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I liked this book for the most part, but I wasn't completely satisfied by the ending. I didn't realize before I read it that it was written in 1999.

Know that feeling. But really, To Kill A Mockingbird is still my favorite of all time. Just getting around to reading this one, so far so good!

Contrary to popular opinion, I didn‘t love “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” and the writing style was most responsible for this. I didn‘t hate it, but I just didn‘t feel it was for me – 2 stars.

My full review is up on my blog now 📚

Met Stephen Chobsky tonight at Powell‘s. He read a surprise excerpt from Perks that will be released in the 20th Anniversary Edition, I almost cried after he was done reading it, it was so good!

His new book is different from Peru‘s but I‘m really liking it!

#authormeet

“This Is My Life. And I Want You To Know That I Am BOTH Happy && Sad ;; && I‘m STILL Trying To Figure Out How That Could Be.” - The Perks Of Being A Wallflower

Set in the early 1990s, Stephen Chbosky's novel is a coming of age drama which follows an introverted teenager through his freshman year is high school. The entire novel is a series of letters that the protagonist writes to a nameless friend describing various events during his Freshman year of High school. The novel explores various YA themes which almost everyone of us can relate to at least in some aspect of the other. My rating 4/5.

I laughed, I cried, I had the BEST time. What an amazing and kind guy! If he‘s coming to your town, I fully recommend stopping in and saying hi to him!

I honestly never wanted this book to end!
I miss Charlie, Patrick and Sam already!
I can't wait to read all of his letters again... because they felt like they were only meant for me.
Luckily for me Shephen Chboskys new book is released TODAY!
Hopefully I'll find more friends in his next book ♡.
What did everyone else think of this book? Xxx

For seven days I‘ll post a favorite cover with no explanation.

#7days7covers #Day7

A day late, but in honor of #bannedbooksweek

@Saknicole you should stage your Litsy return by doing this challenge!

I wasn‘t sure how to feel about this book going in since it was never assigned reading. Having read The Catcher in the Rye not long ago, I was a bit concerned that it would be another angsty teenage cliche. I was pleasantly surprised by Charlie. Bits of the story were out there and some issues were barely discussed but overall I still found that I really enjoyed it. #rorygilmorechallenge #rorygilmorereadinglist #rorygilmorereadingchallenge

#bannedbook
This is one of my favorites hands down! I identified deeply with this story. It would have been terrible had I not been able to access or read it. I‘ve talked with many of teens using this book as a conversation starter.
#BooksSaveLives

#7Days7Covers #Day2

@IndoorDame Thank You!!!! My first piece of Litsy mail at my new address. I can‘t wait to read this. How kind and sweet of you to send it to me. 😘

This book was so good! I came across this book in high school during our silent reading that my school had before and after a lecture. This is a book I've read a number of times and strongly recommend. 📖📖📖📖📖

#manicmonday @JoScho

📘 The Perks of Being a Wallflower
📽 Teen Wolf
🎶 Harper Valley PTA

#TooMuchTooYoung #AyUpAugust It's a terrible admission but I still haven't read the book. Love the film though.

Reasons why I love #August:

1. My #birthday 🦁
2. #NationalBookLoversDay 📚
3. They‘re both on the same date! 🎁❤️📕

#AugustTBR will include titles for #LitsyAtoZ, #ReadLikeRory (not pictured), and #HPBuddyRead (last one!)

“𝑆𝑜, 𝐼 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝘩𝑜 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑠. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝑤𝑒'𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑚. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑓 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝘩𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝘩𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚, 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝘩𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑔𝑜 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑒.”

“𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝐼 𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒.”

"Dear friend,

Do you enjoy holidays with your family? I don‘t mean your mom and dad family, but your uncle and aunt and cousin family? Personally, I do. There are several reasons for this.

First, I am very interested and fascinated by how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other. Second, the fights are always the same."

“I don‘t know if you‘ve ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or just not exist. Or just not be aware that you do exist. Or something like that. I think wanting that is very morbid, but I want it when I get like this. That‘s why I‘m trying not to think. I just want it all to stop spinning.”

#LilithJuly | 19: #TalkinBoutARevolution

📷: Made with Typorama

So this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I‘m still trying to figure out how that could be.

🌻🌼🌷⚘🌹🥀🌺The Perks Of Being A Wallflower.🌹🥀🌺🌻🌼🌷⚘

Heartbreaking book, the end made me so sad...

Started this lovely little book this week! I‘ve never read it, nor seen the movie! 🥳
Also, the last book I read, The Chemist, I‘ve posted about already - but here‘s my blog about it. I have a book club section on the blog where I detail questions we talk about during meeting — https://greenlightphilosophy.blog/2019/07/09/blockbuster-books-the-chemist/

#CharlieBrown #JulyColdplay

#quotsyjuly19 @TK-421 #united

Inspired by @erzascarletbookgasm I chose Charlie for the #BasketCase prompt. Charlie is an outsider, who does not fit into the mainstream groups at his school, because he is dealing with not-so-mainstream issues.

#LillithJuly

Been keeping a book journal for 20 years (and by “book journal“, I mean “nearest loose piece of paper“). Came across a stack while cleaning out the basement and fell down a rabbit hold of past-reads...still loving all the quotes I scribbled from Wallflower, and as expected I now have the overwhelming urge to RE-READ ALL THE BOOKS!

#OldBookJournals

“I turned around and walked to my room and closed my door and put my head under my pillow and let the quiet put things where they are supposed to be.” p.26

#introvertlife

Started off the last week of #BFC with a bang at my girlfriend‘s Hens Party. Here we are at Deluxe Deluxe after high tea. I was good with alcohol for the rest of the week, though I did have some sweets today at a course I went to on teaching numeracy. I only made one yoga class this week but got all my stretching in. I hope to be more strict with myself in the next round. funnily enough I didn‘t finish any audio books but started plenty.

I wanted to read the book before I watched the movie. I really enjoyed reading the book. I loved the structure. I felt like the letters were directly being delivered to me.

It was not as good as I expected, but still a good book.

My reading life in May

I feel like I‘m the only one who hasn‘t read this book. I‘m not even halfway through and I‘m obsessed with Charlie‘s heart. How he can hold so much love and consideration for others baffles me.

Help!! Going through a reading slump.... what is the “go to” book you would recommend?

Charlie's first year of high school as told in a series of letters to a stranger he'd heard mentioned as a sympathetic listener.

Charlie's English teacher thinks he is very gifted, though he struck me as emotionally and linguistically rather backward for his age (15/16). Nevertheless he is a fascinating character and I found this look at the world through his eyes almost impossible to put to down.

#lunchandabook #mycover

This is one of my favorite books of all time. 10/10 would recommend. I am forever changed by the words of Charlie.

Sweet

Chbosky has done a great job at his first novel. The whole books is in form of letters and it feels like Charlie is trying to reach out to you. The way Charlie tells us his stories and memories and the way he places his words is just beautiful to watch develop over the book.

I also watched the movie directed by Chbosky himself and I think it‘s that the plot is very followed in the movie too. The movie and book are both very lovely!

“Love always, Charlie”

I would use this book in middle school or high school. It‘s about issues that children need to talk about and by reading this book it may make it easier for them to open up!

This story follows introvert Charlie through his freshman year of high school. Charlie‘s friend commited suicide and he is trying to cope with it by writing letters to a stranger.

"We accept the love we think we deserve."
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I'm in love with this book ? ❤️??

I went into this book fully expecting to hate it BUT I was totally taken by surprise by how much this book affected me. Reliving the angsts of HS, fitting in, finding your tribe, dealing with parents/siblings, discovering new music, books...it was all so beautifully, innocently seen through the eyes of Charlie, an awkward 15 year old. There was something so endearing about Charlie, I wished I could go back to HS & fix assumptions I made.