A great poetry collection about self forgiveness and second chances. These are very important things for anyone to learn!

This poetry book themes are around the idea of giving ourselves second chances, and self-healing. I enjoyed most of the poems in this book. I felt the poet knows what they are writing about and is inspired to want to help others. There are poems that wrote down because I wanted to have these words. I feel that the cover fits the poetry within these pages. they are bright but gray just like rainy days. The other message that was in some of these poems were about picking yourself, and that you can start new and that it's okay. Even though my socks weren't blow off my feet, I still like this poetry book and had fun while reading it.

I joyed the poetry and Lanuza's way of curving words into lyrics of messages that many people need to her.

I read This is the last time I'll ever write about yi by Dawn lanuza and have been forever looking forward to reading her books.So I've taken the chance readily to read this book on netgalley. But the book didnt quite do the justice to my high placed expectations.Her writing style is breezy and some of the poems were really good but sadly on a whole the book couldnt satisfy my hunger for poetry.

I  received a free digital copy of this book from Netgalley for an honest review.

The cover of this book grabbed me in before I realized I'd read this authors work before. I was so excited to find another piece from her. I liked her last book better, but this one is still good.

Whew, where to start with this review. First off I've never connected with so much of a poetry book before, there were times when I had to stop for a few minutes and recompose myself before continuing on. So many things in You Are Here are things that resonated with me.
This poetry book didn't just focus on romance for a change which I appreciated. While that is present, it also deals with working on yourself and realizing that it's okay not to always be okay. That's something that I'm working on and it was nice to see that represented in another form and not just in my head. The mental health and chronic pain mentioned in this book were things I haven't seen often talked about so openly. That's a big thing to me as someone who has both of those things and doesn't seem them mentioned ever together openly. I'm grateful for this book and I can't wait to read more of Dawn's work and support her writing.

I have so many quotes from this book I love. One of them is this:
"Let yourself go through all of this,
without guilt and shame."

I liked quite a few of these poems and a few really spoke to me, but on a whole I wasn’t really feeling it for a lot of them. The style is nice and easy to read, they will probably speak to a lot of people after break ups etc. But for me I wasn’t really connected to a lot of the poems.

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

Being more than 200 pages long, this collection of poetry was a way shorter read than I expected. I was just flying through the pages, and while I didn't dislike what I saw, I can't say these poems had a huge impression on me. I don't say they were bad, I don't say they didn't deal with things people go through, but they felt a bit juvenile for my taste. I actually think I would've appreciated this book more back in the middle of my teenage years. Now, in the middle of my twenties, it's not for me anymore. I do think, though, that these poems would appeal to many people, I just think they should be aimed at a young adult audience. It might be a hit with that age-group!

Although I could see the potential in this text, I was not able to sustain my attention and finish the narrative.

Dawn Lanuza yet again has made me fall in love with her writing. This book is so luscious and beautiful. I found myself in awe and in love with everything that Dawn puts into words even if sometimes those feelings aren't nice ones or are heartbroken ones.

Dawn is the poet you want to be reading right now and supporting. She is spectacular and what she does and she proves it in You Are Here, an anthology of poems that look inside your soul and whisper to it. It's marvelous and cannot wait to see more from her!

This is the first poetry collection that I read for this year and I am very impressed with Miss Dawn.

My favorites are Staying is Your Choice, Travelers (I remembered someone with this!), The Ideal, Imagine, To My Younger Self (Most heartwarming for me), A Message, A Prelude, Double-Edged Swords (Ouch!), Welcomed Distractions, Waking Up to A Dream and Seasons.

I love how the author divided her poems and prose into three parts. There are about love, music, relationship, heartbreak, moving on and human beings. I was inspired that I actually wrote a poem after reading the book.

Thank you for the ARC and congratulations to Miss Dawn, I hope to meet you in person!

You are here is an honest book about growth, self love and caring. You can’t avoid feeling identified with many, many poems, because we all had been there at some point.

So this is a poetry anthology about growth, change and one-self. Almost like a how-to guide to living- I really enjoyed some of the poems in here. However, some were fairly meh so I did skip them- still, enjoyable and great to read when sitting at a café!

This would be a book that I would maybe recommend to older high school students, not something I would suggest for younger students. I think I read this collection of poetry in a time that this book really hit home. I have a feeling this will be a book that I pick up as a physical book once it is released and pick it up whenever I need to feel like I am not alone.
I only recently started reading poetry, and there have been some poems and poem collections that I have read that I just do not understand, but this book was written in a way that almost seemed like it was written for me. I think that most people that pick this book up will also have a similar feeling. Even if you do not directly relate to the stories or events that are being explained or described, I think that people will still be able to make connections.
I highly recommend this book for people that are starting to read poetry and are struggling to understand it. I will be anticipating this book release so that I can have a copy for my sheld. The cover also has beautiful illustrations.

This was just such a beautiful collection of poetry. I was a little iffy at first through the first few poems, but then I really began to enjoy and identify with them. Dawn Lanuza has crafted poems here about romance, heartbreak, depression, eating disorders, and chronic pain (that last one I was super happy to see since you don't see that a lot). I'm so happy that I chose to read this and I can't wait to read more by her!

This is my first time reading the poet. I thought You Are Here was a great collection. I loved every poem. Lanuza tackles universal themes; love, self-love, self-discovery, relationships and empowerment. The poems are person and feel like Lanuza is showing me the secret chambers of her heart and soul. Those are the type of poems I love to read and write. There are a few stories in You Are Here but mostly poetry. My favourites were How to Love in the Dark, All This Wanting, Sad Girl, Crash and Burn, All I Had Was White Space and The Tourist.

You Are Here
by Dawn Lanuza
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Poetry
Pub Date 12 Feb 2019


I am reviewing a copy of You Are Here through Andrews McMeel Publishing and Netgalley:


This book deals with two intertwined themes growth and change. The poems and prose in this book remind us too that it is important that we give ourselves second chances.


The poems and prose in this collection are self healing poems that draw on the central themes of loving oneself as well as self discovery and empowerment. In order to survive the difficulties we face in life.


I give You Are Here four out of five stars!


Happy Reading!

You Are Here is my second Dawn Lanuza poetry book, I have read How It Starts as my very first read. At some point in the book, I thought that some felt really familiar. True enough those works were already featured in from How It Starts.

You Are Here is a collection that deals with love; in partner, self, opening up, accepting and getting used to being a grown-up, as we Millenials call it adulting.

I find the introduction, not for my liking but as I go through the middle and last pages I find the pieces calling me in, projecting a stronger voice of fierce, fearlessness and accepting. It tackled more on the specificity of the impact of society on one’s mental health, physical pain, peer pressure or the standards set out for us to believe, to comply with.

Here are some of the pieces that resonated with me: the tale of a girl, vessel, a message, the art of eating alone, the ideal, seasons, roller coaster and good news / bad news.

This is the poetry book for every college broken heart. It made me remember those feelings so clearly, and the message of moving forward was well aimed.

ARC kindly provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

You Are Here is a poetry collection about relationships, love, vulnerability and self-reflection. Majority of the poems are well-structed, melancholic and heartfelt. The ones I can relate to are The Art of Eating Alone (precisely me), Grow and A Message.

Final rating: 3.5/5 stars

And the first read of the year is a DNF, how fun.

DNF at 191

I really wanted to like this. I read dawns previous book last year and felt super disappointed but I know that sometimes you have to be in the right mood for certain poetry (or poetry in general), so I gave this book a try. And sure there were some okay poems that I didn’t dislike, but nothing blew me away. Nothing touched me or spoke to me. The way she writes just doesn’t work for me. I just don’t ever fully connect with it. So I think it’s safe to say I’m just not a fan of dawn’s work.