8.27.2014

Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Published by Faber and Faber in 2005 Genre(s): Dystopian, Science Fiction Format: Kindle Pages: 272 Goodreads From the acclaimed author of The Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans, a moving new novel that subtly reimagines our world and time in a haunting story of friendship and love. As a child, Kathy – now thirty-one years old – lived at Hailsham, a private school in the scenic English countryside where the children were sheltered from the outside world, brought up to believe that they were special and that their well-being was crucial not only for themselves but for the society they would eventually enter. Kathy had long ago put this idyllic past behind her, but when two of her Hailsham friends come back into her life, she...

8.09.2014

If I Stay

If I Stay by Gayle Forman Published by Dutton Books on Apr 2, 2009 Genre(s): Young Adult, Romance, Fiction, Paranormal Format: Kindle Pages: 207 Goodreads Just listen, Adam says with a voice that sounds like shrapnel. I open my eyes wide now. I sit up as much as I can. And I listen. Stay, he says. Choices. Seventeen-year-old Mia is faced with some tough ones: Stay true to her first love—music—even if it means losing her boyfriend and leaving her family and friends behind? Then one February morning Mia goes for a drive with her family, and in an instant, everything changes. Suddenly, all the choices are gone, except one. And it's the only one that matters. If I Stay is a heartachingly beautiful book about the power of love, the true meaning of family, and the choices...