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Midnight Sun

Midnight SunTitle: Midnight Sun
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Series: Twilight Saga #5
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult
Spice: 0.5 / 5
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 662
Reason Read: Just Because
Rating:

Also in this series: Life and Death
My Thoughts

I’ve been waiting to finish Edward’s version of events for 12 years. I’d be lying if I didn’t say I was worried I was going to be let down. First, I wondered if Meyer was going to let the movies influence her at all. Second, I wondered if she’d let the fans influence her. And, finally, 12 years changes you. Whether she let the movies or the fans influence her, time certainly had in some way.

However, I needn’t have worried. MIDNIGHT SUN was everything I wanted it to be. It felt like it did the first time I read TWILIGHT, just from a different perspective, a more knowledgeable perspective of the paranormal. Being in Edward’s head was truly enlightening. Not only did I learn more about him and his motives (it shed so much light on NEW MOON and why he left), but I learned more about the Cullens and the vampiric world too. I also learned more about the students around Bella, Jacob, Charlie and Renée, and James and his coven which I was looking forward to almost the most.

It was an absolute treat to discover these new truths and to be in Bella and Edward’s world again for the first time. I’m so happy that Meyer decided to finish MIDNIGHT SUN and share it with her fans.

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Resistance

ResistanceTitle: Resistance
Author: Jennifer A. Nielsen
Genre: Historical Fiction, Middle Grade
Format: Kindle
Pages: 322
Reason Read: Book Club
Rating:

My Thoughts

RESISTANCE is a powerful story of courage and bravery of the Jewish people during World War II. I loved learning about the true events that took place through this fictional story. I never knew about the couriers and what they risked for their people. I also didn’t really know much about the resistance fighters within the ghettos.

I thought Nielsen did a great job at showing the Jews’ courage as they suffered at the hands of the Germans and their own countrymen, yet risked their lives to help each other. Many of the Jews knew that their resistance movements wouldn’t “win.” The goal was resistance and standing up to the Nazis and showing the world that they wouldn’t be silenced. Because of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the Allies finally decided to stop turning a blind eye to what was happening to the Jews in Europe.

Truly Madly Guilty

Truly Madly GuiltyTitle: Truly Madly Guilty
Author: Liane Moriarty
Genre: Contemporary
Format: Kindle
Pages: 416
Reason Read: Book Club
Rating:

My Thoughts

I thought TRULY MADLY GUILTY was thought-provoking and fraught with emotion. The characters were so dynamic, round, and interesting to read about. I had a hard time with the way the story was told, though. I didn’t like knowing there was an “incident” but not knowing what the incident was until more than halfway through. It frustrated me while reading. Once we got to the incident, I thought it was hard to experience with the characters because Moriarty wrote it in a way that made me feel like I was there.

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An Anonymous Girl

An Anonymous GirlTitle: An Anonymous Girl
Author: Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen
Genre: Thriller
Format: Kindle
Pages: 352
Reason Read: Just Because
Rating:

My Thoughts

I really enjoyed the suspense and wanted to know how AN ANONYMOUS GIRL would come together in the end. I wanted more romance. The ending was also a bit of a letdown but it was still satisfying. The story is pretty unrealistic for anyone who has been in therapy before, but it was still fun to read.

Little Fires Everywhere

Little Fires EverywhereTitle: Little Fires Everywhere
Author: Celeste Ng
Genre: Literary Fiction
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 338
Reason Read: Book Club
Rating:

My Thoughts

LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE was a thought-provoking book about class, race, and family relationships, particularly motherhood. I enjoyed the thoughts that swirled through my head as I read this and as I talked about it with my friend. The story was very captivating and held my interest from beginning to end. Though, I am disappointed in the ending as I wanted more of a resolution for some of the characters.