Everyday
By: David Levithan
2012
This novel has a very original topic of a spirit that takes over a different body everyday, but the catch here is that A falls in love with a girl, Rhiannon, while he is inhabiting one body. It then becomes A's sole purpose to find a way to see her everyday within different bodies. This takes his life in a whole new direction, but how will A and Rhiannon ever be together if everyday he wakes up as someone else? This is where the adventure lies. Is love really enough for a relationship? This novel challenges that thought that it can.
This is a book that you need to read for a few chapter until you get connected with the book's concept and plot. The book is written in a way that makes it easy to follow, however it doesn't feel like the content is dumbed down for younger readers. It is something that I was able to read very quickly, but also enjoyed. At the beginning of the book it is a strange idea, not to understand, but to get emotionally attached to, because towards the beginning it almost seems that there isn't a person that you can be attached to. It almost feels that A isn't even real. However, as I read on I became more and more attached to A and his journey to try and win his girl. I would encourage that this book be read.
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Thursday, January 29, 2015
If You Find Me
By: Emily Murdoch
2013
This is one of those books that never ends after you're through reading it. The story stays with you and you continue to think about it once you finish. The story line follows tow sisters, Carey and Jenessa, as they are rescued from their lives in the woods alone to living in society with their father. The plot line has many surprising turns that easily keeps any reader interested. You feel a deep emotional connection to the characters as they try to adjust to their new lives while hiding deep and dark secrets that may ruin Carey's new life if they were to come out. Emily Murdoch's writing style is easy to follow along giving very descriptive details so you are able to see a clear picture in your head about what it going on.
While reading the book, I found it very difficult to put it down, I was automatically hooked from the first page. Even though there aren't many, if any, people who go through this exact problem, but the books is still relatable on different levels. It is easy to understand the close, emotional ties to family and finding love within your family. The novel also forces you to think about your own lifestyle and how greedy we as a society can be and how it is so easy to get caught up in things we want when there are more important things to strive for in life, like family , friends, love, protection, and happiness.
Highly, highly recommend.
By: Emily Murdoch
2013
This is one of those books that never ends after you're through reading it. The story stays with you and you continue to think about it once you finish. The story line follows tow sisters, Carey and Jenessa, as they are rescued from their lives in the woods alone to living in society with their father. The plot line has many surprising turns that easily keeps any reader interested. You feel a deep emotional connection to the characters as they try to adjust to their new lives while hiding deep and dark secrets that may ruin Carey's new life if they were to come out. Emily Murdoch's writing style is easy to follow along giving very descriptive details so you are able to see a clear picture in your head about what it going on.
While reading the book, I found it very difficult to put it down, I was automatically hooked from the first page. Even though there aren't many, if any, people who go through this exact problem, but the books is still relatable on different levels. It is easy to understand the close, emotional ties to family and finding love within your family. The novel also forces you to think about your own lifestyle and how greedy we as a society can be and how it is so easy to get caught up in things we want when there are more important things to strive for in life, like family , friends, love, protection, and happiness.
Highly, highly recommend.
Thursday, January 22, 2015
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
By: Sherman Alexie
My initial thoughts on this book are that it genuinely
surprised me with all of the tragedy that took place from beginning to end of
the novel. To me the novel was heartbreaking and beautiful in the way that it
described Junior’s life as he talks about his journey to a new stepping point in
his life. I also thought that it broke the boundaries between race lines that
exist between whites and Indians, a line that I didn't really think even
existed. It also opened my eyes to the way life is on Indian reservations, something
that I never really put much thought into and it surprised me to hear about how
it really works. I found myself cheering on Junior as he goes on, even as he is
faced with such troubles. Although this is a book written mainly for adolescents I still feel that it could be read and enjoyed by adults because I believe that this is an extremely thought provoking novel and it forces you to think about how the world works. I would highly recommend this novel for any reader of any age.
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