"Just when you think you're having a scene without Simon, he drops in to remind you that everyone else is a supporting character in his catastrophe." #carryon #rainbowrowell #fangirl #youngadult

"He was beautiful in ways that made him ugly to his family." #youngadult #retelling

"I know I'm not inspiring much confidence at this point, but there's something else I thought I'd bring up.” She lifted her eyes to him. “I love you more than I love books." #bookworm #goals #myladyjane #janegrey #horsejokesgalore

"We are capable of big lives. A big history. Why settle? Why choose the practical thing, the mundane thing? We are born to dream and make the things we dream about."

"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live." #harrypotter #dreams #youngadult #bookstagrammer

"To really be a nerd, she'd decided, you had to prefer fictional worlds to the real one." #fangirl #rainbowrowell #fantasy #contemporary #nerdy

"Sometimes reality comes crashing down on you. Other times reality simply waits, patiently, for you to run out of the energy it takes to deny it." #thesevenhusbandsofevelynhugo #bookofthemonthclub #adultfiction #hollywood

"She wept because she did not know what she wanted, and because she wanted everything." #beautyandthebeast #retelling #hunted #youngadultfiction #youngadult #fantasy

"You‘re my favorite way to pass the time. But time stands still when you‘re on my mind." #kasiewest #psilikeyou #romance #contemporary

"A life without love is like a year without summer." #summerreading #italygelato #youngadult #fiction #jennaevanswelch #loveandgelato #summer

"Gold makes monsters of men." #bookstagrammer #vengeance #vengeanceroad #ya #youngadult #fiction #western #gold

"Letting go is not forgetting. It's opening your eyes to the good that grew from the bad, the life that blooms from decay." #bookofthemonthclub #amillionjunes #fantasy #romance #retelling #romeoandjuliet #ya #youngadult

"There is a small monster in my brain that controls my doubt. The doubt itself is a stupid thing, without sense or feeling, blind and straining at the end of a long chain. The monster though is smart. It's always watching, and when I am completely sure of myself, it unchains the doubt and lets it run wild. Even when I know it's coming, I can't stop it."
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#anxiety #elizaandhermonsters #owlcrate #bookstagram #diversereads #mentalhealthawareness

"Funny, she thought, that even monsters had fragile hearts."
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I'm so excited that I finally have my signed copy of Our Dark Duet in my hands! It came in the mail a little damaged, but that won't stop me from devouring this in a few days. ? Who else is excited about this release and/or has read it? #ourdarkduet #outdoors #fantasy #victoriaschwab #monstersofverity #tbr #mostanticipated #youngadult #bookstagram