#goodbye days

[kristynleroy]

Many people say they’ve never fallen in love. And I’m like whattt? I’ve fallen in love countless times. I’m a “serial lover” as they call it. Some of my many lovers include dead poets society, then there were none, the fault in our stars, harry potter series, divergent trilogy, goodbye days, anne frank’s diary, murder on orient express, the list goes on. Looking for new lovers; drop some for me!

[cherrywinestainsonvintagelace13]

[mydailybookquotes]

“I think if what you’d do for your last day on Earth doesn’t look like a pretty normal day for you, you probably need to reexamine your life.”

-Jeff Zentner, Goodbye Days

[romanceboys]

onew ‘musical midnight sun’ original sound track part. 4 i’ll come see you when the sun sets + goodbye days (feat. kei) listen / download: spotify apple music melon genie flo vibe

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

If you liked Looking for Alaska by John Green, try Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner

They both include:

awesome groups of friends

explorations of grief and loss

supporting characters as vibrant as the mains

More of my recommendations

[daily-fandom-quotes]

“For the most part, you don’t hold the people you love in your heart because they rescued you from drowning or pulled you from a burning house. Mostly you hold them in your heart because they save you, in a million quiet and perfect ways, from being alone.”

— Goodbye Days, Jeff Zetner

[frieden-ad-lucem]

[sesquipedalian-aficionado]

I just read the book Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner, and I just...I had to talk about it. It’s so good. It’s good in the way that a book is good when it climbs deep down into your soul and pulls you down into yourself.

It’s about a boy, Carver, who’s entering his senior year of high school. He’s been at this school since 8th grade, and that whole time he’s had three best friends who he loved with all his heart - Mars, Blake, and Eli.

Not long before our story begins, all three of them were on their way to pick Carver up from work. Carver texted Mars to see when they would arrive - he texted Mars because he knew that of the three, Mars would respond. Mars was fastest at responding.

All three boys died when Mars, who was driving, ran into a semi truck at 70mph, a half-typed reply to Carver open in his messages.

This story talks about grief, and the different ways it affects each of us. It talks about the desire to be normal and the beauty in being strange. And it talks about the beautiful moments we create when we open ourselves up and tell others the truths of ourselves, because no one has forever. And if someone really truly wants to know us - we should let them.

Anyway, my rambles are over now. It’s really good. Very engaging - I don’t have much time to read now but it hooks you from the first page.

Here’s a quote I particularly loved.

“For the most part, you don’t hold the people you love in your heart because they rescued you from drowning or pulled you from a burning house. Mostly you hold them in your heart because they save you, in a million quiet and perfect ways, from being alone.”