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Every Day Is Mental Health Awareness Day
My favorite part of New Moon is still the scene in which Bella is staring out the window as the months go by. I thought it was the perfect visual depiction of the blank pages in the book.
Quarantine Read-Along Time + First Pages: To All the Boys
“I like to save things. Not important things like whales or people or the environment. Silly things. Porcelain bells, the kind you get at souvenir ships. Cookie cutters you’ll never use, because who needs a cookie in the shape of a foot? Ribbons for my hair. Love letters. Of all the things I save, I guess you could say my love letters are my most prize possession.”
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
Book Vs Movie: The Sun is Also a Star
“Carl Sagan said that if you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. When he says ‘from scratch’, he means from nothing. He means from a time before the world even existed. If you want to make an apple pie from nothing at all, you have to start with the Big Bang and expanding universes, neutrons, ions, atoms, black holes, suns, moons, ocean tides, the Milky Way, Earth, evolution, dinosaurs, extinction-level events, playtupuses, Homo erectus, Cro-Magnon man, etc. You have to start at the beginning.”
~from The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
What If It's Us
What I loved about What If It’s Us is that Albertalli and Silvera realistically portray the voices, the angst, the humor, the friendships, AND the awkwardness of teen relationships.
I Have Lost My Way
I read I Have Lost My Way by Gayle Forman completely backwards. Or completely out of order, at least. Have you ever done that? Skipped ahead to get to the crux of the matter? Or because there's a scene you want to spoil for yourself?
I skipped around and then read the last third and then went back to the parts I skipped.
Long Way Down
There have been two school shootings since I started reading this book. Two.
And Long Way Down is a quick and easy read. However....I put it down after the first school shooting which was by a 12-year-old. Someone pretty much the same age as my Mini Me.
And then there was an even bigger shooting, more lives lost senselessly.
In Long Way Down, Jason Reynolds tackles gun violence in a different way—from the point of view of a teenage boy who feels as if he has no other choice but to avenge his brother's senseless death. It makes sense....and it doesn't.
First Pages: If I Stay
"Everyone thinks it was because of the snow. And in a way, I suppose that's true."
First Pages: The Hunger Games
"When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold. My fingers stretch out, seeking Prim's warmth but finding only the rough canvas of the mattress. She must have had bad dreams and climbed in with our mother. Of course, she did. This is the day of the reaping."
First Pages: Everything, Everything
"I've read many more books than you. It doesn't matter how many you've read. I've read more. Believe me. I've had the time."
First Pages: Eleanor & Park
First Pages: Eleanor & Park
"XTC was no good for drowning out the morons at the back of the bus."
First Pages: Twilight
As promised, Stephenie Meyer's Twilight is the second book in our first pages study session this month in honor of National Novel Writing Month. Why? Again because both the Harry Potter series and The Twilight Saga were instrumental in changing the face of children's book publishing.
"I'd never given much thought to how I would die--though I'd had reason enough in the last few months--but even if I had, I would not have imagined it like this."
The Hate U Give Read-Along, Part 2
For this part of the discussion of The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, I want to talk about family. Last post, I talked about the strong sense of community that Thomas wrote about. The center of it all is the Carter family. I mention it in our part one discussion, but I think this strong sense of community and family really comes into fruition in the second half of the novel.
The Hate U Give Read-Along, Part 1
Dr. Bookworm hosts her second epic 'read-along'. Come join our virtual book club in discussion ofAngie Thomas' The Hate U Give.
The Hate U Give Read-along
What does Slytherin House have to do with The Hate U Give? Join Dr. Bookworm's read-along of Angie Thomas' novel to find out!
Internet Famous
Dr. Bookworm reviews Danika Stone's Internet Famous.
Entering the Twilight Zone
Dr. Bookworm announces a Twilight summer read-along! Whether you've read the series before or scoffed at it, now is your chance to form your own opinion. Or to reminisce about some classic Twilight scenes.
Falling for the First Time
"Which book reminded you what it was like to fall in love? Or which book did you fall in love with? " Dr. Bookworm polls her family and friends in this curated LOVE booklist.
Full Cicada Moon by Marilyn Hilton
A book review of Full Cicada Moon by Marilyn Hilton
What the Bookworm Heart Loves
Dr. Bookworm talks about her favorite reads of this year.