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[biffmitchell]

In just a few hours, Abner Hayes' wife and daughter are going to die, and the only way he can save their lives is to team up with a deadly computer virus and travel through a virtual universe that’s collapsing around them.

[ellwynhayslipiv]

Its almost the end of the year, what book/s did you purchased this year?? How about next year?? Let me recommend you with my masterpiece for some new adventures as you go through the leaf of this awesome book.

[booksforyou]

Welcome to booksforyou 🥰

I started this blog with the intention to write some reviews on books that needs more attention or for people to discuss that book. I also do recommendation and write some posts with books that has a high potential — in my opinion — but it wasn’t that good and what the author could do probably better. Since every book has a change to get read.

Ofc you all can suggest me some books you’ll love. And I will try to read them and write a review about it 🤗

Here’s a little list what I actually do and maybe I will expand the list further in some time — just ask 🥰

• Book Reviews

• Book Recommendation

• Comparison of books and their film adaptations

• Character Aesthetic

• Couple Aesthetic

• and more

[adverane]

some book recs (THERE ARE MANY TRIGGER WARNINGS)

some AMAZING book recs (please, PLEASE, check the trigger warnings as this post contains many)

- the song of achilles (tw: war, bloodshed, harassment)

- the book thief (tw: death, war etc.)

- aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe (tw: not many, there are many mentions of things though)

- it ends with us (tw: domestic abuse)

-this is where it ends (tw: mass shootings, death, violence, mentions of sexual harassment)

- wonder (tw: bullying)

- chicken soup (for the adult's soul, kid's soul, there are many that you can read based on your age group), has quite a few tw, but the book usually contains them before the story starts

- all the bright places (tw: mental illnesses, suicide)

- orbiting jupiter (tw: death)

hope this helped <33

[bossladykei]

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[talesfromyamysteries]

"Sadie” by Courtney Summers

Cover Credit: Amazon (don’t know copyright laws so hopefully I don’t get sued. Amazon, if you’re reading this, I’m a poor college student.)

Sadie by Courtney Summers available on Amazon

Book Summary (also credited to Amazon):

“A missing girl on a journey of revenge. A Serial―like podcast following the clues she's left behind. And an ending you won't be able to stop talking about.

Sadie hasn't had an easy life. Growing up on her own, she's been raising her sister Mattie in an isolated small town, trying her best to provide a normal life and keep their heads above water.

But when Mattie is found dead, Sadie's entire world crumbles. After a somewhat botched police investigation, Sadie is determined to bring her sister's killer to justice and hits the road following a few meager clues to find him.

When West McCray―a radio personality working on a segment about small, forgotten towns in America―overhears Sadie's story at a local gas station, he becomes obsessed with finding the missing girl. He starts his own podcast as he tracks Sadie's journey, trying to figure out what happened, hoping to find her before it's too late.

Courtney Summers has written the breakout book of her career. Sadie is propulsive and harrowing and will keep you riveted until the last page.”

My Thoughts

Trigger Warning: Contains Child Molestation 

First things first, I would highly recommend the audio version of this book. 

I would not usually do that because normally I’m completely adverse to the idea of audio-books. However, Macmillan Publishers did a phenomenal job with their version. I would highly recommend giving it a listen if you can. I borrowed the audio book from my library’s OverDrive website for eBooks and audio-books and listened to it during at eight hour drive.

If audio-books are not your thing, I would still give this book a chance.

I don’t want to give any spoilers, but I just might. If you keep reading, this is your only warning.

The story is written through two perspectives: the podcast of West McCray following the events that lead to Sadie disappearing and Sadie’s own perspective of the events being investigated.

I wasn’t sure about this format when I read the book for the first time last year, but I had to admit it had me intrigued. Author Courtney Summers executed the style well enough that I actually enjoyed it more than I initially thought it would. As mentioned above, the audio-book for this novel is exceptional. With a full voice cast, the story is told through the podcast and Sadie’s narration. 

Before any of the events within the book took place, West McCray was merely a producer for a podcast Always Out There and Sadie Hunter was just a girl with a dead sister. Courtney Summers took these characters and developed them into a story with depth and twists you can’t see from a mile away (cheesy, I know, but read or listen to the book and you’ll know).

The story begins in the fictional town of Cold Creek, Colorado. Sadie Hunter is a nineteen year old girl who was only trying to raise her thirteen year old sister Mattie Southern after their mother left. A sister bond is nothing like the bond between a mother and daughter which, unfortunately, Sadie only knows all too well.

Technically, that’s not where the story begins but background is important for this story. It really begins with the first episode of West Mccray’s podcast titled The Girls which is centered around the story of Mattie and Sadie. The title given to the podcast didn’t make sense to me at first, but is later explained in a podcast episode toward the end of the book. After you find out why, you realize no other title could’ve done as much justice for this faux podcast.

One of the many things I love about this book is that it feels so real. I don’t mean that in a positive light because this is a rather dark book, but books are even better when they feel real. I don’t really know how else to explain it, but I hope you understand what I’m getting at here.

Sadie lived a difficult life from the moment she was born. Her mother was an addict who didn’t love and nurture her the way she needed. Her maternal love came from her neighbor, May Beth Foster, but that kind of love only goes so far. Until Mattie came, it’s safe to say Sadie had almost nothing. Sadie loved her little sister Mattie more than anything else in the world. 

Although it was Sadie who spent most of her time raising Mattie, she made sure Mattie knew how much their mother loved her so Mattie wouldn’t have to grow up the way Sadie did. Unfortunately, Claire Southern really did love Mattie. The book mentions multiple times that Mattie was the spitting image of her mother. Sadie is described to look exactly how Claire’s mother did whom she lost while pregnant with Sadie.

After Mattie was born, Sadie had a purpose. The world had finally given her a reason for her existence in what was once a own lonely world. Unfortunately, the world is a very cruel place.

Mattie was murdered at thirteen years old. All the love and hope Sadie had for her sister was gone in an instant. Sadie felt purposeless until she found another one. Find Mattie’s murderer. 

As mentioned above, Courtney Summers tells the story of Sadie avenging her sister’s death through two perspectives.

Readers are given more information through Sadie’s own perspective as she is telling the events as they happen. They are also given a more unique story through the podcast’s investigation of the events because they tell the story through many people’s perspectives as they learn about what happened to Sadie during her search.

This would have been a story I would’ve read if it had been told only by Sadie, but Courtney Summers gave her audience a new way to interpret the story.

The podcast’s version of events is an investigative approach of Sadie and Mattie’s story as they piece together Mattie’s murder and Sadie’s disappearance. The story is told this way without Sadie’s emotions, but it includes the emotional toll their story took on everyone involved in the search for answers.

The story told by Sadie gives readers a very in-depth look inside of Sadie’s head. They learn why she makes the choices she does, but they also learn about what happened in her life and how it affected her. Sadie had a poor childhood with an unloving mother and traumatizing experiences, but she overcame that to become a tough, loving bad-ass heroine on a journey to find justice for the person she loved most in the world.

The story would not be the same without these intertwining perspectives as readers would never get the full story.

Unfortunately, events like these happen in real life. People never get both sides of the story no matter how badly they want them, but this story shows some details are better if maybe they’re not known.

All this aside, none of this stopped Courtney Summers from leaving the book without a questionable ending.

As West McCray wraps up the podcast with having found Mattie’s murderer but not finding Sadie herself, readers are left not actually knowing what happened to Sadie. Of course, through her perspective, we are given a very good idea of the fate Sadie meets but we are not given explicit what happens. The podcast leaves Sadie’s fate as a big question mark.

I believe Courtney Summers’ leaving what happened to Sadie as open-ended as she did gives readers a little peace. My heart is heavy for what I know probably happened, but I can have just as much hope.

Sadie deserved a lot better and so did Mattie, but with what she was given, Sadie made herself better for Mattie.

If you haven’t figured it out, I would obviously recommend reading this book. It is based on dark events that don’t really get better, but it is a very good read if you like suspense.

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Side Note: okay, first book review is done. I wanted to get it out of the way. I read this book last year, but only just recently listened to the audio-book. The audio-book is fantastic and part of the reason I chose to review this book. Obviously, my reviews need help as do my summarizing skills. I will work on them as we go along, but as mentioned before I’m making this blog for my own sake. I want to help people find books to read as much as possible, but this is really all for myself.

Anyway, thank you. 

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Booksforyou - Αυτοέκδοση: Εκδώστε το βιβλίο σας άμεσα και γρήγορα

Booksforyou – Αυτοέκδοση: Εκδώστε το βιβλίο σας άμεσα και γρήγορα

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The Stand-In Boyfriend (Boyfriend #5) by Christina Benjamin

The Stand-In Boyfriend (Boyfriend #5) by Christina Benjamin

Currently reading 📖 … 

Book Review:

Pretty good read; had me not wanting to stop reading!

***Spoilers; splash here and there***

This book was really good. I figure her best friend, Caroline, was trash and didn’t care about Beth. Even Parker didn’t like Caroline; he probably thought that something wasn’t right with her. He also didn’t like Jared for personal reasons, but he knew that Jared was…

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[bill4633]

Why am I Still Alive?

Why am I Still Alive?

Why Am I Still Alive?

Ah, let me list the ways!

Why am I still alive?

To annoy people who tire of my sometimes pedantic and/or melancholy matters of the heart and mind!

A mechanic will tell you what’s wrong with your car, often times, not words you wish to hear!

“A cracked engine, you say! My God, man, don’t tell me that! Can’t you caulk it, put cement along the crack and seal it? I drove it in…

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[rqd-reads]

Good evening, besties! I hope everyone had the weekend they wanted and enjoyed themselves! I’ve been in the mood to read books that aren’t based in romance this last week. I finished The Forest of Stolen Girls and it was very much about sisterhood and girl power! I was super excited to see Bea is for Blended by @lindseystoddardwrites show up on my door thanks to @HarperKids! This is a middle grade book about teamwork, new beginnings, and coming together for what’s right and of course, GIRL POWER! Bea and her mom have always been a two-person team. But now her mom is marrying Wendell, and their team is growing by three boys, two dogs, and a cat! Finding her place in her new blended family may be tough, but when Bea finds out her school might not get the all-girls soccer team they’d been promised, she learns that the bigger the team, the stronger the fight - and that for the girls to get what they deserve, they’re going to need a squad behind them! Chase (8 y/o) will be starting this one in the next week and I’ll be sure to give everyone an update on his thoughts! This book is available now for purchase! ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: #TumblesOverBooks - Love story or Platonic story (I love love stories but there’s something so special about friendships, family relationships, especially found family, etc) #Bookstagram #Books #BookLovers #Book #BookWorm #Bookstagrammer #Reading #Bookish #BookNerd #Read #Bibliophilen #InstaBook #BooksOfInstagram #Bookaholic #ReadersOfInstagram #BookPhotography #BookBlogger #BookLove #Love #InstaBooks #BookCommunity #BeaIsForBlended #HarperKids #HarperCollins @HarperCollins #NewRelease #MiddleGradeBooks #LindseyStoddard #BooksForYou (at Saint Joseph, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/COrM_TVLDoM/?igshid=1xek0bci8l3hf