It's been a while since I've read a ya book that isn't manga and glad to have chosen this to get back into it. Was starting to feel like a bunch if ya were similar that I was getting bored and now I'm back at it. This was a pretty good contemporary book with two teens who were living completely seperate lives after being fatherd by the same guy. When the father dies those they meet and it was just and overall interesting book that was written in verse. 📖 🌹 📚 🌺 📖 🌻 📖 📚 🌼 📖 🌷 📚 💮 📖 #instabook #bookgram #bookaddict #bookobsessed #booklove #tbr #currentlyreading #bookish #bookblogger #booksbooksbooks #bookstagram #bookporn #booksofinstagram #ilovebooks #bookphotography #igreads #ilovereading #bibliophile #followme #clapwhenyouland https://www.instagram.com/p/CEUYpZfgh9t/?igshid=adrw0wghuznp

Another #newbook! I have loved each one of Elizabeth Acevedo's books and I'm super excited for this one! @acevedowrites #clapwhenyouland #yalit #novelinverse #elizabethacevedo #sisters #family #tbr #reader #book #booklife #schoollibrarian #librariansofinstagram #bookstagram #readinglife #youngadultfiction #youngadult #youngadultbook https://www.instagram.com/p/CAfsyRclzFV/?igshid=3x6fde648ksh

I missed home. #puertorico #clapwhenyouland #boricua #isladelencanto (at Playa de Isla Verde) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cor03SUuJSm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Clap When You Land by @acevedowrites is one of my favourite books I read in 2022 I had no idea that I would love it so much, especially because the format of this book is so different, it has verses instead of paragraphs. I almost didn't read it because of the different format but thankfully I got the audiobook for it and it was just so amazing! ✨ Q: Have you read Clap When You Land by @acevedowrites? ✨ [Tags: #clapwhenyouland #clapwhenyoulandelizabethacevedo #elizabethacevedo #camino #yahaira #sisters #planecrash #standalone #poc #pocauthors #pocbooks #booksrecommendations #mustreadbooks #mustread #audiobooks #paperbacks ] https://www.instagram.com/p/CmCrlGcr0Ex/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

✈️Clap When You Land✈️ . “Fight until you can’t breathe, & if you have to forfeit, you forfeit smiling, make them think you let them win.” . I don’t think I need to provide a summary for this book at this point so I’ll be brief. This story follows two sisters who do not know about each other but are brought together after their father is killed in a plane crash. This novel-in-verse jumps between one sister in NYC and the other in DR as they cope with, not only the loss of their father but also the mere existence of the other. . I needed an e-book to read in bed when I couldn’t sleep so I finally picked this one up. Just like The Poet X by the same author, I was amazed at how much emotion and complexity was conveyed with so few words. This is definitely a character-driven story and I loved getting to know the sisters and seeing their similarities and differences. I am still thinking about the differences between the sisters that exist because of privilege and what causes those privileges to exist. I don’t think it’s a secret that I like reading about complicated family dynamics and this definitely gave me that. I do think Camino’s story and POV was a bit more intriguing than Yahaira’s but I still really enjoyed both. If you’re looking for a quick but impactful read and haven’t picked this one up, I highly recommend it. . #ClapWhenYouLand #Contemporary #YA #ElizabethAcevedo #BookReview #BookRecommendations #BookBlogger #BookBlog #BookishCommunity #Bookstagrammer #Bookstagram #Bibliophile #BookishLoveGroup #BookishLove #ReadersOfInstagram #Reader #Books #Book #Bookworm #Bookish #BookNerd #InstaBook #BooksOfInstagram #BookPhotography #Read #BookLove #BooksBooksBooks #InstaBooks #IGReads #BookCommunity https://www.instagram.com/p/CQZKtMarJTA/?utm_medium=tumblr

"𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖘𝖊 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝖑𝖎𝖛𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖘𝖆𝖉𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖘, & 𝖆𝖘 𝕸𝖆𝖒𝖎 𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖐𝖘 𝖎𝖙𝖘 𝖍𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖘 𝖆𝖙 𝖓𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙, 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖋𝖑𝖔𝖔𝖗𝖇𝖔𝖆𝖗𝖉𝖘 𝖜𝖊𝖊𝖕." - Elizabeth Acevedo 🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯 Could it be? Two posts in one week?? Don't say I don't spoil you... 🌊 You'll be forgiven for thinking I'm absent here for lack of reads to share. Au contraire! Reading is, in fact, one of the things keeping me away. I'm currently co-hosting a Carnegie book club irl, for halflings of target audience age. I find, so far, that the YA, teen, and children's reads are affecting me far more than those they're designed to captivate. And, they are *really* not into fiction in verse... 🌊 'Clap When You Land' is the second Acevedo I've read. Last year I enjoyed 'The Poet X', which is about a girl finding strength as a poet. CWYL is not about poetry; it is about a plane crash and grief shared across an ocean. Yes, it is written in free verse. But mostly, it is prose split into formless poetry, breaking over lines. Whilst I cannot say it is a linguistic delight crafted consciously, line by line, moments of pure poetry surface amongst the surf. And on those lines I linger. 🌊 Mostly, I think that the space between the words is needed for the audience that shuns it. To explore a topic weighted with real-life loss, prejudice, and inequality, maybe we need the room for silence on the page. Though I enjoyed this less than 'The Poet X', which itself was solid but not mind-blowing, I will never not celebrate texts that play with words in their own way. I don't care what the halflings say, I love me a verse novel. 🕯Have you read this one? Did you shed a silent tear too? . #clapwhenyouland #elizabethacevedo #thepoetx #freeverse #bookstagram #bookreview #bookclub #generallygothic #versenovel #dominicanrepublic #YA #poetry https://www.instagram.com/p/CPBU8Svrzzr/?utm_medium=tumblr