Also finished this week...I Am The Messenger by Marcus Zusak. He is such a brilliant writer. His use of word choice and how he creates the tone in his books is one word-magical. I could just bathe in his words.
It was a very intriguing book about doing what is right and the question-"Do all lives have a purpose?"
Beautiful.
Started The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963. It seems very good but I just can't get out of my Dystopian obsession at the moment.. I will get back to it though..I have another beach week coming up. My in-laws will be there so I get lots of beach reading time while they willingly watch the boys!
Up next for me...
Unwind by Neal Shusterman (Love his book Bruiser)
The Death Cure (3rd book in the Maze RunnerTrilogy)
Divergent (I bought this for Father in Law at Xmas time- not sure why it's taken me so long to read!)
What Came from the Stars By Gary Schmidt
Wonder by RJ Palacio
Life of PI (started it but put it away for a bit) I need quiet time to read that one.
Sunrise over Fallujah Walter Dean Myers (Started it but put it down for a bit. It's kind of confusing with all of the soldiers and the nicknames. I am going to finish it though because it's definitely one that my 6th grade boys will enjoy )
Finally convinced my history teacher husband to read A Long Walk to Water... Besides Dystopian and Realistic Young Adult Fiction.. I also love books about survivors in the absolute worst of situations that we can not even imagine.... Between Shades of Gray and Memoirs of a Boy Soldier are a couple that just tear your heart strings out and make you thankful for every single thing that you have on this earth. I'm glad Landon's reading it. He loves the historical aspect of it and it can only help him to become an even better teacher!!!
Ok off to start The Death Cure on the kindle. Thank you free library downloads!! Whoop Whoop!
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