#classic ya

[karinyosa]

finny is the type of person to write out his laughs over text, like gene will say something vaguely sarcastic and finny will be like hehehehehehehhehehehehehehe

[karinyosa]

hello 2 people who care, i’m back with an asp question meme

so like i been gone for like half a millennium but in order to appease my desire for asp content i drafted an asp question meme dlksjl anyway yk how this stuff works send a number and have at it and also feel free to tag me if u do this bc,, book opinions? my favorite thank u

0. [//obligatory create your own question option]

1. did you read asp for school? if not, why/when?

2. what were your first impressions of the book? did they change?

3. favorite character and why?

4. favorite part and why?

5. favorite quote and why?

6. what’s the tea on brinker? (love or hate?)

7. why do YOU think gene jounced the limb?

8. was gene and finny’s relationship strictly platonic or was there other stuff going on? pls explain any relevant headcanons

9. post-book headcanons?

10. pre-book headcanons?

11. character personal life headcanons?

12. silly/pointless headcanons?

13. appearance/voice headcanons?

14. if you could change anything about the book (apart from finny’s death bc like we all KNOW) what would it be?

15. did asp affect you personally at all? how so?

[karinyosa]

asp things that are canon but that people forget are canon

1. finny likes to spend his money on weird random shit, if he does have money at all, which is rare bc he spends it all on random shit

2. finny loves to sing but is terrible at it. also the head of the glee club knows what he sounds like singing in “phineas” so??? has he auditioned for the glee club????

3. finny has brown hair and imo there’s nothing wrong with not giving him brown hair but i r a r e l y see him drawn or written with brown hair maybe that’s just me idk

4. brinker is at least six feet whereas gene and finny are both like 5′8″ i think. look up the height difference, he’s a tol boy

5. gene put up fake pictures of southern plantations that he didn’t even own to seem like what i guess he thought was the “”””cool southern kid”””” and also apparently did a fake accent can u believe this guy

6. a bush or smth in gene’s yard caught fire and his family tried to put it out with a broom but then the broom caught fire,,

[toneyowen]

Cover illustration by: Diane Voyajolu

This artist clearly wasn't briefed on the story beyond the title and "kid has a parrot", but damn if it isn't evocative. Paperback artists should get their names on the cover, not hidden down by the ISBN. No kid would have shelled out for this at the book fair if it weren't for this leering little creep getting weird with his bird.

🦜 ♟️ 👁️ 👄 👁️ 🤦‍♀️

[teenbookrecs]

"Kids are always asking, How old do I have to be before I can read this book? An impossible question to answer. Some kids are ready at twelve, some not until later. They usually know themselves."

Judy Blume’s thoughts on the writing of and target audience for her novel Forever... . 

[pascale-the-bard]

“ Over weeks of training in the opulent but stifling palace, Lei and eight other girls learn the skills and charm that befit being a king's consort. But Lei isn't content to watch her fate consume her. Instead, she does the unthinkable--she falls in love.”

In what universe is this unthinkable?

[books-arebetterthanpeople]

About time I read this ✨📚

[mostlyyalit]

Review: Sweethearts by Sara Zarr

Sweethearts Author: Sara Zarr Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Format: Hardcover, 217 pages Source: Toronto Public Library Publication Date: February 1st 2008  My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars As children, Jennifer Harris and Cameron Quick were both social outcasts. They were also one another’s only friend. So when Cameron disappears without warning, Jennifer thinks…

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