All the Rage | 
so-soBINGO the second time! I am not really sure that I just read. I had a hard time connecting to the book and almost bailed on it. But I wanted to found out what happened.
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panIt‘s always so hard to rate a book when it deals with such hard topics. But ultimately this fell flat for me. There Were things that were done right and then things that were lacking.
If you are interested in my thoughts, check out my review on Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2611404224
2.5 Stars
pickThis rounds out my readings of all the C. Summers books. Just as the others did, this one had me stopping, crying, and feeling a lot of hurt. #MeToo shouldn't have to be a movement, but this book just exemplifies why it is and how even the ones who are supposed to protect us don't believe the stories of horrific acts of sexual violence on female bodies. How it breaks people and makes them do anything to feel normal again in their skin.
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This passage reminds me of an article I read during a training... About how we demonize people who are struggling for the vices they have when maybe that's the only current comfort they have. It's a good read to get a different perspective.
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so-soI really feel like the actually story here is so very important. It shows the side to sexual assault in which women are victimized for speaking up when something happens and it shows the cruelty of people in general. I‘m on the fence because of the way it was written. The mystery of it is central, but the disjointed feeling in some ways made it hard to put everything together and almost frustrating in parts because I found it to be confusing.
so-so#LMPBC Round3 @StephanieGeiser @emilyjwhit9 @LauraJ @suvata Finished the last book for this round. Kinda frustrated me. Really didn‘t care for the characters. It could be me though. 2⭐️s It is always good for me to be exposed to books that I would not pick up for myself. Thanks 🌹Will mail soon.
so-soI enjoyed this book but I really didn‘t care for the main character.
Trying to finish my #lmpbc read, but Cecil is currently using it as part of some elaborate cat and squid game.
#catsoflitsy
Look what arrived in the mail yesterday...#lmpbc books! Thanks @StephanieGeiser & @Laughterhp
P.S. Tonks may have found a furever home. Cross your fingers for him 🤞🏼
#Aprella #day18 #KeptMeCrying This is the last book that destroyed me totally. In this novel, a teenage girl is drugged & raped by the town sheriffs son. In the aftermath he, the golden boy, is believed & she, from the poorer part of town, is branded a liar & bullied relentlessly, even by people she thought were friends. But then another girl goes missing.
After finishing this book I ended up on the floor having the worst panic attack. TCTH
picktw: bullying, rape
What a hard, good book. I‘ve had this on my TBR for years and finally just dove in. Romy is supposed to be peak Unlikable Female Protagonist™, but I really loved her; she was going through a lot of really difficult things the best she could. Highly recommend.
Random picture of the view from the stair master of some of my TBRs that are just in no order whatsoever and all over the place ☹️☹️📚
so-soI expected more from this one. I found the subject matter to be compelling, but there were a couple of holes that bothered me and I found myself irritated at the writing too frequently to give it a pick. I did like that the main character uses the red nail polish and lipstick ritual to give her control back after trauma. It wasn't a bad read by any means, I just wanted more from it than I got.
It is taking me so long to read this book, but I'm determined to get it finished this weekend. Coffee and a book is the best way to start off a Saturday morning!
I had to make an emergency trip to the liquor store. It was go to the liquor store or lose my shit. I can't believe it's only Tuesday. 🍻🍻🍻On a brighter note, I mailed my #halloweengoespostal package today and it should arrive Friday! Yay!
#AugustGrrrl #day6 #WhatAFeeling #day7 #Think I'm not much for sob stories.Really depressing,weepy novels are not something I choose to read much anymore,my life is depressing enough.My Sisters Keeper & The Notebook were the last books I cried over.Until I read this in January. A book about a teenage rape survivor,it brought up long buried feelings & gave me the worst panic attack I've had in years. It also made me think that not much has changed.
some red, black and grey books for you all!
g o o d m o r n i n g 💛
have you read anything out of this pile?
My TBR list is never-ending...this one had been on the list for over a year. #LitsyChallenge2017 #LitsyReadingChallenge #LitsyRC20
panI have many, many thoughts about this book, the only postable of which is: I did NOT enjoy it at all.
#litsyreadingchallenge #sameageauthor #LRC16
pickAll the Rage is a book that sticks with you. It's a book that talks about rape culture, small town life, and more. I read it last fall and simply could not put it down until the end. Even all these months later, I still find myself thinking about it on a regular basis.
#ALEXGIVEAWAY @Liberty
Had to take a break last night as the story was getting very intense. I still am not sure how to feel about this book. I truly hope this is not what today's high schoolers have to deal with. Let's see if I can keep going...
I'm 125 pages in and I don't think I can handle the darkness. Seriously considering bailing... thoughts, anyone?
Tonight's balcony read! #LitsyReadingChallenge #sameageauthor #LRC16
Yay 👍🏻🥂 These are a good time! Thanks @BookishMarginalia #summersantagoespostal #summersolsticebookexchange
#bookishspring2017 #day4 #uglycry I try to avoid the really sad books, my life gives me enough to cry about on a regular basis and too much emotion can trigger a health collapse of major proportions. But this one crept in under my radar, I certainly wasn't prepared for the extreme bout of sobbing & hyperventilation it kicked off. Ugly cry indeed, snot and all. Be warned.
I'm purging my shelves of books! (This is both anxiety filled and cathartic.) I have so many unread books I know I'll never read and others that I read and didn't like or just found them ok. As I can't donate arcs, I'm willing to ship these to anyone who'd like them. (US only, sorry.) Please let me know in comments if you'd like one. 🙂
#feistyfeb #day22 #allthefeels Talk about feels, this book ripped me to shreds. When I finished this book, I sat on the floor and had the worst panic attack of my life. This story tore my heart out then jumped up and down on it. A teenage girl is raped by the son of her towns sherriff & no one believes her. Then another girl goes missing after a drunken party. This is a whole box of Kleenex book.
pickI just finished this and I honestly have no words. This book made me so angry, because it is so true. It makes me want to smash the patriarchy. 😤
I feel like this book should be required reading for every high school ever.
A little late for my first #riotgrams! Here is my #shelfie featuring my #botm books on the top shelf! This is just one of three bookshelves and multiple piles...😁📚💁🏽
#readjanuary #day31 #bestofjanuary Whilst this month has been Phryne & more Phryne it seems, these four books I'd class as best of January.All The Rage because it nearly broke me emotionally, Bookshop On The Corner because I yearned to be there so badly, A Closed And Common Orbit because the world of The Wayfarer is so good & coz a story about an AI made me think about humanity itself & The Fifth Season coz it sucked me in from the first sentence.
pickThis book is really well written, it is difficult to read, and it is sad. I'm taking a break from these types of novels (dealing with missing girls/rape/abuse) they are depressing me too much. A for #litsyatoz
pickSo I thought I would use my new teapot that I got for Christmas and curl up with a book and have an enjoyable afternoon. Wow. I picked the wrong book for that. The name of this book was very apt as I felt enraged the whole time I read it. But as difficult as it is this book is also very important to read. It covers the aftermath of a rape from the pov of the girl who was raped. It is heartbreaking. #boutofbooks
pickAn important and well-constructed book. Can't say I enjoyed reading this, but glad I have read it. Would recommend.
pickI honestly don't know how to rate this. I'm sitting here shaking after a surprise panic attack hit when I finished this. I'm a survivor of sexual assault. It happened a long time ago, and I thought I was over it. But this book. Damn. Ripped me open. Either the author was a teenage survivor too or. Nup. She has to be. No one else could articulate so well how it feels. I'm still shaking.
#readjanuary #day1 #bookishresolutions My resolutions this year is to finish LitsyAtoZ,LitsyBingo, BookRiot ReadHarder,PopSugar ReadingChallenge & my Goodreads challenge of 200books! To that end,this is my first #LitsyAtoZ book & it also fits the #PopSugar category of #BookAboutADifficultTopic Figured I'd get one of the serious books done while I'm in a good headspace & can follow it up with something happier.Oh,and I'm also doing #hpchapteraday
