I'm sick of linking every book to my Goodreads account so here is the link and it is also on this months book review on the right.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
My rating: ★★★★★
I don't often enjoy historical or non-fiction books but I was really attracted to the idea of reading a book from the point of view or the tattooist of Auschwitz and ended up really enjoying it. It is a lovely addition to my bookshelf.
Someday by David Levithan
My rating: ★★★★★
Every day, Another dayThis is the third book of this series about someone who refers to themselves as, "A" who wakes up in a different body every day. Personally, I don't think you have to read Another day before this one because it's the same story as Every Day but from a different perspective. You have to at least red Every Day before reading this book.
At first, I didn't like that there were so many different points of views along with A because they (A does not identify with a gender) have the most fascinating point of view but by the end of the book, it felt like the chapter point of views shifted in a way to draw similarity to how A lives in a different body every day.
My best friend (@anabanasphotography on Instagram. She does a lot of the photography for my blog.) bought the first two books for me for Christmas and my birthday in 2017 and then for Christmas of 2019 we went to the bookstore together to buy each other books (a couple did this in Not Her Daughter) and the third book happened to be there so she bought it for me too.
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Safran Foer
My rating: ★★★
The friend I mentioned above lent me this book. I really liked the main character, 8-year-old Oskar and the other characters in the book. They're so quirky in such interesting ways. I also liked how the book included pages from the notebook of one of the characters who can't speak and pictures. The chapters switch between Oskars point of view and other characters in the book. I think the other point of views where his grandma and grandpa. I shouldn't wait so long to write the review for books. I don't even have the book anymore.
Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
My rating: ★★★★
I've had this book since high school and I finally finished it. It was kind of a weird read because there are aspects of the book that challenges my past ideas of the Peter Pan story which is mostly made up of the Disney versions and the movie Hook with Robin Williams. I had heard many dark theories that Peter Pan kills the lost boys as they grow up and that the pirates actually used to be lost boys that escaped and grew into adulthood and that's why they're after Peter and the lost boys. One of my motivations to read this book was to see for myself if the rumors were true.
"All children, except one, grow up." (Page 1) Think about it. If Peter Pan is the only one who doesn't grow up, that means the lost boys do.
"The [lost] boys on the island vary, of course, in numbers, according as they get killed and so on, and when they seem to be growing up, which is against the rules, Peter thins them out..." (page 54)
"... [Peter] was so full of wrath against grown-ups, who, as usual, were spoiling everything, that as soon as he got inside his tree he breathed intentionally quick short breaths at the rate of about five to a second. He did this because there is a saying in the Neverland that, every time you breathe, a grown-up dies; and Peter was killing them off vindictively as fast as possible."
"'There's a pirate asleep in the pampas just beneath us,' Peter told him. 'If you like, we'll go down and kill him.” ... “Suppose,” John said, a little huskily, 'he were to wake up.' Peter spoke indignantly. 'You don't think I would kill him while he was sleeping! I would wake him first, and then kill him. That's the way I always do.' 'I say! Do you kill many?' 'Tons.'”
Peter hates adults and likes killing people therefor if the lost boys were to look like adults he would surely kill them.
Rugrats Guide to Adulting by DK Publishing
My rating: ★★★★★
On a lighter note this is a Rugrats book for adults which at first, may seems weird. Why is a children's show about babies writing a book for adults? Well, Rugrats first aired in 1990 so that means a lot of the 90' s babies who grew up watching Rugrats are now all grown up! Including me. The book pairs pictures from the show along with the corresponding quote and a life lesson for adults. My favorites are, "'Nakey is good! Nakey is free! Nakey is nakey'" equals, "Just Be Yourself" and "'I'm heading home to have myself a juice, snuggle up with my blankie, and go nap-nap.'" equals. "Get Enough Sleep".
On Turning 21
I just turned 21 and have been feeling really weird about it. Like I'm really a grown-up now. I feel like when you're 18, 19 and even 20 you can still get away with not yet feeling, acting or being treated like one. But now there is no escaping it! One of my mom's coworkers said I'm in PRIME CHILDBEARING YEARS. I am now legally allowed to purchase and consume alcohol. Wild. And now I'm looking around at my life as a 21-year-old and thinking this is not what 21 was advertised to me as being. The media advertised 21 as being a major party age where you put on a full face of make-up, a short glittery dress, and party at clubs until two in the morning every weekend. I don't even know where a club is and if I ever were to go to one I wouldn't have anything to wear or know where to get something appropriate to wear in a club and oh yeah I don't like drinking, loud music, crowds or flashing lights. I thought 21 was like Jersey Shore but my idea of a part is a slumber party with my friends where we wear onesies and eat junk food while watching The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. And if we are out late it's because we went out for more junk food in our onesies.
Book Love by Debbie Tung
This comic book is so cute and so very relatable to me as a book lover. Honestly, that pretty much sums it up.
Totally Ky
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