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I don‘t really know how I feel about novels written in verse yet. I‘m gonna give it a go. 😬 Wish me luck.

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Listened to this in under 2 hours yesterday. First, let me say the author has a mesmerizing voice, I could listen to him all day! This is a short listen about a boy in the hood wanting to bestow revenge on his brother‘s killer, but then he encounters some interesting characters on his elevator ride down... an interesting listen! #longwaydown #jasonreynolds #smoothvoice

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“For all the young brothers and sisters in detention centers around the country, the ones I‘ve seen and the ones I haven‘t. You are loved.”

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Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds ⏳
I just started this book an hour ago, and I‘m already more than halfway done! It‘s told in verse, which means the story reads like a poem, so I‘ve been flying through pages 🥰 But also, the book‘s just really good 📚💕
(Also - and I feel REALLY dumb for not seeing this before - I only just noticed the blurry image of the kid while taking the pic! 😂)
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I read #longwaydown by the amazing @jasonreynolds83 for the second time (to prepare for an episode of @unabridgedpod !). Wow. I loved it the first time and found even more to admire the second time through. Powerful #versenovel.

Wow wow wow
My 2018 reading list has opened my eyes in so many ways. I don't even watch the news anymore because of the one-sided viewpoints offered to me. #TheHateYouGive, #DearMartin, #AmericanStreet, #IfYouComeSofty, #LongWayDown thank you for teaching me when I didn't even know I needed educated.

This book is an amazing emotional rollercoaster! Only a few pages to go but I‘m terrified to know how it‘s going to wrap up...pretty sure I‘ll be destroyed one way or another. #emojiathon ✌🏾 #diversebooks #grinchathon #LongWayDown #booksinverse #readthisnow

Wow. What a powerful story about cycles. A look into gang violence and the world we live into today. I want to read more by Jason Reynolds now.

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The last two words of this novel-in-verse have me still catching my breath. This is amplified by the fact that I did not notice the face on this book cover until I took this picture and now I‘m wondering how I missed it. Read it. I‘m shook. #jasonreynolds #longwaydown #ghosts #poetry #diverselit #bookstagram