pickI really enjoyed this contemporary MG novel about a boy running a family greenhouse with his older brother after the death of their parents. His teacher assigns a project in which he must relate events & tasks in his own life to the 12 labors of Hercules. There‘s a lot of mythological information and an amazing setting on Cape Cod alongside a story of the importance of found family (including pets) and community connection.
#TRS2024 #MiddleGrade
pickRead in 2024. Super short book about the author‘s loss of her father during the pandemic. “Grief is a cruel kind of education.” “It is an act of resistance and refusal: grief telling you it is over and your heart saying it is not: grief trying to shrink your love to the past and your heart saying it is present.”
“It does not matter whether I want to be changed, because I am changed.”
pickRead in 2024. After my dad‘s sudden death last year I read some grief related books to see if it would help pull me out of my reading funk. This one was a low pick for me (probably because I wasn‘t in the right headspace). I can get her trying to make sense when someone you love passes unexpectedly. TW: because she does speak at length about the suicide of her close friend, as she‘s grappling with her experience.
pickCrosley experiences loss upon loss within the same few months, the most devastating being the death of her best friend. Crosley‘s dexterity with language and phrasing is remarkable. She writes with wit and precision and depth about grief in a way that makes it more tangible, easier to grasp where she finds herself emotionally. She‘s honest, angry, isolated, and trying to piece together what brought her to such a standstill. It‘s riveting reading.
pickDevoured this one in a day - oh, my heart. Halfway through, I decided that I need to check out more by this author, but then his acknowledgements said that this was a departure from his normal
content & tone, so now I wonder. Still will probably check out more of his, because I couldn't put this down & sobbed through the end. 🥹
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#ReadYourKindle #JumpStart2025 @Lizpixie
pickWhat a powerful audiobook. On this one, Chimamanda talks about the impact her father‘s passing had on her.
Loved!
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I soft released a book on Wattpad! It is a poetry collection. A new poem is published every Tuesday and Thursday, until the book is released in full. By then I‘ll be turning it into a physical collection as well. Titled: Saltwater by CordeliaGrey Oriana Allen. You can find it by searching my name or the title and part of my name. Pic is original art by me as well ✨🫶🏼 #poetry #author #grief #loss #love #motherhood
