Hold Onto Hope

I liked the books HOWEVER!!!! There should have been a trigger warning for body dysmorphia for Replica. Truly I have been doing so well and this book triggered the helllllll out of me. You can tell it was written in like the 2010s

I’m trying to get back into reading so I can reach my reading goal this year of 24 books. I decided to check out Replica by Lauren Oliver. I remember loving her books when I was in middle/high school. And let me tell you…..it’s good. It’s been three days and I’m almost done with it. I love the choose your own adventure aspect of it. A really cool concept. I can’t wait to see how it ends!

I watched over her that night Doted on her 4mg every 4 hours Clockwork Beep beep beep Mommy please drink this I know it tastes bad, but please You’ll feel better  I love you 4mg turned to 8mg When the face of a sleeping angel became contorted in pain Beep beep beep Mommy? Mommy you gotta wake up You gotta drink this Please, just open your mouth a little I know I know it tastes bad  I know I love you I laid in a chair next to her Grasping her hand Thinking I could hold her spirit in  I promise, Mommy, I promise I’ll be here the whole time I promise you won’t be alone I promise  I promise I promise Up, down, up, down The rhythm of her breaths was a lifeboat I clung  Up…..down Up………down The waves crashed along the boat Up…… ….. Down I promise Up…… ……….. Down I promise Up…………. ……………. GASP I promise I love you I promise I love you I promise  I love you The warmth of her hand retracted into the void And still I held I promise I love you Until only ice remained I couldn’t hold you here I couldn’t keep your spirit  I promise I promise I promise You did not leave this world alone - M

Wait so…….IT’S NOT A TRILOGY?!?!?????!!!!!! And we DON’T KNOW WHEN BOOK 4 is coming out?!?!?!?!?!?!???

My mom passed away three years ago and every Easter, even when we became adults, my mom stuffed plastic eggs with candy and hid them around the house. She used to sit in the living room with the biggest smile as we searched everywhere for those eggs. When she passed, my little brother said he wanted to take on the mantle and continue the egg hunt tradition. And now every Easter he sits in the living room with the biggest smile on his face as my dad, my older brother and I search for eggs. And for just a moment I see my mom when I look at him.