I‘ve already finished one book in September. Which is one more than I finished in August. So, I‘ve got that going for me. In my defense, today was my first day off work since July 28th. Here‘s to a much better month of reading (and relaxing). #BookspinBingo
Forgot to post my August #Roll100 picks. I had already read 29, so I subbed it for my next #192025 read.
@PuddleJumper - I know you picked the red dice because of how hot it‘s been. I hope putting them in the pool helps cool things off a bit! 😎
pickBook 21 of 2024. This YA graphic novel was heartbreaking, as it dealt with bulimia and death of a parent. I wish it had been a little longer. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
pick“You cry in your room. I cry in my room. Mom cries in Mom's room. And in the morning everyone pretends like they never cried once in their life.”
Teen Isabelle is grieving the loss of her dad, but what makes it even more heartbreaking is that no one - especially her mom - will talk about it or acknowledge the loss…
#LitsyLove
#ReadAway2024
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES @Read4life @TieDyeDude
pickA moving fictional account of a Taiwanese American girl with disordered eating, told in comics format. The author‘s note at the end says she based this on her own experiences and that doesn‘t surprise me because it rings so true.
Images can carry so much that isn‘t in the text. In this scene, it‘s clear that a football player is giving Jordan an appreciative look, but in the next panel we see Jordan‘s friend Valerie thinking Jordan is sadly delusional. That no football player would look twice at Jordan because she‘s fat. Valerie can‘t see what‘s right in front of her, including the fact that she herself has disordered eating.
Remember, don‘t eat, just taste.
[Her mother‘s instructions are about not eating her own birthday cake.]
Val faces her own fears following her dad's death.
Aw, this made me a bit teary. The kindness of strangers. Someone made a similar gesture when I was in the last days of editing and thinking I'd never submit.
