#sara barnard

[shxpeshifterr]

#booklover #booklr #books #booksbooksbooks #books and reading #book lover #current read #sara barnard #beautiful broken things

[annelisreadingroom]

Hello, here is a pretty book to brighten up your week. I love pink books.

#books #booklr #bookblogger #book photography #ya books #yalit #book photo #ya contemporary #beautiful books #sara barnard #pink books #on wednesdays we read pink #a quiet kind of thunder

[slaughter-books]

Day 19: JOMPBPC: Pure Gold

I love this beautiful book! 💛

#justonemorepage #jompbpc #pure gold #beautiful broken things #sara barnard #beautiful book #beautiful cover #amazing author #lgbt+ #pretty flowers #i love books

[lgbtlibrary]

Something Certain, Maybe

by Sara Barnard

Storygrah // Bookshop.org

Rosie is ready for her life to begin, because nothing says new life like going to university. After years of waiting and working hard, she's finally on the road that will secure her future. Except university turns out to be not what she hoped or imagined, and although she's not exactly unhappy – really – she might be a little bit worried that she doesn't really like her course much. Or her flatmates. Or, really . . . anything? But it's normal to be homesick (right?) and everything will have settled in a month or two, and it's totally fine that her friends seem so much happier than she is, and that the doctors don’t seem to know what’s wrong with her mother. And then she meets Jade, and everything starts to look a little brighter. At least, it does if she’s only looking at Jade. But is first love enough when everything else is falling apart? 

lgbt++library summary:

A raw exploration of what it is like to live with an untreated anxiety disorder and the way it feels to not fit in somewhere you were sure you wanted to go. We liked how real and honest all of the relationships felt and the exploration of chronic illness and disability. A good YA read for slightly older readers.

#LGBT books #LGBT literature #sapphic books #ya #fiction #romance #bisexual #mc #excl death #coming of age #lesbian #sc #happy ending #series #something certain maybe #sara barnard

[stardustandrockets]

Books to read by the pool

Or during summer in general...

Here are some of my favorite summer reads. Some are actually set in the summer, some give me summer vibes, and others remind me of the summer because that's when I originally read them.

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• Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky (adult)

• The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun (adult)

• Well Met (and the rest of the Willow Creek Ren Faire series) by Jen DeLuca (adult)

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• A Little Bit Country by Brian D. Kennedy (young adult)

• Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

• Bookish and the Beast (and the rest of the Once Upon a Con series) by Ashley Poston (young adult)

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• Beach Read by Emily Henry (adult)

• A Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara Barnard (young adult)

• Foolish Hearts by Emma Mills (young adult)

What's your favorite summertime read?

#poolside reads #beach reads #never been kissed #timothy janovsky #the charm offensive #alison cochrun #well met #willow creek ren faire #jen deluca #a little bit country #brian d kennedy #heartstopper #alice oseman #bookish and the beast #ashley poston #once upon a con #beach read #emily henry #a quiet kind of thunder #sara barnard #foolish hearts #emma mills #stardustandrockets #stardust book recs #backlog from may #may 29

[paneenireads]

Today I want to share the books I bought on a whim at the bookstore without ever looking at the ratings:

- the inheritance games: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

- the lone city: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

- blackout: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

- beautiful broken things: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

- all this time: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

#bookaddict #bookislife #booklr #books #bookaholic #sara barnard #jennifer lynn barnes #amy Ewing

[cupofteajones]

What I've Been Reading Lately: September 15

What I’ve Been Reading Lately: September 15

Welcome to What I’ve Been Reading Lately, a feature where I’ll be giving short reviews of what I’m currently reading: (more…)

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#Agatha Christie #Book Series #Books #British mysteries #Candice Carty-Williams #Diverse Reads #Diverse Stories #Fantasy #Fantasy Books #Georgian History #Laura Bates #Laura Steven #Lord Byron #Mysteries #Mystery #Mystery & Thriller #Nonfiction #Sara Barnard #Sourcebooks #Sourcebooks Fire #Supernatural #Tanvi Berwah #UK #UK Books #UK YA #UK YA Books #Witches #YA Novels #YA Series #Young Adult

[displayheartcode]

saw that ya fantasy rec post, and in your tags you mentioned ya contemporary and mental health... so ya contemporary recs please? 🥺

i got you!

here is a small sample of ya contemporary books that deal with mental health

Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram: Darius has never felt like he has belonged in either world - American like his father or Persian like his mother. When a trip to visit his relatives has him confronting cultural stereotypes about mental health, he makes a friendship that will last a lifetime.

Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia: Comic creator by night and an anxious student by day, Eliza keeps her lives separate until she learns that the new kid in school shares a similar passion for her comic.

An Emotion of Great Delight by Tahere Mafi: It's 2003 and Shadi's life is in shambles. Her dad is in the hospital, her brother is dead, and her mother is barely holding it together. When an old face reappears, Shadi must decide if she wants to fight these battles alone.

You, Me, and Our Heartstrings by Melissa See: A video showing a girl with cerebral palsy and a boy with anxiety playing music together goes viral. Now facing unrealistic pressure to perform, Daisy is afraid that their lives will fall apart.

White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson: Technically, it's horror/thriller, but this has one of my favorite (and accurate) portrayals of anxiety. Something is wrong with Marigold's new house. Forced to move with her family after an incident, she discovers that there is something rotten beneath the perfect neighborhood that could be linked to a disturbing history.

Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz: School columnist Isabel considers breaking all of her rules when she meets a fellow disabled teen. But romance isn't always like what's shown in the movies, especially for disabled teens.

Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant: An anxious writer, Tessa, reaches for her dreams by enrolling into a prestigious school. As her friends try to help her find inspiration for her writing, there might be a love story just out of reach.

A Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara Barnard: Selectively mute, Steffi is alone in her last year of school, leaving her social anxiety to spike. Until the new kid arrives, and he needs a translator who knows BSL.

#darius the great is not okay #Adib Khorram #eliza and her monsters #francesca zappia #you me and our heartstrings #melissa see #white smoke #tiffany d jackson #sick kids in love #hannah moskowitz #an emotion of great delight #tahereh mafi #happily ever afters #elise bryant #a quiet kind of thunder #sara barnard #anyone else need recs?

[briannaswords]

just finished reading 'where the light goes' by Sara Barnard and holy shit I'm a mess

#best book I've read all year <3 #heart wrenching portrayal of grief #perfectly articulated some of the stuff I've been feeling too but have had no idea how to put into words #bri rambles #bri reads #sara barnard #book recs

[alexandrawiky]

‘I can understand people just fine,’ I grumble, flicking my fingernail against the skin of my thumb.

‘But can they understand you?’ Jane asks gently. ‘Remember life is about dialogues, not monologues.’

A Quiet Kind of Thunder - Sara Barnard

#a quiet kind of thunder #sara barnard #young adult #book quotes #amreading #selective mutism #selectively mute #selective focus #mental heath support #steffi #rhys

[legendofthe3divas]

What's your favourite book/book series

oh UM WELL I LOVE HEARTSTOPPER

but i like the trilogy from Sara Barnard that comes from beautiful broken things

#heartstopper #osemanverse #sara barnard #beautiful broken things #fierce fragile hearts #something certain maybe #thank uouuu #very hard decision kinda #3divasask

[shxpeshifterr]

#booklover #booklr #books #booksbooksbooks #books and reading #book lover #current read #a quiet kind of thunder #Sara barnard

[annelisreadingroom]

What are some of your favorite book covers? This is one cover I really like.

#books #booklr #bookblogger #book photography #ya books #yalit #book photo #books outside #ya contemporary #beautiful books #sara barnard #a quiet kind of thunder

[joelfe]

#goodbye perfect #reading #library book #september #2023 #sara barnard

[alexsfictionaddiction]

Review: Where The Light Goes by Sara Barnard

I’ve been reading Sara Barnard books for years and I really admire how she writes so honestly and brutally about the ‘tough’ subjects such as mental health issues, abuse and grief but also about friendship and the realities of navigating them as a teen. So, I was really excited to dive into her latest.

Emmy’s sister Beth was known to the world as Lizzie Beck, frontwoman of girlband The Jinks. But when Beth tragically kills herself, it feels like Emmy is the only one who is angry at the way the world is talking about Lizzie and what happened. To everyone else, she was another troubled, young child star but to Emmy, she was her big sister and her guiding light. How can Emmy possibly carry on in a world without Beth?

Parts of the book are in the form of news articles, text conversations and interviews and I really enjoyed how this affected the flow of the narrative. It felt like I was ingesting the story as it was unravelling and therefore, I was thoroughly pulled into the action. 

Some of the little vignettes that talk about what grief feels like for Emmy were so moving. She can’t fathom how anyone can just continue with their lives when she feels that there is such a monumental void in her own and this sentiment is incredibly relatable to anyone who has lost someone incredibly close to them. Beth’s death is completely life-altering for Emmy and it was heartbreaking to explore.

Similarly, she is surprised that she still looks the same. Of course, there’s no actual reason she’d look any different but Emmy’s life is now divided into a Before and After and she feels like a completely different person now. We do also see how obsessed Emmy was with Beth and how much she envied her lifestyle, despite the reality of that lifestyle really not being very aspirational. She’s very much a typical little sister and Barnard did an amazing job of capturing that essence of Emmy’s character.

It seemed to me that Emmy’s identity was so wrapped up in who she was in relation to Beth that her grief launches an identity crisis. I have to say that I was often very frustrated with Emmy because her comments felt quite self-indulgent at times. I think this is quite realistic for people in mourning -they tend to go into themselves, shut the world out and wallow in their emotions. However, it was very draining to witness as a reader for 300+ pages and as a result, it took me a long time to read!

My biggest problem with the books was that I didn’t like Emmy for long periods of time and that made me feel awful. I felt like I should have been being empathetic and patient with her and at the beginning, I was but she made it really tough to sustain! Of course, there’s no expiration date on grief and I was always aware that that was her driving force behind her coldness, her lashing out and her ridiculous decisions. However, I simply couldn’t forgive her or get my head around how she treated her boyfriend Scottie. Scottie tries his absolute best to be a good boyfriend in this horrendous situation and Emmy even says this several times but I don’t think she realised how rare a 16-year-old male cinnamon roll actually is. I was literally screaming at her in anger at how disgusting her behaviour was towards him. I also hated that he didn’t ever get the resolve or the apology that he deserved. The above quote suggests that Emmy was actually quite bitchy about him before Beth died too, so that justified my visceral dislike of her. 

I mentioned that Sara Barnard is great at writing realistic teen friendships and that’s definitely a feature in this book. I loved how Emmy’s best friends rallied round her when she needed them and left alone when she wanted them to. Again, she was pretty rude to them several times but somehow they managed to keep trying with her. Her friend Gray was the only one who was honest about how horrible she was being and Emmy certainly needed those words to shake her out of the thick fog of grief that she spent the vast majority of the book under. Her friends got her and it was a reminder to me how incredible friends that get you can be.

When the meaning of the title was revealed through a conversation between Emmy and her mum, I was really touched. The idea of Beth’s vibrant light and energy living on in those who loved her is really beautiful and true. We can keep our lost loved ones alive for as long as we remember them and talk about them, which is a wonderful message to end such a deeply sad book on.

Where The Light Goes is a heavy, difficult read, purely because we’re constantly in the head of a teenage girl going through the deepest grief possible. She doesn’t start to recover or get help until quite far into the book, so the first half is very harsh on the mental energy and you will probably put it down very regularly. However, it feels like a very authentic portrayal of that level of grief. I am lucky enough to not have too much experience with it but I can believe that Emmy’s behaviour is realistic in light of her pain. I can’t say that I loved it because I genuinely disliked Emmy in spite of what she was going through and any good feelings I had on opening it were quickly slurped up by the plot. If you love intense explorations of grief and plenty of drama, it’s probably for you.

#where the light goes #sara barnard #ya #contemporary fiction #book review #review #books #bookworm

[aimeesramblings]

Book Review: Where the Light Goes

I got to read Where the Light Goes via NetGalley before it's official pub date - check out my review here!

Title: Where the Light Goes Author: Sara Barnard Publisher: Walker Books Published: 2023 Pages: 384 From Goodreads: A heart-wrenching exploration of grief, set in a landscape corrupted by fame and the scrutiny that comes from living in the shadow of a star. “Lizzie Beck” is one quarter of British pop sensation The Jinks, who launched their career via a reality TV talent show and rose…

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#book blog #book blogger #book review #books #review #sara barnard #where the light goes #YA #young adult