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One Day by David Nicholls
4.0
For a young adult in a similar stage of life as our protagonist's in this story, I found myself drawn to the feelings, emotions, and conflicts each character is faced with in this novel. It is insightful, inspirational, and truly telling of real life in the "real world" while trying to make something of yourself.
"Live each day as if it's your last." That was the conventional advice, but really, who had the energy for that? What if it rained or you felt glands? It just wasn't practical. Better by far to simply try and be good and courageous and bold and to make a difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you. Go out there with your passion and your electric typewriter and work hard at... something. Change lives through art maybe, cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully and well. Experience new things, love and be love, if you ever get the chance...[a:David Nicholls|46118|David Nicholls|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1283277096p2/46118.jpg]
"Live each day as if it's your last." That was the conventional advice, but really, who had the energy for that? What if it rained or you felt glands? It just wasn't practical. Better by far to simply try and be good and courageous and bold and to make a difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you. Go out there with your passion and your electric typewriter and work hard at... something. Change lives through art maybe, cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully and well. Experience new things, love and be love, if you ever get the chance...[a:David Nicholls|46118|David Nicholls|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1283277096p2/46118.jpg]
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
4.0
Fascinating story of something one may only begin to understand. The psychology and insight into the brain in this memoir are truly interesting and shed light on something so truly difficult to understand. Awakens intense and scary feelings that probably only begin to make you feel how Susannah Cahalan felt during her month of madness.
The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
5.0
Comical, funny, ironic and yet intense, moving, complex. The movie does not do the novel justice. Take a trip inside a heartbroken, confused man's brain and the eternal optimistic point of view that turns out to be entirely .... accurate. Everyone needs to feel like there are "silver linings" to make everything better. This novel is inspirational and the characters are brutally honest and complex individuals who you may very well find yourself learning a lot from. HIGHLY recommended.
Say You're Sorry by Michael Robotham
4.0
If you love suspense, mystery, police novels, crime novels, and just plain intense reads - this should be number one on your "to read" list! Suspenseful and intense novel leaving you rooting for two missing girls to find their way away from their captor. Receiving two perspectives - one being a missing girl - the other being a talented psychologist trying to understand the severity of the crime, and where the missing girls might be being held captive. Gripping - couldn't put it down!