“But what I’ve realized—what I think he already knew—is that we believed in the same thing. You could call it a trapdoor, a hidden compartment, or you could call it God: a placeholder for what we don’t know. A space where the impossible becomes possible.” Chloe Benjamin, “The Immortalists”...
“The Immortalists” Book Review
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December 6, 2018
“But what I’ve realized—what I think he already knew—is that we believed in the same thing. You could call it a trapdoor, a hidden compartment, or you could call it God: a placeholder for what we don’t know. A space where the impossible becomes possible.” Chloe Benjamin, “The Immortalists”...
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“The Hate U Give” Book Review
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October 23, 2018
“What’s the point of having a voice if you’re gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn’t be?” Angie Thomas, “The Hate U Give” Published: February 28, 2017 Publisher: Balzer + Bray Format: Paperback Pages: 464 Rating: 4.5 This a powerful novel that speaks to the movements of...
Hello, loves! ♡ Just wanted to share my October 2018 playlist here! Lately I’ve been feeling cozy & quaint, but also a little bit of anxiety going into this month. October means that summer is behind us, and while I had a wonderful summer it is finally behind us...
“hummingbird” Poetry Review
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September 27, 2018
“My love is not some garment To hang on the coatrack Until you are cold enough To wear it.” Threadbare Sophia Elaine Hanson, “hummingbird” Publication date: January 15, 2017 Publisher: Calida Lux Publishing Format: Paperback Pages: 80 Rating: 3.0 This is a minimal set of poetry. Not completely minimal in...
With this playlist, I was really feeling the R&B vibes of New York City and Susannah’s journalist lifestyle. I paid close attention to the rhythm of the playlist as a whole and tried to find something that listeners could flow to as the read the book. Some of the...
A “limited” playlist is available on my YouTube channel, meaning, I could not find all of the songs on YouTube so it is incomplete. For this playlist I chose to create an entire playlist with just melodies, no words. There are no words to describe the depths...
You can also find the playlist on my YouTube channel! For this playlist I chose the following eleven songs, and I know there are two Nirvana songs, but I think that Leonard would have been a big fan of Nirvana. I tried to list the songs in an order...
“Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness” Book Review
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September 26, 2018
“We are, in the end, a sum of our parts, and when the body fails, all the virtues we hold dear go with it.” Susannah Cahalan, “Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness” Publication date: August 6, 2013 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Format: Paperback Pages: 288 Rating: 3.0 Brain on...
“The Boy on the Beach” Book Review
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September 24, 2018
“It’s the poor people who suffer most, at the hands of the powerful, the mighty who pull the strings and the levers.” Tima Kurdi, “The Boy On The Beach” Publication date: April 7, 2018 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover Pages: 272 Rating: 5.0 Tima Kurdi takes us to a...
“Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock” Book Review
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September 24, 2018
“Not letting the world destroy you. That’s a daily battle.” Matthew Quick, “Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock” Publication date: August 2013 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Format: Hardcover Pages: 304 Rating: 4.0 It may be listed under “Teen” at the library, but it is a story that we as...