words and their meanings by kate bassett

Bassett is an author to keep your eye on. I highly recommend Words and Their Meanings to fans of YA Fiction, General Fiction, and stories of working through grief and self-blame. Bassett has crafted a beautiful, heart-wrenching, honest tale of grief, love, and finding oneself. The story takes us through Anna’s discovery of secrets-some from Joe, and some from other important characters in her story. All the supporting players in Anna’s story are constantly worried about her. As a result, she makes herself into a teenage Patti Smith and rebels against all things ‘normal.’ Anna is surrounded by an amazing best friend, a nervous younger sister, a grandpa, and her mom. She’s traumatized by the death of Joe (her best friend/bruncle) and believes she is to blame. Anna is dark, emotional, unstable, honest, immature, and scared. Anna is a main character in every sense-she’s the star player and other lives revolve around her, but not in typical fashion. This book has the potential to be a runaway bestseller in the YA Fiction market, and I’m sure it will have movie buzz in the future. Words and Their Meanings is so well written-I can’t even get over it. I highlighted more than I EVER have in a book before-amazing quotes! Kate Bassett has an incredible gift. I don’t think I’ve ever done fewer than ten for a TTT, but I’ll leave you with some of my other quote-sy posts, here, here, and here.I liked SO many things about this book. “I bet you could sometimes find all the mysteries of the universe in someone’s hand.”Īnd this is where I’m going to leave you. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamine Alire Saenz Base image Deviantart: Deadendsoul. “Be a Samurai. Because you just never know what’s behind the freaking sky.”Ħ. Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor “When a tree leans, it will rest on its sister”ĥ.

“If luck’s based on breathing, I’m doing pretty okay.” Harazin Base image by Etsy: Kristaglavich. “Let the boys and girls go on kissing in the dark. Miss Lucy had a Steamboat by David Levithan, from Love Hurts Base image by Patrick Pleul/EPA, click image for link. But first lines, stories of love and loss and hope floating on backs of paper cranes? We choose how many of those we get to tell.”Ģ. Words and their Meanings by Kate Bassett Base image by Deviantart: Holunder.

Work has been busy, so I find myself working on an unscheduled Top Ten Tuesday post because how can I let the opportunity to wallow in quotes go by? Brace yourself, you’re getting a fresh post!ġ.

Words and their meanings by kate bassett