Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez: A Book Review Genre: Contemporary Romance Part of a stand alone series, Part of Your World (Bk 3), Just for the Summer details the romance between two people, a boy and a girl, whose relationships have been “cursed” – all significant others they have dated find “the one” … Continue reading A Curse for Love
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Seen and Heard
You’d Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow: A Book Review Genre: Fiction - YA Glosgow’s You’d be Home Now follows the story of a teenage girl, Emmy, who has to adjest to life after being involved in an awful car crash that killed a girl and brought to light her brother’s drug problem. Now that … Continue reading Seen and Heard
Boy Meets Boy – Vols 1, 2, 3, and 4
Heartstopper Vols. 1 through 4 by Alice Oseman: A Book Review Genre: Graphic Novel/Manga Please Note: The following review is for all books together. As such there may be spoilers even though I will try my best to be vague about everything. Also, please note that the link at the bottom of the review will … Continue reading Boy Meets Boy – Vols 1, 2, 3, and 4
Learning to Live
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig: A Book Review Genre: Fantasy Haig writes a difficult story to tell in his work The Midnight Library. Surrounding a depressed main character in the act of dying, Haig gives motivational one liners and interesting parallels to different regrets we might have throughout our lives. Even more interesting is … Continue reading Learning to Live
No Words
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides: A Book Review Genre: Thriller; Suspense Oh my world! I was not expecting the ending on this one. Beautifully clashing the world of being a therapist to that of mental breakdowns, Alex Michaelides carefully crafts a story that will lead you wanting more while all the time exceeding your … Continue reading No Words
Coming-of-age with Mental Illness
Turtles All The Way Down by John Green: A Book Review Genre: Young Adult If you haven’t heard of John Green before this review, he is legendary for killing off his main characters and for inflecting intense pain into his readers. Turtles All The Way Down has one and not the other. Rather than seeming … Continue reading Coming-of-age with Mental Illness
Breaking the Stigma of Mental Health
Life Inside My Mind edited by Jessica Burkhart: A Book Review Genre: Nonfiction With 31 chapters from 31 different authors, Life Inside My Mind works to break the stigma of mental illness by having well known authors discuss their own battles with different mental diseases. After readings the book, I am torn to decide if … Continue reading Breaking the Stigma of Mental Health
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