The Help

Today I just finished Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and I decided to start a new book. My mom bought me The Help (at Mrs. Leitsch's recommendation) for Christmas and I haven't put it down. My family is watching a movie and I am in the corner reading this book:) It is about the state of Mississippi in 1962, told in the pov of two African-American maids, and a young (20s) white girl who questions segregation. I am pretty far in the book, and it is very "fun" to read. The maids talk very southern, so you kind of have to sound it out in your head. Ex. ("Law" actually means "Lord"). This book goes very fast, too. Every minute or so you're already turning to a new page. I feel like I will finish this book before the end of break at the speed I'm going. 

This book doesn't really remind me of anything yet, but the maid Aibileen kind of reminds me of Madea from "Madea's Witness Protection" but that's it. I normally read Holocaust books, because my English teacher last year had a lot of them. If you're in the same boat as me, and have never read about a topic like this, I think you will really like this book. If you haven't seen the movie yet, I think it would be even better to read because you don't know the ending.

A Child Called "It"

I have just recently finished my third book, Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks, but I already talked about that. Right now I am going to try to talk about the second book I read called A Child Called "It," by Dave Pelzer.  This book was a "easy read" about a very hard topic, child abuse.  If you do not like sad books, I suggest not reading this.  I cried a lot, and this book was very hard to comprehend.  Sometimes you need to know what is going on in the world, without censorship, and this book really would open your eyes. Child abuse is a sensitive topic, and Pelzer tells every detail of his experience.  This book made me question why he would write it for the public to see, but I think he felt he needed too.  This book is a series, with two other books after it.  It was a good book, about a very sad topic.+

random blog post about safe haven

I have just recently come across the book Safe Haven (very exciting, I know). I was aimlessly roaming the "learning" commons during first bell study hall.  The library/instructor person was giving me death eyes so I thought, self... do something productive. I decided to search for a new book, considering I just finished The Beginning of Everything (check that out by the way, it's good). I found Safe Haven, but nothing else.  Maybe I wasn't even looking very well. It was Monday, and I was pounded with death eyes by talkative librarians not to be named. Not to mention being stared at by other students giving me the evil eyes. Why? I don't know. Don't you love high school?

Before I go on and on about nothing that has relevance to my book, I must change the subject. I picked the book because of the movie. I know that the golden rule of reading is to always read the book before seeing the movie, but honestly I didn't even know it was a book until yesterday. I loved the movie, it was one of those where you can watch it over and over, but never get tired of it.  I really hope the book is the same way. If you want to check it out, I suggest going to the public library... or you will get death-eyed!!!! (Is that even a verb?)

The Beginning of Everything

I rate this book 4.99 out of 5 stars.  This book (up to the last chapter) is a five star book, but-spoiler alert-the main character's dog dies.  Cooper was not a big character in the book because, well, he's a dog... but he was a good dog.  Cooper was a cute, old little poodle that always listened to Ezra.  Cooper dying seriously made me cry in the middle of first bell study hall.  Having study hall first bell is pretty horrible, but crying half the time? That's pretty bad.

I liked the way the author made this easy to relate to.  Not all high-schoolers have relationship problems,(because their not in a relationship) but this book was good anyways.  I recommend this book to anyone that likes realistic fiction, and is looking for a good read.

The Beginning of Everything

This book reminded me of The Fault in our Stars.  Not because of the plot, but because of the way it is narrated.  It is in first person, and the narrator (Ezra) expresses their opinion about everything that is happening in their life.  Ezra introduces and describes all the characters, he narrates all his experiences, and he gives his opinion about all the characters too.  He is humorous (like Hazel Grace) and he loves making fun of himself and his disability (also like Hazel Grace).

I think that anyone who loves books about high school would love this book.  It shares stories about his high school experience on every end of the high school spectrum.  Boys would like it (because it is narrated by a boy) and girls would like it (because it is narrated by a self proclaimed hot boy).

Check it out!!! http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13522285-the-beginning-of-everything

 

See you at Harry's

         See you at Harry's is the best book I have ever read.  I read it in a day, and could not put it down.  My English teacher last year recommended it to me, because it was her favorite book, and I loved it.  It is about a girl, Fern, and her troubles starting middle school.  Her dad owns the neighborhood ice cream shop so everybody knows her, and her little brother Charlie.  Charlie is the face of the shop, and everyone loves him!  Fern is hiding in the shadow in the shadow of her little brother, and she hates it.  Her brother, Holden, announces that he is homosexual, and his family doesn't accept him for it.  Fern is the only person who understands him, and she carries the weight of being his only friend.  Tragedy strikes the family, and their life is turned upside down.  This book has many twists and turns, and is written very well.  I could read it again and again and cry every time.  Check it out!!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12384984-see-you-at-harry-s?ac=1

Allegiant

I liked the way the author made the book in Tris and Tobias's point of view.  In the other books it kind of got boring with only Tris's thoughts.  Now that I know what Tobias is thinking, this makes him a lot easier to understand.  In Insurgent I never knew if Tobias was looking at Tris because he loved her, or if he was mad at her.  With his thoughts, I can now easily distinguish the two.

I didn't agree with Evelyn arming the factionless, and having them patrol around the streets of the fallen Erudite faction.  She controls everything and I think she could ease up a bit considering the entire city is basically in a war.  She needs to let people make their own decisions.