ramblings of the perpetual new girl

My first run-in with Shaun David Hutchinson didn't go down prettily. I cried and cried a bit more and nearly broke down in a scene where I found out just why Andrew Brawley, the main character in his newest book out, needed to attempt CPR on a toddler corpse. Sounds morbid, right?! And yet there's so much more that makes up the whole of this story. Such a raging good book that hits you right in the gut and other times slaps you across the face with the feels. It's bloody fantastic!  TITLE: The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley AUTHOR(S):  Shaun David Hutchinson SERIES:  Stand Alone PUB INFO:  Simon Pulse on 1/20/2015 ACQUIRED HOW?  Publisher sent ARC for honest review BOOK RATING:  Cherry Pie Wounds heal — emotional, physical — of course, scarring occurs but ultimately with time, people get better. In an effort to make sense of his world, Andrew Brawley hides out in the hospital where he last saw his family alive. G...

Some persons have the ability to write pain into beautiful turns of phrases. Like Sylvia Plath and A. S. King's influence here, King writes about the harsh realities and pain of living so prettily that you cannot help but be awed by the way the words wound your heart and speak to it simultaneously. How does one decide to remain a part of this world; a decision that seems momentous and heartbreaking and useless in the wake of realities. Glory O'Brien faces an unknown future and an even scarier prospect when she starts seeing everyone else's future and it's all grim. The past, present, and future become one big blur, yet somehow, A. S. King makes sense of it all. With Glory's narration, she gives us all the secret to why choosing to get living life means so much more than we ever expected. TITLE:  Glory O'Brien's History of the Future AUTHOR(S):  A. S. King  SERIES:  Stand Alone PUB INFO:  Little, Brown Books for Young Readers on 1...

So yeah, my facebook feed is full of this 16 Personalities Test. I believe it might be an abbreviated version of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Test. Possibly. Interestingly enough, I used to remember what type I was having taken the Myers-Briggs twice... the full thing mediated by a psychologist. Both times, I was in college... the first and second time I attended. Each time I was so close to the middle, that I had to choose which description felt more like me. Weirdly, I always have felt like an outsider because I am way too positive and happy and willing to look at the good in people and situations that hardly no one I knew could relate. It was -- is -- frustrating. Tonight, I thought why not... why not take this personality quiz on facebook and see what exactly I'd get. Not unlike my past results, I again got the rare type and totally relate to the description. Hmmm?! What about you all? Any of you feel like you don't change much over the years, personality-wise and ye...

It’s a thing nowadays. You say you’re anti-social and people know you’re being cute. You’re shy maybe and don’t like to socialize. You’d rather hide out in your bedroom and talk to the people who inhabit your computer, your books, fictional or otherwise. Society has burned you one too many times. So it’s all good? Yeah? No one’s going to force you to talk to anyone, right? Wrong. Everyone talks. Can’t avoid it really. EVER! And the thing is, how you’re describing yourself is an ACTUAL THING. We, asocial people exist and societal functions can be an actual torment for us. We are NOT anti-social. We are NOT a trend of speech or choice worded clichés. It’s NOT a thing, but who we are and most of us, if we’re honest, wish we were not so impaired by it, especially since it feels debilitating almost ALL of the time even when we try to force ourselves to “grow out of it” or “be grown-up about it.” Those asocial persons existing in the realms ...