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Available Nov 3rd 2020

Similar to works by Rupi Kaur or Yesika Salgado, Lang Leav's "September Love" builds a rich interior world and focuses on love, loss, and self-forgiveness. In spare, direct language, Leav shares wisdom from all her years. Overall, a solid read.

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Lang leav never seems to disappoint me with how good of a grasp she has on words. However, it was always hard to me to admire her other poetry collection, untill this one gracefully came.

It was captivating, relatable, kind, and it was true. It felt like home. When poetry is too personal or too vague, you feel unwelcomed, but I felt fully welcomed. I felt like lang opened the book and asked me to read, till I cannot stop.
I always find it hard to love a one sentence poem, but hers showed me that somethings need only a sentence.
I believe this was written about me as every reader will believe. Every poetry reader will feel Nostalgic, warm, and not alone.

Notes:
•What a beautiful start.
•This happened to me.
•Can lang stop writing good books?I suppose not.
I• want to talk about these poems out loud and tell the world yes this is how I feel.
•I can't stop reading but I'm tired.
•I simply love this.

Thank you, Lang leav for always giving me magic✨.

And while there is still a glimmer of hope behind those sad, tired eyes, know he hasn't worn you down. And while there is an ounce of fight in you, know he hasn't won just yet. And while there is a chance in hell you get out of this, you come out swinging.

I'm a long-time fan of Lang Leav's, and it always makes my little heart swell right up when I see that she's releasing a new collection. Lang is quite easily my favorite modern poet — in fact, I'd only rank her second to Poe as my favorite poet of all time — and historically speaking, her words have always cut right to the core of me. While this wasn't my favorite collection of hers, it still held true to that record: something about her words always exposes something in me that leaves me feeling incredibly understood, and it's a beautiful yet sobering feeling.

Whether you come to Lang's work looking for feminist commentary, expressions of love and yearning, or the quiet, endless ache of someone who's been truly heartbroken, she never disappoints. ♥

Special thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review

Just a fair warning, I don't read much poetry, so I'm probably not the best when it comes to reviewing it.

I associate Lang Leav with people who have really serious, strict tumblr aesthetics.

Her poems are extremely short and varied in terms of style. A few of them rhyme. Some are simply one paragraph. The subjects include love, being an artist, writing, being a woman.

I found some of the poems to be really good, but most of it kind of just blended together. There wasn't enough variation between the poems. I don't mind having a running theme in a collection, but it just ended up feeling redundant as I kept reading.

I would recommend this to anyone who just wants some casual, very light poems to read through. It takes no time at all to read through the collection, and while it wasn't my favorite collection of work, I do think it's worth your time. Who knows, you might find your next tumblr post.

Happy reading, little doves.

I'm not an expert in writing a review for poetry collection, so this review comes from an amateur side.

I love her poems for its simplicity, although sometimes, I can't grasp the hidden messages she's trying to convey. I found myself smiling, laughing, and frowning in between my reading. I marked 13 pages as my favorite. Some of Lang Leav's writings here somehow could provide me with answers I've been asking myself. She not only talks about love but also about life, women, writers, even your existence. Sometimes she describes something through her poem so vividly that the scene is playing in my head.

Definitely would recommend this to my friends who love poetry collection, and I'd come back to this book whenever I need a reminder about why I exist.

Thank you, NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for providing me the e-ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

If there’s one thing this world needs some more of right now, it’s poetry.

Poetry is like food for the soul.

It’s healing. It’s soothing. It’s comforting.

It embraces you and reminds you that others have been through similar things that you have.

Lang Leav is a poet that I have loved for many years now, and one that I have turned to many times when I have needed comfort.

Her collections are beautiful, her words cathartic and pacifying, and ultimately a reminder of hope that everything will be okay.

Her newest collection, “September Love” is yet another powerfully, breathtaking collection of poems that burrowed itself into my heart and comforted me at a time of great turmoil and distress.

This collection is bravely vulnerable, poignant, and deeply honest.

It’s about love, feminism, self empowerment, and so much more.

Lang Leav is such an amazing and exquisite writer and I always feel like she reached into my heart and mind and pulled out exactly what I was feeling and thinking and put them into words.

Thank you for easing my anxieties yet again Lang, and helping me to breathe a little bit easier.

Yet another beautiful collection from the exceptionally talented Lang Leav!

I received this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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The thing about modern poetry is that it’s all starting to sound the same. So much to the point I have to fight to keep my eyes from glazing over.

"Water is wet and that makes me hurt like an ache." Or some such.

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I’m not sure if I’m just looking in the wrong places? Or if a majority of the topics modern poetry seems to cover are just severely overdone.

I do think that there are people who will like this collection, namely people who adore Rupi Kaur-esque-poetry, but it’s just not for me.

There are moments in this where I think it had the potential to lead somewhere incredible, however, the end result was always just semi disappointing
Take this line for example:

"I give you up, fingernails dig in dirt, spitting up blood, I give you up."

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“I would imagine this isn’t love, but some other beast altogether."

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"You’ll get what you want if you’re willing to wait
if not when you want it
then when it’s too late."

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Moments like that!
It’s almost reminiscent of Sylvia Plath.
It’s got potential, but I just found myself bored with it.
Like I’ve read the exact same thing before.

I’ll give props to the author though. Putting out a poetry collection for the world to take in as it pleases; especially when writing about topics that are personal to you is, I imagine, potentially nerve wracking.

So I’ll add a star just for the bravery.
I also find her personal story fascinating as well and it’s easy to pick out some of the parts correlating to her life story.

Beautifully written and laid out. Self hope, self love, anxiety and depression mixed with self doubt. I felt like this book was speaking to me and for me. It was so beautifully written and resonated to my core. Highly recommend. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

For me, Lang Leav is always a hit or miss. This time around I think it was a miss. I really liked a few of the poems, but overall was not a huge fan. I felt like the poems were scattered, almost like a fragmented mind and I just couldn't fully wrap my head of what she was trying to tell us in this collection. I assumed it was supposed to be about seasons of love, but it just wasn't a fully formed idea in my opinion.

I did not connect with this one as much as I did with her previous two, but nonetheless still immensely enjoy what I find to be a very accessible style for someone like myself who does not usually get into poetry. I will continue to read what she sends into the world.

Thank you, NetGalley. I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Lang Leav brings a collection of very vulnerable poems, some worked for me but most did not. Since her last book, it feels as though she’s been through something that has stole her confidence. I’ve enjoyed her other collections but this one didn’t exactly have the same spark.

Like any good book of poetry, this had a select few that resonated to my core. I couldn’t help but audible saying “damn” after one or two that hit home. A great fall poetry collection that’s easy to read- for fans of Rupi Kaur.

When I read the title I was instantly captivated, due to my own bias as September is after all my birth month.
However, this book met and exceeded my expectations. Well written and poetry that anyone who's ever been in love can relate to.

Poetry books are hard to review. As a fan of classic poetry, modern poetry touches my heart in rare occasions. But I found that Lang Leav writes beautifully what I am feeling inside. How is she privy to such a secret? How is she able to pen them down the way it is?
Honest. Poignant. Aching. September Love is more than love poems. It's almost a survival guide.
I loved most of the poems, if not all. My favourites among them are:
●Ingredients of a poem
●Being an artist
●Self-control
●After thirty
●A woman
●To past generations

To everyone looking for a good poetry collection, this is for you.

This was alright. I have only read one other poetry collection by Lang Leav. While there were definitely poems in this collections, there were some passages that felt like they belonged more in a self-help book. This wasn't horrible because it was all the same theme though. If you like insta-poetry then this might be for you. I read insta-poetry sometimes and this sort of falls in the middle of the road in what I have read for that subgenre of poetry.

The cover is beautiful!

I am learning to love poetry, but this was a miss for me. I felt no connection with the poems. They didn’t make me think deeper or compel me in anyway.

Lang Leav's September Love is still... well, typical Leav. Her poems mostly still explore the theme of relationship, her observation is as keen as ever. Yet, to be honest, reading some of Leav's previous works, I found there's nothing groundbreaking in September Love.

This book was free and was sent to me as an ARC on NetGalley. However, all reviews are of my own opinions and I am in no way under obligation to give this review.
I will be honest, I don’t often read poetry, but for some reason, this book really jumped out at me. Could it be that it is September? I have never read anything by Lang before and so this book was completely new to me. I loved this book, more so, I adored some of poems. Some were less relatable, but I find that the case with anything. However, those that I felt were relatable, I really did find myself connecting with them. I have even written a few of my favourite poems down in one of my notebooks and I know I am able to go back and read it should I ever want.
This book has definitely changed my perspective on poetry books and I will definitely be picking some more up in the near future.

I received an e-galley of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

This is my first time reading Lang Leav’s poetry, although her name has definitely been one that I recognized and known amongst poetry readers and so I was happy to read and review her latest book of poems. Reading poetry can be such a personal and impersonal venture at the same time. On the one hand, I felt that some of the poems were words that I was just absorbing with no emotions attached and then other poems would resonate deeply with my heart and feelings. September Love was both - relatable and unrelateable. And that was completely okay to me as a reader to be able to try to understand the experiences and emotions that the poems were to convey. The poem that took me by the most surprise (and made me laugh) was the one titled “To The Guy Who Claimed My Poetry Was the Cause of His Breakup,” which I thought was the perfect response to such a claim. Reading September Love has definitely made me more curious as to Lang Leav’s earlier work.

Thank you to Andrews McMeel Publishing for the e-galley.

I though this book was ok! I enjoyed some of the poems and was indifferent to some others. I didn't feel this book was entirely my cup of tea, but it does not mean that other fans of contemporary poetry will not like it. I encourage everyone to check it out. The poems are short, easy to read probably in line with a lot of the experiences and feelings almost anyone goes through when they are in love. The poems have 3 main topics: poetry and writing, love, and self (meaning: the author and her emotions).

What I loved: there were some poems that worked very well for me and that really translated my reality and the way I have felt things in the past. Those were mostly her poems in which the author talks about herself and her emotions. I also loved the mix between different types of poems, with some of them rhyming, other being just short prose poetry a few others being longer (usually just a paragraph or two).

What I did not love: I felt the strain of repetition of poems about the three main topics. It felt like a lot of the poems were about the same theme and conveyed exactly the same message in a similar way. It does not mean that those poems were bad, it just means that the reading experience was not great FOR ME. Additionally, I couldn’t relate to a lot of the poems because MY experience was very different from the author’s. I truly believe that poems hit differently when they translate your emotions into worlds and that was maybe why I feel this book was not for me. Check it out for yourselves because our experiences are all different and there is a good chance yours are more like the author’s than mine!