6.12.17

Waiting on Wednesday (160)


Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine


I Stop Somewhere by TE Carter 
(February 27, 2018!) 


Ellie Frias disappeared long before she vanished.

Tormented throughout middle school, Ellie begins her freshman year with a new look: she doesn't need to be popular; she just needs to blend in with the wallpaper.

But when the unthinkable happens, Ellie finds herself trapped after a brutal assault. She wasn't the first victim, and now she watches it happen again and again. She tries to hold on to her happier memories in order to get past the cold days, waiting for someone to find her.

The problem is, no one searches for a girl they never noticed in the first place.

TE Carter's stirring and visceral debut not only discusses and dismantles rape culture, but it also reminds us what it is to be human.
I Stop Somewhere sounds like it's going to be a hard but incredibly worthwhile read. Plus the reviews I've seen so far have been nothing but glowing, and isn't the cover GORGEOUS?! 



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Love and Other Carnivorous Plants by Florence Gonsalves 
(Coming May 15, 2018)

A darkly funny debut for fans of Becky Albertalli, Matthew Quick, and Ned Vizzini about a nineteen-year-old girl who's consumed by love, grief, and the many-tentacled beast of self-destructive behavior.

Freshman year at Harvard was the most anticlimactic year of Danny's life. She's failing pre-med and drifting apart from her best friend. One by one, Danny is losing all the underpinnings of her identity. When she finds herself attracted to an older, edgy girl who she met in rehab for an eating disorder, she finally feels like she might be finding a new sense of self. But when tragedy strikes, her self-destructive tendencies come back to haunt her as she struggles to discover who that self really is. With a starkly memorable voice that's at turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Love and Other Carnivorous Plants brilliantly captures the painful turning point between an adolescence that's slipping away and the overwhelming uncertainty of the future.

Can we just take a minute to appreciate how awesome the title is? I was pretty much sold the minute I saw it! Anyhow, this one sounds great. I'm excited for the college setting as well as this friendship with the older, edgy girl. Ugh, why does May 2018 have to be so far away?! 

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3 comments:

  1. I Stop Somewhere sounds like it's going to be a tough, emotional read, but probably an important one!

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  2. I Stop Somewhere definitely sounds like a book I would love. Adding to my TBR now, thanks!

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  3. Both of these are new to me! I like the cover of the first one - such a great design. :D I hope you enjoy these books when you get the chance to read them!

    Have a fantastic week, Lauren. =)

    Alyssa @ The Eater of Books!

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