Monthly Archives: October 2015

Fade by Lisa McMann

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The second Fade 1in the Dream Catcher trilogy.  Another one that I couldn’t put down, I read it in less than a day on vacation.  Although there were some parts that made me cringe, it was such a good book.  It’s got jealousy, love, more dream walking, more family drama.

Janie is now working for the police department and is offered a case in her own school.  It is suspected that her chemistry teacher is a sexual predator.  She wants to take the case but Cabel doesn’t want her wound up in anything like that.  So to catch him she helps plan a class party outside of school to catch him in the act.  I’ll leave it at that so that you can find out what happens at the party, I will say it’s exciting though.

Out of the three books, this one was my least favorite, even though it is still a good book.  The third one is probably my favorite so keep an eye out for that review!

Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell

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This book is Eleanor and Parksuch a mystery and it makes me hate it and love it at the same time.  But really I just loved it.  It’s too sweet of a story to hate it!  There are sad parts and I did hate the ending but overall it was a cute book.

Eleanor has just moved back into her mother’s house with four younger siblings and a step dad that she won’t claim as a father.  She meets Park on the bus to school because he lets her sit with him so that she won’t get bullied by his friends.  They start to talk eventually because he notices her reading his comic books with him on the way to school.  Park starts loaning the books to her and they start dating secretly because her step dad is overly controlling and tells her she is a bad person for dating anyone.  When Richie, the step dad, finds out, all hell breaks loose and Eleanor finds out how much Park really cares for her.

Rowell also wrote Fangirl, which is another excellent book I would suggest.  Eleanor and Park was a quick read.  I did like this book but it wasn’t my favorite one ever.  It took me a while to figure out what was going on in Eleanor’s house and how it got to be that way.  If you read Fangirl and liked it, I would recommend this one too.

Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone

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Stone is an amazing writer.  Especially for writing about a disorder that she doesn’t actually have.  She wrote this book with the help of a close family friend who has OCD and she did a great job portraying what it is like to live with the disorder.  She writes it so that you care about this girl and what she is going through, you want to help her, stick up for her, tell her she’s doing the right thing.  It can be difficult to write a character like that, but Stone has done it.

Samantha/Sam has OCD.  School is really hard for her and in the summer she is like a different person.  This book starts at the beginning of the school year and her therapist wants her to try and be summer Sam during the school year.  While trying to stand up to her friends at lunch, she has a panic attack and ends up in the school auditorium and meets Caroline, who tells her to meet her back there later that week for something that will change her life.  Turns out to be a Poet’s Corner where she can be herself.  But first she has to show the people in the club already that she deserves to be there.

Have you ever had to look around at the friends in your life and decide that they aren’t right for you?  Ever given up some friends for that reason?  This book shows the courage and hardships that come with realizing who you really are.  It’s got parts that will chill you to the bone, and parts that will have you crying for this girl.  You might even discover a love for poetry while reading it.  Overall, and excellent read.