The Shack - William P. Young
The Female of the Species - Mindy McGinnis Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone - JK Rowling The Magicians - Lev Grossman Divergent - Veronica Roth The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein Everything Everything - Nicola Yoon Hunger Game - Suzanne Collins The Hate List - Jennifer Brown Noggin - John Corey Whaley Forever - Judy Blume We Are The Ants - Shaun David Hutchinson All The Bright Places - Jennifer Niven
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The current book I am reading is called The Shack. It is such a unique book because of how the events play out in the story. The author uses flash backs to explain some of the things. The largest amount of time in the book is spent in an alternate universe where God is talking to the main character. I think such a unique approach from the author is such a good writing technique because it kind of took me by surprise and added a deeper element to what could of been such a simple story.
I recently read a book called The Female of the Species. I loved the way the author wrote this book. She switched beetween three characters in the story and slowly brought them together. This added a whole unique perspective to the plot and I adored the way it was crafted. The only thing I did not like about this book was how at the end of the book the author had a very rushed ending and I think it ruined the book. The ended seemed like a cop out.
A recent book I just got done reading was the first Harry Potter book. I read this book a long time ago as a kid but I just revisited it and noticed so changes. I noticed the amount of detail book into the book. The author uses a large amount of dialogue but pairs it with a large amount of imagery. Once Harry gets into the wizarding world the author does a good job of describing the new world.
A book that was not one of my favorites was the book Magicians. This book had a similar Harry Potter aspect to it but the one issue that I had was the main character was hard to connect too. I believe this is meant to happen by the way the author wrote the book. She wrote the main character to be a very non likable person and this caused a general dislike for the book. I am not sure what she meant to create by doing this but what I got from it the outcome was bad.
One of the latest books I have read was the book series Divergent. I loved this book series with my whole heart because of how strong it made the main character seem. The unique thing about this book was the setting of the plot. The distortion world where we live as a shell of humanity is in a city like Chicago is so weird and different. The use of the small setting adds to depth and layers of the book series as the events unfold.
One of my favorite books I have ever read was called What We Carry. The book was based on Vietnam soldiers. The way the book was written was the author said we carry .... and whatever they listed they attached a story to it. I think this way of writing made the story so much more interesting for the reader. This book was very detailed in describing the stories so the events that were told seemed very real and added another layer to the book.
The last book I read called the Art of Racing in the Rain. This book was very unique because the main character was a dog and the whole book was told from the perspective of the dog. Unlike most dog books the dog was very smart and talked of deeper level things like life and death. I think the author did a very good job of depicting the way the dog learns and lives and this takes a very different skill set for an author.
The current book I am reading is the book Everything Everything. The plot of the book is about a girl that cannot live outside of her house or else she would die. The actual writing of the book is pretty common for the average teenage romance but the plot of the story is what sets it apart. Coming from the plot where most of the setting is just one house the author really has to know how to work with only having one setting instead of a changing one.
The current book I am reading is the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. This book has one unqie characteristic about it. This characteristic is the little to no dialogue in the story. For this book being a post apocalyptic world and written for teenagers the book has a smaller amount of dialogue then most other stories written for teenagers. I think this aspect sets this book apart because it gives a lot of internal thought from the character instead and I think that allows the readers to connect more.
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