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“Doing something even though I was scared felt kind of amazing.”

Just Roll With It by Veronica Agarwal and Lee Durfey-Lavoie

July 11, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

I really loved this book and I hope it ends up getting the recognition it deserves. Just Roll With It follows Maggie during her first year of middle school as she makes new friends and gets involved with the D&D/role playing club. The main reason I got this book is that it’s a realistic and careful portrayal of OCD and anxiety, which made it a very relatable read. Both of the creators have struggled with mental health and I think it really adds to the realism […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult Tagged With: friendship, LGBT fiction, lgbtq characters, mental health rep, middle school, OCD, role playing games, Veronica Agarwal and Lee Durfey-Lavoie

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:69 · Genres: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult · Tags: friendship, LGBT fiction, lgbtq characters, mental health rep, middle school, OCD, role playing games, Veronica Agarwal and Lee Durfey-Lavoie ·
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Too Good to Be True: Who’s to blame?

Too Good to Be True by Carola Lovering

July 1, 2021 by msvreadsbooks 1 Comment

Skye has found love. She never thought it would be possible, especially with her Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Her knocking patterns and need to kiss clocks prevents her from living a “normal” life. But Burke sees her for who she is, OCD and all, and he accepts her.  They haven’t known each other for long, and they got engaged after a couple of months. They are planning to be married within a year of meeting, and Skye could not be happier.  However, in chapters which alternate […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Carola Lovering, Marriage, mystery, OCD, revenge, thriller, Too Good to Be True

msvreadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:26 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Carola Lovering, Marriage, mystery, OCD, revenge, thriller, Too Good to Be True ·
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Being a mother seems difficult…

Little Disasters by Sarah Vaughn

May 31, 2021 by msvreadsbooks Leave a Comment

It’s so interesting to me to see how many novels and movies and personal stories have been focused on post-natal depression. At first, it seemed like a fluke. A once-in-a-while thing that affects some women sometimes. As more narratives are created and shared, it seems far more common than I thought. This novel explores several intertwined stories of mothers. Mothers who love their children, but whose emotions and brain chemistry don’t match those feelings. Mothers who had children when they weren’t ready, but their partner […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Motherhood, mystery, OCD, postpartum, sarah vaughn

msvreadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Motherhood, mystery, OCD, postpartum, sarah vaughn ·
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Not a damn turtle in sight

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

September 6, 2020 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

CBR12 BINGO: Orange I keep trying to like young adult fiction, to the point where it might be unfair of me to review the genre, since it’s clearly not my thing. There are exceptions, of course (my recent discovery of Eleanor & Park stands out), but generally all I can expect from YA is a solid character to whom teenagers can relate. Turtles All the Way Down scores in its representation of a teenage girl with severe anxiety and OCD, but the rest of it just […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Anxiety, cbr12, cbr12bingo, john green, KimMiE", OCD, YA fiction, young adult fiction

KimMiE"'s CBR12 Review No:35 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Anxiety, cbr12, cbr12bingo, john green, KimMiE", OCD, YA fiction, young adult fiction ·
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“Your now is not your forever.”

December 30, 2017 by narfna Leave a Comment

First, this review is sort of temporary so I can get my thoughts out before they fade away. I’ll probably be re-reading soon. I want to have a better chance to digest it, since the first time I read it over Thanksgiving weekend, I had my mom and sister and their HGTV/Hallmark Christmas movie obsession as a constant in the background and it was very distracting. I always have these grand plans of reading and writing over Thanksgiving weekend, and it NEVER happens because my […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Anxiety, Fiction, john green, mental illness, mysteries, narfna, OCD, Turtles All The Way Down, YA, Young Adult

narfna's CBR9 Review No:120 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Anxiety, Fiction, john green, mental illness, mysteries, narfna, OCD, Turtles All The Way Down, YA, Young Adult ·
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She was the first beautiful thing I ever got stuck on.

November 18, 2017 by Blingle Bells Leave a Comment

Is it me, or is obsessive compulsive disorder having a bit of a moment? It could be me. I struggled with symptoms for 15 years without saying a word to anyone, not knowing it had a name. I’d heard of OCD, but just the pop culture version – obsessive hand-washing, obsessive cleanliness, and I didn’t have either of those problems. I finally realized that unbreakable routines, magical thinking, intrusive thoughts, motor tics, needing to do things an unusual number of times until they feel “right” […]

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: Depression, mental illness, neil hilborn, OCD, poetry, suicide

Blingle Bells's CBR9 Review No:38 · Genres: Poetry · Tags: Depression, mental illness, neil hilborn, OCD, poetry, suicide ·
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