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Jul 6
3 min

A THOUSAND FIRES

I stayed awake until four in the morning reading A Thousand Fires, and for the first time in history, the loss of sleep wasn’t worth it.

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Jun 30
3 min

YOU WERE THERE TOO

You Were There Too strikes a balance between being frequently and surprisingly funny, and delivering the reader with tangible grief.

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Apr 9
3 min

MORE THAN WE CAN TELL

We meet Rev in Letters to the Lost – he's Declan's best friend – and I was so excited that he had his own book.

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shelfwornbooks

Feb 24
4 min

DON'T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME

Ho-lee-shit, y'all. This book. THIS BOOK. Why haven't you read it yet?

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Jan 19
3 min

LETTERS TO THE LOST

I stand by my belief that some books you read at exactly the right time.

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Sep 17, 2019
2 min

IMAGINE US HAPPY

Imagine Us Happy was... disappointing? Or maybe I read it at a point in time where it just didn’t make an impact.

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Aug 26, 2019
3 min

SIX GOODBYES WE NEVER SAID

I've been on a long search for a YA book that gives me The Feels since All the Bright Places and I've been hard pressed to find one.

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Jun 24, 2019
1 min

SADIE

When Sadie Hunter’s little sister, Mattie, dies, she loses the biggest piece of herself.

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Jun 21, 2019
3 min

THE NOWHERE GIRLS

The Nowhere Girls throws no soft punches. No, this book hits hard in the places where it hurts the most.

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