so-soWow, I really really didn‘t like Smidge and wondered why anyone would be friends with her (or why anyone would marry her). So selfish. I felt badly for Danielle. I did like Tucker. Despite my intense dislike for Smidge, I still liked the book, as a whole. And no, I didn‘t cry at the end – because I didn‘t care.
Starting this one today! It‘s one of the books chosen for me by a friend for a challenge back in December.
This was an excellent middle grade read! Deals with minority culture challenges and illness of a parent. It took me a little while in to realize the title refers to blood!
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so-soThe Fault In Our Stars follows the story of a young teen girl that soon discovers she suffering from thyroid cancer. On her journey, she finds herself falling for someone she never intended to. For a long time, she had been following a writer that‘s inspired her for a large chunk of her life, this is her most life changing event as what she imagined her role model to be is not even close.
pickNow retired from neurosurgery, Henry Marsh confronts his own mortality and fallibility in his third book. As with his other memoirs, Marsh meanders through concepts of consciousness, hospital design, and the relationship between doctor and patient.
pick#MarchMagic Day 15: This graphic novel memoir #FocusesOnMentalHealth and having family members who are mentally ill. While his portrayal of his parents/grandparents was undoubtedly horrific, it was also done with great sensitivity and a desire to extend his own understanding and derive meaning from his experience. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-eTK
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I don't see this book recommended enough. It is gorgeous and heartbreaking. Lucy was a poet, and a best friend of Ann Patchett. She was born with a facial deformity and spent most of her life in pain going through surgery to correct it. This is her autobiography that talks about this process, how people treated her, and how she turned to horses for relief and joy. A gorgeous amazing book.
