Annotate With Sara

I’m collaborating with my friend Shelbey from Shelbey and the Book Club on a mini gift guide for Curvy Girl Summer by Danielle Allen. Shelbey introduced me to this fun contemporary romance earlier this year. It stars Aaliyah in D.C. who is almost 30 and really needs the right date for her birthday party. I’ve been enthralled with the clever writing in Curvy Girl Summer for about a month now. Check out my review here.

Shelbey runs Shelbey and the Bookclub (on Discord and BookTube).
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Curvy Girl Summer Gift Pairings

The following list of book pairings is inspired directly from details in the text. Page numbers affiliated with the item are included in parenthesis next to the item. So, if you decide to give this book and pair it with one or more of the items below, consider the extra touch of sharing the page numbers with the recipient of your gift! A post-it note in the book would be an easy, simple, and cute way to shout out the pages where these gifts come from.

Items That Highlight Ahmad’s Outfit Jokes:

• a bag of just-green M&Ms (p 173, 183)
• a pink panther sticker or bookmark (p 143-145, 263)

Some Items That Speak to the Color Green Motif:

• green annotating supplies like pens, tabs, and highlighter
• a set of mini clover stickers would look great in the margins and be the cute touch that speaks to a full circle moment with “The Cloverleaf Restaurant” (p 224, 227, 235, 243, 246, 357)

A Few of Aaliyah’s Favorite Things:

• a bottle of Malibu & a handwritten recipe for a Malibu Sunrise (p 74, 78, 93, 220, 268, 270, 344)
• a lavender bath bomb or bubble bath liquid & a cute candle (p 65, 147, 295)

A Yacht-Themed Bookmark (a Nod to Uncle Al’s Yacht)

• a “yacht key” bookmark. This metal key bookmark from Etsy by RemyLynnDesigns would be cute and glitzy!
• or a DIY origami yacht bookmark with a YouTube tutorial

Check Out the Slides Below

Enjoy a visual guide of the pairings we suggest below!

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