With Bri’s boots and trail diary, a heart full of regret, and a group of strangers that she meets along the way, Mari tries to navigate the difficult terrain of the hike. But that was before Mari got so wrapped up in her online world that she shut anyone out who questioned its worth-like Bri. Mari and her late cousin Bri were supposed to do it together, to celebrate their shared eighteenth birthday. To get away from it all, she makes an impulsive decision: to hike the entire John Muir Trail. That is, at least, to her thousands of followers who have helped her become an internet starlet.īut when she breaks down and posts a video confessing she’s been living a lie-that she isn’t the happy, in love, inspirational online personality she’s been trying so hard to portray-it goes viral and she receives a major backlash. And now that Fatima’s next book is out in the world, he’s the one who is paying the price… Jonah Nicholls had more to hide than any of them. Penny Panzarella was more than the materialist party girl everyone at the Graham School thought she was-and she was willing to share all her secrets with Fatima Ro to prove it. When she and her friends started hanging out with her favorite author, Fatima Ro, she couldn’t believe their luck-especially when Jonah Nicholls started hanging out with them, too. Soleil Johnston wanted to be a writer herself one day. So when she and her friends went to a book signing to hear the author, Fatima Ro, they concocted a plan to get close to her. Miri Tan loved the book Undertow like it was a living being. All of This is True by Lygia Day Peñaflor Dive in and lose yourself in their stories and worlds.Īnd then come back online the next day and let us know all your thoughts in the comments!ġ. Join and check out more on the Facebook group here! Then do yourself a favor and unplug, put your phone down, and pick one of these books up. This month’s Epic Reads Book Club theme is, fittingly, to read a book about social media. And that’s why we thought it was worth discussing. But guess what? Just like everything else, the all-consuming Internet is multifaceted! It can be used for good and not so good. We (and you) are literally doing it right now. We know, we know: too much staring at screens isn’t good for us.
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