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I'm a little late (it's already Friday🙃) but here it's my list.. thanks again to @BeeCurious for the tag and @dabbe for the game 💚 #TLT

In no particular order
📚How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
📚The Giver by Lois Lowry
📚Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
(Special mention to the classics: Little Women, Jane Eyre and Anne of Green Gables)

Next physical book. I have owned this copy for years and years. Not sure how much I really want to read it but will find out now I suppose.

#alphabetgame
#letterH

I couldn't pick just one, so today I have 2 winners (or 5, with all 4 volumes of the series!) 😅
@alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I didn't expect much of this book, I only read it because it is part one of my 2022 challenges. But Rosoff surprised me. I soon couldn't wait to continue reading, even though the author adds a bit too many topics into the book. Therefore, she can't really get deep enough into each single one. But reading this story right now just fits. The writing style is a silent, slow one, thoughtful, kind. One to slowly catch you and drag you into the story.

After DNF-ing my book for #TurnUptheBooks I wanted to draw a new one, since it's still early in the month 😄 Deezer said: Boom Clap by Charli XCX and while listening to the song, Meg Rosoffs How I Live Now came to my mind. It might be a little cheating here, since I've already started the book, but I also already cleaned out my TBR before, I hope that's ok for now.

@AkashaVampie

Daisy is sent away to England in the midst of a war.

Not sure if I liked the book or not. Very questionable romance.

#CoronaBreak Book 3! I‘m struggling with this one. On one hand, I couldn‘t put it down (I read it in two sittings, only pausing for dinner), but on the other hand... there was a major plot line that was really difficult for me to be okay with. I will say that it is artistically written, although you don‘t really get that until the end. All things considered, it made me think, and I never regret reading a book that makes me think!

When Daisy arrives in England to stay with family she‘s never met, she learns there is something a little different about them. She easily falls into a sense of belonging more than she ever did in New York, and finds herself in love. But then Britain is invaded by an unknown enemy. At first nothing changes, but then food begins to be rationed, the farm is sequestered, the family is separated, and nothing will ever be the same.

One of my favourites from my early teenage years. A raw and real story even with fantastical aspects.

Had my book in the ER last night while sitting with my mother-in-law. Long afternoon and evening and finished my book. Now am in her hospital room and forgot my next one in the car. Also, dementia is a bitch.

Book 2: #newyearwhodis
Overall, I enjoyed this book but there were a few issues with it. The main character, Daisy, is sent to spend the summer with her cousins on their farm in the English countryside. Her aunt goes away for a few days for business, but then a war breaks out and Daisy and her cousins are left on their own.

Daisy romanticizes her eating disorder through all the other trials they endure and I found that a bit jarring. 👇🏻

“If you haven't been in a war and are wondering how long it takes to get used to losing everything you think you need or love, I can tell you the answer is no time at all.”

#FavoriteQuotesFriday @Slajaunie
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I read this in two days, which is unusual for me. Because I couldn't put it down I'm calling it a pick, but I'm still unsure how I feel about it. The ending was satisfying.

I didn‘t like anything about this book. The writing style was irritating, the characters were lifeless shells, and no matter how hard I tried I just didn‘t care. It‘s a short read but it feels unbearably long and is overall very forgettable

Book Haul Picture #2 from Word On The Street - my used book purchases totalled $7

Meh. Don't see what all the fuss is about. Thought it was kinda boring. If I'd been reading it in print instead of listening to the audiobook I'd've ditched it.

I read my first ever war story How I Live Now. I can not tell you how controversial this read was for me. It was so ugh I do not know how I felt about this book! There are just parts I absolutely hated, but then others that I had so much appreciation and awe for.

Today's #bookhaul from the #SalvationArmy $2.49

One of my all time favourite summer books is this one - How I live now. The writing is absolutely wonderful and I love the fact that it's set in the UK *noot noot* all aboard the patriotic train 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

This is a dystopian young adult novel with some older themes, but it's written in a PG-13 manor so it's a good read for young teens.

It's really summery and I read it every year, please everyone read it!
Also the movie is very good

For the most part I can't really connect with the narrator in this book, but there are parts where I chuckle in agreement.

🐏🐏🐏🐏 This was a pretty good book. It wasn't what I was expecting but I don't really know what I was expecting. It was a bit squicky with the whole cousin love plot but overall it was a good story.

I forgot to take a picture of the book before I returned it to the library so please enjoy this Google image.

#currentlyreading #audiobook One of my classmates talked up this book in our YA class and it really caught my attention. Of course, that was a couple months ago, and I've since forgotten everything about it. We'll see how it goes!

To be honest it took me a few chapters to like this one.. I had difficulty with the style if writing.. then I relaxed and just went with the flow.. it's an amazing story of survival. Loved the very flawed main character.

Get that tissue box ready. This story is going to make you cry.

I read this weird, wonderful book for an adolescent lit class in college. I fell in love with the narrator's voice. #MinimalisticCovers

"It's a shame, starting out your first day on the planet as a murderer, but there you go. I didn't have much choice at the time."

This was a very good book written unlike anything I've ever read. It was hard to connect with the main character, Daisy, but I absolutely adore some of the others. I would rate this 4.5/5 stars.

ALMA-prisvinnaren Meg Rosoffs roman om amerikanska Daisy som flyttar till sina kusiner i England. Sedan kommer kriget ...