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4.5 ⭐️
I thought this book was beautiful and emotionally deep. Walking through the treatment center with all the characters was heartbreaking and yet relatable. Very seldom do we speak about ED and the demons that come with it. Beautifully devastating.

Finally branched out and made my own reading timeline design.. I have to say I‘m a pretty big fan 😉😊

Last: The Chase by Elle Kennedy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Current: Paper Weight by Meg Haston
Next: The Risk by Elle Kennedy

Reading while on break 🥰

“We are a collection of lost causes, stashed here so no one has to see just how wounded we are.”

This book was an insightful journey of a young girl dealing with personal loss and an eating disorder. Definitely something new for me to read. Though there were some things left unanswered, it was a good, quick read.

This book was fantastic. It was a bit confusing at first, but then everything fell into pace.

Promise was like a precious stone, she told me: hypnotizing, but after a while the weight of it could sink you.

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Starting this tonight.

This book is about a girl, who is committed to a treatment facility because she suffers from anorexia. An eating disorder that can and often kills its sufferers. Stevie doesn't care about dying, in fact, she plans on it.

If a book is going to include mental illness in its plot, I believe it should be held accountable for realistically portraying that illness. Haston did a great job doing just that with this novel whose main character has anorexia. My only complaint is that the major secret was held so long and when revealed felt anticlimactic as a result.

4/5 stars

This book was amazing. It's almost 2 in the morning and I should sleep but I want to listen to new books.

Starting this, hope it‘s good!

A well-written story about fighting with an eating disorder. Some parts of it made me cry.

Paperweight is a hard-hitting contemporary YA that looks at eating disorders, toxic friendships and grief. Although it was a very difficult book for me to read, I'm glad that I did as it had an amazing depiction of therapy and recovery.

#mentalhealth #youngadult #YA

I really liked this book for a lot of reasons. It reminded me a little bit of Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson. It dove deep into the topic of bulimia which I feel is something that isn‘t really brought up enough in Young Adult literature. But, the story didn‘t just center around the eating disorder, it also takes the reader through feelings of loss, guilt, self hatred, and so much more. I thought this was a great YA pick!

A love song to all the girls in this book & those that struggle with this in life. #ScarsToYouBeautiful #TuneIntoNovember

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Getting a start on this audiobook tonight. 💙 Have any of my fellow Littens read it?

Stevie está atrapada en su vida, en su cuerpo. Y ahora, en un centro de rehabilitación para jóvenes con problemas alimenticios. Pero lo que es aún peor, está atrapada en el pasado.
A 27 días de que se cumpla un año de la muerte de hermano, todo en su vida parece empeorar. Pero, tal vez, en 27 días pueda solucionar las cosas. Tal vez, en 27 días pueda quitarse ese gran peso que la acompaña a todas partes y así terminar con todo...⭐️⭐️⭐️

It's so weird that it's also July 4th in the book I started.

The main character definitely grew on me & I loved how she developed. However since I prefer plot driven books, I ended up giving it 3/5 ⭐️'s.

I am so behind on this but idc!!! day 1: Shelfie - mine is so bare in comparison to others, I'm growing my collection slowly but student life is hard 😂 also I have some at home as I couldn't bring them all to university with me! #riotgram

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A very real depiction of what it is like to push through and overcome bulimia

At the bookstore yesterday! 💕

Wow this was a difficult book to read. Stevie is seventeen and has an eating disorder. Being in her mind is pretty uncomfortable. It is sad to see the way she perceives herself. It was so beautifully written and a really, really good book. But difficult. #boutofbooks

Chilly windy Saturday reading

Ugh!!! The ending...📖📖 😞

3.5 ⭐️

This was my first Meg Haston book and I was just unimpressed. It felt really unrealistic and repetitive. I'll try more of her writing but I don't think I'll reach to reread this one. Full review at https://howlinglibraries.wordpress.com/2017/03/29/paperweight/

"We are all a collection of lost causes, stashed here so no one has to see just how wounded we are."

This is so accurate I can't believe.

Staying up to read a (so far) mediocre book. Hmmm... Questionable choices! 😒 This is by far the best quote.

Because lately I can't read just one book at a time. On sale on Kindle for $1.99 today!

A really emotionally raw and heavy book, but quite the page turner for me. Haston is able to put you in Stevie's shoes as you go through her journey with her and her writing lets allows the reader to understand the Stevie and her eating-disorder in a very honest and real way. I really loved it.

Really love taking off sleeves to find its just as beautiful on the cover. Really gripping story so far, an urgency on every page. I'm finding it hard to put it down without thinking about it & wanting to go back to reading it.

Picked my next book! Nice epigraph:
'The art of losing's not too hard to master
though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.'
- Elizabeth Bishop, "One Art"

Reviewed by Thalia https://goo.gl/Gb72CK

My most recent five-star read. An outstanding story from beginning to end.