My Brain Hurts is a really good book
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This author has shown that our kids can inspire us to tell their story.  I love the pictures and story behind all the activities.
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The book Out of my Mind is great book. The book itself is about a handicapped girl who wants to be on her schools quiz team. Even though she cannot speak and has no control of her body movements she is still very determined to pursue her goal. There are many positive things to say about this book. To start with the way the book is written, it always gives you a clear image in your head therefore letting you read along smoothly without stopping to reread and understand what it is trying to say.

Also the author did an outstanding job turning the scenes into words. All of the scenes are very good and give the author a lot to say about them. For me personally, my favorite scenes would be the last few ones as they have a good twist to them.

The characters in this story are very different and unique in their own way. The chapters in this story are very moving, touching and at the end always leave you hanging making you want to read more. I like the girls attitude and how she handles things considering what she has to go through. At the end of the day I'd say that this book deserves all 5 stars.
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This book was so good and I can't my thoughts and feelings into words.
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I enjoyed this, especially since I treat patients who have had traumatic brain injuries. It kept me wondering whether Alice was going to recover her memory or not. I liked how bits of her past were revealed, and I was happy with the ending.
This is the second book I have read by Liane Moriarty and it probably won't be the last.
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I usually don't have issues reading books but this one I really struggled with. I have never read a book that hit so close to home. My heart broke for the author as she told her tale of living with a mother who was physically and mentally abusice, who struggled with mental illness. This book gets you attached deeply to the subject. I cried and cried as I felt I was write next to the autho. This book will leave you thinking about it long after it is done. Writing style amazing, quick to get thru and the subject well done and tasteful.
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This is a really really good book!!!!! It is good for a one hour car ride. Even though it's a short read it's still a good book. I recommend this book for middle school girls .
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I hardly ever give five star reviews, I read everyday and have to really feel something and fully be engaged in the story.  I have known someone with this brain injury after a stroke and this writer was perfect in the scenes describing living with the disease.  Sarah Nickerson's was a very wealthy work obsessed Mother of three,  They lived the uppy lifestyle that is ever so prevalent in our society.  The back story is the one I loved.  The relationship with her Mother, husband and kids.  After my husband suffered a brain tumor and living with my new mate, I related to Sarah and Bob.  Life can change on a dime and we all need to adapt.  I think when faced with a life changing disability you learn what really matters.  This is a very interesting and realistic read, I liked it much better than her last book, which I enjoyed but this really touched me.  It is a great insight to learning about left neglect.
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I really liked this book. It had me frustrated, sad and happy. I was frustrated with Ben and Serena ' s parents. I love how her brother was there for her no matter what. I wish there had been a little more about what happened between Serena and her parents at the end.
I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.
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I'm all over the place, this book hits all your emotions you don't  know whether you want to cry or laugh.
Preppy comeback from death is filled with pain and suffering it was not glossed over and made to look pretty, it was very painful to read.  King, Bear and Ray, the helplessness they felt when they couldn't fix or help him was hard to read as well.
There are so many scenes I loved. King threatening to kill Prep for real. Bear threatening him for the same thing. (Hint: sympathy sex) My fave scene him and Rage (god I love that girl) I absolutely love Preppy and his preppyism.
As I was reading his story I knew this book was going to be amazing.
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Blindness is one of those tough books to rate and review. It's going to be hard to explain without giving too much away, but I'll try.

I love Ginger Scott's writing. I'm always pulled into her stories. They're often filled with tough topics and intense situations. Ms. Scott knows how to take those tough situations and make them very relatable to the reader.

In Blindness, Ms. Scott thrusts us into the world of a young woman who thinks she knows what love is. Charlie knows she feels safe and happy with Trevor. She loves him. Charlie also knows she feels a connection to Cody. He's exactly the opposite of what Charlie's looking for, but she can't help be drawn to him when he understands things Trevor doesn't. It puts Charlie in a position of having to make tough choices about what she needs and wants in her life.

It's Charlie's decisions throughout the story that made me question what my rating of Blindness would be. I hated her actions. Everything she did bothered me. She made me feel uncomfortable and angry. It was frustrating because Ms. Scott's writing was so good that I could empathize with Charlie even though I didn't like what was going on. How do you rate a book with a main character like that?

Well, I acknowledged that I don't have to like everything that goes on in a book for it to be worthy of a high rating. Because when it comes down to it, Blindness made me do something I want all books to do. It made me think and it made me feel. It made me examine my own thoughts on love and relationships. I may not have fallen in love with Charlie, but not all books can be rainbows and unicorns, right?

Would I recommend Blindness? The answer is yes. Readers have to be willing to maybe be uncomfortable at times, but in the end it will pay off. Honestly, I don't think you can go wrong with a Ginger Scott book.
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I didn't actually read this but I listened to it on a audio cd. The fault in our stars is (as you probably know already) about a teenage girl who has terminal cancer and she meets a boy who is in remission and they fall in love. It is very well written but I'm afraid that if I sat down to read this in my own I would have lost interest because of the way hazel and Gus speak sometimes. I love reading and hate stopping in the middle of a book. I think I could read it on own now, but not initially. I love this book and give it 4.95 stars which is basically 5 stars. I am at war with myself about the ending. Not giving anything away. But it is an amazing book.
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Usually I review books right after I finish them, if I plan to review at all.  I have sat on this one for days.  Just thinking about the book.  Wow, this was a good one.  This is no quick, insty love m/m story.  This is not even the full roller coaster ride.  This is the whole flippin' amusement park, from the Tunnel of Love to the Ferris Wheel to the House of Horrors.  This book made me feel sick to my stomach at times. It made me cry multiple times and it made me sigh with contentment as well.

Daniel is very mature for an 18 year old HS student.  This new teacher, Will is pretty young as teachers go, so only 10 years older.  He cannot believe his one night stand is sitting in the front row of his English class.  How is this going to work?  His work life and his reputation flash before his eyes.  (I honestly don't believe that any associate professor of English at a college would be DYING to get away from college kids in order to teach HS so I had to suspend my beliefs for that premise.  I kind of think it's the opposite actually.)

You might think the drama from a story like this comes from two guys trying to hide their relationship so Will doesn't get caught.  Well, a little.  But there is so much MORE drama from the strong emotions they feel, from Will feeling like he's going to limit Daniel to Daniel feeling a bit insecure with this older guy.  This is a lot for them to work through.

These guys do a LOT of navel gazing, not gonna lie.  They also do a LOT of talking about literature and poetry.  (Sometimes I sped through those parts.  But you can't speed too much because the writing is so pretty!)

I seriously love Daniel and his foul mouth, I love Will and his adoration of Daniel (and his adoration of bourbon).  I also really liked Manny and Arthur and the other characters.  I did have to wonder what the HECK was wrong with Daniel's parents.  They never checked on ANYTHING and didn't seem to care much where their son was.

While Daniel's parents don't play much of a role in his life besides being there, Will's mother is NOT there but causes a lot of trouble for the couple in that she has messed with Will's head.  Heartbreaking what parents can do to scar their children.

There is sizzling hot sex in this book.  There is tender, sweet romance.  There is surrender by both characters.  (I told ya, it's a tour de force.)  If you read this book, I really don't think you could be disappointed if you are a m/m fan.
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I know not every reader is going to love this book and I can understand why, but I absolutely loved and enjoy this book so much. Jessa is broken in the inside with her anxiety attacks causing a lot of problems in her life, with her family, friends, boyfriend and her parents especially towards her dad who she does mistreat him until half way through the book. But let me just start from the very beginning. Jessa is living with her mom and step-father with her twin brothers her parents divorce years ago and she blames her father for the divorce and for walking away from her and her mom years ago. But after the divorce of her parents Jessa was having severe anxiety attacks that was messing up her life. Her friends from school stop talking too her and her ass of a boyfriend at the beginning of the book wanted more from her. But her boyfriend does not really understand how broken Jessa felt in the inside. Jessa mom has try everything too help Jessa even force her too go to therapy which she stupidly stop going because her reasoning was the therapist was not helping her at all. Until one terrible night at her boyfriends party she find out something terrible that just broke her heart completely which I won't say what because spoiler. But she run from the party, and got into a horrible car accident which the accident was not her fault yes she was super upset with what she find out at the party. But another driver ran a red light and hit and crush Jessa car head on. It was a complete miracle that Jessa survive but she did had some severe injures. That she completely thought and felt that she was broken now from both the inside and outside. Jessa was suffering a lot along with her injures she also had Aphantasia along with her severe injures and horrible anxiety she was a walking mess. What is Aphantasia you say I had too look up this condition as well because I honestly didn't now what it was either while reading this book. But short version of Aphantasia is the suggested name for a condition where one does not possess a functioning mind's eye and cannot visualize imagery. Now I kind of really love this aspect of the book about Aphantasia, because I never read a book with a character with this condition before and it was a very refreshing read for me. Plus I was really intrigued reading how Jessa was going through that condition that I just felt terrible for her. At the end when Jessa left the hospital she decided too moved in with her father in another state and start a new school, Yes at first Jessa mistreat her father and blame him for leaving her and her mother. But like I say much later on the book she redeem herself completely and understand her dad was trying too do what it was best for her. I will say without spoiling anything for anybody Jessa completely change her life completely for the better because some one special help her and I won't say who because that is spoiler. And no it is not her dad or her friends or her new amazing boyfriend Marshall who I just love and adore him so much that I am talking about. But they did support and help her find her true self along the way as well. But this someone special helped her the most out of all of them. And I am going to leave it off here without spoiling anything else. All and all I really loved and enjoyed everything about All Things New that I will most definitely keep my eyes out for more books by Lauren Miller. Because I really loved and enjoyed this book so much!
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I loved this book! My eyes hurt from reading it in a day! I was in a book funk... Same story lines over and over... This book had a great story and I loved the main characters!!
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I chose this rating because this book made me cry and laugh it was such as good book. I liked this book because it told a story about young cancer love. I would recommend this book to my mom because she is in to romance novels and really good books.
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It amaze me how this book was reading right into my soul, all my life, specially now in the adult life, I felt there's something wrong with me, but the only problem is my brain has a different chemistry. Thanks for this entertaining and reconforting book. I recomemnded 100%
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I thought this was a very good book, from start to finish it was enjoyable. The charaters are easily loveable and the story line is well done. It is a very sad book, it made two of my friends even start crying about it. This is a good book for 8th graders or any other grade that don't like reading. I am rating this 5 stars, :)