It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han review

It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This book people...this book is how you do love triangles.

I mean it's been awhile since I read the first book. Like two years or something but when I started reading this the day before I feel right back in. The characters are really great and real and I feel like Belly is a great character individually but her interactions with Conrad and Jeremiah and even her mother. They just seem...authentic I guess? Like how I would react if I were in her place.

I definitely want to read more of Ms. Han's stuff. I might just read the last of this trilogy next and that is rare indeed.



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I really loved this book you guys. I haven't read YA in a long while with one exception. I guess I got tired of the cliches prominent in the genre (Mostly related to the fantasy side I admit.) But I'm glad I returned. I really enjoyed this book and I'm glad I decided to pick it up. Four for you Ms. Han.

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Girl in Need of a Tourniquet by Merri Lisa Johnson Review

Girl in Need of a Tourniquet: Memoir of a Borderline Personality by Merri Lisa Johnson

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I've been looking for memoirs and biographies that focus on borderline for awhile. I finally decided to buy one and this was it.

And I'm glad I bought it. I received this book today and I have just finished reading it. I actually sat down and read the whole thing with a brief break to tell my mother "This book is it. This book is everything."

I liked the way it was structured with anecdotes and brief excerpts from psych literature and sometimes normal literature. I immediately connected to the author when she opened comparing herself to Lisa Lopes from TLC. I liked that this book didn't seem stuffy. It was raw and real. The emotions she felt I feel too.

Like for example she writes about when she was diagnosed she googled it and she wrote "I'm going to be the best borderline." I mean...that is me to a T.

And she wrote about using her intelligence as a shield...again me to a T.

This was a beautiful book and I heartily recommend it.



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