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My goal is to finish both of these by Sunday night. I'm about 1/2 through Mickey 7 and I have about 100 pages left on Way Station. Easy Peasy.
#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

John Schu‘s YA novel told in verse form is an incredibly moving book based on his own experiences of having an eating disorder. I felt desperately sympathetic to the vulnerable Jake whose relationship with his grandmother is clearly very important to him but more could have been made of his relationship with his parents, which is much too lightly sketched and should have been explored given his mum‘s anxiety issues seem to feed into Jake‘s.

Trying to get some reading in before going to sleep but my 2 reading buddies don't make it easy. Chase my big dog on the left and my dachshund is the Chewbacca looking lump on the right 🤣

My picks for #camplitsy24 🤍

Here‘s my nominations for this year‘s #CampLitsy!

Excited to be a camper again and interested in what we will be reading!!

Went for a nonfiction as the first one, it‘s about a woman with psychosis and sounds fascinating. I doubt it‘ll be for everyone (I love a mental health memoir but they are really tough to read sometimes) but I‘ll just read it anyway if it doesn‘t get picked.

Links below

#CampLitsy24

@BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @Megabooks

Novel in verse: 16 yo Amina, who lost her mom at the age of 3, feels sure she really lost her dad then too. Silence and acrimony persist between them, but the bottom falls out when the truth about the new pastor is revealed, and Amina‘s not the only one. Written with compassion and hope😔

#LitsyLove

#ReadAway2024

Completed “The Bone Witch” this weekend and getting ready to send off some 🐌mail to my fellow book lovers. 💌📬 heading out to Florida, Indiana, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Vermont, and Virginia.

#Litsylove #SnailMail #TheBoneWitch #PaperHugs

Oh my gosh, this was adorable. At first, I wasn't sure if I liked it written in free verse, but once I got used to it, I was invested in the story. I liked that it was based on real otters.

This book is written in verse, which is something I‘m recently getting into. I got a used copy and found that many of the pages were written, with questions and phrases that made it even more intriguing✨

A raw, honest, and emotional novel in verse that ultimately feels like a triumph while shedding light on a painful journey towards self-acceptance.

Sometimes, it's only through books that we (kids) can find this.

Take care of your heart! 💗
Do what brings you joy! 💖