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Keia! What a great box you sent me. I am so excited to have these books and love all the other items. Cherry blossoms are one of my favorite things so I can‘t wait to try the tea and LOVE the mug warmer. I bought one for my dad last Christmas and was sorry I hadn‘t gotten one for myself. Love the bookmark, candy and masks. I love the introduction to witchy world with Everyday Spells. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. You‘re the best!

February 19, 2023 5/5 stars. This book was about suicide and drugs. If you are sensitive to this, I would recommend not reading this. It was a sad book. The authors did a good job writing it but it was hard to read at times.

February 18, 2023 The relationship between Zoe Murphy (Connor Murphy's sister) and Evan Hansen has evolved. The kiss that they had in Connor's bedroom after he died was awkward but something in Evan made him feel better inside. He didnt even expect to kiss her but it happened. It was a "just in the moment" kiss. Let's say that to be safe *smirking*

February 18, 2023 15 days since I last posted about my TBR. I am here to update (a long overdue update that is) that I am taking a break from A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham and reading Dear Evan Hansen. The theme for the book is definitely about "belonging" and being noticed. I am close to halfway and I am feeling very emotional. I am also feeling a little sad.

February 3, 2023 My TBR stack is always growing. I got these four books while browsing Target. I am trying to read one nonfiction and two fiction books each month but I am stuck on the nonfiction book. I tend to read and order more fiction than nonfiction. Please share in the comments and @ me if you know of some good nonfiction authors.

Starting this today💙

⭐️⭐️ • I hated this. I haven‘t read the script for or seen the musical, so maybe just doesn‘t translate well to a novel? I was picturing Ben Platt the whole time which made it worse. Can‘t wait to hate-watch the movie version.

Sad, but good. Shows raw feelings from a relatable perspective that makes you realize that not everything is how seems. People have emotions that they don't show that can takeover their lives without anyone ever noticing.

January wrap up #monthlywrapup

Dear Evan Hansen ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Beneath the Stairs ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Briar Girls ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Rodney Was a Tortoise ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

City of Ghosts ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Gift of the Sea ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

The Power of Vulnerability ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Last House on the Street ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Fields ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Love Hypothesis ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Midnight and Moon ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Burn ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Social Creature ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Continued in comments

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4227289704

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I love the musical and hated the movie. However, I must admit, it worked SO much better as a book. I especially loved the added insight of Conner through his POV chapters.

Wow. What a book! Not my usual style but I really enjoyed the plot, character development and emotion. Such a well executed story that took me on a rollercoaster of emotions with Evan. Can't wait to see the movie 🤓

Seeing what all the fuss is about... Loving this so far though 🤓

So excited to see this movie this afternoon 😊

My review of this book can be found on my YouTube Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/N-vcFvk3T4A

Enjoy!

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This year has started off as another slow reading year for me.
I‘m so behind on all my reading goals!
BUT THIS BOOK, Y‘ALL!!
It‘s the one I‘ve been waiting for all year so far.
The five star.
The one that tops everything I‘ve read so far & won‘t be able to compete with everything left to be read this year.
Required reading for all, FOREVER.
Run, do not walk, risk it in these pandemic days, to get yourself a copy of this one.

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Sometimes you keep wishing for something to happen, and then, after so many times not getting the thing you wished for, you stop wishing, and that‘s when it suddenly happens.

Trying this out this morning

#TBRCrew

@ElizaMarie @AsYouWish @jb72

Never have I ever read a sentence that I thought would sum up the goal of what is learned being a suicide loss survivor.
It is SO HARD separating who a person was their whole life with how they left this world.
The goal is, for me anyway, to remember the person I lost for who he was while he lived.
For his best qualities & positive ways he impacted my life to live on.
For those lessons and traits to live on.
Forever. 💙

“I think grief can make you do weird things. Things you wouldn‘t do normally.”
I give her the only answer I can.
“I think that‘s probably true.”

I don‘t want to be dead. I‘m finally sure of that. I just wish that life, for once, for a day or even a few hours, would go smoothly.

I feel you, Evan.
I feel you!!

🙌🏻💯📚👏🏻

Fantasies always sound good, but they‘re no help when reality comes in and shoves you to the ground. When it trips up your tongue and traps the right words in your head. When it leaves you to eat lunch by yourself.

"'I took pictures of the most amazing trees.'" "No," Jared says. " But that really happened." "Sometimes you truly break my heart."

I was excited to read Dear Evan Hansen, which was written post-Broadway hit. I've, unfortunately, not yet seen the production (I had tickets for March, but.... 2020). The writing was subpar, and the characters were undynamic and frustrating. It's difficult to imagine the novel standing on its own.

#mbcreadathon #mbcgiveaway11

Slacking a bit with my first check in of the day #mbcreadathon #mbcgiveaway3

I really enjoyed this ones especially as an audiobook. I thought it had a very valuable lesson about how one lie can turn into something so much more. I loved the characters and the way they took a serious topic and made it relatable and very easy to stay engaged in all the way through the book.

"She's wounded, but still standing. That makes two of us."

So true and so beautiful!!

By reading this book it only makes my desire to see this show in person that much stronger. #youwillbefound

I absolutely love this!! 💖💖💖

Evan is a lonely, anxious boy who feels like a burden to his overworked mother and ignored by his absent father. When he inadvertently gets mixed up in the suicide of a fellow classmate he‘s forced to evaluate some things about his own life. This book is great for anyone who‘s ever needed to really be seen. Now I wanna see the play

“I‘m much better at interpreting books and stories than I am at understanding the decisions made by living, breathing people.”

Well this has been a journey. Not a bad one either. When I first found the musical, I was not in a good place. It helped me more than you could possibly imagine. I was so thrilled to hear that they were releasing a novel. This story needs to reach more people. It honestly helped save my life. Maybe, just maybe, it can help someone else out too.

(This book is soooo worn from me reading it so much)

“If the pain is in you, it‘s in you. It follows you everywhere. Can‘t outrun it. Can‘t erase it. Can‘t push it away; it only comes back. The way I‘ve been thinking, after all that‘s happened, maybe there‘s only one way to survive it. You have to let it in. Let it hurt you. And don‘t wait. It‘ll reach you eventually. Might as well be now.” -Connor Murphy

Wonderful story!!!

Amazing story. I identified with Evan because I am an introvert & shy in a way that it is hard for me to talk to strangers. The writing is breathtaking. The characters are realistic. I wanted to reach out to hug Evan & tell him that life works out. Its okay to be different & an introvert.

The story tugs at your heart strings. It's a story of being found. It's a story that opens your eyes to thing you never thought possible. #LitsyLove

I haven‘t seen the show (but I really want to!), so when I saw they had turned it into a novel I was so excited! Did not disappoint, read it :-) #dearevanhansen #bookrec #readit

In case you ever wondered what Connor Murphy would read 💙👕