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Spines, Flicks, and Wax

@jeninak

Spines, Flicks, and Wax

I'm Jen, a San Francisco-raised writer and librarian's assistant living in Alaska, here to share my daily book, movie, and/or vinyl picks!

In the spirit of public libraries, all recs here are free!

Let's dig in!

Kodiak, AK

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TodayBrought to You by Gen X
My teen told me Madonna's "Human Nature" has regained pop... more
1d21st Century Recs
A coming-of-age tale of two teenage boys hitting the road... more
1dRecommendations for Hopeless...
My summer getaway lived vicariously through Stella and th... more
1dRecommendations for Hopeless...
Squeezing in my summer rom-coms while there's still time!
2dJust Spines - Nonfiction
The author of Please Don't Eat the Daisies penned another... more
3d21st Century Recs
A 2020 National Book finalist and winner of the annual St... more
4dRecs for Kids
Beautiful story and illustrations about friendship.
6d21st Century Recs
Flew through this novel about a savvy spy sent to infiltr... more
6d21st Century Recs
I am also a lover of essays and really love Rachel Kushne... more
6dJust Spines - Fiction
This is my summer-is-winding-down-so-let-it-be-fall-alrea... more
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Not a book but a very helpful, free website for writers! ... more
6dJust Wax (Vinyl)
Lots of good driving tunes but "Ramble On" is a quintesse... more
6d21st Century Recs
Ignacio, a musician of vallenato (Colombian folk music), ... more
6d21st Century Recs
Set in Monterrey, México, 17 year old Ulises and his frie... more
7dRecommendations for Hopeless...
This film gives me the autumn feels. It also has such a g... more
8d21st Century Recs
Visceral, disturbing, unapologetically honest. The heavi... more
8dHelpful Books on Writing
Once again, thank you Rec League friends for recommending... more
8dSunday Tunes
Anna Nalick also does a killer, dreamy cover of Siouxsie ... more
9dJust Wax (Vinyl)
Strange day and, adhering to some Milli Vanilli advice, I... more
9dFeaturing Creatures
I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that it's been almost ... more
10dSunday Tunes
It's been my go-to since I was a little girl.
10dJen's Book Club
If you enjoyed The House on Mango Street, you might dig t... more
10d21st Century Recs
Birds + Lili Taylor = Cozy wonderfulness. A great intro... more
11dJust Flicks
A feast for the senses. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders... more
12dGothic Corner
A short story collection with some badass female contribu... more
12dJust Flicks
Adapted from a Craig Robinson novel, this is an excellent... more
12d21st Century Recs
Thank you to all who recommended this book on Rec League!... more
12d21st Century Recs
Being a Jackass fan, of course I recommend seeing Bad Gra... more
12d21st Century Recs
Last ride for the Jackass crew is a bittersweet one but a... more
14dGothic Corner
Rachel Weisz plays the titular character so well in this ... more