to Swear in America

This was the most adorable. Exactly what I needed in a cozy, lazy dark days of December. I'm not usually one for a rom-com, but throw in some astrophysics, an existential plot about fitting in and some high school bully revenge fantasy and now, you're speaking my language.

This reminded me in all the best ways of [a:Lydia Netzer|4886414|Lydia Netzer|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1384708162p2/4886414.jpg]'s book: a book about nerds told from the perspective of someone who clearly loves nerds, a dry sense of humor and a heavy hand of astronomy as both critical plot driver and also metaphor for trying to find one's place in the world.

This was interesting. It was on some list of 2016 books, probably buzzfeed, and I didn't realize until I started it that it was YA. That's fine, but I wish the story had focused a bit more on saving the world and less on Yuri learning how to be a kid. I understand that that was the point of the book; it's just what I would have preferred. It was a good book though.