Boyfriend’s Bookshelf

The moon is high /
Like your friends were the night that we first met /
Went home and tried to stalk you on the internet /
Now I’ve read all of the books beside your bed

– “Paper Rings” by Taylor Swift

I just didn’t imagine that reading every book on my non-reading, gamer boyfriend’s tiny bookshelf meant sitting through THAT much Chelsea Handler…

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___ We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver (2003)

___ Bossypants by Tina Fey (2011)

___ The Ultimate Dirty Joke Book by Harry P. Ness & Mike Oxbent (2007)

___ Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler (2008)

X The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925)

___ My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler (2005)

___ The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida (2007)

___ Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me by Chelsea Handler (2011)

___ Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang by Chelsea Handler (2010)

___ The Original Folk & Fairytale of the Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm (2014)

X The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (1999)

___ A Child Called “It” by Dave Pelzer (1995)

___ Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll (1865)

___ Alice’s Adventure Under Ground by Lewis Carroll (1886)

___ The Shining by Stephen King (1977)

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-books I’ve bought him-

X Trixie and Katya’s Guide to Modern Womanhood by Trixie Mattel and Katya (2020)

___ Working Girls: Trixie and Katya’s Guide to Professional Womanhood by Trixie Mattel and Katya (2022)

___ Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris (2022)