Welcome to Litsy!

In the wake of the Boston marathon bombing, kids in various high schools around the country are dealing with all the things teens have to deal with these days. Only there‘s an online forum where something terrible is being planned. Well done and thoughtful, but definitely some content warnings here (under spoiler tag below).

My first #Roll100 read!

That was beautiful and heartbreaking and hopeful. It was full of little surprises, connections, ripples, and I loved it so much. This is a must read for teens, those who love them, everyone.

Well, this grabbed me from the first page. It's told from multiple points of view, so I'm trying (as April says in the book) connect the dots. I suspect that this book will slay me.

I don't know what to pick! I can at least start one more book for #LitsyPartyofOne and these were literally the four I pulled off of the top of my tbr. I'm thinking The Light Fantastic, but I've been staring at In the Shadow of the Banyan since the puppy pulled it off my table this morning and tried to eat it.

I feel slightly human (though three hours of errands leave me desperate for a nap) today, so I rewarded my adult activities of returning library books and renewing my car tags with a stop at my closest indie, BookBar. I picked up these goodies and wish I could curl up with one, a cup of tea, and the dog, but I promised my partner I'd go to a movie with her this afternoon. Since, ya know, I kind of ruined our whole break by being sick.

This book was a harrowing, realistic read that opens up conversation into a very serious real life issues plaguing the teenagers of today; catfishing, online bullying, sexual harassment, racism, etc. It makes a case that more mental health help is needed as well as a need to erase the stigma for using those services. It opens up the conversation and issues that most people want to forget exist. This book is something everybody should read.

Truer words have never been spoken. Really enjoying the different narratives in this books. They're so well done!

Holy cow, what just happened? 7 different voices build a tightly woven narrative of a tragic school day. Totally engaging, beautifully structured, this was one helluva read. Full review will be on my blog in a couple of days - I need some processing time first. But read it, it's awesome. With thanks to Netgalley.

Too many points of view and to scattered for me to get involved with, or care for, the characters. Didn't do anything for me and I skimmed through the last 40% of the book.

Next up on the ARC pile.

I got my hands on an uncorrected proof of this novel and I really liked it. It was a little rough around the edges but that is to be expected. The story was similar to This Is How It Ends in that it took places over a short amount of time (3 hours) with multiple view points during that time frame.

Me: I think I'll go to bed at a reasonable hour tonight, I'll just read for 20 minutes before I go to bed.
4.5 hours later....