On to the next book!

Well, now that our multicultural memoir unit is over, I've decided that it's time to take a break from memoirs. I mean, the past three books that I've read were memoirs so this time around, I took a recommendation from my friend who is quite the reader. I'm not that big of a reader, so it wasn't like I had a whole line of books on hold until I finished Twelve Years a Slave. There was one book I was interested in reading- a memoir called, Taking Flight, by Michaela DePrince, war orphan and star ballerina. However, like I said before, I was kind of done with memoirs at the moment and my parents said that the book would have to be a Christmas present. So, when I saw my reading friend the other day, I asked her if I could borrow any book of hers and she told me that she would lend me the book, Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher.

Since I'm not very opinionated when it comes to reading, I just went along with what she said that I would like most, based on the fact that reading is not my favorite hobby. She told me that this book moves pretty quickly, which is something that I really enjoy in a book because once a book begins to move slowly, I immediately put it down and move onto the next one. Anyways, when I got home and began to write this blog, I looked up the book that she was going to lend me and I was pulled in right when I read the synopsis. It's about the relationship between Clay and Hannah, a girl who committed suicide two weeks earlier. When Clay finds a box of cassette tapes of Hannah describing the thirteen reasons why she decided to kill herself on her doorstep, he finds out that he was one of the reasons. It sounds so intense and so interesting that I can't wait for her to give me the book tomorrow. Not only does the plot sound interesting, but from the reviews I've read, it sounds like quite an inspiring book. One review that stood out to me was this, "This book changed my life. Gave me more hope. And I encourage people to read this book. Especially my best friend, because for a while I saw her as Hannah. Without this book I'm not sure Id have the courage to stand up like I can today.” Can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm super excited to get reading.