Book: Made You Up by Francesca Zappia

★★★★/★★★★★

She's schizophrenic. He's real. But what are the chances that she didn't just make him up?

Despite having schizophrenia, Alex still wants to live a normal life. And by normal I mean finishing high school, making friends and going to college. She's smart and funny and she doesn't let her hallucinations/imaginations get the best of her. But sometimes, we can't really tell what's real and what's not anymore because there are things we want to be real even if they're not.

The story begins with a prologue introducing Alex, a tank of lobsters and a blue eyed boy Alex is not so sure about. It continues when Alex enters a new school where she meets the blue eyed boy again. Now she's having a difficult time figuring out if the blue eyed boy she met years ago was the same blue eyed boy she's partnered with in her chemistry lab now. 

I really love this book because I can relate to it. I don't have schizophrenia but somehow I know how Alex feels. The constant need to check your surrounding, stopping to figure out if this certain thing or people is real and other stuff. Maybe I'm just paranoid but it makes me feel better when I do that. Another thing I love about this is how Alex fights to be normal. Yes, she doesn't want others to find out but she's trying her best not to show it because like others, she just wants to be a teenager who enjoys life. And it's nice that she found friends that don't mind whether she's sick or not. 

I want to tell you everything about this book but I think it's better if you just read it yourself. Enjoy! :D

 

November Reading List #1

Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella

An anxiety disorder disrupts fourteen-year-old Audrey’s daily life. She has been making slow but steady progress with Dr. Sarah, but when Audrey meets Linus, her brother’s gaming teammate, she is energized. She connects with him. Audrey can talk through her fears with Linus in a way she’s never been able to do with anyone before. As their friendship deepens and her recovery gains momentum, a sweet romantic connection develops, one that helps not just Audrey but also her entire family.
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Made You Up by Francesca Zapia

Alex fights a daily battle to figure out the difference between reality and delusion. Armed with a take-no-prisoners attitude, her camera, a Magic 8-Ball, and her only ally (her little sister), Alex wages a war against her schizophrenia, determined to stay sane long enough to get into college. She’s pretty optimistic about her chances until classes begin, and she runs into Miles. Didn't she imagine him? Before she knows it, Alex is making friends, going to parties, falling in love, and experiencing all the usual rites of passage for teenagers. But Alex is used to being crazy. She’s not prepared for normal. 
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Never Never: Part 2 by Colleen Hoover and Tarryn Fisher

“Never forget that I was your first real kiss. Never forget that you’ll be my last.
And never stop loving me between all of them.
Never stop, Charlie.
Never forget.”

Silas races against time as more truths unravel, while others twist tighter together. And now, the stakes are higher as Silas’ control slips and others begin to point fingers. Charlie is in trouble and he must be the one to bridge the chasm between their past and their present. Because somewhere between I love yous and Never Nevers and Never Agains, a truth they can't imagine, beckons to be found.

“Where are you, Charlie?”
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The Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie  McLemore

For twenty years, the Palomas and the Corbeaus have been rivals and enemies, locked in an escalating feud for over a generation. Both families make their living as traveling performers in competing shows—the Palomas swimming in mermaid exhibitions, the Corbeaus, former tightrope walkers, performing in the tallest trees they can find.

Lace Paloma may be new to her family’s show, but she knows as well as anyone that the Corbeaus are pure magia negra, black magic from the devil himself. Simply touching one could mean death, and she's been taught from birth to keep away. But when disaster strikes the small town where both families are performing, it’s a Corbeau boy, Cluck, who saves Lace’s life. And his touch immerses her in the world of the Corbeaus, where falling for him could turn his own family against him, and one misstep can be just as dangerous on the ground as it is in the trees. 
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The Book of Broken Hearts by Sarah Ockler

Jude has learned a lot from her older sisters, but the most important thing is this: The Vargas brothers are notorious heartbreakers. She’s seen the tears and disasters that dating a Vargas boy can cause, and she swore an oath—with candles and a contract and everything—to never have anything to do with one.

Now Jude is the only sister still living at home, and she’s spending the summer helping her ailing father restore his vintage motorcycle—which means hiring a mechanic to help out. Is it Jude’s fault he happens to be cute? And surprisingly sweet? And a Vargas?

Jude tells herself it’s strictly bike business with Emilio. Her sisters will never find out, and Jude can spot those flirty little Vargas tricks a mile away—no way would she fall for them. But Jude’s defenses are crumbling, and if history is destined to repeat itself, she’s speeding toward some serious heartbreak…unless her sisters were wrong?

Jude may have taken an oath, but she’s beginning to think that when it comes to love, some promises might be worth breaking.
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