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I picked this up many months ago and wasn't in the right place for what I had heard I would encounter (lot's of tears). Time has passed and I'm so ready to partake of this beautiful story... here it goes.

So good. I know the ending wasn‘t a twist, but this book was very good from beginning to end. Didn‘t love the Stuart plot line, but still. ❤️

Amazing book!!!!! Not gonna lie cried like a baby😬😬10/10 recommend

Samantha is a senior in high school. She is graduating at the top of her class and has her life planned out. Then she gets a genetic disorder that is slowly taking away her memories. She decides to write down all her memories in a book for her future self so she can remember her life. She also finds out his disorder could kill her. She learns how to live her life with this disorder. This was an emotional book.

This the author, Lara Avery from Minneapolis.
She's my new fave YA author. MC Samantha McCoy is diagnosed with Niemann -Pick type C in her senior year.; a genetic disease leading to dementia, memory loss, seizures. So she begins a Memory Book...

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I wish all the Littens a Happy Easter 🐣!
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This book destroyed me emotionally. Actually a lot of books do. But this one... It was amazing. The last few chapters really stuck with me, even months after I read it. It was a great book and I loved it. #wow #notthathappy #reread

'Sometimes life is really terrible. Sometimes life gives you a weird disease. Sometimes life is really good, but never in a simple sort of way.'

This book has been sitting on my TBR pile for ages 😳 One day I will definitely read it!

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Contemporary's not my go-to, and I probably wouldn't have even looked twice at this book had it not been a @ForeverYoungAdult book club pick. An ambitious high schooler with big plans for her future finds out she has a rare disease that will eventually cause her to lose her memory, so she writes about her life for her future self to read. It's a bit predictable and tropey, but the main character's voice is so refreshing that I didn't mind.

Lara Avery's YA contemporary "sick fic" novel is a slick read with a good first person voice but I never connected with Sam and had difficulty believing in her reaction to her disease while the inevitable YA love triangle is both heavily telegraphed and has an icky vibe given the symptoms of NPC and I also didn't like the sentiment that Sam's ambition had made her selfish and was in some way a bad thing.

Memory, identity, and an unplanned future are at the forefront of this touching #ya novel.

Just...beautiful. Joyous. Uplifting. And so, so sad. Seriously, don't read the last third of this book in public.

Half way through and hoping it has a happy ending though I have a feeling it doesn't . Update: was a happy/sad ending and I definitely cried

When choosing this book I opened to a random page and was hooked! Such a sad yet beautiful story! So many relatable things as a teenager reading this. I would recommend it to a friend

A perfect Saturday night: reading in bed, mango-grapefruit candle lit, a/c on. Yes, @WanderingBookaneer and I are quiet, bookish folk 😊💜

Sammie has HCP, basically dementia as a teenager. She writes a memory book to her future self.

"Life is not just a series of triumphs."
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The 2017 MN Book Award Winner for YA, this tells the story of Sammie who receives a death sentence diagnosis before she even really begins to live; one that before it takes her life will take her mind. Told in journal format to help Sammie remember, we walk through her journey from feeling fine to first love to her final days. Evocative of A Walk to Remember, this is less saccharine but no less heartbreaking. Highly recommended. #readlocal #mnba

“I need you to be the manifestation of the person I know I will be.”

“If you're reading this, you're probably wondering who you are.”
A great first line 📖

Sammie is her class valedictorian. She is heading to NYU in the fall on scholarship. After graduation she is going to change the world. First she needs to conquer the terminal illness causing her to lose her memory. This is the book she writes to help herself remember. I am not ashamed to admit that I ugly cried. Twice.

Lol. My kind of teenage make out list (the character who wrote this is a senior in high school).

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Such an easy book to read. I was drawn to the concept of a young girl who has been diagnosed with a rare disease and writes a sort of journal for her future self to read and remember her life. It was cute and sad and sometimes funny, but I just felt it could of been executed better.

I usually roll my eyes throughout hearttugging sick lit YA books, but this is better than most. The characters are well-developed and likable and the story moves along well. For libraries where YA contemporary sick-lit books are popular, this is sure to appeal and please. As a reviewer, not among my fave realistic novels this year but worth the read #bookstagram #books #reading #bookreview #yabooks #youngadultbooks #booklover #bookworm #booknerd

This was such a wonderful, beautiful, heartbreaking read. Sammie, our narrator, is writing the memory book for herself. Essentially, we are reading her thoughts and memories as she slowly deteriorates from Neimann-Pick. It was the perfect format for this kind of story. I love all of the characters. Many feels. FYI: Keep tissues handy.

Highly recommend! http://wp.me/p7p5hb-sC

Lara was delightful and totally sold me on her tear-jerker of a book! #heartlandfallforum #midwestbookshow

"They tell me that my memory will never be the same, that I'll start forgetting things. At first just a little, and then a lot. So I'm writing to remember."

Sammie was always a girl with a plan: graduate and get out of her small town as soon as possible. Nothing will stand in her way--not even a rare genetic disorder the doctors say will slowly start to steal her memories and then her health.

#TBR ??

I read this for a Mock Printz group I belong to on Goodreads. Very interesting concept with a nice dose of sweetness abc ugly cry.

Good read today. Very real look at facing your death for a teen.

As a mom of a teen, those last pages were tough to read without losing it. This book takes you thru the journey of a girl gracefully learning how to experience life on the eve of a terminal disease. Captured in quirky entries, the reader is immersed in Sammie's life choices, celebrations, and losses. Highly recommended.

30 pages in and I can tell I'm going to take this book down this weekend. So much for catching up on work.

"No I am not okay. I just finished this book and..." *dying whale noise* I say as tears run down my face in the middle of science class

My children are gone this afternoon and my husband is at work. Shhhhh! Don't tell them this is what I'm doing while I'm home alone.

"A beautiful read" ... The Memory Book by Lara Avery

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One of the saddest, but most powerful books I've ever read.

I am absolutely loving #TheMemoryBook by Lara Avery so far. It's already so emotional, and I just know that there's more to come.