I am not okay with this

4/10/24: Yet another class reading of this book, which I think students appreciate for its honesty about how dysfunctional some kids' lives are. It stays with you. And not in a comforting way. 9/23/21: Reread for a fall YA class that sort of flatly and dismally concludes a unit on YA romance, because Leggi tutto

My dude.... this was not good....at all. It's like... I am not okay with this *wait for it* book . . . . . Okay I'll see myself out now.

15 year old Sydney explores her burgeoning sexuality against a typical high school and home life background. But Syd is extraordinary in one way: she gots the telekinesis! Chuck Forsman returns to what he does best: teenage angst. And, like in Celebrated Summer and The End of the Fucking World, I Am Leggi tutto

¿Les ha pasado que ven la película o serie de algo antes de leer el libro o novela gráfica que inspiró esa adaptación? Pues así me sucedió con I Am Not Okay With This . Vi primero la serie de Netflix, que es una maravilla, y luego llegué a las páginas de esta novela gráfica y todo se sentía como... v Leggi tutto

There has been some discussion in various writing circles, and online about whether it's okay to write a story from the perspective of someone from a different race or gender or gender-attraction. I have yet to see anyone on either side of the argument reach an understanding with someone on the othe Leggi tutto

*Warning* This review contains spoilers! I'm not exactly experienced with leaving reviews, but feel the need to say a little something about this book. I think I understand what the author was trying to do, which was communicate a message in regards to trauma and how it is dealt with in the angsty te Leggi tutto

Yeah, not a fan of books that make suicide seem as an easy option.

I just finished watching the show based on this which recently came out, and I loved it so much I thought, if the show is this cool the comics must be ridiculously good. I should've learned from my previous mistakes *cough* the walking dead *cough* for the first time in my life I'm glad I watched the Leggi tutto