Reading Is All There Is

I don't remember the last time I finished an entire novel in one day. That's the case with "I Was Here" by Gayle Forman. However, I did finish this almost a month ago, but I never really knew how to actually review it. But I am finally doing it. So here it is, my short review of "I Was Here" by Gayle Forman.  Cody (a girl) has just lost her best friend, Meg. She committed suicide which no one saw coming. Cody is sad and confused. She thought she knew everything about her best friend, but as it turns out, no one really knows everything about anyone. As Cody visits Meg's college dorm room to collect her stuff, she stumbles upon some things that might help explain why Meg decided to end her young life. And thus begins the investigation of Meg's suicide.   My emotions are mixed. I did enjoy reading the novel, but there were some parts that disturbed me. When Cody decides to investigate Meg's suicide, she finds some websites about suici...

Så er det ved at være længe siden, jeg sidst har lavet en anmeldelse på dansk. Jeg havde ellers besluttet mig for primært at lave indlæg på engelsk, men altså. Jeg tror, jeg skifter lidt mellem danske og engelske indlæg - hvad end jeg føler for. * Lad mig starte med at sige, at "The Way I Used To Be" af Amber Smith er en helt igennem fantastisk roman. Den var så gennemtænkt, realistisk og tankevækkende. Jeg var ærligtalt overvældet over, hvor god denne roman er. Den fangede mig dybt seriøst. Jeg kunne slet ikke lade være med at tænke på den, når jeg ikke læste, og jeg ville bare vide, hvordan romanen endte.  Nu til et resumé: Ved romanens begyndelsen er Eden McCrorey en uskyldig og naiv pige på blot 14 år. Hun er lige startet i high school, da hendes storebrors bedsteven, Kevin, voldtager hende i sin egen seng. Eden er fuldstændig lamslået, og hun frygter at fortælle nogen om det, der er sket. Den unge pige ændrer hurtigt sin adfærd, personlighed, tankegang og udse...

I have been waiting to read this book for a while and I finally got my hands on it this October when I went to Canada. Before even reading it I knew I would love it because Jenny Han has never ever disappointed me. I love her as an author. Han just has an amazing way of writing these incredible stories that impact people and go straight to the heart. She's just so incredible and so are her stories! "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" is about Lara Jean Covey. She writes love letters to all the boys she's ever loved. 5 guys in total. Her intention is not for the boys to read these letters. They are for herself. It's her way of getting over someone. So she keeps these letters in a hat box, her deceased mother gave her. Although one day, the hat box is gone and so are the love letters. Mysteriously, they have been sent out to all the boys Lara Jean has ever loved. Now this is when the chaos begins.  First of all, this novel was not what I expected. I wa...

Fei lives in a village on top of a big mountain. She is deaf. In fact no one in her village is able to hear anything and it has been like that for years. The society is divided into different classes; the artists, the miners and the homeless. The entire village is bound by this traditional system and no one dare change it. The survival of the village lies in the hands of the township beneath the mountain. In exchange for metals from the mines, the people of the village get food and other materials that they cannot produce themselves because of the infertile land. No one can actually leave the village because of an avalanche that managed to block the only safe way to get down the mountain years ago. One day Fei hears a sound. Her hearing has returned. It's a miracle and things start to change for her. Crisis breaks out in the village when the shipment of food stops coming. Fei and her childhood friend, Li Wei, start to question the system and embark on a great adventure down the ...

"The Girl on the Train" is the first thriller I have ever read in English. I don't usually read books of this genre, however, the novel was gifted to me by my dear family and I thought I had to read it. I have also heard great things about it and therefore wanted to give it a try. And so I did. Here comes my personal review: Rachel Watson is an alcoholic. Her ex-husband, Tom, left her for another woman, Anna, whom he had an affair with while the two were still married. It is safe to say that Rachel is now troubled. As she takes the same train every day, she comes across the exact same house in which a man and woman live. Rachel observes this presumably perfect couple and has done it for quite some time. She has even made up names for them and imagines what they do for a living. However, one day something mysterious occurs and Rachel has a chance of getting involved. Although she only ends up in trouble and is shocked by the devastating truth. *** This nov...

"Holding Up the Universe" was such a fantastic read. I enjoyed it the very moment I began reading it and that does not happen very often! I am the type of reader that easily gets exhausted when reading a book, but with this one I just kept reading on and on. That is how great is it!  This novel is about Jack and Libby who both struggle with things of their own. Jack has face-blindness which means that he can't recognize anyone - not even the people he loves. He keeps this a secret, although it is a heavy burden to bear alone. Libby is overweight and has been ever since her mother passed away. She has not been in school for years, but she is finally ready after having lost some weight. Although the problem is that people have a hard time seeing past her size. Jack, however, is the first one to see Libby for who she really is. The two are connected and help each other out as life comes at them in full force.  Libby has been through a lot of grief in her life and ...

My thoughts on the novel  I've got to admit that it took me longer than I expected to finish this novel. I've just kept on putting it off for so long. Today I finally took the last step and finished it. I now understand why I was so reluctant to finish it. The ending is just heartbreaking. I guess I knew that pretty early on and that's why I kept avoiding it. At least till now. The Book Thief  is a masterpiece. A new favorite of mine. Although that was not my initial thought when I started reading the novel. It took me a couple hundred pages to really start enjoying it. And I did end up loving it! Sometimes it just takes time, but this one is definitely worth it.  A short recap "The Book Thief" takes place during World War 2. The young German girl, Liesel Meminger, is sent to live with foster parents, Hans and Rosa Hubermann, on Himmel Street in Molching. Although they live under poor conditions they try their hardest to get by. Liesel is grieving as sh...

Lenny Walker has lost the very person that meant the world to her - her older sister Bailey. Now she must battle with the grief and sorrow that comes with a great loss. She must find herself, but in the midst of all this, she falls in love with the new boy, Joe Fontaine. At the same time, she finds that only Bailey's boyfriend, Toby, understands what she is going through and they start to develop a strange relationship. Lenny is lost, confused and frustrated. This is a story about a girl who must learn to stand on her own for the first time in her life. To truly show who she is without her sister and to show that she can actually live on without her. This is my second time reading The Sky is Everywhere. The first time I read it was back in 2012 when I was 14 years old. I still remember how much I loved the novel. Reading it again, I have come to appreciate Lenny's poems and the amazing and poetic way this novel is written. To this day, The Sky is Everywhere  is still one...

Starting off, I must say that I wholeheartedly enjoyed reading this novel. It was filled with so much humour, love and sarcasm. Such an amazing and fast-paced read! And oh how cute it was! I honestly felt the love that was expressed in this novel deep within my own heart. "The Hating Game" is Sally Thorne's first novel, and I am overwhelmed with love and praise for it.  Lucy Hutton works as an assistant to one of the CEO's of the publishing house Garmin and Bexley. She happens to share an office with her enemy, Josh Templeman. The two of them have fought since day one. The intensity of their hate for each other is only reinforced when a new and greater job position is offered. Both Lucy and Josh want the job which would mean that one of them would become the other one's boss. And so the Hating Game continues with greater force than ever. My summary makes it seem like there's nothing but hate between Lucy and Josh. In reality, there's so much m...