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We Are All So Good at Smiling | Amber McBride

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Reminder for #riseupreads April

Read at your own pace. There will be a discussion posted on Litsy at the end of the month.

Please tag @Catsandbooks in your posts & use #riseupreads If you are not currently tagged & would like to be let @Catsandbooks know.

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Catsandbooks

We Are All So Good at Smiling | Amber McBride

Reminder for #riseupreads April

Read at your own pace. There will be a discussion posted on Litsy at the end of the month.

Please tag me in your posts & use #riseupreads
If you're not currently tagged & would like to be, let me know.

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Catsandbooks @LaughterHp @melismatic @julsmarshall @skygoddess1 @Bookwormjillk @lil1inblue @Jadams89 @puddlejumper @Liz_M @mrsV @thebookhippie @lapreader @willaful @cuilin 24h

Catsandbooks @peanutnine @singout @mhillis @light_of_aether @alldebooks @kspenmoll @librarybelle @mimi28 @ElizaMarie @AbigailJaneBlog @DebinHawaii 24h

TheBookHippie It‘s so so good! 24h

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Librarybelle My copy is waiting for me at the library! 24h

peanutnine Excited for this one! 23h

AllDebooks This looks so good, struggling to get my hands on a copy, though 23h

mhillis Looking forward to reading this one too! 20h

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DebinHawaii

We Are All So Good at Smiling | Amber McBride

#MentalHealthMonday

1. Tired & a bit overwhelmed work-wise. Having a little extra time off was helpful in some ways but put me behind in others.

2. I‘m excited to read this mental health fiction book with #RiseUpReads next month. Including the post from @Catsandbooks in case anyone wants to join in.
Catsandbooks's post on Litsy https://litsy.com/p/YUV3NTJOeWw4

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Kerrbearlib I hope you‘re able to catch up on some rest. I loved this book - great choice! Thanks for sharing! (edited) 3w

Catsandbooks Looking forward to it! 💖 3w

TheBookHippie I loved this book!! 6d

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We Are All So Good at Smiling | Amber McBride

Repost for @Catsandbooks

#RiseUpReads April 2025

We Are All So Good At Smiling by Amber McBride

Read at your own pace. There will be a discussion posted on Litsy at the end of the month.

Please tag @Catsandbooks in your posts and use #riseupreads If you‘re not tagged and would like to be let @Catsandbooks know

Content warnings: mental illness, suicide, grief, panic attack, bullying, racism, death, self harm

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Catsandbooks

We Are All So Good at Smiling | Amber McBride

#RiseUpReads April 2025

We are all so good at smiling by Amber Mcbride

Read at your own pace. There will be a discussion posted on Litsy at the end of the month.

Please tag me in your posts & use #riseupreads
If you're not currently tagged & would like to be, let me know.

Content warnings: mental illness, suicide, grief, panic attacked, bullying, racism, death, self harm

LitsyEvents

Catsandbooks @LaughterHp @melismatic @julsmarshall @skygoddess1 @Bookwormjillk @lil1inblue @Jadams89 @puddlejumper @Liz_M @mrsV @thebookhippie @lapreader @willaful @cuilin @peanutnine @singout @mhillis @light_of_aether @alldebooks @kspenmoll @librarybelle @mimi28 @ElizaMarie @AbigailJaneBlog @DebinHawaii 3w

TheBookHippie I read this last year- it‘s amazing! I‘ll join ya for the discussion!!! 3w

Bookwormjillk This looks great 3w

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Librarybelle Yay!! 3w

Melismatic This looks fab - can‘t wait! 3w

PuddleJumper Great cover! 3w

AbigailJaneBlog This looks very good! 3w

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AroundTheBookWorld

The Towering Sky | Katharine McGee

Avery Fuller was dead, and the girl who‘d been living her life for eighteen years couldn‘t wait to learn who she really was, underneath it all.
She turned her profile toward the airline counters and walked boldly into her future.
#TheToweringSky #KatharineMcGee #TheThousandthFloor #lastline #closingline #book #books #bookmark #bookmarks #bookmarket #YoungAdult #ScienceFiction #Romance #Fantasy #Dystopia #Fiction #Audiobook #Mystery #Contemporary

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AroundTheBookWorld

The Lucky Ones | Liz Lawson

Zach takes my hand, and together we let go and the doves float up, up, away into the night sky.
#TheLuckyOnes #LizLawson #lastline #closingline #book #books #booklist #booklust #bookloot #booklove #booklover #booklovers #bookloversunite #bookz #bookzesty #bookzilla #bookzone #bookxcess #bookcase #bookcases #bookcover #bookcovers #bookclub #bookclubs #YoungAdult #Contemporary #Romance #MentalHealth #Fiction #RealisticFiction #Family #Audiobook 🧡🧡

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Zuhkeeyah

We Are All So Good at Smiling | Amber McBride

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An emotional roller-coaster highlighting the struggles of clinical depression through poetry. Whimsy sees her world through a magical lens of fairy tales. Her story mirrors that of the original Grimm tales where the world was full of danger and small glimmers of hope.
@MeganAnn I finished this book a couple of weeks ago, but I found myself immediately diving back in. McBride incorporates so much into her poems and I wanted to catch it all.

Zuhkeeyah #auldlangspine book 3 was another great one @monalyisha 2mo

TheBookHippie I loved this read last year! 2mo

MeganAnn Yes! I‘m so happy you liked this one! I do not read a lot of novels in verse but this was so brilliantly done I couldn‘t put it down. I too had to reread sections after finishing to dive deeper and savor her words. And I thought about this one for months afterward. 💙 2mo

monalyisha Interesting! 2mo

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Librarybelle

Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance | Bethany Morrow

#LiteraryCrew : There are 3 questions posted for today‘s discussion. They can be found on my feed, the book‘s feed, or by searching the group‘s hashtag.

We had a tie for the #BuddyRead list this year; I didn‘t want us to miss reading this book. I chose today for the discussion because in the US it‘s a day to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. It‘s a good day to remember those who continue to speak up for their rights in any way they can.

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mcctrish, mjdowens, melissajayne, Jerdencon, tpixie, LapReader, Cuilin, kspenmoll, PurpleyPumpkin, Deblovestoread, Sace, CatLass007, Mollyanna, BookwormAHN, Pogue, dabbe, Sargar114, Karisa, bumpinthenight, julieclair, AllDebooks, Lkempf

Librarybelle ⬆️⬆️⬆️ Our next discussion is January 31st for Hester, pictured in the graphic. Our February book is Villette by Charlotte Bronte—we‘re venturing into the classics for that one! I‘ll post a February graphic soon! Thanks for reading with me! 2mo

tpixie @Librarybelle both great choices this month! Villette is one of the few Brontë novels I still need to read! Can‘t wait for February!! 2mo

Librarybelle @tpixie I‘ve not read Villette either, so this should be fun! 2mo

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julieclair I didn‘t get to this one, but I‘m looking forward to our Hester discussion. 😉 2mo

Librarybelle No worries, @julieclair ! I think the Hester discussion will be great! 2mo

Sargar114 Didn‘t get to this one either. But Time for me to pick up Hester. Hoping I can finish in time! 2mo

Librarybelle @Sargar114 Yay!! 2mo

SilversReviews Loved Hester!! 2mo

Librarybelle @TheSpineView I‘m looking forward to it! 2mo

CatLass007 My library hold for Hester just came through. But there are six other books ahead of it because they‘ve been borrowed on different days. I guess I‘ll have to change the order in which I read them. 2mo

Librarybelle @CatLass007 I‘m always playing the “which library hold to read first” game… 😂 Good luck! It is especially hard with different due dates! 2mo

CatLass007 Thank you. 😊 2mo

tpixie @SilversReviews I also loved Hester! ❤️A❤️ (edited) 2mo

SilversReviews @tpixie 😀😀😀 2mo

tpixie @SilversReviews ❤️ 2mo

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Librarybelle

Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance | Bethany Morrow

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3. How would you present this book to a teen? Would you recommend it to a young person to read? #LiteraryCrew #BuddyRead

CatLass007 I would recommend this to a young person to read. But I believe there would be attempts to ban this book from classrooms, school libraries, and public libraries. And, unfortunately, most of those attempts would be successful. When did “woke” become a dirty word? I‘m not quite sure how to present this book to a young person. I know if I were in the target age group I would consider a book that people don‘t want others (cont)⬇️ (edited) 2mo

CatLass007 to read to be just the kind of book worth reading. There are too many outside forces trying to tell others how to think. 2mo

AllDebooks This should be compulsory reading in schools. Unfortunately, it will be banned. Which is why it's important to shout about it and encourage everyone to read it. It's full of engaging characters, dealing with everyday difficulties in our contemporary world. How is that not relevant to our young adults? They'll keep the historic white guy dominance on the curriculum instead. I'm passionate about giving children books they can relate to and learn ⬇️ 2mo

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AllDebooks From. By all means read the classics but a growing mind needs a diverse and challenging library. It's how we learn to empathise and understand life experiences outside of our own. If only we could ban/cancel the book banners. 2mo

Librarybelle Yes, agree that this would be banned, @CatLass007 @AllDebooks . And it‘s so sad! But, I think it‘s a good read for a YA audience. 2mo

CatLass007 I wish there was a constructive way to get banned books into the hands of young people everywhere. The Brooklyn Public Library has an anti-censorship program called “Books Unbanned” that makes ebooks accessible throughout the country. The New York Public Library offers a Teen Banned Book Club. New Jersey and a few other states have “Right to Read” laws which makes book banning illegal. (edited) 2mo

Librarybelle I know, @CatLass007 ! 2mo

CatLass007 All those things are great, but it‘s not enough. I grew up in a small town in West Virginia and now live in a bigger small town in Tennessee. I was blessed with a Mom who let me read whatever I wanted. My Dad wasn‘t a book reader. He read the newspaper every morning but he never really paid much attention to what I read. As backward as East Tennessee is, I‘m grateful not to live in Florida. (edited) 2mo

Pogue I would recommend this to teens. I am sneaky and would have the audiobook playing in the car or at home. I have done that with other books that I wanted my son to read, and for him the audiobook worked. As a companion book I would also have the teen read Why Are You So Serious about micro aggressions. (edited) 2mo

Librarybelle Nice, @Pogue ! 2mo

tpixie @Pogue great tactic! 2mo

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