Oh my goodness, let me tell you about a 2017 Goodreads Award nomination that just blew me away. I can’t believe there isn’t more buzz around this book because it surprised me so hard. Dang.
I Liked My Life by Abby Fabiaschi
Tag: trigger warning
Love and Other Carnivorous Plants by Florence Gonsalves
When I first started reading this book, I honestly thought this was going to be one of those super YA stories about a young woman who is on the brink of growing up and falls in love. Yes, it is all those things, but there is so much more to this than just vapid annoyance.
Trigger warning. Please note that this book has themes of:
- Grief/loss
- Mental health issues
- Eating disorders
- Suicide
- Drug abuse
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The Astonishing Color of After by Emily XR Pan
This is an incredible story about how a young teenager sets out to find the truth behind her mother’s passing. What she finds is something way more than she imagined.
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Reading books and dealing with triggers
Recently there has been some buzz around the new novel The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin. Naturally, I was really interested in reading this book because the rest of the world was interested.
Simone and Her Books 