BOOK REVIEW: Turtles All The Way Down – John Green
John Green books place teenagers in horrific situations (cancer, accidents, abuse). Still ‘Turtles all the way down’ is a different kind of monster.
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BOOK REVIEW: Harriet The Spy-Louise Fitzhugh: Flinch, Harriet
‘Harriet the Spy’ is about a 11 year old girl who is gagged by family & system and forced into therapy. Reading helped me crystallise my own identity crisis.
What’s Your Poison? – Addictions You May Not Know You Have
We all face situations that are alarming & scary. We seek escape. This must mean we are all creating potential addictions for ourselves, every day.
Aren’t You Glad I’m Not Carrie?
I read ‘Carrie’ by Stephen King. In the same week, I received an invitation to a school alumni meet.
The Trials Of The Girl Who Reads
The Crush has given me a book. The question is to read or not to read?
There’s No Sane Way To Grieve
Breakups need to be grieved. Grieving is messy and the path to healing isn’t straight. But if you have the space & support, it happens.
Where I bitch about things that hurt & find my way back…to a good book
I bought a Kindle. It opened my way back into books.
Do You Have A BiFF?
A BiFF is like one of the X-Men. A good BiFF is all good things rolled into one, like Human Being Plus. Wait, what’s a BiFF?
Girls Who May One Day Be Gone
Gone Girl – I saw the movie, I read the book. This is not a review but a prediction of doom.
Any Earthquakes Out There?
Reading an old comfort book gives recognition to the earthquakes still tremoring inside me.