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The Anatomical Shape of a Heart
The Anatomical Shape of a Heart | Jenn Bennett
Artist Beatrix Adams knows exactly how she's spending the summer before her senior year. Determined to follow in Da Vinci's footsteps, she's ready to tackle the one thing that will give her an advantage in a museum-sponsored scholarship contest: drawing actual cadavers. But when she tries to sneak her way into the hospital's Willed Body program and misses the last metro train home, she meets a boy who turns her summer plans upside down. Jack is charming, wildly attractive . . . and possibly one of San Francisco's most notorious graffiti artists. On midnight buses and city rooftops, Beatrix begins to see who Jack really is-and tries to uncover what he's hiding that leaves him so wounded. But will these secrets come back to haunt him? Or will the skeletons in Beatrix's own family's closet tear them apart?
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#GoodHeartedWoman 🫀💁🏻‍♀️ #WaylonJennings

#VolumesAndVocals 🎶🌞🌈🌼

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

Eggs Great shelfie👏🏻 I loved this book! 1y
LaraReads Love it! ❤️ 1y
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Eggs
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To Beatrix, Jack is charming, wildly attractive . . . But soon she begins to see who Jack really is-and tries to uncover what he's hiding that leaves him so wounded.

#HeartsOnCover #MarchMagic @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

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This was such a cute, fluffy, romantic contemporary. The locations of San Francisco were written perfectly and the writing blended together well with a fast pace. The MC Bex was quirky, odd and honest who loves drawing anatomical pictures, the hawt love interst is Jack, a night time graffiti artist. The romance developed fast but was cute, and a little spicy. It had such a good take on mental health and also had a sweet HEA ending!

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abookdragonsretreat
Night Owls | Jenn Bennett

"Feeling alive is always worth the risk"

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Rachiiebookdragon
Night Owls | Jenn Bennett
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A great read. Read for the August #Buzzwordathon - Time of Day 4/5

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A romantic story about a girl and boy (both artists) harboring secrets, who help each other heal and grow.

#heartoncover #showsomelove @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TheKidUpstairs

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Sounds good ❤️ 4y
TheKidUpstairs ❤💗❤💗 4y
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Sleepswithbooks
Night Owls | Jenn Bennett
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🌑☕️📖

hannah-leeloo Hahaha me and Bilbo love this 🦉💕 4y
hannah-leeloo @Jackal121 we need this as a sign 😂🦉📖 4y
Jackal121 It's lovely 4y
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DieAReader
Night Owls | Jenn Bennett
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They‘re done!! Mom wants to show them off at the knitting class she teaches every Tuesday lol! I‘ve decided to name the little guy (black, blue & purple) Petrie after my fave Land Before Time character! The others are yet to be decided 🤔

glitterkitty459 So cute!! 5y
reader_in_april I loved Land Before Time when I was little! 5y
Lesanne Those are adorable! 5y
DieAReader @glitterkitty459 @Lesanne I know right?!? I love them! My mom‘s super talented at making knitting & crochet things! 🥰🤯 (edited) 5y
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DieAReader
Night Owls | Jenn Bennett
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Aren‘t they freakin‘ cute!? 🤯 My mom knit them & now I need them!! I‘m gonna wait until she‘s done the medium sized one (which she just started) & then try sweet talking her into letting me have them all! 😼Wish me luck 😉🤣 #OwlLove 🦉🥰📚🎶

Andrew65 Good luck! 😊👍 5y
BookNAround Adorable! 5y
PurpleTulipGirl 💜❤️💜 5y
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DieAReader I think I‘ve convinced her that they‘re mine after she‘s done the medium sized one! 😉 Fair is fair after all. She made my hubby a crochet set of Angry Birds at Christmas. They‘re adorable! I wasn‘t allowed to take the owl‘s home tonight though ☹️🦉🥰 5y
GHABI4ROSES I LOVE OWLS‼️ 5y
DieAReader Me too!! Owls & cats are my fave! 5y
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Cathythoughts 👍🏻♥️♥️♥️ 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 6y
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#Heartache 💔 #LiteraryLove 📚❤️

#BookNerd 💙📚🤓

TheBookgeekFrau I Like that cover! 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️ 6y
vkois88 I like the cover as well... it sounds like an enjoyable read 6y
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Jennick2004
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I loved this unconventional love story! Twists that surprised me kept me turning the pages 💜

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Missusb
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Loved her two latest novels, so going back to her first one. I think it‘s her first one?? #currentlyreading #jenbennett #yaliterature

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aprilpohren
Night Owls | Jenn Bennett
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My monthly #owlcrate came today! So excited!

Mommamanzi I can‘t wait to open mine tonight! 7y
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JuliaTheBookNerd
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#HeartIntheTitle ❤️💚💙💜#IAmSweetMarch 🍭🍀

#BookNerd 💙📚

MayJasper So clever 😊 7y
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Some pink, red, and white YA contemporaries for today's #riotgrams.

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aprilpohren
Night Owls | Jenn Bennett
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I just received my first #owlcrate box !! So excited! Can't wait to see what's inside!

hermyknee 😍 7y
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MrBook
Night Owls | Jenn Bennett
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😂👏🏻 #LitsyHumor

Bookzombie 😂😂 7y
Rachbb3 That's a cute one. 😁 7y
Bookladylinda So cute!!!! 7y
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DarcysMom Love this! 7y
LittleMummyMe Ha ha ha ha 😂😊 7y
BookBabe 😂😂😂🦉 7y
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sumaiyya.books
Night Owls | Jenn Bennett
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Hi bookworms!! What have you been reading lately?!
Sorry about my absence, I have been in a reading slump lately - but this book really helped me get rid of my slump! It‘s a cute insta-love sort of contemporary novel that‘s just really fun to read. Insta-love is my least favorite thing lol, but this one has a couple of things that I really appreciated- I won‘t spoil for you. I would recommend to anyone who is in a slump or needs a feel good story.

merelybookish Welcome back! 7y
sumaiyya.books @merelybookish thank you! ☺️ 7y
MelindaCooper I love this book! It was such a cute, easy read ☺️ 7y
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This was fab! There is so much good in this book! Fantastic teen love story about a cute artist and another cute artist - who work in different mediums, have different struggles and how they figure out they deserve the happiness they find in each other. #readmyowndamnbooks

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Alicia
Night Owls | Jenn Bennett
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A big thank you to @Owlizabeth for this sweet super note and gift I got to come home to yesterday!!! Yay for chocolate and bookish pins!! Thank you! 😘❤️📚

monkeygirlsmama That wrapper! 🤣 7y
Owlizabeth Enjoy!! 7y
Zelma I can't decide if the wrapper is awesome or scary. 🤔 7y
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yerbasicnerd Black 🖤🖤 7y
Thebookishhistorian I really love the combo of red and black 😍 7y
bookishhowler Both colors really 🙈 7y
thenerdyfanatic Depends on the day 7y
MrBook Great pic, right @BookBabe 👍🏻👍🏻?! Welcome to @Litsy ! We hope you enjoy your stay 😊👍🏻. I think you're going to like it here 😉🙌🏻. It's the most positive, tight-knit, passionate community of bibliophiles 😎👌🏻! Prepare yourself: this will take over your life 😂👏🏻. 7y
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FrannaLamb
Night Owls | Jenn Bennett
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On the bus with a book I never wanted to end.

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KirstieE
Night Owls | Jenn Bennett
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Little sneak peak at OwlCrates May box , I absolutely loved this box! I squealed like a little girl over the contents in it 😍 #Booksubscription

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“What do I want?” His fingers brushed over loose strands of hair near my temple. “I want to call you every five minutes. I want to text you good night every night. I want to make you laugh. And I want you to look at me like you did that first night on the bus.”

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"Having an unbiased pair of eyes point out a sensible solution was helpful. But the sensible thing and the right thing weren‘t always the same choice, and no one but you could truly understand the difference."

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rhiannebrownbread
Night Owls | Jenn Bennett
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I fell in love with this as I read it over the summer, I would definitely read it again. Can I marry Jack? Yes? Ok thanks

#jennbennett #nightowls #yalit #ya #mustread #love

rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Night Owls | Jenn Bennett
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Do you have a set bed time or do you read until you fall asleep? I am trying to enforce a Midnight bed time and sleep more this year! (Patch by AJ Bronznya)

Moray_Reads I often have trouble sleeping so I have to have a very strict routine. No late night reading for me 🙁 8y
mtinnick Me every night 😁😁 8y
Amandajoy Both. I usually go to bed around 9 (exciting, I know 🤓) & read until my eyes start slamming shut, which is usually between 9:30 & 10:30. I rarely stay up too late reading, mostly because I'm not a nice person with lack of sleep (& I wake up between 4:30 & 5). 8y
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Soubhiville I go to bed between 9:30 and 10, and usually read for 20-30 minutes before I start falling asleep. I also get up between 4:30 and 5 am @Amandajoy 😊 8y
OneCent76 12:30 am is the latest I will stay up during the week. I don't need to wake up til 7:30-8:00 tho. 8y
Joshilyn I don't to read at night. I will never go to sleep if I am reading. At a certain point, usually before 10, I set my book down and turn on the television. I'm usually asleep in under 20 minutes. Then I get up in the morning at 5 o'clock to write 8y
Gissy I go to bed between 10 to midnight since I wake up at 4:45 am so I can't read much. but during the weekends, Saturday and Sundays when I'm not on call, I could read all night! It's like having a party with my book! 8y
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Anatomical cadaver drawings, graffiti, schizophrenia, and first love - this book has it all. Big thumbs up.

#24in48 11.5 hours down

BookNerdBritt I really enjoyed this book! 8y
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ForeverYoungAdult
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Last question for December's book! (We hope you had a happy holiday!)

In your opinion, do Bex and Jack get the happily-ever-after?

#decfyabc #fyabookclub

BrandiNB I like to imagine Bex and Jack living long happy lives together. Their families have already grown close and everything! 8y
ForeverYoungAdult Same, @BrandiNB! I think they're good for each other (and by extension, their families are, too). ☺️ – mc 8y
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Time for another discussion question!

Bex and Jack have an immediate attraction to each other, both physically and emotionally. Did Bennett make their immediate attraction believable, or did it feel like instalove?

#decfyabc #fyabookclub

BookNerdBritt I'm not much of a romance reader, so the meet-cute made me roll my eyes a little bit, but as long as the characters are developed beyond just making 😍 at each other, it's all good. (edited) 8y
ForeverYoungAdult @BookNerdBritt I liked the whole "infatuation" at first sight thing, because I think we've all experienced purely physical attraction and/or intrigue with a stranger. – mc (edited) 8y
BrandiNB Certainly the immediate physical attraction and chemical reaction is believable; their relationship and feelings for each other deepened rather quickly, but it didn't seem like totally out of the blue "instalove." 8y
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Time for a discussion question!

How do you feel about street art and graffiti, and the way Jack created his? Is it unethical because someone is using another person's property as a canvas, is it okay because art should push boundaries, both, or something else entirely?

#decfyabc #fyabookclub

[DELETED] 206653737 I think ultimately graffiti is destruction of property, but that being said I've seen some graffiti that's absolutely beautiful. 8y
Jas16 I love all of the colorful murals and art in the walls in San Francisco. I do get really cranky about tagging especially when we get fined by the city to clean up our building walls at work over and over. 8y
ForeverYoungAdult Therein lies the catch-22, @bookish22, at least for me. I love looking at the art, but realize that it's wrong to do it ... I also think there's a line between graffiti art and tagging for tagging's sake. – mc (edited) 8y
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[DELETED] 206653737 @Jas16 defiantly see that side of things, especially if your footing the bill to get it cleaned up. And yes @ForeverYoungAdult it is a catch-22 and agree on the tagging thing. 8y
skullsinthesea Same, @jas16! The murals are gorgeous, the tagging is not. 8y
BrandiNB I don't have strong opinions on the topic either way, but generally I agree that murals are more acceptable than tagging. My boyfriend is an artist and he is obsessed with graffiti so I'm paying more attention to it than I have previously. Haven't seen anything particularly beautiful so far. :( 8y
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I love that this book is set in San Francisco. Here's the Legion of Honor, where Bex spends her birthday.

Head to foreveryoungadult.com to find out how to win a signed copy-- Jenn herself is giving away a signed copy of the book (and you choose the cover)!

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Let's ease into this month's questions with an icebreaker! (No book spoilers on this post, please.)

Has a piece of art or an artist ever made a big impact on you? Tell us about it!

#decfyabc

mandyannecurtis I'll start! I'm Mandy C. From FYA. Growing up, my aunt instilled in me a love of the Impressionists, particularly Monet. The way their paintings look a mess from up close, but so stunning from afar never ceases to amaze me. 8y
BookNerdBritt I love photography, and Diane Arbus's work has a special place in my heart. 8y
skullsinthesea @BookNerdBritt I am also a huge fan of Diane Arbus! 8y
skullsinthesea I am a big art fan, especially late medieval and Renaissance works, but there's usually something for me in every movement. I share a birthday with Rene Magritte, and I cried when I saw Starry Night and The Persistence of Memory at the NYC MOMA. Dave McKean (Sandman) is my favorite contemporary artist--so eerie and twisted. 8y
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December's FYA Book Club pick is THE ANATOMICAL SHAPE OF A HEART by @Jenn_Benn. Check back soon for discussion questions—don't worry, we'll use spoiler tags— and join FYAers around the world to chat about this super swoony read.
#fyabookclub #decfyabc

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This was just the kind of light, fluffy novel I was craving. I loved the details about SF and the discussion of art. My favorite part was the humane and realistic depiction of serious mental illness, even though it wasn't the focus of the story.

BookNerdBritt This was a perfect follow-up to the crushing devastation wrought by 8y
skullsinthesea @booknerdbritt hehehehehe sorry/you're welcome 8y
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This adorable YA love story seems eye-rollingly typical at first (Meet-cute! Swoonworthy bad boy with a mysterious secret!) but there are just enough unique touches to keep it interesting. For example, the MC's greatest aspiration in life is to be an artist... who draws cadavers. While the book also touches on mental illness and being caught in the middle of parents' divorce, it still managed to be the quick, lighthearted read I needed this week.

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overflowingklc
Night Owls | Jenn Bennett
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I adored this book. For me it was all about the boy. Glorious gorgeous Jack. He was everything *sighs*

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eek337
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So good - excellent romantic tension and a fantastic story

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First sentence: The last train wasn't coming.