Review: I can’t keep my own secrets

I can’t keep my own secrets

(by teens like you!)
Rating: 5/5

My thoughts: I won this book from The Shady Glade, and I didn’t know if I wanted to review it or not.

I started it. I couldn’t stop.

It’s a collection of six-word memoirs by teens all over the place, and it’s fabulous. Some were inspiring, some were depressing. i sat on my bed and whispered them aloud to myself for thirty minutes. (it’s a short book.) it was enthralling.

Here are some of my favorites:

“Music and God are my constants”
~Aubrey H

“Rather be alone in my room”
~Anais V.

“found the “one” scared he’ll run”
~Ashleigh B

“I never got my Hogwarts letter”
~Deanna H

“Autistic Brothers give the best hugs”
~ Kristen C (note from Haleyknitz—this is so true!)

“He said I wasn’t worth it”
~Diana H.

“Called me stupid, I’m only dyslexic”
~Noel B

“Asperger’s does not define my life”
~Mary Ellen M

“A boy wizard saved my live”
~Rebecca G.

“hair’s pink to p*** you off”
~Stephanie N.

“The exits were entrances in disguise”
~Shannon B.

“almost graduated and I’m scared s**tless”
~Chelsea U. (note from Haleyknitz—same here, girl...)

“Views on life, love, universe: TBA”
~ Charlotte T

“I’m seventeen, engaged, and not pregnant”
~Delaney P

“Always the friend, never the girl”
~Kristy D

“Found God in a bucket of paint”
~Alex W

“Virgin is not a dirty word”
~Erin C

“My life story: to be continued.”
~Cassie H

“ “help us fill these two pages.” If you’re between the ages of 13 and 19, send your six-word memoir to smithteens@smithmag.net and you could be featured in the final version of this book.”

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So with that in mind…
I love this book too much to give it away—sorry! But: send your six-word memoir (if you’re the age) to the e-mail address above, and/or write your own six-word memoir/life story and leave your first name and last initial in an anonymous comment bellow. You can change your identity for this if you would like. you can be any age for this. I want to put them on a post here, so tell me if you don’t want it posted.

if you leave a memoir  —five extra entries in the Winter Contest! also, because i said you can change your identity for this, please go back to the winter contest page and tell me you participated in the “six-word life story” post, and i’ll add your points (even though on that post i said you didn’t have to do that.)

you can comment on the review also, but make sure you sign or leave your e-mail address for that! because you get points for the winter contest for that, too.

~Haleyknitz