*** 5 Stars
This book is set in a future world where everyone left after a chaotic war is either very young(Starters) or very old(Enders). It is full of suspense, thrills and unexpected twists.
It centers on a "Starter", Callie who lives a life of running and hiding from "unfriendlies". She,her brother and their friend don't have food or a home since their parents(along with everyone elses') died in the Spore Wars. Callie decides to rent her body out to an "Ender", through a Body Bank, in order to get money for her brother. This should mean that an old person gets to live in a young, energized body for a couple of days and then Callie would return to her mind and so would they. But something malfunctions and she wakes up in the life of a rich Ender who has a dangerous plan to expose the truth about the system. But it's very dangerous and mysterious. And Callie still has to decide whether or not she believes in the cause.
This book and it's concept are extremely interesting and kept me wanting more every time a chapter ended. But seriously. Probably one of the most interesting concepts of all time. I mean, come on, renting your body out to an old person? How creepy is that?
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster
*** 4.5 Stars
This book is unique, charming and wins you over instantly. If the age of this book makes you nervous(it was written in 1912), don't worry. It is easy to understand and still very relate able to today.
The book's heroine Jerusha "Judy" Abbott is a witty, clever orphan living in a horrible asylum. She is expressive and enjoyable, but stifled by her situation. Then, a mysterious benefactor decides to send her to college to become a writer, with the requirement that she must write him letters in order to hone her skills. She does, and what follows is a book of entirely "letters for Daddy Long Legs", full of Judy's whims and every excited thought. Judy will entrance you immediately.
This book is funny, romantic and a classic. I felt cultured just reading it. :)
This book is unique, charming and wins you over instantly. If the age of this book makes you nervous(it was written in 1912), don't worry. It is easy to understand and still very relate able to today.
The book's heroine Jerusha "Judy" Abbott is a witty, clever orphan living in a horrible asylum. She is expressive and enjoyable, but stifled by her situation. Then, a mysterious benefactor decides to send her to college to become a writer, with the requirement that she must write him letters in order to hone her skills. She does, and what follows is a book of entirely "letters for Daddy Long Legs", full of Judy's whims and every excited thought. Judy will entrance you immediately.
This book is funny, romantic and a classic. I felt cultured just reading it. :)
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