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Orbiting Jupiter | Gary D. Schmidt
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Orbiting Jupiter, by Gary D. Schmidt (2015)
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Premise: A rural family takes in a teenager prematurely matured by a series of tragic events.

Review: I can‘t say enough about this wonderful (older middle grade) book about the grace of second chances. ⬇️

Mattsbookaday It‘s a hard read in a number of places, but in the good way that a lot of great juvenile fiction is. Your heart just goes out so much for this kid who simply has no way to make things right. Heartbreaking in the best way.

Bookish Pair: Wolf Hollow, by Lauren Volk (2016).
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Reggie
The Haunting of Velkwood | Gwendolyn Kiste
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Ughhhh. This had so much potential. Talitha Velkwood still reeling from a tragic event 20 yrs ago gets an offer to go back to her haunted street she left. That piece of haunted street that exists in its own reality separate from our own. One only Talitha and 2 other girls can enter. It could have used more characterization, I‘m not a fan of going back and forth between places where nothing really happens or gets moved forward. I did like her 👇🏼

Reggie writing ability to write about and around something without giving it away but that got old real quick. I would like a lesbian to tell me what they think about this book. Loved the ending but didn‘t enjoy the journey. Mehhh 5d
sarahbarnes This definitely sounds intriguing. Sorry it sounds like it fell short for you. 5d
Reggie @sarahbarnes AND it won the Bram Stoker award for best novel this year!!! thank you, Sarah. 5d
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LeahBergen Oh, too bad! 5d
Suet624 It‘s even more disappointing considering it won the award for this year. 5d
Reggie @LeahBergen it probably didn‘t help that I listened on audio and the girl reading it was fully embodying the character sounding depressed and on Xanax or something. And it was a bright sunshine day and I‘m on vacation. But rainy day Reggie still would have thought meh. lol 4d
Reggie @Suet624 sometimes Denzel wins the Oscar when you want it to go to Russel and sometimes Russell wins the Oscar‘s when you want it to go to Denzel. 🤷🏽‍♂️ 4d
Centique I love your comment about what rainy day Reggie would have thought 😝 4d
LeahBergen 😆 4d
stretchkev Yeah this was something I gave up on, thought maybe too early. Now i don't feel so bad.

The Bram Stocker has been kind of meh this year.
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Reggie @stretchkev you made the right choice. It was a soft sapphic love story dressed up in a weak, weak, story. I haven‘t read the rest of the nominees. But my hopes aren‘t high after this. 2d
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Staci
Eleanor and Park | Rainbow Rowell
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Mehso-so

This was a cute story of unexpected romance between two misfits.

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mcctrish
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My reading corner has a beautiful addition ❤️ thank you @dabbe for thinking of me. What a beautiful and thoughtful gift for my birthday 🥰 Litsy has brought me such a wonderful community of readers and friends, I‘m grateful every day

Aims42 Love it!! 😍 7d
Chrissyreadit Gorgeous! Happy Birthday! 7d
CSeydel Happy birthday! 7d
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful photo 💛 happy birthday 🎊 7d
dabbe I thought it would look good there! It's a reminder to you to slow down once in a while in that lovely spot. HB, m'dear. 🩵🩵🩵 7d
ShelleyBooksie Beautiful!! 7d
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🥳 Happy Birthday 🎂⏳⌛⏳🎁💝. 6d
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Fladderstrumpa
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Gripande.

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jdiehr
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Why wasn't I warned that I would need book 2 right next to me the moment I finished book 1??

A YA romance between the school's star rugby player and the new girl who is bullied and abused.

TheLudicReader Right? That was exactly my reaction. 1w
AnnCrystal 🤩🌸💝. 1w
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LeafingThroughLife
Lock and Key | Sarah Dessen
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Sarah Dessen has a formula: lost, vulnerable female narrators learning how to love and be loved. The formula works so well on me. When Ruby‘s mom disappears, she finds herself living with the sister she thought had abandoned her. As she tries to settle into private school, new friendships, and an idyllic life with her sister and brother-in-law, she can‘t help but feel out of place and as if her new life is only temporary. (1/2)

LeafingThroughLife As her walls start to come down, she begins to realize that she‘s not the only one who needs some help and for at least one of her new friends, she is the only one equipped to give it. As always, Dessen‘s full cast of characters is well-drawn and relatable, and Ruby‘s journey from abandonment to belonging has the perfectly satisfying emotional arc I‘ve come to expect from Sarah Dessen at her best. ❤️ (2/2) 2w
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LitsyEvents
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Repost for @Jess861

Now that we are in July, the next #OhCanada read has started - In My Own Moccasins by Helen Knott. The first time we are exploring a memoir. This is a bi-monthly read so it will go until end of August. A few discussion points will be posted at the end for those who wish to participate. All are welcome to join in this buddy read where we discover Canadian authors.

Original post - https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2880547

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Jess861
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Now that we are in July, the next #OhCanada read has started - In My Own Moccasins by Helen Knott. The first time we are exploring a memoir. This is a bi-monthly read so it will go until end of August. A few discussion points will be posted at the end for those who wish to participate. All are welcome to join in this easy going buddy read where we discover Canadian authors.

@litsyevents #BookClub #BuddyRead #Canada

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