1) How It Feels to
Float by Helena Fox
This book is so poetically written. It focuses on main
character, Biz, and her mental health problems. But it doesn’t do it in the
traditional sense. The way this is written, and the way that the mental health
topic is handled in this book means a lot to me, as someone with a lot of
mental health issues. It also shows one of the best friendships I have had the
pleasure of reading before between Biz and an older woman named Sylvia. This
book made me feel all of the things and I can’t recommend it enough.
2) Meet Me At The
Intersection edited by Rebecca Lim
Anthologies are something that I can take or leave, but this
anthology was just so wonderful.
There was so many different stories in this collection, and each was a pleasure
to read. This is one of the most
diverse books I have ever read, and I can honestly say there would be something
for everyone in here. There were short stories, poems, personal essays, and
more, and it was just amazingly compiled and I absolutely loved it.
3) The Boy Who Steals
Houses by C.G. Drews
I picked this book up when I did because of the
AusYABloggers book blitz they were hosting on Instagram, and I am so glad that
I did. This book deals with Sam, a boy who ‘steals’ houses. He’s homeless and
goes from empty house to empty house, essentially searching for something to
call home. One day, while incredibly sick, he makes the mistake of going into a
house that is actually occupied. The story deals with some heavier issues, and
it absolutely ripped my heart out in places, but this is a book I am so glad I
picked up because it’s just so wonderful.
4) Paris Syndrome by
Lisa Walker
I purchased Paris Syndrome last year and finally got around
to reading it this year. Happy, our MC, is obsessed with Paris. She’s meant to
be going there after she finishes high school with her best friend Rosie, but
Rosie has been a bit absent lately. Happy has built up Paris so much in her
head that a professor of a university diagnoses her with Paris Syndrome. Happy
has to navigate two new people in her life, both named Alex, while trying to
maintain her love for Paris at a healthier level. This was a really easy read,
cute in places, and just what I needed when I read it.
5) Making Friends
with Alice Dyson by Poppy Nwosu
If this book’s pink cover wasn’t enough to draw me in, I don’t
know what would’ve been. This book is so soft
and that’s literally the only way I can describe it. Alice Dyson doesn’t have
many friends. She likes being alone, is quite content not to be popular, or a
part of the ‘in’ crowd. After a viral video makes her the centre of attention,
Alice finds herself dealing with unwanted attention, but also unwanted
friendship advances from a boy called Teddy Taualai.
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I can't believe I've only read two of these Star, I must rectify this immediately! I absolutely loved both The Boy Who Steals Houses and How It Feels to Float, both such emotional reads weren't they.
ReplyDeleteSorry for adding more books to your TBR? Lol! I loved both of those, too. They're books that are going to stay with me forever, I think. ♥
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