Turtles All the Way Down | 
so-soI liked the story, but sometimes the narration was too much for me. It was just sometimes a little hard to keep her "regular" thoughts and her "crazy" thoughts straight. The plot was good, and I love that we saw character development not only between Aza and the love interest, but also between her and her best friend. Overall, the story was just really well sculpted, and I would definitely recommend.
Could this be the same turtle revisiting me from June 2020? I love turtles 🐢 ❤️ the markings look the same!
Starting a new book, Turtles All the Way Down by John Green. I'm so excited for this one. 😌📚🐢
I'm on my way to collecting every book John Green has written so far, this will be my 2nd one read. Next I'm starting Will Grayson, Will Grayson, if anyone has heard of that one! So excited!
I‘ve read books by this author before so I feel pretty sure I‘ll enjoy reading this book. I just bailed on another book that was too disjointed for me. If this is merely a linear story, there should be smooth sailing ahead. 😊
so-soI really liked it. I saw myself in this book a lot so I appreciated that. The mystery part of it I was not a fan of.
pickI think for anyone who suffers from spiraling, this may help your friends and family understand what it‘s like to be stuck in you. As someone who has panic attacks, this was real. This was my brain, at war with itself, where logic does not make sense once the spiral has started to churn. Honestly, a fictional masterpiece about mental health. #bookspin hosted by @TheAromaofBooks and second book for #litsysummercampreadathon by @ImperfectCJ
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Prompt: Halle Berry
“Most adults are hollowed out. You watch them try to fill themselves up with booze or money or God or fame or whatever they worship, and it all rots them from the inside until nothing is left but the money or booze or God they thought would save them . . . Adults think they‘re wielding power, but really power is wielding them.”
“The way people talked about fathers could almost make you glad not to have one.”
“Anybody can look at you. It‘s quite rare to find someone who sees the same world you see.”
pickI loved John Green‘s podcast “The Anthropocene Reviewed” - it‘s smart, tender, empathetic, and curious. He went on hiatus because of COVID-19 and I have missed him like I miss my friends. I turned to this book and found my fix. YA novels sometime tackle tough topics more deftly than adult fiction, and this is one of those instances. Green gives us a heroine struggling with mental illness that is among the best I have ever read.
so-soQuestions about the whereabouts of rich Mr. Davis Pickett still arouse as Aza Holmes and Davis Jr. build a stronger relationship. Aza tries to support Davis as he accepts the fact that his father may never come back, though she finds this hard as her OCD gets in the way of her getting too intimate with him. Meanwhile, Aza‘s besfriend Daisy develops feelings for a certain “man-baby” named Mychal.
I'm very grateful to be with you all here....also my sincere gratitude to all those who welcomed me warm heartedly....so here's something I would like to share with you all....a piece of my work.... please don't mind .... I'm not that good....but I try my best...so it's above....I wrote that after reading #turtles all the way down...it made all my pensive mood rule over me...
so-soAza Homles has OCD. She overthinks, hates germs and struggles to be normal. She starts to leave her comfort zone when Davis Pickett, a local rich man goes missing. Daisy, her best friend, convinces Aza to use her friendship with Mr. Pickett‘s son to find Davis and collect the cash reward for finding him.
If you like books about oddball teens, this is for you.
Mental illness is a recurring motif. It‘s represented in ways like Aza‘s finger wound.
pickAza lives a difficult life. I've never really heard how people with OCD think, and it makes me feel accepted, although Daisy finds it hard to deal with it. Green's writing style is very interesting. I expected another adventure novel with the search of Davis' father, but this was better. Really loved it!
(🎧 - audiobook)
Look at how much i was reading in 2017. This is when I started really keeping track and startes setting goals for myself. This is proof you can grow expotentially if you want to. Reading 30 books a year to now 225!
pickMost of this book was middle of the road for me. But I really enjoyed how the ending was written, hopeful yet realistic, which bumped it up for me. It also was a good look at living with mental health which I appreciated, while made for an intense read at times. I suppose that‘s life though. Using for a free space on my #bookspinbingo board.
🐢I'm not exactly like the main character in the tagged book but I saw a lot of myself in her
🐢I played volleyball all through high school. I don't keep up with sports but I've always loved the summer Olympics and used to be obsessed with Michael Phelps
🐢I'm really grateful for my job and for #litsylove - both keep me busy and sane🙃
🐢Thanks for the tag @eeclayton - I tag anyone who wants to play! #thankfulthursdays @Cosmos_Moon
I quite enjoy that she so deeply explained love and the importance to not cheapen the feeling...and goes on to explain to have found love with her car. I know that feeling 💛🚗
so-soBook 114 I listened to this coming-of-age YA novel that's part-mystery, part-romance. The protagonist, while coping with extreme anxiety, learns to look outside herself. The characters are good, and the ending is refreshingly not exactly what you'd expect. That being said, John Green's writing feels pretentious.
We are about to live the American dream, which is, of course, to benefit from someone else‘s misfortune.
Enjoying the escape from the world during COVID 19. She reminds me of my youngest daughter... anxiety and germaphobe
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Date Started: March 24, 2020
Date Completed: March 25, 2020
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Write a brief summary of the novel; who was the protagonist; what was his/her problem and how was the problem resolved?
"Anybody can look at you. It's quite rare to find someone who sees the same world you see."
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pickThis book about a teenage girl who struggles with debilitating anxiety, discovers a first love, and solves a mystery is intriguing and fun. I found that I didn‘t want to put it down because I loved it so much, but at the same time, I thought the characters were a little too mature and self-aware for their ages. The mental health awareness aspect was extremely well-described and an important thing for all readers to experience through Aza.
pickThis book was amazing. I really enjoyed how real all of the characters felt, and how they all growed by the end. I would definitely recommend reading it because it was a mix of romance and mystery.
“One of the challenges with pain—physical or psychic—is that we can really only approach it through metaphor. It can‘t be represented the way a table or a body can. In some ways, pain is the opposite of language.”
pickI love reading John Green‘s writing. I enjoy the characters he creates. His plots are somewhat predictable andoften become a bit implausible , but not this one. (Maybe, still predictable. ) This book was difficult because the reader is invited into the mind of Aza who is suffering from mental illness. I learned so much from this book and, more than anything, I hope I‘m a Daisy to someone in my life because everyone needs a Daisy.
Love visiting local thrift stores!
pickWhoa. A real inside look at life with mental illness, and the constant battle it requires every day. Lots of typical, beloved, John Green stylized writing. Reference within the novel explaining the title.... that‘s the best!
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#currentlyreading #TBR #upnext #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness
The thing about a spiral is, if you follow it inward, it never actually ends. It just keeps tightening, infinitely.
pickThis was a quick yet emotional read that highlighted the struggles of mental illness on all aspects of a young persons life. It also celebrates friendships and relationships and demonstrates the profound impact that they can have. 🤩🤩🤩🤩
Time for a new audiobook! 🤗
Edit: I made it 35 minutes in and had to bail. The narrator was terrible, she sounded too robotic.
pickCaveat: I've not read YA fiction in ages.
As everyone is saying, John Green does an amazing job at allowing us to empathize with the MC's obsessive thoughts. How heartbreakingly sad it is.
The mystery was wrapped up quickly and really not that interesting, but I guess the book wasn't about that.
And are all YA teen characters so wonderfully articulate, funny and erudite?
Def recommend a read, and check out John's youtube channel.
bailed
