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The Language of Stars
The Language of Stars | Louise Hawes
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Sarah is forced to take a summer poetry class as penance for trashing the home of a famous poet in this fresh novel about finding your own voice. Sarah�s had her happy ending: she�s at the party of the year with the most popular boy in school. But when that boy turns out to be a troublemaker who decided to throw a party at a cottage museum dedicated to renowned poet Rufus Baylor, everything changes. By the end of the party, the whole cottage is trashed�curtains up in flames, walls damaged, mementos smashed�and when the partygoers are caught, they�re all sentenced to take a summer class studying Rufus Baylor�s poetry�with Baylor as their teacher. For Sarah, Baylor is a revelation. Unlike her mother, who is obsessed with keeping up appearances, and her estranged father, for whom she can�t do anything right, Rufus Baylor listens to what she has to say, and appreciates her ear for language. Through his classes, Sarah starts to see her relationships and the world in a new light�and finds that maybe her happy ending is really only part of a much more interesting beginning. The Language of Stars is a gorgeous celebration of poetry, language, and love from celebrated author Louise Hawes.
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Tehya16
The Language of Stars | Louise Hawes
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Mehso-so

This book was okay, but it wasn‘t my style. It took me forever to read because I couldn‘t really get into it. I think a main reason that it wasn‘t my favourite was that it never felt like there was a super suspenseful or exciting moment throughout the book. With that said, it still was very well written and had good character development. If you enjoy poetry I would give it a try, but this book was just simply not for me.

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Tehya16
The Language of Stars | Louise Hawes

I was reading and I got to a line where Fry says, "No thanks on the Kool-Aid." after calling the class he has to go to the “Baylor Cult”. It reminded me of the piece we read in class called “How to Be a Person” because it also referred to Kool-Aid. I had never heard of Kool-Aid having to do with cults until then and now it comes up again in my book. I found this really interesting that I could make that connection between these pieces of writing.

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Tehya16
The Language of Stars | Louise Hawes

So far, this book has been pretty good. I like that you get to learn a lot about the characters so you can really connect that their situations. Although, it feels like it got to the exciting parts in the beginning of the book so I am interested to see how the plot will progress.

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The Language of Stars | Louise Hawes
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I thought this was a cute #bestfirstline 😂 #24in48