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A review by adominiquereads
Please Pick Me by Reina Regina
5.0
"Respect is a meal I can make for myself; and if I can't sit at their table; with my lunchbox of love; then I'm perfectly happy eating alone."
I would like to say thank you to Reina for sending out an ARC to me of her newest book baby, and I'm so proud and excited for her to put out something she worked hard on for everyone else to read! #supportfilipinoauthors #supportindieauthors
Please Pick Me is a collection of poems and short stories that explore emotional themes of young love, abandonment, vulnerability, worth, self-love, and self-realization. It showcases human emotions that features oneself and how relationships with other people impact us. It is a really amazingly written self-love and encouragement book that I'm sure anyone would need to have right now. Reading it felt like having a dear friend and a therapist to talk to, and someone who would definitely understand what you are going through.
This is the first poetry book I've read, because I'm more of a prose and fiction reader who likes books thicker than my arms, but I'm more than willing to try out another form of literature. This book is definitely beginner friendly for poetry, as the poems and short verses were structured in a simple yet stylised way that didn't overwhelm me. I definitely enjoyed the longer poems and prose, as I felt like it was telling me an even more meaningful story, and I could imagine characters in my head as I would do with any novel. The poems themselves were a mix of different types of poems, and all of them really packed a punch. I really enjoyed how she used metaphors such as common household items, astrology, and science to give the book a more relatable feel.
While I loved all things she had written, my personal favorite entries were: "it is written", "date a boy who draws", "even the queen of the home does not get her due", "sepsis", "care instructions", and "love letters from the Major Arcana". I have them all tabbed in my kindle because I enjoyed them so much. I would definitely reread this book again, especially on times when I'm feeling down and need encouragement. I highly recommend this to everyone, even for usual non-poetry readers like me, because this book is definitely more than just a bind up of pages.
I would like to say thank you to Reina for sending out an ARC to me of her newest book baby, and I'm so proud and excited for her to put out something she worked hard on for everyone else to read! #supportfilipinoauthors #supportindieauthors
Please Pick Me is a collection of poems and short stories that explore emotional themes of young love, abandonment, vulnerability, worth, self-love, and self-realization. It showcases human emotions that features oneself and how relationships with other people impact us. It is a really amazingly written self-love and encouragement book that I'm sure anyone would need to have right now. Reading it felt like having a dear friend and a therapist to talk to, and someone who would definitely understand what you are going through.
This is the first poetry book I've read, because I'm more of a prose and fiction reader who likes books thicker than my arms, but I'm more than willing to try out another form of literature. This book is definitely beginner friendly for poetry, as the poems and short verses were structured in a simple yet stylised way that didn't overwhelm me. I definitely enjoyed the longer poems and prose, as I felt like it was telling me an even more meaningful story, and I could imagine characters in my head as I would do with any novel. The poems themselves were a mix of different types of poems, and all of them really packed a punch. I really enjoyed how she used metaphors such as common household items, astrology, and science to give the book a more relatable feel.
While I loved all things she had written, my personal favorite entries were: "it is written", "date a boy who draws", "even the queen of the home does not get her due", "sepsis", "care instructions", and "love letters from the Major Arcana". I have them all tabbed in my kindle because I enjoyed them so much. I would definitely reread this book again, especially on times when I'm feeling down and need encouragement. I highly recommend this to everyone, even for usual non-poetry readers like me, because this book is definitely more than just a bind up of pages.