#howitfeelstofloat

[zero-cosmic-ripples]

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How It Feels To Float - Helena Fox

[bookwhims]

*Book Review*

In my opinion, #HowItFeelstoFloat is probably one of the most underrated novels released this past spring. I haven’t read such a universal novel in a very long time. It’s potent, touching and had me glued to it page after page. Biz Martin Grey knows how to float through life. Survive, despite her dark thoughts and inescapable sadness. Biz lost her father when she was 7 years old. She is now a teenager and still sees her father every day even though she lost him all those years ago. Then after one night on a beach, her dad disappears and she can no longer see him no matter what she does. What follows is Biz’s journey as she tries to find her dad and come to terms with his death as well as her own depression and mental illness. Biz is such a touching character—everyone who has suffered through any type of difficult time in their life will be able to see some semblance of themselves in her. If you’re in the mood for a hopeful, touching novel, this one is for you. 🤩🤩🤩🤩/5

What are some of your favorite books that deal with grief?

Special thanks to @bookishhq for allowing me the chance to win this book in their #bookishfirst raffle.

(at Brooklyn, New York)
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[bookwhims]

I’m so happy I got the chance to win these two exciting books in @bookishhq’s BookishFirst raffles! I’m extremely excited to get started on them! * * #HowItFeelsToFloat Synopsis: Biz knows how to float. She has her people, her posse, her mom and the twins. She has Grace. And she has her dad, who tells her about the little kid she was, and who shouldn't be here but is. So Biz doesn't tell anyone anything. Not about her dark, runaway thoughts, not about kissing Grace or noticing Jasper, the new boy. And she doesn't tell anyone about her dad. Because her dad died when she was seven. And Biz knows how to float, right there on the surface--normal okay regular fine. But after what happens on the beach--first in the ocean, and then in the sand--the tethers that hold Biz steady come undone. Pub. 5/7/19 * #ThePaperWasp Synopsis: In small-town Michigan, Abby Graven leads a solitary life. Once a bright student on the cusp of a promising art career, she now languishes in her childhood home, trudging to and from her job as a supermarket cashier. Each day she is taunted from the magazine racks by the success of her former best friend Elise, a rising Hollywood starlet whose life in pictures Abby obsessively scrapbooks...When Abby encounters Elise again at their high school reunion, she is surprised and warmed that Elise still considers her not only a friend but a brilliant storyteller and true artist. Elise’s unexpected faith in Abby reignites in her a dormant hunger, and when Elise offhandedly tells Abby to look her up if she’s ever in LA, Abby soon arrives on her doorstep. Ever the supportive friend, Abby becomes enmeshed in Elise’s world, even as she guards her own dark secret and burning desire for greatness. Pub. 6/11/19 (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwIBGcSnIhu/?igshid=1m45dvp7dyu9n

[emonroe]

How it feels to float By Helena Fox. #bookphotography #bookaddict #helenafox #howitfeelstofloat #book #currentlyreading #reader #readersofinstagram #bookworm #bookobsessed #bookaholic #bookcommunity #booklover #bookstagrammer #bookhoarder #bookblogger #readers #booksofinstagram #booklove #booklover #bookgram #bookworms https://www.instagram.com/p/BxigTifhKjW/?igshid=18dmmkqn8u2ui

[creativesoulcollector]

School is almost over for me which means summer vacation will be here soon. I have a list of summer releases I want, a list of books to buddy read with @ember.among.pages and series that I want to binge read. And not to mention the book events I’ll be going to at my local indie store! Trust me, this summer is going to be nothing but book filled! #bookstagram #howitfeelstofloat #books #summerbooks #summervacay #epicreads #booknerd #booksandflowers #booksandplants #outside #penguinrandomhouse #penguinteen #helenafox #yabooks #contemporaryfiction #summerreadinglist https://www.instagram.com/p/BwpiyPwHL75/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17e9u5a3e6zpn