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This is Not a Love Letter
This is Not a Love Letter | Kim Purcell
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One week. That's all Jessie said. A one-week break to get some perspective before graduation, before she and her boyfriend, Chris, would have to make all the big, scary decisions about their future--decisions they had been fighting about for weeks. Then, Chris vanishes. The police think he's run away, but Jessie doesn't believe it. Chris is popular and good-looking, about to head off to college on a full-ride baseball scholarship. And he disappeared while going for a run along the river--the same place where some boys from the rival high school beat him up just three weeks ago. Chris is one of the only black kids in a depressed paper mill town, and Jessie is terrified of what might have happened. As the police are spurred to reluctant action, Jessie speaks up about the harassment Chris kept quiet about and the danger he could be in. But there are people in Jessie's town who don't like the story she tells, who are infuriated by the idea that a boy like Chris would be a target of violence. They smear Chris's character and Jessie begins receiving frightening threats. Every Friday since they started dating, Chris has written Jessie a love letter. Now Jessie is writing Chris a letter of her own to tell him everything that's happening while he's gone. As Jessie searches for answers, she must face her fears, her guilt, and a past more complicated than she would like to admit.
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Gissy
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 📝💌📮 2mo
Eggs 💌💕📬 2mo
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TieDyeDude
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This is my current #litsylove set up. I've got a good size stack of mail to respond to, but I also have a lot of time this week. Going to try to make a dent in it 🤞😜

TheSpineView Nice setup! It is a never ending battle to keep up. 3mo
UwannaPublishme So organized! 3mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I mailed your package yesterday 🎉 3mo
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maya.jasmine
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"They don't question anything. They see body parts and skin color, and they think what's on the outside is what matters. But when people don't look at the inside of others and they don't look at the inside of themselves, they're missing practically everything.”

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maya.jasmine
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Pickpick

This is such a good book! WARNING: discusses suicide and other topics related. I love this book because it is so realistic and romantic in an unconventional way. I rate this book a 10/10 because of the storyline and also how wonderful the characters add to the story. I recommend this book to people who like books that put you in your feels, are suspenseful, romantic, and are highly enjoyable.

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TheLudicReader
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First time visiting Woozles, Canada's oldest children's bookstore. The tagged book was my purchase. #halifax

LeahBergen Fun! 👏🏻👏🏻 5y
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DebbieGrillo
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Pickpick

I liked the lesson about not allowing someone to emotionally blackmail you because they are mentally ill. I liked the themes about racism and how it debunked some stereotypical ideas of how homosexual people believe. I didn't enjoy how predictable the ending was.

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ShelleyBooksie
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Pickpick

This book was intense in both mystery and emotions. Excellent YA book that I would recommend.

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DebbieGrillo
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1. Teleport! Mostly, because I think being able to read minds would be a curse. Could you imagine knowing every thought that other people have about you? Think about some of the things that go through your mind about other people... scary.
2. ✔
3. I did not make New Year's resolutions. They are like wishing upon a star. I set some goals and created action steps for meeting them. Now I'm crushing my goals.
4. Outlander

#friYAYintro @howjessreads

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DebbieGrillo
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1. Bottom right: I started the keto way of eating and got control of my type two diabetes and am getting healthy.
2. Bottom left: My 2019 goals, including reading 52 books.
3. Top left = Worst thing. Food poisoning related injury. Top right = Best thing. Getting to my high school weight.
4. No resolutions, only action (rather than outcome) based goals.
5. Tagged.

@MinDea #HumpDayPost

BookishTrish So happy for you ❤️ 5y
GingerAntics Wow, that‘s amazing!!! I never do resolutions. I used to do “goals” so basically resolutions by another name. Then I got onto Monday resolutions. You can do anything for a week so why not reset every Monday? lol 5y
julesG Amazing! I've heard so much good about keto. May I ask why you wrote 335 days of keto? Does it mean two cheat days a month? 5y
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emilyhaldi Bravo!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5y
RebL Sorry about the black eye but the rest is w00t! 5y
LeahBergen Wonderful! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5y
DebbieGrillo @GingerAntics To me resolutions were wishes and pipe dreams that I used to lose sleep over on NYE and were guilt inducing events when they were broken within the first week. Goals are written plans for action. I don't mean to play semantics. 5y
DebbieGrillo @julesG No. I typically don't do cheat days on keto. It knocks you out of ketosis and kind of defeats the purpose. However a planned for carb up day may help. My 30 days of non keto eating represent a vacation in March and a three-week road trip in the summer. A girl has got to live. 5y
julesG That makes sense! Thanks! I'm still not sure how to go keto on a vegetarian diet, but I've ordered books that might help. 5y
DebbieGrillo @julesG have you tried the starting a keto only Instagram account? IG has been my main source of support and has pointed me to the best resources out there. 5y
julesG No, haven't tried that yet. I'll check Instagram. 5y
GingerAntics @DebbieGrillo my difference is similar. I always said goals were things you could learn from if you didn‘t quite make it and try again. I still believe that, honesty. I also feel like it‘s ridiculous to have a giant fat off goal without smaller, intermittent goals, so I have a goal for each week that moves toward my larger goals. If I don‘t make it by 2020, I‘m not worried about it. I‘m doing what I need to do to get there. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 5y
DebbieGrillo @GingerAntics Either way, you're getting it!!! 5y
GingerAntics I think that‘s the important thing. In my mind, health isn‘t really something you achieve once and for all, it‘s a never ending process. You can get healthy for a day and still not be healthy, so it‘s all about finding sustainable changes and sticking to them, but also being open to small indulgences and treats every now and then. The holidays always seem like one huge indulges though. 5y
tracey38 My sister is doing keto this year. I'm thinking about it but want to read more about it. 5y
kspenmoll Congrats on taking back your health! 5y
DebbieGrillo @tracey38 I did a lot of reading, for months. I put off my start date twice. I had to be super csreful because of diabetes meds. It's the best thing I could have done for my heslth. 5y
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TheNerdyProfessor
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This was such a fantastic read. Oh my heart. Usually, I am not a fan of YA but this was one of the best books I read all year. This book is a reminder of the quiet struggles we often experience on our own and that sometimes we really don't know everything about those closest to us. This book broke my heart, but it was well worth it. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Well-ReadNeck
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#Recommendsday

https://wellreadneck.wordpress.com/2018/12/17/this-is-not-a-love-letter-kim-purc...

Why do YA books make me cry so hard? Personally, I think that needing a box of tissues is the definitive characteristic of a book that should put it in the YA category. 🤧

#ImNotCryingYoureCrying #ChoppingOnions

JamieLou @Kaciecalderon sounds like your kind of book pal 5y
Well-ReadNeck @Kaciecalderon 🙋🏽‍♀️👯‍♀️ 5y
Reggie This one was so hard in the end😭😭😭 5y
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BookishTrish
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Night time snuggles with my favourite 8 year old

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BookishTrish
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I cannot overstate how much I love it when my book matches my bag #VWF2018

Reggie Ohhhh, this book. 5y
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That-Bookish-Hiker
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Pickpick

Jessie ask for a one week break from her bf and their relationship to get some perspective before they graduate from HS. Then Chris vanishes and the police think he ran away. Jessie doesn‘t believe that.

Every Friday since they started dating Chris writes Jessie a love letter. So she starts writing to him to tell him what‘s going on. It‘s been a long while since a book has broken my heart and put it together again like this story. ⬇️

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

That-Bookish-Hiker I really enjoyed getting to know what Jessie was thinking and fighting with her feeling of guilt and hope. The author did a great job of making me feel everything Jessie was going through. (edited) 6y
GondorGirl Great review! 6y
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That-Bookish-Hiker
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Another one of my favorite Mexican candy.

I refer to the shelf in the pic as my “classic shelf” I can‘t fit most of them on there. I need more shelves!

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That-Bookish-Hiker
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New read and my favorite Mexican candy, well one of them. 😊

#sundayfunday #currentlyreading

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Reggie
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Jessie, a high school senior, a couple of weeks from graduation, writes down all her thoughts to her boyfriend, Chris, who has gone missing. The writing is simple but the emotional impact is huge. Can‘t really say more without spoilers but I liked this.

Reviewsbylola I haven‘t heard of this one but it sounds great. 6y
Reggie @Reviewsbylola I was literally wiping the snot on the back of my hands cause I was crying so much near the end. #TMI 6y
Reviewsbylola I love books like that. 😂😂 It‘s so gratifying for some reason. 6y
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Reggie
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Bklover ❤️ 6y
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Well-ReadNeck
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Sweet but very sad YA. Jessie keeps a journal when her boyfriend, Chris, is missing. The journal is written as a long letter to Chris as Jessie tries to unravel what may have happened to Chris and how to handle her feelings. Very well done and nuanced. Can‘t say more without risking spoilers, but it‘s a don‘t miss YA for 2018! #netgalley

⚠️ details under spoiler in comments section

Well-ReadNeck ⚠️ Trigger warning for teen suicide 6y
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hidingbehindthepages

OMG THIS HIT ME IN THE FEELS SO HARD

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hidingbehindthepages

First hey everyone I‘m back!!!! Second, i absolutely am loving this book! I have an e-arc from netgalley. I love it so much! Definitely something you should read once it‘s released

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ReadingSusan
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I loved this book. I liked the unique format of Jessie writing a letter to her missing boyfriend. I liked the way flashbacks were used to fill in missing spots. But I mostly liked getting so deep into Jessie‘s thoughts and emotions. There were a few things that drove it down to a four star for me but they are definite spoilers.

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HiddenGemBooks
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Cassie is a drinker, the blackouts are inevitable. She lives with them, and the self-loathing. When she awakes in a Dubai hotel room, she looks at the man she spent the night with. She sees his dark hair. His stillness. And blood, a pool on the sheets. Cassie begins to lie. She lies on the way to Paris and to the FBI in NY who meet her at the gate. Its time to face the truth about what happened in Dubai. Could she have killed him? If not, who did?

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allthembooks
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Sundays are for coffee, cozying up, and trying out new review books. And doing laundry at mom's house 😂

Sundays #bookstagram #amreading #arc #thisisnotaloveletter #netgalley #netgalleyreads #booksandchill

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