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Well, what can I say? I an speechless and happy. Speechless, that I don't have enough words to express all that I am feeling after reading this, and happy that I decided to read this book despite having no information about it at all. It was just a cover choice for me as the cover is so unique. Though I read and ebook, but I kept imagining how beautiful it would look when I'll have a physical copy of it.
This was my second poetry this year and I can say now that I love poetry. This book was very unique, right from its cover, to the writing and the presentation. It is divided into two parts - Side A and Side B (same as a mix tape) and each side has various tracks (similar to a tape). The other unique thing was that each track was associated with a song. I must admit here that was not familiar with any of the song but I really get the essence there and I have created a list of all the songs to listen later.
Side A was full poetry, while Side B was something different. It was black-out poetry of the poems from Side A, and I didn't expected it at all. The writing of the book was really simple and you can easily get into it. While reading it, I felt as if each track is speaking to me and what I sometimes feel is written out there. My favourite track, however, was track 46 on Side A.
The poems depict love, loss, healing, warmth, problems of growing old. Each track has its own charm. But you'll be surprised by seeing how flexible these poems are. You can make your own versions out of these. Some poems will make you feel that you are in great pain, your heart is broken, while some of them will make you realize that you are healed and you have to live your life to the fullest. They teaches you that pain is not permanent, it has to go away one day. They appreciated the beauty of people around you, talked about the importance of your home and more personal things.
Every poem felt personal to me. I loved the writing style of [a:Alicia Cook|7969405|Alicia Cook|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1515434147p2/7969405.jpg]. The author is also doing a great thing by donating all the profit from this book to Willow Tree Center and I really appreciate her.
All in all, this was a great collection and definitely is now one of my favourites. I would recommend it to every poetry lover out there. I seriously want to write many more appreciating things about it, but I am really out of words now.
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Well, what can I say? I an speechless and happy. Speechless, that I don't have enough words to express all that I am feeling after reading this, and happy that I decided to read this book despite having no information about it at all. It was just a cover choice for me as the cover is so unique. Though I read and ebook, but I kept imagining how beautiful it would look when I'll have a physical copy of it.
This was my second poetry this year and I can say now that I love poetry. This book was very unique, right from its cover, to the writing and the presentation. It is divided into two parts - Side A and Side B (same as a mix tape) and each side has various tracks (similar to a tape). The other unique thing was that each track was associated with a song. I must admit here that was not familiar with any of the song but I really get the essence there and I have created a list of all the songs to listen later.
Side A was full poetry, while Side B was something different. It was black-out poetry of the poems from Side A, and I didn't expected it at all. The writing of the book was really simple and you can easily get into it. While reading it, I felt as if each track is speaking to me and what I sometimes feel is written out there. My favourite track, however, was track 46 on Side A.
The poems depict love, loss, healing, warmth, problems of growing old. Each track has its own charm. But you'll be surprised by seeing how flexible these poems are. You can make your own versions out of these. Some poems will make you feel that you are in great pain, your heart is broken, while some of them will make you realize that you are healed and you have to live your life to the fullest. They teaches you that pain is not permanent, it has to go away one day. They appreciated the beauty of people around you, talked about the importance of your home and more personal things.
Every poem felt personal to me. I loved the writing style of [a:Alicia Cook|7969405|Alicia Cook|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1515434147p2/7969405.jpg]. The author is also doing a great thing by donating all the profit from this book to Willow Tree Center and I really appreciate her.
All in all, this was a great collection and definitely is now one of my favourites. I would recommend it to every poetry lover out there. I seriously want to write many more appreciating things about it, but I am really out of words now.
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HOME. A concept that is so familiar yet strange sometimes. Having lived out of my hometown all of my life, I never got the sense of what it is truly to call your place a home. Having my father in Army meant we moved a lot, every place was our new home. Yet, thankfully, I have never faced anything like Jude.
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This book, guys! There should be more people talking about this book. I never expected this to be a full 5 stars read but now it is one of my favourites. Once in a while, there comes a contemporary which makes you think and question the world around you. The Hate U Give was such a book for me and now, this book is one of them.
Trigger warnings: Revenge porn, slut-shaming, bullying, sexual harassment, publicly outing someone
Diversity: Side queer character, side Nepali-American character, side Brown character
The story is about Izzy, a high school senior, who has developed an incredible sense of humor and sarcasm and has been using these as a coping mechanism since the death of her parents in a car accident when she was just five. Since then she has lived with her grandmother, Betty, who works extra shifts in a low-income job in a diner to support them. It is Izzy's dream to do something with her wit and her writing skills and aspires to be a screenwriter. But at a party, someone captures photos of her one-night-stand with a politician’s son and later creates a website and put the photos there and well, she goes viral. People start posting all the mean stuff for her and her life changes completely. Izzy soon realizes how this world is different for boys and girls, how they are treated differently.
To be frank, in the beginning, I didn’t like Izzy that much. I found her to be a normal teen with a good sense of humor. But she evolved so much as a person and her journey was remarkable and praise-worthy. She was fierce and bold. She never believed in taking bullshit. She would make you laugh and cry for her. She has flaws, a lot of them, but she owned them proudly. She was vulnerable but she knew what she wanted. If you love badass heroines in YA, here is a one for you.
The voice of Izzy, that Laura Steven has created, is sarcastic but thought-provoking, bold but unapologetic, hilarious but heartfelt and above all, it is unabashedly feminist. [b:The Exact Opposite of Okay|41824556|The Exact Opposite of Okay|Laura Steven|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1541865587s/41824556.jpg|57317990] speaks about some harsh truths about the world around us. It’s rebellious. It is definitely a tough book but it has been told with simplicity and yet you can feel the strength of the words. This book is not sugarcoated at all. She talked directly and straight-forward what’s the truth, the injustice that’s been happening with women since ages. It’s not a damsel-in-distress story. Our heroine is bold and fierce but vulnerable at the same time, much like real life characters in a real-life story. You will laugh at Izzy’s punchlines but she will also make you cry and root for her in her bad time. You would feel angry for her and would like to fight the world on her behalf. Apart from being a feminist story, it also talks about White Privilege, unfavored sexuality, racism and even the friend-zone concept.
When it comes to side-characters, my favourites were Izzy’s grandmother, Betty, and her best friend, Ajita who was Nepali-Indian-American. Izzy’s relationship with her grandmother was so lovely. She was so open to her and shared everything with her, from her school life to her sexual life. They cared for each other and supported each other. She got the humor and witty nature from her grandmother.
Ajita was a sweetheart and everyone needs a best friend like her. Izzy and Ajita fiercely protected each other. When every kid in school was harassing Izzy, I loved how Ajita tackled them with counter wit. Their friendship was so relatable, even the spat between them. Even when they hurt each other, I loved how they made zero excuses for it and were genuinely sorry for hurting each other. I loved the diversity and representation that Ajita and her family brought to the story. My Indian heart was really happy to see the mention of an Indian festival and Indian Gods
This book, guys! There should be more people talking about this book. I never expected this to be a full 5 stars read but now it is one of my favourites. Once in a while, there comes a contemporary which makes you think and question the world around you. The Hate U Give was such a book for me and now, this book is one of them.
Trigger warnings: Revenge porn, slut-shaming, bullying, sexual harassment, publicly outing someone
Diversity: Side queer character, side Nepali-American character, side Brown character
"Bitches bite back. And men hate that. Society hates that."
The story is about Izzy, a high school senior, who has developed an incredible sense of humor and sarcasm and has been using these as a coping mechanism since the death of her parents in a car accident when she was just five. Since then she has lived with her grandmother, Betty, who works extra shifts in a low-income job in a diner to support them. It is Izzy's dream to do something with her wit and her writing skills and aspires to be a screenwriter. But at a party, someone captures photos of her one-night-stand with a politician’s son and later creates a website and put the photos there and well, she goes viral. People start posting all the mean stuff for her and her life changes completely. Izzy soon realizes how this world is different for boys and girls, how they are treated differently.
"What do I want to be now? Bold. Fierce. Honest. A fighter. A revolutionary. A bitch. Because the way the world treats teenage girls – as sluts, as objects, as bitches – is not okay. It’s the exact opposite of okay."
To be frank, in the beginning, I didn’t like Izzy that much. I found her to be a normal teen with a good sense of humor. But she evolved so much as a person and her journey was remarkable and praise-worthy. She was fierce and bold. She never believed in taking bullshit. She would make you laugh and cry for her. She has flaws, a lot of them, but she owned them proudly. She was vulnerable but she knew what she wanted. If you love badass heroines in YA, here is a one for you.
The voice of Izzy, that Laura Steven has created, is sarcastic but thought-provoking, bold but unapologetic, hilarious but heartfelt and above all, it is unabashedly feminist. [b:The Exact Opposite of Okay|41824556|The Exact Opposite of Okay|Laura Steven|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1541865587s/41824556.jpg|57317990] speaks about some harsh truths about the world around us. It’s rebellious. It is definitely a tough book but it has been told with simplicity and yet you can feel the strength of the words. This book is not sugarcoated at all. She talked directly and straight-forward what’s the truth, the injustice that’s been happening with women since ages. It’s not a damsel-in-distress story. Our heroine is bold and fierce but vulnerable at the same time, much like real life characters in a real-life story. You will laugh at Izzy’s punchlines but she will also make you cry and root for her in her bad time. You would feel angry for her and would like to fight the world on her behalf. Apart from being a feminist story, it also talks about White Privilege, unfavored sexuality, racism and even the friend-zone concept.
"This entitlement has to stop. The world owes you nothing. Girls owe you nothing."
When it comes to side-characters, my favourites were Izzy’s grandmother, Betty, and her best friend, Ajita who was Nepali-Indian-American. Izzy’s relationship with her grandmother was so lovely. She was so open to her and shared everything with her, from her school life to her sexual life. They cared for each other and supported each other. She got the humor and witty nature from her grandmother.
Ajita was a sweetheart and everyone needs a best friend like her. Izzy and Ajita fiercely protected each other. When every kid in school was harassing Izzy, I loved how Ajita tackled them with counter wit. Their friendship was so relatable, even the spat between them. Even when they hurt each other, I loved how they made zero excuses for it and were genuinely sorry for hurting each other. I loved the diversity and representation that Ajita and her family brought to the story. My Indian heart was really happy to see the mention of an Indian festival and Indian Gods
