#ryandouglass

[thewistfulwordwitch]

New #review The Taking of Jake Livingston by #RyanDouglass @ryan_souflee I loved this book, and it was a great spooky season read. This was an amazing, haunting, sad story that comes with a lot of trigger warnings. It's dark, complex, and reflective of a lot of the trauma that I think a lot of Black queer folk can relate to, apart from the ghost story. Luckily, there's just enough of a budding romance and new friendships to temper all the harsher emotions, so that the reader doesn't feel swamped by them. Poor Jake is a bit beaten down by life in so many ways and just wants to be different from who he is: one of two Black boys in his school, gay, and never quite fitting in. Plus, the ability to see ghosts, spectres stuck in the moments leading up to their deaths, doesn't help, especially when a very violent ghost decides that Jake is the thing he wants most. As a parent, I found this book so hard to read because it shows just how hard being a teenager can be, especially when things like racial and sexual identity, mental health, abuse, and bullying are thrown into the mix. I wanted to reach out to both Jake and Sawyer and give the hurting little boys inside them big hugs. I really liked the way that Ryan Douglass resolves the story, though. It's a bright spark of renewed hope and life after all that darkness. 🖤 If you're dealing with any of the issues in this book, please reach out. It gets better. https://blacktrans.org/ https://nbjc.org/ https://www.brownboiproject.org/ https://itgetsbetter.org/ https://www.thetrevorproject.org/ https://www.tnlr.org/en/ . . . . . #thetakingofjakelivingston #goodreads #Amazon #kindle #Bookbub #StoryGraph #iheartbooks #readingisfundamental #book #books #readallthebooks #booklover #bookworm #bookwrym #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksofinstagram #booksbooksbooks #read #reading #readersofinstagram #readmorebooks #readyourbooks #readabook #readallthebooks #authorsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #booksarelife https://www.instagram.com/p/CjfoTvWMf1J/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[itsredwritinghood]

I decided to give the #scbwiartober challenge a try. I’m going out of order and doing which ever one inspires me when I sit down to work. Yesterday I did the tea leaf reading from #harrypotter and today I painted some leaves 🍁 printed them and cut them out. This was one of my favorite things to do with my preschoolers in the fall. I’ve also started the #spookyreads for #spookyseason with #thetakingofjakelivingston by #ryandouglass. This #book is giving me all the creeps and I’m only halfway through. I have no idea how it’s going to end and it’s driving me nuts and keeping me #reading #bookstagram #drawing #bookworm #collage #booknerd #painting #bookworm #oolychunkies #bookish #scbwiart #scbwi #bibliophile #leafprints #bookaddict #thegrim #bookaholic #tessomancy #bibliotherapy #art #artistsoninstagram #learningtoillustrate https://www.instagram.com/p/CUvZ5ttrcXD/?utm_medium=tumblr

[booksteacupandreviews]

Many thanks to @PRHInternational for e-copy via NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review. The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass Publication Date : July 13th 2021 Publisher : #GPPutnamsSons @putnambooks Genre : LGBTQ / YA / Paranormal Pages : 244 Ratings : ⭐⭐⭐⭐ It was well written YA paranormal with horror elements that revolved around Jack’s ability to see ghosts and his fight against evil ghost. The story was about school shooting trauma, abusive childhood, bullying, homophobia, colour and sex discrimination, parental negligence, sadisms, revenge, sociopathy, depression, friendship, coming out of shell and, fight against wrong and evil. Jake was amazing throughout the book. His development was great and I loved how he learned to speak his mind, took control of his life and understood his family better. There were lots of heavy topic dealt. It made the story touching and thought provoking. Jake’s ability of seeing ghosts was interesting to read. Most of action sequence happened in astral projection. Romance provided much needed relief in this heavy story. Overall, The Taking of Jake Livingston was well written, atmospheric, thought-provoking and emotive YA paranormal. I recommend this if you like, stories with horror/ paranormal element heavy theme great character development LGBTQ story complex plot astral projection scenes QOTD: Which recent LGBTQ book you enjoyed most? #TheTakingofJakeLivingston #RyanDouglass #paranormal #YA #horror #lgbtq #lagbtqread #lgbtqbook #BooksTeacupandReviews #bookreviewblog #bookrec #Indianbookstagram #IndianBookBlogger #bookreviewercommunity #bookcommunity #bookgram #bookstagramfeature #bookishlovegroups #PenguinRandomHouse #YAbook #YAreader #igread #partner #ad #ipreview via @preview.app (at Ahmedabad, India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSZhdAmID7b/?utm_medium=tumblr

[stuckinthestacks]

𝔹𝕝𝕠𝕘 𝕋𝕠𝕦𝕣-- Did you grow up with any scary stories? When I was a kid, my dad told my brother and I that there was a witch who lived below him in his apartment complex. If kids were loud, she would come up and eat them. Needless to say we were always afraid to make too much noise. 😂 I am so excited for my blog tour stop featuring The Taking of Jake Livingston by @ryan_souflee hosted through @tbrbeyondtours I adored this creepy, prescient novel about a black, gay teen doing his best to navigate a mostly white high school along with the small convenience of seeing the dead. If you loved Goosebumps, The Sixth Sense, or just want a novel tackling big issues in a respectful way, Douglass' debut is a must read! Head on over to the blog to see my full spoiler review and check out the synopsis for The Taking of Jake Livingston below! SYNOPSIS Sixteen-year-old Jake Livingston sees dead people everywhere. But he can't decide what's worse: being a medium forced to watch the dead play out their last moments on a loop or being at the mercy of racist teachers as one of the few Black students at St. Clair Prep. Both are a living nightmare he wishes he could wake up from. But things at St. Clair start looking up with the arrival of another Black student—the handsome Allister—and for the first time, romance is on the horizon for Jake.   Unfortunately, life as a medium is getting worse. Though most ghosts are harmless and Jake is always happy to help them move on to the next place, Sawyer Doon wants much more from Jake. In life, Sawyer was a troubled teen who shot and killed six kids at a local high school before taking his own life. Now he's a powerful, vengeful ghost and he has plans for Jake. Suddenly, everything Jake knows about dead world goes out the window as Sawyer begins to haunt him. High school soon becomes a different kind of survival game—one Jake is not sure he can win. #tbrandbeyondtours #tbrandbeyond #thetakingofjakelivingston #ryandouglass #blogtour #bookreview #newbooks #bipoc #blackauthors #blackstories https://www.instagram.com/p/CRdYiiPrb4B/?utm_medium=tumblr

[booklalaland]

For my last post of the year 2021 here are sons of the books I got in the last few months. You can expect my favorite books of the year list in January. Hope you all have a good time tonight and I wish you a very happy New year! #bookhaul #bookstagram #winternighttrilogy #acotar #velvetwasthenight #thenightbeforechristmas #certaindarkthings #aspindlesplintered #theinvisiblelifeofaddielarue #assassinsapprentice #smallspaces #thetakingofjakelivingston #mladenkakostonoga #thescapegracers #thejaguarknight #thispoisonheart #thecitywebecame #beguiled #silviamorenogarcia #katherinearden #sarahjmaas #daryndajones #nkjemisin #veschwab #alixeharrow #kalynnbayron #ryandouglass #annaguirre #robinhobb #hannahabigailclarke (at Rukavac, Primorsko-Goranska, Croatia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYKMszRrlu2/?utm_medium=tumblr

[booksteacupandreviews]

#currentlyreading The Taking of Jack Livingston by Ryan Douglass So far this is interesting YA Paranormal. I'm curious to see where this is going and why dead boy is back on world of living and what he wanted from Jack. QOTD : which YA paranormal you enjoyed most? #TheTakingofJackLivingston #RyanDouglass #YA #YABook #YAreader #paranormal #prhpartner #putnam #PenguinRandomHouse #ghosts #lgbtqreads #queerbook #contemporary #fiction #horror #urbanfantasy #reader #bookforyoungadults #bookstagramit #bookstagram #BooksTeacupandReviews #indianbookblogger #indianbookblogger #bookishlovegroups #bookishpics #booksofinstagram (at Ahmedabad, India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CR8zZwOAzwL/?utm_medium=tumblr