The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes - Marcus Sakey
Mystery/ suspense
A man wakes up on a beach naked and cold, close to death. He crawls out of the water, and stumbles over to an unlocked BMW to warm up. The thing is - he does not know how he got there, or even who he is. Upon further investigation of the car, he finds clothes that fit him perfectly, an drivers license with a picture of him on it, and several hundred dollars cash. The drivers license lists Malibu, California as his home, so he heads there - to find out who he is - and why he awoke naked on a beach on the other side of the country.
This book was exciting and entertaining, and I did enjoy it to an extent. However, I would not recommend this book to classmates. It includes swearing, some violence, and mature references. The plot line of the book also wasn't all that intriguing, even though the beginning was very captivating. This book just isn't anything special, and I'm not sure how happy your parents would feel about you reading it.
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Sunday, September 15, 2013
The Road
The Road- Cormac McCarthy
Survival, 287, medium reading level.
Pictures From: "The Book and the Movie – The Road | A Swede Talks Movies." A Swede Talks Movies. Wordpress.com, n.d. Web. 15 Sept. 2013.
Father and son travel an abandoned road in a post-apocalyptic United States. Everything is covered in ash, the trees are nothing but burnt trunks. The stores have long since been looted, and decaying bodies still remain in the streets. With only a shopping cart full of food, blankets, and toys for the boy, they head south, towards the coast. It's October - and they know they cannot survive another winter where they are. They have only two bullets to defend themselves. If they don't die of hypothermia, starve, or get eaten by some of the cannibals that roam the wasteland - they might just make it - but what will they find?
This is a good book; but fairly disturbing. It's intense, powerful, and frightening - not boring at all. I enjoyed the imagery in the book, and the insight on what it would be like in a world where almost everyone is dead. While I enjoyed this book, it definitely had mature content - so if your looking for a dark, but interesting survival book - this is the one for you.
My next book: The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes - Marcus Sakey
Survival, 287, medium reading level.
Pictures From: "The Book and the Movie – The Road | A Swede Talks Movies." A Swede Talks Movies. Wordpress.com, n.d. Web. 15 Sept. 2013.
Father and son travel an abandoned road in a post-apocalyptic United States. Everything is covered in ash, the trees are nothing but burnt trunks. The stores have long since been looted, and decaying bodies still remain in the streets. With only a shopping cart full of food, blankets, and toys for the boy, they head south, towards the coast. It's October - and they know they cannot survive another winter where they are. They have only two bullets to defend themselves. If they don't die of hypothermia, starve, or get eaten by some of the cannibals that roam the wasteland - they might just make it - but what will they find?
This is a good book; but fairly disturbing. It's intense, powerful, and frightening - not boring at all. I enjoyed the imagery in the book, and the insight on what it would be like in a world where almost everyone is dead. While I enjoyed this book, it definitely had mature content - so if your looking for a dark, but interesting survival book - this is the one for you.
My next book: The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes - Marcus Sakey
Saturday, September 7, 2013
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Overall, this was a good book. It's about Nick Carraway, who lives in a small house sandwiched between huge, elegant, mansions on Long Island in the roaring 1920's. His neighbor, Jay Gatsby, hosts massive parties on the weekends, hoping that the love of his life, Daisy Buchanan, will happen to stop by. She's now married, and lives just across the bay, in an equally huge mansion. The book is beautifully written, and chronicles the lives of rich New Yorkers in the 20's; which involves lot's of partying, drinking, and partying. It's a very interesting book to read, it's also a classic. However, I might not have understood everything that was happening if I hadn't seen the movie, (which followed the book very well) I enjoyed reading the book, but like I said, it was mostly because I'd seen the movie. While this book is definitely worth reading, you might as well just wait until High School, where it will probably be assigned reading; it is just kind-of difficult to read, and not super exciting. But good.
My TBR list:
Divergent
Eleanor and Park
The Night Circus
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
Maiden Voyage
Flygirl
The Green Glass Seas
Overall, this was a good book. It's about Nick Carraway, who lives in a small house sandwiched between huge, elegant, mansions on Long Island in the roaring 1920's. His neighbor, Jay Gatsby, hosts massive parties on the weekends, hoping that the love of his life, Daisy Buchanan, will happen to stop by. She's now married, and lives just across the bay, in an equally huge mansion. The book is beautifully written, and chronicles the lives of rich New Yorkers in the 20's; which involves lot's of partying, drinking, and partying. It's a very interesting book to read, it's also a classic. However, I might not have understood everything that was happening if I hadn't seen the movie, (which followed the book very well) I enjoyed reading the book, but like I said, it was mostly because I'd seen the movie. While this book is definitely worth reading, you might as well just wait until High School, where it will probably be assigned reading; it is just kind-of difficult to read, and not super exciting. But good.
My TBR list:
Divergent
Eleanor and Park
The Night Circus
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
Maiden Voyage
Flygirl
The Green Glass Seas
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