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Book Review 6: Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin (found fan art of Riley on google)

 “We’re all taught from a young age that there are only two choices: pink or blue, Bratz or Power Rangers, cheerleading or football. We see gender in two dimensions because that’s what society has taught us from birth. But, are you ready for a shocking revelation? SOCIETY NEEDS TO CHANGE.” 

“The world isn’t binary. Everything isn’t black or white, yes or no. Sometimes it’s not a switch, it’s a dial. And it’s not even a dial you can get your hands on; it turns without your permission or approval" -Riley” 

“I can’t blame you for trying to categorize me. It’s a human instinct. It’s why scientists are, to this day, completely flabbergasted by the duck-billed platypus: it’s furry like a mammal, but lays eggs like a bird. It defies conventional classification. I AM THE PLATYPUS (Coo coo ka-choo)” 

- Symptoms of Being Human

So, I know in most of my other reviews, I stated that it was hard just choosing one quote from a book full of amazing quotes, and it really was hard only choosing one for those books, but it was impossible trying to only choose one quote from Symptoms of Being Human. This book is full of quotes and lessons that need to be read and heard, and I couldn’t, in good conscious, put only a single quote in my review. If that ramble wasn’t enough for you to realize that I feel like this is a great book, well, this is me saying This Is A Great Book. 

In an earlier review, I stated that Simon Vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda was the first LGBTQ+ book that I’ve ever read back in January (first published book at least because middle school and high school me couldn’t get enough of gay wattpad), but this was my first LGBTQ+ book that I read that wasn’t specifically focused on the GB part. I’ve read several GB books this summer, from Adam Silvera’s books to David Levithan and Bill Konigsberg books and so on, but this book here was another game changer. Growing up, I’d never really had access to any kind of LGBTQ+, and I’ve never really thought about that before just now, and then even this summer when I’d finally started devouring them left and right, I still didn’t see many books that didn’t mainly focus on the GB part. I like to look through tumblr for book recommendations, which is the only reason I heard about this book, and I am so glad I did. 

The main character’s name is Riley, and they (he/she) are non-binary. (Reminder to people, it literally costs you nothing to use a person’s proper pronouns). I love how the story begins, with Riley stating the first thing that we’ll want to know is if they are a boy or a girl, but the thing is, Riley identifies as both. There are days when Riley will feel more like one than the other and other vice versa, and there are days when Riley will wake up feeling one way and it’ll change throughout the day or won’t feel like either. Riley says it’s more like a dial than a switch. There isn’t one time throughout the story where it tells you what Riley’s subjected pronouns were at birth, which I like because it forces you not to put Riley in a box with a one gender label, if I’m phrasing this right. It forces you to use the proper pronouns for Riley, (whether he, she, or they), based on what Riley is feeling. I’m super sorry to anyone if I’m miss-wording what I’m trying to say. Anyway, this book handled everything so well, in my opinion. 

This book also makes me so mad, not the book itself, but some of the characters angered me. It’s been said that a character that you hate is either well written or poorly written, and let me tell you, there were some characters who were way too well written that I wish I could’ve gone in and fought. There were a lot of scenes I saw coming, and I was dreading it because no one should have to go through what Riley had, and I’m sorry for everyone who had to deal with ignorant a-holes, and I am here for anyone who needs to talk or who just needs someone to be there. That being said, this is an amazing book. I love books that really opens your eyes even more, and I love books that really helps further put things in perspective. I’m glad this book came into my orbit, and I’m super glad I got to read it and see Riley’s story. I’m glad that there are books like this that tells other people that society needs to change, that we as a people need to wake up and change. Things aren’t black and white. They never have been, but for centuries, people liked to pretend that it was. They liked to act like it was them vs others, which were people who were different and who they refused to accept. This book is just as important as Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda, and we need more stories like this. We need more representation for the massively underrepresented. I will without a doubt recommend this book. The writing is amazing, and I love the way the author tells the story. It’s an important and really good read. You will not be disappointed.

Playlist made by Jeff Garvin, the author, of all the songs he mentions in the book: https://open.spotify.com/user/1230408410/playlist/3zMxlcKUvOwAE8z6V6Sc7a

If you have any song suggestions for the book, let me know because I’d love to hear them. I couldn’t think of any of my own, but if I do, I’ll update with the songs.

-Cabria Sha-Nae’

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Tag Game

Rules: answer 21 questions and then tag 21 people

tagged by: @twentyonepanicingpadfoots

Nickname: I don’t have much of one irl, sometimes people just make one up or call me Bri or something. However!!!! @veritybee calls me CeCe and @twentyonepanicingpadfoots calls me Wims, and I absolutely love both.

Zodiac: Taurus

Height: 5′7

Last movie I saw: Captain Marvel

Last thing that I googled: A Little Life quotes

Favorite musician: Error Message. Failed to find answer. 

Song stuck in my head: Old Town Road by Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus 

Other blogs: @patronsaintofbooks @wimsreblog @quote-thy-me and like 3 others that were made years ago and wildly unshareable. 

Followers: 993, but like, less than 10 who care, lol 

Following: 332, but I really wanna do a purge

Amount of sleep: um, idk. Just depends. It’s like 3 am right now, and I have to be up in like 6 hours. 

Lucky numbers: 6

Dream job: if only i knew

What am I wearing: mtsu sweats, harry potter t shirt

Favorite food: who knows

Language: English

Can I play an instrument: no

Favorite song: Error. Catastrophic failure. Question does not compute. 

Random fact: Someone I know is working on a cartoon about college life and such. It seems like it’ll be interesting. He made a character based on me and what not too. His tumblr and twitter is @chicothecartoonist . You should totally check him out.

Describe yourself in aesthetic things: hoodies, music, books, headphones, sweats, blue and grey, over-sized sweaters, Disney, etc, idk. 

Tagging: @cactusqueen98 @veritybee @teacup13 @dolores-hazy @forester112358 @glassgirl5 @xheartbrokenheartbreakerx @chicothecartoonist @riverblujay @demi-god-witch @littlebitsofideas @verisimilines @strawberryblon @snapmyneckandcallmeloki @shared-pleasures-and-pain @mydeliriousmistakes420 @sunrayzz94 @judessstfrancis @francisjude @chronicallykalene @simasmileman

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Book Review 3: History is You Left Me by Adam Silvera

“History is nothing. It can be recycled or thrown away completely. It isn’t this sacred treasure chest I mistook it to be. We were something, but history isn’t enough to keep something alive forever.” -History is All You Left Me

Once again, this book has so many amazing quotes, and it’s so hard trying to find just one that remotely does it justice. But now let me tell youuu, I just can’t even. I went through all my posts about books and my thoughts and favorite quotes from them from earlier in the summer, and apparently, I neglected to write about the first book that just really broke my heart this summer. I read all 3 of Adam Silvera’s books, and he does not know how to be happy. This was the last one I read, and it was my favorite out of the 3. They were all amazing, but this one really made me feel, so of course, I hate it. Lol.

I really don’t even know where to begin with this story. Every time I think of this book, I get excited. It’s been on my mind almost as much as A Little Life, for really similar reasons. Whenever I see a quote or post about the story, I immediately want to reach for the book even though I don’t own a copy, and then I start really thinking of the book. At first, I think of the book very fondly, and then I’ll start thinking about how I want to reread it. I start thinking more about the story, and then I come back to the realization that I also hate this book. I may hate this book more than A Little Life. I love it just so much, but it hurt to read it so much. I could literally feel Griffin’s grief of losing Theo, before and after Theo’s death. I could put myself in his shoes, and feel his pain. I could even slightly relate to his compulsions, especially having to do things in evens because I prefer things in evens. I can relate strongly to his destructive tendencies, and yet I still can’t truly fathom how he must’ve felt.

I struggle with releasing my emotions, especially crying even when my eyes are watering. But this book? It made my chest hurt so much from the emotions it made me feel. From how I could feel and relate to Griffin’s pain. My eyes would water, and I’d be so close to crying, closer than I ever was with A Little Life, and yet the tears wouldn’t come, but when I got halfway through the book, ‘Blue Ain’t Your Color by Keith Urban’ started playing on my speaker, and I sobbed. This book made me sob. That’s how powerful it is, and so I absolutely love this book, and I absolutely hate it. I also hate Jackson, but that’s mostly because of my bias to the main character, Griffin. I wholeheartedly recommend this book, All of Adam Silvera’s books, but especially this one, especially if you just need to feel. There are so many songs that could go well with this book, especially if you really need to let out those tears, that I wouldn’t even know where to start. Maybe ‘The Good Side’ by Troye Sivan or ‘Leave Your Lover’ by Sam Smith. You know what? I’m just going to put some songs down, some are sort of close to what would go well with the book just a little, mostly little things or scene/emotions.

If I Had a Heart by Call Me Karizma (Griffin to Theo)

Leave Your Lover by Sam Smith (Griffin to Theo)

Naked by James Arthur (Griffin to Theo)

The Good Side by Troye Sivan (Theo to Griffin)

When Did You Stop Loving Me by Hunter Hayes (Griffin to Theo)

True Love by Dove Cameron (Griffin to Theo)

This is My Version by Conor Maynard (Griffin to Theo, a couple lines)

Blue Ain’t Your Color (Wade to Griffin)

Better than Me by Hinder (Griffin about Theo, just a little)

Suicide by James Arthur (a couple lines: Griffin to Theo)

Lead Me Out of the Dark by Crown the Empire

End by Jeremy Zucker

Clumsy by Sam Tsui (little Theo to Griffin/Griffin to Wade/Wade to Griff)

What Hurts the Most by Rascal Flatts

Wasted by MKTO (Griffin thinking of his possible relationship to Wade)

Unhinged by Nick Jonas (Griff about Wade)

Talk Me Down by Troye Sivan (Griff to Theo/Wade to Griff)

Life of Regrets by Chester See (Griff)

Better With You by Jesse McCartney (Griff to Wade in the end)

Blue by Troye Sivan (Wade to Griff)

Dreaming with a Broken Heart by John Mayer

I Can’t Make You Love Me by Shane Filan (Wade to Griff)

Turn Right by Jonas Brothers

Fools by Troye Sivan

Too Young by Sabrina Carpenter

Lovely by Bllie Ellish and Khalid

Skinny Love by Birdy

Jealous by Chester See (Griff to Theo)

Stone Cold by Demi Lovato (Griff to Theo)

Our Time Together by Ivan B

If by Chance by Ruth B

Last Love Song by ZZ Ward

Almost Lover by A Fine Frenzy

Songs I Can’t Listen To by Neon Trees

I really just pulled up one of my depression playlists and went for it. Here is the spotify playlist link:

https://open.spotify.com/user/bricc/playlist/1Wu0bzM9RK91cChSIU4J37

-Cabria Sha-Nae’

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This is my book review blog, and I have 5 reviews up so far. Most of my reviews have songs or playlists that I added that i feel go well with the books. Some of these playlists are really long because I went overboard, finding so many amazing songs that went so well with these amazing books. I am working on a 6th.

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Book Review 5: They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera 

“You may be born into a family, but you walk into friendships. Some you’ll discover you should put behind you. Others are worth every risk.” - They Both Die at the End

This was the second book I read by Adam Silvera. I’m sure that I was not the only one who picked up the book, hoping, just hoping, that somehow they didn’t both actually die at the end. Unfortunately, our hopes were not answered. The one thing that I can say is that even though they both died, it was still the least depressing book out of the 3 of his. All of them are amazing reads, but this one hurt my heart least. Maybe it’s because we all knew from the beginning that they would die. Maybe it’s because they got to find each other before they died. Actually, I think that’s exactly it. Although the story is sad, and even though they both die, they had the best story out of Adam Silvera’s books. They got to really live one last time, and even more, they got to meet each other and really fall in love. One didn’t die, leaving the other heartbroken and sad, trying to find a way to cope with the grief and live without the other like in his novel, History is All You Left Me. The main character didn’t have to find a way to be happier than not after learning his lessons in a very hard way, knowing that things won’t be the same like in his novel, More Happy Than Not. 

Despite them both dying, they got to live, and that’s really all you can ask of people who know that they’ll die soon. This book was beautiful and sad and full of life and heartbreak, and like the others I’ve written about, completely worth it. I will admit, like so many others, I was skeptical to read it after More Happy Than Not, but I’m a sucker for heartbreak and books that bring emotional pain. And I have such unrealistic hopes that every book I read will have a happy ending, so I read to find out if it is the case for each book, and although it wasn’t for this one, I am so happy I got to read it. I am happy Mateo go out of his shell and lived and loved and tried new things. I am happy that Rufus had someone to watch out for him and kept him safe for as long as possible. They brought so much to the end of each others’ lives, and it’s beautiful seeing how much someone can affect someone else, even in just a day. 

Something else I liked about this story is that even though it’s mainly focused on Rufus and Mateo, you get to see snippets of other people’s lives. Both people who will die that day and who won’t. It’s interesting how they all cross each others’ paths without even realizing it, or even knowing how those small crossed paths affected other people. This book is worth the read. I enjoy looking up other people’s reaction to the book to see how it affected other readers, and I haven’t seen one negative review. It’s honestly an amazing book. Adam Silvera may not always give us the happiest or fluffiest endings, but he gives us real emotions in his stories. He immerses us in these characters’ lives, and the hard part is when it ends.

Even in a world were Death Cast exists, calling people at midnight on the days they’ll die, it’s still a realistic ending. We can’t go into every story thinking everyone will get a happy ending. The only thing anyone is guaranteed is an ending, not necessarily a happy one.  As much as I would love happy endings for every person and character, I stand by his books. They’re so much more than just ‘sad stories.’ They’re real and full of such strong emotions, and as sad as they make us, we need more of it. We need to see that not everything ends how we want or expect it to. He teaches us so many lessons in his stories, and they’re lessons we need to wake up and learn. I recommend all of his books, with all of my little broken heart. “A ship in the harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for,” - John A. Shield/They Both Die at the End. 

Songs Sorta for They Both Die at the End:

 https://open.spotify.com/user/bricc/playlist/77wN34I6HLmzUKsOeIUMvc

Good Grief by Bastille

Perfect by Ed Sheeran 

Loved You Before by Natalie Taylor

Come to This by Natalie Taylor

All We Do by Oh Wonder

Closer by Majik

Oblivion by Bastille

Sunflower by Rex Orange County

I’ll Keep You by Sleeping at Last

Fake It by Bastille

If Today Was Your Last Day by Nickelback

If Tonight is My Last by Laura Izibor

Body Gold by Oh Wonder

Already Dead by Anarbor

Silence by Marshmellow and Khalid

Sorry by Aquilo 

Are You Home? by Amber Run

Another Love by Tom Odell 

Things We Lost in the Fire by Bastille

Astronaut by Mansionair

Moondust by Jaymes Young

Blue by Troye Sivan (’I know you see in black and white, so I’ll paint you a clear blue sky,’ makes me think of Mateo saying this to Rufus)

Always by Binlk-182

All We’ve Done by Mark Diamond

Writing’s on the Wall by SamSmith

I Don’t Care if You’re Contagious by Pierce the Veil

Flaws by Bastille

Collide by Howie Day

The Scientist by Coldplay 

Even My Dad Does Sometimes by Ed Sheeran 

You and Me by Lifehouse

I Found by Amber Run

Dedication by Asking Alexandria

Brave for You by The XX

(Don’t Fear) The Reaper by Pierce the Veil

Talk Me Down by Troye Sivan

Surrender by Natalie Taylor

Cough Syrup by Glee Cast

Somewhere Only We Know by Keane

Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol

So, I did not expect to have so many songs that went with this book, and I honestly had to make myself stop adding song. They are just so many. :D I included the link to the spotiify playlist, but I also have an Apple Music Playlist for it titled the name of the book (They Both Die at the End). 

-Cabria Sha-Nae’ 

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Book Review 4: Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

“It is definitely annoying that straight (and white, for that matter) is the default, and that the only people who have to think about their identity are the ones who don’t fit that mold. Straight people really should have to come out, and the more awkward it is, the better. Awkwardness should be a requirement.”  - Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda

This is one of my favorite quotes from the book. I believe that we shouldn’t even have defaults in society or enforced norms. Screw it all. Screw assumptions of who or what someone is, and let them be them. No one should have to ‘come out’ because it shouldn’t be assumed that someone is straight or cis. It shouldn’t be out of the norm or unacceptable for people to be themselves, no matter what they identify as inside the LGBTQ+. But until the norm is being yourself without other people assuming you’re automatically straight or cis, everyone straight or cis person should also have to go through the awkward coming out part.

When I first read this book in January, I liked the part where he assumed Blue was white, and when he was talking to Blue, he realized he shouldn’t have just assumed he’d be white. That white shouldn’t just be the default anymore than straight should be. I really enjoyed this book. It was such a good read. We need more LGBTQ+ representation in media, especially for teens, and this book did such a good job with having representation of both people of color and LGBTQ+ teens, and we don’t see enough of either, so the fact that this book did both was already important.

I was so eager, I couldn’t be bothered to wait for a cheaper used hardback copy, and I just went to Books-a-Million and bought a paperback. Then I read the book, and I may read kind of slow, but it was so good that I finished it the same night I bought it. The story was enticing, and the lessons Simon learns are important. His parents’ reactions were important. I really don’t know what to say except that all of it was so important. I liked the way the author handled each situations, his friendships, his family, and so on. The book was just honestly amazing. This story was cute, fun, funny, serious, and so much more. It was completely worth the read. This was probably one of the first LGBTQ+ young adult book that I ever actually read, and I was so happy with it. She did an incredible job getting inside of the teen’s heads and writing Simon’s experiences. This book will not disappoint. The movie however, disappointed me. 

I agree with most that it’s so important that they made a movie out of the book. It’s important that kids and teens get to see characters that may be more like them. We deserve more LGBTQ+ movies that don’t include pedophilia and other predatory things that is often the only things we do really get to see. A movie that’s not only super serious but also lighthearted at points and sweet. This movie is all those things, but I don’t like the way it was handled. I know disliking the movie is an unpopular opinion, but I dislike a lot of the changes like: how he began talking to Blue, the almost depthless emails with Blue, the new gay/straight(bi) love triangle, Bram with a girl at a party, the way Martin outed him, the way his friends handled it, the change to the ferris wheel, the reason Bram was late, and so on. In my defense, I am almost always more biased for the book, and while I understand that movies can’t be exactly like the book for several reasons, I also know that there are generally a lot of changes that wasn’t necessary, like most of which I named. There were plenty of other minor changes that I may have wished were more like the book, but they weren’t as important to me as the ones I stated. Sometimes extra drama that isn’t already in the books aren’t great for the movies. I also hate that the cut out the part of the quote that includes that white shouldn’t be the default. 

While I dislike the movie because of my biasness, it is stil an important movie t watch, but I completely reommend reading the book first. It is truly amazing. This was a shitty review, but I didn’t know what else to say besides how amazing the book was and how much I disliked the movie. 

Songs that sorta make think of Simon Vs: (I need more suggestions cause I struggled trying to come up with this.) 

https://open.spotify.com/user/bricc/playlist/4jfB9ROiV2kdehGAf92INB

Love Lies by Khalid & Normani

Push by Nick Jonas

In My Blood by Shawn Mendes

Ocean Eyes by Billie Ellish

Into You by Ariana Grande

Us by James Bay

Bloom by Troye Sivan

Keeping a Secret by Bleachers

Take Me to Church by Hozier

Youth by Shawn Mendes and Khalid

Seventeen by Alessia Cara

Clumsy by Sam Tsui

Wild by Troye Sivan

Too Young by Sabrina Carpenter

Say Love by James TW

Certain Things by James Arthur

Is This Love? by James Arhtur

It’s That Simple by Act As If

Drama by AJR 

Tale as Old as Time by Alex G

The Way by Ariana Grande

Here’s to Never Growing Up by Avril Lavigne

I’m With You by Avril Lavigne (kind reminds me of the tea cup ride)

Endlessly by The Cab

All About Us by He is We

Weakness by Jeremy Zucker 

First Time He Kissed a Boy by Kadie Elder

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Books

I’m going to try to talk about books on here more. Books are important to me, and I have no one in my life to really talk to about them, so I made a secondary blog @patronsaintofbooks, and I am going to try writing reviews of books because why not. I know I sort of started doing little thoughts on books and some of my favorite quotes from them here earlier in the summer, and I am going to try to expand on some I already did and more. I already posted 3 reviews, including the A Little Life one I just posted on this blog, and I’ll try working on more later.

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Book Review 2: A World Without You by Beth Revis

So the second picture is of my favorite quote from this book. “I can think of no better way to meet a girl than to see her through the eyes of the story she loves best.”  I love this quote because I love books. Talking about books excite me, buying books, receiving books, and son on. I can talk about them forever, and I would love if someone met me like this.

I did enjoy this. I read it because I saw my aunt with it, and as always, the cover interested me, so I looked into it, and then I read it. I liked the idea of the story. Anyway, I do and don’t like this books, which is actually usually really good when it comes to me. When I both love and hate a book, it’s usually because of the way it makes me feel, and I was able to relate a lot to both Bo and Phoebe.

I think it’s a good read. I would definitely recommend this. Something I like about the book is that it doesn’t just focus on Bo, the main character, but it also occasionally focuses on his sister, Phoebe. It shows you how Bo’s situation is affecting not only him, but also her, their home and their family. How the author portrays Bo’s delusions and mental health is vivid and seems so real that I was confused most of the story because even I believed Bo’s delusions until I reread the summary of the story to remind myself that he, is in fact, mentally ill. It is such an amazing portrayal, and I appreciate the story itself. I think Betpleh Revis did an amazing job showing Bo’s struggle with coming to terms with his illness and then relapsing back into his delusions. I don’t know worded that right, so I’m going to stop trying to describe it. but I would recommend this read.

-Cabria Sha-Nae’

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First Book Review on the New Blog!!! 

Book Review 1: A Little by Hanya Yanagihara

“But what was happiness but an extravagance, an impossible state to maintain, partly because it was so difficult to articulate?” - A Little Life

I have so many favorite quotes from this book, but this is one of the best that really captures the book.

I finished this book a bit over a month ago, and it’s still on my mind. It’s always on my mind. I loved and hated A Little a Life. However, I don’t hate it for negative reasons. I hate it because it tore my heart in half. The story was essentially just following the life of 4 long time friends, and specifically focuses more on Jude and Willem later in the book. I read this book because of the way Antoni Porowski from Queer Eye described it. It piqued my curiosity, especially when he said you had to be masochistic to get through the book easily, and after reading it, I found that I agree with him. The author, Hanya Yanagihara, is such an amazing writer, and this book is amazing, but more than that, amazingly sad, but I feel there are a lot of little lessons to be picked up throughout the story, and as heartbreaking of a book it is, it’s absolutely worth the read. It is the first adult literature novel I chose to read on my own, even more, the first one I’ve liked. To be honest, after only reading a few pages, I never felt like putting the book down. It was always on my mind when I wasn’t reading it, and I was always anxious to know what would happen in their lives next. It was such an easy read in terms of the writing. It hardly felt like I was reading, but more like I was simply remembering these lives, if that makes sense. But it was such a difficult read in terms of heartbreaking moments. I found it was important for me to take little breaks in between reading as a way of self care because Jude’s story can be a trigger, especially if you are not prepared.

I have heard a lot of people say it’s the great gay novel, and I saw people get upset after reading it because that’s not what this is. It does indeed have plenty of people of color and LGBTQ+ representation, but the story isn’t about that. It’s about the lives of 4 friends over decades of their lives, especially Willem and Jude. The book is literally just life. I realized that about halfway through, and I love this book more than I hate it for breaking my heart. I recommend it 100%, but I also warn you of the inevitable heartbreak that will come from reading this. I put my Eeyore plush next to my copy of the book because this book made me feel more like Eeyore than ever before.

I recommend listening to St. Jude by Florence + the Machine when reading and thinking of Jude.  

-Cabria Sha-Nae’

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Book Review Blog

I made this secondary blog a few weeks ago, but I had no idea what to do with it. I love so many things, and would love to make an individual blog dedicated to each thing I love, like MCU or HP and everything else, but I’ve decided to make it about books. On my main blog, I occasionally posted some of my favorite quotes from books I was reading, and I would even write some of my thoughts on the books I’d finished this summer, but its been a while since I wrote a review or really expanded on what I thought about a book, so I decided to make a blog just for that purpose. My main blog is @writeinmysoul . I generally post quotes or writing excerpts if I write something, and I just post and occasionally delete stuff about my life. Anyway, new blog for books, here we go. recommendation