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WAS SO GOOD WHAT not only was the plot interesting but the characters were superior!!!!!! quinn amp carter were the perfect combination of banter, friendship, “enemies”, and love.
olivia was iconic, I was obsessed w her the whole time, I wish we had a one year after or something epilogue but other than that, chefs kiss

“queen jackson I am not worthy” ltI enjoyed Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry.
The story is interesting, and I liked how race was discussed in this book, Quinn starts the story without any black friends, Throughout the book she makes some black friends and talks about how nice it is to have friends that understand what you are going through.
Quinn has made a lot of mistakes and all of them are written in her notebook, However, I still really liked Quinn, She is trying to do her best and make everyone happy, I liked reading about her trying to get her notebook back before all her secrets are revealed, She turned to some unlikely allies and developed new friendships,

Thank you Harper Teen, Harper Collins, NetGalley and Edelweiss for Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry,
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WOW. I think everyone should read this book, The plot was very interesting, but I wasnt solely focused on it, I was more focused on the important topics this book touched on and the friendship between Quinn, Olivia, Carter and Auden.
The writing was so good, I pictured some scenes in this book clearly,

The plot:
Quinn writes her deepest secrets in her journal and one day, her journal is missing.
The person who has her journal is now threatening to expose all of her secrets, unless she follows their rules.
Since Carter is the last person to have her journal, he decides to help Quinn, During this, Quinn comes to terms with adversities in her life she needs to face, But she also finds love,

What I loved:
Quinn was very uncomfortable around her white friends, Gia and Destany because they labeled her as an “ Oreo”.
They said this because they dont see her as a black woman, so they make racist jokes around her because of this.
Excessive use of the derogatory terms that are used against Black people, completely dismissing that she is still BLACK.
It doesnt matter if she has a bunch of white friends, she is still BLACK, I always thought that if I have friends who are not people of color, its so important that they acknowledge our differences, not dismiss them.
That we will be treated differently because of our race, This book sheds light on that and that was so great to read, When Quinn finally

explained to one of her old friends that, that is NOT okay, it seemed like she didnt understand at first.
But Im reading it like, . Quinn, I UNDERSTAND. I loved Quinns and Olivias friendship, How Quinn felt so confident after Olivia straightened her hair, Just watching how comfortable she felt around Olivia after feeling misplaced in her old friend group was good for my soul.
In her list of reasons why she wished her and Olivia wouldve been friends sooner, two stuck out to me.
She said that she felt more welcomed in Black spaces being around her, That Olivia makes her feel okay to show parts of her that are rooted in her Blackness, and it truly did show!

Romance:
The romance was very cute, I was blushing so much.
The scene where Quinn was super drunk and asked Carter if shes sexy ”Quinn, youve always been beautiful.
You know that. ”THIS WILL LIVE IN MY MIND RENT FREE,
Even though this book covered some sensitive topics, it was still so funny, I could not stop laughing at some parts, This is one of those books where you WISH you could read it for the first time again, High school senior Quinn is devastated when her journal goes missing, even more so when she begins to be blackmailed by whoever took it.
She teams up with Carter, the last known person to have her journal, in an attempt to get it back.


This was a really fun book! I really connected to Quinn and seeing her growth was lovely.
I havent read many novels with the blackmailing trope, but I thought this one was executed very well, The balance between reallife, common issues and Quinns unique issue as well as the romance plot was good, too.
Read this if you like YA romances and want something original! What happens when a teenage girls journal that includes all of her most personal thoughts goes missing

Lots of heartbreak, a side of humor, and a whole lot of love.


Quinn is a High School Senior, filled with a little hope and a whole lot of fear.
All of which she pours into a journal filled with lists, Lists containing her hopes, her dreams, her fears, and even her deepest darkest secrets, Unfortunately, Quinns journal is a spiral bound notebook that looks just like any old notebook and it gets swiped by mistake during a study session, by Carter, one of her classmates.
The next day at school, Carter inadvertently loses it and all hell breaks loose,

Thereafter, one of Quinns lists gets posted to Insta and some of her secrets get out, To make matters worse, whoever stole her journal starts blackmailing Quinn into facing her greatest fears or else, Not knowing where to turn, Quinn decides to trust the last person who had her journal in the first place: Carter.


In doing so, Quinn finds herself, becomes more accepting of others, and owns up to her mistakes.


“Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry” is a thoughtprovoking, heartwrenching, and seriously sweet novel that deals with some very serious issues and was definitely more than I bargained for.
The issues of blackmail, cyberbullying, dementia, gender, marriage, and racism among others are prevalent, A characterdriven, contemporary novel, that stole my heart and reminded me of days gone by,

“Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry” reminded me of my High School days as I did in fact write in a journal.
A “Five Star” Spiral Bound Notebook preferably with a blue or teal cover, I carried it with me everywhere in school and/or out of school and I wrote in it all day long.
While my classmates noticed and commented on it, no one tried to steal it thank goodness, lol, I hadnt thought of it in decades until reading this book and I no longer have them, but reading this brought back the memories and made me laugh.
For what its worth, I no longer write in journals, I book write reviews instead, :

Thank you to NetGalley and Harper Audio for the digital review copy, As a note, this audio was a synthetic voice and was actually quite good! After the first few minutes, for the most part, I forgot that I was listening to a synthetic voice altogether and was wholly impressed with the quality and would definitely recommend this digital review copy to those who are interested.


Published on Goodreads on, Okay so not only was the title the best thing to ever exist but the plot was so good.


Quinns character development as well as confidence growth were amazing,
Her relationship with Carter was adorable, It came just at the right time and wasnt out of the blue,
Olivia was my favorite, She was kind and forgave Quinn for her mistakes without holding a grudge,
She helped Quinn so much throughout the book to accept herself,
Quinns relationship with her parents wasnt very good in the beginning but you could tell that they were trying to work together and heal, especially when her grandma was involved.

Racism was also a big part of the plot and I really liked how Quinn stood up for herself against her old friends and left them behind.


Yes I loved this book, Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by debut author Joya Goffney is the story of an overly enthusiastic list maker who is blackmailed into completing a todo list of all her worst fears.
Its a heartfelt, tortured, contemporary YA high school romance with epistolary elements, Fans of Jenny Hans To All the Boys Ive Loved Before and Kristina Forests debut I Wanna Be Where You Are will love the juicy secrets, leapoffthepage sexual tension and the enemytolover romantic arc.


Quinn keeps lists of everythingfrom the days shes ugly cried, to “Things That I Would Never Admit Out Loud,” to all the boys shed like to kiss.
Her lists keep her sane, By writing her fears on paper, she never has to face them in real life, That is, until her journal goes missing

An anonymous account posts one of her lists on Instagram for the whole school to see and blackmails her into facing seven of her greatest fears, or else her entire journal will go public.
Quinn doesnt know who to trust, Desperate, she teams up with Carter Bennettthe last known person to have her journalin a race against time to track down the blackmailer.


Together, they journey through everything Quinns been too afraid to face, and along the way, Quinn finds the courage to be honest, to live in the moment, and to fall in love.
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