1.) The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
2.) Not Her Daughter by Rea Frey
My rating: ★★★★
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This is the story of a young girl named Emma who is kidnapped/rescued from an abusive mother. The book switches between the perspective of Sarah, who takes the young girl and Amy, the mother of that young girl. The last chapter is from the perspective of the young girl to leave you in suspense of whether or not she is with Amy or with Sarah. And the ending will surprise you.
The first chapter is in Sarah's point of view and is titled, "during". In this chapter she tells herself, "I am rewriting her story, altering her memories, shifting her shitty childhood into clean chunks: before, during, after. Then, now, someday" (Page 5) I really like how this sentence sets up the rest of the book. While sections of chapters are split between Sarah and Amy, each individual chapter is either titled, "during", "before" or "after" while the last few chapters are titled "now" followed by Emma's chapter titled, "Epilogue - One Year Later".
Personally, I would have liked a table of contents because I really wanted to highlight how the book is set up as it's one of my favorite aspects of the book. I ended up making my own for this purpose.
As for the story, in general, I did really like it but I gave it four out of five stars because I don't plan on adding it to my bookshelf or reading it again. Some books are good for a one time read and this is one of them. It's possible that I will want to read it again later down the line but as I have it recorded I can easily look up the title if I forget and get it on my kindle.
(my kindle)
2.) Not Her Daughter by Rea Frey
My rating: ★★★★
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The first chapter is in Sarah's point of view and is titled, "during". In this chapter she tells herself, "I am rewriting her story, altering her memories, shifting her shitty childhood into clean chunks: before, during, after. Then, now, someday" (Page 5) I really like how this sentence sets up the rest of the book. While sections of chapters are split between Sarah and Amy, each individual chapter is either titled, "during", "before" or "after" while the last few chapters are titled "now" followed by Emma's chapter titled, "Epilogue - One Year Later".
Personally, I would have liked a table of contents because I really wanted to highlight how the book is set up as it's one of my favorite aspects of the book. I ended up making my own for this purpose.
As for the story, in general, I did really like it but I gave it four out of five stars because I don't plan on adding it to my bookshelf or reading it again. Some books are good for a one time read and this is one of them. It's possible that I will want to read it again later down the line but as I have it recorded I can easily look up the title if I forget and get it on my kindle.
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3.) I have lost my way by Gayle Forman
My rating: ★★★★
I read this really fragmentedly and it was also written really fragmentedly so I don't think I got the full impact of the story. The chapters switch between three characters as well as switching between the past and present for each of the characters. I don't want to give too much of my opinion because I didn't give it a very fair chance.
I read this really fragmentedly and it was also written really fragmentedly so I don't think I got the full impact of the story. The chapters switch between three characters as well as switching between the past and present for each of the characters. I don't want to give too much of my opinion because I didn't give it a very fair chance.
4, 5, 6.) The Greatest Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
My rating: ★★★★★
I love the BBC show Sherlock so I really wanted to read the Sherlock Holmes series. There are so many novels and short stories that I decided to go with a complete collection and it was only $7.98! According to the cover it includes four complete novels and fourty-four short stories. I read A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. And for the sake of keeping track of how many books I read this year, I'm counting them as three separate books. By the way, I didn't read all of these just this month. I've been working on it all year and I hope to finish it next year. I'm currently on page 310 of 939.P.S. Winter is my favorite season! Rainy and cold is my absolute favorite weather. I love curling up in my PJ pants with my cat and a good book and maybe some hot chocolate. I joke that I have the opposite of the usual seasonal depression formally known as Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD which is a type of depression due to the changes of the season. Most people begin to feel depressed during the fall and winter but I come alive when it gets cold and rainy!
December is my favorite month because of the weather and because it's my birth month and Christmas and I'm greedy and love presents and money.
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