Welcome to Litsy!

Soon to be graduated, Mikey has a hard time dealing with the upcoming changes to his life meanwhile there is an apocalypse occurring in the background that semi affects the main characters friend group.

I feel like there were way too many random loose ends that was forgotten or edited out or it was on purpose, but it made the book feel unfinished.

Fun little audio with an curious premise. I didn‘t necessarily love all the characters, and that‘s okay. #bookspinbingo #bingo

This is like the anti horror story. Or something. It's about the other kids that live in the town where the bad things are happening. But those other kids are quite amazing in their own right. I really like this author.

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks ❤

Confusing plot lines and just damn right boring. I really tried my best in liking this book especially since the premise looked interesting enough..unfortunately, the execution just didn't live up to it.

The group of kids at the heart of the novel was just too unlikeable. There's no real driving force behind the story. Mikey likes Henna, Henna might like someone else. An indie kid dies, off screen. Repeat, add family issues, repeat for 300 pages.

𝟐½⭐

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❄Part fantasy-ish, part contemporary
❄If you hate all the special snowflakes in YA books
❄Coming of age
❄LGBT and mental illness themes

The ending was the best part of the entire book. It had some Breakfast Club vibes going on…with how labels don‘t necessarily define us and such. So, while I wasn‘t really interested in the story as a whole…I wouldn‘t discourage anyone from giving it a try…because that cover alone is inspirational.

I really loved this book, it‘s an easy read with a very different style.

Let‘s see how this one goes!

I'm not usually a Patrick Ness fan, but I LOVED this book. It follows 4 friends who live in an average town, which just occasionally is overrun with demons or vampires. It was thought provoking and ethereal, but just so goddam funny. 4.5 ⭐

“Not everyone has to be the Chosen One. Not everyone has to be the guy who saves the world. Most people just have to live their lives the best they can, doing things that are great for them, having great friends, trying to make their lives better, loving people properly. All the while knowing that the world makes no sense but trying to find a way to be happy anyway.”

Good but not great. The author is clearly a Buffy fan.

Look what I made today!

Just an okay story about regular kids living in a world with other kids that have powers.

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This was a good read, the super natural stuff was very interesting. II would recommend this to my 16 year old sister, she would definitely love this.

A trippy YA novel about an alternative present/future where the most important problems are, despite end of-the-world events, still those of love, loss, and finding out who you are. Sweet and quirky. A joy.

As someone with anxiety and depression, this is very important and it feels so good to see it correctly represented in a book...I resonate with this book now in a different level.
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#mental health #anxiety #quotes

This was my second time reading this. I still think the premise of this book is really clever, and knowing what I was in for this time helped me enjoy it a lot more (I would have rated it So-so last time). I still enjoy the message about regular people's lives being special in their own right, and young adults choosing their own paths. It was kind of nice to revisit and ponder those things again. I enjoyed this reread more than expected.

It's been a weird few weeks, but I managed to back-track most of my meals this week, and I hit my book goal. I'd be disappointed in my lack of hitting my exercise goal, but instead, I'm learning to be kind to me and be optimistic about next time. Thanks to #GobletofFitness for your support!!! @wanderinglynn, @bookandcat @Crazyspine @Honeybeegirl
#BFC #BookFitnessChallenge #BFCR4

I'm exhausted and as such flubbed my days. Ended up at work an hour early and made arrangements for my kids after school so I could go to my cardiologist appointment that's actually scheduled for tomorrow. 🙄 But silver lining, I got an extra hour to read the tagged book, which I'm enjoying.

3.5 stars. This is a decent contemporary novel mixed with some fantastical elements. I liked that the main character‘s OCD and anxiety is at the forefront of the novel and that mental illness is not written as something shameful. The main character could get annoying and times with his whining about his love interest but it didn‘t make me dislike the story. The chapter titles are hilarious and are probably my favorite part of the book.

Thank you to all #librarians!!! ❤📚🙌

#qotd

as always, Patrick Ness has done it again
as one of my favourite authors, it‘s no surprise that I recommend this book
like most of its work, it‘s raw yet exciting, fun but dark
it‘s the epitome of high school
this novel is an interesting concept and amazing execution
9/10 - read it with your thinking cap on

‪Another day, another subject for #OWLsReadathon2019 complete! This one was a fun one. ‬

‪What if you AREN‘T the Chosen One? Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this week‘s end of the world, and sometimes you just have to find the extraordinary in your ordinary life.

‪Defense Against the Dark Arts (title begins with “R”) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️‬

First book of the road trip done!
I got this book specifically because I have a teenager who has mental health issues. I wanted to read it first to see if would be something he would like. I read some reviews that said it's boring but I did not think that at all. I really enjoyed the story.

#bookhaul
I went to Barnes and Noble to get some more Harney & Sons tea (Tower of London blend and Victorian London Fog) and whoops, bought some books, too. 🤷‍♀️

... Hmm. I can‘t say I liked it, exactly, but I respect the fact that the author tried something different? The gimmick of this book is that there is a whole stereotypical YA fantasy plot going on at the periphery involving the “indie kids” while in the mean time the 4 teenagers in THIS story have their own slightly less outlandish plot. If it sounds confusing and a little contrived, it was.

I think it was a little TOO random for my reading mood at the moment. But I may pick it up to read in the future.

In love! This has such a good message about how you don't need to be a child prodigy, a natural genius, or have otherworldly talents - it's alright to just be you and just get on with a perfectly normal life with perfectly normal days and perfectly normal people. This also conveys such a brilliant message about the need to fight your own battles through to the end, and not seek an easier route; you may suffer less but you will grow less, too.

'Everything's always ending. But everything's always beginning, too.'

I adore this!

'No-one can provide the heart its own peace; you have to find it yourself.'

'What do you do when your dreams are about to come true? No-one ever tells you. They just tell you to chase them, but what happens when you actually catch one?'

'We could keep being too afraid to say we don't know stuff and then the future will come and eat us anyway and we'll regret not doing all that stuff we wished we did.'

'Funny how you can forget that every family isn't like yours.'

'I can't tell you what's real for you. But in return, you can't say whats real for me either. I get to choose. Not you.'

'You see how lucky I am? Knowing that people love me? So lucky. So stupidly lucky.'

#ReadingResolutions Day 14: Fats recently shared her recent haul of #YABooks. Read her post and the comments section. https://wp.me/pDlzr-if2 Aaaand here is my review of tagged book which I frankly did not enjoy as much as other Patrick Ness novels: https://wp.me/pDlzr-aAe

Excellent book, just like watching an episode of buffy the vampire slayer but from the point of view of the background characters.

Next up..
I know nothing about this book, but I trust Patrick Ness won't disappoint me!

I read this in one sitting last night. Instead of having a real conversation with my roommate and unloading the dishwasher, I devoured this.

During one chapter/scene, I had a short, cathartic cry. Books don't make me cry; I rarely cry. This book confronts important issues surrounding mental illness. Like, it's not your fault it's happening to you. Like, you can survive it.

Recommend for any high school classroom and school library. #ya

In this book a group of teens must save their town from some evil mystical forces.
Only it‘s not told from their point of view. This story runs in the background as a group of regular kids who live in town handle everyday problems. Think Perks of Being a Wallflower with a hint of magical realism.

"... frowning like she's about to fire the world from a job it loves." This book is so full of awesome, I'm surprised it's not leaking sauce. #ReverseReadathon

"I hope you get to choose your family and I hope it means as much to you as it does to me." #ReverseReadathon

"... that combination of total self-belief and utter self-doubt that is more common than people think..." Such an interesting way to look at it this way. #ReverseReadathon

Audio knitting 😁 Following along with a book AND a lace pattern feels like the ultimate multitasking, but I'm enjoying the challenge.

I have been in a weird mood lately and my library book haul reflects it. Lol. I have comic books, graphic novels, YA, middle grade, fantasy and a murder mystery! Here‘s hoping that one of these will get me out of my funk! Do you mood read or do you stick to a set TBR? Let me know!!

I'm a big Patrick Ness fan and like his previous books that I've read I enjoyed this one. However it is not my favorite. I loved the the little summaries in each chapter about what the Indie kids were up to. It makes me feel like there should be a companion novel. The one drawback, for me, was the teenage angst, but given that it is a YA novel is understandable.