#42 Book Blog

Two blogs in one day, I don't know what I was thinking.


WARNING THIS IS SORT OF LONG.
I realized that I haven't written any posts about what I have been reading, which has been a lot. I seem to be stuck in the world of supernatural fiction, which is sort of the entire teen section in the book store. Since the world is fascinated by vampires and werewolves thanks in part to Stephanie Meyer's Twilight Saga franchise, it seems like all things supernatural has come to the forefront.
     Outside the supernatural realm, I have very little.  I will shed some light on those before I return to the world of vampires, witches, and werewolves.

I have read two books by Nicholas Sparks, which whom I love. This man surely knows how to write a love story filled with some of the most beautiful love scenes.

Safe Haven:
     First off, I got to say OMG WOW! I knew from reading the synopsis on the back of the book that I would love this book. I knew that it would be similar to most of Nichols Sparks books, however with some differences. Safe Haven dealt with most of Mr. Sparks's themes; love, loss, and some kind of tragedy. Nicholas Sparks's characters usually have some kind of tragedy happen to one of the main characters. When the story starts, readers are introduced to Katie, a mysterious woman moving to a small Southern town near Wilmington. Of course, with every small town in the south, the town, in this case Southport, begins to talk and wonder who this new person is, where is she from, and why did she move here? A love spark starts with Alex, a widower with two children. Katie must decided weather or not to risk falling in love and exposing who she really is or just keep to herself and avoid others.  I couldn't put this book down. I was engrossed yet again by Mr. Sparks. I have loved each and every book he has written. He is able to bring readers in and not only keep them in, but keep them in suspense. Not to mention, his glorious love scenes. (Girls you know what I am talking about.) He has the ability to write a beautiful love story filled with everything many women want in their dreams of one day falling in love; he has the ability to do what not many writers can do and he is a man. (Go figure.) How on earth is he able to do this? 

The Best of Me
     Mr. Sparks has done it again; this man never ceases to amaze me with his written words. The Best of Me was an amazing story of true love. One who has read Nicholas Sparks knows that his books will always have some great love and someone will die at some point in the book. His last few books have done that, but also have something extra. It is sad to me to admit that I personally have never been in love and that is okay. This book is about a first love and everything that goes along with it. With that type love comes a roller-coaster, which is what Dawson and Amanda's love is like.  I absolutely loved this book. I cried, I laughed. A reader can't help but pull for Amanda and Dawson, but there is an unexpected twist at the end. 


     The next book I am going to discuss is something totally different than any  other book that I have talked about. The book is called Night by Elie Wisel. It is biography about surviving the Holocaust. Here is what I wrote about it: 

I never really set out to read this book. Over the weekend, I was asked by one of younger cousins to help her with some homework for her English class; she goes to a catholic high-school. Because I love to read, I said sure. I have always been fascinated by history. I like most people have heard about the Holocaust and have studied about it; I have watched movies and heard people speak about surviving the concentration camps. However, I have never actually read a first hand account of someone who actually survived through the entire ordeal. I was truly fascinated (lack of a better word) by the words of Elie Wiesel. As I was reading aloud while my cousin listened, I would stop and explain what was happening as best I could. When we finished, she asked me. Why did all this happen? She didn't understand how someone, Hitler, could be so mean and so vicious to an entire group of people? I told her that some people are just screwed up in the head. She then asked me why would God have made somebody on this Earth like Hitler? At the time, I didn't know how to answer her; I told her that I am sure Hitler did not start off this way and that something in his life must have happen to make him the way he was. Now that I have had some time to think about what we read, I think Hitler was brought on this Earth to show how bad and ruthless people could be. He was sent to test the very nature of what it means to be a human being.
     Wiesel was a very brave individual to be able to tell his story to world. To tell about a time in his life that wasn't pretty needed to be told. Night is a story of faith and survival. I would recommend this book to anyone. I was glad to have the chance to read it even-though some of what happening was hard to read. To read this story out loud and to actually hear the words I was reading with my own hears was hard to listen too, but also seemed to make it more true instead of just reading it silently to myself. Thank you Elie Wiesel for telling the world your gut-wrenching story; one that needed to be told.


The Mortal Instrument Series:

     I am still reading the final book that has been written, so I will be giving my thoughts on the entire series once I am done. 
Happy Reading Everyone!!!!