We're an Open Book
When Shannon over at River City Reading pointed me toBookSaleFinder.com I was so excited to see a library book sale was happening in our area this weekend ! I’d been to a few where I found maybe one or two books, but at this sale I found all these amazing books for $6.25….
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“It’s hard to believe in coincidence, but it’s even harder to believe in anything else.”
― John Green, Will Grayson, Will Grayson
“I think the idea of a ‘mental health day’ is something completely invented by people who have no clue what it’s like to have bad mental health. the idea that your mind can be aired out in twenty-four hours is kind of like saying heart disease can be cured if you eat the right breakfast cereal. mental health days only exist for people who have the luxury of saying ‘i don’t want to deal with things today’ and then can take the whole day off, while the rest of us are stuck fighting the fights we always fight, with no one really caring one way or another, unless we choose to bring a gun to school or ruin the morning announcements with a suicide.
― David Levithan, Will Grayson, Will Grayson
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- Release Date: April 6th 2010
- Pages: 304
- Genre: Realistic Fiction
- Publisher: Dutton’s Children (Penguin)
Will Grayson, Will Grayson is probably David Levithan’s most well-known co-authorship and served as my introduction to David Levithan 2 years ago. I’d liked John Green’s vlogbrothers channel and decided to start reading his books. I got what I expected from Green’s writing, but Levithan’s just blew me away. It reminded me of how unique and diverse the voices in YA writing can be. For Days of David Levithan, I did a re-read of Will Grayson, Will Grayson, but decided to switch it up with the audiobook
Will Grayson,Will Grayson is told in the alternating perspective of two 16-year-olds named WillGrayson,each leading separate lives unknown to each other. Until faith and a little bit of bad luck has them cross paths. From that moment the story unravels as each Will Grayson is forced to examine everything they thought they knew about love, relationships and coincidence….
When Jess and I were at BEA, one of the books we heard about from Sourcebooks was Broken by CJ Lyons and it sounded amazing.When Sourcebooks asked us if we wanted to interview CJ, we jumped at the chance !
Broken tells the story of 15-year-old Scarlet Killian, who lives with a rare heart condition that could cause her to die of a broken heart at any moment. Scarlet decides its time to try something she has never done before; go to high school….
It’s become clear to both Jess and I that New Adult is becoming a hot topic in the YA community. So, when Entangled reached out to us to help launch their New Adult line we were more than happy to !
Entangled Embrace is Entangled’s New Adult line, launching today with three fantastic books! If you are looking for something new and mesmerizing, embrace the endless possibilities that this brand new Entangled Publishing new adult line offers!…
Running a book blog can get expensive, so we’ve come up with some money-saving blogging tips ! A big part of any book blog budget are, of course, the books ! With all the discovery between Stacking the Shelves and Waiting on Wednesday, you might wonder how to turn your wish list into a TBR pile without breaking the bank….
- Release Date: October 1st 2002 (AUS) / May 2006 (US)
- Pages: 357
- Publisher: Random House (Knopf)
- Genre: Realistic Fiction
Synopsis: Ed Kennedy is an underage cabdriver without much of a future. He’s pathetic at playing cards, hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey, and utterly devoted to his coffee-drinking dog, the Doorman. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery.That’s when the first ace arrives in the mail. That’s when Ed becomes the messenger.
I seem to be on a roll with these Australian books. This is the third one I’ve read after Finnikin of The RockandGraffiti Moon. Originally published in 2002, I Am Messenger made its US debut in 2006, just a year before Zusack started climbing the bestseller’s list with his runaway success The Book Thief….