pickOh Evan, I‘m sending you hugs! This is such a wonderful, heartbreaking story, and I get how easily a tragedy 🎭 such as this could go awry with unexpected tangents in a high school setting. I haven‘t seen the musical but listened to the soundtrack (thanks Alexa!) as I neared the end of this book.
May 2024 #BookSpin Category YA / Mid Grade @TheAromaofBooks
Weekend book haul. 😁 Lots of my holds came in at the library at the same time (as they do) and I found a couple of books on my TBR at at used bookstore. And I splurged on a copy of the tagged book since I can‘t get it at the library yet.
Audiobook Fiction: Vanessa, Tony, and Conner have been through unthinkable physical and emotional assaults from stepdads, prison mates, and parents. They meet at a psychiatric hospital for youth who have attempted suicide. Raw and real.
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pickSnow White bag #12 final roof section and the end of this book. I read about this book a few weeks ago as one of the top 5 trending books. I‘m not sure it would‘ve been on my radar otherwise. The author has written a memoir about his brother in law who could do anything ( write, draw, build a house, ski, bike) he put his mind to and had the swagger of a movie star but as the title suggests, he also battled unsurmountable personal demons.
pickA well very written book. A very difficult subject. I would find this hard to recommend. If suicide has touched your life you probably won‘t want to read. It was hard.
Next on audio while I gorilla garden before the rains come
Ch 23: Jack is back #hedoesntbelievetheverdict #suicide #hesayshehasproof #blackmailtime #butwillanyonebelieveadrunklunatic #staytuned #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens 📷 Colonel J
pickThis is one of those books that you feel you can‘t say you loved, because of the subject matter (suicide). But I did love it.
It‘s very dark but also darkly humorous in places. Looking back on it now I can also see a sense of hope there too.
I can‘t wait to what this author writes next.
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pickSurprisingly funny and entertaining for a book that's also pretty sad. Also very life-affirming for a story that deals with suicide, eating disorders, domestic abuse, depression, generational trauma and more in a completely non-moralising way.
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pickThis book slapped me across the face and grabbed me by the lapels at the start, yanking me along with its intensity. It loses some of that in the middle, but the intensity certainly returns by the end. Because of the heaviness of this book, I wouldn‘t say I “liked” it, but it‘s powerful and will stick with me. I definitely appreciated it.
