#so b. it

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"I imagined my heart flying out like a small, red bird escaping it's cage, going off in search of a more promising person to live in."

-So B. It by Sarah Weeks

[idratherdreamofjune]

Fortnight of Books: 2018

Day 2:

Most surprising (in a good way) book of this year?

Mmm, I think The Quiet Gentleman (which, very ironically, also goes under Book I’d Forgotten About) because it was the first Georgette Heyer book that I actually liked at all. Not sure why I forgot it so thoroughly - I guess the plot wasn’t the most exciting thing, no good twists?? - but the characters were great. And the leading man wasn’t a terrible cad, which was a nice surprise.

Most disappointing book/Book you wish you enjoyed more than you did?

So B. It (Sarah Weeks) - a story about a little girl named Heidi who runs away to find out where she and her mother came from. The plot worked and I liked the characters. But it was just so inherently sad - her mother is intellectually disabled and has gone through a lot. She can’t communicate very well, and her daughter doesn’t always understand. And then... more sad stuff. Overall a quite a sad story, without much redemption at the end. That’s life, but it’s not how I like my books. :P

[idratherdreamofjune]

Fortnight of Books: 2018

Day 8:

Favorite couple:

This actually goes to a reread couple - Mara & Sheftu from Mara: Daughter of the Nile (Eloise Jarvis McGraw). I really appreciate the development of their relationship and how they each have to overcome so much and risk so much for their happy ending. Also they’re both great characters who definitely deserve each other. ^^ Runner-up is Gervase & Drusilla in The Quiet Gentleman, mostly for being so level-headed and adult about everything yet still managing to be a very sweet pair.

Worst character death:

The one at the end of So B. It. Not wholly unexpected, but not the less painful for it. Especially because the opportunity for a proper goodbye was squandered. Sad sad sad.

[daytura]

So B. It — Bernadette and A.P.

The best way to describe what happened next is that in the few seconds between when Bernadette let go of the knob and when she collapsed on the floor, her body went from solid to liquid. Her legs juiced out from under her and she fell in a heap, her breath coming loud and fast, her eyelids flittering as her head rolled backward like a broken doll's. "Bernie!" I cried, rushing to her. "Save me," she managed to whisper between gasps. "I'm... drowning."

— So B. It, Chapter 7, Sarah Weeks

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Today’s disabled character of the day is Bernadette from So B. It, who has agoraphobia

Requested by Anon

[Image Description: Cover of the book So B. It. Features a girl in the lower right corner holding a red kite in her left hand. She has long black hair and is wearing a blue long sleeve shirt. Below the kite is the tops of various trees.]

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Today’s disabled character of the day is Elliot Hill from So B. It, who has an unspecified developmental disorder

Requested by Anon

[Image Description: Cover of the book So B. It. Features a girl in the lower right corner holding a red kite in her left hand. She has long black hair and is wearing a blue long sleeve shirt. Below the kite is the tops of various trees.]

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Today’s disabled character of the day is Sophia Lynne DeMuth from So B. It, who has an unspecified developmental disorder

Requested by Anon

[Image Description: Cover of the book So B. It. Features a girl in the lower right corner holding a red kite in her left hand. She has long black hair and is wearing a blue long sleeve shirt. Below the kite is the tops of various trees.]