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CogsOfEncouragement
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Pickpick

Great pick for #WithTheBanned @Jadams89

This was my first time reading Perks. I watched the movie many years ago and pretty much just remembered the scene pictured above.

Difficult topics dealt with respectively and with hope.

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Andrea313
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I hopped on the BannedWagon this month with @Jadams89 and crew to revisit one of the most important books in my own personal journey. If I read it for the first time now, I'm sure I'd think it's a perfectly fine coming-of age-story. But I read it as a teenager and so have no objectivity whatsoever; I still find it close to perfect. I'd never read anything at that age which captured in words the feelings I always thought were inexpressible. ⬇️⬇️

Andrea313 Charlie's feelings of being an outsider were so palpable to me then, and him finding himself in a handful of fellow outsiders, and importantly, in books and music, struck me on a cellular level. Mix tapes, aimless drives, Rocky Horror, and endless nights at Big Boy were the very fabric of my adolescence and I read now with nostalgia and gratitude for finding my way- with the help of artists who put shape and sense to my emotional landscape. ⬇️⬇️ 1d
Andrea313 My old, tattered copy from my youth is pictured here with the mixtapes I will never get rid of. ❤️🎵📼 #WithTheBanned 1d
Read4life Such powerful comments. 💙💙💙 I loved the reread just as much and my daughter will be reading it for the first time once finals are over. 4h
Andrea313 @Read4life I hope your daughter loves it! There have been many books that have spoken strongly to me at various points in my life but this one will always stand out. It's just what I needed when I discovered it and I hope she finds recognition and solace here. ❤️ 3h
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Read4life
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#WeeklyUpdate

Read books for:
#WithTheBanned #WTB25 #BobWhiteBuddies (still playing catchup from my unexpected 4 month trip) #NoPlaceLikeHolmes & several for #SeriesLove2025 #readyourebooks & #Roll100

TheSpineView Looks good! 🤩📖📚 2d
TheAromaofBooks Looking great!!! 2d
dabbe No worries. Sherlock will always be there! 😍 2d
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Read4life
The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Bestsellers - Books USA Press
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#WeeklyFavorites

A reread for #WithTheBanned #WTB25 and I still just love it. 💚

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Read4life
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Pickpick

I‘m so happy I reread this one. It is just so good. I‘ve never watched the movie. My daughter told me she hasn‘t read the book or seen the movie. We plan on reading it together this summer & watching the movie afterwards. #raisingreaders #readbannedbooks

#readyourTBR #readyourebooks #WithTheBanned #WTB25

CBee The movie is good! 4d
Read4life @CBee 💙💙💙 4d
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5feet.of.fury
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Pickpick

For a while I was reading it and was not really into it, Charlie being more of an observer than participant in his own life resonated with how I‘d felt in my life at times but I didn‘t really see where it was going & the ending came & blew me away completely not what I expected. The 20th anniversary afterword was cute.
Excited for the discussion #withthebanned
@Jadams89

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Read4life
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#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

1. Definitely 💙📚💙

2. Tagged. I just finished rereading this for #WithTheBanned #WTB25 💚💚💚

Thanks for the tag, @Eggs 🤓

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 6d
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Blueberry
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Next up for my movie/bookclub. I was surprised there was a 6-week hold for the ebook across my 3 library cards.

5feet.of.fury #withthebanned is reading this one this month! I‘m reading it right now too. I‘ve never read or watched it before. 1w
Blueberry @5feet.of.fury How do you like it? 6d
5feet.of.fury @Blueberry I just finished it this morning, I was really surprised by it. I thought the writing wasn‘t for me but when I got to the ending I could appreciate why it was done the way it was. 6d
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CogsOfEncouragement
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Anyone else listening to songs mentioned?

#WithTheBanned @Jadams89

Andrea313 I definitely made a mix CD of all the songs mentioned in this book when I read it decades ago. ? Suzanne Vega's "Gypsy" became a longtime favorite. 1w
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Read4life
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#WeeklyUpdate

May finish my #BookSpin, #Roll100 (all 6 could be done this week), #WithTheBanned #WTB25 & 3/4 #readyourebooks this week. Plus I‘ll continue reading my #LittensLoveRomance, #NoPlaceLikeHolmes & #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD books.

CBee High praise from me for both Perks and Eleanor & Park ♥️🙌🏻 1w
TheBookHippie @CBee my daughter‘s two favorites she reads over and over. 1w
CBee @TheBookHippie she has good taste! Wonder where she gets that from? 😉 😘 1w
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dabbe 🤩🤗😍 1w
Read4life @CBee they‘re both rereads for me. It‘s been so long since I read them so I‘m looking forward to revisiting both of them. 🤓 1w
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 1w
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