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Hiya!!!
I'm back again!! Hahahaha this is such a productive day for me to write in this blog.
Still with the same topic, I'm going to present you all about my Reading Challenge.
Yep, I'm crossing one off of my list. TADAAA!!!!
Book Review: If I Stay by Gayle Forman
I read this book not because of the euphoria that this book is "translated" into a movie. Nor was it because I love romantic genre kind of book.
It started with a friend saying that this book made her weep like a baby. Well, I did not shed a single tear reading this. It was emotional, deep, and mixed with bound of family and friendship which will make those with soft personality easily cry at the sight of emotion.
Well, it was entertaining reading this book. Not that I call sadness is entertaining but at some point, I, as a life-long learner, learn so much about music, medical terms and also life itself.
As an avid fan of medical dramas such as ER and Grey's Anatomy, I did not find it hard following the plot and medical terms *ahem!*
However, what remarkably appeals to me is the author's writing style. It really shows quality as a journalist. Her diction and speech expression are such treat. Her style, as mentioned before, is unique and interesting, unlike other young adult novels I've read.
The heroine is seen not from a first-person point of view, rather, an omniscient point of view. But, there is a big but over here, single T of course, instead of having a third-person point of view as many god-like point of view suggests, the heroine is still the narrator.
The feels, man, the feels... it felt so close it became real.
Haven't I mentioned that I did not shed a single tear reading this? Well, I have to admit that this is such a sad story, but I love how the humor was put into it.
I know I would be exactly doing what the heroine's best friend did in the story. I think I am so close to that characterization. Anyway, I laughed a little when this "incident" took place in the book. I am not sure what kind of reaction I should have had but I did laugh.
So yeah, this time I'm taking one away from my list: A young-adult novel...
So here's the updated list..
Reading Challenge 2015 by Lou
o A book that you can finish in a day
o A book with more than 500 pages Burned by Ellen Hopkins, 544 pages
o A book you should have read in high school
o An Indonesian literature book
o An English literature book
o A book you think is boring
o A book you meant to read but never did
o A book you chose from the cover
o A graphic novel
o An online novel
o A non-fiction book
o A young-adult novel If I Stay by Gayle Forman
o A book you would enjoy as kids Three for Tea: Tasty Tales for You and Me by Jacqueline Wilson, Anne Fine and Michael Morpurgo
o A book of a genre you don’t usually read
o A book of poems
o A book of jokes
o A book you got as a gift
o A book you select randomly from a shelf
o A book you have but never read
A book you asked a friend to pick
