Color me nerd, but here I’ll keep track of the very *few* things I read. You can recommend me something too, just leave your suggestion in the Response section below!
Okay…I do realize this IS pretty nerdy. Ahem, extremely so. But guess what? I like it. So I might as well continue my habit of writing book reviews for the GOOD books that I read. And here, in fact, is the latest one…
Most Recent: An American Tragedy
Title: House Rules
Author: Jodi Picoult
Currently Reading (11/10)
So an year has passed since I last read the “Picoult book”, a.k.a. the typical, sappy, literary documentary of domestic life. I used to think Jody’s books are an epitome of human interactions and the faults of society, but now I think they are just a news chronicle of events. This one in particular is one I have rather mixed feelings about. While some characters are likable, others leave me apathetic. And apathy is worse than hate, let me let you in on this! Yet the book was not as formulaic as some of Picoult’s other works, especially since I am still reading it. Plus I may have gotten too condescending in these reviews. I know, I know. But I cannot help longing to read something like a 19th century classic, but one that takes place in the modern era…
Title: Handle With Care
Author: Jodi Picoult
Read (11/09)
Currently, I am not sure how to react to this character. This character everything revolves around. Imagine a five-year-old who spouts encyclopedia factoids like normal five-year-olds talk English… now consider how you would feel towards if that five-year-old who really has no clue about anything except these facts is considered ‘as smart as a whip’ (well, by the back cover, at least). What I am hinting at is the incredibly annoying portrayal of the character which is intended to be the most likeable of all. It’s either my unrealistic Picoult expectations or the lack thereof. Think about that.
Title: Twenties Girl
Author: Sophie Kinsella
Read: September 2009
…(to be written………….really now)
Title: Wintergirls
Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
Read: April something 2009
Hmm..this was pretty good. I can’t say the constant cross-outs weren’t cheesy.When a character talks like this constantly it gets a little annoying.Other than that the novel’s creepiness grew on me by end, as Kate did in my review of “Catalyst”. A bit like fungus, if you will. But I have learned to look past this fact – as I would stay friends with someone even if they chewed with their mouth open (y’know, look past the flaws!) – and appreciate the effort Anderson has put into this newest work! It was worth the read, but it wasn’t spectacular. What it was, was that it was CREEPY. Real creepy. While you read it, you’ll think that you’ve never read anything precisely of this level, even if all you do is read Dean Koontz books. It’s pretty intense of a read. That I liked. Laurie, you made some progress!
Rating: 3/5
Sorry, I know this book is hailed amazing and anything but my rating system isn’t. 
And my rating kinda didn’t improve since the last Anderson book.
Title: Catalyst
Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
Date Started: April 29, 2009
Date Completed: April 30, 2009My review
Rating: 2 of 5 stars (Sorry Laurie!)
This book sounded so promising! Until I started to read it. I had a LOT of problems with this book, having to do with both plot and style. I’ll cut Anderson some slack and won’t vent on the style and her portrayal of the teenage mind.1. Unrealistic. I sincerely doubt someone so smart would apply to only one college. This to me is so unrealistic that it clouds all the positive sides of Kate’s character. She was just as unbalanced as she was one-sided in the story.
2. Poor character development. Obviously, in Kate, it was very linear and predictable. Teri had a potential of developing very exciting, deep character, which did not happen.
3. Inane plot line. The way Kate’s story is tied in with Teri’s story bears no actual relevance. It’s two random lives that by chance intersected. First Kate clearly despised Teri, and when Mikey died, a wave of pity washed over her. PITY. That’s right. Kate could not POSSIBLY relate to what Teri was feeling. She could only offer her sympathy, her “I’m sorry’s” and whatever else she did. Kate’s role, in my opinion, in Teri’s life, is rather redundant. Anderson’s attempt at trying to make her story a bit more exciting is the reason for Mikey’s tragedy. It did not fit in within this book. For me, it was a disaster. All these events caused a combustion in Kate’s brain, and no morals could leak out from all this havoc. But maybe that’s the way it was supposed to be. Life has no moral. It’s a series of random twists, turns, and accidents. Maybe.
4. Alright, I have to admit Kate grew on me, however undeveloped a character she was. She is not a perfectionist. That’s a good start. It seemed like the author was pretty desperate to get her as far away from the Mary-Sue prototype as possible. In fact, so desperate it is a little obvious.
This is just what I thought. The author of which I heard so many good things about left me a little disappointed from a novel that COULD have been just SO good! It was not a disaster by all means, no, but not something I would call a masterpiece. I would not mind rereading it again however, because of the humor and the science.
Title: City of Thieves
Author: David Benioff
Date Started: April 19, 2009
My review on Goodreads HERE
The best book I’ve read this year! So refreshing. After I read this, I raved the library shelves for similar novels, but I couldn’t find anything quite like this. Honest, humorous, and bone-chilling to the extreme… compelling in the truest sense. LOVED IT.
Rating: No doubt, 5/5!
Title: Little Brother
Author: Cory Doctorow
Date Started: Nov 7, 2008
Date Completed: Nov 8, 2008
I wasn’t very generous with my ratings for a while, huh? Well, this book may change it all – we all love a good sci-fi thriller, don’t we? This book was just my type of novel; it was both swift-paced and emotional, implausible yet realistic. What is it about? Well, imagine the government got together one day and decided to take the country as a prison by treating each and every one of its citizens like terrorists or an accomplices of such. Do you think this is just a way to make national security absolute? BS! This means a complete invasion of citizen’s privacies, intrusion of identities and homes, and even illegal captivation of innocent citizens in prison! What can be done to stop this DHS madness? When the entire adult world is too brainwashed to function, the people under 25 are the ones taking a stand; this movement is triggered by the actions of just one teenager.
One normal teenager, and that’s what I love about this book. No, he isn’t a genius. He isn’t a straight-A student either, and he can’t solve the rubix cube in 60 seconds. He’s just your regular kid down the block who likes playing XBox and go online, and just happens to know what he is doing pretty well for his age. With the swiftness and skill of what we might refer to ignorantly as “hacker”, Marcus Yallow fights the government with faith so pure it can’t be brought down by torture or fear. This theme of faith and rights of freedom that is explored in this book is brought to concept so well that I can’t help but praise the author in his ability to beautifully weave a tale of technological rebellion.
Rating: 5/5 I recommend this book more than any other that I have read since the beginning of the school year. You can download your own free copy at Cory Doctorow’s website.
Title: Prey
Author: Lurlene McDaniel
Date Started: Nov 6, 2008
Date Completed: Nov 7, 2008
This one was kinda, er, creepy. I mean, not just the a-little-bit creepy, but the OH MY GOSH MY HEAD! creepy. It’s about a highschool guy who fell in love with his teacher, basically. It’s all well until you find out the stories behind the two characters and realize how twisted they both are, and full of iniquity they both seem to deny, but understand in the end. You won’t understand this awry way of thinking either until you read it. The scariest part is that this FICTIONAL book is based on reality itself…the reality of the modern day lives of young people, that can succumb to anything because of emotional trauma. Not a very cheery read, really…
Rating: 3/5 for the effort. It wasn’t cheery either.
Title: Brisingr
Author: Christopher Paolini
Date Started: September 27th, 2008
Date Stopped: October 2nd, 2008
The impact this novel had on me was much like Breaking Dawn – ESPECIALLY SINCE I HADN’T EVEN TAKEN THE TIME TO FINISH IT. What was Brisingr? By the time I got to page 480-something, the only semi-action that happened was an attack on one of the cities, which had no apparent resolution, and Eragon and Mortagh coming head to head in a fighting scene that didn’t resolve either. So Brisingr so far was simply a further insight into the development of Eragon’s character, and what can I say, Paolini made it pretty strikingly boring. Maybe I am just being arrogant (which am most of the time) but I honestly did not have the patience until the events of the book picked up some pace.
Rating: 3/5 I have to finish it.
Title: The Soul Thief
Author: Charles Baxter
Date Started: September 16, 2008
Date Completed: September 20, 2008
Well… it was… an interesting read. A bit violent and ominous and disturbing but other than that, it was GRRRREAT! Ok not really. Everything made sense until the last section, where the guy apparently turned out to be… WHOOPS I can’t tell you that, you have to find THAT out on your own! Don’t be a lazy bum, go get the book and check it out! It’s an excellent read in the dark, creepy way! All you identity-thieves and stalkers out there are guaranteed to always carry it in your pocket (like your own little pocket Bible, I guess? But that’s different. Oh well.).
Rating: 3.5/5. Brought up all the quirks of human society and its members.
Title: Breaking Dawn
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Date Started: September 10th
Date Finished: I predict…next summer?
Who knew it would be THIS bad?! BLIMEY, I’ve lost ALL the interest I’ve ever even had in the story of Bella and Edward after I half-read this book. HALF-READ, that’s right, and it’s not like I am going to waste anymore of my time on this crap. Sorry Breaking Dawn lovers, but I’ve had enough of swooney romance stories, which is what Breaking Dawn made the series out to be: a generic, sappy storyline that involves pompously crafted characters. Thanks, Steph Meyer, but no thanks. :/ If you want to tell me I have gone crazy, why don’t you tell the same to a hundred thousand reviewers out there who have said the same thing? – Stephanie Meyer had written herself INTO A CORNER with this book, and everything would be so much better if the series ended at Eclipse. Need to read more reviews? I recommend this article and this very fair blog, because I do not have the time (or the wish) to write a detailed review myself.
Rating: 2/5 Does not call back any pleasant memories, except the part where Edward was punched in the face. Oh wait, he was never punched in the face. Everyone gets what they want. This stinks.
“…Meyer has put a stake through the heart of her own beloved creation,” - The Washington Post
Title: The Futurological Congress
Author: Stanislaw Lem
Date Started: August 24, 2008
Date Completed: August 27, 2008
Beware: This is DEFINITELY not one of my usual reads. Especially the fact it’s sci-fi and was written in like the 1970s, when hippies were still alive. Oh, and I read it in Russian (it’s originally a Polish novel). What can I say? I liked it very much. I read it on the plane ride from Yekaterinburg to JFK. It filled my mind with all kinds of evil things that will happen to us in the near future. Basically the world will go corrupt and our brains will become possessed by the government and their chemicals. What? Why’re you staring like that? It was a good book.
Rating: 4/5 It was a little hard to comprehend because… I DON’T GET SCI-FI! They have all these weird terms that I HAVE NO IDEA what they mean!! And I am supposed to be a straight A student!!
Title: Dream Rider
Author: Barry Jonsberg
Date Started: May 31, 2008
Date Completed: June 1, 2008
(Still lazy…excuze-moi!)
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Rating: 3/5 The ending stunk more than the gutter in New York City.
Title: Girls Out Late
Author: Jacqueline Wilson
Date Started: May 31, 2008
Date Completed: May 31, 2008
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Rating: 2/5 Fun to read but very forgettable.
Title: Beastly
Author: Lois Ruby
Date Started: May 25, 2008
Date Completed: May 25, 2008
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Rating: 5/5 A replica of the good old “Beauty and the Beast” only not as bad!
Title: Shanghai Shadows
Author: Lois Ruby
Date Started: May 23, 2008
Date Completed: May 24, 2008
(Sorry guys, but I am too lazy to write review!)
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Rating: 5/5 Wow, why am I liking historical fiction all of the sudden?! Hah!
Title: Dirty Work
Author: Julia Bell
Date Started: May 22, 2008
Date Completed: May 23, 2008
This dark-themed novel is as unforgettable as a scary nightmare. Except the point of the novel is to stress that this nightmare is a reality.
There are two sides of this story; one is Oksana’s terrifying journey through the criminal suburbs of Europe, and the other is Hope, an English girl who is tangled in the illegal business by mistake. This is a realistic thriller, told so vividly that I would have thought it was a non-fictional story of a true encounter.
Rating: 5/5 A poignantly told story about an issue that can no longer be ignored.
Title: Night
Author: Elie Wiesel
Date Started: May 16, 2008
Date Completed: May 17, 2008
I had to read this book for school, so I initially dubbed it “pretty boring”. But immediately when I started reading it, I realized why no wonder the author, Elie Wiesel, received a Nobel Peace Prize. I hope that everyone, I greatly ENCOURAGE everyone and anyone to read this book, which pleads that the horrors of the Holocaust must never happen again. Everyone must read this book. Before I read it, I had not realized that this event, this Holocaust of the 1940s carried so much meaning, so much terror, and so much unspeakable indignity and loss. After all, the word “Holocaust” means “completely burned”.
Rating: 5/5 This is one of the most moving and deepest books I have ever read.
Title: Keeping Faith
Author: Jodi Picoult
Date Started: May 19, 2008
Date Completed: April 22, 2008
Once again, an unforgettable novel with an ironic title. A little girl called Faith is seeing God. Seems simple, but this simple visionary is what causes Mariah White’s, her mother’s worst nightmare to come true, the media to go crazy, and the nation divided into three categories; those who believe, those who don’t, and those who cannot do either. This is an unforgettable, symbolic, chaste piece of fiction. Jodi Picoult works a miracle with words, and a whole new world comes alive between her lines.
Rating: 5/5 Extraordinary.
Title: The Midnighters: The Secret Hour
Author: Scott Westerfeld
Date Started: April 24, 2008
Date Completed: April 26, 2008
After reading the Uglies series I became drawn to reading more books by this author, Scott Westerfeld. This book was unique, descriptive, and refreshing. I didn’t like it as much as the Uglies but it was certainly better than Yesterday another novel by the same author. It was enjoyable to read but like most fantasy stories it is quite forgetful. I would recommend it to all fantasy genre fans, they’d appreciate the haunting theme of the book.
Rating: 3/5 I thought it was great.
Not spectacular, but okay.
Title: Change Of Heart
Author: Jodi Picoult
Date Started: April 20, 2008
Date Completed: April 22, 2008
Man, before I finished reading this book, I hadn’t realized how well this seemingly ambiguous title fits this book. It’s ambiguity is quite ironic, because the title can be used in both a literal and figurative way! Change Of Heart kind of reminds me of Green Mile by Stephen King, but many of the concepts it presents are completely new. Once again, Picoult managed to deliver an entirely controversial subject in a stunning new light – I had chills down my spine as I read it. I mean, wow.
Rating: 5/5 There are no words to describe this; Picoult deserves to be a psychology expert!
Title: Can You Keep A Secret?
Author: Sophie Kinsella
Date Started: April 19, 2008
Date Completed: April 20, 2008
If anything gets any funnier than Can You Keep A Secret? then the world might as well explode. Sophie Kinsella’s perfect time, a hilarious sense of exaggeration and joyous characters are the kind you’ll laugh at out loud while reading it.
Rating: 5/5 Anything by Sophie Kinsella is Novel prize worthy.
Title: Plain Truth
Author: Jodi Picoult
Date Started: April 10, 2008
Date Completed: April 16, 2008
What do you think of when you hear the word “Amish”? Funny hats? Buggie rides? Teenagers with an eighth-grade education on rollerskates? This novel forces you to see beyond all those foolish stereotypes, and gives you a rich insight into the life of a true Amish community. When something as dreadful as murder occurs in the Lancaster community, two worlds – modern and Amish – are forced to collide to find the truth in its plainest self.
Rating: 5/5 I’ve never read anything with a message behind it that was a strong as this.
Title: Genesis Alpha
Author: Rune Michaels
Date Started: April 7, 2008
Date Completed: April 7, 2008
Oh yay! It’s not a happy book this time! I mean, this kid’s brother killed this girl and then it turns out that the kids is a clone of his brother, so will he murder someone too? OK that did not make any sense. But nor does the book. But it’s all good. I loved how the author described actual scientific controversies of genetic cloning, and different people’s view son it. Not bad, I recommend it.
Rating: 4/5 It was OK – on the border of weirdness and philosophy. D:
Title: Good Enough
Author: Paula Yoo
Date Started: April 6, 2008
Date Completed: April 6, 2008
How to make your Korean parents happy:
1. Get a perfect score on the SATs.
2. Get into HYP*.
3. Don’t talk to boys.
Yeah, you get the idea. I tell you, Russian and Korean parents must be part of the same conspiracy. Seriously. This book was hilarious to no extent. I loved all the kimchi recipes. Very insightful.
*HarvardYalePrinceton.
Rating: 5/5 Very relatable because I had lots of experience with Korean people & their.. (gasp!) parents.
Title: Remember Me?
Author: Sophie Kinsella
Date Started: April 3, 2008
Date Completed: April 4, 2008
Rating: 5/5 Epic humor!
Title: Go Ask Alice
Author: Anonymous
Date Started: April 1, 2008
Date Completed: April 2, 2008
OH GOD, is there anything sadder than this? Well probably Chris Crocker’s face, but that’s beside the point. To the point now. This is harsh, but it is life. This girl gets addicted to LSD when it is added to her drink, and ever after that she becomes attached to the airy feeling. She tried more and more horrible things, sometime loving it and other times wishing she had never taken drugs in her life. This is an unforgettable account of what addiction to a single thing can do to your life… it will rob you of your future, your innocence, and ultimately your life.
Rating: 5/5 Chillingly gripping.
Title: Tenth Circle
Author: Jodi Picoult
Date Started: March 24, 2008
Date Completed: March 28, 2008
Woaaah this book was so sad. It was almost as sad as “The Pact” but only sadder. Even thinking about it makes me sad. Why am I reading all of these depressing books all of the sudden? It’s so cool though cause it has a comic book within the book and it goes a long with the story so well. It is apparently being written by the main character’s father who is a cartoon artist. He is always protective of his daughter and would sacrifice his life for her sake. When she ‘murders’ her boyfriend, her father will even take the blame on himself. But she goes further than that, as far as Alaska even. Only this time, it’s literal.
Rating: 5/5 One of the best. Duh. It’s from Picoult.
Title: Boot Camp
Author: Todd Strasser
Date Started: March 19, 2008
Date Completed: March 19, 2008
I wonder if my parents are psyched with me enough to send me away to a “boot camp” like this one. Hopefully not, because this isn’t a camp, it’s more like a communist slave estate or something. Even though this was a very interesting insight, I gotta admit that it’s a ripoff of the many same-idea novels before it – i.e. “Holes” or “Shock point”. In all of those 3 things, the main loser undergoes all sorts of problems having to do with a camp that’s really a dictatorship. So that kinda annoyed me. Though th ending was, thankfully, pretty unexpected.
Rating: 3/5 Yes, plagiarism isn’t high in my books. 
Title: Open Court
Author: Carol Clippinger
Date Started: March 18, 2008
Date Completed: March 19 , 2008
Hmph, it’s so good I can’t even criticize it properly.
Rating: 5/5
Title: Nineteen Minutes
Author: Jodi Picoult
Date Started: March 8, 2008
Date Completed: March 11 , 2008
I am getting addicted to these Jodi Picoult books, aren’t I? Ah well, it’s worth the pain! This one was about a school shooting, on the scale of Virginia Tech or the Columbine massacre (no wonder why I chose to read this, huh?). No actually that wasn’t why I read it… I read it because it presented so many different perspectives of one single event. Picoult knows how to describe each character’s life and feelings in their own words… The ending was pretty sad, even for me, and the whole thing was depressing.
Rating: 5/5 You won’t regret wasting your time on this! I promise!
Title: Blue is For Nightmare
Author: Laurie faria Stolarz
Date Started: March 5, 2008
Date Completed: March 6 , 2008
At first I was so lazy that I didn’t even want to review this. It’s not like it’s worth my time anyway. But for the sake of this page looking neat and all, I’ll throw in some pointers. First, I don’t like books where the main protagonist is not very intelligent and isn’t aware of that. I hate the main character for shunning math, hating anything having to do with normal work, and basically flunking highschool. (Okay it maybe a C for her, but it’s disaster for me). C = Community College. Anyway, I would be so much more grateful if this book had less witchcraft involved. Seriously, all this seance and whatnot fantasy is really starting to be a pain in the neck. Please… I don’t care if she’s a witch or a Wicked or whatever… just get on with the story… Jeez. This is exactly why I am putting off the sequel of this book, because guess what? IT STINKS.
Rating: 2/5. Once again, my time was mercilessly stolen. =(
Title: The Pact
Author: Jodi Picoult
Date Started: March 1, 2008
Date Completed: March 3, 2008
I thought there was nothing possibly better than “My Sister’s Keeper” after reading Picoult’s debut teen novel, but now I had to stop and think. Also, is it a coincidence that every second book I read is about lawyers? And people being killed? And shot to death? Erm, I guess (hope) not. Oh yeah, I guess I have to review this thing now, not just ramble on about how much I WORSHIP IT. (As you might have noticed, that’s what I do in my previous reviews.) So, this is the best thing printed on paper that ever existed on EARTH!!! This novel teaches the remorse of a broken heart, the lesson of forgiveness, and the legacy of loss. Inspirational.
Rating: Infinity/5! This was so deep. I love it.
Title: Cross My Heart And Hope To Die … I mean, Spy.
Author: Ally Carter
Date Started: February 27, 2008
Date Completed: February 28, 2008
I gotta tell you now, (and this is just being humble), THIS IS THE WORST MOST POINTLESS AND TIME-WASTING BOOK I’VE EVER READ AND IF YOU EVER READ IT, YOU WILL EXPLODE AND DIE. OTHER SIDE EFFECTS INCLUDE SEVERE SEIZURES, BLINDNESS, COMPULSIVENESS, BELCHING, AND EVEN DEATH.
No rating available.
The only thing worse than this is “Across Five Aprils”.
Or maybe Tolkien. One of the two!
Title: Sensational Trials of the Century
Author: Betsy Harvey Kraft
Date Started: February 23, 2008
Date Completed: -
I don’t even know why I bought this book. Possibly I was feeling witty and wanted to trick my mom into thinking I am reading intelligent literature, or what do they call that boring stuff nowadays? Not that it wasn’t intelligent, but this book was just too cool for my own good! It had the exact suspenseful genre that I like! Betsy Kraft or whatever reads my thoughts! Anyway, if you want to read about how a couple of dudes got unfairly, um, murdered by the government, and how this guy tried to prove that the world wasn’t made in six days (which it wasn’t), then this is a read for you.
Rating: 3/5 It deserves the “Best Boring Book Award”!!
Title: The Curse of the Romanovs
Author: Staton Rabin
Date Started: February 25, 2008
Date Completed: February 26, 2008
If you’ve ever seen “Back To The Future“, this will be an epic one for you. The fundamentals of the story are perfect: cheesy storyline, a horrible twist of events and factual information, and semi-fictional characters. There were a couple weird quirks having to do with the Russian language and history that I could have a nice chat with Staton Rabin about, but otherwise it was a mildly pleasing read. And yes, that’s a compliment, because not a lot of books in my reading repertoire have even reached the ‘mild’ category. The end of “The Curse of the Romanovs” was really sad, but it was as sentimental and twisty-fantasy type as I like it. If you don’t like inexplicable storylines and invalid theories, then don’t even pick this book up; run away from it as if it were Dr. Phil! For me, though, it was healthy because I always enjoy a good critique. It’s so good I’ll even …rate it!
Rating: 4/5 It was okay rather than a few fallacies but it had a nice sense of crazy fiction.
Title: The Undomestic Goddess
Author: Sophie Kinsella
Date Started: February 19, 2008
Date Completed: February 19, 2008
Law is the best career out there. Or so I was convinced, before I read the very controversial, but bloody hysterical novel called “The Undomestic Goddess“. This story follows the life of Samantha Sweetings, an addicted workaholic that can’t sit still for even two minutes. Every and each second of her life is spent on consulting her BlackBerry, sending emails to clients, writing up documents, and being your very usual overworked lawyer. Pressured by her fly high mother and her own just as high standards, Samantha is devastated when something goes a little bit wrong. And that “little bit” is loosing 50 million pounds for a client firm. After being accidentally mistaken for a housekeeper, Samantha is forced to face the choice; sweeping loos or working for the world’s most prestigious law firm? Her choice isn’t as easy as it seems.
Rating: 5/5 The process in which Samantha tries to succeed in making seared foie gras, or whatever the heck they’re called, is one of the most hilarious things in the world. Well, actually, even more hilarious is when I try to make something, but hey, I’m gonna be a lawyer. =)
Title: My Sister’s Keeper
Author: Jodi Picoult
Date Started: February 15, 2008
Date Completed: February 17, 2008
Before I read “My Sister’s Keeper”, I thought that everything had some type of solution. But when I finished this atypical novel, I realized that not everything can be solved; nor is everyone 100% right or 100% wrong. It is something that struck me as I was experiencing the story of “My Sister’s Keeper” through the eyes of five different characters. First, there is Anna, the protagonist whose sister is dying of APL; she is facing a choice of donating her kidney to save her sister. There is a 1 in a 3000 chance she will die. Side effects, in the best possible scenario, will be horrendous. Anna feels like an outcast among her family, because she was raised and thought of as a donor for her sister, not a loving daughter. Cruel? You’d think, until you read everything Sara, the mother, has to say about the situation. Especially when Anna, desperate for parental attention, files a lawsuit against her parents refusing to donate the kidney or any more body parts to her sister. Sara tried to convince her otherwise, and Anna is lost. As the story develops, other points of view like Brian’s (Anna’s dad), Campbell (her lawyer), and Julia (her new guardian) come into view. The ending of the book is unexpected to the full extent. I think it’s even more tragic than when L dies! Or-or… when Obito dies! Or I don’t know! It’s more tragic than everything I’ve read put together!
Rating: 5/5 Almost as good as Twilight, or even anime!
Baha BREAKING DAWN!!!!!!!