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gabbagabbadoo · 1 year

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Books Read in 2022

I set a goal at the beginning of the year to read more books this year than I did last year.... which was 9 (lol) so, here they are:

(I also read more books cover to cover in a day or 2 than I ever have, and that is marked by *)

All My Rage, Sabaa Tahir ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5*

Clap When You Land, Elizabeth Acevedo ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Wave: A Memoir of Life After the Tsunami, Sonali Deraniyagala ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5*

Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

What's Mine and Yours, Naima Coster ⭐️/5

They Went Left, Monica Hesse ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5*

Firekeeper's Daughter, Angeline Boulley ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5*

Along for the Ride, Sarah Dessen ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

The Midnight Library, Matt Haig ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5*

Panic, Lauren Oliver ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

More Happy Than Not, Adam Silvera ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5*

The Marrow Thieves, Cherie Dimaline ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

The Orphan Collector, Ellen Marie Wiseman ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Heart Bones, Colleen Hoover ⭐️⭐️/5

House Rules, Jodi Picoult ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

The First to Die at the End, Adam Silvera ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5*

I Must Betray You, Ruta Sepetys ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5*

Four Souls, Louise Erdrich ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

The Other Black Girl, Zakiya Dalila Harris ⭐️⭐️/5

Four Three Two One, Courtney Stevens ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5*

We Are Lost and Found, Helene Dunbar ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

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gatheryepens · 2 years

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“Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what we already know.” ― Alberto Manguel

#bookblr #booklr #books books books #book aes #gatherreads #they went left #monica hesse #call the vet #bruce fogle #book lovers #emily henry #these are the books I took on holiday #I was able to read 2/3 #I'm still reading they went left #but the two book I have read #were really good #I definitely want to read more autobiographies #gatherrambles

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theredandwhitequeen · 1 month

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Book 10 of the 50 book challenge. They Went Left by Monica Hesse. Historical fiction novel set after the end of wwii in Europe. The main character is searching for her brother who she last saw in Auschwitz. Zofia after she was released from a hospital goes back to her home in Poland to wait with the Russian soldier who is worried about her.she is reunited with her aunt’s best friend, then eventually goes to Germany in search of her brother and stays in resettlement camp while she looks. The story is sad but has a hopeful ending.

#book 10 #50 book challenge #2024 #they went left #Monica hesse #historical fiction #wwii #Auschwitz #death #depression #survival #book #me

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rivkathetechie · 1 year

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Rating books I read this year:

“Red, White, and Royal Blue” by Casey McQuiston. 8/10, I love my dumb American boy with a literal Prince Charming. Don’t care about anything I love it so much I’ve listened to the audiobook 5 times this year.

“Iron Widow” by Xiran Jay Zhao. 10/10. All of this. Perfection. This might as well be a XJZ fan account. Yas Empress let’s destroy the patriarchy 💖

“A Touch of Darkness” by Scarlett St. Clair. 5/10, so many tropes but it’s aight. Decent smut but nothing to write home about. I’m just a sucker for enemies to lovers.

“A Touch of Ruin” by Scarlett St. Clair. 1/10. I hated Persephone and everything was just so… ugh. Bad. Went from questionable and tortured love interest to “I can’t justify this fucking douchebag.” Didn’t finish because it made me so mad.

“She Drives Me Crazy” by Kelly Quindlen. 7/10, cute sapphic YA. Tropes are tropes for a reason. Cute as hell tho.

“Neon Gods” by Katee Robert. 9/10. Tropes are tropes for a reason, love this take on Hades/Persephone. Preferred the smut here to St. Clair’s work, way preferred Persephone’s characterization here (I became a Persephone connoisseur in 2022 I guess.)

“You Go Your Own Way” by Eric Smith. 6/10 Enemies to lovers trope and a dorky main character I kinda identified with. Ending felt rushed but it’s alright. Love the audiobook narration. Very quick read so it’s great for commutes.

“Today, Tonight, Tomorrow” by Rachel Lynn Solomon. 8/10. Literally EVERY trope (well, feels like it) and very pointed “meet cute AU” moments that felt very self aware. Props for well done incidental Jewish rep that bucks stereotypes and doesn’t involve Chanukah.

“The Golem and the Jinni” by Helene Wecker. 10/10. Might be the best book I read this year. A 20 hour audiobook and I listened to it twice in a workweek. It was so good. SO good. Multiple rounded characters. Could be a bit convoluted and confusing toward the end if you weren’t paying attention, but I was so invested. I give this audiobook to people who want to get back into fantasy novels.

“They Went Left” by Monica Hesse. 6/10. Heavy. Good, made me cry, wish a romance hadn’t happened. I disagree with my library insisting this is YA, felt more adult than the “general audience” of “The Golem and the Jinni.” The twist destroyed me. I was a broken person for like 10 minutes working in a laboratory trying not to cry into a beaker. 9 hours but heavy enough to last a while. Would be a good emotional rollercoaster for a long train or plane ride.

“Sweet Ruin” by Kresley Cole. 7/10. It isn’t good, per se, it just gets the rocks off. Decent enough and fun to have a desirable protagonist with an accent like mine.

“The Way of Kings” by Brandon Sanderson. 4/10. I just can’t get into Sanderson. Hot take, I know. Did not finish.

“Gideon the Ninth” by Tamsyn Muir. 10/10, love my funky space lesbians. I recommend this book all the time when someone wants a cheeky protag. The audiobook is awesome. I was SO invested in this and I can’t believe I waited so long to read it.

“The Bone Clocks” by David Mitchell. 6/10. Very well written, I was just struggling to stay engaged with it while working. Some of the lulls made my brain check out and I would miss critical exposition. That said, very complex, great if you want to read waaaaaaay too into a book.

“A Hunger Like No Other” by Kresley Cole. 6/10. Once again, it doesn’t have to be good. It just has to be.

“The Lies of Locke Lamora” by Scott Lynch. 2/10. I hated this fucking book. Hot take in my friend group, especially since I read Rothfuss and Hearne. But I just hated it. I couldn’t get my teeth into it and couldn’t care about the characters. Did not finish.

“No Other Love” by Harper Bliss. 6/10, cute and sweet. Love a short sapphic read. Unremarkable but good.

“The Chosen” by Chaim Potok. 10/10, one of my favorite authors. He just don’t miss. Heavy at points but I love it.

I probably missed some but here we are. Ones I could remember off top.

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vincentpriceofficial · 6 months

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6. Was there anything you meant to read, but never got to?

I tend to start books pretty impulsively like I have a vague tbr list but don't really plan to read those things on any specific schedule usually. That said I really want to read Pat Barker's Regeneration trilogy soon

14. What books do you want to finish before the year is over?

I've resolved to read 10 pages of Memoirs of Hadrian every day in December so I finish it before the end of the year. I've dnf'd this book like three times before so WISH ME LUCK

24. Did you DNF anything? Why?

I constantly dnf books within the first chapter or so. Of books I actually got a good way into I set aside Fledgling by Octavia Butler bc I was just kind of. finding it boring (I might give it another shot eventually) and then They Went Left by Monica Hesse bc I stumbled across a major spoiler for something that happens in the last act that just made me like "?????????"

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ladyzephroar · 9 months

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Bookish Post: They Went Left by Monica Hesse

I am currently reading 'They Went Left' by Monica Hesse and am in love with both her writing and what she has chosen to centre her plot around. I used to read a lot of Holocaust Fiction before the whole Heather Morris drama, so I didn't expect to actually like this story. However, Monica Hesse doesn't disappoint and I am actually in awe of what she has chosen to do with portraying the trauma, pain and grief that a survivor had to go through.

Yet, despite my enjoyment of the story, I feel like I know where the plot is going. I know that there's numerous mysteries at play. For example, Josef and having to unravel who he is and what he's hiding- though I do have a bit of a suspicion about this as well. My main concern is the brother (Abek), however. If it's going in the direction I suspect it's heading in, am I still going to enjoy the book, or is it going to leave a nasty taste in my mouth?

This is not my first Monica Hesse book. Last year I read 'The Girl in the Blue Coat' and enjoyed my time with it even though some of the details are getting a little foggy.

I do hope that in time Hesse decides to write a story about Miriam who is searching for her twin sister- or even Bissel who only exists in Zofia's memories.

Still, 'They Went Left' is an excellent read. A little frustrating perhaps, but I am enjoying my time with it. Especially since the author is leaving tantalising clues in the language of her story and in Zofia's flashback scenes of her brother.

#Books and things #Holocaust Fiction #Young People Fiction

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starsbooksandtea2023 · 1 year

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Audiobook Review: Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse

Title: Girl in the Blue Coat Author: Monica Hesse Release Date: April 5th, 2016 Page Count: 321 Format: Audiobook Start Date: April 10th, 2022 Finish Date: April 10th, 2022 Rating: 5 Stars Review: This isn’t the first book I have read by this author. They Went Left was the first one I read. I read this one with a group of people. I really enjoyed it very much. It was as emotionally…

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#Review #Star&039;s Books & Tea

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dumvivimus-vivamus-please · 3 years

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"I know that many people resisted the German Army: the Home Army, the National Armed Forces, the Jewish Military Union all fought against the occupation. I know- or I heard later- that there was a revolt in Warsaw, that the city rose up for more than sixty days to protest the Nazis, and I know that this is why there essentially is no more Warsaw: The Germans punished the city by razing it. But I also know that when the Germans invaded, a lot of people in my city knew the Nazi salute."

They Went Left || Monica Hesse

#book #book quote #monica hesse #they went left #nazi #ww2 #world war 2

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beautifuldawn7 · 4 years

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I finished them in less then a week and now I have to wait for the books I orderder to arraive🥺

I loved each one of them, after I was done reading five feet apart and the hate u give I had to see the movies.

throughout both movies I kept pointing out things that didn't happened in the book or things they didn't include😅

I believe five feet apart didn’t really stray far from the book which I honestly loved, but in the hate u give there were things that in my opinion weren't necessary like when Khalil acts like being pulled over by the cop 115 isn't a big deal and reached for the brush, but I kind of understand they probably had to do it to make it diffrent and interesting?

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susreviewsbooks · 4 years

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When Zophia Liderman is released from the Nazi Camps in 1945, she is determined to find her little brother Abec. After the hospital she goes on a journey throughout Germany to find Abec, all while making new friends and healing from the trauma from the camps.

I loved this book. I cried. I don’t every really cry during books. I listened to the audiobook for They Went Left and it really helped because it tells you the pronunciation of words that are in a language that I don’t speak so obviously I don’t know how to pronounce them. I loved ever part of this book. Zophia has some memory issues after the trauma of the camp and that was used for some of the plot twists, just as she started to remember and come to terms with the things that happened during the camp. There were quite a few plot twists some of them had to do with her remembering things, some had to do with the identities of people she met after the camps. The only thing I wanted more was that there was a character introduced in the beginning of the story who she left to go find Abec, and we got absolutely no resolution about anything involving him, Zophia was just like “peace out dude” and then hardly thought about him for the rest of the book. You might be able to tell that I gave They Went Left ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ or ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 stars.

#book reviews #books #ya book review #ya books #young adult books #they went left #monica hesse #historical fiction

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2020ya · 5 years

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THEY WENT LEFT

by Monica Hesse

(Little Brown, 4/7/20)

9780316490573

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Germany, 1945. The soldiers who liberated the Gross-Rosen concentration camp said the war was over, but nothing feels over to eighteen-year-old Zofia Lederman. Her body has barely begun to heal; her mind feels broken. And her life is completely shattered: Three years ago, she and her younger brother, Abek, were the only members of their family to be sent to the right, away from the gas chambers of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Everyone else--her parents, her grandmother, radiant Aunt Maja--they went left. Zofia's last words to her brother were a promise: Abek to Zofia, A to Z. When I find you again, we will fill our alphabet. Now her journey to fulfill that vow takes her through Poland and Germany, and into a displaced persons camp where everyone she meets is trying to piece together a future from a painful past: Miriam, desperately searching for the twin she was separated from after they survived medical experimentation. Breine, a former heiress, who now longs only for a simple wedding with her new fiancé. And Josef, who guards his past behind a wall of secrets, and is beautiful and strange and magnetic all at once. But the deeper Zofia digs, the more impossible her search seems. How can she find one boy in a sea of the missing? In the rubble of a broken continent, Zofia must delve into a mystery whose answers could break her--or help her rebuild her world.

#yellow gold covers #monica hesse #hachette #LIttle Brown Books for Young Readers #april 2020 #apr 7 2020 #germany #historical #1940s #wwii #1900s #poland #they went left #hesse

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gatheryepens · 2 years

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JOMP book photo challenge: August edition 🍷

Day 27: rainbow books

I have been very busy this past week hence the sporadic posts. So I decided to share a picture with some books that I’ve read and some that are on my tbr in a rainbow :)

#jompbpc #justonemorepage #rainbow books #bookblr #booklr #books books books #gatherreads #jane eyre #charlotte brontë #the boy in the dress #david walliams #they went left #monica hesse #boy: tales of childhood #roald dahl #percy jackson and the lightning thief #rick riordan #loveless #alice oseman

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qu1nby · 2 years

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Top 5 favorite books~?

OH! THANK YOU! In no particular order:

Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco (I love the series sm, highly recommend)

2. They Went Left by Monica Hesse (all of her books are great)

3. My Plain Jane by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows

4. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne

5. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

I read a lot of historical fiction and romance in middle and high school

#asks #I really wish I kept track of more of my favorite books!#I used to go to the library every week before covid #most of my books are packed up rn so I may have forgotten some

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quietya · 3 years

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31 Days of quietYA: Historical YA of 2020

As someone who grew up in a real golden age of historical YA books, 2020 has been a thrilling year for me. There are so! Many! Historical YA books and a lot of them have more interesting settings than I’m used to seeing. I still want way more variety, but this year has been pretty amazing.

Nemesis and the Swan by Lindsay K. Bandy Saving Savannah by Tonya Bolden In the Shadow of the Sun by E.M. Castellan We Are Not Free by Traci Chee Dangerous Remedy by Kat Dunn This Light Between Us by Andrew Fukuda These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong The Court of Miracles by Kester Grant A Royal Christmas Quandary by Samantha Hastings They Went Left by Monica Hesse The Silence of Bones by Joan Hur The Boy in the Red Dress by Kristin Lambert Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco Traitor by Amanda McCrina The Jewel Thief by Jeannie Mobley Splinters of Scarlet by Emily Bain Murphy Blood Countess by Lana Popović The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed The Way Back by Gavriel Savit The Paper Girl of Paris by Jordyn Taylor Rebel Rose by Emily Theriault

#31 days of quietya #this is your mod speaking #book lists #wndb #mogai #ya books #quietya

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bookaddict24-7 · 4 years

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New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (April 7th, 2020) ___

Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know! ___

New Standalones/First in a Series:

What I Like About You by Marisa Kanter

Rules for Being a Girl by Candace Bushnell & Katie Cotugno

They Went Left by Monica Hesse

We Didn’t Ask for This by Adi Alsaid

The Lucky Ones by Liz Lawson

Goodbye from Nowhere by Sara Zarr

It Sounded Better in My Head by Nina Kenwood

Little Universes by Heather Demetrios

Jack Kerouac is Dead to Me by Gae Polisner

Meet Me at Midnight by Jessica Pennington

The Best Laid Plans by Cameron Lund

Bonds of Brass by Emily Skrutskie

Girl Crushed by Katie Heaney

The Perfect Escape by Suzanne Park

Mad, Bad, & Dangerous to Know by Samira Ahmed

Somebody Told Me by Mia Siegert

Crave by Tracy Wolff

The Burning by Laura Bates

Golden Arm by Carl Deuker

The Loop by Ben Oliver

A Werewolf in Riverdale by Caleb Roehrig

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New Sequels:

Ruthless Gods (Something Dark & Holy #2) by Emily A. Duncan

Sword in the Stars (Once & Future #2) by Amy Rose Capetta & Cori McCarthy

The Empire of Dreams (Fire and Thorns #4) by Rae Carson

So This is Love (Disney Twisted Tales) by Elizabeth Lim

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Happy reading!

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queenies-corner · 3 years

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hey im here to give you BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS! I'm currently in the middle of They Went Left by Monica Hesse, and it is REALLY GOOD. its a holocaust story, so it's also REALLY SAD. If you haven't heard about it, it's about a jewish girl after being liberated from the concentration camps. she's trying to find her younger brother, since he's the only family member who might still be alive. anyways, look it up to read a better summary. it's really good!

Oh my goodness that sounds right up my alley! I’ve been looking for some good historical fiction too!

#thanks for the ask!#book recommendations

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