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The Poet X
The Poet X | Elizabeth Acevedo
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sarahgreatlove
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Wowwwwwww. Glad I finally picked this up! What a great book. And the first to make me cry in a long long while. Not because of sad bits necessarily just the way the meaning hits you. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

mcctrish This was great on audio 2mo
sarahgreatlove @mcctrish yes! I forgot to mention that. Narrated by the author too 😻 2mo
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Magutierrez_15
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This is a story of a daughter of immigrants and how she navigates the ideals thrust onto her by her family and the world. Written in spoken word, Acevedo touch‘s on many topics many can relate to. I definitely will be recommending this book and am looking forward to reading more by this author. #review

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wanderinglynn
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Soft pick because I have mixed feelings. She expresses so much in so few words. Her poetry was brilliant with simple lines full of angst, hope, despair, love—all the things that fuel a teenage girl. But I also felt only poetry limited the story, & so all the characters are all caricatures, instead of fleshed out & developed characters.

I can see why this was an award winner. A powerful read, especially for its target demographic.

wanderinglynn Book 9 #summerreadingchallenge (poetry collection) 6mo
Sace Have you read Bronx Masquerade? I read it around the same time as Poet X and I liked it more. Granted it‘s been a while since then. 6mo
Sace PS I did both as audiobooks so it might have just been a matter of who read them. 6mo
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wanderinglynn @Sace no, I haven‘t. I‘ll have to check it out. Thanks! 6mo
JenDR I recently read Clap When You Land on audio. I really enjoyed it. I felt like I really understood both girls by the end. 6mo
wanderinglynn @JenDR thanks for the recommendation 😀 6mo
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sci6344e24_hof
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J'ai beaucoup aimé ce livre dont l'héroïne est flamboyante, touchante, et d'un verbe acéré. Le style d'écriture - du slam - est visible dans la façon dont le texte est tronqué, en vers mais aussi en plein milieu d'une ligne parfois, et décalé par rapport au format habituel. J'ai aussi écouté l'autrice en lire un extrait et je l'ai trouvé encore plus puissant que lorsque je l'avais lu silencieusement.

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Gissy
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Eggs Love E. A.❤️❤️ 8mo
Pogue This was such a good book. 8mo
Suet624 I've read and listened to this twice. So good. 7mo
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Brooke_H
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The library‘s display for National Poetry Month is so cute!

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shortsarahrose
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Thanks for the tag @dabbe
1. The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
2. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
2. The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante (My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name, Those who Leave and Those who Stay, and The Story of the Lost Child)

dabbe I'm making a list, and checking it twice. Gonna share with all whether they're naughty or nice! 😂 Thanks for sharing. 💚💙💚 9mo
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Bookzombie
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#12Booksof2023 #February

I read and listened to this one at the same time. Such a good book!

Andrew65 A popular book. 12mo
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Robotswithpersonality
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Full points for garnering an emotional reaction! So many things covered that make me angry and feel hard to forgive: misogyny, abuse, religious indoctrination. Xiomara handles it with more grace than I think I could muster. I appreciate the harmony evoked by the chosen ending, that it is probably a healthier way to resolve the issues covered, but Acevedo was so skilled in getting me steamed up I'm finding it hard to cool down.

Robotswithpersonality I appreciate the strong feminist element, questioning sexualization of teen girls, body image, gender norms. 13mo
Robotswithpersonality ⚠️ Fatphobia, child abuse, misogyny (internalized?), street harrassment/SA, homophobia 13mo
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Robotswithpersonality
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Robotswithpersonality
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'Twould be nigh impossible to be as eloquent as this character, so I think I'll settle for being angry on her behalf. 😤

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jenniferw88
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Wanted to have read at least one book by the author before I see her on 8th October in Cheltenham with Samantha Shannon. It won't be my last, as I was getting emotional at the end, even though the mother infuriated me.

#booked2023 #quietya @Cinfhen @alisiakae @BarbaraTheBibliophage

Suet624 That‘s a perfect book to start with. I think it‘s her best. 1y
Cinfhen Sounds like an amazing event!!! She‘s such a great writer - I loved this one - 1y
AnnCrystal 🤩👏👍. 1y
AbigailJaneBlog My fave is Clap When You Land - listen to the audiobook it's 👌👌👌 1y
LeeRHarry This still remains my fave by this author - enjoy the event! 😊 1y
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AshRaye
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I really struggle to rate this one. I think it was written beautifully and the author has a magnificent talent to weave together a story through poems. Listening to the audiobook really brought the story to life, but I feel like it was trying to deal with too many topics at once. Some of them didn't quite get the resolution I felt they needed.

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Victoriahoperose
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This is so different than any book I‘ve ever read before. The entire book is written in poems, but still had a plot to follow. The writing is beautiful and meaningful and I loved every bit of it. It‘s a super quick read because of the format. I really loved how the author captured the story by using poetry as the unifying theme.

Suet624 I‘ve read this twice and listened to it once. Loved it. 1y
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LiteraryinPA
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I picked up this beautiful edition from Commonplace Reader yesterday and flew through it. I‘ve read Acevedo‘s more recent books but somehow had never read this one. It was powerful and lyrical as expected!

RaeLovesToRead KITTIES!!!! 🥰🥰 1y
BekaReid This one remains my favorite Elizabeth Acevedo! 1y
Leftcoastzen 😻😻 1y
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reading.rainb0w
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When I was a kid, I wanted to be a fiction writer when I grew up. When that dream died, I wrote poetry as a way of clinging on. I don't write fiction now. I don't write poems anymore either. Maybe the teen anguish I so desperately needed to release through written word has passed, but this book had me yearning to express myself through writing again, even if I am the only one that reads it. Haiku reviews may become a thing once more. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

SamAnne All the hearts. 2y
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DivineDiana
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I loved this uplifting story of a young woman from the Dominican Republic who finds herself through her love of poetry. It‘s YA, but this mature reader felt all the feels for X and her struggles.The themes of questioning religion(Catholicism) and mother/ daughter conflict spoke to me.Thank you Litsy for bringing this to my attention! Thank you #booked2023 for including the prompt #quietyabook.
I listened to the audio which was wonderful!

DivineDiana Photo of the author. #ineedtogotoapoetryslam 2y
SamAnne I don‘t read much YA and I absolutely loved this spoken word novel! It gives me the feels that there is literature like this out in the universe for YA. 2y
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Texreader How wonderful!! 2y
Bookzombie Great review! The questioning of religion really spoke to me in this one as well. Loved it! 2y
DivineDiana @Bookzombie Thank you. It surprised me how much I liked it! ❤️ 2y
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My new audio read.

SamAnne And so beautiful on audio! 2y
DivineDiana @SamAnne It really is! I wish I also had the book so that I could see how the words are arranged on the page. 2y
SamAnne @DivineDiana I got the book from the library and switched back and forth a bit, and then mostly listened. It was a great way to do the book. 2y
Suet624 I liked the paper version a lot. The audio was good but I loved seeing it in print. 2y
DivineDiana @SamAnne @Suet624 I need to request a print copy as well. ❤️ 2y
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SamAnne
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I rarely read YA but this was so beautiful and unexpected. A coming of age story without the tired tropes. Agree with others that this is one to listen to or in conjunction with print. The author is a poetry slam national winner and this is definitely a spoken word novel! My late read for #FoodAndLit, Dominican Republic.

TheBookHippie All her books are so so good! 2y
KathyWheeler I loved this book so much! 2y
AnnR Nice review! 🙂 I had a similar reaction to Acevedo's prose, which was completely unexpected. 2y
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LeshaMac
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Thank you so much @CaliforniaCay I love everything ❣️ @Chelleo thanks for another year of #blitsyswap #blitsy

Chelleo Ok, that tshirt is too cute!! 2y
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Bookzombie
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@shortsarahrose Thank you so much for picking this book for the #12challenge as it has languished on my TBR for too long. This was fantastic. I listened to the author narrated audio and read along with the book and highly recommend hearing Acevedo read her words. I loved it. #Booked2023 #QuietYA

shortsarahrose I‘m so glad you liked this! I read it for a YA lit class last year and have been recommending it to everyone since. 2y
Bookzombie @shortsarahrose It was so good! Thank you again for picking it! 🙂 2y
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Tea_and_Starstuff
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Listened to this in the audio, *amazing*! The author/narrator is a spoken-word poet, and the book is a novel in verse. The two combine in amazing ways.

This coming of age story felt so real I kept thinking it was an autobiography. The language put me in the POV character's mind, body, and emotions. It was a powerful story of becoming, and all the jagged, painful ways the world tries to contain and control girls becoming women. (cont..)

Tea_and_Starstuff One thing I particularly enjoyed was how X's anger was shown to be protective, and needed. Anger's so often maligned, it was good to see an author that understands how it can be healing.

I found myself, while reading it, thinking of Somebody's Daughter. I'm glad I read them close together, I found a lot of parallels between the two texts - one memoir, one fiction, both stories of abuse, healing, connections, and growing.
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Karisimo Yes! If you haven‘t listened to Elizabeth Acevedo, you haven‘t fully experienced her books! I read both of these books but far apart so I didn‘t make the connection, but that‘s interesting! 2y
Tea_and_Starstuff @Karisimo you're so right! This was actually my first by her - have you got recs for any others? 2y
Karisimo @Tea_and_Starstuff I really liked With the Fire on High as well! 2y
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Gissy
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What can I say about this author? I love all her books. Another powerful story about family, religion, beliefs, cultural traditions, identity, personal growing, forgiveness, love, friendship, brother-sister relation, second opportunities in a concise way, in few pages. I really enjoyed also the audiobook because she is the narrator. My edition has a letter from the author and the book has some annotations also by the author.
❤️4.5⭐️

megnews I love her too. 2y
Gissy #Foodandlit2023 (February-Dominican Republic) @Catsandbooks @Texreader Well I will say that where I go to do my nails, she is Dominican and her coffee ☕️ is out of this world. She is always offering me something that she cook. So I tasted something from this country to cover that part☺️

GR #ATY2023 prompt #2

#BookSpinBingo (#3) @TheAromaOfBooks

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackAuthor

5th and last book read during #FabulousFebruary @Andrew65
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Gissy @megnews Her writing style is so beautiful and the topics are so powerful 2y
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IuliaC Beautiful! I enjoyed this 2y
Gissy @IuliaC Yes!❤️ 2y
Catsandbooks That edition with notes is awesome!! And so fun at the nail place! 🇩🇴 2y
Gissy @Catsandbooks Yes! She is amazing, I have tried to make the coffee the same way as she makes it but no way, never is the same🤷🏽‍♀️there is a Dominican secret in that coffee ☕️ 😋I tasted hot cereal made by her and it is soooo goood with chocolate. Arroz con pollo is a common plate in our cuisine but they use other ingredients and it is delicious too. Mmm. Are you from Dominican Republic? 2y
Catsandbooks @Gissy that all sounds great!! I am not from DR. I'm from the US and unfortunately have not had a chance to travel outside the US either. One day 🤞🏼That's one reason I love and host #FoodandLit is because I get to travel through books and food! 2y
Gissy @Catsandbooks Great idea! I ordered a book by an author from Uganda, the country you chose for January. It haven‘t arrive yet but I think this is a wonderful idea to explore the country at least through online and know new authors from other countries. 2y
Andrew65 Brilliant, well done and thanks for playing along 👏👏👏🙌🥳🍾🥂😍 2y
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Bookwormjillk
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This was an excellent audiobook read by the author. In just a few hours she covers religion, immigration, first generation Americans, romance, parent child relationships, and so much more. #FoodAndLit

Catsandbooks Glad you enjoyed it! 🇩🇴 2y
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ElizaMarie
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I really enjoyed this one :) loved it being read by the author and just all that raw emotion of it :) thank you
#FoodAndLit for the recommendations of this :) Picture of the children being lazy.

@CatsAndBooks
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dabbe Da kitty looks ready to rumble! ❣️🐾❣️ 2y
ElizaMarie @dabbe haha yes! He is our newest addition and we are all trying to figure out how to deal with his energy! 2y
Catsandbooks That's a pile of cute!! ❤️ happy you liked the book! 🇩🇴 2y
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ElizaMarie
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Started to listen to this one for #FoodAndLit 💥 it‘s pretty powerful so far. I‘m really enjoying the audio of this :)

@CatsAndBooks
@Texreader

TheBookHippie All her books are so good! 2y
ElizaMarie @TheBookHippie I am loving it. Especially hearing the author read it herself! So, the part about the tampons and her mother... really hit something in me. My momma is Mexican-American and she had very similar thoughts on tampons, I mean, my father (Anglo) was able to explain to her things, which as a young teen girl (first born) it was mortifying! 2y
TheBookHippie @ElizaMarie My mom was similar!!! 👀😵‍💫 2y
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ElizaMarie @TheBookHippie Do you know if she does more Spanish in her other books? So far (I am 32% in), I want more Spanish! 2y
TheBookHippie @ElizaMarie El ingrediente secreto de Emoni Santiago (Spanish Edition) https://a.co/d/cnE9SWo I believe most of her books are published in Spanish. She has a new one coming in August. 2y
Catsandbooks I liked this one! So glad you're enjoying it! 🇩🇴 2y
ElizaMarie @TheBookHippie ooooo thanks!!! 2y
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Lunakay
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Uuuh, I loved it, very powerful and brilliantly performed by the author! I liked the mix between Spanish and English, underlining differences between the generations and emphasising emotion.

First dive into the Dominican Republic for #foodandlit 🇩🇴

@Texreader @Catsandbooks

ElizaMarie I was thinking this would be my pic for this month too
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Lunakay @ElizaMarie sounds great, enjoy! :) 2y
Catsandbooks So happy you enjoyed it! 🇩🇴 2y
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Clwojick
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I‘ve always heard such brilliant things about this book, and it did not disappoint. I‘ve previously read Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo, and loved it, so I can‘t believe it took me this long to get to it. I finally picked it up for this months #FoodandLit, and plan to also read With the Fire On High by the same author.

IndoorDame I think this one is my favorite of hers! 2y
Amabear I love this one. I lost it mid read but I‘ll pick it back up when I unpack my books again! 2y
Bklover I loved both of those too! 2y
Catsandbooks So happy you loved it! 🇩🇴 2y
Enchanted_Bibliophile This is one of my favourite Audiobooks! I've listened to it multiple times. 😍 2y
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jenn0889
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Wonderful audiobook read by the author.

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peanutnine
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This book was packed full with so many emotions. I don't often read poetry or books in verse but this one just captured my attention from the start. I listened to the audio, which is read by the author and really makes the poetry come to life. This book really helps you understand the power of poetry & expressing love and despair and confusion. You can't help but empathize with Xiomara and her struggles with expectations, from her family & society

peanutnine Another great #AuldLangSpine pick @shortsarahrose - thanks for giving me the incentive to finally read it! @monalyisha 2y
peanutnine Three colors crossed off for the #Pantone2023 challenge @Clwojick 2y
peanutnine #ReadySetRead2023 author's last name starts with A / face on the cover / a genre you rarely read @Clwojick 2y
shortsarahrose Yay! Great review. 2y
Clwojick Way to go! 💗 2y
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steph_phanie
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I listened to this audiobook on my drive back to Texas today, and WOW! It was powerful. I highly recommend the audiobook because it is read by the author herself. There were times I was in tears. Growing up is hard, and this novel captures it so beautifully.

I could relate to being brought up in the Catholic church and feeling at odds with its teachings, as well as to having a strict mother and a brother whom you want to protect.

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CaliforniaCay
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I loved this quick read, written in verse and narrated by the author. The main character is a Dominican teen who is used to getting looks from guys for her curves but not used to interacting with them in any physical way that doesn't involve fighting. Xiomara struggles with her faith, her relationship with her mom, her first romance, and finding her voice. I would recommend the audio over print to hear the rhythm and emotion in the author's voice.

Readergrrl I just finished teaching a poetry unit using living poets. I used this novel and then paired it with poetry from everyone from Clint Smith to Ada Limon to Nate Marshall. We both read Poet X and listened to excerpts. Fantastic!! 2y
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ChaoticMissAdventures
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#manicMonday #letterP @CBee @Librariana

📚 Poet X; Piranesi, Persuasion
✍️ Ann Patchett
🍿 Pride and Prejudice (2005)
🎤 Danielle Ponder 😍
🎶 Praying (Ke$ha)

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#manicmonday

📖 The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
✍️ Patricia Polacco
🎬 Poltergeist, The Princess Bride, Pride & Prejudice, Pan's Labyrinth, Pirates of the Caribbean, Practical Magic
🎤 Panic at the Disco, Pentatonix, Phil Collins, Pink Floyd, Proyecto Uno, Prince Royce, Prince, Pink
🎶 Phantom of the Opera, Perdoname by La Factoria, Purple Rain by Prince, Propuesta Indecente by Romeo Santos, Please Forgive Me by Bryan Adams

#LetterP
@CBee

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Adventures_of_a_French_Reader
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Second reading, same rating. Tomorrow, my bookclub is meeting to discuss this book. Unfortunately, I won't be able to attend because I'm sick :(
I'm quite impressed by how well the author managed to build a narrative from poems. Realistic coming-of-age story with some strong emotions.

Jas16 Hope you feel better soon 2y
Adventures_of_a_French_Reader @Jas16 Thanks! It's just a sinus infection, but it's soo annoying. 2y
kspenmoll Feel better soon! 2y
Suet624 I‘ve read and listened to this book several times. Love it. 2y
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LiteraryNib
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Elizabeth Acevedo utilizes the interesting and scarcely used literary devices anaphora and enjambment to successfully carry the introspective plot. The Oxford Dictionary says that anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses, and that Enjambment is the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of the line. Both of these techniques give this novel a powerful emotional punch.

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Rachiiebookdragon
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This book was just great and had me getting teared up towards the end, I know it‘s fictional but this poor girl and her twin go through so much - no spoilers 🙊

4.5/5

Read for:

#TheDisneyReadingChallenge2022
#PopSugarReadingChallenge2020

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SleepyDragon
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Kinda cheating, but ... #LetterX is a prominent part of the title, so I'm going with it.

I've never read a modern novel in verse before, and it is definitely a genre I want to explore more.

This one had a way of drawing you in even if you couldn't exactly relate personally to the protagonist's situation.

#Alphabetgame

Suet624 Loved this book. 2y
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Allylu
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I cheated a little on this one. #LetterX #AlphabetGame @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Andrew65 The most difficult letter! 2y
LeeRHarry I just did this too 😆 2y
Eggs Thanks for tag ❤️❤️ 2y
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Like everyone else, the only book I can think of for #LetterX is this one. Luckily, it's fantastic and deserving of all the love it will get today. #Alphabetgame @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Cinfhen So clever 🙌🏻🧡 2y
bookandbedandtea @Cinfhen Thank you! 💜 2y
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Karisimo
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If you haven‘t listened to Elizabeth Acevedo read her own books, you haven‘t fully experienced this #letterX and also her second work With the Fire on High!

#AlphabetGame
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

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Zuhkeeyah
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Everyone should experience this book. It is not an idle read. No. These words stomp across the page. They carry whispers of buried hopes. These words are alive with passion and full of dreams. Poet X breathes every word into life as she discovers how to fight for her own.

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TheSpineView
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PageShifter I have read this 😀 3y
TheSpineView @PageShifter It's on my list! Have heard good things! 3y
PageShifter 👍 I hope you'll enjoy 💞 3y
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Eggs @TheSpineView It is amazing/awesome 🫶🏻 3y
Blaire It‘s great. Also really good on audio! 2y
TheSpineView @Eggs 🤩🌞📖 2y
TheSpineView @Blaire Good to know! 2y
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SanjanaGhosh
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I lost this book midway 6 months back. Found it in the storeroom today randomly, and finished it in one sitting. So happy about it!!

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Bookish_Gal
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The power of words. Being quiet outside doesn‘t mean you‘re quiet inside. Words bounce around a lot in Xiomara. While I don‘t understand her life, I can feel her desire to let loose. To find her freedoms. Through her journals; her lifeline. That‘s the power of words. Xiomara gets better in standing up from her fists to her words. This growth is amazingly written. She questions it all
Book being written this way helps tell story. Used book

slategreyskies I loved this book!! 3y
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kricheal
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Absolutely loved this.

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