Welcome to Litsy!

I liked that this book is it is about exactly what the title says, but it‘s not melancholy. (Thankful for the tagline on the cover). I thought this was pretty fun, and I liked the thread of the blog the female MC keeps and uses to ask people questions that guide her. The male MC could have been a little better developed but overall this was good. The audiobook narrator had a pleasant voice but some of her accents were overdone.

This was surprisingly good, despite a few irritating things. The leads seem older than 16 (do 16-year-olds really wander NYC like this? No supervision at all?) and the female MC needed to TALK to her dad, but still. A solid story about living with chronic illness, while still having more to the story.

I love that it‘s a major family crisis when the cousin becomes a Fox News watcher, and the family shuts it down.

Today‘s library #bookhaul actually had 2/3 for me! I saw both of these under the #librariansofLitsy tag so I figure I can call that a librarian recommendation.

The description somehow feels like “The fault in our stars.“ so i was expecting a tear jerking story about 2 sick kids who fall in love but somehow need to drift apart because of their disease with more probability that one of them ends up dead.

But to my surprise this has a different outlook towards sickness and quite an unexpected happy ending.

What an awesome book. I thought it might be sappy or something but it was the opposite of that. Sasha and Ibby are really vibrant characters whose relationship is complex and sweet and who support each other through their mostly invisible illnesses. Some of their well-meaning friends or family members highlighted the typical ways that healthy people deal with sick people and how it‘s hurtful. The author really brought both MCs to life so vividly.

I love this book so much that I meant to reread the first couple of chapters ahead of doing a read aloud for First Chapter Friday and ended up rereading the whole book. It is hands down the best book I‘ve ever read about chronic illness and disability. Librarians need to buy this #OwnVoices book. People need to read it so we‘re not just seeing the same tired ableist narratives we always see in books (coughWONDERcough). #LibrariansOfLitsy

Book no. 3 #stayhome24in48 #24in48 #readathon

First book of 2020. I really liked it. Every time I thought the author was doing something typical, she made an unexpected choice. I really enjoyed this and laughed out loud several times.

Really enjoyed this look at chronic illness. I share neither of these conditions but the descriptions of how they impact your decisions and how it has to be neither celebrated nor mourned were great. Plus really great love story.

#currentlyreading #preview #netgalley #digital Reassured by the tagline, ‘They don‘t die in this one‘... love this author‘s quirky books 📚