Author: Erika L. Sánchez
Rating: 2/5
When Julia’s older sister dies in a road accident, her family is grief-stricken and must deal with the repercussions of their grief.
Spoilers ahead.
Tag: mental health
Icebreaker
Author: A. L. Graziadei
Rating: 4/5
Seventeen-year-old Mickey James III has been groomed practically since birth to set ice hockey records. Depression and anxiety have something different planned for him.
Spoilers ahead.
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Author: Roxane Gay
Rating: 5/5
A memoir about how a gang rape seeded a need to use food to build a fortress around herself.
Spoilers ahead.
More Happy Than Not
Author: Adam Silvera
Rating: 5/5
Sixteen-year-old Aaron Soto doesn’t seem to be able to find happiness after a family tragedy. Things get worse when his girlfriend leaves for the summer.
Spoilers ahead.
It’s Not Always Depression: Working the Change Triangle to Listen to the Body, Discover Core Emotions, and Connect to Your Authentic Self
Author: Hilary Jacobs Hendel
Rating: 2/5
A book on using the change triangle to become more self-aware of your emotions. So, nothing new here.
Spoilers ahead.
Anxious People
Author: Fredrik Backman
Translated by: Neil Smith
Rating: 5/5
A bank robbery goes wrong and everyone at an apartment viewing is taken hostage.
Spoilers ahead.
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
Author: John Green
Rating: I give this book five stars.
Honestly, it’s the subtitle with lots of anecdotes mixed in.
Spoilers ahead.
Continue reading “The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet”
What to Say Next
Author: Julie Buxbaum
Rating: 4/5
David Drucker has always been the odd, lonely duck at Mapleview High. When Kit Lowell, a pretty and popular girl in his class sits next to him one lunch period, they form a connection beyond either of their expectations.
Spoilers ahead.
Chemistry
Author: Weike Wang
Rating: 3/5
The narrator is doing a PhD in chemistry and is sick of it.
Spoilers ahead.
Be More Chill
Author: Ned Vizzini
Rating: 4/5
Jeremy Heere is considered to be a loser and he absolutely despises this. With the help of a supercomputer called the squip, Jeremy learns how to be, well, be more chill.
Spoilers ahead.
Earnestly Eccentric 